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hnois, where so large an amount of grain is sold and ..rrm.l nil' instead of bcinc; fed out to stock, they aro

sellin their lands by the bushel in the shape of wheat and corn, and that for a price utterly ruinous Commerce, founded upon such agricultural economy as this must come to an end, although the folly will continue to be avenged on posterity even to the third and fourth mneration. Thn loadintr fact of a wide-spread deterioration of the soil stands out too boldly to be denied. The great irreversible law of American agriculture appears in the constant and increasing diminution ot agricultural products, without any advance in prices. It follows, just in proportion, that capital is disappearing, and that labor receives a diminishing reward. Our country is growing debilitated, and we propagate the consumptive disease with all the energy of private enterprise and public patronage. Many foreign States support a population vastly larger per square mile than we maintain, and hold their annual increase; but by the system of husbandry generally pursued here, the land is held until it is robbed of it virtue, skimmed of its cream, and then the owner, selling his wasted field to some skin-flint neighbor, flies to fresh fields with the foul purpose to repeat the same spoliation; and this annual exodus which prevails over all the older States, and even begins upon ,the first settlements of the new States before their remorter borders have lost sight of the savage, painfully indicates that we have reached the maximum of population our land will support in the present state of our agricultural economy. Our skill must bo further developed, or here is our limit. The agriculturists have been, within a few years, aroused to their own wants. The eager crowds which throng the annual fairs of our agricultural societies proclaim the universal hunger there is for a profounder information touching that which comes home to their business and bosoms. They know there are mysteries clearly concerning them, and they demand of learning and science a solution. Let us .have such colleges as may rightfully claim the authority of teachers to announce facts and fixed laws, and to scatter broadcust that knowledge which will prove useful in building up a great nation. , The farmer and the mechanic require special schools and appropriate literature quite as much as any of the so-called learned prpfessions. We need a careful, exact and systematized registration of experiments, such as can be made at thoroughly scientific institutions, and such as will not be made elsewhere. These tests and, these tables, so furnished, will give, us, when reported and collated, as provided for in this bill, a rational induction of principles upon which we may expect to establish a proper science; and the more widely gathered are the facts, the. sounder the science. Discoveries will not be trumpeted forth until they have Received the sanction of a body less sanguine than the vendors of a patent AVe need to test the natural capability of soils and the power of dilFerent fertilizers; the relative value of different grasses or flesh, fat, and milk-giving purposes; the comparative value of grain, roots and hay lor wintering stock ; the value of a bushel of corn, oats, peas, carrots, potatoes or turnips, in pounds of beef, jiork or mutton ; deep plowing, as well as drainage ; the vitality and deterioration of seeds; breeds of animals; remedies for the potato disease and for all tribes of insects destructive to cotton, wheat and fruit crops. These and many more are questions of scientific interest, even beyond their economical importance in the researches of the agriculturist. , . , ' Agricultural schools and colleges, in many portions of Europe, are a marked feature of the age. In our own country the general want of such places of instruction has been so manifest that States, societies and individuals have attempted to supply it, though necessarily in stinted measure. The,'plentiful lack" of funds has retarded their maturity and. usefulness; but there are some examples, like that of Michigan, liberally supported by the State, in the, full tide, of 'successful experiment. If this bill shall pass, institutions of the character required by . the people will spring into life and not languish from poverty and neglect'' ' , . : , In the highest civilized parts of Europe we find the governments alive to the wants of