Indiana American, Volume 10, Number 42, Brookville, Franklin County, 20 October 1871 — Page 2

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Snbtana- Iraeritnn. C. H. BINGHAM, Editor. -BKODKVIIiLEFriaay Mcrui&ft, October 20, 1871. The Clricago Calamity. Ah tLo details cotue in, (a)'8 the Galeae.) the YRMiiess of the destruction grows upon the mind. Thej bring no reduction i t' exaggerations made in the excitement .f the burntnp; for, except, perhaps, tn the figures thrown out as of ttie aggregate looses, acd iueh ihe tmnd ia unable to inrbure, this cslatuity bo greatly tsur-j-ascs all oilers that the mind can hardly eojrpreheod ita real extent, much less rnke t r lake in any exaggerations. It is i-o vM. st'd its tfrct eo tunning, that i!c m runr. tlcir-seUcp do riot realiza the txunt tf il ir ealr.'Li!y. Of cotme the onrei.s v. ill thow the indomitable spirit that belongs to the American people, and vhich ia peculiarly characteristic of the cuixons ot Chicago; but this determination will more and more realiej the fact that the ruin is geaeral audcoinplete, and that on!y new resources cua furuish the means to rebuild the city. We state this lamentable truth in order that our own cilixecs may comprehend the vaetneFs of .this destruction, and the total impossibility of any immediate reconuruction of the ttade acd industry of Chicago, m that they may thoroughly Fystematizd their work of aid, and may put it on a permanent organisation. It is itn possible that the work of rebuilding can be entered upon this Fall on such a scale as tc furuish any great employment for laborers in that line. It is impossible that the factories, shops and stores can be immeJia'ely rebuilt to restore employment to their occupants. It is impossible that busioees men, whose all has been swept away, leaving nothing but their debts, should immediately find means to resume business. Jt is impossible that the great population which found employmerit and support by this capital, whether it was 150 or 500 millions, can find immediate emplojment and support now that it is annihilated. The meeting of the bankers gives an idea of the completeness of this destruction. They have saved the effects in their vaults, but whether they can begin to pay deposit! depends on the insurance companies. One hopeful banker expressed the hope that the insurance might be able to pay 50 per cent. We fear that this hore will nrovo delusive. Somehow it is r hard to find where Chicago property was insured, since so many companies are advertising that they had but small risks in that place. It can hardly be expected that the local companies will pay anything. This is the defective feature in the practice of domestii insurance; it fails in a great calamity. But with all that the most sanguine can hope to have saved from the ruin, and even with the payment of all the insurance, if that were possible, but little progress can be made during this Fall aud vVintcr in creating means of fupport for the great population whieh is now stripped of everjthiug. Chicago will be rebuilt and restored. There is no question of that. l?ut this tull not give subsistence to those who are in want, nor will the rebuilding of the city rebuild the fortunes of those who have bad all the earnings of n lifetime pwept away. New capital will rush in to take advantage of the destruction of the bid, and a new immigration of business men; and in time these will furnish employment for th builders, and will draw a new immigraiion oT laborers; but we must Rot suppose that the rebuilding of the city is the restoration of the fortunes of the citizens, nor must we fancy that exhibitions of indomitable pluvk. and itnrtediate undertakings to rebuild indicate that this gret destitu'e population is getting into easier circumstances. An editorial letter in another column of this paper gives a jut view of the lasting nature of thi calamity, and of the I necessity that the Chicago aid organiza tions shall b put on a footing to continue i through ihe Wiater.

The distress caused by the sudden do-j The custom treaty between France and Btruction cf a i!ra city enn not be reliev. j Germany has been signed. The six deid by a gift i f f cJ tor n f.-w days. It is ) pitmen; t:ow v-ceupied by ti e German almost impca-itte f-r tl e miud to eonceivc tro ps are to be evaluated at once, but that all the mtansofKuoMi.tti.ee v f a luu-j rfo.OOO men will tcrucin until the indemdred thousand people have been annihi- j pid. The t art cf the treaty as tc lated, and that ihev cn l e irstored ouly j cu,u U;s ,u, jC9 ltUst je nufied by the by the processes which h ive taken thirty j Cvrmau lieichsrath. Year-Q in tr-.iMr pri..fiiin Wrt tiro ftnfiitonl i "

that the generosity of our citizens, which began so earnestly, will be equal to the demands of this necessity, now tht it is clear that it must last for a lone: titte, and that a wider atid more thorough organisation will keep the stream of aid etcadily supplied until th work of t recon

struction of the trade acd industry cf j The dispatches give a most fearful acChioago shall have n-ade such progress j count of ihe fires in Wisconsin and Michthat her own nien will be sufficient toj'gan. Over one thousand persons have Bavo her citizens from sufiWirrg. j been burned to death. At Peshtigo lour . jhurdtcd and seventy dead bodies have

