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DAILY HERALD. iaiCJr:o:-iT müitkr rJuiiRvio-iJaessos TU'T&SDAY MORNISO.OVEMIlKR 'J. ÜaorUföfi Lfit MolJit we ipcl ti (t th occupancy of or editorial rnorn, io the HiiiLD buili;ri, bciag tb right htn-1 room, at tb heaJ of tb Erst, flight of etair. in the oM Ctpitil How. There we ib!! bT opportunity ta limine our cxcbtngt-t. Tbert we hall b htppj to see II our friend, tsi sipemllj oar Dfrnocrttic fricad, tcj mem brs of tb Leglslatare. D? or before next Mocjij, tlw.we expect tb HaaaLD to b enlarged, improved in appear- isce, iai tiUiooil tize deT0tfl to itn rlitoriil department. Tb reader may look for the H-a- AiD ealtrgeJ, eod iut:ribe in tbt lalxipiUon, certaiolj to b realiied, if be baa not already. tiir mriii or xm: iay . 2. Tb Deroocrsiic party on the contnrj propose tbat restoration shall Immediatelj take place without inj of theo conditions, and that all tbat hall be required of tbote State ball be a coeformitj io their Constitution an J local law to the changed socisl condition aod DOtbicg more. As to the subject of auffräße, tbe State South are a well u North, hall each for them Ire control tbe elective franchise, and while it ii oar eirncit desire that it do time, ;reeut or future, hall tbe African race be admitted to po litical right and power iu this country, we do not desire tbat tbe Federal Government aha'1 at tempt, either directlj or iadirecü, to influence tbe decision of that question, least of all tbat there should be any amendment to the Federal Constitution, donlgneU to compel the adoption of begro ertrage in anj of tbe States. The two great parties of the countrj being at !mui oq this subject, It la not to be wondered that the present attitude of the Administration is looked to with sucb absorbing Interest, and when we conxidtr the antecedent! of President John- tox, as well as the circumstance under which be cine ioto the Ktccotive Chair, we can rc&dilj understand tbe causes which leave bis positions a cd future policy, to aoroe extent, a myitcrj. Tbat President Joit-vso stands opposed to the radical policy is well under-tood. There are tho?o irrecoLcilable differences between him self and the radical members of the Republican part which oeceisarilj compels atrife. His theory of the ttatut of the Southern States, as announced on more than one occasiou, is that the Union has Derer been dwsolred ani cannot be except by both parties, and tbat cousefjucntlj the States of the South bare never been out of the Union; that force for time disturbed the re Ulioos between those States and tbe Federal Government, and low that force is to longer used to resist the Federal power, a restoration 10 a j take place with 00 other change than euch as the war has wrought. Iu this, President Juuxm.i is but expressing tbe ideas upon which his faith as a Democrat his been formed. Tbe Radicals, in assuming tbat the Federal CJorernment may treat the Southern Stttes as conquered provinces, admit that they have, as State, been out of the Union and, therefore, that they have the power to secede. That the ques tion is not one of "restoration," but the admission of Stales to be hereafter formed out of Federal territory. It is eaj to poo that do conjunction of plaos ani purposes c&u take place between him and them, and consequently they have com menced on him in their u-jual style of denuncia tion, in the hope of driving Dim where they can not lead him, ard if they fail in this, to break him down altogether. Hut tbe other wing of the party has not giren up the idea of so arranging their present attitude as to harmonize at the pre cut time with an Administration they, hare been icstrumentai in calling into power, and eo not to lose the profits of the political rictories they achieved over the ballot-box in the Presidential election of last year. The policy men of the Republican party, as we have already stated, do not differ from their radical brethren except as to the time and means. But by their show of moderation, and the readiness with which they accommodate themselres to loqal feelings and prejudices, are more dangerous at this time than their more ouUpoken and honest radical breth ren, wtom, from policy, they pretend to de nounce. Tbe opinions and purposes of the conservative wing of the Republican party hate recently been set forth witi great elaboration In the speech of their present leader in this State. Governor Moa tom, delivered at Richmond, ludiana. Why Richmond was selected as the place t deliver this carefully prepared speech, it would be diffi cult to say, unless it was to give to bis apparent conservatism an air of boldness in announcing it in that hot-bed of radicalism, as it is neither the preseU or former residence of the Governor. It has been called by some of his most ardent ad' mirers, his "Great Speech." In this they do hi ta injustice. Whilo we are not one of those who believe Governor Morton tj be inspired, we have no hesitancy in ascribing to him talents of a high order, and we Dave 00 doubt of his ability 00 a subject not so full of contradictions as the one he was treating of, to write a much better speech than the one delivered at Richmond. As this speech is put forth as containing tbe ar guments of the conservative Republica-'is on the questions of the day, wo will notice some of the injst prominent