agriculture. , They t nave established ministers of instruction, model farms, experimental farms, botanical gardens, colleges, and a large number of secondary schools, with no other purpose than the improvement of the farms and formers of the respective countries. . The effect is in the largest degree favorable to the people and to increased production. In Prussia agricultural colleges and schools for the mechanic arts and higher trades are liberally sustained, and with a much larger staff of professors . than is common in the United States. In Saxon v there are a number of experiment stations or experimental farms, with laboratories attached, and five or more schools exclusively for agriculture., There is no country in the world where agriculture and all branches of industry are pursued with more enterprise and success than in this little monarchy. Belgium has its agricultural schools also, and great opportunities for general education are given, especially in the larger , towns. Here farming is conducted most on a scientific basis, so that Belgium, supjjorting a population of three hundred and thirty-six to the square mile, in a climate inferior to that of Kentucky or Virginia,, which average only twenty-six and twenty-three to he square mile, is the first in rank as an agricultural State in Europe. This preeminence is cliiefly the result of scientific attention to manures. , , : , Fance, from the time of Napoleon, has done much for agriculture; beet sugar, the mulberry, the grape, as well as merino sheep and the Thibet goat, nave re- ,i ceived imperial attention. . No expense is shirked in the cause of agricultural science. Her botanical gar- i dens, chemical laboratories, physiological museums and i schools for instruction in the veterinaro art surpass all others in existence, and, with her five agricultural colleges and almost one hundred schools, are rapidly elevating the farming population of the empire. Colleges and schools of agriculture are numerous in .Great Britain, but their usefulness is greatly restricted on account of the limited attendance arisipg from the jealousies of caste. In Russia the cause of agriculture holds a deserved prominence. Of colleges, schools and special schools, devoted to agriculture, Russia maintains a greater number than any other nation, France only excepted. Thus we behold the suffrages of all the wiser civilized nations ia favor of the measure contemplated by the bill under consideration. If other nations advance, though we but pause, we are distanced. The country is believed to be overwhehm'ngly in favor of the establishment of these institutions. They are as much needed, and will be as gratefully accepted, by one section as by another. More than four-fifths of our population are engaged in agricultural and mechanical employments. ', 1 ". Pass this measure, said Mr. Morrill in conclusion, and you will have done ' . ' ' : Something to enable the farmer to raise two blades of grass instead of one ; . "Something for every owner of land; " ' "Something for all who desire to own land; ' . '"Something for cheap scientific education; "Something for every man who loves intelligence and not ignorance ; ' "Something to induce the farmers' sons and daughters to settle and cluster around the old homesteads; "Something to remove the last Vestige of pauperism from our land ; . r "Something for peace, good order, and, the bettei" support of Christian churches and common schools; 1 ' "Something to enable sterile railroads to pay dividends; i "Something to enable the people to' bear the enor-J mous expenditures of the National Government; "Something to check the passion of individuals, and f the nation, for Indefinite territorial expansion and ultimate decrepitude ; - ' . ', . "Something to prevent the dispersion of our population, and to concentrate it around the best lands of the country places hallowed by church spires, and mellowed by the influences of tune where the consumer will be placed at the door of the producer; and thereby' ' ; , , ',''! '"Something to obtain higher prices for all sorts of agricultural productions ; and . ' . "Something to increase the loveliness of the American landscape. Scientific culture is the sure precursor of order and beauty. N. Y. Tribune. C3T .School Trustees were elected in each ward in New Albany, on Monday last , . .. , i 65 Ripe strawberries are among the luxuries in lew Orleans and New York, selling in the latter place for near a dime apiece.

