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J. 51c POSA LP, Edltor. PLYnOUTIl, DUM: THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 1867. OUR PTRAfcHD. OHIO KANSAS INDIAN A NRW YORK MONTAN A MARYLAND KENTUCKY N E W JERSEY MINNESOTA CALIFORNIA CONNECTICUT PEN NSYLV AN I A TU4D. STEVE.VS' LETTER. Oq the first page of to-day's paper will be found copious extracts from a letter written by Tiiad. Stevens to an old friend, a banker, in Lancaster, Pa. This letter was io rply to some inquiries addressed to himjby Mr. Guyglr, the banker alluded to, in relation to th present .täte of the government finances, and the national banking system. Our republican friends trill find it far more difficult to answer Mr. Sieye.ns' arguments than to answer arguments to the ame effect cominer from a democratic source. Steve: s" ''loyalty" is beyond dispute, no radical will have the temerity to question it, and thj position he occupies as their leader in the house of representatives, will entitle him to a respectful hearing, but a democrat advocating the same doctrine, would be branded as ' disloyal," a " repudiator," etc. This style of logic was very much in vogue some two or three years ago. but it cannot be said to obtain to any great extent at present, at least, not in the case before US. Mr. Siävens' letter will repay a careful perusal, and we especially command it to those of our radical friends who 44 talk so " learnedly of the laws of finance and the " morality of humau dealing. Whose 44 consciences are so raw, and stick out so " far from their excited covering that no pharmaceutist can heal their inward 44 wound." TUE RADICALS lD Til LI PKESIDKXCY, The canvass for the Black Republican nomination for the presidency is becoming both animated and varied. A portion of the party leaders, who were aforetime abolitionists, favor the nomination of a tried and trusted abolitionist, who has given the most undoubted proof of his fidelity to the principles and policies of the present radical party, while still another portion favor the nomination of Grant on the ground of availability. There is no doubt but tbe party will nominate the man who, in their estimation, will be the most likely to succeed in the race. A few of the Piiillii'S school of politics will favor the nomination of a man whose radical principles are universally known ; who has provsd his devotion to those principles by stealing niggers and sending Sharp's rifles to Kansas ; but this element of the party will be powcrle.is in the selection of a candidate before the irresistable argument of availability ; for what will it avail the most radical of the party if they run a candidate (fl principle with certain defeat staring them in the face ? The means by which availability may be determined is a problem which will puzzle the wisest heads of the party. Those who favor a nomination on principle argue that, by nominating anout-an-out abolitiotmt, of the most radical type, all the sympathies of the leading men of the party will be enlisted in the campaign, and that this fact alone will be sufficient to insure success; while if a " conservative "or "available" nomination be made, it will beget a lukewarmness among the working men of the party, and will bring no strength to them from other parties; as the object of such a nomination will be too apparent to deceive anybody. That portion of the party who favor the nomination of a conservative or available man, argue that the adoption of the tactics of the extreme radicals has already lost to them some of their most reliable states,and jeopardized the interests of their party in sections where they have heretofore been considered invulnerable; and that a repetition of the programme of the late campaign would prove disastrous io the extreme. The logic of both factions is goo J cmelusive; and prove beyond a doubt, their fell appreciation of the dilemma in which they find themselves. The democracy will view their e.Torts to extricate themselves from their dilemma with becoming resignation. A party whose principles are too repugnant to the people to make a square fight upon, cannot long command the support of the people, and one that sacrifices all principles for availability, will surely 1ok its own self-respect, and fail in the attainment of the object sought for. AVhen Deither principle or availability will insure party success, the days of that party ans Lumbered. Republicans who favor the nomination of a man whose principles are known to hire Veen fa harmony with the ndical?,

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are opposed to Gen. Grant, and generally advocate the claims of Chask, Wade, or Stevens; while those who "go ia to win' are for Grant all the time. The very unexpected results of the recent elections hare given neither faction any considerable advantage over the other, but have had the effect to completely upset the