On Friday there was a debate in the j lower house of the Ravamu Rciehsrath on Papal lufallibiliry. iu reply to an interpellation the Minister of Worship and Public Instruction said the doctrine was a dangerous one to ihe Stale, and any Cath lie who njectcd it would be protected. He said the government favored a separation of Church and State. Alexandria the first manufacturing city iu Vigiria srsd Richmond the si cond. tie tormei has three niillious tuvcsUd na 1 tie latter two.

The Financial Outlook. Now that the wild flurry and half panic caused in New York by the Chicago news has somewhat subsided, (sajs the Times ind C'.tronicle.) wo get a clearer insight into future prospects, and fiud ourselves fully satUfied with our former prediction that uo panic would eusuo. Contrary to the general belicr, it is found that the Chicag3 bsnks, instead of deing indebted to New York, were largely in her credit;

and the balances due and properly invested are of sufficient magnitude to enable the Chicago institutions' to meet their most pressing deuiauds. Western railway stocks, which went down with a jump, have considerably reacted, and now steadly await fuller details of the losses. The insurance companies arc bendiosc their backs to the burden, and develop far more strength than the most sanguine had anticipated: and the prompt action of the Chicago banks, in anuouncing that they will meet all their liabilities in gradual installments, gives a brighter color to everything. The feeling on the street is changing from despoa dei.cy to hopefulness. Sull, it muat not be denied that the crisis is one requiring the shrewdest man agement ou the part ot ail concerned. The blow cirnc vpon New York at the worst possible moment. The very unfavorable bank statement of last week would, of itself, have tightened the money market, and the immediate demands that will now be made upon it cause a pretty general shudder. First, the balances to the Chicago banks must be pail. Then, the wholesale houses can receive nothing from Chicago until the banks resume and the insurauce is paid, and must go onto the street a9 borrowers. There will bo a steady elfort of the insurance companies to convert notes and bonds into ready money. Capitalists generally, deprived of expected dividends from Western and insurance stocks, must become borrowers, and brokers have vast deficits to make up, caused by such depression in stocks as that of the Michigan Southern from 112 to 93. This has already driven money to the highest legl rate, and with five-eighths per cent, commission added to avoid the usury law. Add to this the action of the Iimk of England and the call for money from that quarter, and the crisis is undoubtedly a gtave one. Mr. Houtwcll gallantly comes to the rescue with an order to pay the November interest without rebate. This will avail much, but he should do more. Bonds should be bought up with all available means that can be safely spared, and we are strongly disposed to believe that the banks should be allowed to trench, temporarily, upon their legal reserves. A fiuancial panic at this time would be unusually disastrous. The credit of the nation would receive a blow that many years could not heal, and a terrible derangement of private as well as national finances would be the inevitable result. Harmonious and careful effort can easily avert such a calamity. The Elections. The Republicans carry Ohio by 20 000 majority, have the Legislature by a handsomes majority on joint ballot, and will elect a Republican Uuited Stales Senator. The returns in Pennsylvania indicate a Republican m ijarity of 13,000. Iowa is overwhelmingly Republican. Information from El t'.iso, Texas, states that the State Iris gone Republican by quite a heavy msjority. ' The United States Supremo Court was to meet on Monday. Among the cases to be decided are those as to the constitutionality of the legal tender act, the civil rights act, and the cotton tax; also, bs to the binding force of notes given for slaves before the emancipation proclamation, and'as to the disputed ownership of certain property claimed by the Presbyterian Church North trndthe Church South. A dispatch from llalifnx states that the heaviest hurricane known in twenty years recurred there Friday evening. The lako ! rose two Uef over the wharves. Mitiv i vessels were it Jure J, and several lives lost. 1 Reports from Nova Scotia bear witness to the immense severity of the storm. x . r puu-v-rii. luiute eu ivuiius nave examined forty two witnessesat Huntsville i lieludiiig several of the principal public n-en on tho 1'cn.octatic side, who regarded ihe country a peaceful. On tho other side, many persons, including uegroes, testified to acts of violence. already been taken from the ruins. The hospitals are full of burued and maimed victims. Everything, houses and property of all kinds has been swept away, and there is the most urgent need of food, loining, ana an wo necessaries ot lite. The jury in the trial of Mrs. Clem, at Lebanon, haa disagreed, standing six for conviction and six for acquittal. This was the third trial. . aw Tho Internal Revenue Department estimates the reduction of the revenue by the Chicago fire at & 4,000,000.