features. In the first place the Governor enters iuto a LjQgtby argument to convince his audience that the policy of Aits-Johxhox is but a ontinu ation of the policy of the late admiuistr.it. on of President Lincoln, or, if there was any difference. it was wore radical than Mr. I.iscoljT This would stern to be a heavy task, and Governor Moaro evidently fell it to be so, and he tries to verify his state ments by a reference to aud quotations from cer tain of Mr. Licol's proclamation! audipeeches made during the continutnee of the wr; but tbe radical defect in tbe agreement is in the fact that Got. Moafot does not. in bis comparison of these two distinguished men and their measure, duly ousiJer their different relative positions to the questions with which they were dealing, and more than all other things, the d'.ilcrence between the two men themselves, and their political ante cedents. Mr. Lincolx was of the Federal sohoiJ of politics, and without doutt believed in all tie leading dogmas of that school. With him the Federal Government wu everything, the Stttes nothing, at leat nothing but it creatcres, called into political existeiice by it. upheld and sup ported by it. Such at lean have been the sen. taent of some of his leading ftate pipers. ilr. Johünos on the other hand has been a l;fe-locg Democrat, and is fully imbued miü all the leading ideas of that party. In Lis view the Federal Government was created by the States and the people thereof, for the common welfare And protection of all the States. That it formed the head, the Staus tbe body the supjjortui coluins, and that coiirf-jieudy when aeyofti columns had been for a tioue by the rude atock of war displaced, it only required that they sbouls! be reset. In tbe itrag'e through hieb we have passed all have fell, more or less, the increasing power of the Federal Government. The tendency to eentralite power and rridoal approach to the Democrats have arprehfededi. thit their tteorua miht reme ftennj apoo ti e country, and, therefore, wnm f(ri !fr.t Jeimox liiJ.cpoaUa ioz th Prtrm'i Jetittal chair, tbat Iii pat life men furr,ih all the guutntcc! bchsJ t) gire H to Lis future course. nd followed it op by acta tbat looked to the retoration of theS Ute without ma terially and permanently iocreaoinj Federal pow er; tut declaration, and those acts, nmked the line of distinction between the former and pres ent Administrations, and induced that confidence that bia found expreion in Democratic Conven tions, which have been held the pat season. It implied coofiJence that, however much An Mtv Jon -to x may eem to f(ir way to the force of the Federal current, he would steadily and faithfully work his way back, by Democratic landmarks, to the true theory of our Govern ment as expounded by the Democratic erred. (To be O'ntinurd.) afiixiror xm: rioi'i.t; or 1 111: MIL 1 II. They are returning to civil pursuits, repairing their railroads, rebuilding their cities and country dwellings, and adapting their laws to tbe new labor system tbe war bas brought upon them. Tbey are also providing means of re lief tor tbeir widows and orphans aud disabled veterans the wir hi made; md, in imitation cf the North, tbey are building monuments in honor of their heroic deal who fell in buttle, and to perpetuate tbeir memory, while time shall lat. Heritaieimen and ber divines admit, with regret, their failure to escape, through an independact Republic, from the annoying interference in their domestic affairs, of the Intermeddling atolition ists of the North, and assert, with the lofty yet cha-tened ppirit of the martyr, that they have fallen in a fight into wbich they were provoked by the abolition Republicans of the North to save their self respect and honor. This is the way they expreM themselves. Un less the Republicans will have the manliness, therefore, to admit the fact that they were partly iu the wrong in tbeir conduct towards the South, in provoking the war;unlesa it can be admitted to stand this way, vit: a large man wronged a small man. The -mall man resisted, and struck thh large man, and, almost as a mat ter of coune, got whipped; but, the large man, tfter having whipped the small one, had the manliness to acknowledge his error, to extend tbe hand of friendship to the small one, in the hope of mutual forgetfulne-ta of the past, aud of friendship as equals iu the future ; unless, we ay, this can be the relative position of parlies, it is diCicult to tell when the era of good feeling may fully appear. It is an historical maxim, ex pressed iu the Declaration of Independence, that a people never rise against a government with out cause. As one evidence of Southern feeling, we take fr'om tbe Richmond Time the following article of tbe Vicksburg Uerald: Tue Famous SroTSTLva.MA Tekk. The stump of the famous tree cut down by bullets at Spotsylvania Court-house last May has been ap propriately mounted and placod upon the porch at tbe War Department, as indisputable evidence of the truth of a statement, wbich has been gen erally discredited, in reference to the incessant storm of lead ou the Second Corps front during the i-'d of May. Tbe stump measures nearly two feet in diameter, and is presented to the De partment by General Miles, who commanded a division of the Second Corps during the eventful Spotsylvania days. Washington telegram to