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-ljlij-i xn iiiin.rij.uni. runnav nrAmnro t mid PkesidkhtV Message' -This ex cellent, vonoiae and readable document will be found in an extra, enclosed in our paper to-day. His linden i to tte crowning act of the Administration in regard to the management or ibe Indiana will L a. . i- a t 1 . i .11 meet me ueanj approval oi an good men particularly those of the Society of Friends. Albany, Missouri, is . where Eli F. Brown now resides. The epizootic is now attacking cats In some parts of the country , m - I mil i I . ' 1 The diamond hoax at San Francisco has exploded. iuo riwi lavnwrjr vut vi can uh been burned down which, with the arrest of Woodhull and Claflin, tisa oivan nw atart - A petition is being circulated in Eyansville, asking the Legislature to increase the salary of the executive and judicial officers of the State.--.;,: A family in Evansville claim to be the lamp chimney champions, having one that they have used nightly for ten years, and another for seven years, without breaking. George Washington was arrested, Wednesday, in Louisville, for cutting Alexander White. George did not have a little hatchet handy, and used a knife. Both colored. A meteoric shower occurred at Greencastle, Tuesday night Prof Ttngley, of Asbury University, telegraphs that be counted one hundred and ten meteors in forty minutes. . Gov. Walker, of Virginia, refused to issue a thanksgiving proclamation, ; The mayor of Alexandria issued one that answered the purposes of the citizens. Henry C. Fox, Judge elect of the Criminal Circuit Court of this county, applied before Judge Perkins, of Indianapolis, last week, for a writ of mandate to compel the Governor to iasue his commission. Indianapolis Has a new society composed of colored women. It is styled tho Society of American Doves, and one of its main objects is to regulate the wages of washerwomen. ' A tariff of rates has been agreed upon. A forenoon's work is $1, and 25cts to be charged for every hour thereafter. A New York World contributor proposes to defend buildings from tiro in this way : In the basement have suspended a vessel full of sulphuric acid, to be upset by the turning of a crank in a box out. side, of which the key is ith police and firemen. Tbe vessel is hung in another one of carbonate of soda, from which tubes ascend and branch through tbe building, emptying an each floor. By turning the crank, the extingniahing gas ia generated, and soon Alls every room, putting out the fire and not damaging the goods. Thi new telegraphic cable between Portugal and Brazil, for which a concession has been granted to an English company, by the Portuguese Government, will be an important line in the magnetic web that is being wrought over the surface of the globe. It will be the longest continuous cable line in existence, though we suppose that instead of being laid entirely in the deep sea, it will touch land, on its way to Brazil, at the Canary and Cape Verde Islands. It will do much to increase the importance of tbe Brazilian Empire, to enlarge its commerce, to increase immigration to it, and give it a place in tbe economy of Nations. It will, of course, bring this country into telegraphic communicant m with Brazil through the rcurdabout way of the Atlantic ca.Ic and the European system of u U graphs. Aga of tbe Presidents. - Grant is one of three of our President who have passed their fiftieth birthdays in' the highest place an American can reach, the other two being Mr. Polk, who entered the office about seven months before he was in his fortvnintn year. Gen. W asbington was in bis fifty-eight year when he became President. John Adams was In his sixty-second, Mr. Jefferson in bis fifty-eight, Mr. Madison in his fifty-eight, Mr. Monroe in his fifty-ninth, John Quincy Aadms in r bis fifty-eight, Gen. Jackson in his elxty.second, Mr. Van Buren in his fifty -fifth, Gen. Harrison in bis sixty-ninth, Mr. Tyler Ia his fifty second, Gen. Taylor in his sixty-flfib. Mr. Filmore in his fifty-first, Mr. Buchansn in his sixty sixth, Mr. Lincoln in his fifty-third, and Mr. Johnson in hi fifty-seTtnth year.