calculations of both, proving the truth of Burns' lines : " The bet laid irhemw of mice nl men Ganj aft aglee." The next six muntha will doubtless witness many important moves on the politi cal chess-board; and, if we may judge of the sentiment of the people by the result of the recent elections, there is no doubt of their desire that every move looking to the perpetuation of the present party iu power may bo checkmated. CONGRESS. This negro-debating society will meet ia Washington to-day. The question before the society will be, "Did the colored troops fight nobly?" If decided in the affirmative, the homo will immediately go into a committee of the whole, to take in to consideration the propriety of recon structing Ohio, and a few other states that had the audacity to "go back" on Sambo in the late elections. After prayer each morning Speaker CoLFAX will deliver his celebrated lecture, 44 Aero the Conti nent:" the rule will also bo suspended at any moment, at the request of any gentle man of limited intellect who wisheii to make an ass of himself, for the purpose of hearing Colvax'sj celebrated lecture, ''Across the CoDtinent." At the close of the session a seranade will ba given to the honorable Speaker, who, in rcspouse, will be expected to deliver his celebrated lecture, "Across the Contiuent." It is to be hoped that Schuyler will, in due time, he safely delivered of this heavy responsibilty; it not here, "across the continent. "PERC3IPTORIL1 DECLIXES." It is rumored in a Washington telegram to one of the Chicago dailies, that Gen. Grant "peremptorily declines runuing as' the democratic nominee for president"! In the name of all that's good, what democrat ever wished him to be the ''democratic nominee " for president 1 No member of that party, with the least particle of self-resr ect, would ever give this Grant an opportunity to ' peremptorily decline."1 Democrats have no respect for the man, who, occupying a higher position, acted in the capacity of a svpc to Pussillanimoua Sheridan iu his late appearance as one of the chief actors in the famous farce of "Reconstruction in the South"; no respect for the general who sacrificed thousands and thousands of lives that lit might 44fight it out on that line;'' and no confidence in him, who, high in place, ha3 had "nothing to say," in all these past days of trial! Nothing to say! Why, let him rant and spout, and blow by the hour, let him use the personal pronoun "1" until even Andrew Johnson shall be forced to cry "enough," and we'll respect him more than we do now. Rut the silent secretary sits in the war office, day after day, "A dull anl muddy-mettled r.mcal. fw.ik. Like Jn)in--drain, unprejjnaiit of his cause. And ean y uothin.' Douioerats want no such man as this to lead them in the coming campaign. Let him stay with the mongrels where ho belongs; we'll ,;iave nooe of him." 'Janiet in Search of his Father.' Radicals in search of an 44 available ' candidate for the presidency. 1'olUlcal. VICE PRESIDENT TORNEY. The latest and most amusing phase of the presidential movement is the mention of the name of that "exceedingly defunct and loud-smelling fowl," J. W. Forney, for vice president. Forney has the modesty to give "private assurances that he and Grant would carry Pennsylvania by 50,000 majority." GEN. CJRANT WANTS NOTHING SAH. J. 31. Morphia, the enterprising editor of a Texas paper, recently had an interview with the reticent occupant of the war department. Mr. Morphia said to the general that the people of his section were determined to support him "for president and hoped he would be elected. General Grant immediately turned the conversation to another subject ; but the indefatigable Morphy returned to the charge, and said, "General, we want to run you for president, and I want to know what I can say when I return home?" Gen. Grant replied: "Say nothing, sir; I want nothing said." TIIAD STEVENS arrived in Washington on Wednesday of last week, and ou Thursday was visited by a number of personal friends. He con versed freely on politics and the täte of the country. "He was not much disappointed, and not at all disheartened," he said, "by the result of the late elections. He expected negro suffrage to be defeated when it was first presented to the people of tho north, but it must not, on that account, be abandoned. It was a fundamental plank in the republican platform, and must be pressed until it was carried." The Vinccnnes U out in favor of Hon. Tiios. A. Hendricks for governor, and Hon. James f. Hanna, of Sullivan, for lieutenant-governor. It says : "The first named gentleman is the acknowledged peer of any man in the country for'true ability, dignity and purity of character and the latter is one of the truest, firmest, and most incorruptible of men nd a mot indomitable worker.

