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WEEKLY EXPRESS.

Wednesday Morning, October 2d, 1861

THE NEWS.v

GOLD closed in New York yesterday afternoon,

at 143%, THEEE is no reduction of the public debt for

September. GEN. STERLING PBICE di« Louis, Sunday

morning, of

disease

contracted during the M.«-

can war. A BCMOB is enrrent in semi-official circles that the fifty million dollars of new three per cents

will soon be re-issned. IT is the belief of Mr. McCullOch that the revenue receipts will soon show an important increase

from the tax upon cotton and whisky. IT is semi-offlcially announced that the Government will ask for further delay to prepare for the

trial of Jefferson Davis. THE counsel of Jefferson Davis will seek to enter a noli prosse at the November term of the court,

at which the prisoner's case is docketed for trial. THE President has appointed Col. Jeffries, of

Maryland, Register of the Treasury, vice Colby,

deceased. THB statement of the public debt for September

will probably be made to-day or to-morrow. It will show a reduction of the debt, but not to the extent given in the August statement.

BOTH the internal revenue and custom receipts fell off in September. During the last half of the month, returns from internal revenue did not average more than a quarter of a million per day.

THE gold reserve of the Treasury is tn be maintained, and the gold will not bo sold hereafter, unless the Treasury is in need of currency to meet its daily obligations.

TIIE Committee appointed in St. Louis some days since by the Merchant's Exchange to solicit funds for the Howard Association of New Orleans, have collected over seven thousand dollars.

IT is alleged that all the statements ^regarding the trial of Jefferson Davis have been merely surmised, and the Government has not authorized, nor has it made public any intimation of what it intends doing.

THE number of deaths in New York during last week was 437, being 131 less than for the previous week, and a decrease of fifty as compare* with tlio figures ef the corresponding week of the preceding

year. IT is reported that Secretary McCalloek is about to commission a number of agents to examine in to the financial affairs of the National Banks in all large cities, with a view te ascertain the actnal

amount of deposits in each THE opinion is generally entertained that tho result of tho Louisiana election will show a majority of all tho registered votes in favor of convention, notwithstanding the news from Now Orleans which does not warrant sugh an opinisn

TUE last of tho Missouri six million war claim, has been pussod by tho Treasury department. A warrant for tho payment of the sum of one million dollars will be issued to General Gray, the

agent of the State, in a few days. IT is alleged that th.'re is not a word of truth in the story that tho administration is being counseled by tho District Attorney and Judge at Biclimond, relativo to a postponement i/f the trial of Jefforson Davis. It is a matter for tho Judioiary

and not for tho Executivo to decide. GENERAL GRANT having refuBod to issue artillery to the Maryland militia on Governor Swann's demand, he (Swann) has purchased a battery of twelve-pound Napoleon brass guns for artillery use. A rebel Colonel has been assigned to the command of throe companies, each of which is commanded by ex-rebel soldiers.

CHARGES have been made against Gen. Sway

State. His chief clerk, one Keiffer, is the Chal man of tho Stato Radical Central Committee.

GENERAL One has forwarded an order to army

headquarters, from which it appears that he has

directed tho discharge from tho Quartermaster departiaont'in his district, #f all civilian clerks

whose services can possibly be disponsod with, or whose services can possioiy oe aisponsuu mi, whoso places can be supplied by enlisted men Will present them,

without detriment to tho service. Hereafter no W

eivilians will be employed, except in eases of ab

solute necessity. THE New York "World says tho Socretary of tho Navv has cansed to be piepared a legal opinion,

in rcnnsvivamflj o^iweeu uie omiu v/vui t, »»u Naval autlj^?uTus?u!e local court has no autliori ty to compel a return to tho writ of habeas corpus, issued in behalf of a poison who is in the Naval service. Tho Supreme Court has in several cases service, ino ouiiituw decidcd that the State Courts have no jurisdiction

in habeas corpus over any ono in tho military and

naval service. THE Liberal papers of France publish the following contidential circular, issued hy Marsha' Bazainu while in Mexico "I roquest you to make known to tho troops under your command that I lo not allow prisoners te be mado. Every person, no matter by whom taken, with arms in his hands, will be put te death. No exchange of prisoners will be made for tho future. Our soldiers must bo mado thoroughly aware that they oujslit not to surrender their arms to such adversaries This is a war to the death a struggle between barbarism and civilization, which is now entered upon on both sides. Te bo killed has beeomo ne

cessary."

TUB opinion prevails extensively throughout

the country that tho reconstruction act of tho 4th Congress requires a majority of all tho registered voters in tho Southern elections, to authorize tho holding of a Constitutional Convention, which is erroneous, as tho law is as follows "If a majority of the votes given on that question shall be for a convention, then such convention shall be held as hereinafter provided, but if a majority of said voters bo against a convention, then no such convention shall b# held under this net.

Dumxa a recent interview with an old Tennessee friend, the purport of which has been related publicly, Mr. Johnson stated he would take his final stand agaiust Congress, hf resisting its right, if it assumed to Buspend nim during tho progress of the impeachment trial, It ho was impeached at all. It is probable that tho first opportunity afforded the President to tako a stand

against Congress on this subject will bo to veto a bill providing for a suspension from office of all public officers who m«y havo been impeached, until they have been trieu, which will be intro

dncod and passed early iu the session.

Union Meeting at

no,

at the head of tho Freedmen's Bureau, in Alabama, on the ground that ho is running his office

in the interest of himself as a candidate for the

in the interest of himself as a candidate for the re£

United States Senate, under the reconstructed

v^08^en*

After consultation with Union friends in Fayette township, it

1)88 been

decided to hold but one meeting township, and that will be held on Monday, the 7th of October, at one o'clock M., at New Goshen. Addresses "Will

delivered by Hon. Thoma3 H. Nelson and the editor of this paper. Men of all political parties are cordially invited to attend.