New York Herald. Tbe gallant Mississippi Brigade, commanded by General Nat. Harris, of this city, occupied the line which received this terrible hail-storm of lead, and held it for thirty hours, only retir ing at 3 o'clock A. M., on the orders of Gen. Rhodes, at that time commandite the line. Tbe tight occurred on the 12th of May, (not id, as the Herald has it; General Grant did riot cross the Jlapidan until the Sch. It is literally true that the tree was cut down by bulls, and it fell across the portiou of the works occupied by the Sixteenth Regiment. We may be alloed to state that the tree was cut down by FeJeral bullet-, the tree standing withiu the works occupied by Harris' brigade, aud as '(Jen. Miles didn't get either the tree or the stump until the works were evacuated, there can certainly be no merit attaching to either, to which Gen. Miles is entitled. We are again one united people, and if theae trophies of valor, never exhibited, are to be placed on record in the War Ofliceof the nation, the ill feeling of four jears of war, so far from being eradicated, will be increased a hundred fold. Gen. Mile never made tne slightest impres sion on tbe works where that tree ntood; but it is true that a brave band of Mississippi boys, ho have returned to their allegiance, did hold thoe lines against all the power which was brought against them. Is it likely, bectuse they are now loyal, and as ready to detend the United States as Gen. Miles, that they will willingly consent to have the evidence of their valor and endu rance turned into a monument to gratify the vauity of tbe General whom they repulsed? We imagine not. VL'ksburg Herald. RICSOTIiT. In former days it was a principle with Christian nations to have no intercourse, to keep no faith, with any but Christian nations The time has been whn dealings would not be bad by a Christian with a Jew, a Protestant with a Catholic, kc: and a few years ago rainy of our Northern Republican fellow-citizens were so hostile to Southern institutions tbat they would purchase nothing grown in the Sjuth, nothing but what was raised by free labor. Time, how ever, has mitigated, and is mitigtting the in tensity and bitterness of bigotry. Toleration is gaining ground. who 11 iiiiF.w c;i 11.TV of tiki: - SMI. We understand Gra. Scott in his auto biogra phy, to intimite that if some of the leaders of the Abolition party iu the North, who were re futing to live up to the Constitution, atd nulli Gcrs of the Sjuth. had been hung for treason before the civil.war commeuced.it might have bten averted. And the Louisville Journal, of the tkh ia.'t , speaking of the Republican leaden vho are calling for the punishment of Jeff Da V!. as: It l) e demands of thoe vho chout perpetu al! that treason must be punished " were to be complied with, and if " treason " is opposition to the Constitution and the Uuion, then assuredly notafe of those very persons would fall be fore the sword of justice. If this definition of treason be correvt, many of them have been the most blatant traitois tbe country has ever held. Tbey at lea-t ouht to hold their shameless tongues Trey are guilty, and every honest, tnti'iiiiCt nt 111 ti in the Republic knows it. The sord ;hey cll tor is two-evltJ. and cats both way. Jlit ot a11 other should avoid it." Andrew Johnson said the ame thing in his speech on John Prown. J?!'"" Th Journal say? Mr. Seward did cot make au agreement with the Confederate de f jc- to GoveriiKiet t to surrendtr Fort Sumter, and that the war d d ret commence ij a breach of such agren:tii. Ojr authority for the iU'.or.u'nt was Mr. Rlair. a member of Mr. Lincoln's wähltet. We unJirs'.an J him to say t'iat. aj j he o jht to kiww. Clfrte aregai: vu'.e in Misippi for Governor was of Lih Humphrey re eired i:J,U?'J, Patlon o.TC?, at.d K.-ütr ,114 2"" A FJral soldier recently married a negro woman iu Americus, Ga. Uis companion! tarred and feathered La and rode tim on a rail. ."ton-Taxable llonds. Tie Nashville Gsxette, on tbe subject of tax ing Government bonds, says: "The Mea:h!i .rgui of October 1'Jtb advo catea the right and expsdietc- of a Sut tai on the income of Government bonds in tbe hands of the citizens. Let us see hat it would amount to. li. told bonds to tbe sum of fin.OOO, tbe iacone of which, it C per ccct , is $G0Q, upoa which, under the present revenue lt, be would pay no Federal tax. li. having f'JO.Ot.H) in bond, might te tixed by Concr(ss ou JCK). vielding to the Government, st S per cer.t. C. has land worth for which he pays tbe GoveremeLt J3U. His land is taxed by the State, y 3 per cent., amounting to $300. Adding to this the Federal tax of $30, we have $33U tax paid by C. If the State should also impoe a tax upon the income ol thj bonds. A., who is worth just as much ss C , id pay $1, while R., worth twice 1 mtich as C . payi $36. So it is seen that a tax upon hcni-) from bonds will do very little toward euabT ti e burden or flllißg the State Treasury. 