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be f TERMS OF ADVflTlOUigv ' KJBLXsniD IVIBT lOIDAT BT C V n . B I N G II Ail V Proprietor. DOee In ihr National Bank Boildinf, ' l ' . (AtrJ story.) . . ! HUMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: : f - 9 tJ.SO.PEr.YEAII.t ABTAKCt.'- ' 300' ,.'?'..' " ,U KT?A!p'lADflXC No postage on papers delivered within this County. ,. " .. , , , - A DENTISTRY. 1 : . , 7' 3 rook vi lie. I ndiana .7 v INSURANCE. ';SD53OD!?3K!ÄtiJ10 HOME INSURANCE COMPANY. I I III ! I . The Leading Insurance Co. of the West. 1 V M JJ'Jg;-90g, OCT Fire and Mtvrluc lUslis T.V. .. ....n.Vl.. . .v i:.vi. " . . ; , - i Company. . . Office, $. ilf. Gcir.'feW wJ' Siityci-s Sk. f i r v CUA3.C.KEAKIRT, President.' C. U. iUJtsoM, bccrcUrj. E. METER, Ageat,. At BrookTllI, Ind. deeT-ly ATTORNEYS, t WILSO kOIIOV. WM.tf.HAT. t .MORROW & HAT, . Attorncjs at Law and Solicitors oi Claims, ; JVo. 3 Yinidn Block, Opposite rost Office -." ,-1 7, INDIANAPOLIS, IHD.f Will practice it the Statt and Federal Coarts I&diana, ead alio before the Court of CUtai od the ees aral Biirtui of War, 5y, Tuft Offir ttd Treasury Departments at Washington Citj D. C. jonl-y T. B. iDKI.. .r. asset. . ADAMS L BERRY, (BE.OOKVILL1, 1NMANA,) T . Oßce , over Gallion's Stcre. ;, . TOBACCONIST. - , ."ADAM HEEG, MANUFACTURER AND DKALKR IN . -Ol' ALL DESCRIPTIONS, and aho WhoUsnle and fit '-til Dealer in CHEWING AIJD SSIDKIKD .S. '3 Ä (P (1 CD OL ALL KINDd, 3t IDc Cjtrsot.il iFrout, .liiW St ret I, I'rooicWf.-, JiJivnu. Bolft-6ta . , A. IIKFO. VALLEY HOUSE, JAS. 0, TAX HORN. PROPRIETOR. Jul 13-ly. . FUDGE HOUSE, UltOOKVILLK, .INDIANA, Vi M. i; REH Y, PROP R I-E T) R . if.3 Ty. , INDIANA. HOUSE, 153 Wet Fifth Street. Gideon Ryinnu, Proprietor. tnohSO If , TVoyv jE3Coto1. . ' 'PIIE anderiigDtd t flrtiSir up bit reaUenee and JL I bow ready to entertain rucM5. . Any pcrtun Uhinr a Guardini Upum eucveoicot to the .Uiogk ' villa fehftol, will Cud this lrlrat)e pUee. It I lituated oo tLo i'alrCeld Pike, only one inlio from town. - WM. K. LAUL'K. ... f.pt.l4,lV!Ö-tf , ... ;;VSXGHESTi!fl.IIQU5fi, CO UN EU UUÜüMK ST III. KT A UuWKUV On (he Kuriytan Plan.1 AeeoinutodatioDt fur throe hundred jurntt. .TMII-J bo (s centrally luratt d, ar.d crur to a) i. baine.olQti. Citjr cars pan the llo'el to all the Furrie. !ttlroad If ot acd place of inaiiimiil ery three mlnutn. fciujlo Itoonif, flper dy; double, $2. ...r-ly . . J.P. DAP.r.OW ICO. MERCHANT. TAILORS. .F. V. WE1Q AND, . 7- MERCHANT. TAI LOK. (OPPOSITE THE JAIL,) BnooKVir.T.T:. Indiana. Keept oa hand a eompUte aaiortmeat of ; Tailoring Good. He makes to order the latest Itylos of - Coats, Pants, Vests, Sec, . ' FOR SPRING, SUM.UER OR WIMEB. II l terms will bo found as rest od able as any oth r Tailor in the County, lie respectally solicits s liberal share of. patrenaf o. Meodlnf done to order. - v hp-ly. I4UU J.D JL JdJti X , IJEDCDiliT TAILOR. . AND MASUFACTUREIl or - ' m ' , , COATS, PAHTS.MiD VESTS. ALSO DEALER IX ; 'Gcnllcm'en's Furiiishinff Goods : : ' Shop oa West sldo Main Street, 11 ß 0 0 K T I L L E , I N D I A N A . 02 ,iU', ; f VOL. 0, NO. 4J . - r Serious Advice to Skaters. . - Nojr that tho skating mania has bfokea tat Trith riolence,' trd tato occasion1 to prnt the following directions for begin ora: - ' v .f 1. NeTertrjto skate-rn trro directions at once.. This feat has oflea been attempt ed by beginner, but never euccessfully. It alwajs ends in sorrow. -!, '2. Kat a few applea" for- refreshment take whilekatie, and be sure td throw tlö core? on the ice, for fast skaters to break their shins over! . Fast skaters are your natural enemies, and should not bo allowed to enjoj themselves peaceably. . 3. bit down occasionally, no matter J!heiC--xiph4t,tri way of the rces rf the party, if you want to. There is no law to prevent a new beginner from sitting down whenever he has an Inclination to do fo. "4."Wber you meet a. particular hand- fome ladj; try to tkate on both sides of Ler at once. Idisjs very pretty, and furo to create a ensation. If the lady's big brother is ia sight, it is well to omit this. '.' 5. Skate over all the email boys at once. Knock 'era down. It makes great fun, and they like it. G. If you tkato into a hole in the ice, take it coolly. Think how you would feci if tic water was boiling hot. 7. If your Skates are too slippery, bny a new pair. 