SPEAKER COLFAX has written a letter explaining his speech at Wooster, Ohio in which he was reported to have committed himself to impeachment. The position which he took, and in which he has the sympathies of all loyal men, is laid down in tho followjng paragraph "While I did not believe Mr, Johnson dared to fulfill the threats against Congress now being made by his Washington organs, apparently in his name, yet whoever did dare to destroy the Legislative Department of the Government, by revolutionary force, whether President, Cabinet. Minister, or citizens would be tried for his treason and punished a» a traitor, with liia feet, not 1 ik tho traitors of the recent rebellion, on the earth, but in the air."

EX-SENATOR MALLORY, of Florida, the rebel Secretary of the Navy throughout the entire administration of Jeff". Davis, has been pardoned by Mr. Johnson. An exchange says that Judah P. Benjamin who was Secretary of State and then of War, is the only remaining unpardoned rebel Oabinet officer, but this is a mistake. The following is a list of those whe have not yet enjoyed the Evecutive clemency:

Kobert Toombs, Georgia, Secretary of State from February, 1861, to July, 1861. R. M. T. Hunter, Virginia, Secretary of State from July, 1861, to February,

1862-

Judah P. Benjamin, of Louisiana, Secretary of State from Febraary, 1862, to April, 1865.

James L.SeJden,

^anco

Virginia, Secretary

of War, 1862-3. John 0. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, Secretary of W ir 1334-5.

Thotna? Bragg, of Nc-rlh Carolina, At-» torney Genera), 1861-2

ONE of the objects of the French intervention in Mexico was asserted to be the security of the claims of the French creditors. During the time of Maximilian's usurpation attention was steadily directed by the French to the obtaining of such grants as would insure the payment of these claims, and those which arose dur mg the "Empire." The general principle, that when a government is succeeded by another, the new dynasty is bound by the acts of the preceding administration, i3 likely to be presented by Franco against the Juarez Government. It is not to be supposed that the claim will be allowed by the latter. The position will Us taken, that tho Archduke was an usurper who never succeeded in getting possession of the lawful authority of tho State. Although it may be averred tnat he was in possession of tli8 chief city and a portion of the country, tho continued protests and

(!,,- Slates of the Republic to

au(:Cesg which

overthrew tho usurper, will be assigned as a reason for the full denial of' he valid-

jty of the claim. In regard to tbo debts

due before the intervention, the case may be different. It i3 certain that Franco

THE registration returns in South Carolina show the negroes to havo a majority of 25,000 in the State. This, of course, settles tho question of colored officials.— That some black men will bo found in the Convention, Legislature and other political bodies ot South Carolina, admits of no doubt. A Columbia paper (tho Chronicle, while it speaks of Jeff. Davis ns the ex-Prosident and "onfce great chief of the Confederacy," declares that it has no apprehension as to the use the negroes mill "ake of their power. This is a good omen. It shows that bullying and defaming has given place to a couciliatorv and brought to this city. Mr. Corn well's spirit. If the Southern whites treat the alleged often* is, it is strange to sayconsidering his pure pohtioal associations bouthern whites treat the blacks as men, making ot fal»o and fraudulent reand not as "niggers/' the two races will turns of hie Incoma to the revenue officers. dwell together in entire harmony. Mr a--is on A a vi a a said, in speaking of Mr.

tWi oon, we believe, break down all perniious prejudices.

well

thoSO

which

ere incurred by Maximilian's Govern-

ment. At tho present time a commission appoiated by Napoleon III. is engaged in examining into the nature of tho claims

of French citizens, in order that they may

showing that in tho recent conflict or jurisdiction 6llOwing triRi 1U inu ouumvi. v* in rcnnsvlvania. be] ween the Stato Court and the be fully ascertained. This action is indie-

ative of what is to follow, and wo may

expect to soon hear that the French Government has determined to present them,

and, perhaps, bucked with such force that

thut tho demand shall have an imposing effect. It is not likely that France will resort to nny diplomacy with Mexico. A presentation of the claims with demand for satisfaction, will be made, and if settlement is refused, a seizure of Vera Cruz and other seaport towns mayfollow, wirh an intention of realizing the money claimed, with all costs, out of tho customs revenues. England has claims against Mexico also, and may join in this endeavor to cxact payment. In that condition of affairs, what will be the attitude of the United States? Foreign attempts upon Mexico will not be agreeable to us. But the Jemand of liquidation of the debt duo by one nation to another is a different thing from an intervention in the affairs of a nation and endeavor to establish a government hostile to tho interefts of the people. The right of a nation to enforco payment of a debt due by another, even by a reBort to a war, is recognized by all publicists. We, ourselves, havo threatened war against foreign governments which withheld tho debts due us. General Jackson menaced war against Franco during his administration in consequeiico of the non-payment of indemnity promised to our citizens by treaty. At the present lime we are endeavoring to obtain from Great Britain the settlement of the Alabama claims, with the prospect of a war upon that account if payment is refused. We can not consistently interfere if France and England ihould demand payment of the debts duo them from Mex* ico. All that we can claim is, that the measures to enforce restitution shall not be of such a nature as to show a design to overturn tho Government of Mexico or interfere further with tbe interests of that Republic than is actually necessary to obtain liquidation of the claims.

B. H. CoRNWELL, of Terre Haute, exAuditor of Vigo county, and a member of the sterling, time-honored Democratic party was arrested Saturday by Mr. Bige low, of the United States secret service,

He was brought before United States

fternoon) and his preliminary examina-

Douglag, "No man can be President of tion deferred on account of the absence of the United Statei who spelled negro with necessary witnesses. Mr. Corn well is, two g's," and result justified the assertion. "we believe, Chairman ^J-bo Democratic ,, Central Committeo.—Indianapolis Jour' Let the truth perceived by Mr. Seward be seen and acted upon by tho Southern people, and all will be well. The unrovengeful negr.i will soon forget the outrages of he past in a common interest. There is antagonism of interest between the

Marine Intelligence.