Eon. O. W. Julian. We publish the following significant article from tht Richmond Democratic Herald. Comment is useless. We cheerfully endorse that part relating to Mr. Juiiau's integrity: We understand that an" effort is to be male to induce the Hon. George W. Julian to again euter the political arena. The general profligacy aud corruption

among politicians id the exciting cause of this acUou, and it is said that many dem ocrats strongly favor the movement, claiming that upon questions wf currency, tariff monopolies, and, indeed, ou all matters wliich at preseut agitate and divide the people, Mr. Julian represents the democratic idea. It must be said of Mr. Julian that during his court-e iu political life he has never b en charged with speculation, nor his he held either his vote or principles for sale hs line so many of his colleagues. But we would suggest to our democratic friends that we might cast about us and tiuJ equally good material elsewhere. Reply to Mr. Burgoyne. The following continuation of Mr. Kerr's reply to Mr. Burguyue was receive ed too late tor last week's paper; Harrison stood above any infamous conduct, and there is no evideuce his daughter contemplaud anything of the kind. Mac took one of the Clems to his house aud told his wife she must board him, and afterward absented himself from home, as he was in a habit of doing ou a spree, but returned in a few dsys. And I have it on the authority of Win. H. Kyle, a gentleman whose word stands above dispute, that Strawdcr Check said to him that he believed Mac ouly took Clem there to board in otdr to frame a charge against the chastity cf his wife, to enable him to carry out his devilieh design of obtaining a divorce and thus get rid of his family. Aud again: Mac left his wife in Aurora, unprovided for, and staid only three miles in the country for nearly a month harvesting; that he returned and found his wife bad sought shelter in the house of old man Clem, who was at that time absentbut old Mrs. Clem was at home and was the housekeeper. Aud the cause of the Clem difficulties was that Mac went there drunk, destroyed his wife'd clothes, and threatened death and destruction general ly. All the part Mr. Harrison took in this case was that of peace-maker, and his being unable to succeed surely did not justify his being brutally murdered. The question now is, why does Strawder Cheek go so far from home to find a man to write his statement.'-? Uecause the man who kuows the least about the case serves the best purpose to write what nobody in Dearborn County can believe. M. 15. Kerr. Reply to Mr. Cheek. Aukoha, Ind, Oct, 14th, 1871. El. American, In your last isuo I find au article from Strawdcr Cheek, in reply to one that appeared from mo in August, which is quite characteristic of its author, and fully reveals his motive in employing Mr. Burgoyno to promulgate his scandalously false version of his brother's case. Every utterance he makes concerning myself is false, and whether he knows it or no, matters but little to him, for his regard for truth was never very great. I was not one of the mob who tried to hang ilack at Lawrenceburg; but, on the contrary, did all I could to prevent others from going there, and was at my home five miles away. 1 was not one of the 280 men who made affidavits that there whs no excitement in Dearborn County, to prevent Mac from having a fair trial. Nor did I try to prejudice iho minds of the people of Frankiia Co. against Mao. And had his malicious effusion been published in Dearborn County it would be unnecessary that I Ehould notice it, for here it is well known that no man condemns a mob spirit moio than 1 do. Aud it is also well known that no man has done aud said more that was calculated to foster uioboeraey, than Strawdor Cheek has, on many occasions; and had he had tho influence, would uo doubt have brought many into trouble similar to that which his brother is naw involved in. What I have written in the case of Mac Cheek has been i;i vindication of facts, as they are believed by, about all tho people who know anything about the case. M. B. Kerr. The cfiiial returns of the California Gubernatorial Election show handsome Republican gains over the Presidential contest in lSliS. The m J jrity for Graut electors in that year was only 511. Booth, Republican, has just becu chosen Gover. norbySOGS mpjority. The Californians have had enough experience of Democratic rule to be very desirons of getting thoroughly rid of it. The returns indicate tho election to the French Constitutional Assembly of SOT Liberal Conservatives, 401 Moderates, 201 Radicals, 194 Legitimists, and 64 Bonapartists. . A dispatch from Rome says many of the Catholic communities of that city propose emigrating to England and America, where they will found convents. D Israeli did not say in his recent speech that the Qaeea was morally and physically incapacitated from reigning. The report misrepresented him. The Empress Augusta, of Germany, has contributed a thousand thalers ($800 for the relief of tho Chicago sufferers. The mtj rily of the members elected to the French Constitutional Convention arc supporters of the present administration. The brethren are not dwelling together in unity. The sad Commoner says; 'W-e are not mistaken in attributing our Waterloo defeat to the prevarication of the platform on tho 'New Departure, ' and to the indorsement of paper money. The g'oomy Volksfreund says: 'The 'Now Departure' must be swallowed, if tho party is lo become well and strong.' Tho situation is calculated lo excite the serious con siderati'vn of the question whether the Democratic party is anything more than the organised iguoraoce jf the country. fG: xoto.