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SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1858. HySaturdaylathe day of publication of the Locomotive when it wlllalwayaberetdyror subscribers. In nocaiewll weletaeopyofthepaper go from the office before publlca ionday. City Election. The election in this city last Tuesday resulted in all the Republican candidates being elected by an average majority of near three hundred. As we anounced Last week, the contest was purely of a party character, and was warmly contested. The Republicans felt jubilant over the result, and had a grand glorification on Wednesday evening, while tho Democrats were proportionately depressed in spirits. , The Council remains the same this year that it was last, except that Mr. Pratt takes the place of Mr. Harvey. The following is the vote : CANDIDATES. - cV A I Mayor... R. P. Mnxwell I 1 I I I 59 'w 4ti1f4 102 (KO 372 lflp :40t ti 1TS:1C2 S2S 3j3 U.Wtl S. B. Palmer MARSHAL, A. D. Kose ' 499 547 "57 1?n IN) ??ci nw'lM.I -A. B. Lullerson .. 405 1 91 lin U8 S23 S78 307 1678 - . ... CLIRK. J I J. G. Wntdrs mo'930 9T1" iTsllon oon rinft infi? G. H. West 31191 I 1H):1(5i"24 285 322llCS8 TRBARURKR. I J. M. Jatm'Hon -i... 0fi "M 9fi 19 ono oio sen 1091 G. F. McGlnnts .3118 111,190,157,201 2Sfl347il90 ATTORNKY. 1 I R. V. Morris 478 235 939 180 178 201 3n91S71 B. ft. 111011 43) 103 1S3 163:2:13:209 301 1 1773 . KNOINEEK. i I J Wood. Sr 490 ,24si2.l54'lrT0V 222l38n! 1977 fl). a. HosbrooK 4101 93i04163l23ai2s2i340il6i4 ST. COMMISSIONER. . ' . . ' I H. Colcsiock... 501 254 270 187 1 252 372 2012 l400 i 8Sl 15()jl57 if.'O 279:340 1U40 I" I " '501,251 2511 180 194 2211378 '987 MOO1. 91(i2'157l8 282'341 1(37 J. Kussol P. L. Merrvnion .. ASSESSOR K. Drum bar. . . . Total volo of tho city Totul toto of the city last yenr. ...3082 ...3343 Those marked with a () nre Democratic. COCNCILMEN. FIRST WARD. ' KErUBLICAN. DEMOCRAT.

J. K. English, ; ,- - 514 R. Talkington, - - 898 SECOND WARD. A. G. Porter, - - 257 C, Yonngerman, - - 79 '" ', THIRD WARD. , , J. S. Pratt,' 238 C. King, '- - - - 184 FOURTH WARD. E. Locke, - - - 191 J. A. Wonnell, - - 154 FIFTH WARD., I , : , J. Burk, - - - - 192 S. McNabb, ... 228 - I , : SIXTH WARD. W. McLain, - - - ' 231 M. North,' ... 266 : SEVENTH WARD.' ' T. Cottrell,' - - ' 413 J C, Yeager, -. - ,. .303

Kansas. This important embryo State, that has occupied almost exclusively the attention of Congress for the last five months, has been finally disposed of, for the present session at least, by the passage of the English bill, just as it was published by us last week This bill has been signed by the President, and is now the law of the land. By its provisions, a vote will be taken at an early day, on the' ordinance of the Leompton Constitution as amended. If that is accepted, Kansas will be declared a State under the Lecompton Constitution if it is rejected, thn the people can make a new constitution, when the Territory contains population of 93,000, or the same number of inhab itants that comprise a congressional district in any State now in the Union. If the people of Kansas should accept the proposition, there ia no question but that will be the end of the matter; but should they re ject it, it will be an open question, and probably a troublesome one, until it is finally disposed of. Whether the proposition will "be rejected or accepted is the subject of discussion in all the leading papers, but this can only be decided by the people of Kansas themselves. ———<>——— FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday morning a woman named Jennette Sherwood, was killed in the Union Depot, in this city, by the cars of the Bellefountaine road backing over her. She was 65 years of age, an emigrant from Scotland, which she left three weeks ago, in company with her husband, son, two grown daughters, and several grandchildren, and was going to Missouri. Her body was severed, and badly cut by the wheels, and her limbs much mangled. An inquest was held by Coroner Moffitt, and the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the above facts attaching no blame to any person connected with to either the road or Depot. The Caledonian Society took the remains of the deceased in charge, and had them interred Wednesday afternoon. The bereaved husband and children took an evening train for St. Louis. ———<>——— GAS EXTENSION.—The Gas Company purchased this week about 150 tons of Gas pipe, to extend the light in the city. This pipe will lay between two and three miles, and it is proposed to lay it around the Madison Depot, to the Cincinnati, Central and Bellefontaine freight depots, on Illinois street north,. Delaware, Meridian, and West Maryland streets. Besides this extension of pipe, the company expect this year to spend some $6,000 in renewing and enlarging part of their works. ———<>——— PENNSYLVANIA STREET.—The property holders on Pennsylvania street have made a good move in planting shade trees, by planting a row of fine, durable trees, along the east side of the University square. If these trees are permitted by cattle and boys to grow, those that took an active share in getting them planted will refer to them years hence with a just pride. It would be well if the whole square was surrounded with trees—will the owners of property on the other side permit Pennsylvania street to get ahead of them? ———<>——— , , CaT A great deal of fun is anticipated from the mule race, to come off at the next County Fair. The idea of the last mule getting the prize is a novel one, and it really makes it a contest with the riders, rather than the mule. We should not be surprised, from what we hear already, if there was fifty mules entered for that premium the more the merrier.' . ' . By reference to the vote in the different wards, it will be seen that the first ward polls 912 votes, the j sec6nd 336, the third 422, the fourth 345, the fifth 420, the sixth 497, and the seventh 716. The first ward : polls as many votes as any two wards in the city, ex- ' eluding the seventh. Would it not be well to chano-e I the wards, so as to equalize them more ? , 63" A sermon on the death of the late Rev. Dudley A. Tyng, delivered in the Church of the Cove, nant, Phila.,by the Rev. Stephen II. Tyng, D.D.,on Sunday, the 25th of April, can be obtained of Stewart & Bowen, neatly printed in pamphlet form.