A correspondent requests us to give in the Enquirer th States and their representation in the next Electoral College for the choice of President and Vice president. The number of States will be twenty seven. The tlectoral votes arc as follows : California 5 Connecticut 6 Delaware 3 Kentucky . ..Ii . . 1 .

mnryiuna... 7 New Jersey . , .. 7 Ne w York ..'........'.'. "3 Pennsylvania !...20 Illinois 13 Indiana , 1:J Iowa 8 Kansas . 3 Maine 7 Massac husetts..". 12 Michigan 8 Minnesota . 4 Missouri ".. H Neva Ja -'J New Hampshire 5 Ohio 21 Oregon 3 Rhode Island 4 Tennessee 10 Vermont ?5 West Yircrinin. 5 ! Wisconsin 8 Nebraska 3 Total 24G The recent elections have foreshadowed conclusively to our minds, that at the Presidential election the domocracy will carry the following States. Maine 7 Connecticut 6 New Hampshire 5 New York 33 New Jersey 7 Pcnnsylwania . . ,2Q Delaware ? Maryland 7 Kentucky ,". ,.n Missouri H Indiana 13 Illinois 1."; Ohio 51 California 5 Oregon 3 Nevada 3 Wiscoiison sj . Total 184 The radicals may receive a majority in all the following states, but wo cousidcr several as doubtful for them. Iowa 8 Kansas 3 Massachusetts 12 Michigan 8 Minnesota 4 Rhode Island 4 Tennessee 10 Vermont 5 West Virginia 5 Nebraska 3 Total .02 According to this estimate, the democratic candidates will have a majority of one hundred ana twenty-two votes in the college. Ct'n. Ena. The Covington Friend favors the nomination ot Hon. Jos. E McDonald for governor. It is also out for Hon. Jo. Bistine for auditor of state. These gentlemen are democrats, "true and trusty." CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE. Judge Chase says he is more radical in name than in fact, and that ho has indiscreet friends. A RUMOR. It is rumored that Gen. Geo. B. McClellan has becu, or will be tendered the appointment of secretary of war by the president. The Boston Pott, referring to the recent election in Massachusetts, pays a democratic and conservative gain of at least thirty-six thousand votes in one year, is not slow. The result of registration in South Carolina is stated to be as follows: Whole number registered, 125,030; whites, 45.751; blacks, 70,585; majority of blacks, 33 .83 1. We don't wish to "crowd the mourn ers," but it seems not inappropriate to inquire if our republican friends have seriously considered what they must do to be saved? lud. Herald. The New Jersey senate and house, both radical last year, are now democratic. As the choice of a United States Senator devolves upon the legislature just elected this fact is an important one. The Indianapolis Jhrald sars that Schenck's address "to the people of the states thpt are to vote in November" was not very effectual for the purpose intended. He is as valliant in politics as in war, and about as poUut. RADICAL ANTAGONISM. The New York Tribune thus disposes of Forney's pronunciamento iu favor ol Graut: "Colonel J. W. Forney publishes in his two papers, both daily, a summary of the reasons why General Grant ouirht to be the republican candidate for thepresideucy. He kindly refrains from reviewing the military career of the distinguished soldier ; but, as he devotes to the catalogue of his civic virtues five solid colums cf the very biggest type ever used on the Jress, we have reduced Colonel Forney's points to these: 1. General Grant succeeded Mr. Stanton as secretary of war; this being an act of 'raro sagacity and courage.' 2. General Bawlins believes in Grant. 3. E. I J. Washburne believes in Grant. 4. Senator Thayer, of Nebraska; believes in Grant. 5. Several gcnllemcu named in connection with tho presidency' have promised to vote for him. 0. What his principles arc it nobody,s business. "All these poiuU are of course put with that Spartau terseness of stvle aud de licious beauty of phrase for which the vcueraoic Secretary ol the senate has long been famous : but we must confis that they fail to stimulate in us the generous enthusiasm which .warms tho Colonel's breast. General Grant may be a good republican, but we are not satisfied with his backers." Tho W innmac Democrat favors the nomination of Hon. Noah L. LaUose. of lass county, tor clerk of the supreme court. Kev. F. C. Holliday is trying to write Will. Cumback into the Kadical nomination for governor of Indiana. A.t the lato election iu Ohio, three townships votd unanimously fcr Thurman : Jackson, Auglaize county, 407; Marion, Mercer county, 320, and Greenville, Mercer county, 189. Hayes none. This is certaiuly a remarkable unanimity of opinion. The Morgan county Gazette hoists the names cf Grant and Colfax ss its presi -i deitial ticket. ;