CirxcAQO, Oct. 1.—Schooner Maple is left sunk near the mohth of the harbor

mtagonism ot interest Deiweea t& The schooner J). O. Dickinson, which u„iw left hero Sunday, sprung aleak, and was races, and the common ballot wnl obliged to return.

Other disasters arejrpported, but none of a serious character.

Taxation and County Affair^ The purchase of fair grounds ftji* the use of the Vigo Agricultural Society has been complained of in so DM parts of. the county. The county has paid $2,000 on the purchase aad is to pay two thousand dollars per annum until the whole debt is paid. The grounds cost $8,900i and contains 50 acres. The county has leased the grounds to the Agricultural Society for twenty years, the Soeiety hold ing an annual fair and keeping the grounds and fences in good repair, and to have tho fencing in good repair at the expiration of the lease. The Agricultural Society consists of such of our citizens as choose to become members. They make their own improvements, and have already expended for that purpose about ten thousand dollars.

Our Agricultural Society had secured the holding of fie S'ate Fair in Vigo county, and had obligated herself to prepare the Fair Grounds, and pay to the State Agricultural Society fifteen hundred dollars. After some efforts to raise funds to make improvements, purchase grounds and raise the fifteen hundred dollars, it became obvious to our Society that they had got a big thing on their hands—quite too large for individual enterprize. In the meantime petitions had been in circulation throughout tbe county, praying the Board of Commissioners to purchase Fair Grounds for the Society. This petition was signed by eight hundred persons in the county, embracing our wealthiest tax payers, and men of all political parties. It was tho strongest petition ever presented to the Commissioners of Vigo coun« ty. It represented at least half of the taxable wealth of our county. Those who presented the petition represented that a very d«cided|unanimity prevailed in favor of the purchaso. Not a single remonstrance, either verbal or written, was mado against it. Wo had reason to believe, and did believe, you wanted us to make the purchase. It was a movement in the interest of the farmer, and we sympathised in it. The property belongs to the county and is worth what we paid for it. A tax of two cents on the hundred dollars or twenty cents on the thousand dollars will pay the debt in less than four years, or sooner than it becomes due.

Thn «»id we gave to the city of Terre Haute in behalf of thd State Normal School will complete th* list, so fur as I know, of what may be termed allowances outside of the ordinary expenses of the county, to wit: The Fair Grounds and Normal School.

Tbo city of Terre Haute, for the purpose of securing this school within the city, gave fifty thousand dollars in cash and in real ostate about twenty-five thou3 and dollara. This was certainly a very liberal donation. But the object to be accomplished was as important as the dona tion was liberal. Terre Haute deserves all praise for this noble act. It was a step in the right direction. The chief design of tho school is to make better scholars of our Common School teachers, and to thoroughly instruct them in tho art of teaching. Our best Common School teacherj generally find employ in tbe city. The Normal School will increase the supply of competent teachers. Our own childron will have additional facilities to number one teachers. The city is already a largo market for our products. This school will add to that market. Students from a distance will pay '-ut considerable sums for board and tho like, most of which will eventually raach the pockets of the farmers. The real estate donated by the city to the Normal School was in debt to the School Fund about $4,800. Tho city requested the Board of Commissioners to assume payment of this debt to the school fund, for reasons aforesaid which we did. The county baa borrowed the money of tho School Fund at 7 per cent, inturest and can take such time as, she chooses to pay tho .principal in.— When the county sees proper to pay this debt, which she can do at any time, the debt will be paid out of the county Treasury. Now on the tax duplicate the city and township of Harrison is atsessed in round numbers at $9,000,000, while all the other townships make up but $6,000,* 000. Consequently tbe city and townships of Harrison will pay considerable over one-half of this debt. Individually I would havo liked to have seen the donations of Vigo county a little more lib« era!. But she was not in a condition at this time to make it. This donation in the cause ot education, although small, is still subject to a trifling diminution and 1 am almost ashamed to publish it.

Our Agricultural Society had become embarrassed for means to fit up the Fair Grounds and pay the $1500. She had exhausted all the resources of private subscriptions and was still 6hort about two thousand dollars In this emergency we said to tbe City, make up two thousand dollars to our Agricultural Society and we will assume your debt to the School Fund, all of which was done. An an ual assessment of one oent on four hundred dollars will pay the interest on this loan.

I am not in favor of making allowances outside of tho ordinary expenses of the county, but we mad these two cases an exception and beliLVu they will be sus tained on their merits.

The foregoing refers to lie wances about which I am informed some complaints have been mado. In my next I will refer to some of our efforts to reduce the expenses of tho county. *C. W. Barsour

THE indignation of the Italian people at the baseness of its Government is bursting forth in all parts of the Peninsula.— There have been outbreaks in Genoa Uline, and a number of other places. The Government begins t» feel alarmed, and the King will issue another proclamation convening an extra session of Parliament. Condign punishment follows sooner than was generally expected the mean act of the Government, and fair warning is given to the coward to whose hands Garibaldi and a too hopeful people confided, a few yoars ago, the task of consolidating Italy, that if ho choosos to imitate the policy of the Bourbons he must pre* paro himself to share their fate.

Bank Failure.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.—The Croton National Bank was closed by the Government examiner this morning, under section 56 of the banking law, having failed to redeem its circulation notes in lawful money demand. A receiver will probably be appointed to-morrow. The capital of tho bank wa? $200,000, a con* siderable part of which appears to have been lost. Tee circulation is $180,000, which of course is secured and is to be redeemed at the Treasury with the proceeds of the bonds placed at Washington. The deposits amount to some $300,000, one third from country creditor and probably all will be paid eventually. The bank has no Wall Street deposits .andj its frtilure his scarcely produced any effect.