' City Finances. It has been the regular custom for the City Clerk and City Treasurer, for the last eight or ten . years, to prepare an annual statement of the receipts and expenses of the city, and this state" ment has invariably been published as early as we could get it, and generally before the annual city electionTliis year the statement was prepared by the Clerk, similar in form to all that precedfcl it, antj at our re quest we were furnished a copy. We consider this statement of great interest to the tax payers, as it is the only correct report that is made of the receipts and disbursements of the city, and we were glad to lay it before our readers, one month after it was made, but in advance of all cotemporaries. In addition to the Clerks annual report, the Treasurer, Mr. King, furnished us with the statement which we published las week, of tho assessments, the amount collected, and the amount delinquent The statement of the Treasurer we stated was substantially correct, for the reason that Mr. King did not include one or two items in the as" sessment, but there was several items in the receipts that he thought would about balance them, and make the statement vary but little, either way, from the one we gave. On Saturday morning, the day our paper appeared, the Journal published a statement charging error in an article that it said would appear in our paper, and on Monday it reiterated it, attempting to

point to errors, obtained from a different source, and entirely different If those statements published by us are incorrect, if the Journal will furnish us a corrected one we will publish it, but the Journal knew as well a3 we did that the reports were correct, but it was willing to sacrifice what little character it has for veracity, to gain a small temporary political advantage. It made no difference to the Journal whether it was correct or false, if it could create the impression they were untruet and gain a political advantage thereby. We say the statements published are correct, and the author of the Journal's article is a falsifier, unless he furnishes evL dence to the contrary. The Treasurer and Clerk are both competent, in every respect, and we know they would not furnish a statement that was not true. faT A great reduction in the prices of wheat, corn, rye, oats, potatoes and almost every thing raised by tho farmers except wool, and that has fallen off in price in the Eastern markets, full one third from what it was one year ago, but J. & D. Yount, have on hand a large stock of woolen goods that they have manufactured through the winter and spring, which they are trading for wool and allowing the same that they did last spring) and selling their goods low, fanners would do well to give them a call and examine their goods, and those having wool to card spin or to manufacture, can get it done there as good and as low as at any factory in the County. Factory near West's Mill's, Indianapolis. A Philanthropist. We wish to place it on rec ord now, that it may be referred to in after years, that Mr. Calvin Fletcher is exerting himself in doing his fellow men a good that will be appreciated hereafter, if not now, and will justly entitle him to the above name. .Mainly through his instrumentality, a row of handsome shade trees is being set out, on Pennsylva nia street, from Ohio street to the Donation line, and securely and safely boxed. When these trees get large enough to shelter passers by from the heat of the sun, they will be appreciated, and this row of trees will be the pride of our citizens, if they are properly protected. ''- Who is there on Meridian street that will follow Mr. Fletcher's example ? Orphan Society. The annual reports of the