Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 1, Number 31, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 January 1871 — Page 6

THE MAIL.

rr O. J. SMITH,

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

Office, 142 Main Street.

TERRE-HAUTE. JAN. 2H, 1*71.

SECOND EDITION.

THE (X) LOSS A CRIME. Negotitions for the surrender of Paris were discussed at Versaill !y Jules F.ivre anl Troehu on Tu sdav. The German (lcin mds areas follows The forts to bo garrisoned by Germans, the regulars .mil Gardes Mobile to le sent to Germany, the province of Champagne to be held as a pledge for the payment of the war expenses, Alsace and Lorraine to bo ceded to Germany, and Paris to recoiva no garrison for its protection, the city to bo confided to the National Guards, who will not bo disarmed. To those terms Favre responded that he was authorized to surrender p.:ris, liui thit lie could not surrender France as his action would not bind tho Bordeaux government. Bismarck th"ii, according to the London Times' dispatch, coolly informed him that lie had a pl dgn from Napoleon at Wilhelmsh'Khe to accept these terms, and that he would make peace with him and re-establish th Empire if the

Republic

declines to treat upon these

conditions. The opportunity to chooso between the Empire and a dismembered and

ruined

country is now lie rod to

France by the rapacious and unscrupulous German leaders. "W

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such a

1 hoico tin re »ut one honorable alternaii re—to continue tho conflict. Paris stands alone with 1'ate. I he inhabitants are subsisting on horse meat, and starvation looks them in the face. The armies of Chan/.y, Faidherbe^ and lourb:\ki, have been defeated in detail, and the last hope of succor from the nrovinc: is abandoned. II10 magical signs which announce great chieftainship have not arisen. "Tile mnii who on the forehead of Ills umHours Hutu-ex of renown ami miracle, has not come to re-awaken I* ranee as with tho trump of another Koland. Tho furies are lot loose upon the devoted capital. I louses are dest roved, palaces ruined, men and women killed in tho streets, children murdered at play or in the arms of their mothers! 1'or centuries the resources of civilization have been taxed to add to the grandeur and usefulness of l'aris. The world has eorne to regard it as the home of art and lcarnfhg, and to look upon its libraries and public buildings, its parks niid boulevards, its museums and galleries as the highest fruits of progress. It is a jkoud, freo, heroic, renowned city! And yet tho Emperor of Germany hopes to make this first city of tho world tho charnel-house of the Republican principle in Europe—hopes to bury beneath its falling walls and toppling palaces tho hopes of free Franco.

Th«r p««pte who'are slain with shot and shell, and whoso wives and children are killed, are Republicans. And what is tho crime that demands such expiation? This simply: They refuse to liinko an infamous peace—to surrender any part of their territory to the rapacious invader, or to abandon the Republic, and permit Louis Napoleon to return to tho throne which ho has dishonored. This beautiful city and brilliant ]eople may go down in tho abyss. All wo know ot this illustrious capital may become as Carthage, or Sidou, or Jerusalem, but Paris will live in the heroism and suffering which welcomes dost ruction rat her than degradation.

Hopelessly and relentlessly the war for tho annlhilat.on of the Republic goes

on.

The German Emperor tells

us that ho wars lor permanent and enduring pea00. Will I10 gain It by no trampling and crushing France ns to make Frenchman leave to their children a legacy of busting hate for the Gorman people? If France obstinately refused generous term of peace if there were to bo any political advantage to Germany in this bombardment and destruction, we could understand and acknowledge the necessity which dictates it. Tho Germans continue the war merely because they mean to punish France, to weaken it, and force it into second class rank among nations. They admit that they have Jena to avenge. They forgot common morality and ignore Christianity itt order to avenge tho wroofes, Inflicted upon thoir grandfathers by the Robber of Europe, whose dynasty will be re-established if their arms are completely successful.