STATE LEGISLATURE. Among4 the new bills introduced were two prescribing that persons who have served as petit jurors shall be Ineligible to the same again until the expiration of one year, and that no person sha'l be ineligible to serve as a juror in capital cases on account of opinions on the subject of capital punishment. A number of House bills were read for the first time, and a number of Senate bills passed to a second reading. Among them was that authorizing the purehase by the United States of lands for the erection or public buildings 'in Evansville, which was referred to (he Commi tee on Public buildings In the House the following bills were introduced: To make tbe interest on loans, when not stipulated, 6 per cent; to prevent publie officers becoming interested in any public work, and imposing a fine of $100 to 8500 and two to ten years imprisonment, for attempting to influence an officer by the payment of money to secure a contract; to provido for a Constitutional Convention, the members to be elected uext May, equal in number to the members of the present General Assembly, to be elected as members of the Legis

lature are eleeted ; and to provide that wnen the Legislature fails to make an appropriation for charit able Institutions, tho Governor may draw his warrant. montbly,for current expenses. Thi consolidation of inteanal revenue districts and the reduction of the force of assessors and col lectors directed by the tariff tax bill of last session, is not likely to be effected by January first, the time named in the act The plan is now maturing in the internal revenue office by which the system of collecting the revenue will be essentially changed and it is be lieved both economy and efficiency more fully secured than by merely diminishing the present force em ployed. It is proposed to dist pense entirely with assessors and substitute therefor stamps, the sale of which would be entrusted to col lectors and ultimately to small number of officers specially ap pointed for this duty. The present force of supervisors and gaugers would . secure an . bonesexecution of the law, and the internal revenue would be oollocted from the sale of stamps. Com mis eioner Douglass strongly favors the system thus generally outlined, and it will be early brought to the attention of Congress, with tbe expectation that an , act may be passed which will make a more effective and permanen reduction of expentes than that authorized by the recent law. The saving in dispensing with assessors alone would be over six million dollars annually. Olives Wbitk We, lust week, mentioned the name of B. 8. Parker, Esq., as a suitable candidate for Librarian, as being every way qualified for its duties. We were then not aware that our friend Olivbb White, of this city, was looking for that position, or we should have drawn straws as to J which should be preferred bjr us ! for tbe place. We can only say I now, that, if the Legislature elects ' either of them, it will select a faithr ful, honest, capable Llbiarian. ... We freely endorse the following from the "Telegram "We understand that Oliver White, of this city, is a candidate for the offioo of State Librarian. His fitness for the position is certainly equal to that of any candidate in the field. Mr. White is a graduate of Amherst College, and a thorough book man in every respect, having been engaged in the book business for a number of years. His habits and character are eminently suited to the position of Librarian, and he will have no trouble in securing the best men in this county as his endorsers for that position." Election of Senator, On Wednesday of last week the two Bouses met in joint convention, and it appearing that Morton had a majority in each House, the result was announced and 0. P. Morton declared officially elected. Mr. Mcrton was present, and being called upon 8poe as follows ; QmUtmtn of At Legislature: I cams not here this morning to inflict a speech upon you, bat simply to express my sincere acknowledgements for this great mark of your confidence, and fo say that I shall have no motive bat to do my duty to the Nation and to the State, and that I hope so to perform that no gentleman who voted for me yesterday will ever have eause to.blnah foror'regret it. I tbere'ore express to you my sincere thanks and take my leave, f Applause. ' r On Tuesday evening Senator Morton and wife gave a reception at their res?denos in Indianapolis, which was attend ed by most of the distinguished men of the Stats, and nearly the entire Legislature, Republicans and Democrats. The steamer, sailing between New Totk and Europe, during 1872, were one hundred and five in number, with an aggregate measurement of 282,160 toes.

OCR COAL AND IRON INTEREST'

The development of our Coa: and Iron interests, though still i:;, their infancy, has been truly mar-, vcIoub, and the course of event! this year is well calculated to impart an additional impetus to these great underlying home industries. No coal was used in this country for steam purposes fifty years ago, wood being the only fuel employed for generating steam for manufacturing and other purposes. In deed, the entire production of coal in tbe United States in 1820 wat but 366 tons! From that small beginning the production has grown to nearly twenty million tons, valued at scarcely less than $100,000,000. It ia already ascertained that the production of coal this year will exceed that of any for mer year. Foreign coals are high, manufacturing is brisk, and so home production has been greatly stimulated. We have also shipped large quantities to the West Indies, to take the place of English coal; and from the rapid growth of our manufacturing industries, the ratio of increase in our coal production will be much greater in tbe future than it has ten in the past. As to the latent supply, there ia practically no limit There is scarcely a Stat or Territory in the Union that doer not contain coal beds, although qulaide of Pennsylvania and Maryland but little progress has thu far been made in their utilization and, for obvions reasons, cheap transportation must precede cheat coal. The coal in its native bed in the Mississippi valley, and beyond, cannot be utilized to any extent because of the high cost of transportation. Tbe . production of iron depends upon like facilities. There must be abundance of ore, cheap fuel, and a way to get the iron into the market at a moderate cost Wherever these conditions exist the