of ficers of this Society were presented at a meeting on Wednesday evening. The Treasurer's report for the last year show that the receipts were $1,094 12, and the expenses $1,065 81, leaving a balance on hand of $28 81. The reports are lengthy, and show the So ciety to be in a prosperous condition.1 The following are the officers of the Society for the ensuing year: President Mrs. M. D. Willard. Vice Presidents. Mrs. S. F. Smith, Mrs. Austin Morris, Mrs. E. Paxton. . Secretary. Mrs. H. M. RoCKWOOD. ' , Treasurer. Mrs. E. Richmond. Managers. Mrs. S. M. Smith, Mrs. M. Givan. Mrs. E. Wilkins, Mrs. A.Brouse,Mrs. Lockwood,Mrs. Browning, Mrs. Hanna, Mrs. Brownell, Mrs. Drew, Mrs. A. W. Morris, Mrs. Chapman. Visitors. Mrs. C. Harrison, Mrs. A. Wiseman, Mrs. Frisby,Mrs. Landis,Mrs. Dr. Luddon,Mrs. Gen. li,lhot.t, Mrs. JjChr, Mrs. Uhr, Mrs. James Southard, Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Julia Ross, Miss Belle Sheets, Mrs. Minerva Porter. Advisory Committee. Cant Love, Mr. Sinker, Mr. Dillon, Mr. Bradley Mr. Wilkins, Mr. Jackson, Mr. A. G. Willard, Mr. Yandes, Mr. Harrison, Gen. Elliott City Cows. The amount of injury done annually by cows in this city is not easily estimated. One of the great beauties and blessings of our city is the hand some shrubbery in the yards, and the shade trees on the streets. These are maintained at a great expense of money and time, and are greatly prized, not so much on account of their intrinsic value, as by the labor that has been bestowed on them, the time it has occupied in their growing, and the ornament and protection they furnish property. Our city fences, with very few exceptions, are lawful fences, within the meaning of the statutes the gates are well hung, with proper fastenings, and yet there is not one yard in fifty that the cows of the city do not get into. The city cows, many of them, can open a gate as skillfully as a person, and they go from one gate to another, open them, browse on the grass and shrubbery, and the owner is left with no redress. We have seen this spring trees that have been set out, broken down, the tops eat off, and the tree killed by cows, that would deliberately walk from one to the next until an entire row was injured or mutilated. An industrious cow of this kind can do more damage in a day, or night, than her milk is worth in a year, and those that suffer appear to have no recourse left but a polite notice to the owner, which results in nothing. Now we contend that this is all wrong that no citizen has a right to keep a cow, or any animal, in a populous city, that will endanger the property of his neighbor, and, in fact, we question the right of any person to keep a cow in a city, unless he keeps her entirely on his own premises. We would ask the attention of every citizen to this matter, and particularly those that take a just pride in their beautiful shrubbery, and handsome shade trees. No garden is safe, no yard secure, as even if the fastenings and ropes used should keep the cows out, an inattentive servant or child may leave a gate open in a thoughtless moment, that will endanger their care ol years. : The Hogs have been declared by ordinance a public nuisance, and prohibited from running at large, while cows, that do far more actual damage, are allowed to trespass at pleasure. Think of these things. Should any of our numerous friends, residing in the vicinity of the city happen to observe a medium sized, red and white spotted cow, with small horns, both bored, and ears slightly but irregularly cropped, sup. posed to have a young calf they will confer a favor that will be appreciated, and cheerfully returned by leaving information at this office, where she can be found.