For the American. Cheek. In closing up my article last week 1 noticed the cases of Sickles and McFarland. My object was to lay the case of

Cheek alongside those cases, and show that with some slight variation, in form rather than substance, those three cases were parallel -run side by silo exactly. 1 will then tell you that which you know already, that the jury in both the first named cases I fused to punish those men. will then say thit if a man is permitted to shoot the seducer of his wife with impunity in the City of Waihington or in that of New rork, I can see no good reaeon why a man should not be permitted to do so with equal impunity in the County of Dearborn, Indiana. The cause which operated upon the minds of the jurymen in those two cities should certainly have operated with equal force upon the minds of the jury ia the city of Brookville. This came was. 6imply, those juries refused to sustain and endorse the freelove operations cf the day. This argument " would have been all predicated upon the complicity of Mr Harrison in the crime of Clem. If Mr. Harrison did aid and abet Clem in the abduction of Cheek's wife, he was a tenfold worse man than Clem. Clem acted under the impulses of his nature; he was driven forward by what in many cases is almost an irresistible passion. Mr. Harrison was operated upon by no such cause. Clem dil nothing but what many another man would have done. Mr, Harrison, if his conduct is properly represented, did that which few men would have done. It is useless to say lint it U uoplea-ant to talk in this way about a dead man. But it should be recollected that Cheek is also dead dead to tho law nnd dead to the world, and cannot protect himself. The only rights which Cheek has left, is that of an appeal to the higher authorities, aud to breilhe the air by which he ij surrounded. And let those gentleman down about Aurora and Lawrcnceburg, have iheir way and they would soon stop him from that. The only apology which can be offered for Mr. Harrison is his deadly ha'.e of his son-in-law, and that is no apology at all. Those whom liod hath joined together, let no man nut asunder. In justiee to the jury at Brookville, I may say it is probable that no ovidence of the complicity of Mr. Harrison in the crime of Clem was before i. But that evidence should have been before it, if any such evidence exists, for ihe case cauuot be correctly tried without if. Just about tho tituo I got ready to write this pnper, out CJtuco Mr. Kerr and nails the whole bujicess to the counter. He says Mr. Harrison did none of those things. Right upon the heels of this comes Mr. Suawdor Cheek, who says Mr. Harrison did do them. Here, then, is a question cf veracity raised between those gentlemen, with which question I do no: know that I have much 10 do. In jus ioi to Mr. Harrison we must say that the burthen of proof lies upon the shoulders of his licensors. That proof is found, if found at all, ia tho various written statements of Mr. Strawder Cheek. Ho testifies to the complicity of Mr. Harrison. There are two ways of disposing of the testimony of Mr. Cheek. The one id, by bringing up rebutting testimony of a mora weighty character; tho other is, by impeaching the character of Mr. Check for truth and veracity. These matters I shall not attempt to decide; tho community is more competent to decide than I am. If the mere vauo and undefined djtiial of Mr. Kerr puts Mr. Cheek djwn, hs will have to go. Mr. Check does uot stand aloue on the witness stand. It ia said there are other and reliable witnesses who will testify to all these things. Tho first thing that wakened ma up to this subject was a kuowledga of tho fact that Cheek was tho son-iu law of Harrison. Sj soon as I aseartaitiod thttfaot, I would have risked my life tint there was something black aud abaroiuabij laying away back. . I shall now proceed to notice briefly that singular document which appears over the signature cf M. B. Keir. Tho first count in tho indictment charges 'pecuni ary motive.' I am at a loss to know where the evidence of that exists The only pecuniary motive was the answer of a good conscience. There were no greenbacks ia it, as sure as yoa live. I did nothing more for McDonald Cheek than I would do for M. B. Kerr or auy other man similarly situated. This is not the first time L have written upon the side of the weak man. The first time you see that neglected man M. B. Hull, ask him what I did forty years ago, and how I got paid for it. Just show mo tho man I dont care whether he is in the cell or on the outsido of it upon whom a whole community is coming down like so avalanche, and. I will show you a man for whom I wiw n'Iit at any time. I personally know nothing of the oise; henos should say nothing. How many of the jurymen who will probably try tho case, will know anything of the case personally? If any of them do, they arc unfit for jury men. It is to the evidence those who try tho case should look, ani not to personal observation. Mr. Kerr speaks of being intinit(Iy frundlj with MeDouald, and at the same time speaks of that 'dark siJe of his life' wliich would not look well iti print. Naw what 40C3 that look like? I make no c m uicut upon such an admission as that. Mr. Harrison's complicity in the matter should be invetigated. If those charges are false the man who makes them kuowingly is worse than the man who would drive tho deadly buiici through his heart. 11. N BlTRGOrNE. The amount of losses by the Chicago fire contiuues the subject of discussion. The first statement came while the flames were still sweeping through tho .North Division. It was put at 500,000 000. As the week wore on, extraordinary calculators 6et to work, and before Saturday niiht one of them had got tho loss down to $75,000 000. But ail the testmony of j acenrate observers goes to show that the j losses reach a much higher nure than this. Property that was held at $1,500,000 before the fire, was for sale after it at $200,000. Our dispatches state that the President of a New York insurance company who returned from Chicago yesterday" says the losses have been gentrally underestimated. Ihe unioago inouue, wo tec, puts the loss at $100,000,000. ! Uuactte.