1 he Aren tells us that the only limitation to the power of State taxation is ia the tenth fcctiou f the first ar'icle of the Fed eral Con-titution. If so. then why not tax A's and IJ's property In bonis, a- well as C's land? There ii certainly nothing in thit section to for bid such taxation. "We grestly irtH, h-wever, that our re spected cotemporary mat urate in this state ment of the ca-e. The set ol Congress author izing tb issue of Treasury notes, approved 2oth February. lSbi, placid a further limitation upon the power of State taxation, itr providing that "II stock, bond, and other securities of the United Sttte Leid by individuals, corporations, or associations, within tbe United States, Khali be exempt Irum taxation by or under State au thority." If this enactment is constitutional, and it feerns to be so accepted, the State cannot tax the bonds as so much property; aud we have si-en that a tax upon the mere income will pro duce very little avenue. And even the power to tax the income has been questioned, and not etetiled. 'I be Conatitutiou of Tennessee re quires taxes to be uniform, otherwise the ine quality might be cured by laying a heavier tax on income from bonds tt in on that derived from other sources. As it is, the Stttes are helpless, and Congress hardly in 1. better coudition. The exemption from St tie tax Ins becomes vested right of the bondholder, l1 tbe courts would deny the constitutional pow. t of Congress toj lt atroy or impair it. We wu no remedy for the gross injustice ot the cie. other than by revolu tionary action on the prf ot the sulTering people ol the whole country." The swindling folly of lcpuMican legislation in this matter, ought to rinke that party ver Jrar to the masses of the people. This busine-s of exempting property from taxation has got to b? looked to by the people, before long. Church pro perty in this city to the value, we should think, of nearly half a million of dollars; also of Ma sons, Odd-Fellows, schools, 1c., &c, is exempt. How can what is left bear all the burdens of debt and wasteful government aud city expenses, which are laid upon us? The bond-holders, when agreeing to fund at a lower rato of interest, had better agree, also, to be taxed. We think so. Fxviax Constitution. On our fourth page, this morning, will bo found the complete Cousii- tution of the Fenian Rrotherhood, adopted at their Congress, which convened in Philadelphia last month. We cheerfully give up the large tipace which it occupies, satisfied that our read ers are anxious to have iu a full and correct lortn tbat which has been conveyed to them only in piecemeal, by telegraph. The New Albany Ledger comes to us en larged by the addition of a column to each page and the lengthening of its columns. This en largement was made necessary by the great in crease iu advertising patronage. We are glad to learn that our cotemporary ia meetiug with such deserved success. A Foolish Wastk or Momkt. One of the Canadian newspapers announces that the Gov ernment of that province is organizing an army of 40,000 men to be tUtioned along the frontier to reMt the Fenians of the United Stttes. If this be true, says the Philadelphia Ledger, tbe Cauadiins are doing a very foolish thing, for they are in no more danger of an Invasion of the Fenians from this country than they areof an sTtack from the Esquimaux of Hudsoö's Riy. We do not believe any one is wild enough to contemplate ssch a thinr, but even if it were so. the Canadians must think tbe Government of the United States is sunk to a surprising state of weakness, all of a sudden, to per'aft any such an assiult from our Koil. Our Canadian neighbors would do well to save the money that must be expended in this useless enterprise for some more uecessuy purpose. ZiT'Xu exchange states that a police examin ation into the domestic arrangements of George Miller, of Pittsburg, develops the tact that tor a dozen years his wiLs aud her sister have cubmit- ted to share the maternal duties of the house hold, rather thin have trouble in the family. Upon which a Norwich (Ct.) paper says: "There 's a similar cae in one of our neighboring towns. The product of the two sisters is twenty one chil dren. The selectmen once threatened to arrest the vigorous patriarch and have him dealt with, but he warned them that if thev did, his whole family, consisting then of fourteen children, would be thrown upon the town for support. This was such a serious view of the case to the town authorities that they left the happy family to work out their own salvation." Negro Projects. A gentleman writing from North Altbania says; "Our negro population is in a hx, and a pretty considerable one at that, the men in the most part roaming about in the exercise of their new-found liberty, doing but little, and that little bad. They have no sup plies, and how they are to live until green corn or blackberry time next year, God only knows. Thousands unquestionably will," and must, die of actual starvation. Their old masters' cribs and smokehoues are either empty or closed np against them." Mobile Advertiser. Transparent Hot -es. In the vicinity of Surprising Valley, Nevada, is an extensive quarry of gyp-urn. perfectly crystalized, and as transparent as blocks of ice from the clearest pend. This rock naturally breaks in perfect squares, and without cutting can be nsed for building purposes. Several houses will eoon be erected ot thi- mtteiial, audit is thought that no windows will be it quired, as the blocks of gyp sum will admit light. A building conitructed of this material would certainly preeut a splendid and lairy-like appearance. ?T" The Cleveland Plain Dealer states that cne day lat week a Justice of the Peace of a certain brand, ou Superior