production of crude iron will become a profitable business, as it already is in Pennsylvania. The time will come when the proauction oi iron may nave more Dusine8s attractions than the pro duction of almost any other com modify. The uses of iron have be come eo varied and extensive that the article now ranks among the indispensable necessities; and this fact will operate more than any other cause to stimulate its pro duction. Tbe wonderful progress made in the construction of rail roads, and the requisition that none but American iron shall be laid on some of the most important of them, has created a demand for iron in this country without a precedent. At the prices which have ruled during the present year, very few branches of trade offer greater inducements to capital than the production of iron. There is little doubt that a reaction will follow the extreme values of the last few months, but a return to the exceptionality low rates that , have prevailed within a few years, is not probable. The scarcity of coal, and the advance in the price of skilled labor on the other side of the Atlantic, are sufficient guarantees rgainst such a reaction, to say nothing of the constantly increasing uses to which iron is found to be adapted. It is not an exageratlon ro say that the iron interest of this country was never in a more prosperous condition than it is to-day, in proof of which we may state, on the authority of our leading Pennsylvania- exchanges, that there are co less than thirty new blast furnaces in course of construction in that State; and the production is making such prodigious strides, that the export oi iron from tbe United States, in considerable quantity, within the next five years, is deemed by sagacious observers as being altogether within the bounds of probability. Disastrous fires have been so prevalent of late as to create nervousness and alarm. Since the Boston conflagration there have been large fires in Brooklyn? Jersey uity and in various Western towns, destroying in the aggregate a large amount of property. Every fire which sweeps away large amounts of property, shows the necessity of using care ia selecting insurance , companies. The man who pays his money year after year, and finds at last that-he has leaned upon an irresponsible insurance company, complains without a remedy. He who insures his property should use as much caution as he would if lending money see that the company will be able to pay in a case of loss. The managers of insurance companies are sensily retrenching, by cutting down extravagant commissions, and lapping oil other unnecessary expenses. ' One thousand women are employed in potteries, at Leeds, England, working nine hours a day, at the rate of sixty cent a week. ,; The eolojed people of Kentucky are fast (becoming real estate owners, one real estate agent at Lexington having sold them the past year $100,000 worth of house lots for their own use, and the whole colored population of that town par taxes on $400,000 worth of real estate.

EFFECTS OF THE BOSTON FIRE. Tbe Bostonians, with admirable fortitude, have promptly set to work figor. ing up their losses by the great fire, ascertaining what proportion of the insurance will be paid, and looking to measures for rehabilitation. The business men are getting ready to rebuild, and of the local insurance, it is believed full fifty per cent will be paid. , However much the misfortune of Boston may be deplored, it is a solacing reflection that no other city in the United States is probably so capable of repairing the losces. The leading journals tell us that the distress is by no means Sufficient to call forth any ootsMe contributions, and they would not bo accepted if tendered ; that the sufferer are almost entirely well-to-do merchant.

with sufficient credit and enterprise to start again, and that the city is amply able to take eare of the really needy. j AH that is asked is a reasonable amount of forbearance on the part of creditors, and this, it cannot be doubted, will te . willingly granted. Boston capital is a power in every financial and trade centre of the country. New York has millions of it in loans and in branch mercantile houses ; and nearly every other city in the Union is debtor to Boston. She will get all the money she may neei to start again, but it is to be remembered that her new uses for money cannot be supplied without contracting the means, to some extent, of the neighboring cities. No time will be lost in re- ' building and starting anew. To restore things to their former .basis there is probably not less than fifty millions of dollars awaiting distribution where the losses accurred. The process of rebuilding will give employment to thousands af laborers, and the cost of building will withdraw many millions, from first to last, from the accustomed channels of trade, but in a few months, at most, if will find its way back, and the old order will be restored. A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIKECTION. A joint meeting of committees from the Board of Agriculture and the Board of Trade was held at the State House Tuesday for the purpose of consulting as to the feasability of having an exposition in connection with tbe State Fair next year. The Board of Agriculture was represented by President John Southerland, Hon. Thomas Dowling, Hon. I. D. G. Nelson, W. P. Seward and J. Caldwell; the Board of trade by Presi dent John C. Wright, Prefessor E. T. Cox, David Gibson, Captain W. D. Wiles and Thomas Cottrell. There were also a number of proaii nent citizens present besides the regular committees. - The Legislature will no doubt give the project such aid as in its wisdom it may deem requisite, by appropriating a sum, which, in addition to the subscriptions that might be raised, would be amply sufficient to erect buildings for tbe purpose. The business men ' of Indianapolis promise to subscribe' liberally and our own citizens will not be outdone in giving the enterprise ample aid. By all means let us have an exposition next year. Lafayette Courier. Gen. Meredith's Stock Sale. On account or the prevalence of the horse epidemic, the attendance at Gen. Meredith's stock sale, last Tuesday, was very small. The sale was commenced, but after a few animals had been sold at low prices was withdiawn, on condition that buyers desiring any particular animal, might have the privilege of calling for it. Under this condition, some fifteen head of blood cattle, five graded cattle, and