Locomotive, Volume 45, Number 10, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 July 1858 — Page 2

THE LOCOMOTIVE.

' SATUBdTyTjPI-Y 24, 1858.

TrjSaturdaylsth day of publication of the Locoruouve when It will alwaysbeready for subscribers. In no case will wetetaeopyoflhepaper go from theonlce before publics ionday. , LOCOMOTIVE STEAM PRESS BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OFFICE. -1TK would call Hie attention of Railroad Men, Prosidentsof V Colleges and Academies, the Medical Profession, and all others, to our assortment of NEW AND BCAUTIFUL TYPE! Just received from the best Fouudries in the United States, embracing all the Medical Signs. Accents, Veli, Frinck Letter; Algebraical Signs, n'l all the modern facilities for doing work in the best stvle. All our Type and Machinery is new, and In good order, including two of Adams' Improved STEAM PRINTING PRESSES which ennbles us to do our work in a superior style, on asshor lime, and ns good terms as tny other office. We have on hand a superior article of llooli und C'olorsd and Hie beslof Inks, and as wo lire practical workmen, we guaranty all work entrusted to us to be done In the neatest manner, with promptness and accuracy. Our Job Department is well supplied with all kinds of New aud Fashionable Type, and we are prepared to do Kinds of a"o WorU! on the shortest notice, and at the lowest living rates; and BLANKS OF EVEKV DKaCKlPTIOHI on Cap, better. Folio Host, Flat Cap, French, or Colored Papers, and Cards or Card Hoards. For thu character or our work we confidently refer lo any Book or Job bearing our imprint. Our prices are regulated at the lowest cash standard, so as to be regular and uniform, and equal to all; and contracts for work will be adhered to. without resort lo extra charges. ! Tf'Ordersfroin a listance promptly attended to, and accuracy guarantied. TTr"Omceon Meridian street, immediately opposite the Pos Onlco. EMlEli A IIARKNKSS. -' C" Our brick men tell us that the demand for brick this season far exceeds the supply that a great number of new brick dwelling.? are just being commenced, in various parts of the city, and that there is quite a demand for brick from the country. It is estimated that there will not be one-tenth part as many brick left over this season as there was last, for the spring work. Tin's is cheering news for the dull times. The Saturday evening markets are improving, Li3.st Saturday evening a week but two sellers were present last Saturday more than a dozen were there, and buyers were quite plenty. The vegetables exposed at this market are fresh -just the thing for Sunday's use, and the mechanics, that get their money on Saturday, and all others, should attend this market for their supplies. We predict that the Saturday even" pg market will prove a very useful institution. 6iT The Printer is the name of a very neat monthly publication, devoted exclusivelyto the interest of the craft. The three first numbers are before us, and they contain a vast fund of interesting and useful information. It is a quarto form, with handsome cover, containing 24 pages, and every printer should have a copy. It is published by Henry & Huntington, New York, at SI. 00 a year. ' On the 15th inst. another terrible accident oc. curred on the New York and Erie railroad, by which six perosns were killed outright, and forty-nine . more or less injured. The accident was caused by the breaking of a rail, throwing the two last cars on the train down an embankment, and completely wrecking the last car. In the list of passengers we saw no person from this city. J. Wesley Reed, formerly conductor on the Inf dianapolis and Cincinnati railroad, died in this city, cconsumption, on Friday last His funeral was attended on Sunday by the Masonic Fraternity and Odd Fellows, of both which societies he was a member, and a large number of his railroad friends, six full cars coming over the road for that purpose. ' CS" On last Saturday the first meeting of a Dragoon Company was held, on University square, and drilled under the command of Captain Russell. The cornpa ny is now filling up, and counts forty members, that will fully equip with the best U. S. arms and equip ments. Capt Love is expected to take command of the company. ! The Hoq Disease. A letter was read by Solon Robinson, before the American Institute Farmer's Club, containing the following item on the Hog disease. - Well, here is another letter that confirms the statement of one I read at a former meeting, that the bones of hogs dying with the prevailing epidemic are so diseased that th-y decay in the carcass before the softer tissues. As this is the case, my remedy or preventive would be feeding bone meal liberally with plenty of sulphur. Bluff Road Pic-Nic The Bluff Road Boys give a Pic-Nic to-day, July 24, at the farm of Charles Amies, to those specially invited. Frof. Greshe's Cotillion Band furnishes music for the occasion. Guests are requested to bring their own provisions. J. Christian, L. E. Orr, B. F. Todd, M. Hardin, F. Denny, I. N. Orr are the committee of arrangements. SiJ Harper's Monthly Magazine, for August, can be obtained at Werden & Chamberlain's Book Store. The Virginians is continued in tliis number, besides a number of very interesting articles, some of them handsomely embelished. From two to three hundred buckets of Blackberries are received in this city daily, off the different railroads, and this supply does not equal the demand. We understand Messrs. Yohn and Sherman are making their arrangements for a five story brick, on the corner opposite Blackford's block, to go up ncx season. . 