Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1869 — Page 1

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PROFESSIONAL CARDS> w HUTVIK P. (I> MMOND. Hnu».\a, J. HPITLKH HAMMOND & SPITLER, attorneys* at law, Rensselaer, Indiana. Jta-.Office in Court House. __ - •1, ly. 11. n. DWIGG’.Ni. R..P. D WIGGINS Si THOMPSON ATfoRNEVS AT UW, i’flil.lC, Heal Est»*o r.nd -fix luKUriiuee Agents. Hksssi.i.aku Im>. UilK-e In ilcOoyV Haul. Building. npMtair*. —= T-", W Wm. l. McConnell, ATTOBNSY AT UW —AND—3NT X*TJ333L.sXO, EENSSELAEK. ISDIAKA. Ofllee In I.nrn "i Stone li.lldlng. tip sf.i.a. (iKOllifs W. 11 tSCAI.T, REAL ESTATE ACEST - AND JWO’T'-A-XE/Tr TT’TT-TSTIuXO', nostingten lodia'aa. All Business attended to prompt)v. Blank I too Is tuui Mortgages always «m lunv.l, 1-17-1 f. DR. J. H. LGDGZP.IDQE. Rons3o!aer, - - - Indiana. t*«* on VTaaiiifigiO!* stn’eL ii. . dr. g. a. mmr ~ HTr;cpTElTehiroom,'ufTEtairsTTl r»t fo’r.i Shanghai UuUdiug. Ketissel.aer, Ind. - ’ 1-1. ly. at.riiro m’oot. »lYksd Tiiojirsos «. jict ov * riiojfpsoji, HANKERS. REN3SELAER. INDIANA, Ruy*&ml hell C< in aud Domestic Exchange f«,aßc Collection* on nil available points, pay Interest on specified time’depoaitea, and transact nj.l business in-their linn with dispatch. |£7*Ofttce hour*, from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m uo 54 ly. A——* •**••'■•* ■ |J ■ - ■ ■ -i—- i ' TO SCHOOL TE ACH Hits. PUBLIC EXAMINATION of Applicants for .Licence to Tench will be held tit the School House in liens-e----lacr, on the Third Saturday in Each Month. The law requires that applicants must have a certificate of good moral eharaeter, from the Trustee of the Township in which they reside. GKO. M. JOHNSON, School Exuininer, Jasper County. 1-G-lv DUVALL'S BLACKSMITH SHOP, Is in operation, next door above the Express Office RENSSELAER, TNI).- ] All kinds of blackaniitmng done to order 87-ts AUSTIN HOTEL. Moh n M. Austin. Having leased the house lately occupied by O. w. flcnkle, and fitted il up In good style as a Hotel, would respectfully inform (die TRAVELING) I»UBI .IC, that he is prepared to uceommodaUi j»U whotnay call on him. <joou htaiilun kept In .connection with the house, where the stock of travelers will be properly attended to by good and careful hostlers. 1-17-ts. O.IILIT JLiJTE AND LEV BUY STABLE. tlaoke run daily (Snndaya excepted) between Reiwaelaor and Bradford, un the O &. L R R, end between Renaeeleer and Remington onlheTLA B, HR. lloreeeuud f'.arrlegua tp. Iqt id rr.asoh|lb J \V k M.A. Buralf. 1 . • . f ' 1.. . *f» *

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

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' r i H. BTACKUOm*. •0. D. bTACkIIuC KK RENSSEUER FtmWISHINC -A.JSTXD i 1 HARDWARE STORE. i j . ■ . , . i, | 'ST/’E lieg leave to invite the attention o ' ! V T the people of Ju.pqr arid Newton ] counties, and the rest of mankind, to our fitl : a:ul complete stock of NAILS, GI.XSS, SASH, DOORS, ~ PUTIY, LOCKS, linns, -Hr—--BTRAT HINGES, I I ' * TABLE and