eleven blooded hogs, were brought out for bidders. The blooded cattle were disposed of at an average price of $222 each. The grade cattle . sold for a little more than stock prices. The sale of hogs was very dull, tho eleven offered bringing little more than ordinary stock prices. Some private sales have been made at good prices. Cambridge Tribune. , A movement ia on foot in California whicb, should it be pushed to a successful conclusion, will not only remove the obstacles which have hitherto prevented the introduction of greenbacks into tbe Pacific States as a general circulating medium, but will also go far towards restoring the national currency to par valne in coin. Tbe proposition looks to the securing of such an amendment to tbe Na tional Gold Bank law as will anthorize the establishment of banks with five millions o( capital, the effect of whicb would be to retire from circulation and put upon the market as cash gold some sixty millions out of the eighty millions of gold now employed in the business of tbe Pacific States. Such a step wool d more than double the present supply of cash gold in the market, and to that degree aid In bringing about a solution of the vexed problem of the currency. The most noticeable feature of the movement la that the prop osition is said to emanate from tbe Bank of California, a gigantic monetary institution, which has heretofore controlled the money market of the entire region, and uniformly ex' erted its power for the exclusion of the na tional currency. . - t Asa step toward the resumption of specie payments ia the shortest possible time, it is stated that a proposition is being entertained by the Treasury Department for remodeling the National Banking law, providing for tbe calling in of all national bank notes, and the issue in their stead of legal tenders, while in lieu of the bank receiving ninety per cent, on their stocks deposited, as at present, they are to receive a hundred per cent, in legal tenders, the banks being required to keep on hand certain amounts of specie, to be increased from time to time nntil specie payments can be conveniently resume 1 by the Government and the banks. ' In the Forty-third Congress there will be forty-nine ' more Republicans then in the Forty-second.

Advice to a Young Poet A youth" of poetic tendencies who signs t himself ."Theodore," has written to Max Adder, of the

Philadelphia Dispatch as follows: j Will you please tell me it thercs any word in the English language which rhymes with epizootic? " Max says: There may be such a word. Theodore, or there may not. The question is irrelevant to what we have to say toy on.'-It is transparent ly clear, Theodore, that you are going to ii.a.kc an attempt to straddle out into literature with a poem upon tho horse disease. In that event what you want u not ryhme but common sense. You do hoC need a word which will jingle with "epizootic" so much as "you are' suffertns to he seized by the hair by your parent, and shaken up and bruised aud put by somewhere in the ''arret upon a low diet' You cannot make a poem upon the horse disease,'Theodore, if you try. There is a certain want of senti-J merit, a singular absence of food for tho imaginative faculties, in the epizootic, which limits discussion of the subject to prose. It will be useless, therefore, for you to wrestle with the Muses in contemplating the theme, or to dishevel your hair in an effort to pour out your scul in song. You cannot have any deep feeling upon the suject, Theodore, because you are not in danger of taking the disease yourself. The donkey tribe is notoriously exempt. So, if you have imagined that you have any symptoms of the malady, you must have been mistaken; and your best policy, Theodocr seems to us be to blow your nose and keep quiet. Epizootic The Turf, Fieia and Farm, which is Excellent authority in all such matters,recommends the following treatment in cases of the epizootic: 1. Feed warm bran mashes twice day, and take the liquor of boiled flax seed to mix with the mash. - -- 2. Two ounces of spirits of nitre, mix with luke warm water; one application daily. 3. A little pure whiskey daily to stimulate, say half a pint4. Liniment for external application ou the throat; one-third hartshorn, one pint sweet oil. 5. Sponge the nostrils with a solution of salt and hot vinegar; also wash the mouth with a soluion of the s erne. Blanket thoroughly and a little exercise daily. Wet the hay with vinegar. Tbe above has been successfuly treated bere. Nast, the famons cartoonist of Harpers Weekly, whj did such excellent service for the Republican party during the campaign, is about to receive a substantial reward. In addition to the liberal enumeration given him by his employers, it is said that an eflort is being made by his admirers throughout the country to confer upon him a testimonial of such a character as to be in a manner worthy, of the service rendered. Nast. it need hardly be said, is net poor, in the 'common acceptance of the term, and yet he would undoubtedly receive with gratitude and pride, the tender of just debt which a grateful country owes - him in return for the genius which has so materially aided in the successful conduct of the campaign The National Board of Fire Underwriters have resolved to limit agent's commissions to 10 per cent, except in cases of in surance of dwelling . houses and farm property. It is stated the profits of lire insurance of late years "have not averaged ten per cent. With the millions which the companies paid away in Chicago and Boston this is quite probable. A Postal Convention has just been concluded between our Government and Newfoundland, fixing the letter rate at C cents. The colored Louisvillians s run a t'lanet ol their own. It is a weekly newspaper, and revolves in the interests of their own race. A highly sensational report that Germany and France were about to be involved in a fresh war, is promptly denied by a TIT 11 - " w asningion special correspon dent. - .. , - V BENEFIT 3 ALL. On the 12th inst,(Thursday kve next,) invitations are given to our young men and maidens-and every aged or middle-aged man or wo man, to attend a Ball at Phillips Hall, if they choose thus to dance for the good purpose of rendering assistance to our fellow citizen Adam Hershfield, who was hopelessly crippled by the fire engine running over him tbe night the paper mill was burned.' - Give him a rou zing benefit one that will make him ana fsmilv feel comfortable.