3Sa" We are pleased to meet the Rev. Mr. Cunning- - ham again, with improved health, who has been absent from his congretion for several weeks. He -will preach to-morrow, at the usual hours, Gody's Lady's Book, for August, has been received by Messrs. Stewart & Bowen. It has a most beautiful engraving, "Summer," executed in the highest style of art, as a frontispiece. CaT The Ladies Home Magazine, for August, is at hand. Tliis Magazine is edited by T. S. Arthur and Virginia F. Townsend, who supply the very best of reading.. This Magazine is $2.00 a year. WJ- G. White, Postmaster at Colfax, was shot on Wednesday last, by a man named Duke, while attempting to demolish Duke's grocery, in company with others. " '' ' A contract has been made for building a three story brick house on Illinois street, near the Farmer's Hotel, the present season. C3" Last week a swarm of Bees settled on the enpalo of the First Presbvterian Church.

BLACK MAIL. The Sentinel of Monday contains an article in answer to ours of last week, that we shall endeavor to reply to. The editor of that paper says we "had no authority from him, personally or otherwise, to make t,li insinuation asrainst the Journal." We do not now.

j nor have we ever claimed such authority, but our informant gave the editor of the Sentinel as his authority, and we did the same, on his declaring, before any allusion was made, to him, that "there was no ground for the insinuation." Again he says: " On the contrary, learning incidentally that such an impression was entertained by Mr. Elder through a repealed remark casually made by us to a " leading citizen" a remark natural and proper enough under the circumstances it was made we distinctly repudiated it through the same source before the Locomotive question appeared. Mr. Elder, therefore, made this insinuation not only against our authority, but in the) lace of our disavowal of it, and upon his own responsibility." If the editor refers to a communication on that subject, handed us for publication but subsequently withdrawn, he is right; but we deny, most emphatically, so far as we are concerned, the withdrawal of the information we acted upon. In every conversation on the subject with our informant, up to the present time, the statements have been repeated, without alteration or change, and at no time have we been desired to withhold it. Our informant was impressed with the idea that money had been paid the Journal, and so impressed us we did not originate the charge, nor did we know of it, until infonncd, and that information was represented as coming from Mr. Bingham. The purity of the press is a proper and legitimate subject for newspaper comment, and in asking the question we did, we believed there was ample ground for suspicion, and we would be justified in bringing it before the public. Again, the Sentinel says: Further, to no one have we ever said that the Journal levled ' black mail" for its editonul upon Dr. Athon-s cuse." "A rose by any other name will smell as sweet." If the editor of the Sentinel did not say that "black mail" was levied, allow us to ask him what lie did say. Did he not say that if received money for an article, he should write a fair one ? or any language in substance to that effect ? Did he not say that money was sent to Mr. Harrison, clerk of the Sentinel office, from a certain person, with the remark that that was all that was then left, as the party had been first to the Journal, but leaving the impression that more would be forthcoming ? Was not au "inference" or supposition drawn in "conversation," from any "circumstance" similar to the above, that money was paid to the Journal for the leading editorial article that appeared the next morning ? If "the party" was at the Journal office, it is possible he had been to pay for papers a large number of papers (?) as it nearly took his pile who knows but if that was the case, why was a different impression made? Answer our ques tions, Mr. Bingham. Again, the Sentinel says : i We shall not be guilty of the impropriety of repeating, in our columns, the private conversations of citizens, not even lo justify ourself. Nor shall we publish a charge editorially against any one, obtained through private conversations or other wise, antl then meanly and cowardly attempt to throw the responsibility upon others A man or an editor who thus attempts to evade responsibility, shonid not anil will not have the confi dence ol any gentleman, when Ihey Know him, they will