I POCKET CUTLERY. WUITK LEAD. L)N I , SEED AN'l) COAI.O’.K j and iverything eNo ti-iully kept In a will ! regulated hardware store. I- ! - A LSO. i ,f-ti)()KI\(l AND lIFATINjO, V ST OV KS oj tie latest style* and in etidls.i variety. TIN WAlllr. "! nil kte. It; atrfjyp thing cUe a»ual!y kept >ut wtli ordered Stove store. ALSO. J (HATES, TABLES, SAFES CRIES, . WASH-UTAKBa, ISUREAUG. *~t in vthirre ct.s nso.-tly k*;>» |R a prefer! 00-Utvl'..l Eortji'.ur store. We V-'-p constantly employad Ihe very t.«‘»t of tinners and eal'iuet ynakere. ami ere therefore prepared to do repairing or Job work, in Hiihcr lirpiirtintm', at oil <ituee. rCEvvTOTI'TXS of Ml styles Kept con r.'vaoe- . |y ~i, Psnd or rni'ii-* to order i on short notice, ht ths lowest jujasitrle vatea. j ' ■ r_: W| ; , mske It onr hosines* In furnith ' evt-rytl lug needed to BUILD OH FURNISH a hyrne. Call and are us before purchasing elsewhere. PI a STAt’KIIOTSE & t'KO BLACKSMI 111 JL.TQ-JO> WAGON SHOP! NORMAN WARNER * r nfrOULD respectfully announce to t! the eiti/X‘iis of Jasper and stirrotmding counties, that lie is still carrying' on the business of Blacksminiing nml Wagonniaking in nil tlleir hrbnoltes, at his old stand on Front street, Kensselaer, Ind. Jle is now prepared to put up tho best of . Wagons, Buggies, Plows, out of the best material. He will also furnish you with a at very low figures, if yoh Want to do your own hauling. He also keeps on hand, or will make to order, one of the best single or DOUBLE > Shovel Plows to be had anywhere, and at as moderate prices. * Repairing of all kinds done in good style, and on short notice. RE.ACKSMITIIINO! . _ ■ -T WARNER la prepared to do all kinds of blacksmithing, on short notice. If you want a horse shod, it will /be done on scientific principles at hit* shop. All kinds of repairing in iron or steel done in a durable mnnner lie keeps none but the best workmen and uses nbthing but tho beet o material, and can warrant all he sells. Give .Norm, a call at the bid stand andrwxamine his stock aud learn his prices. -Terms cash, ■ -May a, 1 »OS. ) Jt, "*• * V ' "

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, APRIL 15, 1809.

goftry. JONATHAN IX LOVG. i Nations! hear the latest story, .Worthy of a poet's lyre: Jonathan, the* h6ii of glorv, Burns with lentiinentai lire. Jonathan, the tall young giant, Last and first of btliu's race, LAves a lady: fair, defiant — Loves an island tiueen of grace. j Jonathan, the victor Viking, Heart of .oak anil arm of steel; Blow to run, hut quick at striking, i’assion’s thrill begins to .’eel. lie, from Norseman proud descended, Seeks a sunny southern bride, And with longing arm extended, Sighs to clasp her virgin pride. Cuba—name, of fascination!Is 11 to brute he seeks to gain, Spite of all the indignation , Of her cross old mother, Spain. Spain, the old abandoned pauper! England’s debtor, Frail e’s jest. Sees, with dull and trembling torpor, Hope inflame her'laughter’s breast. And to Jonathan, the Titan, Shows the hug her teeth decayed, Caleuiuted not to fiigluen . Otic who trusts to freedom's blade. | Of the Golden Horn I’m master, At my feet is Mexjco; Wim can boast dominion vaster T!um the empire 1 eaii show? Cuba, silly; prudish maiden, To my arms! cries Jonathan; Lady fair, with wrongs oVrluden, Bay. the word anti I’m your man. As for Spain, with nil her clamor, Not a cent I’ll give or lend; Let tin mining her to the hammer, And her' bankrupt swindle end! 1 must have you, Cuba, darling, i Bjktre your wealth, enjoy your 1 e harms, ] Though t> thousand kings were snarl-; And all Kuropr up inarms! Wo shall lauh, i have a notion, Find tin- sinviihtttuli pttYT So, tnv pretty pearl of ocean, Please to NAME TH,K.iIAI*I , V DAY. |

A California Yarn.