street, in that city, summoned a negro as a juryman, to sit upon some important case witn white men. The white jurors, some of whom actually voted for the nero suffrage candidate, Cox, refused out right to take their eats with hm. After a cou ple of hours spett in squitblings, requestiegs and refusals, the redoubtable Justice discharged the negro, and summoned a white man in bis place. Eirnkd to Deatu On Tuesday evening last, a jour g lady m so badly burned by the explosion ot a petroleum lamp that she died from its effects. SK.e ws carrying tue lamp across the room, wuen it suddenly exploded, throwinc the ignited oil over her clothes, wbich caught tire and instantaneously inveloped her in Ü tmes. She ran out of the bouse into the lot adjoining, and when brought back to the bouse was found to be fatally burned, and lived but a few hours. r5rGoveri.or Cartin made an address at Girard, Penn., on the 1st. at the dedication of a motumciit erected to tke decea-ed soldiers of Krie couLty, Tenn., by Din Kice. the showman. The monument is beautiful Italian maible, sev enteen feet hih, wifi a sandstone base, ar.d bearing suitable mserption. It cost over $, uoo. 2"TLe Commi-sioner of Internal Revenue tas decided that any person, Sroi or corporation, who bhail manufacture, bv hind or machinery, any of the articles exem;ted from excise tax by the LH', h -iction of the set of June 1st. 15G4, are liable to nti ufaclurtrs" hcri.-e. J.:rf D. W. llill, K-q , a prominent member ot the bir in St. Louis, fell out of a wiudow lat Saturday night and was killed. STATU ITII.vn. Msjr General I.w .Wallace has resigned hit Generalship. A man named Patrick Ssott was thrown from hit wIC03 at Ltftyette, oa 3Iocday night, and instantly killed. We hm ilrevJy noticed the MihhiD? of Jerome Teroonett bv George Kevin, at I'sra. The wounded mtn diel on the '2i inst , and his murderer is in custody. Pers-nett is represented to have been a quiet, peat iMe, industrious man. -A mn rame-l Wtl'iara M -ebetb, a resident of Fiflffi,. , 2 vitY rouLtv, was so badly beairti ' J.. .11 .!.. on the 1st inst , that he cannot recover. I ne attack was made on him while asleep. . Chariest H. Diction, formerly of Silen.ind 1st membeV of th Thirteenth Indiana Volan- tfcr, hm j'jt receiTed an appointment of a first- class (l,3O0) clerkship in tbe Treasury De partment. Chanur in Ste A rn i nitr ation. We learn that the rumor lately published by the press of the State, that Gov. Morton was going to Ku rope, is more thau true. Lieutenant-Governor IUker, of this city, we understand, is preparing to remove to Indianapolis to take charge of the Kxecutive orlice iu the absence of Gov. Morton. Kvansville Courier. It is reported that Judge Perkins, late of tbe Supreme Court, is to take chire of the Daily Hkralu, the new paper published at Indianapo lis, as its chief editor. The Judge ia a gentle man of ability, a resdy writer, and well versed in the affairs of the Nation. Tbe selection we think a good one, and that Democratic principles will be advanced through his editorial manage ment. Fort Wayne Sentinel, Nov. 4. A Hcavt Jokc A mm named William Knott, who live! uear Yorktown, Delaware county, recently drew $120 out of tbe bank and gave it to bis wife for safe keeping. She put it in a itraw bed. They were preparing to move, and the next day the straw was emptied out of the tick, and the money with it. In a short time the children set the traw on fire, and the money was burned up. The wife witnessed tbe whole operation, but never thought once of the money until tbe next morning, when her husband asked hrr what she had done with it. A Citizen or Mincix Miudered in Illinois. Karly on Friday morning last, a young man named D. Wildel Nelson, formerly Sergeant Major of the Eighteenth Indnna lufantry, aud a citizen of Muueie, was murdered near Oilman, Illinois, by a traveling companion. It seems the two were traveling in the cars, and by acci dent were taken past Oilman some three miles. Desiring to return there, it being a bright moou- light morning, they concluded to walk back. When within a quarterot a mile of Oilman, Nel son's companion got behind him and shot him in the back of the head but did not kill him. A severe Mcutlle ensued but Nelson was killed. The murderer took Nelson's mouey some $37 a ring marked with his initials; also his carpet sa-k, and weut btck to another station, where he got his coat mendeJ, which he had torn, and took p-s.tgo ou a freight train for Chicago. Nelson a body was discovered early in the morn ing, and dnp itches sent in every direction, and the conductor ot the freight train, after an ex aminatiou ot ins p..seugers, discovered the mur derer with N'cl.ou's nick, with name plainly inaiked. lt; sent hnu b ick to Gilmau, where a large crowd h id charge of him Friday evening, and lyiuli law threatened. The news of Mr. Nelson's murder leached Muncie ou Monday and creait d cou-ideraOle excitement. His body was expected to atiive thero yesterday. 