Fire at Sea-

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.—The steainer Rapidan arrived here from New Orleans, via Havana, 25th, reports that at 2 p. m., discovered a vessel on fire about five miles distant. Immediately hove for her and found tho steamer Tiga, from New Orleans via Havana, for Philadelphia. At once sent boats to render assistance, and after getiiog the passengers aboard, sent word to the Captain we would lie by until the fire was extinguished or the ship abandoned, which latter occurred at 7:30. All saved.

County Expenditures. I the Legislature inadvertently. It is When I was appointed to act as Com-i claimed that these Bar dockets facilitate misBioner last Winter there was not a the business of the courts and save exfull sett of our statutes in the Auditor's pense to the county. I cannot see it. office. It was not till after the adjourn-1 It is the business of the counsel to be ment of the Legislature that they wereTready when thef^cases are called, and for procured. The Commissioners came very 1 the Judges to require them to be ready, near acting in some two or three instances It would be & poor excuse for a lawyer to on statutes that had been repealed. In say he was not ready to try hia cause, bepart we did make an allowance in one cause the county had not made this dockinstance on a statute which the Supreme et or memorandum book for him. If Court decided bad been repealed by im S members of tho bar would not furnish plication. In this case the old law had these dockets for themselves, or were unnot been repealed in so many words, but' able to do so, and the want of them added the Legislature had passed a law which expense to the county, it would be some the court said was repugnant to the old excuse f»r paying for them put of the law and therefore repealed it. The old County Treasury law had been acted upon for several years, This is not understood to be the case. No doubt in ignorance of its repeal. Wo After what examination I havo been able have corrected the error. After obtain- 1 to give the subject, I come to the concluing a full copy of the statutes I prosecuted sion that the statute did not authorize a more thorough examination of the laws them, and it was conferring benefits on pertaining to our duties. This examina- one class of citizens not enjoyed by °thtion produced in our minds the convic-i ers. On these views we acted. All the tion, whether right or wrong let others members of the bar will havo to do will decide, that a correct interpretation of our be to print or write out these memoranda statutes would save some three thousand I for themselves. Tbe Judicial expenses dollars a year to the county. of this county is a large item, and ought

In the Auditor's office we made ft not to be unnecessarily increased. change in three particulars, to-wit- we! Wo are happy to be able to state that struck out tbe three dollars per day for neither the Circuit or Common Pleas attendance on the Commissioners during Courts ordered bar dockets at their last term ®f court also the one hundred doi-! terms. lar per annum for extra services, the law Perhaps at some future time I may hint having been repealed, also we changed or point out how the Judicial expenses of the allowance from ten cents per order to tho Stato uiuy he lessened by some moditen cents per 100 words. In tho Clerk's fication of the Judicial system

office the matter of allowances came to us in a somewhat embarrassing shape. The greater part of the money drawn from the Treasury oy the Clerk has been on allowances made by order of the Circuit' and Common Pleas Courts. Some of these allowances we thought were not authorized by the statute. They were nevertheless orders ot a Court of record. And the statute* made it the duty of the Auditor to pay orders of a Court of Record having a seal, without consulting the Commissioners. As the county was not a party to these orders or decrees, and would not therefore appeal from or reverse them. It therefore became embarrassing question how we could corroct what we thought an error.

Our Supreme Court had, however, in a case taken up by the Commissioners of Tippecanoe county, found In 6th Ind It., decided that the county was not absolutely bound by their orders of allowance. That was a case in which the court had appointed an attorney to defend a criminal and had allowed the attorney twentyfive dollars. The Anditor, under the direction of the Commissioners, refused to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for that amount. Tho lawyer served out a writ of mandate against the Auditor, and the court decided in favor of the attorn oy, and directed the Auditor to issue his warrant on the Treasurer for that amount, and that if he refused to do so for tho Sheriff to put him in jail. The Commis sioners appealed the case to the Supremo Court. That court reversed the decision of the court below, and decided that under the existing law the court below had no authority to fix the amount of the ullowance to the attorney. It may bo that uader the present statute the court could fix the amount of the allowance to an attorney in just such a case. This decision is cited to show that these exparte orders of the Circuit and Common Pleas Courts, although orders of a court of record, are not absolutely binding against the country. Understanding these views we directed the Anditor not to pay certain of these allowances, some of which we will speei.y. One item is that of certificates of allowance issued mainly to jurymen. These.certificates number from eighty to eighty-five each term of court—there being five terms of court a year. Tho Clerk charged fifty cents each for these certificates, printed at the expense of tbe county. These certificates cost the county from thirty to forty dollars each term of the court for simply informing the county who sit on our juries and who wore our Baliffs, &o. The Auditor is entitled by law to five cents for writing each paper. Now the Sheriff's report, which the Clerk copies into tbe order book contains all the information needed in the Auditor's office on this subject. The Clerk has two dollars for entoring the Sheriffs report. A copy of which, paid for by the 100 words, would answer every purpose and save money to the county.

The Clerk also claims three dollars per day for his attendance on the Circuit and Common Pleas Court. This we think is not warranted by the statute. The law under which it is claimed is found on page 19 of the acts of 1865. This act professes to regulate the fees of Sheriffs. There is one paragraph in this fifth section next to the last paragraph, in which the Clerk is named, giving the Clerk and Sheriff a right to compensation for extra services. In no other paragraph is the Clerk named. If it bad been the intention of the Legislature to give the Clerk three dollars per day, all that would have been necessary would have been a continuation of the above paragraph, to-wit: by saying, "And shall also receive three dollars per day for attendance on court." Not doing this, it occurs to me that they did not intend to include the Clork. The The paragraph that I shall quote is wholly independent of the above paragraph, and in style and phraseology is like all the preceding paragraphs, in behalf of the Sheriff alone, and reads as follows "For attending court per day three dollars. The specific fees of the Clerk are provided for in this fifth section. If the Legislature had intended to include the Clerk in this paragraph, he should havo been named in it. But the fact that the Clerk was named in the preceding paragraph and "his name omitted in this,'' shows that they did not intend it for him. This con* struction is believed to bo in accordunce with established principles of interpreting statutes, and is materially strengthened by surrounding circumstances. The Clerk makei decidedly more per day by his own labor during term time than between terms of court. This is not the case with the Sheriff. Jlis chief duty and labor during court is to keep order, occasionally calling a jury. The bailiffs are paid bv the day by the eounty, and all tbe fee's they make belong to the county. The Sheriff during term time has but little opportunity to make anything for himself, while tho Clerk reaps his harvest. This must have been the view takon by the Legislature, and shows why he was not named in the paragraph allowing the three dollars per day.