'Keep pujing new pairs until you find a pair tthat, are not slippery. 'J his will he fun for the dealers. ' ; , " 8. In sitting down, do 'it gradually. Don't be 'too sudden; yea may break the ice. 9. When you fall headlong, examine the straps' cf your fkatcs very carefully before you pet up. This will make ev erybody think you fell because your skate was looEe. Beginners always do, you know. . , 10. Wear a heavy overcoat or cloak till you get thoroughly warmed up, and then throw it otf and let the wind cool you. This will insure you a fine cold that will list you as long as you live. 11. After you get so you can ka(e tol erably well, elate yourself tick immedi ately. Don't bo reasonable about it; tkato till you can't stand up. Do this every dny, and it will be sure to make you sick at last; and then you may die, and that will be an excellent thing; it will be such a pood example to the rest of the young people. A few fimplo directions for lady skaters arc ad:!ed: 1. If you wear filters on the ice, be sure hat your calves are. properly adjusted. The spectators along the bunks are gener ally critical. 2. ircrcam prettily in passing an air hole, aud give' the arm cf. Charles Augustus a frantic fqutcze. . It nakca -Mm feel hU oats, in a protcetional way. U. If your tkating partner 3 cligib!e, and your foot is pretty, don't hesitate in asking him to adju-t your skato ttrnps ev ery ten minutes. Ho will rather like it. Tho Collapse of Crinoline. Xo one who promenades Broadway now adays will doubt that the long foretold, long delayed 'collupFccf crinolino" has at Instcomo to pars. It is visible to tho most carelcys observer, and has proof in onr mo?t fashionable ladies as they "march along." Tho immense circunit'crcnco of ikirt and sweep of train that came in rogue a dozen years agnt and have been expanding and lengthening ever since, until recently, are now things of tho past. In their Mead masculine eyes aro now gratified by neat, . trim dresses, at once inudcrato in size, gracefully brief, and preeminently piquant. Yc believe that thoc who have expetienco in such mat ters, or make thetu a study, admit that, in point cf taste, convenience and comfort, tho present stylo is far superior to that hit h it has superseded, and it it said that in the estimation of ladies there aro ptill other considerations favorable to the di minution of scope that hos taken plaeo. Hut thc?c are mysteries beyond newspaper ken, and not to be poken of lightly by the uninitiated. It would bo madness to hazard an ojiuion as to how long tho new order of things will remain supreme. Uut wo expect, long ero we dio,, to behold again in Broadway the (lowing immensi ties of feminine glory which have appear ed and reappeared In every generation since the mighty Bess strode, through the world in her gigantia ponderosity. -N. Y. Times. Heallhfulncss of Apples. -Thcro is scarcely an article of vegetable food more widely useful and more univer sally liked, than the applo. Why every farmer in tho nation Las hot an apple or chard, where the trees will grow at all, is one of the uiystcrus. Let every house keeper lay in a good supply of apples, and it will be the most economical investment In tho whole range of culinaries. A raw, mellow apple is digested in an hour and a half, while boiled cabbsges rcquiro five hours. The most healthful dessert that can be placed on the table, is a baked ap ple. . If eaten frequently at breakfast, with coarse bread and butter, without meat or flesh of any kind, it has an admirable ef fect ou the general system, often remov ing constipation, correcting acidities, and cooling off febrile conditions more effect ually than tho most approved medicines. If families could to induced to substi tute apples sound and ripe for pies, cakes and sweetmeats, with which their children are too frequently stuffed, there would be a diminution in the sum total of doctor's bills, ia a tingle year, sufficient to lay ia a stock of this delicious fruit for a whole season's ust.Chriitian Ado cate. "The times are so hard I can hardly keep my head above water." said a hus band the other night to his wife, who was importuning him for a new dress. 