1 NTERE-Tl.se Cask IS TU K CLINTON COMMON Plkas Coi-rt We have already briefly men tioned the case ol Kelley vs. Breckinridge, which for over one week was on trial in the Cliu too Cjiuuioii Pie is Court. It is a case of con siderable impoit.uice, involving the rights and liabilities ot partner-. For the following report we are indebted to the Lilayette Courier: About the 1st ofJauury last we noticeJ the loss of some $13,UUU by Mr. J. S. Breckinridge, a prominent Mock dealer ot Clinton eouutvfin the following mauner: Mr. Ilreckinridge, on be half of bis farm, was returning borne trout New York iu December last, over the Ltfayette and Indianapolis rond, having in Iim po-e-wion the amount aoove staled, which he lu i that duv re ceived at the counter ot S'mpe A, Fletcher's liank, at Indianapolis, and being nimble to c irty the money in any other wav, becau-e ol im mense bulk, he had placed it in his vali.e. As the train on which he was traveling ,ti leaving Thorntown, aud was rapidly gaining spwd, Mr. Breckinridge stepped to the platform ol the car, and was leisurely looking around, having let t his valise in his seat by the side of a friend. At this moment be was observed by a brother in the crowd, who instantly beckoned to him vehe mently to jump oil', but be did not obey. His brother beckoned again still more earnestly, when Mr. lt., being immediately seized with an appreheusion that omo ot his family were dead or dangerously ill, aud his attention being there by entirely paralyzed, immediately sprang from the train. His foot had not touched the ground, nor his hands given up their bold on the railing of the car, when he thought of his money. He held on and endeavored to regain the cars, but the danger of being crushed by a platform just ahead, compelled him to relinquish his hold, and after chasing tbe traiu for a tew yards in vain, was let t behiud. He immediitely telegraphed to officers of the Lafayette and Indianapolis Railroad, at this City, informing them ot his loss, and the locality of the valise in the train. It was recovered, and a tclegrom immediately tnt to Mr. B., at Tborniowu, that all wa right. He immediately made arrangements with Mr. EJward A. Wright, conductor ot the night express, who happened then tobe atopping off at Tborntown, to take the money out to data's Hill on his next south ward bound train, and immediately left for Frankfort, where iroportaut bu-ines required his presence the text day. On coming in that night, Mr. Wright untortunately changed his mind, because ot the danger and great responsi bility of taking charge of eo large a tum after night, and lett it in tbe depot, where it remained until morning sitting on the door near the safe. The valine was opened iu the presence of wit nesses while in this city, and the mocey found undisturbed. Tbe next morning Mr. Kerper, Assistant Superintendent of the road, sent the valise out to Clark's Hill on the accommodation train, where it remained in care of Mr. L. W. Loveless until in the altcrnoon, when it was given to Mr. Breckinridge, who, on immediately opening it, found tbt the money had been ab stracted. The questions presented in the case are: 1. Should BreckenriJe bear the entire loss of the money? Or, on the hypothesis tbat the external agency operating upon him so as for a moment to deprive him of his presence of mind was such as ordinary prudence could not have guarded acainst, ought the loss to fall equally npon himself and partners? 2. If excusable in jumping from the train, did be act with ordinary -and reasonable dilligence in makicg an arrancemei t with Mr. Wright to re turn the money to Clark's Hill, instead of com ing for it him-elf by the quickest possible con veyance? After a closely contested trial, lasting some seven days, the jury were unable to agree, and were discharged, having atood cine for defen dant and three for plaintiff. Among the counsel employed were Col. W. C. Wilson, for the plain tiff, and R. P. Davidson, (of Davidson and De Hart) for the defendant. ilr. Breckinridge baa become a ptrty in four law-acits, involving in the agetecate over 50. 000. Mr. Lovele-s brings a suit for f 10,000 damages for trespass, because of the search of his premises at Clark's Hilt. He also brings an other euit against Breckinridge for tander and milicioui prosecution; d images, $'Jt,0t"j. Tbe third suit is an action by Breckinridge againtt the L. acd I. Railroad, for the Io of the money. The fourth suit is brought by Kelly (Breckin ridge's partuer against Breckinridge for one half of the money lost, alleging, as above stated, want of due diligence. ItTfhUoX llallread I'assrnger. The Canadian Courts hate recently made two decisions with regard to the rights of passengers ia railwtyi, in reference to ticket and baggsge, which are of interest. It is said that a gentle man, traveling on a first-class paencer ticket, oathe Great Weitera Railway, from Chatham to Toronto, bad a trvelit-bap, wbich be took with him into the car, not having offered it to be checked, not having been a.ked to do so, or to give it charge to snyoQicial. At tbe London ftat'oD, where the train f topped for refreshments, he left it on his seat in the car, in order to retain his place, and on his return from the refreshment room it wis goce. The Court of Queen'i Bench decided Jthat the Company was liable for the value of the bag, although it was not checked. The syitem of checking was introduced for the benefit of railway companies, and not for that of the passengers. In another case ft genleman purchased (rom the same railway a ticktt from ltuffato to De troit, marked "good only for twenty days from date." He took the afternoon Accommodation train at Sy-pfnuon Ilridg, which