We have refused to pay some printing bills, such as summons' and subpc?nas.—rJudge Claypool, I understand, did not decide tbe county was liable for such printing. We are not satisfied with that decision, and if an attempt is made to enforce payment, we intended to test the matter in the Supreme Court.

Bar dockets was another leading item, six hundred dollare per year. There is now a writ of mandate prayed for in he Common Pleas Court to force the county to pay one hundred and twelve dollars for printing this docket for the last term of the Common Pleas Court. This Bar docket or memorandum book is near the size of a small Almanac. It contains the names of the parties and Attorneys and the day the cause is set for trial. When I was in practice, we used to write for ourselves without charging the county for them. I happened to be in court when this Bar docket was ordered. I said to tbe members of the Bar that I thought they ought to furnish them at their own cost—that there was just as much propriety, at the expense of the county, ia furnishing a plow for the farmer, a chisel for the carpenter, and a hammer for the blacksmith, as there was in furnishing Bar dockets for the lawyers.— We expect to defeat this writ of mandate. We have on file the affidavits of the best printers in Terre Haute, showing they will do the same work for fifty dollars.— Our expectation it to defeat the writ in to to. If there is any statute that will justify such an allowance, it has been passed by

C. W. BARBOUR.

lie Wants to Know.

From.tho Lafayette (Ind.) Journal.

Wo have a communication from a gentleman who signs himself "A Countryman' asking why it is thatso manyyoung married couples are obliged to lodge in second and third-story rooms, in offices, over stores, etc. around tbe public square and the streets leading to it. He also relates an incident to illustrate another thing he don't understand. While awaiting late train at the market space a week or so ago, he observed a gentleman and lady going up into tho second story of a building in the neighborhood, and being of an inquisitive turn, he inquired who they wsre and what thoy were doing out that time of night, when he was informed that they were man and wife, and were simply going to their lodgings. The name was giveu him, and in tbe moonlight ho had a fair view of the lady's face. On his return trip ho stopped at an up-town hotel, and while awaiting tea was introduced by friend to a lady as Mrs. the wife of a resident of the city. Ho at onco discovered that she was tlio same woman he had noticed by moonlight ii short time before, in company with a man, who, if bis introduction was corject, wa3 not her husband. Our friend, "A Country man," is evidently' a philanthropist, though rather verdart in city matters, and says that if there is not sufficient accommodations for the young married peop'c in town without being compelled to lodge about in

vpublic

places,

they hud Letter go to tho country, where they can be better provided for. He knows of places where at least a dozen young men and their wives can find good situa* tions among the farmers. The old gentleman must undoubtedly be a Quaker, aud being honest and virtuous himself, supposes everybody elso must of course be so. We can only unswer his queries by saying that if he will stop in the city a week or so, and keep his eyes open, he will find that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in his philosophy. Wo would howover remind him that "where ignorance is bliss it is folly to be wise," and advise him to stay at homo, and beware of tho temptations ot city life.

Putting on "Style."

Tho Dayton JournaL tells the following "y arn A few months ago a gentleman moved to this city, and purchased nice property, and, among other things, to contribute to iiis convenience and comfort, procured a fine horse and a very genteel carriage. A "likely colored boy" was employed at a fair salary to t.iko charge of the establishment, ar.d discharge the numerous duties which arise around a well regulated homestead. For a time things went on smoothly with "Chores," but latterly he seemed out of spirits, and seldom smiled. His employer observed this despondent demeanor of "Chores," and ho determined to got at tho bottom of it. Perhaps he was in love 1 but no matter. Taking •'Chores'' uside, one day when he looked more gloomy than usual, he inquired considerately, what it was that ailed him. "Well, you see, Mars'r, ftegan "Chores," iu a sort of tragic style, "You's got but one hoss, while all the gentlemen about he a has two an all da boys da call me a one hess nigger an' a3 I can't stan dat, I specs I'll have for to resign I likes you fus rate, Mars'r, an' I'd iikc to stay if you had two hosses, but you see how it is—da boys, da can't quit hollerin—"dare go dat one boss nigger!" Not wishing to lose tbe services of so valuable an assistant, a sec .tnd barse was purchased, and "Chores" became a two hor.e nigger.

A Leopard Killed by a Tiger. In the end of March,

1865,

I was en

camped in tho Teraie and borders of the forest under the Himalaya hills. Some of my mahoots, who had gone out to cut fodder, heard the cries of an animal resembling tliosa of a pig when the claws of a tiger. They left tbe jungle at once, and reported tho circumstance to me on their leturn to my cmnp. After breakfast wo started for the jungle,but on beating it no trace of tho pig or its remains could bo found. Wo found, however, a very fine loopard, measuring over six feet, dead, but not yet cold. On examining it there were no marks of bullets visible. A portion of the skin of ono hind leg had been torn off, and blood issued from the skull, which yielded to tbe pressure of the finger. On removing trio skin the skull was found to be completely smashed in fractured, so much so that several portions of the bone came away with the skin

There were also two or three marks, such a3 would be found on any animal that had boon struck by a tiger's paw.— This is tho tir3t instance I ever heard of a tiger killing a leopard, and can only account for it the following ways: 1. That the leopard, hearing the cries of the pig when seized by the tiger, approached incautiously, and was struck on the bead by the tiger's paw. 2. That the leopard was killing the pig when tho tiger came up and took it away from him in doing so, doubtless a fight took place, ending in the death of tho former. Oar not finding the pig may have arisen from the pig making off when the tiger left him to attack the leopard, or vice versa for on one occasion I saw a pig crawi away, though very severely hurt, after he had been seized by a tiger, which we put up in beating. On this occasion we put up the tiger not one hundred yards from where the leopard was found dead, but, unfortunately, be was not bagged.—Breech Leader.