be very careful what they say in his presence." This is a very grave charge of the Sentinel, and we call for the proof. If one responsible man in tliis community will show us wherein we are guilty of revealing private confidences, we will acknowledge it publicly. In this matter, we received our information as an editor it was given as a suitable matter for public notice a legitimate subject for newspaper comment. No restriction whatever was placed on us not to use it no hint of the kind, or intimation. We received it as we often receive information, and used it by asking a single question. If any one can controvert this, let him do it We are as free from violating confidence as Mr. Bingham, or any other man, and we repel his charge with indignation. Again, the Sentinel says : 4 Tbe Locomotive states that if we " had acted the man In the matter," tliut is, permitted an insinuation made bv it against a cotemporary lo go uncontradicted which we knew to be false, ami which was published by that paper out of pure malice, it would not be com pelled to take the course it has." We leave the community to judge winch was the most honorable the course wo took, a dignified," as the Locomotive calls it, re pudiation ofthe " insinuation," or by silence permitted an in .uslice to the parlies concerned, Dr. Atlion and tho Journal? Read tliis paragraph twice, reader. Remember, at tho time you read it, that the "insinuation" which the editor of the Sentinel says "we he knew to be false,'' originated with him ; and after telling a gentleman that there was ground for suspicion, (to put it in a mild form,) in his next paper says "there is no ground for the insinuation." If that is a manly course, to tell a friend privately one thing to-day, and deny it pub licly the next, leaving that friend to bear the brand of a falsifier if that is a manly course, we are willing to take back our expression. We are perfectly wil ling to leave this matter to the community to judge, and will abide their decision. Again, the Sentinel says : if Mr. Elder desires to be satisfied that there is no lustiflcition for his charges against us; that we only said to a leading citizen" whst any one would naturally and iustlv have rem;.rki.d under the same circumstances : anil, to use his own laiieuuee. that we have " acted the man in this matter,11 we can satisfy bira orany friend of his, by a plain statement of the facts. We do desire to be satisfied. Present your "state ment of facts" publicly, in the same manner that your denial was made, for the satisfaction of the public as well as us. Vv e are not willing to stand charged pub licly with revealing private confidences and other grave offences, and then be satisfied with a private statement of facts. Bring out the facts, and we prom ise you we u will act the man in this matter," and if we have done any one injustice, will make the amende honorable. AVe are extremely sorry to bring Dr. Athon forward so prominently in the way we do, as we have the highest personal regard for him, but there has been such point blank lying, and a pre-arranged system of united hostility to us carried out by the two papers, that there is but one course left for us to pursue the plain, straight-forward course pointed out by honesj. integrity. The Journal of Monday and Tuesday contains nearly a column of abuse against us for asking if it received money for a leading editorial article. It tries ridicule, pity, contempt, pot-house slang, and all the other means it has at command, trying to draw public attention from the question to a personal difficulty with ns. All this smoke shows that there is fire, or a fear of fire, and fire generally burns. We will not descend to the level of the Journal and answer it by using the most obnoxious terms we can apply, but shall, for the present, merely notice two or three points in connection with the article above to the Sentinel. We duly appreciate the importance of the puritvof the press, and the duty of every man to expose its corruptions, should any exist Hearing suspicions that there was something wrong in a leading article of the Journal, we gave that paper an opportunity for explanation by asking a question as to black mail. That question was replied to by an abusive article? which induced us to give our authority for the suspicions. Again abuse follows personal abuse of the most offensive character. Now we did not invent the charge, or insinuation we did not originate it, nor did we know of any cir cumstances that would give rise to even the suspicion, until informed on the authority we gave. If the editor ofthe Journal is not guilty, he takes the course generally pursued by guilty parties, of bluster and defama