The Fires of Michigan and Wisconsin. There can be no doubt but the Buffering in Michigan and Wisconsin, to day, is greater than in Chicago. As more de

tailed accounts of tho extended fires come to hand, former estimates of losses have to be revised, and the destitution and suffering to be stated in stronger form. It is not simply a few scattered houses that have been burnt, not only a home here and there that has been burnt up. but whole towns where were situated great manufactories, and stretches of timber land that can only be counted by miles. The pecuniary loss in the instance of some establishments run up into the hundreds of thousands. In other cases it has only amounted to thousands, but the loss of thousands means to most of the sufferers the loss of everything. Tho poor people are absolutely destitute, in want of the commonest necessities of life, rood and clothing they must have, aud have it at once, it their lives are to be saved. That the frightful condition of affairs may be brought home more vividly to our citizens, we condense the followiug facts from the columns on columns, of accounts J of these fires that camo to us by mail on tsaturday and yesterday. Manistee is a town of Michigan, situa ted on Lake Miohisian. It contains sev eral important t sawmills and lumbering establishments, and was the center of trade for a large territory. Sunday night the wood fires were driven through it by furious gale, and by Monday night almost tho entire town had boon destroyed. The Manistee Times places tho loss at $1,300,000, and says this is a moderate estimate On this there is an insurance of only $230,000. The number of people burned out of home is not less than eighteen hun fired, The stock of provisions remaining in the town on the 12ih was enough to last but three days. Lot it Le rcmeio unred that the country round Manistee, on which the place depended for its supplies, has been more pitilessly devastated than it could have been had an army ravaged it, and the condition of tho town may be faintly conceived. Manistee is one of the towns that calls for aid. Holland is in the western part of the State, northwest of Grand Rapids. It contained 3 000 inhabitants. Sunday the same gale that drove the flames through Chicago and Manistee swept Gro through Holland. Two-thirds of the private residences were destroyed, and all but half a dczen business houses. The Grand Rapids Eagle says that between four and five hundred families are homeless. Help of every kind is needed. They have no lumber and no money to build sgain, and many are destitute of clothing. They keep up brave heart, and say they only want assistance and their insurance to build up their piuce. Saugatuck is some miles southwest of Holland, and all the country between the two towns has been swept clean of everything. Farnjliouaes, barns, crops all has been destroyed. There is need of everything that is being contributed to Chicago. We say nothing of the fires in Central Michigan, nothing of the wide-spread desolation thefires have caused in all this immense reiiou. Houses have been barn cd, and there are women and children there who are needing food. - But because they are few, and the distress not so extensive as in other parts of the State, wo make no special mention of them. Port Huron is in Huron County, on the shores of Lake Huron. Siuilao County is immediate! south. These two counties have a population of about 24 000. Of these it is believed 10,000 are homeless. The refugees have beea fl cking into Port Huron until that little village is overrun, and it has been compelled to call upon other towas f r assistance. From a gengentleman of this city, who left Suginaw last Wednesday, wo learned that the accounts in these papers from which wo are quoting have not been in the least exaggerated. Tho distress that is prevailing ia beyond all measure and coneeption. Everything is needed that makes life supportabla. The great fires that hnve been desolating Wisconsin burt into Peshtigo on the same Sunday. The town was situated on the Peshtigo river, which empties into Green biy. The great Peshtigo pail and tub manufactory, which was the principal establishment of the town, was burned to the ground. Ffteen hundred persons were turned out of homo and employment. The loss is estimated at not less than five million dollars. How many lives were lost, no one cm tell, but probably not less than eight hundred. From Wisconsin and Michigan there comes a great cry for help. Tho need is at least as great as in Chicago, and to re live the suffering little has been done. If thousands are not to die of absolute starvation or from the cold, aid must bo rendered. And this aid must be continued through wjeks and months. There is a demand on the American people for a vast and organised charity- The benevolence that is to be done must be of no spasmodic nature. It must be systematic, continued, large, and speedy. It should bo begun to-day. Will Gazette. not Cincinnati start iiY This little summary of the frightful work of the fires of Michigan has been supplied lo the Cleveland Loader. The brief reciral is mora suggestive of misery and wretchedness than that of burned squares of business blocks. Beginning below Port Austin, Huron County, Grindstone City, a place of three hundred inhabitants, is half destroyed; then follow New lliver, three buildings burned, Hurou City, five hundred inhabitants, totally destroyed; Port Hope, six hundred inhabitants, half gone; Forest Bay, two hundred inhabitants, every house gone; Sandbeech,fcur hundred inhabitants all destroyed; Centre Harbor, one hundred and fifty inhabitants, every thing gone; Rack Falls, three hundred inhabitants, half of the tiwn burnt; E'm Creek, one hundred and fifty inhabitants, totally destroyed; White Uoek, six hundred iuhubitants, every house consumed; Verona Mills, three hundred inhabitants, every house in the place gone, except the minister's. Thus were the little villages of this region scourged. The destruction in the country was proportionately great, the farming townships of Sheridau, Uingharn, Paris, Verona, Sherman, aad Sandbeach were traversed by the flames, which lapred up every thing in the shape of houses barns, fencos, stock, fariniog implements, etc-