Parte to-d*y has the sympathies and prayer* of aU unprejudiced pejeaons wl*o honor valor and liberty and hope for the ultimate triumph of free institutions. Out of this, good will come. It may be that the patriotic tire which is kindled in Paris by the guns of the monarch William, will spread and grow until all Europe is wrapped in its embrace, and there is an end of King* and Emperors. Tho world could afford to lose Paris itself for this blessed eonsitmraaiion* 4"

The evils of those days cannot Be long perpetuated. War is a colossal crime which has its origin in the ambition and greed of Kings. The German people are sowifeg tfaO seed of tapaell *nji liconse for the future. God grunt that tho influence of Christianity and froa civilisation may become so strong throughout Europethatt»«gy may not reap of tho horrors they have sown 1 All the detiMWiac tMligS of «arUi—tbe crimes public and in dark places—tho brutality of man and the bloodshed of S innoctsnco— pale into insignificance in

the light of burning and ruined Paris, and before the horrors of this prolonged con tliet.

Are we visionary

Further

chimerical in our

ideas whop wo expre«afaith if» theprogWRs of 010 people tho C^rth until tho crime of war wfll be tolerated no mow thin the butchery of prisoners, or thy sale of captives into bin very, would now bo endured

1 FLUNK YISM. If (hero is one Americanism more disgusting a..d despicable than all other., it is the practice of toadying to iwiin nt jicrsons, and particularly to eminent foreigners. The amount/of inconvenience, worry, and l.abor, that the average American citizen will submit to in order to get to shako hands with President, or to bask for ever so brief a time under the glance of a prominent statesman, or noted person, is simply astonishing.

The most miserable sample of newspaper fhmkyism that we have seen for years was in the Cincinnati Commercial of Tuesday. -Mr. John *. Thompson, C'J. Q. T.") a correspondent of that paper,details the happiness that fell to his lot in being allowed to ride from Indianapolis to Cincinnati last week in the same car with Miss Nilsson. lie was made inexpressibly happy by an introduction to the great prima ifonna, of which he says: "I was a delight far MirpasslijK roseate ilreatns of a warmer youth, tho In tulit'**'ambition of hope ne\ri d.iriu I impnrnoli upon silver wiii«s oi imauim tion nean than the purple mist of«»»' lliihts. Ah, the lat.st hour of a lit.-, orolonced will treasure In nieiuoij tilt tiirillinu sensation, the impressive spiritual 'iiaLneHsn. of Miss Nilsson's social P»wer* Her use of th«' Kn^Ush is flurnt, with ju.t enoucli of rich accent from foreign to he|iieath to her conversation an air/'*,*"lerb cosmopolitanism. on need not in h»t words compare her to Cleopatra, or fashio.i her In

pen-picture

after any i:iy .Kiniu\ or

r«iul typ*1 of beauty. Ibis 1* u.iiHTrrssary." It is kind in "J.lJ.T." to tell us that this is unnecessary, because tlio public ill not now lose time in comparing Miss Nilsson with Cleopatra and all that sort of tiling. But we will not interrupt the gushing Thompson: "Yet she Is gifted with a tine, full form, divinely proportioned classic and beautiful head crowned with a luxuriant harvest of soft flaxen hair lar^o soulful blue-gray eyes which emit at will tbe brightness and glory of the diamond: a race of a defined and singular tvpa of beauty, thoughtful, holiest, generous, kind, a study in repose, irresistible and laciuating when illuminated by conversation a laugh as bewitching as her song, lips carved with exquisite plumpness from richest ruby, through which blushes th«' crimson title of lift*—checks to WIIINfair surface this licalth-tilic mounts gleefully ami briiiht white teeth between which liow those enchanting strains that niystity oui reason and bewilder our admiration.

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he gives some wonderful

utterances from Miss Nilsson. Here are ideas concerning prairies and war, delightfully mingled: "What a place a grand prairie would be for armies to tight, If we must have war. But I would lay aside those terrible engines of death, ami give each soldier a stiletto, man for man." rfiah'! How excessively.unnoyedjMiss Nilsson must\e, as a true and sensitive woman, to seo her careless remarks reported with so much flourish in tho newspapers and what a consumate ass this follow Thompson makes hi.nsclf appoar! If I10 did not snooze when Ntakoscli took snuff there is no doubt that he sincerely desired to do MM JJ.