tion, to try to divert public attention from the point if he is innocent, and there is no foundation for the suspicion, a manly, straightforward article, denying the fact, would go much farther to satisfy the public than the course he has pursued. As wo said above, we will not descend to reply to the personal abuse of the editor, but will merely say that that is a two-edged weapon, that cuts deeply, and should only be used by those invulnerable on all points that can present a clear escutcheon. It is only truth that will "bite like a serpent, and sting like an adder" falsehood and defamation are harmless. ., We close this matter for the present, to be continued in our own time, and in our own way. The Railroad War. A reglar cut-throat war is in full vigor between the two New York lines of rail road East and West, that is likely to prove contagious, and extend to the other leading lines.- Agreements were made last year, and again this spring, for a rate on freight and passage, equal on all the roads. The Directors of the Erie road declare that the Central has broken faith repeatedly violated agreements; that they have no confidence in their agreement, and will not agree to keep them. With this feeling the Erie has reduced the rates below a paying point, being determined that if they cannot make the other shall not. This has been going on for some weeks, and the Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsylvania Central, and other roads, have held meetings with a view to reconcile tho dfficulties, but without avail. The consequence will be that there will be a regular strife between these roads, and the prices on freight and travel will probably be lower this fall than it ever was. The public, of course, w ill not object to this, as they will be the gainers, but the stockholders of the roads will be the sufferers, as the roads cannot meet the current expenses while this plan is adopted. The following article from the N. Y. Herald, throws a little light on the subject The leading feature of the week in the railway world has been the unsuccessful ellbrt to settle the differences between the New York Central and Erie railways. The following paragraph from the Baltimore Patriot gives, we believe, a reliable statement of one part of these transactions: Among other matters laid before the meeting of directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yesterday, were the results of the late conferences in New York city between the representatives of the four great railroad lines running East and West, for conserving their true interests in a reform of the tariff of tolls. The form of agreement regulating the charges for all the roads for through freight from Boston to New York to all points in the West, not only fixes the scale of prices, lifting them from the present unremunerative scale produced by the ruinous competition between the New York Central and Erie roads, but fixes a penalty of $1,200 for violation of the scale in any and every established case. It also abolishes all outside agencies and runners, leaving the freights to take their natural course ; and under the agreement the through passenger fare on the New York roads is to be restored to the former rate, or about double what it has been lately in the efforts of the Erie and Central to do as much harm as they could to one another. This general measure was fully agreed to by the representatives of the New York Central, the Pennslvania Central and the Baltimore and Ohio roads: while it is understood that personally Mr. Moran, the President of the Erie road, was also willing to come into it The meaure had, of course, however, to be submitted to the directors of the several roads for approval, and the time to the 16th inst was allowed for that purpose. The Baltimore and Ohio board yesterday acquiesced, with only three dissenting votes. This agreement, which was thus ratified by the Baltimore and Ohio, was, we believe, a mere copy of an agreement entered into May 1st, between the roads concerned, and which the Erie directors charge, with probable truth, that the Central has repeatedly violated. Acting, nominally, on a conviction of the intrinsic dishonesty of the Central directors, the Erie direction met last week and resolved not to concur with the Baltimore and Ohio and other roads, and not to enter the required agreement, but on the contrary to persevere in its present policy of carrying freight and passengers at a loss. It is understood, though not officially, that the Hudson River is about to adopt a sim

ilarly independent course. If these roads were children one could well under stand the motives which have prompted the policy of the Erie and Hudson boards of direction. Children are given to revenge themselves upon their play fellows even at ther own cost But as adult men are not prone to so costly a method of gratifying their private pique, the public are driven to the conclusion that in refusing to adhere to the fair and reasonable proposal of the Central, Baltimore and Ohio, and Pennsylvania Central, the New York Erie directors are influenced by other motives than the gratification of private spleen, or a sound concern for the wellfare of the road; and as before, and throughout this discussion, the business partner of Mr. Drew, the most influential director of the Erie, has been conspicuous as a seller of Erie and Central, as his and Mr Drew's