The Administration Triumphant. The grand tide of Republican success

has swept resistlessly from the Atlantic to the Pacific, assuring another 1 residential triumph in 1872. Everywhere the direc tion ot the popular current is strongly manifested. California, Democratic for years past, has astonished us by its liberal majority on the Republican side. Maine has largely increased the majority of last year. The recent local elections in Con necticut have resulted in very significant Republican gains all over the State. Now come the October elections, telling the same story. Ohio, wiih 25,000 majority, revives the brighter political record ot other days; and Pennsylvania, with 'Grant's renomioaiion' inscribed on the Republican banners, has came out of the conflict more triumphantly victorious than for years before So it is on every hand. Our Republican Administration is thoroughly sustained by the people. Grant, the National President , wins the day over all his enemies as signally as Grant, the Union General, carried all before him in the field, until every hostile gun was silenced. Pennsylvania affords an unmistakable test of the popular feeling in favor cf Grant's re-election. His renomination may now be set down as an assured fact. His re election by a greater majority than he received in 1868 is as certain as any political event in the future can be. Such is the lesson of tho brilliant Republican victories of September and October. Times and Chronicle. It begins to be doubtful whether the Democratic party will hold together much longer, eveu as 'the orginizition of the country.' Here is a Democratic journal of standing and influence the St. Louis Republican indorsing warmly and heartily tho plan recently broached by the Louisville Ledger, that the Democracy should make no Piesidanti il nomination in 1S72. It will not make much difference whether that party nominates a candidate or not. If it does, it will be beaten; if it does uof, it will disappear. fGtzatte. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS FOR SALE. TPHS FAIRFIELD HOTEL PROPERTY the X only Lt.tcl in the town, tnd is well patronized by the traveling public. Ib.9 house is in good repair an d well lurnisneu. a good place tor a man tradi nu in horses, and trill pay well to keep a low good livery teams For further particulars address UPDIKE & BLEW, oct. 20 2w Fairfield, Franklin Co., Ind. S0TIC3 EXT flAflHDISTARY 1! LIFMAX, THE OLi) ESTABLISHED AUI'TIONKEK, OF LAUUEL, ID., Yrill sell off his entire aad well selected etock V of Dry Goods, Clothing, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hts. Ca;, Piece Goods, Glassware. Ao., ke., at C-.JST ! 1 I and L lhaa CO JT II! for tue next 30 d:iys. N.B. All who want Bargains yiUl do well to call there before going rlsowbere. - oet. 20 2w. FOIL SALE! IlouJe and Lot in tho Town of Mt. Car mo I in il- this County. Tha Lot is 115 by 130 feet in siz, with a good frame house coHt.iiuing fire roouis in good repair, good stable, cistern and we II on it, also a good variety of fruit bearing trees and grape vinos. A clear title can be given. Terms of sale, or ny otbor information in regard to the property, will bo cheerfully given by addressing Al rs Mary W. Stewart, Mt. Caruitl P. O., or by inquiry on tho prcuiires. O.it.lH 3w. Administrator's Sale or Personal Property. NOTICE is hereby given that I will sell at public filiation, on the promises of the deceased, Ivc mile? Xorth Ei?t of iirookrillc, on Templeton's Crec's, in Fr.nkl".n County, Indiana, Oil S iturd-itf, Jtoccmber ith, 1871, all tho Personal Property of George W. Caraan, lato of said County, deceased, not taken by the widow, consisting of 11 orses, Cat tlo, Hogs, Sheep, Corn, Uy, Wbvat, Barley on the ground, one Wagon aad Harness, Kauping Machine, tro Sorghum Mills, one Evaporator, Plows, Ilarruws, io , Ac, Household and Kitchen Furniture, and nianj other article' too tedious to tueution. A credit of one year will he given en all sums over five dollars, the purchaser giving his note with approved freehold surety, waiving valuation and appraisement laws. All sums of $5 and uuder, cash. Sale to begin at 9 o'olook A. M. WILLIAM II. CARMAN, O?. 13, 1S71 3. Administrator. HURRICANE PATENT .LANTERN COMPANY, 0(jice, 14 Barclay St., iT. J. (Up Stairs.) Offer to tho public a Lantern combining sofoty and economy with elegance and usefulness. 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Dr. WE L LSEXTR ACT of JUKCBEBA is offered to the public as a great invigorator and remedy for all impurities of the blood, or for organic weakness with their attendant evils. For the foregoing complaints JUKUBEBA is confidently recommended to every family as a houshould leuie ly which should be freeiy taken in all derangements ol the system; it gives health, vigor and tone to all the vital forces ant? animates and fortifies all weak and lymphatic, temperaments. JOUN Q. KELLOGG, 18 Piatt Street, New York, Sole A gen. for the United States. Price One Dollar per bottle. Send fjr Circular, oct 13 4w AGEST3 WANTED FOR THE JSI0BY OF THE YARINEUROP It contains over T50 fine engravings of Battle Scenes and incidents in the War, and is the only full authentic and official history of that great conflict. 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NOTICE TO N0!!IDm 5nSTATE OF INDIANA, FRANKLIN COUNTY In the Franklin Circuit Court, December T. A. D. 1&71. lM John Garner va. Nathaniel Leonard H.l.n t ard, Samuel P. Bowleg et. l L,0"