Democratic Gains this Year Summing up the democratic gains in the northern states this year, wc have tho following astonishing and pleasing figures:

New York New Jersey fii.noo 15.000 30.0nG 40.onn 18.UW 25.000 .15.(1(10 9,(MH) .....45.000 3,000 21. 10.000 8.0! 6,000 laiirornuu... Ohio Penneylvaaia . Indiana Maine. . Connecticut Massachusetts .... New Hampshire... Wisconsin EanliAe Iowa Minnesota Total , .WJ.OOO Here is a democratic gain of nearly 800000 in fourteen states. If we were to include Maryland. Kcniuckv and West Virginia, many thousands more would have to De added ; but the above will do. lud. Herald. Want Their Lands. The despatches from the South are ominous. The arming of the negroes there is the work of Northe rn demagogues, who have induced the misguided and ignorant freedmen to believe that by voting the radical ticket they would secure a homestead of forty acres of lanu and a team ot mules. Jciiig unable, of course to secure the fulfilment of their promise, they tell the negroes that the fault is with tho President, aud that he must be put out of power. Where the negroes get arais and ammunition is another thing. Whether they arc furnished by the Northern radicals or not, time will develop. It is very plaiu they have no means of their own for purchasing these implements of warfare. D droit Frtv Dress. - Slate Stems. One hundred and forty-six petitions have thus far been filed in tlm state under the bankrupt law. An old woman of fifty has had a youth of seventeen arrested in Indianapolis last week, on a charge of bastardy. The K vansville Cotton Mill hss three looms in operation. A grocery store on the co-operative plan is to be started at Vincennes. Tho State House of Refuge building at Plainfield, will be completed by the first of December. Deer are plenty in the woods twentyfive miles southwest of Tcrru Haute, the Journal says. On Saturday night an even dozen of 1 a nouses were broken into and robbed at Muncie, by a gang of thieves that iutests that town. " Keno is Correct." -This is the exclamation of every juvenile one meets cn the streets now-a-days. We are getting to be a last people. A keno bank has been running at full blast in IJoonville for several dnys.-Ioonv:llc Democrat. There is a singular well on the farm of Mr. liacon, about three miles west of this city. Tt is forty-seven and a half feet deep, with another about twenty feet from it ten feet deep, and still another fifty feet from it thirty-six feet deep. The water from this well, when first drawn, is very cold, and has an exceedingly pleasant taste, but after standing a few moments it is impossible to drink it. l'ot.ntoes or other vegetables boiled in it, insteod of getting soft and eatable, remain hard and tough, and do not seem to cook at all, though heated through, while the outside of them soon become covered with a shiny substance, very much like crease. The hands or face, washed in it, also become covered with grease when soap is used. What is stranger still, the stock at first will not touch it, but afterwards get to like it so well that they will drink no other, not even when exceedingly thirsty. Lafayette Journal. An Important Decision. At the present term of the circuit court in the case ot l'iddler vs. Ivells, Jude Dicknell decided that a wife cau only hold property in her own right when derived from one of these three sources gift, deise or descent. The case was one where the wife borrowed mouey in Michigan, with which she established a millinery store, and from the loan and its profits she bought real estate. It was claimed that the property was her's, and not her husband's. Judge Dicknell decides that the loan and its profits belong to the husband. No subsequent transaction can alter his rights iu the premises, and therefore such property is subject to his debts just as any other. This decision wil. effect a complete revolution in actions for the recovery of debts incurred bv the husband, in which the ap parent ownership has bceu transferred to the wife to avoid their payment. It is certainly a move in the right direction, making justice and right the rule rather than the subterfuge of a mere technicality. -Yt-fr Albany Lahjcr. Articles of association have been filed for a railroad from Washington, Darian