.There is a fellow over at Groundhog's Glory who ha» a rich claim for sale. Sqm Ilodgers hoard ah oj)t it the other .lav nml went over there to tiee tvhat the chance* were for making a good bargain. Sam is u dissatisfied sort o! a fellow, and is always Irving to buy into something rich. So, as l was saving, he bulged right over to Groundhog's Glory the moment he heard of it. When he got. there he found that the owner of the claim 3nd his wife had gone on a visit to another family in the Big Bug. Canon. The only person about the place was 8 small hoy about twelve years old. From him-Sam obtained some information which the owner himself might not have communicated Sam went down with the boy and took a look at the claim. While he -was casting--h-ir-rye «ronnd,-tlrg-bo]r sat on the bunk and whistled, “Oli Gosh! my own Jemima. ’ Having finished his survey, Sam went up and sat down beside the innocent juvenile. “Bub,” said he, “I've heard that this is a rich claim, and it does look pretty well. Now tell me the honest truth, what does your father want to sell out lor if it's as rich as they say?” The small boy stopped whistling, cocked his head to one side, closed one eye and squinted thoughtfully at Bam with the other. “Stranger, have you got half a dollar about you? If you have perhaps I wouldn’t mind telling you.” Sam forked , over the/half dollar and the boy looked at it a moment and whistled, “Get out of the Wilderness.” “Well, feller, bein’ as it is you, I don’t object to saying that the reason dad wants to sell this here claim is cause its too rich.” “Too rich! Flayed out," put in Sntn. * “Now, slratiger; yofi jest holtl hokses till I get through, and I’ll explain it too you. You see this ain’t like other claims where the gold is in sandy gravel and mostly in the bed rock, but the bank here is near : ly all ojay, and there’s heaps aud gobs of fine gold all through it. The clay is the all-firedest stickiest stuff that ever wur., a.id you can’t begin to work it. When dad get* to work down- there Its natorally gets the darned stuff all over him, and when he comes in ,»t night he’s jest coated with it about six inches deep more or less, and this clay is plum full of gold.” “I don’t see that that’s any reason for his wanting to sell out,” interrupted Bam. “Well, old boss, you keep cool an don’t get rampagious an' I’ll you Jtow it is. When dad comes in at night he’s mighty fired; but mam,

OUR COUNTRY AND OUR UNION.

yon see, is such an awful economical Woman that she don’t liko to sec so much gold wasted as. Dad lias about him in the clay every night, so mam slio allors turns in and cleans him up. At first she used to be satisfied with scraping hint down with a hoc and panning him out. She made lots of money at that. Ho used to pan out rich, I toll you. But pretty soon Mam got unsatisfied, ’cause it took too long to pan him out every night, and, besides, she didn’t get half the gold. Tho clay was so sticky it wouldn’t wash good. Then | she got a string of siuicea out in front of the house and pul up a little I hydraulic and used to pipe him off’, j Dud was dreadful mad about it.— j You ought to hear him growl and ! cuss. He said it was too weariij’ I for a man to work in tho drain all | day and then be worked hisself at j night. He had to give in, though. | Mam said ho shouldn’t board with i her if lie didn't, and that fetched I him, you bet. “Thing? ran on in this way for some time. The old woman made two or three hundred dollars a week reg’lar. But as I told you before, ! she was awful savin’ anil she found ' she couldn’t pipe him off clean, and I lost ever so much iu tho toilin’s.— You don't know how sticky the clay. .is round here. The only way in I which you can work it dean is to | chuck it into a kittle of In'in’ water | and bile it for two or three hours. — That’s the way the fellow what first struck the claim used to work the rich crevices. MaiaJjeerd of this, aid she thought if she could work the old man in some such way, she could save the gold. Of course she didn't expect to bile him right down, you know. That would not have been exactly on the square, but she thought if she could let him stand in mhhiiin’ hut water for an hour or two every night, she could run him through the hydraulic then and wash him oft' pretty clean. “Yell, stranger, you .mightn’t think it, bat Dad was so pesky contrary tiiHt he wouldn’t do it. Mam said he'd got to do it ’cause she wasn’t goiif to see money thrown away by no such contrariness. Neither one of them, wouldn't give in, so they coil eluded they’d split the difference by lettin’ Dad sell out and go below and buy a ranch. “That’s jest how it is, stranger; if you ain’t married and want to buy tills claim, you can make a mighty good thing out of it, hut if you’ve gut a \ulussho won't let you rest for tryin’ to work you to good advantage.” Here the unsophisticated infant finished and walked away, calmy whistling “1 Wish I was a Daisy,” while Sam retired to reflect on the matter, for ho was, and is, married. Gulden Era.