fXS this 10th day of October, A. D. 1871 j V cation of laid Court, comes the pUib'tHr Binklcy A Jones his Attorneys, and files hi. . y plaint herein, and also an affidavit, by whM0" appear that Nathaniel Leonard, Helen L. and Samuel P. Bowles are non-resident dtflnHVl of the State of Indiana. Said aon-rJH.!".;'1 fondants are therefore hereby notified of the r,. T" ency of this suit, and required to be and X before the Judge of said Franklin Circuit C. on the second dv of the held at the Court Uouse.in the Town of BrIv ville, and the County of Franklin, in the Stated Indiana, on th firaf UnnJ.. r r i or ' v i xsBucmoer. A n I8 I, then and there to nlBH on.t o . complaint of the plaintiif. Uxi rnoess samuel S. liarrell. Clerk of said Con., this 10th day of October, 1871. "aiaCourV . . , . . icw.S.llAEaLL, Clerk Bmkley i Jones, att'vs for pl'ff. Oct. 13 3w. RAY TP. RAILROAD ELECTION.. Lak3 Erie, Evansvilla &. Southwestern Railroad. nrnE voters of Ray Township, Franklln'Conntv X Indiana, are hereby notified that th'e Board' of Commissioners of saidCounty, at theirScptetn berTer.u, 1371, ordered that an election be held in said Ray Township at the usual place&of holding elections therein, on Saturday, Xuvcmbcr U(h, 1871, for the purpose of receiving the votes of the leMr voter thereof, on the subject of appreprialin- two per cent, of the taxables of said township, amounting to Thirteen Thousand Dollars, to aid in tat construction of the Lake Erie, Evansville and Southwestern Railway, passing through said Township, by taking stock iu said corporation to tha amount of said appropriation. ' GE0R3E BERRY. Oet.4,lS71-tt. Auditor F. C. BUfLEKJFI. RAILROAD ELECTluX Lake Erie, Evansville &. Southwestern. Railway. THE voters of Butler Township, Franilia Contr. ty, Indian i, are hereby notified, that the Board of Commissioners of said County, t their September Term, 1871, ordered that an election bo held in said Butler Township, at tht uul places of holding elections therein, On Siturdai, November llh, 1S71, for the purpose of receiving the vctos of the legaL Voteis thereof, on the subject of appropriating twoper cent, of the taxables of said Township, amounting to Ten Thousand Dollars, to aid in the construction of the Lake Erie, Evaneville and Southwestern R iilway, passing through said Towmhip, by taking stock iu. said corporation to the amount of said appropriation. GEORGE BERRY, Oct. 4, 1S7I-U. Auditor F.CBRL0SY1LLE TP. RAILROAD ELEO TION. Lake Erie Evansville &. Southwestern Railroad. TIIE voters of Brookvillo Township, Franklin County, Indiana, are hereby notified that tho 13 ard of Commissioners of said County, at their Septeiiibor Term, 1371. ordered that an eleotioa bo held in said Brookvillo Township, at the usual places of holding elections therein, On Saturday, Kovanber llfi, 1S71, for the purpose of receiving the votes of thedegif voters thereof, on the subject tf appropriating two per cent, of the