Death of Horace Greeley.

j "From day to dsy, for a week past, news of Mr. Greeley's severe mental and physical prostration - baa left tbia community and the country not wholly unprepared for hia dissolution, and yet we may say of him as the expiriug chief Red Jacket said of himself, that the news of his death will come upon bis people like the sound of the fall of a groat pine in the stillness of the woods: he bas, in a mistaken aspiration for a higher field of usefulness anil-power and glory, falleu a sacrifice to bis political ambition He bad failed .to appro ciate the commanding position which he had eecured as a leadiog American journalist, and in leaving it to pursue the ignis fatans oi - the Presidency, be dropped the substance for the shadow of great distinction. Otherwise tbe history and enduring rewards of Greeley's iudustrious and useful career are full of encouragements to young men who are without capital, influence or powerful friends hare the batUe of life before them. He leaves an honored name behind him and the high reward of an encouragiog example. JV. K Herald. Mr. Greeley's loss to journalism is one which cannot be replaced. The incidenta of his last sickness were peculiarly distressing, and, from all that we can learn, his reverses during the late campaign- cannot alone account (or them. Had he been successful the probabilities are that he would not have lived, so orertrxed was his strength and bo utterly broken down seems to hare bean bis constitution. The labors and excitement of the canvass were more than his body or mind could bear. "We shall not attempt at this moment to do justice to Mr. Greeley. Aa a journalist and public man hia life ia a part of the hia tory of the country during the last thirty years, and the time ha a not yet come when it ean be impartially - considered. It is certain that Greeley's name will elwaya be honored in connection with the anti-slavery struggle, and with many important measures which be fought for with remarkable vigor, aimply because he believed they were right. Into these subjects we will not now enter, for the eonntry is scarcely rid of the din and turmoil of a memorable and unhappy past. Historians Will di justice to Greeley, and in the meanwhile his countrymen will be strangely forgetful if they fail to pay due tribute to hia memory. He has been before them for about a generation, and be has had their confidence in many trying periods of onr history. Let ns now remember only his virtues and his genius. N. T. Timet ' "From his life a great legacy remains; the vast influence of a generation which learned front him that honesty, ' honor, simplicity, frugality, generosity: purity, temperance, are above all worldly gains. From bis death the gospel of tolerance takes deeper meaning, the cruelty of partisanship looks meaner, the charity that believetb all things seems divine. For the rest, hia friends will keep his memory green. They are in the market-place, the churches, the .' wretched tenant homes, the mansions, tbe frontier shanties, the mines. The poor and the ignorant and the miserable have left no other friend so powerful. That is the story of hia humanity. , In. every village some heart mourns him, That is tbe story of hia personal worth." ChrUtian Union. Letters toaTooag Sfan. No. 3, . " Jules Hill, Oct 28, 1872. Mr Dxab Youro Fbixmk Who is that young fellow with you? What does he do? I care not for bis name, the cut and quality of his clothes, his money or pretty face; I aee you walking and talking with him and in hia eompnny, enjoying your leisure hours. What does he say, do, or think about? I think I hear yon answer. He is a right good hearted fellow; you tell me. and that he has been ont of work for some time. For that matter, you say, he does not need to work, for his parents are wealthy. You think he ia good hearted and jolly. Yes, well: would yon bring him iu your home, and introduce him to your mother and sisters? Don't cringe. I see you, and you say "no.1 "He ia a good enough afreet acquaintance, but the idea of my bringing him into the company of my sisters is preposterous." ;Your words? I am sorry they are. They prove that this companion of yonra is low and vulgdr, uufit for the companionship of ladies, and I am forced to believe that you are not one iota better. j : I Go with no one of whom y;u . would feel shamed in your mother's company , or your sister's presence. j Wen in your city I became a self-consti-1 : tuted spy, and aaw you often of evenings, when you supposed your poor old nuiaanceof an uncle John was anoring the happy hours away, t observed yon and your companion fetatiding on the Corner, a square from the Post-office; you with a cigar, be with a mouthful of