A CONVENTION was recently held in Philadelphia for tho purpose of urging thai an amendment be engrafted into tho National Constitution which will recognize God, and declare tho christian religion tho basis of all human government. Resolutions asking for similar amendments have boon adopted at times in different state legislatures, and the project was recently broached in the Vnitod States Senate. The constitution expressly declares that "Congress "shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting "tho freo exercise thereof." The agitators demand that the great charter itself shall establish a national religion, and prohibit the free exercise of conscientious liolief. If such an amendment should be adopted 110 Jawlsli or unbolievingcitizenscould swear allegiance to the United States, and all citizens not Christians would Ih disfranchised. Christianity, we hold, can stand alone. It doe* not noed to be supported bv organic law, or by statute. This republic is for people of nil religions. Every person has a right to worship as he pleases, and under wise provisions of our Constitution there is no discrimination. Jews, Atheists, Deists, Fire Worshippers, Buddlats, Protestants, Catholics, Heathens, Pagans, Fetish Worshippers, can preach and pray as they please. Tho law only knows them as citisens of a free country. The direct tendency at the movement of which wo spofk is'tc a onion of Church and State, to which all Mends of freo institutions are opposed. There is no necessity for a popular vote to recognize 'he existence of a God.

SENATOR IttrnHfc) of the"TndTina lefftelatur* hi a very original goatioman. Ho has a smile that is "child-like and bland," but he occasionally startles those who take a hand with him. His resolutions declaring the Fifteenth Amendment not part of the constitution of the United States are particularly sensational and humorous. If he will next introduce resolutions demanding tho re-establishment of the Missouri compromise line, the repeal of Mexican War, and th* contujtf Pjfcesii dent Jackson for his conduct eo»C*rt»ing the United ttutos B»nk, he will Irrevocably establish his claim to be called the greatest joker in tho State,

INDIANA rOLIS

TillJ

ladies

JOURNAL

In Its issue of Thursday morning last, tho Indianapolis Journal charged that the obscenity and blackguardism of *which some of tho mo nbers of tho »«Indiana IIouso of Representatives were guilty cm Tuesday afternoon "surpassed in coarseness and brutality "anything over \yitnessed in a public place," and further, that the outrage was aggravated by the prcscmoe of lady olork whoso duties required her to remain there, and that the presiding officer, Mr. Mack, "so far from asserting Ilia authority

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had assembled to hear tho ad-

dresses in support of the Woman's Rights memorial, to insult them and "disgrace himselt by tho perpetration "of a joke too lilthy to put in print."

On Thursday the House passed, by nearly a unanimous vote, resolutions denouncing the accusation of the Journal as untrue and false, as an insult to that body, and descrying its ungunlilied condemnation.

The Journal of yesterday morning reitorates its charge, and demands tho opportunity to prove its accusation. No allusion whatever to the position of the Journal was made in the House vestcrdaj*, and there is an evident inclination to avoid an investigation.

The House cannot pass the question by, like a cornered bully, by calling the Journal a liar. The people would like to know the facts in the case. They will believe the Journal's statements literally if the House declincsgiving it tho opportunity to prove the truth of its accusations. There is nothing immaculate about the Indiana Legislature that the official utterances ol either branch are to be given credence more than the solemn statements'of an influential, honorable and high-toned news-

paper. Let us have the proof.

EIJSKWIIKKE we publish a communication from a German citizen sharply criticizing our course upon tho FrancoPrussian war question. Tho article contains tho old story ot German hate and distrust of the French, and the usual amount of glorification over Gorman successes, all of which doos not affect the principle involved, that we can see, in the slightest. By just such ai^uments could the raid ot the great Napoleon into Prussia in 1806 justified. The idea that tho owes Tts cxistonco,|to King true in point of literal fact illegitimate child, brought World against his will, and withoutTiis design, and he is exerting his utmost effort to stifle and crush it before it grows up. One argument only we think it necessary to answer. Excited and enthusiastic members of the Republican government doubtless did say in the first days of September that Franco would not make peace while there was an enemy 011 French soil but so far from tho government being committed to such a policy, early in November it sought an armistice and terms of peace from King William. Bismarck responded that thero could be 110 peace without the cession of Alsace and Lorraine, to Germany, and there negotiation ceased. The attempt to fasten tho responsibility for the continuance of the war upon France is manifestly unjust.