Important to Lettar Writers. According to a recent change in the regulations of the Posfcofiioc Department, no letters addressed in initials will be delivered at any residence nor in any postoflioe box. The may who addressed his communications to A. D. 0., box 10,001 may rest assured that his epistle will never be deposited in the hoi in question, but that, on the other hand, it will be immediately arid effectually destroyed. The information we desire to impress niton the popular mind, especially concerns the advertisers in the public press. .Many miscellaneous advertisements, such as “Wants,” or “Lost” and “Found” notices, simply bear the initials of the advertisers, an 4 in very ffljmx_alLtliuc&a- - address is not to the newspaper office, but to some box in the postoflice. Such advertisers nijiy be certain that not a single reply to them will over - reach them. The letter, if not addressed to the office of the* paper, must be directed to the name and n3t to the initial or nont de plume of party recipient.—Philadelphia Press. A traveler down in Jersey, riding past one 6f the “sand barrens” remarked, “What a poor cuss the fellow must bri who owns this farm!” “Not so poor an you think,” cried the owner, rising up from behind a fence, “I only own half of it!” A Georgia editor, who got angry at th* passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, expressed himself in the following terjns; “Let Congress fill its slop-tub with abominations, the Georgia Legislature can gpmlc thanrVjtHout blinking ” • " * ‘ " ’’ , .

A Divorce Abomination.

Prom tto Indianapolis Journal. | We reproduce helotvi a clipping from tho Lagrange Standard, published in LaGrange county, reciting the facts of a most shameful outrage upon civilized society, perpetrated ■ under the shadow of that crying abomination known as our Divorce j Law, and w-e trust that another case 'of a like revolting character will I not be needed by our Legislators to induce them to move in the work of reform on this subject; that we may no longer be a hissing and a byword among the civilized States that surround us. The best interests of our people, and the onlightenment of the age demand this reform. If tho sacred obligations of the marital tie are to bo observed in accordance with the practice of civilized communities, let our statute books bo no longer cursed with enactments that st em no better than to invito such shameless disregard of common decency: “We would gladly withhold the following facts from publicity, would our duties to the public ami their interests permit. Not only because the parties implicated have hereto- j fore been held in good reputation by j the community, and esteemed us ■ friends, but rather because it develops an abuse of law, and moral degradation of the most shameful char* ae ter.