tobacco, from whicb streams of filthiness spirted every few seconds. I was near yon and heard yon say, "Don't speak "to these girls, Jack. Yot don't know them, and I am getting tired o' seeing you insult every one who passes." ; And he, that good hearted fellow. Jack ' laughed, and with a tremendous squirt of - tobacco juice, said: - - " "What's tbe difference, boas? The girls don't care a continental, and yon know your" self that more than .half of them return the nod. It's fun to see 'em stare. I'm a tellin' youi Now perceive, and don't get off your foot, because I am having a little fun." You laughed and murmured, "All right." Two young ladies come along on their way to the post-office. I might opportunely observe here that young ladies have an inveterate and very bad habit of roaming your streets after night, with no gentleman company. I hope the habit does not arise from lack of gentlemen. There was quite a crowd on that corner, and for a lady to get throueh there, It required considerable skill, and a great deal of courage. You, dear Jack, stood in the middle of the sidewalk, and the crowd on each tide Your dear Jack, did not move, until the young la dies were very Bear him; then be stepped aside, as if he had not before seen them, and tipping hia hat, said: "Girls, bow rfoyou dol" Many yean have aped away since my boy hood, but when I aaw this gross insult to these young girls, 1 felt the fiery blood of other days coursing through my veins, and I wanted to go up to that good kearttd-j9 low, Jack, and strike him down with my ' cane. The fasnlted females had moved scares a "dozen steps 'ere a young man emerged from the ranks, and confronting Jack, in a very ' belligerent and striking altitude, cried: , 'They are my sisters, and I intend to" But tbe angry voice, angry face, and suggestive style, of this young man did not strike your Jack very favorably, and before more' could be said or done, he waa sneaking up an alley that serves aa a back entrance to more saloons than one. Beware of that Jack I If be thus insults other's sisters, what aasoranee have yon ' that he will not insult yours? A jouog lady friend of mine once aaid to me: "If the young men value : nor good opinions, and desire aa to speak well of tbem they should not atand upon ' be sidewalk and stare at us as we pass, cr emerge from

church. They may think that it pleases as, flatters as, but , it dees'nt one bit. You may think about girls being wild, and fancying worthless, good looking fellows, but I tell you we all esteem gentlemen, above anything else." -

Good night. Yonrs truly, Johx Jilxt. ABOUT 'ADAM. Some Reflections on the Man Without a Mother-in-Law His Marriage, Apple Trees. Election Bets, Etc. From At Loukvillt OourUr-Joumal. ' We have always believed in Adam. We hare looked upon him aa one to whom mankind' bas been nndcr peculiar obligations. Standing by the side of Eve as the first married man, dressed in a sumptuous bear-skin, he appears to as as we look backward through the dimrista of the centuries upon him, as a person indispensable to the future of his race Certain philosophers would try to make as believe that that majestic figure is a monkey, and sometimes the result of human events, elections, for instance, seems unaccountable, except on tbe Darwinian hypothesis. But we hold that the man who would reflect upon the dear departed in such an ungrateful way does not deserve the sympathies of his kind, aa for ourselves, we intend to nail our fig-leaf to the mast and cling to the old Adam. What be know about farming served him in good stead In the hoar of his disappointment, and though overmuch given to lying in the shade and munching apples, we know that when he found himself one morning on the wrong side of a certain garden gate, he indulged in no unmanly repining he neither whimpered over his fate nor made a face, and shook his fist at the guardian ot the forfeited premises bnt diligently set bim to work to develop the ordinary crab into the New York pippin. There are certain times when we like to withdraw our minds from the turmoil of the present age and dwelt upon the character of this grand old patriarch. Sometimes, even when our desk may be crowded with hat accounts lost on the election we get to thinking on Adam, and don't care how big the liberal majority is in New York. Adam was never troubled about election bets, or nothing elsei except tbe grafts in his orchard. He has no mother-in-law, rand his wife never bothered him with her milliner's bill, no had a natural antipathy to snakes, bai he was never worried over missing shirt-buttons. He never supported an unsuccessful candidate for President, and saw his hopes of a seat in (he cabinet grow dimmer and dimmer as the