From Washington,

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—A letter received at the office of Indian Affairs, sign edby tho head Chiefs of tho Oaage Indians, stating that they desire to remain on friendly terms with the United States Government.

The Secretary of tho Treasury considering the act of_ Congress of March 2, 1867, mandatory, this day i?suei tho fol« lowing: "Notice is hereby given that the Assistant Treasuay at New York is prepared, and bas been instructed to issue three per cent, certificates as authorized by tho act of Congress March 2. 1 §67, in denominations of 5,000 and 10,000 compound interest notes maturing October and December next,and tha interest of all such cotes presented for redemption be paid in current

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BYMTELECIBAPII

Latest News by way of New York GKX. GRANT AMD GOV. SWANS'. 1 Hjnv YORK, Oct. 1—The Tribunifa Baltimore special says Gen. Grant jtaviog refused to issue artillery to the Maryland militia on Gov. Swann's demand, Gov. Swann has purchased a battery of 12pound Napoleon brass guns for artillery.

Col. Punoh, of this city, has been-as-signed three companies, the commanders at which were alHn tho rebel army. "VGBN- SHKREDAN.

The Board of Councilman met yesterday and adopted resolutions by a vote of 11 to 8, tenderihg the hospitalities ®F the city to Gen. Sheridan, and offering him tho use of the Governor's room to citizens.

Mayor Booth sent a message to the Brooklyn Board Aldermen yesterday announcing Gen. Sheridan's intended visit to that city.

A resolution was offered expressing admiration for his military services during the war, but expressing disapproval of bis course in Louisiana.

A substitute for thus tendering him a public reception was lost by a tie vote. RECONSTRUCTION.

A Times' special says the opinion prevails extensively throughout the country that tbe Beconstructiou act of the Fortieth Congress requires a majority of all the registered voters in Southern elections to authorize tho holding of a Constitutional Convention, which is erroneous, as the laws read as follows "If a majority of the votes given on that question shall bo for a Convention, then such Convention shall bo bold as hereinafter provided but if a majority of said votes be against a Conven ioi^tben no such Convention shall be held under this act: Provided, that such Convention shall not be held unless a majority of all such registered voters have voted on tho question of holding such Convention."

ABOUT THE TRIAL OF JEFF. DAVIS. All tho statements heretofore published regarding the trial of Jeff Davis have merely been surmised, and the Govern^ ment has not authorized, nor has it made public any intimation of what it intends doing.

It is since officially announeed the Government will ask for further delay when the trial comes off in November, and that the counsel of the accused will m-tko a motion to enter a noil prosse. Judge Underwood will be present, but it is not settled whether Judge Chase will preside. The motion to quash will be argued'and decided probably during the early part of the term. It is due to Attorney General Stanberry to say, although he has been consulted regarding the matter and may have advised the prospective delay, ho bannot be held accountable for tho manner in which the case is conducted. He complied with Attorney Chandler's request lor assistance in prosecuting the trial by employing Hon. W. M. Evaretts as assistant counsel. Consequently Mr. Chandler i3 alone responsible.

THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS. During a recent interview with an old Tennesseo friend, the purport of which lias been related publicly,. Mr. Johnson stated that he would tako his final stand against Congress by resisting its right if it assumed to suspend him during the progress of the impeachment trial.

It is probable that tho fiist opportunity afforded tho President to take a stand against Congress on this subject will be to veto a bill providing for a suspension from office of all public officers who may have been impeached until they hare been tried, wbieh will undoubtedly bo introduced and passed yearly in the cession.

THE PUBLIC DEBT.

The World's special says the statement of the public debt for September will be made about Wednesday. It will show a reduction of the d^bt, but not to tho extent given in the August statement. Both the internal revenue and the customs receipts fell off in September. During the last half of tho month tho returns from internal revonuo did not average more than a quarter of a million per day.

APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT. The President to-night appointed Col. Noah L. Jeffries, of Maryland, Register of the Treasury, vicc Colby, deceased.

There is not a word of truth in the story that the Administration is beinij consulted by tho District Attorney and Judgeat Richmond, relative to tho postponement of the trial of Jeff Davis. It is a matter for the Judiciary, and not the Executive to decide. Thu oniy point upon which even tbe Attorney General could be properly consulted, would be as to the necessity of employing counsel, ad ditional to that already provide! by law

ATTEMPTED MURDER.

Robert Hays attempted to murder his wife in Brooklyn last night. She jumped from a window to tho ground, a distance of thirty-five feet, and is probably fatallyinjured. The man was arrested.

It appears that the Atlantic Base Bail Club will not give an exhibition upon base ball championship. They requested a postponement of the tine a3 three of their first nine were disabled, but tho Athletics refusing, tbe Atlantic put a mutlin in the field, with which tho Athletics rofused to play.

GENERAL SHERIDAN.