opinions are daily quoted to the injury of these properties, the public may well inquire whether the Erie board may not, ' under this influence, have refused to come into the arrangement proposed in order to lend aid to certain bear operations in stocks. . Similar inquiries are suggested by the rumored course of the Hudson River board, as to which it becomes a matter of curious interest which directors, if any, are selling their own stock short , Shade Trees. We publish below the official re port of the Shade Tree meeting, held at the Court House last Saturday. Committees have been ap. pointed to report at an adjourned meeting, next Saturday, when, we have no doubt, thoroughly digested plans will be presented. We are still of the opinion that the only effective plan is to interest some leading citizen, for each street, who will, by, agreement among the property holders, con tract Tor planting the whole line of the street making it uniform in the distance between the trees, and the kind of trees. There is a crowinc interest in this matter, and if the committees present a practica' 1 plan, we have little doubt but it can be carried out There was a highly respectable attendance of citi zens at the Court House on Saturday afternoon, to take action with regard to planting the streets of Indianapolis with shade trees. On motion of Mr. Ketchum John B. Dillon was call ed to the chair, find T. B. Eliott appointed Secretary. Air. lietehum stated the object ot the meetinrr: he said that there seemed to be a general feeling, on the part of our citizens and property holders, in favor of a concert of action and an organized effort to plant the streets ofthe city with shade trees.' There is, without doubt, a union of sentiment with respect to the utility and beauty of shade trees in the streets. The question for this moetino is. How can thisobiect be best accom plished? A society composed of those of our citizens who are interested in the subject could accomplish much. He moved that a committee of three be appointed by the chair to prepare a plan of organization and rules for the government of an Association the committee to: report at a subsequent meeting of citizens. '. The meeting listened to a general and animated discussion ofthe best plan of association, what kind of trees were best adapted to the street, the time of planting, and other matters bearing on the subject; after which the motion of Mr. Ketchum was adopted, and the following committee appointed: Messrs. Ketchum, Fletcher, and Dr. Mears. On motion, a committee consisting of Mr. Coburn and Drs. Bullard and Elliott were appointed to report upon the trees Dest adapted to the streets, ana the most approved time and manner of planting. On motion, the meting adourned to meet at the Court House on Saturday, July 31st, at 4 o'clock, P. M. JOHN B. DILLON, Pres't T. B. Elliott, Sec'y. O" Dan. Rice's Circus will be in this city in about a month.

Attempted Suicide. On last Wednesday morn

ing John B. Elliott cut his throat, in the Marion County Jail. He was arrested a few days before for burglary and larceny, and was to have been tried on Wednesday. The following particulars we copy from the Journal : - After the prisoners had eaten breakfast Elliott borrowed a razor from some one, remarking that as he had to go to trial at 2 o'clock he would shave and wash his face. After he had shaved, another of the prisoners used the razor and handed it back to Elliott, who took it and said he would dry it He went with it into his cell, and nothing more was seen of him until a noise, like stifled snonng, attracted some of the prisoners to Elliott's cell. He was found on the bed within with his throat cut The fact was communicated to the the jailors Messrs. Robinson and Hitchcock who immediately sent for physicians, and endeavored to do what they could for Elliott's relief. On an examination of the wound inflicted, his case was pronounced almost entirely hopeless. - . . The wound inflicted severed the wind pipe, and ran back on the right side of the neck nearly to tho ear. The large veins and arteries were not cut, The razor was badly dulled by contact with the cartilages of the neck. The blood from the wound runs down the wind pipe, and is only ejected by the convulsions of the body wmcn its presence m au uunaiurai piace causes. ' '' ' . From sifns made in answer to questions asked Elliott, it appears that he had drawn the razor across his throat three' times. ' In his vest pocket was found a paper, on which was written something about his relatives being decent people, but the writing was nearly illegible. He had told a fellow prisoner, on Tuesday, that if he had a dose of arsenic he would tako it; and, yesterday, he expressed a desire for enough of strychnine to kill himself with. There is scarcely a doubt but that he was somewhat deranged. . Tie has been etiiltv of several petty pilferings about the eitv, and been more or less under the influence of liquor lor some months, we nas a iamuy m venierville or Richmond who are said to be respectable. His