IT would seem that Count Bismarck is not confident that the great powers of Europe will approve the attitude of Germany in tho present war, as Count Bernstoff has boon ordered by the Prussian government to leave the conference in London if a»y discussion arises out of tho subject of tho war with France.

FRANCE OR Pit USSIA. EDITOR MAIL Judging from your various editorials on tho present French and Prussian war, I come to the conclusion that you suffer from tbo French Republic and KingWilliam on the brain. Being myself a German by birth, I would respectfully ask the. privilege o[ expressing views on the subject in youf paper. You compare, in your last liiiue, tho situation of Franco to that of the North in our late rebellion. It seems to compare, on the contrary, much with that of our rebels! France, like the South, began war without Just cause or reason she has so far surpassed THEM, in boasting, being tho equal of Germa^ ny in strength rnd fighting on herowii soil, she has not shown herself the equal of the South in bravory and endurance while the rebels had the manhood to stand by their fallen leaders after defeat, France has turned her back upon berdefeatedGenerals, proclaiming them cowards and traitors this much tor comparison. Now let us look a ment at the war itself. Louis Napoleod would certpftljf not have declared war against Prussia, uuleys he felt sure of the supportol tho nation, and it may even te supposed that If King William and Louis Napoleon had to do the fighting themselves they would in all probability have considered the matter, haps, over a bottle of champagne befere coming to M«#s would verfr likely Jtave agreed to affrec. Let us consequently call it (or short—War be-tjk-ogn Frapoc and Germany. We all

£An English paper tarnishes the statement that no less than 11,416 persons in the Bengal Presidency died from the cfl%*» of soakft bUea faring the year 1SC9. Ther^ were nearly tea times that!recollect that after Ie Gramont'adeuuiubor of peraos^i *|h^died last year plaratlon of war tt»e whole of Franco in the United SUtes ft"om the effect of rwaa a1d »«(V ^For^rd to Berlin snake bites—the snakes being In the with Prussia," was the cry boota of individuals. Paris sensible opponents of tho war

tho

repressing tho

"outbreak of vulgarity, seemed to cn"joj* it with great zest, and allowed it to proceed unchecked. Indeed, it would have been hardly consistent in "him to have interfered in viow of his "conduct during the joint convention on Friday last. He improved that occasion, when more than one hundred

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were in danger of their lives, and tliej IIoitSK thieves are bnslly engaged in Germans all over Franco had to flee several parts of thif and surrounding Then the grand armies of counties.

the country tho grand patiou rollejl towards the frontier, tidKfU|| uitl jl&ui^ug ynfyjof glory and victory, until It :ill culminated in

grand bat He at Forbach,

.Where, according to French accounts, their Mitrailleuse did wonders, several hundred Germans were put to flight, tho Prince Imperial

received his

bap

tism of bullet from flic battlefield, wtftch caused the old French veterans to shed big tears. Tho Germans almost taken by surprise, acted at least for once iu a sensible manner, by dropping their internal quarrels, and rising like one man to repel an unjust war, forced upon them and tho magnitude of which they correctly estimated. The successive battles of Weisenbnrg, W oerth and Gravelotte, with the final surrender of Sedan, burst the French bubble, its armies w6ro demolished, with the Emperor prisoner of war. Now, ns you said in a former issue of your paper, was tho time for King William to have immortalized himself by making peace. But pray, my dear sir, how and with wlioui could oir should jieaco have been made? Napoleon declared himself without command or power, the Empress had lied from l'aris, the Republic was proclaimed, and that very Republican Government declared, thai no pcave could be. made so long as an enemy stood

French soil. France not

apparently wanting peace, tho victorious Germans had then either to march home like whipped dogs, at the bidding "of Gambotta & Co.. or press on and light it out to the bitter end. As you are a great admirer of the now French