Governor Fenton invited Geueral Sheridan to Aibany. The General visited the Stock Exchange at tbe open Board. Ho subsequently had a splendid reception at Brooklyn. He attends the Patterson races to-morrow. He holds a reception for la dies at the Union League rooms on Thurs day and leaves Thursday evening for Newport, proceeding thence to Boston

PALMER'S INVINCIBLE, is a dqlicate and exceedingly fine Powder, which so nearly resembles the natural hue of health as to defy detection by the most experienced It is likewise not only perfectly harmless in its effects upon the health and complexion, but it has even curativo properties that render it valuable for removing tan, freckles, pimples and other slight blemishes. dwlw.

Mereutio said of his wound, "It teas not as deep as a well or as wide As a gait, but it would do." PLANTATION BITTERS will not raise the dead, But tbey cure the siek, exalt the depressed, And render life a thing to he enjoyed.

We believe there are millions of living witnesses to this fact. Dyspepsia is a horrid disease, but Plantation Bitters will cure it. It is a most invigorating tonic, for weakness and mental despondency.— Those who arc ''out of sorts" should try Plantation Bitters.

MACXOLIA WATER.—A delightful toilet artiale—superior to Cologne and at half price. deoddw2w.

NEW YOBK MARKET.

By Telegraph.] NEW Tons, Oct. 1. COTTON—Deary sale* of 10,000 bales at 22c for middling upiaud.

FLOUK—Opened 10@20c better, nnd cloi-?d dull holders more disposed to realize sales of 12,Wo bids at #8 35 for super

ft ua

stato and west

ern. WHISBY—-Quiet and unchanged. WHEAT—'2@3c better nnd closed dutl with holders more disposed to realiza.

RYE—More active and firm. CORN—Firmer at $1 30}-^ for mixjd western in store.

O A S a 7 2 3 7 5 O a Chicago. BICE—Nominal.

COFFEE—In good demand. 8CGAB—In fair request at llJi@13c. MOLASSES—1b fair request. HOPS—Qu*t at 4C®fi0c. PETROLEUM—Dull at 14c for cra-lo and 33® 33%« for rcflmd in bond.

.rf-i

:4SSiSiPt

CINCINNATI MARKET.

.• •-aa®.ws iK4 Telegraph.]

OIXCISHAM,

Oct.

FIiOUK—In good demand and price* 25« higher family Si I 2-^11 50.

WHEAT—Scarce and farmers not selling becMpe ofiftc igrponibillty of getting Ift the fall th* drofcth prices aro higher, 43 f,r Ho. 2 Bed, and 2 2.* for mi. 1.

CO^N'—Firmer. No. 1 98@$1. OAT^Ju good den and at 62@63c T.YE—Advanced to Si 35. BARLKV—Unchanged and firmer. COTTON—Dull. WilisK.T—Dull and prices in bond nominal, with a iiood I.-nianl for free at private term*.

MISS JOBK—Unchanged, with email tales at

BULK MEATS—Leading to a firmer feeling on the part of holder !X),0tW lbs of bnlk shoulders were procured at 12c, hot no more conld be bought b'Mow 12'y.jC. Sides held firmly at He. Bacon sides in demand, with sales of 160 hhds at \6%c for clear rit, ami 17c for clear.

LART—Firm but quiet at 13?4@Hc. CHKKSK—Mrm W. MMc. BCTTEK—Firm at 3tf($3oc. POTATOES—Dull ut $2@sl 25.

STOCK MARKET.

Telegraph NF.W TO»K Oct. 1. Money more activ~ and firm at 7 ty cent. Gold without derided change, opening at 143%, advancing !o and closing at li3%

Government stocks dull nnd drooping Coupons 'SI, 111 do.'I2, 113 do '04, 109 '65. 10!% new, 107V.: '07,107% 10-40's 7-30's, 10t%. Stocks opened unsettled ami lower.

SPECIAL NOTICES.

TufH,K!i!ey

Do's iireat

Dry

eoods Kmporlam.

Sen. 11th, 1867.

lurce invoice of 10 4 Sheetiugs, td.ghtly soil, •d, -'.-liiug rapi.ily at 40 centi per yard—regular jf1'- fiO-'cnt*.

•i

00 Yards Jlori'uocs at 25c. worth 40c. Jrt NV-fil.i -i, Piuj and E»r Drops, to match—

tlu^ii it liue bla-k Alpaccas—"cheap." asiinrtraent colored Apaccaa—plain an need-d.

Se# style* iu PWn an I Striped Poplins \n immense stock of Dr Goods adapted to Fall Tviide, at popular prices, at

TUKLIL. RIPLEY A CO.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

OCTOBER 1.

18671

TUELL, RIPIIF & C0.S'

Dry Goods Emporium.

Special Bargains

THIS

State Fair Week

DRESS GOODS!

PRINTS.

S I N S

SHAWLS, CLOAKS,

GLOVES. HOSIERY,

&c., &c., &c., &c.,

TUELL, RIPLEY CO.

Corner 5th and Slain Streets.

T«n*© Hante, Ind.

McClure's Combination

BOILER&FURNACE Promises to be tbe Most Economical, Safest and

Cheapest Boiler and Furnace in the World!

TOE

BOILER AND FDBWAOE IS OOTTEX up upon tho plain common souse principle ot geucrating ftoam. It is much safer thaa tbe ordinary Boiler, being smaller, aud cau be added to, or diminished by tbe uuuiber of serle*. Tbe irregular expansion subject to Boilers, is obviated, there being no fl jes in them to resist the «x pausion of tbo shell. They are

Readily Grot At

for cfeaniog and repairing, an I the expcns» of making ne«r, is less than any other kuotrn. They are a saving of at feast oue-hatf of the fuel The application of heat to them Is to direct the attack on all theserics but the first one on the side above any collection of sediment in the bottom, besides completely wrappinx the boiler* with the fl«mo. There Is between each of the Boilers

An ~rV.djustablo Apnratun, for the purpose of regulataint? tbe attack of heat on tbe Boilers. It i.« also made smoke-consum-ing, by admitting air through pipe* laid at the highest p.jiut of elevation between the boilers (hosepipes are perforated with holes. The flues nudrr thera are curved almost the shape ef the Boilers, with reo is~s or cavities under each Bailer to rele ve thi ashsw which «an be cleaned out at the little side doors. Tho current ofwat-rin each Boiler is independent of the other, being oaly connected by the aiu 1 drum, at th* end of the 0oi«ors and o» nejk pipe, ahowa by the dottd line# in (he engraving.