rashness, it is thought, will render any judicial invnctiir.itlnn nf liia rufant. aofcs altooother unnecessary. as htTwill likely, very soon, be summoned to that court whose judgment are infallible, and from whose deci sions there can be no appeal. It is now thought that Elliott is not guilty of the crimes charged to him. William T. Porter, Editor of the Spirit of the Times, died in New York on Monday last. From an obituary in the N. Y. Tribune we copy the following : Few men pursuing a quiet literary life were better known than Mr. Porter, and few had more warm per sonal menus m all parts ot the country ; or possessed a more wide-spread popularity. He was born in northeastern Vermont When he had completed his studies he was employed for some tune as a teacher, which profession he discontinued to become a practical printer. When he had learned his business, he came to this city and was soon promoted to the position of fore man and proot-reader. At the beginning ot loiZ, Mr. Porter, in connection with another young printer, Mr. James Howe, now of Indiana, began the publication of The Spirit of the Times, a weekly paper, de voted to sporting news and literature. Ihe paper had for venrs no rival, and attained a satisfactory natronage. He continued to this connection until the year 1856, when, having previously sold out his interest he, in connection with Mr. George Wilkes, began the pub lication ot Porters spirit of the 1 imes, m rivalry with his old journal, and has continued Editor of Porter's i .'.... ..Mi j u opil u since, uii ms UKcMlJ. The Milk Train on the Erie Railroad. Few things are more refreshing to the citizens who detest the stump-tail article of milk than to go to Jersey City about one o'clock any morning and see the eighty or a hundred thousand quarts of milk, to say nothing of two hundred gallons of cream, which are brought in from Orange County. We were there on Monday morning, and procured the list, considerable smaller than usual. Ihe average amount is about ninety thousand quarts; yesterday there were less than eighty thousand. The milk costs in Jersey City 2 J cents per quart, of which the dairyman gets 2 cents and the Railroad J of a cent tv e were assured that a large portion ot the Orange Uounty larmers do not water their milk be fore they send it ; and that if they did, the dealers who buy it would very soon put a stop to it, as they insist on a monopoly ot that part of milk production. For cream the dealers pay 1J cent to the Railroad and 22 cents to the producer per quart. The milk trains are the most profitable of any run on the Erie Railroad ; the milk might be brought for a f cent per gallon with a profit. X. Y. Tribune, July 20. Telegraph Cable. The second expedition had tailed to lav the Atlantic telegraph cable, after three attempts, and the frigate Niagara with the English tender dorgon returned to yueenstown, Ireland, on the 5th of July. After the cable had parted twice, as already reported, it was joined for the third time on the 28th ultimo. When about two hundred and fifty miles had been played out from both vessels. messages from the Agamemnon ceased on the evening of the 29th, at which time the cable either parted or was cut, and the Niagara sailed for the rendezvous at Cork. The Agamemnon had not arrived at the latest date ; so the exact cause ot the disaster is not known, iV. Y. Herald. End of the Kansas War. Our special corres pondent, writing from Fort Leavenworth, July 8, in forms us that Gov. Denver, seeing no further occasion for the occupation of the United States troops in that Territory, has determined to relieve them from further service. Thus we see that the wise, conserva tive and sagacious policy of the administration has settled at one blow the two vexed questions bequeathed to it by the governments of Fillmore and Pierce, towit: the Morman war and the Kansas imbroglio. The army has now no other occupation than the openinoof heretofore unknown districts, and the chastisement of the rebellious Indian tribes upon our Northern frontier. "Alls well that ends well. N. Y. Herald Indianapolis and Rockvii.le R. R. AVe learn that at a meeting of the Stockholders and Directors of the Indiana and Illinois Central Railway Company held in this city on the 7th inst, it was ordered to sell $450,000 worth of their unincumbered real estate, on the first day of September, on which 3 per cent is to be in cash, and the balance in the stock of the Com pany at 30 cents on the dollar. By this means about $1,500,000 stock will be retired, leaving about $500,000 in work done and right of way, and about $50,000 stock. It is expected that active measures will be taken for the speedy completion of the road. Ameri can. . , . . , , . . i A Young Lady Deadhead. A Miss Dravc has been presented with a free pass of indefinite duration over one ofthe Pennsylvania railroads. Being at home alone, she saw that a tree had fallen on a curve of the road on the opposite side ot the river, and that the cars without warning would inevitably be thrown off into the nver. bhe crossed in a skiff, and as the train annrnnphorl aiippppflprl in stftnnino if. thus Ravintr. in .