rati only as far ai London; but he le:t it at St. Cathannen, an intermediate statiou. and the agent of the Com pany refused to lea biro go on from that place by the Night Express It ha been decided by the Court of Queeu's Bench ..hat the Company was justified in tbis refusal; and that the ticket did not amount to a contract conferring ou the bolder a right to atop at every or any intermediate sta tiot, though within the limited twenty davs. Cleveland Herald. MASONIC. riVjQK KO.SK CROSS CH ArTKIl WILL A!SKMBLE .1. lbt ereulnti at ? o'clock. JOHN IX)VK, M. W. A T. M. COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 1:0. v. ii:in:vuisii: &, i-o., GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, ami AGKvr roa tiik armen or ?. X -sv. Ma tu at -j Ao. 4 l)u'mana Street, Indianapolit, JnJ. novs-diot SUNDRIES. UIUE KASTERN BUTTE K. CHOICE WINTER AlTLIS. IOWA AND STATE ONIO.NS. HUSH AND SWIKT POTATOES. W. It. CIIEESK. HAVARA OKANCKti. In store and for sale by ÜKO. W. PKBKVOISK A CO., (ieueral Commisilon Merchast. liovö dlt Ho. 4 Lsuitlana street. FLOUR. OLD WHEAT FLOUR, B Y ths Barrel or In larger quantities, warranted the newt ia tne market, at 53 fc.at Market t rest, by nove-d.! (i. (J. IJOLMA.T. FOR RENT. B U A HOUSE of Fire Rooms an I a Cellar, eligibly altoa- ted, will be rented to any od who will purchase tUefumitnr. which Is nearly new. Apply to KOEEKT STEWART. nov7-dl0t At Sklllen Bros., Jtna Mill. FOR SALE. Span of Mule for Sale. HAVING nofurth-r n for them, we will sell cheap for cash, a itpau of good work Mules. I)3UN X. DATIDSOTt, novT-d3t PKKSTOX A. DAVIDSON. REMOVAL. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH OFFICE f IVjHE OSce othe Western TJnimi Telegraph Company ha beea removed to Blackford's Block, Corner Washington and Meridian streets. Basiness offics on Meridian street, first door south of First National Bank. nov7-dlw REAL ESTATE SALE. TOWN LOTS AT PRIVATE SALE. B VIRTUE of an order of the Court of Common I'leas of Marion County, Indiana, the undersigned oil-, at private sale the undivided halt of 114 Lots In "Da7idons Addition to the City of Indianapolis," being l.'t Xo. 1 to Ii4 inclunive therein, lying between the ttwllefontaiue Railroad Work-shops aud the United States Arsenal. Tkhms One-fifth cash In hand; balance In four equal annual paymentü, with Interest, to be secured by notes and niortaraRe. DOHMAS N. DAVIDSON, Guardian of Susan L. David.-on aud Catharine A. Da vidian. J. B. At the fame time, the undersigned, ax the At torney in fact for l'reton A. Davidnon and Noah Noble DavuUon, will -ell the remaining undivided half of the above Lots, on the same terms, thus enabling the pur chaser to obtain tbe entire fee or Interest In tbe prem-Isss- D3RMAN N. DAVIDSON. Indianapolis, Nov. 7, 103. nov7-d)Ut EDUCATIONAL. THE "IIO.UESTCAD, "7 A SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES, ronamnLY the residence of gov. noble. flTjUK neat Qiarter of this Institution will connaence X. od nondaft tbe 13th init, iaelaftMoi of th I nutation i very desirable, being on tbe in iHF.sT and most hialtht pot in tbe city. Voting Ladies who atiead Had a retired School and fai'hful teaching. BoAfci.BR-i. Weekly Boarders and Day Scholars are received. Mrs. HERBERT has resumed her Music Class. In which there are .till a few vacancies. Tbe "lUMESTEAD" is easy of accss from all parts of Indianapolis, and u scamta to the Inhabitants of New Jersey street and all tbe lucalities bast of It, than any omer enooi in me city. r'or Circulars address Mm.TIKRBERT. P. O. Box 1124. or call at the "Homestead," East Market street. Eov,-d6:4wiw INSURANCE. INDIANAPOLIS INSURANCE CO., CH AJEVTJEIREID, 183S. Capital $200000. OJlce Odd FtUottt' Hall, North Venntyltanxa St., Indianapolis. Indiana. DIRECTORS. 8. A. rXITCIIER, Sr, T. A. MORRIS, ULIVKK ToUSFT, AQUILLA JONES. Seru, MX HÜNDlÜtSON. A. L. ROACHE. W. U.TaLBOTT, . 2. PECK. A. E. VINTON, Jointures all kinds of Property agalnjt Loss by Hre. WM. HENDERSON, President. ALII. C. JAMRSON. Secretary. C A. Latox, Gfceral Agent. nov'CS-dly WANTED. SEWING MACHINES. V GENTS WANTED -every Town and County to sell the Improved Parker Sewing Machine. Pries train Fifty to One Hand red Dollars. Energetic agents can clear freta one banlfed to two hundred dollars per month. Aldresa, with stamp. FRANK EICHARDSOX, octll-d iw-2w Lock Box 13. ladlanapoua. lod. WANTED. SEWING GIRLS, ALSO A OIRL TO DO HOUSS work, waste at 5. Iii North Nw jersey street. aov34.t TAX NOTICE. TAXES FOR 1865. XOTICK HEREKT GIVES THAT I AM NOW KtADT TO HECEIVR ' TO K SEVERAL TAXKS or -NOn FOU MARION COUNTY. The Ttuea for the Year Towwsntrs. Center Tow n.hlp, lnl.1. the City of Indianapolis, per 10 ; t n 1 1 . k. . r.. .. . I iu, nisiue me vuj oi itKtlirispoilS... .! eutMde p.rSIUO Franklin Perry rus WahlDjtoi Wayne Warren r vii, ouiiiu ist i.uy ti inoianawl:. per $ loo "' Poll pr lts Poll pfr loo poii . ; tT SJIOO VII t rrf luo 1 roil p-r fusj Kill Inula, tbe town of CumSrlaiil per 1U0 M Voll.... l-awrf,cs t Decatnr r f lot) ..it vi a.... P.ll i GEORGE IwUTSTEn. Indianapolis. November tb. 1 aoTfl-dlwl wCw TREA8Cnv.lt OF sfALlON COtNTY. AMUSEMENTS. METROPOLITAN THEATRE. Corner of Wathington and Ttnntnet Strtrti. nanager .Mr. W. Il.ttllejr. CH1KGK0P TIME: Doors open at?X o'clock. Overture begins at to S. Thursday Evening, Nov. 9th, 18G5. TIIK BEAUTIFUL