" Ee.tis.-lu this wooden country we think we are, paving a large price when we pay ten cents a dozen lbrVoS. During the last winter they have not sold abovrthat, and frequently they ranged from six to eight cent. In New York the case is different-twenty-fivc cents a dozen for eggs is called cheap, and recommended at that price for food in preference to meat, of any kind. Our country readers will be surprised as the tone of exultation in the following article, over eggs at twelve cents a dozen, which we copy from the New York Tribune. We will here state that of the Indiana eggs referred to, nearly five hundred barrels were shipped by the Messrs. J. & JBradshaw, of this city. Cheap Food. Don't grumble at dear meat. Leave meat alone and buy eggs. "Twenty-five eggs for 25 cents." All about town these words and figures are to be seen. Eggs, usually considered a luxury, and quite out of tho question as an article of daily food among the working classes of the city, are now actually the cheanest food thev can use. Take the average of eggs,

and we find they weigh two ounces each eight eggs to a pound ; eight cents a pound, with less waste than in meat, and less per pound than anything of the meat kind at retail price. Two eggs, 2c; one-fourth of a loaf of bread, ljc; butter, 2c; sugar and tea, ljc; boiling the tea, lc. Total, 8c. for a good hearty breakfast for a laboring man, at outside prices. ' The quantity of eggs now in this city is enormously great perhaps greater than ever known before ; and certainly they never have been known so cheap of late years as they aro now. For this there is good reason. The mild Winter was unusually productive of eggs, and parties who had packed large quantities in anticipation of high prices in Winter were heavy losers, and many of them will no more touch ecrtrs asrain than a burnt child will touch fire. This throws a greater supply of fresh eggs on the market, beside all the limed egsjs that have been sold at whatever was offered. Beside all this, we are now drawing our supplies from regions never before reached by our great city's Briarian arms. Eggs from Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and even from Iowa, are among the things common from those States in the New York food market. The producers or egg merchants there have learned how to pack eggs, in good, sound strongly-hooped flour barrels, using clean oats to fill all the interstices as compactly as the whole can be shaken together, pressing the head hard down on the top, so that they come here a thousand miles by rail with very little loss by breakage, and none on the oats, and perhaps not much upon the barrels. It is the immense field that furnishes our stock that enables us to live at all. The area that fed this city a few years ago would not furnish it now sufficient to prevent a famine. We are indebted to railroads for our ability now to eat eggs at eight cents a pound. KiT We are permitted by a friend to make the fol lowing short extract from a letter from Harrison Co., Ky., to show the difference between Kentucky and In. diana, both in improvements, and convenience to market, &c. " There are three new still houses in my neighborhood I would not grieve much if they were all to burn up to night All the hauling and splunging through the mud is to keep the still houses in operation. There is but one improvement in this county, and that is a large wheat mill, in Cynthiana. ' The proprietors seem to be men of business and money, and are going ahead rapidly, and say we can have a market for our wheat right there at the mill." This mill is ten miles from the residence of the writer we don't think any farmer in this county is com polled to haul his wheat ten miles. Harrison is one oj. the best Counties in Kentucky, our readers can com. pare the improvements there with those in progress here. Printer's Furniture. AVe have used Reuben Hill's Printers Furniture, quoins, shooting sticks, &c. so long, that we have come almost to think that no other person could make them properly. Mr. Hill has made this his head quarters for the last three or four years, supplying all central Indiana with the best of Furniture, but he has recently removed to Cincinnati, to make that his permanent home. To the craft in Cincinnati, and elsewhere, we can recommend MrHill's Furniture, as being true - and accurate, and the Col. Himself as being a first rate clever fellow. ———<>——— CITY MAPS.