-- e, ... the opinion of those on board, all the lives on the train. Instructions have been given, whenever she travels on the train, to stop for her at such point as she finds most convenient for reaching her home. GS The editor of the Terre-Haute Journal, who is one of the visiting Trustees to our State Penitentiary says: There are now confined in the State Prison four hundred and two male and ten female convicts. This is an increase of about seventy-five since the first day of last March. The Prison is now crowded, but noU withstanding this is the case, we are happy to loarn that health of the prisnors is good beyond precedent Unless the commission of crime receives some sudden check, the present Prison will have to be greatly enlarged or another one erected in the northen part of the State, The latter wotdd be better, because the Prison is located now on one extreme side of the State. Hon. S. W. Parker, President of the Junction Railroad Company announces to the public that money sufficient to bny the iron for that road from Hamilton to Connersville has been raised, and that the track laying will be commenced in a few weeks. He thinks the road will be finished to Connersville by the first of January next X. A. Ledger.

CHERRY CURRANTS. 7 At a meeting of the American Institute Fanner's Club, held in New York last Monday, the following proceedings were had on the Cherry Currant. We copy it, as we have no doubt it will be of interest to our fanners and nursery men : Solon Robinson asked the privilege of making a little statement about the value of improvements made upon our common fruits, as most particularly shown in the cherry currant Some of the members of the Club, said Mr. R., will remember with what pleasure we looked upon a specimen ofthe fruit of the cherry cur

rant exhibited here last year by unanes jwnara, a German gardner, at Ravenswood, that bcautitul little village on the bank of the East River opposite Blackwell's Island. It was doubted by some whether such currant's could be grown, as a general thing, to such perfection. I don't doubt it I have visited Mr. Erhard and seen how they will grow, and how they will compare with the crimson sort growing in the same soil, and I am satisfied that all gardeners and all farmers should get rid of the old style current bushes, and replace them with those of this new variety as soon as possible; and it is possible very soon, for even now, great as the demand is, the sots can be bought for " about $70 a thousand. As some persons may inquire, " What is the cherry currant ?" I have requested Mr. Erhard to allow me to read a paper prepared by him, giving that information. It reads as follows: Description of the Cherry-Currant. It is not a distinct species of the genus Ribes only a new variety of Ribes Rubrum, of which the red and white Dutch and many others are also varieties. It is, therefore, just as hardy as the common currant. The distinguishing properties of the cherry-currant are: Strong robust growth ofthe bush the shoots being stouter, the leaves larger, and of a darker green, than the common sort The blossom of the cherrycurrant is easily distinguished from the greenish yellow blossom of the red and white Dutch by its darker brownish color. . But the greatest and most valuable distinction of the cherry-currant consists in the uniformly great size of the berries. They measure from half an inch to five-eights of an inch in diameter, all the berries of a bunch being generally of nearly one size, while the bunches of the common currant taper down to a very small berry at the end. Besides this, the berries are also distinguishable by their dark red color. Another and very striking feature of the cherry-currant consists in the manner the bunches are distributed over the branches. While with the common currant the fruit is rather thinly at least, by comparison scattered over the branches, the cherry-currants hang in massive clusters, so tight that the stems of the fruit-strings can scarcely be seen. Branches of the bush of from one to three feet in length are often unbroken clusters of luscious fruit, which gives the bushes a charming rich appearance. How to Grow Them. Many farmers and market-gardeners seem to think these good qualities can only be brought out by very high culture, such as the amateur gardener only can bestow on a few pet bushes. This is an error. I would say : Manure, plow and hoe them as you do your Indian corn, and you will have them in as great perfection as the nurseryman. As the bushes grow very strong, they should be planted not less than 4x4 feet, or, perhaps, 4x5 feet, apart, which will give 2,1 78 plants per acre. I prefer the latter method, and would plow only one way between them, allow the branches to spread in the direction of the rows, so as to form something like a hedge. These rows should run north and south, to shield the bushes from the hottest mid-day sun. Shade to tho fruit is indispensable to bring