AND ACCOMPLISHED YOUXti AMERICAN ARTISTE M.MslII.ANCME III. HAU ! As LADY GAY SPANKER ta lbs Grrat Five Art Comedy of LONDON ASSURANCE. OVERTURE ORCHESTRA. jrpTo-ruorrow, Friday, Benefit of MUs F.LA3CHE DK BAH. Paircs or Adisioh. Parqaett sod all reserved seat. 75c. I)re-a Circle &c; Private Boxes, for six persons, f 5 00; Orchestra Heats, 75 cents; Oalleryaud Family Circle, li cents; Children In arms, $15. PARTICULAR NOTICK. The Hor-e Cars leave ths Theater every evening at the close of the performance. People llvln- at a distance can rely ou this. MASONIC HALL FOR THREE NIGHTS ONLY! WEDXESDAY. THÜRS DA Y $ FRIDA Y, IX o vein ber g, j and LAUUK'S GREAT WAR SHOW! Strat-a-L'a-tet-I-Coii, OR WALKING ARMY, Embracing 10,(MX movln; flfcnres, vivilly re-enactint; tbe principal Battles and Na tal Enga?emeuts of the great rebellion. In connection with Larue's Olio ofOlditicK. Every Evening at T.V, and on Thnrsday Afternoon at 3 o'clock. irpTickets 50 Cents. Preserved seats T5 Cents. Child ren 25 CenN each. ILr Pupils of Schools In the afternoon. 13 Cents. rnEox office open from 10 to 12 A. II. novC-dit DRUGS AND MEDICINES. DEALER IN rR.XJGr Sc MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, OILS, PAINTS, BRUSHES, PERFUMERY, Ac, Xo. W, Cvrner Illinoit and Market - Streit, Miller's Xeto Bloilc, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Prescriptions carefully compounded at all hours day or night. nov3-dtf PROFESSIONAL. JAMES HUGHES, J. W. DENVER, CnAS. F. PECK, Of Indiana. Of California. Of Illinois. HUGHES, DEXVEIt iV PECK, ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW, WASHINGTON, D. C. WILL practice In the Supreme Conrt of the United States, the Court of Claims, and the Courts of the District of Colombia. Claims and Department Basl news will receive prompt attention. luT'OtSce, No. i street, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth street. c4-d3m am m. aar. joxitsa w. oobdom. K.VY At GORDON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, INDIANAPOLIS, 15D. Oßce, No.. 10 and II New A Talbott's Building, Sooth of Postoffice. no4-cly F. W. BLAKE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND WAR CLAIM AND COLLECTION AGENT. I SPF.C1AL stteatlon sriven to all Military Claims, to all bu-iness arising out of the War, either in this State, the Court of Claims, or the D-partmenta at Wash l&Kton. Has an efficient Afrent at Waohtiifrtoa. OoTernment Vouchers height or collected. Southern buslDess solicited. Tr7"01Ec opposite Theatre, Bxt Masonic Hall, No. ? West Washington street. noe-3-dtf LAND AGENCY. NATIONAL LAND AGENCY. Office, "io.to West U s&ati i nton nt. THOS. MADDEN, Eeal EsUte Ageat, I. W. ELAKK, Attorney and C"ysJKer, JAJI 1$ W. KING, Secreury. CITY PROPERTY FOR SUE AND RENT, SOUTH ERX LAXDS FOR SALE AXD REXT. Parties wuhins; to sell Lands, City or To a Property, will send description, with cen&ed chain of tUie asd price. Address, J XV, K1M, Sec) . a.-l-tf 1ND1AXAPOLIS, INDIANA. ISC lire n follow, vl: ii' i i i ! i ! V: i YlYi : i - ;.., .1.'. i : : : -S : : 1 : : 1 - ! : ! 3 ! : : ! : : : s h : ! 5 . 1 H hill I - i s I I . f. I lJ O U m. r- n 1 I io 3d si j on tu i ., 7i ; i :i io .. i tu .. j (mi ..!..; w ; 4 7 is Io ot I iw oa ' . I ui ! I fw ! .5 40 .. 1 ui .. 2 (J .. j .. . . "ii i '25 )i 10 3i Ol i ) IH M I M &Ü .. 1 tW .. 2 tirt .. , .. 41 i 4 T Ji U VI SO .. I .. S ' 1 T Ti to ., 1 tsi ., 2 VQ .. I .. ..14 1 Vi 1 Id 30 ill i Ol HJ ; ., t!3 1 4- a Jo .. I lu .. uo .. .. . - a IS iu w l i 1 trt j v9 i -a I .i Tu l 1 111 I A. A '. r M'H 10 3o tl I it t'O i !! i jo I i I fJ I .. I J v )l .. i .. .. i 4 " J I 1U UI f 00 BI .. 5 1 4 1 :i l 1 M -0,1 4 tfi ltt I t tl i 4i vi I . ! U I . to .. 1 .. -J tai .. .. i 4 "i 2-? j; 10 3" on e. oi w ! (' i ... i J" VI I 6, tO j .. 20 I : l r.o 1 .. 1 i si .. j Wi j j w ; 4 ;i DRY GOODS. LATEST AND LARGEST AUKIVU DRY GOODS, VV K ARK NOW RRCK1VINO VF.RY LARtJE ANl important additions to our Man k of STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, And ak the attention of l.nvrs to our UDqj.'r.l fcili t.esfor (Civiij(-tJKKAT KARÜAINH. Our imui-n.e stork ant luw prices presents rare st trartiona. We have a full line of Silks in Black Lyons Taffetas, Gros Grains, Colored and Fancy Poult do Soiea, Moire Antiques, Repps, AND ALL OTHKK liESIR VHLK S1YLKS. 100 Pieces French Merinoes in Snpe- j rior Makes; 50 Pieces Fine Poplins, all Shades 50 Pieces All Wool Plaids; 100 Pieces Saxon Woven Dress '.Vi Goods, including Poil do Chevre, '.; Lama Cloths, Eepps, &&; 50 Dozen Alexander Kid Gloves; 100 Different Styles Lace Collars; THK Suet COMI-LSTK l.tK or Glores, Hosiery and Trimmings, I TMt KST. CLtJTHS, CASSlMfcUFS, hLANNELS, BLANKETS, COMKOUT, ab a nu. uk or Staplo Domestic Coods, at iVo. :i oia Foiiowk' iiuii, II Il A Al'Ol.lH, nu. JONES, HESS & DAVIS. nov6-dli QUEENSWARE. &c. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. C. Ä. WOODBRIDGE, ;iMr0BTEK Of QUEENSWARE, GLASS-WARE, TABLE CUTLERY AND PLATE WAKE, i jNo. 16 West Washington Street, liMll.umpoli. Intl. co3 dtf FOR SALE. A rirnt-ClawH Saloon IX a promtnei,t part of the city. Tie prcrnt proprie tor wants to sell out on axouM cf an intended chacre occaaLea. This ta a tars ctaac tvt an eaargeti man to nsaS asooey. er particulars tSQUlrs at the oc of KU. ?P1CTR A CO., ocd-d&t No. North LOlaou str--rt-2 It S SIX 1 M j