'No," she replied, with some asperity, "but you can keep it above brandy and wsttr rasy encujh.-' "THE UNION, THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. BROOKVILLE, IND., FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 18G7. .Dress as a Cause cf Disease. -" la this sge, when dress occupies so much of the attention of society, tho influenco of costume on the bodily condition be comes an important matter of inquiry. Improper modes of dress," whether ex cessive" or inadequate, are fertile sources of disease, and also- aggravate an ahnor mal state of the system by whatever cause produced. If in our desire to -keep. the body warm wo overload it with 'layers of thick, closely:woven fabric, and thus jp duce an undue heat at the surface, tho ef fect is to suppress tbe action of the excre tory ghnds, and prevent a free perspira tion. The vitiated matter which is thus retained is reabsorbed by the skin and carried hack into the system, rendering the blood impure, and deranging the deli cate machinery of the glandular structure. Air and light are absolutely necessary for the healthy activity of the vehicles of the skin, and those.'articles of clothing which prevent the admission of those two great vital genta, are entirely unfit for use. As a free circulation of the blood to all parts of the human body is requisite to the enjoyment of perfect health, so no part of th body should be dressed ia such a manner as in the least to obstruct or re tard its flow. Tight boots, shoes or gloves are thcrvforo detrimental. Cold extremi ties, painful humors, swellings and callos ites are generally the result of such liga tures." " ' ' Insufficient clothing is much worse than too much. The effect of exposure to cold is the immediate contraction of the skin, which suspends the operatiou of the se cretory and excretory organs, and the mat ter which should be discharged from- tho system is thrown back, into the throat, lungs or bowels, occasioning those forms of disca?e commonly called "cold," "head ache," ''catarrh," "diarrhea," ic. A change of dress from thick to thin is not beneficial unless accompanied by a corresponding change in climato or tem perature. A fashionable lady after wear ing a thick, high-necked dress all day, will sometimes array herself in low-necked at tire for an evening party. Such an im prudent change has frequently been fol lowed by a sudden death. Head cover ings at tho present day are evidently worn by ladies for display and not for comfort; and we are not surprised when we hear tbis or that one complain of ''such distress in the head" or "neuralgia.'' A hat, to afford real protection to the head, should be largo enough to cover tho greater part of it, and at the same time bo comfortably warm, but not so heavy as to fatigue tbe wearer uftcr half an hour's use. But the most serious feature in the dress of American ladies is tight lacing a prac tice most unnatural, and therefore most dangerous to health. Does any one doubt the prevalence of this custom, let him con sult the fashion-plates in any popular la dies' magazine. How women, servilely obedient to the suggestions of their dress mnkcr, or else grossly ignorant of the first principles of health, have squeezed them selves to death, the great day of account only will disclose. The record must bo appalling, and yet the suicidal work goes ou. Tho compression of tho waist hin ders, if it docs not altogether suspend, the action of the diaphragm, and weakens the muscles of respiration and the power of digestion. The heart, liver, -lungs, spleen and stomach, being forced into a space much too small for the proper per formance of their respective functions, are weakened, and if the compression is con tinued, becomu diseased; consumption en sues, and the mistaken devotco of a bar barous fashion sinks swiftly into nn early grave. Oh, ye who sigh for the deformity of a waspish shape, consider tho faultless con tour cf thnt chrf d'ueuvre of sculpture, tho Venus de Medici?, and strive to develop your attenuated bodies into tho beautiful proportions of the well-grown woman. Of eourso the entiro dress should be adapted to tho climato and season of tho year. lu