it to perfection ; if too much exposed to the hot rays of the sun, the berries ripen prematurely before they attain their full size. Now, all the shade necessary to protect the fruit is furnished by the bush itself, if" you do not disable it to do so by pruning and cutting away what was evidently intended for that purpose; and this brings me to the shape in which currant bushes should be pruned. I am aware that there exists a great difference of opinion among cultivators as to this point Many believe that the tree shape is decidedly the best; others think the bush form, with several branches springing directly from the root, the better and most natural shape. I have tried both ways, but prefer the latter method greatly. The great advantage of the bush form, it seems to me, consists in the system of renewal which should be combined with it. Suppose you plant young bushes with two prongs or branches. Plant them deep and allow the first year two shoots to grow up from under the ground. These shoots will at the same time send out their own roots and grow luxuriantly. If you allow them every year two more shoots to spring up from the root, you will, in the summer of the fourth year have two branches each of five, four, three, two and one years' growth. Six of these branches that is the five, four and three year old ones, will be loaded with fruit, the two year's growth may have some berries, and those of this year's growth will only be straight shoots. The bushes will now be as large as they should be, and the two five year old branches may be cut out as soon as the fruit is picked; and henceforth, by allowing still two new shoots that come up every year, and by cutting out the two oldest branches after the gathering of the fruit, the bushes will be kept young and bear finer fruit for many years more. Of course this is only meant to elucidate the general principle. The practical cultivator will know how to modify the above rule for every individual bush. Productiveness. In calculating the profits of a crop, great caution must be used, and casualities must not be forgotten. Although I have seen four-year old bushes that bore nine pounds of berries to each bush, I would not think it safe to put down the average yield of a full grown five-year old bush, trimmed as above at more than six pounds. This would amount to 13,068 pounds to an acre. The price of common currants in the New York market, generally very small sour little things, varies from four to seven cents per pound at wholesale, which certainly justifies the anticipation of six cents per pound for cherry-currants for many years to come, and this would make the value of crop per acre equal to $784. 1 Expenses of Cultivating and Gathering. ' Half a day of plowing and three days of hoeing, by one man, will clean and stir the ground of one acre most effectually, which at ordinary wages of man and horse, will cost $3 50, which makes four plowings and hoeings cost $14. Picking 13,068 pounds, at one third cent per pound (about 15 cets per bushel), will be $43. If we allow $27 for manure every year, the whole expenses per acre would sum up to $85, leaving $700 clear, of which only the cost of bringing them to market would have to be deducted. Mr. Robinson continued Now, Sir, suppose you take this as the statement of an interested nurseryman a man who is just beginning to make it his business to propogate this new, that is new in this country, it originated in France a few years ago this new variety of currants. What then ? Why simply this, truth is immutable," and no matter by who uttered, it is truth still. And so far as what I can say will encourage the propagation of this fruit I will do it by indorsing every word in that paper. Nay, I will do more; and here say that the statement is not exagerated, it is below the fair estimate that would be made by any sensible man who has seen, as I have seen, the bushes in full bearing. There is one more thing that I will gay : There are at this moment tens of thousands of acres of land upon Long Island covered with scrub oaks as worthless to the world as their owners, evary acre of which could be made to yield the product and profit set forth in that paper. If some man of means would set the idle men and women of this city to work at the business of growing thousands of acres, and tens of thousands of tuns, of this improved variety of currants. "Glut the market" Fudge! The fruit can be grown for two cents a pound, and that every family can eat it as a condiment with their bread and meat every day in the year and can afford to drink a delicious, wholesome wine currant wine instead of getting drunk and dying as they do now from poisoned stuff called beverages. While this then bears the name of American Institute, let tis by every argu-. ment we can ui encourage the increased production of American fruits. AVe have no need of sendinc to Zante for currants, Madeira for Errapes. or France for wine; nor should the folly be any lonrcr tolerated, except by a nation of ninnevs, of importinir currant jelly.