reports came. Nor were his ears deafened and his feelings hurt by the booming of the cannon of the Radical party, over at New Albany. Neither did he receive tbe ironical and malicious congratulations of hia neighbors, the morning after the election on tbe fortitude with which he bore up under adverse news. His eyes were never offended by the crowing roosters and the flaunting banners of his opponents, for barring his one unfortunata speculation in fruit undertaken at tbe instance of his sleeping partner when the devil made a corner in apples, bis life waa eminently a success. To be sure, he hid never theprond consciousness of having established principles that he knew would ultimately win in spite of the influence of a hostile Administration that for awhile brought inevitable defeat upon him, nor did he have the pleasure of seeing the old party lines of ignorance and prejudice broken into fragments and disappearing before his vigorous assaults: but be set upon the hills facing the sunset, in the happy time before his eldest boy began to be fast, and to run around with strange women from the land of . Nod, he could watch bis shooting scions without a care, nor trouble himself with the future of his offspring. . He stands for as as the grand exemplar of success, as we hear the noise of unsympa thetie thousands shooting over empty rio tories, and smell tbe fames of powder burnt in honor of a fitful and ephemeral triumph, our thoughts go back six thousand years or more to grand old Adam, and then "Not a wave of trouble rolls acroas the peace ful breast." Gen. Meredith's Stock Sale, The total proceeds of Gen. Meredith's sale of blooded stock on tbe 26th ult, were 4,855.25. Below we give an itemised statement of the sales of cattle, with the price and the names and residences of the purchasers: "Lily, calved in 1860, Col. Slaughter, Brooklyn, Morgan county, $155. Keepsake, calved August 25, 1870, Wm. Goy, Meclianicsburg, 0-$l 00. Seventh Duchess of Oakland, calved Feb. 32, 1868, Col. D. McMitlen, Xenia, O., $1,200. Lady Jane and eatf two weeks old, calved April 24, 1867, same $500., ' Clara Moreland 2d, calved 1864, Col. Slaughter 100. Minnie Wilson, catved August 16, 1872, C. B Jackson, Centreville,Ind., $100. : Heiress, calved August 16, I860, Cel. Slaughter, $-265. . I.slla Rookh, calved January 20, 1855,9 me $135. ' ' Maggie, calved December, 1869, James Wilson Rushville, Indiana, $410. Athlete, calved September 26, 1868, same, $325. ' Duke of Richmond, calved, October 9, 1870, A. B. Claypool, Connerivflle, Indiana, $310. Victor Duke, ealred January 25, 1870, C, B. Jackson, $105. Wahoo, calved May 15, 1872, Uriah Wilson, Green county, Ohio. Wayne Duke, calved August 20, S. B. Hayes, Henry county, Indiana, t230. Ivanhoe, Deo. 2, 1870, James Wilson $400. Cambridge Tribune. Masks and Faces.- Ladies who rnasktlieir faces 'and necks with enamels endanger, their health to no purpose. The plaster work deceives nobody. There is but one article known which will restore a blemished complexion or create esternal - brilliancy and bloom where they have never heretofore existed, and that article is Hagan's Magnolia Balm. It performs this toilet miracle by infusing vitality into the ski.i. Tbe floral and bei bai juices ot which it is composed gently stimulate the circulation in the minute blood vessels, and brace the network of nerves through which luey pass. Thus quickened and strengthened the external covering soon acquires a fiesh and healthful hue, and every trace of sallowncss disappears. The palest checks derive from tbe beautifying baptism of this delightful cosmetic a warmer hup, and the arms, hands and neck, a blonde luster which the charlatans, profess to make ladies "beautiful forever" with their poisonous cement, can never hope to imitate. ' There were three gentlemen in the city, the first part of . this-week, looting for a aite to manufacture flax fibre and bagging for cotton planters, proposing to do a $150,000 buess. Parties having ground in the suborba would do well to report to B. B. Mjrick, Treasurer Board of Trade, through the P. 0 giving location and price per acre.

j ..; Commissioner . Douglass, . it seems. thinks that bo ean manage the collection of the internal revoac without any assessors or their assistants. II has prepared the draft of a law to be submitted to Congress as soon as it meets, whicb, ha thinks, will work efficiently, and save the country $2,000,000 a year. All taxes, on this plan, are to be collected by stamps, except distillery, deficiency, and the semi-annual tax on backs. This proposes a sweeping change, and if practicable, will be a long step toward returning to tbe old order when tbe tax collector was not abroad in tbe and.