county, to Merom, Sullivan county, with a capital of 6300,000. One day last week a young married man of town, thinking that his wife was not working in double harness just to suit him, he, coward like, gave her a severe whipping. The mother of the young lady nnding out that her daughter had been whipped by her worst half, procured a good raw-hide, and proceeded to the place where this puppy stayed, and waded into his affection about forty or fifty lashes, well laid on ; which made the young man wish it wasn't him. Served him riyrht. when a man gets so low-lived and cowardly as to beat his wife, he ought to have ten lashes for every one he gives his wife. Rochester Standard. In the election suit from Huntington county, tried in the Allen Common Pleas Court, the jury found a verdict of eight hundred dollars damages for the plaintiff. The cause of the suit was the refusal by a township trustee of the vote of a man claiming to be a qualified voter, on the ground of his being a deserter. A motion for a new trial has been refused: Complaints of unnecessary cruelty arc being mad against the teachers of the Fourth Ward. A friend informs us that his little boy came home a day or two since, with his shirt torn off, and the prints of feminine fingers around his neck. Tho little fellow comrdaincd that his wind had been cut off. Indianapolis Herald. Peter Dailv eot drunk at Lafavette. 4 u - drove his team into the cannl. the wairon was upsot, Peter spilled out into the water whf ti he jicl led up the ghost.

Corn is nearly all gathered in our county, and the yield is much better than wa at one time anticipated. The continued dry weather is affecting the young wheat, and that which is up looks very sickly. The fly, too, has already commenced its ravages, and we hear of several fields in this vicinity being severely injured by this little torment. Wheat pown late is not yet up, and cannot sprout until we have sufficient rain to saturate the pround which has become a dry as tinder far below the surface. Yin. Hun. In the case of Arthur Geutle, a gentle fishist, arraigned for infracting the wise and wholesome law pissed by our lesislature, for the protection of the finny tribe, Judge Chapman yesterday overruled a motion to quash, and will this morning try the ca.-e. It is quite evident that Judge C. disagrees with those of his jdicial brethren who have decided the law to be

unconstitutional. Mr. Gentle may prepare himself for a gentlo sweat. Indianapolli Herald. In turning a flat boat on the batiks of the Patoka, :n Jasper, Dubois county, the fastenings of the windlasses worked loose, as the boat was about half way over, and eau.cd the windlass to fly around with jrreat force, the handlestriking Mr. Henry Kunkler, one of the hands, over the head, literally mashing his skull to a jelly, and killing him instantly, and also hittinjr Mr. Joseph Pfoff, knocking him into the creek, and breaking one of his arms. A new and singular disease has broken out among the horses in Fiko county, which invariably proves fatal. All efforts at relief .0 far, have proved a failure. The horses die soon after they are attacked. Shoplifting is said to be a rapidly growing evil among the women at Indianapolis. They steal dry goods by the bolt. The Citizen's street railway of Indianapolia for the month of October, return 5,045 as the net earnings. The Nicholson pavement carries the day in Lafayette. Southern Indiana has an unusuallv large breadth of wheat sown this season." The scarlet fever is reported killing many children in Madison county. Pat O'Neal was recently stabbed and killed in a mysterious rz rnner, near Nashville, Brown county. A fellow named Butler is suspected." For tho Demotrat. KE.1IIXSCEKCES: NU Mil Ell TWO. The land through which the Michigan road runs was given to tho state of Indiana by the different tribes of Indians who owned it. They gave a strip of land a mile wide through their country for the purpose of opening said road from Indianapolis, via. Logansport and South Bend to Michigan City. Win. Polk was appointed a commissioner to sell the lands and make tho road. The lands were numbered by sections in consecutive order, fr0m north to outh, without any roSr.l to townships and ranges, commencing in St. Joseph county with section one. The first section in Marshall county is number four, and the last twenty-four. These lands were offered for sale in the Fall of 1832. A few families settled