Republic vou must bo aware that this verv Demon of blood, as you call King William, is through his groat military success, the very creator of it. We all know that Paris is the heart of France, where they make and unmake Kings, Emperors and Republics on short notice. Louis Napoleon had, however, so remodeled Paris of late years, that his artillery could sweep its streets from all quarters, and with the army true to him, a successful revolt was impossible. Therefore, if Napoleon had not gone to war and been defeated b}' Germany, France would not be a Republic to-day and if lie had otherwise defeated Germany and dictated poaec at Berlin, France would not have wanted to be a Republic, for she has ever shown herself willing to bend her neck to whomsoever should be able to till her mouth with the sweet pap of military glory. i"will now explain why we Germans, citizens of this great Republic, and certainly

admirers ot Kings or Em

perors, do nevertheless sympathize with our old Vaterland, yes even witn King William, upon whom we look as tho unificator of Germany, with one great nation, and once united we look lorward to the day of a great and glorious German Republic.

France, our traditional enemy, has always taken advantage of our internal quarrels to aggrandize herself and proposing to dictate again, whether Germany should be united or not, has brought about a terrible and useless war, for which wo believe she deserves good whipping, and which we feel convinced sho will get. Nations, like individuals, aro much alike in many ways, and I believe, when this war is drawing to a close, it will be found that the last Frenchman will die behind the last barricade, very much like our rebels died in the last ditch.

Yours, truly, 1*. N.

Cityy News.

Subscript lens.—The SATURDAY EVENING MAI 1, is delivered t« city subscribers at TWENTY CENTS a month, payable at the end of every four weeks, or at TWO noi,i,Ans a year in advance. The MAIL will be furnished by post, or ai this ofHce, at the following rates: One Year, $2,00 Six Months, 11,00 Three Months, 50 Cen is— in variably in advance.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Anchor Life Insurance Company. l'lows—P. Newliart. Stein way Pianos. Divorce Notice. Dr. Darrlu. Roqm Wanted. fj(j *J Dr/VT ^uir Arrived. The liriUiant, Ac.—Hay ward & Ryan. BarrV Pectoral Elixir. Excursion—E., T. H. & C. Railway. Steck Pianos. OHIO street will be opened across tho E. A C. Railroad within a week.

BUSINESS on tho river is livelier than it has been for a year.

A FAOE that is always dirty—the face of the country.

THE assessors will complete their work by tho first of April.

THE Office of city marshal is worth 12,000 per year.

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THE Linton building, on Ohio street, is forty years old. A coi4 of the* MAIL is sent to China every week.

FLAMTRTT's Sugar Cured Hams," figure on the Terre-Hauto House bills of tire. A?r frg .u'4

THE Savings Bank is open every day from nine till four, and on Saturday evenings from six to seven.

THE E. T. II. A C. Railway has iron ready to complete the track to Pcrrysville.

THE Presbyterian church which was burned down at Brazil a frw weeks ago is to be rebuilt, tf

SutATTf A HAO*R have just commenced building fifty new coal cars for the Vandalia line.

THE average net weight of hogs slaughtered this season is ma«h greater than usual.

THB teachers' monthly grade meeting was held at the Normal School building on Thursday eT—iitig.

r/orts are inclined to disown their dogy in these days when assessora^are making their social calls. v_-

A nx cup is completely dissolved by a tWBiity-foOT boon* contact with the water from the salt well.

WE understand that tho price of lumber ban materially declined iu this market. This will bo good news to thoMq ooutemplating building.

A FARMER ill Prairleton has a turkey that has laid 1(10 eggs in 100 days, novcr missing a day on account of sickuess, |r a circus in town, or anything.

PAY as you go. A friend says ho saves twenty-five per cent, in his expenses every year by following this rule. fi-Ub

TWKNTY or thirty new hands will be required at the Richmond Machine Shops as soon as tho new overhauling department i=? completed and ready for use.

IT is supposed that there will not be piany business houses constructed during the coming season. A very large number of dwelling houses, which aro needed badly, will baerected.

MANY of our attorneys aro now making quite a profitable harvest in collecting those bills which the parties holding have long si^ow^i^in scnting.