tax ible3 of said Township, amounting to Forty five Thousand Dollars, to. aid in tho construction of the Lake Eric, Evansville aud Southwestern Railway, passing through said Township, by tikir. g stock in said corporation to the amount of laid appropriation. UEOUGiS BEUKT, Oct. 4, 1371 -tt. Auditor F. C. RYE WIll&KEY. pAPHL & WHITE'S Rje Whiskey, f 2,50 Pr J gallon, at Ja u-os Haley's Saloon, Laurel, Ind. sept 2V. ly. HALEY HOUSE. LAUREL, IND. James Haley, Pjropriotor. The publyi accommodated with good beJs anl good meals at modorate i r'.ces, sep 2) ly. Notice of Administration. NOTICE is hereby given, that tho undersign! his been appointed by the Clerk of the Court of Common Please of Franklin County, State of Indiana, Administrator of the Estate of Georgs W. Carman, late of Franklin County, djceased. Said Estate is supposed to be olvent. WIlLIAM ii.carmas, Oct. 6, 1871-3w. Administrator. DISSOLUTION NOTICE TIIE partnership heretofore existing hetweea John Diets and L. Trogeseer, under the firta name of Dieti & Tragesser, is this day dissolve! by mutual consent. Tho settlement of all accounts has bocn assumed by Mr. Tngcsser. JOHN DIE1Z. L. TRAUESsEiv. Brookville, Sept. 25, 1871-3-. FAIRFIELD TP- RAILROAD ELECTIONLaka Erio, Evansville &. Southwestern Railroad. TIIE voters of Fairfield T iwniip. Franklin County, Indiana, are hereby notified th it the Board of Commissioners of said County, at their September Term, 1871, ordared that an elrctioa be held ia said Fairfield Township, at tha usunJ places of holding elections therein, Od St!urdy, November Uh, 1871, for the purpose) of receiving tho votes of tbelcg voters thereof, on the subject of appropriat'"? two per cent, of the taxables ofsvd Township amounting to Fifteen Thousand Dollars, to aio in the construction of the Lake Erie, EvansviMe and Southwestern Railway, passing through sum Township, by taking stook in said corporation t the amount of said appropriation. GEORGE BERRY, Oct. 4, lS71,-tt. Auditor F.C. FAIRFIELD MILLS. BROWN &. BEST I7ILL guarantee satisfaction m ction in grindinf Iho highest m"tel v v FLOUR and MEAL. : : i . u r n" l, - This Flour is for sale in Brookville at Ihe ii"r of Wiley Case, R. D. Templeton and A. Will also furnish LUMBER OF ALL KlSPs' Sep 1-ly OX cents will pay for the WREATH -tho tjrj raagaiine for the oia and young month on trial. Address , T i oetl-4w TIIE WREATH, Bedford, i" A RARE CHANCE FOR AGENTSAgents, we will pay you $40 per we.k m L vou will engage with us at once. nvorjr furnished and expenses paid. Address ii.4.f ELLS A CO., Charlotte, Mioh. oct REDUCTI0N0F FlilCES TO CONFORM TO REDUCTION OF DITlI;frno GREAT SAYING TO CONSl113 BT QSTT1SO Or CLUBS. Cluh .Sendfor our New fnce form will accompany it, containing tn(j tions making a large saving to consume , remunerative to club organisers. THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO t anr 31 &. 33 P. O. Box 5643. oct 13 4w YESEY BTK ' nKK.