about the line of the road in 1832-33-34, among whom were S. D. Tabor, Charles Osterhaut, Enos Ward, Sydney Williams, John Compton, Adam Vinnedge, sr., and a few others, who were all the white men living here prior to 1835. James Blair, Wm. Polk and John Sering were the- proprietors of Plymouth, which they laid off in 1834, as appears from the recorded plat. They proposed to donate to the county as an inducemcnt to have Plymouth selected as the county seat, a lot of nearly two acres of ground south of and adjoining tho P. Ft. W. & C. R. W. passenger house for a public burying grouud, and a block of two acrej, more or less, where the school-house now stands for seminary purposes, and sixty-three town lots, $1,000, and to build a house a specified size, which the county was to occupy as a court house for a tsrm of four years from completion. On the 18th of July 183G, Peter John son, Griffin Tread way, and Samuel C. Sample, who, among others had been ap pointed by the legislature, met at the house of Grove Pomcroy, which stood where Corbin and Benson's brick now stands, for the purpose of permanently fixing the seat of justice of Marshall county at Plymouth. The proprietors of said town executed dseds for the lands and notes f or tho money which they had donated, and their bonds for the erection of a building to be occupied as a court house, which when built stood on the lot on which Mr. Mattingly now resides. These deeds, notes and bonds wsro handed over to the county commissioners who were in session at the time. They handed the same over to Peter Schrocder who had been previously appointed county agent. Stephen Marstcrs was appointed assessor for Marshall countv for tho tear 183G; charged for sixteen days services and was allowed thirty-two dollars. John Houghton, sr. was appointed treasurer in May 1830. The levy for county purposes ou each $100 taxable property was 40 cts. ; one cent on each $100 for road purposes, and 75 cts. on each poll. The board fixed the rates of grocery and tavern licences for the year 183G at $20 each. To vend wooden clocks, at $100. Each caravan or show $50 for each day exhibited in said county. The county treasurer's first report shows that tho whole amount of county revenue collected up to May 1st, 18G7, to be S5G5.38 . After paying collected fees and countv cxpeusc there rcmaiued in the treas!met'shauds$l'J.2Si. Mo.

Chicago Correspondence. Chicago, Nov. 18, 1867. Ed. Democrat : The principal event of the last week has been the opening of the soldier's fair, which is now in full tide of successful operation at the Wabash Avenue Rink, and which promises to achieve even more than was hoped lor it by its most sanguine projectors. As a social institution, eminently so, it ia well patronized by the young folks, who here enjoy unlimited opportunities for flirtat ions ; from falsely based motives of economy, ladies of the Mrs. Toodles stamp

go and find that little or nothing is to be gained by purchases here, even as useless to them as the famous "Ihompson" doorplate ; gentlemen of public spirit and Turveydrop like deportment, go to shed their sunlight on the admiring crowd; gentle men of a political turn of mind go to make speeches ; gentlemen of mercantile turn go to see what attention is attracted by their particular donations of goods; ladies who have reached tho age when excascs are sought for tho frivolities of youth, go to bestow the splendor of their moral dignity for the benefit of their particular "church" booth; young misses enroll themselves as fair guerillas in order that they may torture men with importunities to " take a chance sir, take a chance;" somo patriotic people are said to go in order to benefit the soldier's families; iu short everybody for some reason goes to the fair, and as everybody drops something into its treasury the fund is rapidly growing. This is, by the way, the season for charitable endeavors, and there are constantly from two to half a dozen fairs, tableau entertainments, etc., before the public, appealing to generous hearts and full pockets for the support and comfort of the poor. To-night there is to be a rather novel entertainment at the Opera House, for the benefit of the Half Orphan Asylum, a pantomime and series of tableaux done by amateurs. Speaking of the Opera House, graud preparations are just noiv going on there tor a magnificent spectacular piece intended to outshine the " Black Crook " even, which is to be produced on December 2d. It is entitled " Undine, " and is to have a great ballet fresh from Europe, and Niblo's G arden. The stnge ig being entirely remodeled for the various tricks and " effects" comprised in the piece. Col. A. C. Hills, lately an editor uf the Chicago Tribune, a noble, good fellow, an