—The new map of the City, surveyed and arranged by Hart & Maypother, is now being delivered to subscribers. It is a large map, giving accurately all the additions and subdivisions, with every house and building. It is a credit to the gentleman that got it up, and will be a beautiful ornament and useful addition to every office and shop in the city. ———<>——— 9th Indiana. The ninth volume of Indiana Re. ports are now ready for sale by Messrs. Merrill & Co. the publishers. This volume contains a number of very important decisions, more than any previous vol ume of Indiana Reports. Among the principle cases are that of Newell vs. Gatling, Lighty vs. French, and the decision on the School law. This volume wa3 printed at this office, and for mechanical execution wil' equal any volume of reports in the Union. Rebekka Festival. The Ladies of the Degree of Rebekka, I. O. O. F., intend giving a Festival in the Lodge Room, on the evening of Wednesday, May 19, during the session of the Grand Lodge, at which they will be pleased to see all good citizens, and all good Odd Fellows. Public Documents. We are under obligations to Hon. James M. Gregg, M. C., for a copy of the Explorations for the Pacific Railroad, Messages of the President and accompanying documents, and other valuable public documents. B" The Spring Term of the U. S. Circuit, and the U. S. District Courts, will commence in this city on the 1 7th of May, next Monday week. There is a large number of important cases in the dockets of these courts. The May term of the Supreme Court of Indiana com mences on the 4th Monday in May. Good Stock. All interested in improving their stock of horses, will do well to notice carefully the advertisement of the trotting horse " Vermont Morgan,'' his pedigree is well attested, and the fact that he was allowed to fully mature before being offered to the pub. lie, will be appreciated by thinking prudent stock rais. ers. ' tSiT The local of the Indianapolis Journal who is Eermitted to run all over town, makes a great noise ecause Gov. Willard puts his cow in the State House yard. In this city the fashion is different : the cnis put in the yard, while the cow runs at large. N. Albany Ledger. Indiana and Illinois Central Railway Com. pany. At the regular annual election held by this Company on the 5th inst, the following gentlemen were elected directors for the ensuing year : John C. Campbell, Richard J. Gatting, of Indianapolis; Jereniiah Depew,of Danville; A. S.Roache, Rockville; Samuel B. Bushwell, Montezuma; M. G. Bright, Madison, Indiana ; William M. Jones, Edgar county ; James R. Hammert, Coles county; Robert Hopkins, Coles county ; Benjamin Newman, Jacksonville ; Wm. Martin, Henry rrather ; Decatur, Illinois. the following officers were elected. John C. Campbill, President Wm. Martin, Vice President J. M. Sharpe, Sec. and Treas. : ST The total vote of New Albany, at the election on last Tuesday, was 1,448.

A Bankrupt Law. A bankrupt law is nov. fore Congress, embracing provisions of which the f0 lowing is an abstract, compiled by a correspond

For one we enter our protest against the passaoe any bankrupt law, and particularly one that has tte retroactive feature. In this State we are satisfi such a law would be very unjust, where there is no(. one insolvent man in a hundred. There may be cases in which honest, but unfortunate men would be r, lieved from hopeless debt, that would be a benefi but the great result would be in effect offering induce, ments to swindlers to impose on the unsuspecting credulity of their firiends, and after getting in debt and living on the property of others, to wipe it out by the bankrupt law. We are satisfied the passage of such a law by Congress would be a very unpop ular move in the West The following is the ab! stract : "Mr. Toombs's bankrupt law is being actively con. sidered by the Judiciary Committee, and it will prQi,, ably be presented to the Senate early next week. Jj is understood it will be a general bill, including inc;. viduals, corporations, chartered banks, and association of persons authorized to issue notes, bills, &c. It wj provide for voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy and will be retroactive. The retroactive feature wi'll' be guarded so as to exclude all who, subsequent to January last or any other time, have made assignments in contemplation of the passage of a bankrupt jaw' which gave preference to one creditor over another' and the bankrupt in such cases shall not receive a dis-' charge unless with the consent of a majority of fog creditors who have not been so preferred. The invoU untary bankruptcy applies to cases where the dehts exceed two thousand dollars, and the person declared bankrupt is entitled a trial by jury all transfers of property of any kind, for the purpose of giving any creditor, indorser or other person any preference ov priority over general creditors, to be null and void, and the parties obtaining them to be sued for such amount as assets of the bankruptcy. With regard to banks and others issues of paper money, they are to come under the head of involuntary bankrupts; and, in addition to all the liabilities which attach to individuals, they may be declared bankrupt for the non-payment for ten days after demand of any bill, note or other liability, all the expenses of proceedings to be paid by the pan ties interested, and under no pretense to be paid hr the United States. These are the general feature the bill, we believe. It is to go into effect next vember if now passed." $W Dr. Stephenson, President of the State Board of Agriculture, in the Grecncastle Banner, says that in his opinion the common fowls of the country are more proffitable to Farmers than any of the imported fowls. He