Tbey ran be sorn in operation at Mr. George F. Ellis'Woolen Factory, Terre Haute. lad. ••"For particulars, aldro«i, or BOO

McCLURE & ELLIS.

octldw3m t.i

P9-Y COODS,

C.WITTIG&CO.,

Mlrs STREET,

OPPOSITE McKEEN'S BANK,

Stale Fair Bulletin

For the special accommodation of

VISITORS,

We Biiv* opened, this week, a SpVn.lid Slock of

Broche Shawls, jiistori Shawls Silks,

Poplins, Reps,

Merinos.

lied Laee Handkerchiefs,

Red JLace Collars, Clouy Collars, Malteate Collars,

The Best Assortment

Fancy Goods!

VIZ:

almost

Belt

Broche A, Uar-rings, Clasp* Fans,

Fancy Work Boxes, Ladies' Companions, etc.,

Furs I Furs! Furs Just Opened.

C. WITTIG & CO 73 Main Street. octldwtf.

S O E S Large Stock aod Low Prices,

AT w.

S. R. HENDERSON'S, Four Doors South ef ths Post Office, on Fourth Street.

KNOWING

that the Public bas

long demanded a better olase of Stows than has heretofore been generally*o*fcred tnthl market, S. R. HENDERSON has this season selected with great care, from the moot

l'opnlar nnd Celebrated Patterns known in the country East or West, an assortment of

Cooking and Heating Stoves,

suoh as

are rarely ever collected together in oo» HOMM Among his stock maybe found tfe

leading Stom

trerf pr»minefU man*/vttartr ut tin

try.

eeaa-

Heating and Parlor Stores,

with ail tbe Modern ImproveTients and oonveDleucie*. Stores lor Offices, Stores, •uarches, Hotels, Diulng-lioom*, Bed-roems, any and ait kinds an 1 as for price?,

lie Defies Competition!

He is confident'.tat he has bought aji LOW a* anybody can, and is determioeu notte be

N E S O

It is impossible that anybody should have Bitrta Stoves, for no

belter are mad*.

ALL ARE WARRANTED!

With Cooking Stove* he gives

More Furnitare than Is Usually Siren

and dalirars all Sto t*» in the oity

Free of" Charge I

In addition to Stove* he keeps a general assortment of Tin, Iron and Copper Ware, Pressed Ware,

The New French Ware,

Spoons, Ladles, Preserving Kettles, Mufflu Ba kers, Waffle IronsJ an 1 tbe very newest thing orit, the

Patent Mirror Smoothing Irons.

These Irons have the new inclined handle, and

Patent Chilled Iron Face,

which retains the heat on* third longer Mm tkt

common on$.

Stove Pips of all siaes and kinds,

constantly on hand, and no ertra charge for riveting joints together. Buyers wilt certainly save money by calling on

S. B. HENDEBSON,

Fourth 8tre t, 4 doors South of the Poet Office se'2&iwtf

THE GREETING,

A CoUectlon of Gleet, %aart«Uw, C'tioruaen, Put-Songs, dkc.,

O E E S O N

Author of "the Jubilate^ '-Harp of Jndah," "Golden Wreat'i," Merry Chimes," etc. Upward of Half a Million Copies of Mr. Emerson's Music Books have been sold, a fact proving a popularity which has rewarded no other author ot the same class of Books, and which cannot fail to insure for this new volnme an.Immense sale. Tbe contents of this werk are, for the most part, NEW. A large number of valuable pieces bate been contributed by Mr. L. H.

id.tlMxmo,

whose name is a sufficient guarantee of their *xtellencc. The marned features of the collection are

Originality, Brilliance ant Tarioty, and it will be fonnd, tspon earefai AamlnatlOn, that there is

No Glee Book before the Public

That in every particular will prove so soapletely satisfactory to

Musical Societfa?, and Conventions, Con* servaloriea, Clubs at Amateur Singers. Prioe .$l,?8 $12,00 perdos. Mailed post p*ld OLIVER DIT30N Jk CO., Publishers, 27T Washington St., Boston 0. H. DJTSON 4 CO 711 Broadway, New York. 26dwtch

MEDICAL.

THE LARGEST DISPENSARY

In tbo ,..

WESTERN

STATES

DB. FARNSWORTU'S Institution for the treatment Ol YEN KRKAL DISEASES,

No. 21 1-2 West Maryland Strut, bet. Me* vidian and HUinois,

MDUMAPOLU, IJT MAX A.

Where the must reliab information can be received by 'he afflicted relative to tbe net-are and care ot their affections.

Gonorrhea, Gleet, Stricture, Sparntatorrhoa Im potency or Seminal Weakness, attended with diurnal or nocturnal emissions Syphilis,.priasary, secondary, teitiary aad hereditary, pessaakently cured.

All Private Diseases treated In tho* most cuafidential and nkiliful manner, and SATISFACTION GUAUANTJCKD, including the vat ious rjULALJG DISJCASJLSSO couimuu in this climate Apply to a cjufldoctiai and skillful Physician, ]sb oeee in toe past warrants the conflaeut tithe afQutod iu the future

DB. JFABMSWOKTH'S Institution is fitted Up with ail the iateet a .uli*noe« known for the successful practice of tliie braucu of the medical proesion.

Those living at a distance can consult by Utter and have their medicines sent by Express. All communications strictly confidential. on SPSBMAT9&BHEA, its saose l)i. aaaswoara, seat to any ad

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