able cd:tor and a thorough gentleman, d.ed j powor t0 act. Tiie pres;jcnt win not genj yesterday of consumption. Before the i m the names of any of those nominated war he was oh the editorial staff of the heretofore for these positions. New York Post, and while serving as Lieu- Th Alabama reconstruction convention tenant Colonel in the United States armvHPteJ a rc?'"tio changing the n:un- of

was detailed to run the New Orleans Era. He lias made for lnmselt here a high reputation and is deeply regretted by many warm friends. The war between the liberal aud orthodox christians is still being carried ou in quite a lively manner. But the public interest in it has very materially abated since the question of charity was taken out of the issues by the fusion of the rival representatives of both bodies, the Christian Union aud the Vouug "Men's Christian Association with the Citizens' Belief Association. This fusion is, of course, merely for charitable purposes. In all else the Y. M. C. A. maintains its former individuality Every Sunday now a couple of the leading ministen on theopposite sides, turns bein; taken all round, attack their opponents and in no gentle terms of conciliation either. Last night Kev. Bobert Laird Collier spoke on the side of the liberals and Bev W. W. Everts for orthodoxy, both to crowded houses. A new picture gallery, free to the pub lic, ha.s recently been opened here by Mr Hovey, the celebrated floriculturist and horticulturist, and Mr. J. P. Nichols. gentleman from Boston. In its collection are two very beautiful landscapes by Mr E. D. Lewis, a young Philadelphian artist ; a large piece of great merit by O'to Som mer, of New Y'ork ; a work of Constant Meyer, equal in merit to his famous "Con solation ; " Sontag's Creation, and quite a number of other very beautiful works of American artists. Meyer's larpc piece is entitled ' The Convalescent," and is print ed with extreme delicacy and care. Al though not of a subject which so strongly appeals to tho popular feeling as " Consolation, "it is such a masterpiece of art that it J(icrvcs to rank with that great work. Sommer's picture represents : group of pioneers with their cattle and hor scs, and is entitled " Westward, Ho ! ' The painting of the cattle is very fine, ccr tainly among tho best ever executed in this country. Lewis' picture possesses much of Sontag's transparancy of water, with Shattuck's luminous green of foliage, but rank above most of the works of these artists in group:ng and composition. His nerial perspective is very fine indeed. This gallery is destined to become much more popular than that in tho Crosby Opera House, by its much more convenient location, being only up one flight of stairs, while the Crosbv allerv is at the very top r m of the great building from which it takes its name. Independent entirely of their art gallery I would call the attention of your readers to the novel but admirable combination of business introduced by Messrs. Hovey & Nichols at their store, No. 57 State street. That of massing together all which tends to cultivation or gratification oftk sentjps

I ot the beautiful in nature or art. Io coa nection with the large horticultural tad floricultural business heretofore conducted by Mr. Hovey, they have now an emporium for ail articles cf ornament for parlor, garden and lawn, from motherfpearl inkstauJ, a delicate bronteor alabaster figure, or a Munich water color fainting, up to iron and terra cotta deer, fountains, statues, window cap brackets, etc