Governor Dix will advocate sweeping reforms in New York in the message which he is now writing. ST. JIMS HOTEL, RE-OPENED ON THE Cor. Penn'h Ave, & 6th StWASHINGTON, D. C. TIIIS HOTEL has been closed since April last, and has, daring the past summer, undergone the most thorough ronnovatioo. It baa been refurnished with elegant Walnut Marble Top furniture, spring beds, velvet and Brussels carpets. The furniture and appointments throughout have been manufactured to order expressly for this house, ami are equal In style and durability to any European Hotel ia the eowatry. Tbe rooms are arranged tn tmitt and single, and will be rented from $L00 to $5.00 per day (including private parlor.) - A epaciooa Ladies' and Gentlemen Is Dining Room, GenUemen's Restaurant, Lunch and Refreshment Saloons are conveniently arranged, where all saeala are served la emrtt. A liberal discount will be made to those desiring to remain by the week or month. WOODBURY A DUREN, 27ws Proprietors. G. 17. JAMIOOM, (Late Receiver of Pablie Moneys for V Nebraska.) , Will locate Homesteads for 8oldiers and Sailors. By a late law of Congress, soldiers and sailors are entiUed to 180 acres, of one-half a mile square" of Government land, with tbe privilege of taking all the time they may nave served in the army or navy, from tho time required under the Homestead Law to perfect a title. Good lands selected, and information as to elimate, soil, wood, water, Ac, given on application. - Address, S.R. JAMISON, Indianapolis, Ind. Refer to any old citisen of Richmond. W. S. Houowat, P. II. Indianapol;. Jko. A. BrsBBiNK, Gov. Dacotah, D. Bctlbs, Ex Gov. Nebraska, R. W . Fr; knas. Gov. Elect Nebraska, E. S. DrMDT, C. S. Judge Dist. Nebraska. T. W. UrroN, U. 8. Senator, Nebraska. LIST OF LETTERS Remaining in the Post Office at Richmond, Ind, Dec. OUT, 1872. - Allen Louisa 2 Keller Samuel Alexander Jackson Kennard AD , Anderson Emma Luce Will Barnet James Loken Mary Brooks Clara 8 Loyd Louisa I Bond Erastus Lotah Lottie . Bond Mary Lemar Harry Burdsall Henrietta Larimore Thomaa J Brer Jennie . Mills Hannah M Chase A Johnson Moore Rachael Chapman Ida Moore Mollis Chapman Jennie Moorman Benj Clarkson Jennie Moore W Chesterfield Dick Newman Jos H Creston Geo Olmstead S Jr ' CookLydia OsbornWm Connor Dr. A. " Philpott Henry Day Mahala A Powell Charley Drover Deania Ragen Lissie Dozein J D Rife Mary L ' Durgus Wm Robison R W Eadler Lander - - Robinaon W H Eagan Maria Ryan Mattie Epps John Sample Annie Franklin Wm ' SnaffB F Ferguson Mary A Sullivan Jane GaarCIem Spence Chae D Green Esther J Shaw Samander Gee James Schwook Aaron GellingerBF Taylor Elisabeth Grimes Eddie ; Tarower H M GaensWH Thomas L S 3 ' Harrison James - Thomaa Phebe Harvey Elijah , Thomas Catharine Hadley J N Thomaa W P HartDS - Thomas Mary E Handsan Annie Thomas Henry Herbert C Werick Israel Hill Jemima VoreWmD ..: Harnell Annetta . Wagstaff Geo. Hunt Samanthe ' Watson Hariam C Jones Annie , White Lucy Johnson Carrie Williams James : Kate Michael - Persona calling (or these Letters will please say "ADVERTISED" and give the date of bisliat. " ' J B.W. Davis, fji. ' Richxaond Markets, Corrected weekly by N. W. Brigga aa Tbos. Nestor tbe former gives as the prices) : of Grain, and the tatter, the prices of other ' produee and Groceries. 4 1 5 Bttytmg.. Settitg. , Wheat per be ?.. ........ l 0 $1 60 Corn per bu.. .......... 35 45 Oats per ba - 20 Hay per ton. $14.00 Butter per lb 20 25 Eggs per dox 85 SO Potatoes per ba ........ 40 60 Flour per ew 4 00 Hams, sugar-cured, .... ,- 18 Shoulders per lb . - -; 8 10 Sides per lb.... ........ ... 1 Lardper lb ....... Sugar, ernsbel, ! Coffee augars, white, yellow A brown lOtolS New Orleans Molasaea per gallon 80 Sorghum Molasses per, gallon 70 Syrups rer gallon .; 75tol.0 Cincinnati JIarlccU ---- Cincinnati Dee. 0. COTTON Demand good at fall prices;10W middling, 18"ei . " FLOUR Demand fair and market first family S7 35 to 7 50. WHEAT old 1 1 5s new tl 67 CORN42c ' ' RYE $ 7 to 70. OATS 27 33e. : , BARLEY 78to 85c PROVlsroNS-Pork; 1$ 50 LARD 7c. HOGS $3 633 81 ' EGGS 30c. ; NOTICE. 1 XL persons indebted to he estate of i. Savilla Bargia, will please call prepared for immediate settlement, as all business pertaining to the same must be closed op in tbe January term of Court. ' II. J.BARGIS, Adm'r. No. 19S Main St., Richmond, Ind. 3w -- " Howard Sanitary Associaion. For the Relief and Cure or the Erring and Unfortunate -on Principles of Christian Pbilanthropby. ESSA-YP on the Errors of Yoath and the Follies ot Ape. in relation o Habsiaob and Social Evils, with san ary aid tor tbe afflicted. , Sent free,! ealed envelopes. Address, . - OlWARD ASSOCIATION, Box P. . , "hiUd lohia To Consumptives. The adveraser, hnvjjiwn permanently cured nf that dread Consumption, by a simple remedy, is anvm to make known to his ft How sufferers the means of car. To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the prescription used, (free of charge), with the directions for preparing and using the same which they will find a acma Cuaa or CowimFTioM, Asthma, BaoMCBiTis, Ae. Parties wishing the prescription will please addrea Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON, 35.1. 194 Penn Street, WiUiameburgb.S. Y