“Wo have been at some pains to obtain tlio facts of the case, and give them as we understand them to be, ami in tho order of their devel- j opment. “On Tuesday of last week, about 10 o’clock a. M., the wife of Albert j French stepped into the house ofj one of her neighbors, across the street, on an errand, and seeming in i a mood indicating no unusual feeling i she was i)*ked whether or not she ! had heard of a report that had just 1 reached town, to the effect that she was a divorced woman. She replied no, and went on to make some play-; ful remarks akimt the absurd stories j often set afloat, when another per- j son came in aud handed her a uote •* j from an attorney, informing her that; the rumor waa really true. Tliu i poor woman was amazed, tears coursed down her checks, and her j heart seemed ready to break. She had bean living with her husband twenty-one years, with him raised a family, had just the moment before left hi# sick room, and that of thOir daughter,a young woman, and now without a single intimation ox warning, ®ud» hl*rßelf ighbihlniously oait ofl! The anguish ol a woman's heart under such circumstances is beyond all description by our pen. Recovering after awhile from the shock, she returned home, where the husband confirmed the sad intelligence. —" “The application for the divorce was made by French in the Circuit Court in Elkhart county, but at what date we have not learned. The form of the law requiring the defendant, if a resident ot the State, to be notified by a personal service “either by reading or leaving a copy of the summons at his or her usual place of residence,” was complied with.— The Sheriff of this county though, did not receive the notice until the last day of service, in the afternoon, lie called that evening at her residence, but finding no one in, left a copy on the kitchen tabic. The paper never reached her hands. This the Sheriff thinks was on the sth of March. On Saturday, the 13th, her husband furnished-her a team and conveyance to visit her father.diving in the vicinity of Sturgis, also to bring homo her daughter,' On a visit there* Their son, the other only child, a youth of twenty, accompanied her. The mother and children returned the next day, Sunday, ! found the house warmed and every- ! thing in order, but no ono about.— The husband not returning that night 'she became uneasy, and the next morning made anxious inquiries of her neighbors about him, but no one knew his whereabouts. Tips whole week passed, and she couhl get no chio as‘to where he was, except that he was seen on Sunday start off west in a buggy with J. B. Wade, Esq. Tie returned on Saturday, the 10th, with a divorce in his pockety made somo explanation of his absence, just what we,know not, bat made no revelation of tho divoroe, but spent the week up to the 25th as though nothing bad occurred. •• . > .'" ■ * - »• **i to

“Mr. French is worth probably 15,000, but not one cent of alimony was granted his wife, though a por.lion of their properly wfts inherited by her, and nearly nil the balance the result of their mutual labor. So far as known outside of the family, they had been living in peace nnd unity. Some two weeks since, in company with some of iheir neighbors they participated in a social gathering in tho vicinity, and were among the gayest- and apparently happiest of the circle. She, nor no one present, dreamed that such a disgraceful social disaster was possible.”

Tho editor proceeds to ask: “How has this outrage on an innocent woman, on the sanctity of the marriage relation, on a family of dutiful and beloved children, on the morals of sopiety, been committed? The divorce law in its letter is odiously and shamefully loose—a hissing and a by-word in civilized society —but loose aud abominable as it is, it is not loose enough for aueh a transaction a* this, without fraud or perjury somewhere.” . Ho then proceeds to quote the Cth scction'of the Divorce Act, requiring a residence in the county, and asks how Mr. French could (ilea petition in Elkhart county being a resident of LaGrauge,

This adaptability of this infamous divorce act to evasive constructions, and its utter worthlessness for scrv- | ing the ends of justice, is too patent not to claim the attention of the Legislature at the approaching extra | session. The editor of the Standard ! very appropriately comments furi thyr: “The hopes of all that is dear to ' man, in his social and national rela- | tions, cluster around the family altar—around die sanctity of tho mar- | riage vow. The law, or its construo- | tion and enforcement, that ruthlessly invades the family, destroying the relations of husband and- w+fe, of parent and child, mutt be condemned and unhesitatingly rejected by every well wisher of society, or demoralisation that would disgrace heathendom itself will ensue. The man or 1 the. woman that will approve or wink at such a transaction as above related, has not the moral sensibility for safe citizenship.”

Population of the Globe.

There are on the globe about 1,298,000,000 of souls, of which 3(50,00 0,000 are of the Caucasian race, ....... —- 552,000.006 are of (he MrtnghT race, < 190,000,000 are of the Ethiopian race, 176,000,000 are of the Malay race, 1,000,000 are of the ludo-Ameri-can race. -t There are 8.G42 languages spoken, and 1,000 different religions. The yearly mortality of the globe is 333,333,333 persons. This is at! the rate of 61,554 per day, 3,730 per hour, 60 per minute. So each pulsation of our heart marks the decease of some human creature. The average of human life is 33 years. One-fourth of the population dies at or before the age of 7 years. One-half at or before 17 years. Among ten thousand persons one arrives at the ago of 100 years, one in 500 attains the age of 00, and one in 100 lives to the age of CO. Married men live longer than single ones. In 1,000 persons 05 marry, and more marriages occur in Juno and December than in auy other months of the year. One-eighth of*the whole population is military. Professions exercise a great influence on longevity. In 1,000 individuals who arrive at the'age of 70 years, 42 arc priests, orators or put)- 1 lie speakers, 40 are agriculturalists,! 32 are soldiers or military employes, j 29 are advocates or engineers, 27 i professors, and 24 doctors. Those j who devote their lives to the pro- i longation of others die the soonest.- i There are 335,000,000 Christians, j There arc 5,000,000 Israelites. There are 50,000,000 Asiatic re- 1 ligjons. , There are 160,000,000 Mohammedans. There are 200,000,000 Pagans. 170,000,000 profess the Homan “Cathelio. 75,000,000 profess the Greek faith. 60,000,000 profess the Protestant. v— A man recently made the run from Akron to Toledo, on a velocipeds, about ninety miles, ip fifteen hour*. '’f~ ~ ' Tj _