Their immense stock of ornamental goods, German, French, Italian, Swiss. English and Japanese is all imported direct from the manufacturers without the intervention of any middle men, aud is consequently sold here at lower prices than the tame goods arc s.jld at wholesale in New ork One can speud hours pleasantly in looking over the ingenious and beautiful works with which their tables are covered. 0. A Proposition to Ouliteratk the National Deiit. Sonic time ago a proposition was made by certain capitalists to pay off the national debt by subscription. That was soon dropped. Wc have a better plan uow. We propose that the bondholders shall voluntarily surrender their bonds to the government, and that a day be appointed when a grand bonfire shall be made with them in front of the capital at "W ashington, amid the crowds of patriots who make the sacrifice. Vc have some fifty thousand dollars in Central Park stock, and may be nearly a hundred thousaud in United States bonds, which we are will.n to devote to this object. What a magnificent specticle this would be ! We should not loe by it ; we should save the whole amount m a few years through reduced taxation. Such an instance of elevated patriotism would be without a parallel, and future ages to all time would wonder and praise us. That would be immortality worth having. The remarkable patriotism and sell-deuial of Peter Bismark Sweeney would beeclipted. Who will second our proposal ? Who will bring their bonds arnlay them on the altar of their country for the country's good ? Xr,c York 'Herald. Xcws Item. Mrs. Stanton's lecture on woman's suf. frage, in Chicago, was largely attended. She attacked the republican tarty fiercely and said that Horace Greeley had fixed opinions on only two subjects, temperance and vegetables. At the coming .session of congress four important offices are to be C'led : Mi lister to Austria, consul geucral to Havanna, commissioner of agriculture, and naval officer at New York. Nominations for all thee offices were p-nding before the senate when that body adjourned, but. owinr Vi i - "7'' ue". n''t ! to a rule ol the senate, ue nomination an new counties, named iu honor ot robelj. or alter thoe who participated iu the rebellion. Halifax, Nov. 13. The steamer Cuba, from Liverpool, arrived this morning and subsequently sailed for Bvstou. Ci:a! Dickens is a pascger. Worckstkw, Mass, Nov. IS. Sherhrd, the wil'e-murdertr, wm captured iu Canterbury, Conn., this inuruirg Boen ester, N. Y., Ni v. i;j Ex-may. or (iould, of this city, died bei tlmm ruing of apoplt-xy. Dktuoit, Nov., 13. Tho argum'j mm the ward shooting case were concluuV. Ijm niht, and the case goes to tho jury in morning. There is considerable excite meut in the city over the matter, and tho hope is freely expressed that Fanuan will be acquitted. General Schofield latelv decided afier m consulting the president, t3 arrest all persons making incendiary speeches, in his district, or who shall do anv act to arrav the white and colored races against eacli other. It has been decided by the treasury department that un!es 7-)0's are presented for conversion into 5-20 bonds, at maturity the optiou to make such cjr.vcrsiontts b't, and 7-oU's will thereat tor be paid iu greenbacks. The amount of fractional currency issued from the printing bureau last week was S4"7.000. National bank currency isaued, SI 13,50. Fractional currency redeemed and destroyed, S4U7,000. Cleveland, Nov. 1C. Gregory, a photographer on the public square, was found in hie rooms this morning with his throat cut, and a girl, came uuknown,shot both dead. No explanatory circumstances ar known as yet. Later. Appearances indicate that the girl Isabella Boy, was shot by Gregory, yesterday cr the day befor. Domestic troubles and an illicit passion for the girl appear as causes for the act. Boston, Nov. 10. The steamer Cuba arrived to-night. Collector Buell, las. F. Fields, and others, boarded the steamer below frni the. United States tu; Hamlin. and upon reaching the wharf accompanied Mr. Dickens to the Parker house. In accordance with Mr. Dickens' request, there will be no public demonstration. Vru- Viipw Vr IS. V srecial to the Htrahl, dated Njw Archangel, O t. S, via Swinomish, W. T. Nov. 11, savs: m ....... j sian America to the United State govern . liA r..-n-il tr.-ii.sttr rind tie ivrrv ot Kim. ment took place to-dav. bv Cart. I estrii . . ehniT. actincr commissioner oi behalf of the Bussiau government, aud Msj. Gn. Bosscau. Menotll Garibaldi, to whom his father. Guiseppe Garibaldi, intrusted ths authority of Generalissimo of the forces operating against Borne, was born in Uruguay, South America, in 139, and is therefore twentjeight years old. Rev. Ira Eddv, who has been preaching the gospel for fifty-two years, as a Methodist itinerant preacher, lately filled the pulpit or Bcv J. ('. SchofulJ, in New Castle, la. Fifty years ago he preached in New Caitle, or rather where it is uow IocatcU, nut mi iidience ofthat time has ped away. Dil health lias hocu voiy good up to a fw weeks