says "We mean the fowls that have been in the country "time out of mind" the old sort They are beautiful birds of all colore of medium size, good layers, good nursers, kind mothers able to make a living for themselves. They find a secure nest in the fields or woods often hatch their brood, feed them on insects without the cost of a crum of bread, and when of sufficient size, the mother willingly tenders them for the use of the frying-pan. In delicacy of flesh, they are excelled by no bird of the kind, and in that most delicate part of the fowl, the breast, they yield about as much as a pair of Chittagongs." Obituary. The Hon. J. J. Gilchrist, Presiding Judge of the United States Court of Claims, died in Washington on the 29th ult, at the residence of his friend, Dr. Whelan, the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Judge Gilchrist was a profound lawyer, and discharged the duties of his position with distinguished ability. He was a citizen of New-Hampshire, and had filled the first judicial office in the State that of Chief Justice ; and, upon the establishment of the Court of Claims by Congress, was appointed by President Pierce one of the judges. Judge Gilchrist was in the prime of life, being about forty-nine years old, and had every prospect of a long career ot honor and usefulness before bim. His death is greatly lamented by his associate judges and his acquaintances generally, to whom he had endeared himself by the many excellent qualities of his head and heart. His remains were taken to his native State. Judge Loring, of Massachusetts, has been appointei to the Judgeship made vacant by the death of Judja Gilchrist Accession to Plymouth Church. On Sunday morning there was a very large congregation at the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's Church, Brooklyn, the occasion being special, from the fact that a great numoer ot persons were to De received into the Uhurch. The pulpit was tastefully decorated with flowers, and in the rear were wreathed the words, "For ye were as "sheep going astray, but are now returned unto the 'Shepherd and Bishop of your souls." There were in all 188 persons received in Church 163 by profession and 15 by letter. Fourteen were baptised by immersion on Thursday night, and 42 were baptized on Sunday morning. They occupied the five front circles of seats, and when the articles of faith were read to them by Mr. Beecher, they arose and bowed their heads. Some twenty-five of there converts were connected with the Sabbath School attached to the Church. The venerable Lyman Beecher, D. D., father of the pastor, sat in the pulpit. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher preached a short sermon from Ephesians iv. 1316. Evansville, Indianapolis And Cleveland Straight Line Railroad Co. The annual meeting of the stockholders of this company, was held at the office of the company, in this city, at 2 o'clock yesterday, when the following gentlemen were unanimously elected directors for the ensuing year: Henry D. Allis, John A. Reitz and John J. Chandler, of Evansville; James W. Cockrum, of Gibson couny; Alexander Leslie, of Pike county; Wlliam Mason, of Green county; William M. Franklin, of Owen county; Hannibal R. Stevens and Cyrus Whctzell, of Morgan Co.; David Williams, of Indianapolis, and Jeremiah Smith, of Winchester, Indiana. The new Board elcted the following officers for the ensuing yean President Jeremiah Smith. , , Vice-President Henry D. Allis Secretary and Treasures JamesGreene. A vote of the stockholders was taken on the question of dissolving the Company, and abandoning the work, before the election of Dirctors, when 7,470 votes were given against a dissolution of the company, and none for it. Journal. I" Geo. McOuat has been appointed Register, and Charles C. Campbell, Receiver of the Land office for this district, vice the present incumbents, whose term of office has expired. Small Maps. We have still a few of Sullivan's small maps of the city, the only ones now in print for sale. Price $1.00 each. i liar From our experience in printing the decisions of the Supreme Court of Indiana, we think we excel, both in mechanical execution, and accuracy, in printlng lawyer's briefs. W Wiley sells to day at 2 o'clock, P. M., in front of the " Wright House," a lot of ground east of Delaware street, fronting 6 7 J feet on Maryland street Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. The Cincinnati Gazette says of this road : ' ' Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company is worse now than any pravious time in its history. Not only has the payment of interest on bonds been neglected, but the wages of the employees have been withheld to such an extent that an open revolt has been threatened. These defaults have occured while the road has been earning an average of $135,000 per month equal to $1,620,000 per year. Out of such an income the interest and expenses of the road should certinly have been paid, and it remains to be explained why the earnings of the road have not been applied to the discharge of these obligations.