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No. 29.

A Card From William llannamav) . Indiana Military Aolnt. Indianapolis, March 31, 1860. A great deal of inquiry is being made as to the provisions of the amended Bounty act of March 3il, 1809. Claim agents have greatly misrepresented it 3 provisions, and caused soldiers and their heirs much unnecessary expense and trouble. t

There are but two classes of persons entitled to bounty under this amended act: First, the soldierwho enlisted for three years and whoso muster-in and muster-out showed him |o have served less than three years, although lie was discharged by reason of “expiration of term of service.” This class, under the act of July flsth, 1806, received only fifty dollars. Under the new law they arc entitled to fifty more. The second class arc the heirs of soldiers who enlisted fop-ond served three years, and who, on his return home after discharge, took #ick and died from disease not contracted in the service. Ilis heirs, under the act of July 28th, 1866, received nothing; now they will receive one hundred dollars. These are the only parties bc-nefitted by the act of Mpreh 3, 1868,

Soldiers should pay no attention to what claim agents say, keep their discharges in their own possession until they know from disinterested parties that there is something coming to them. Soldiers enlisted after July 18th, 1864, receive nothing under the act Of March 3d, 1869. Editors in this State will confer ‘a great'favor on soldier* and their heirs by publishing this notice. The Indiana Military Agency continues to collect all bounties, pensions, or other claims for soldiers or their heirs, free of charge, as heretofore. Letters of inquiry promptly answered.

General Robert Anderson.

The hero of Fort Sumpter has been turned out in his old age, like a worn-out horse, to die on the commons. He has served his country long and well. We read that he has been compelled by his necessities to sell his library and go and live in Europe. Is there no list of subscribers for a house for him? Why does the intensely reStewart, the friendly Washburne* and all the other patriots who rushed to Grant’s call for a house, not respond? Because there is no money in the Hero of Fort Sumpter. lie ha* no offices to give. If he were President, or General oC the Army, he w-ould be overwhelmed with presents of houses and money by the Stewarts, Bories and other political present-makers. — Esiroy, It is proposed to' unite Scotland and Ireland by a tunnel, starting on the Irish side from a point mid* Way between Cushendgu and Cushendall, on the coast of Antrim, and on the Scotch side at Glenstroue, trom whence it would run through the head of the Mull of Cantyrc, The total length of tho tunnel would be fourteen miles three furlongs, and it is said that tlieground through winch it would have to be made is exactly suited for tunneling operations, and the sandstone for lining it can bd lrad in any quantity on the Irish side. It is proposed to oon-truot the tunnel for a single line only, the extreme depth being twenty-one feet, and the clear width at the level ot the rails fifteen feet. It is proposed, however, to lay down three lines of rails to accommodate wide and narrow guage carriages. The time estimated for completing the tunnel is about six years, and the coat four and a quarter millions of pounds. To pay a dividend of five per cent, the road should earn for-ty-two pounds per ratio per week. A - veteran toper been reading a 6eries of articles on liquor adulteration in New York —the analysis pf the liquors showing an average of about sixty-five parts of water to thirty-five of spirits. “They don’t give the spirits a fair chance,” said the aged baeohaual; “thoy'l keep on looling with *»ter till it depopulates the earth again”

To Soldiers.

WILLIAM HANNAMAN,

Indiana Military Agent,