THE stations on the E. T. H. & C. Railway, so far as the track is laid, are. E. A C. Junction, Numa, Gravel Bank Clinton, Helt's Prairie, Water Tank Montezuma, Newport.

THE Turnverien, Cooper's Un ion and Firemen, have big balls advertised and the Typographical Union will trip tho light fantastic on tho 3d of Feb ruary. The "hop" market is lively

A SUCCESSFUL merchant says the way to make money is to sell at small pro fits for cost, and make it known through the papers. His cranium is spherically developed. «w.

THEREare now seventy-live life and eighty-one lire insurance companies doing business in this State. More than Palf of tho former and a large number of the latter aro represented in this city.

THE steamer Phoenix, of Perrysville, made the trip from this city to Hudsonville, 111., recently in three hours. The distance is sixty-fivo miles, and this is supposed to be tho fastest time ever made on tho Wabasli river.

A MEETING of the stockholders of tho Terre-Hauto ct Bloomfield Railroad will be hold in this city on tho eighth of February, for the purpose of organizing the Company and electing a Board of Dirootors.

PORK dealers expect to make a great deal of money this voar/ Tjey havp bought hogs at forty pw cenw lower than last yjar, while tho export demand is greater at this time than last season, with good prospects for it to increase.

IK the police did their duty they would arrost some of the rural boors who halt their wagons on thostroet crossings. We saw a wagon thus situated in front of our office, yesterday, and several lady pedestrians were compelled to go around and wade in tho mud.

THE prospect is that tho now school buildings will bo ready lor use by tho first of March. They are groatly needed now, and will be occupied as soon as completed. The school in the National State Bank building will be transferred to the Third Ward. '»{7t«

A ROSY-CHEEKED young man and a faded widow lady of Paris, Illinois, both of very respectablo social standing, were joined in the holy bonds of matrimony a few days ago. She is mistress of a handsome little fortune valued at three hundred thousand dol-lars.-J,, ','1

IN the State Senato, on Tuesday, Mr. Collett introduced a bill for the relief ot Samuel B. Davis, late Treasurer of Vermillion county, and his sureties, from the payment of ten per cent, damages and tho interest on a judgment of $20,000, which sum was lost by tho robbery of the county treasury.

J. L. HUMASTON, agent in this city of the Baltimore and Ohio R. R., has been notified that the great bridgo over the Ohio river at Parkersburg has been completed, and that freight from Cincinnati for Baltimore, Washington, and Eastern cities, will bo &ej>t .Uj£ougl| without change of cars. 1

THB First National Bank has received a portion of the currency to be issued on account' of its increased stock, and will receive the remainder of the $100,000 next week. With the additional currency to be put in circulation by the National State Bank, we can look for an easier money market in this city. ,r, ,*•= #».

OVKB forty Y&eceeuons have been made to the M. E. Church at Prairieton, dmt% tflfe fat# revival. The decided interest wbi6b has been manifested siaoe Ute «omineMoment of the meettn^ abated to a great extent recently, owing to the success of the United Bro^brenjrovtoal which is now ia proW

that place.

Ir tlie impecunious cusses who edit the New Albatiy papenAan manage tb get here «M tUT^ningof the l»th they shall have an opportunity to bear Miss XiiMKm stag. We have already engaged "hand holds" on the lightning rooti at the Opera House for them, and if they will wash their faces, put on dBati fi^1, ad come hither we w2I show them the tnagnificonoc of groat city.

RARTINK*S Accidental Combin Uion is •paying at Dow ling Hall.*

A KKW ward is 0 lie added to the city by cutting off portion of the Fifth Ward and incltidinn Bagdad.

YOUNO BLAIR was acquitted yestor- 1 day in the Criminal ^ourtoTthy charge of stealing goods from Foster Brothers*

store. -1 "SI WU.D game is abundant in Greene county. Nearly two thousand pounds ,, were shipped from Worthington to In- .y* dianapolis a fow days ago.

OK ten crimiusds uow confined ia the county jail, tho prospect is that eight j.-. will be promoted to positions inr the & penitentiary.

THK Typographical Union will "go to press," rfext Friday night in a mag-

nificent ball at Beaeh's Hall. Some. good impressions will bo mnde.

A YOU no lawyer of this city WRS fined and costed to tho amouut of $8.50 yesterdav evening for carrying concealed weapons.

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THB long talked-of pest bouse will bo built next season, just across the river bolow tho bridge. Tho city and county will bear equal parts of tho oxponses: it,,-:

THE Terre-Hauto A Indianapolis Railroad Company have moro than hall' a million dollars invested in Government lxnds and stocks and bouds of other railroads.

EIGHT cars loaded with freight wor^ brought down

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tho Danvillo railroad,

yesterday. From thirty to fifty passengors are carried by evory train on this road. "ji_i

NoTwitirt?TAXDiNt tho immense ca-'^ pacity for transporting nierolinndisc1 owned by the I. A St. L. R. R., it is unable supply tho inei-oasing demand a fcr cars on that popular lino.

TIIE Grand Jury have found an dictmcnt against a man in tho northorn, part of the county, for stoaling a stack of hay and a corn crib. Bold enter-"!* prise.

THE suit which has been commenced,.^ in tho Putnam Circuit Court, on behalf,,, of the State against tho Indianapolis Ai Terre-IIaute liailroad, is supposed to involve about $1,000,000.

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The servant question has boon tlior-s oughly discussel on ono side in our parlors, and on tho other In our kitchens. But now, from a text announced in another column by ono of ho pustors of our city, wo infer that it is com--ing into the pulpit. ..

INTERMENTS.—Tlio following is a list of iaterments fipc.ibo week ending this

Jan.28—Mrs HMsaret Harrison, ago 51 years—Typhoid1i»ver. Jan. 21.—Mary Koch, age 2(i yearsrrQUIlon^ fever. f. corxiitED.

Jan. 24.—Child of Samuel Areher, uro years—Burned. ,.

SERVJCBS in the Congnfcational!^ Church to-morrow at 11 o'clock

A. M.,

and 7 o'clock p. M. Text, of tho evening sermon: "Masters, give your'^ servants that which ia just and equal knowing that yo also have a Master in,* Heaven." The seats aro freo and all arc welcome. ,l(. ..

THE Washington telegrams to the Cincinnati Oommcrcinl contain the following item of interest to tho dwellers upon tho Wabash River:

The LttKlHlatureis of both Indiana and Illinois have memorallssed Congress for an appropriation to make the Wabash River navigable fiom Its mouth to the town of Lafayette. The Improvement in too locul in Its character to make It probable that any money will be appropriated for It this HOBslon. J.

EFFINGHAM, Illinois, was visitod by a band of burglars, on Tuesday night. They broke into a hardware store and forced open a safe, from which thoy took five hundred dollars' worth of county orders. They next made a raid through a wagon shop, and carried off a completo outfit of tools. Thoy also pillaged two or three other shops and stores and succocded in escaping, bofore anything was known of thoir depredations.

A OREATKB number of criminals have been sent from this county to the Penitentiary since the commencement of SherifT Stewart's term of oflleo than during tho term of any of his predecessors. Since December 10th, 1808, fiftytwo have been sent. Of these, one has been pardoned, and four released by the expiration of their time. Eight of the number have been sent within the, pastten days.

FROM a report published by Llnde* man A Sons, manufacturers of tho patent Cycloid and Square pianos, we find that L. Kisaner, State agont for these Instruments, hassold at his Palaceo! Magic over sixty of these pianos alone. For some time after their introduction into this city by Mr. Kissner, they w#r» regarded as inferior instruments, but since they have become known they are found to be among the best in use.

Two trains were stumped," tew miles east of Brazil, on the Terrc-Hadte A Indianapolis Road one night this week. The western bound train came to a sadden stop as a bright light appeared some distance ahead, which was supposod to be that of another train. Considerable time and steam was spent in whistling, but no response came forth, when the conductor'*, patience gave oat, and he walked on to meet the strange object, leavitnr his train waiting in anxious suspense. As ho camo near the light it was found to be only a burning stump at a curve in tho rood. The eastern bound train was delayed by the same object.