climates like that in New i'ork City, where there are sometimes sudden transitions 'from heat to cold, aud from irr I to ilrv. it it hardlv H.nfii to dress in a , slight manner, unless it bo in midsummer, when atmosnhcrio chances aro least fro- 4 - - cr qucnt. Tho most prevailing complaint among people of all classes, is rheuma tism, a discuso which in every iustauco is the conscqucnco of exposure to a sudden chill. No clothing of any kind should be worn in a moist state, especially while the person is inactive; and caro should bo ta ken that the feet uro properly shod, not with "snugly fitting'' boots or shoes of a kid glove consistency, but those that are thick-soled, substantial 'and amply large, so that tha blood can circulato to tho very toes, and a comfortably thick stocking can bo woru without any sensation of con straint. lu the matter of dress, ruoro attention should bo given to comfort than to stylo, and it will be usually found that they who dress neatly and in conformity with na ture's laws, aro the best dressod, and cer tainly the most sonsiblo. Hall's Journal of Health, ' Littlo Things., . prcoiousncas of little things was Tho never moro beautifully expressed than in the' following morccau by Ii. T.Tay- lor: Little ruartio-boxci of homes are gen erally tho most happy and cosy; little vil lages are nearer to being atoms of a shat tered parudiso than auythiug we know of; and littlo fortunes bring most content, and little hope the least disappointments. Little words are sweetest to hear; little charities fly farthest aud stay longest ou the wing; little lakes are the stillest; littlo hearts are tho fullest, and tho little farms are the easiest tilled; little books are the most read, aud littlo songs the most loved. And when nature would make anything especially rare and beautiful (bo makes it; little little pearls, littlo diamonds aud little de:;. . mwm m Definitions of Characters FrNE Fillow. The man who adver tises in your paper, who never refuses to lend you money, aad- the fellow, who is courting your sister, Ge.ntlb pEorLE. The young lady who lets her mother do the ironing for fear of spoiling her hands, ho miss who wears thin-soled shoes on a piny day, and the young gentleman who is ashamed to be 6eea walking with his father. . Lndcstbious rEOPLE.Tho young lady who reads romances n bed, the . friend who is always engaged -when you call, and the correspondent who ciuoot find time to answer your letter. j Unfopcxab. Pzovii. -The fat man in an omnibus, a tall-oin a crjwdjjand.a short man on parade. Timid People. A Joytr,' about to pop the question, 'a man who tloes not liko to be shot at, and a steamboat company with a cholera ease on board. Diqxified Wen. A chit in a country town, a midshipman on a quarter-deck, and a school committee on examination day. ' , i Persecuted Pori.E."Vomen by that! tyrant man, ..boys by their parent and teachers, and all poor people y society at large. U.NiiAPrr PEorLE. Old bachelors and old maids. . . . . Ambitious" People. Thewriter who pays the magazines for publishing his com munications, the politician who quits his party because he cannot get, into oßce, and the boy who expects to to President. Humble Persons. The husbaud who does his wife's churning, the wife who blacks her husband's boots, and the man who thinks you do him honor. . Wean People. Tho man who kicks people when they are down, and the sub scriber who refuses to pay for his paper. , Sensiijle People.- You and 1. Good Counsel. Sydney Smiili cut the following from a newspaper and preserved it for himself: When you risa in tho morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one to a fellow creature. It is easily done; a Icfi-ofT garment to the man who needs it, a kind word to the sorrowful, an encour aging word to the striving trifles in them selves as light as air will do it, at least for twenty-four hours. But if you are young, depend upon it, it will tell when you are old; and if you ere old, rest as sured it will send you gently, and happily down tho stream of time into eternity. By the most simple arithruc ticjl sum, look at the result. Jf you send uno person, only one, happily through the day, that is three hundred and sixty-five ic tT3" c'JürJO "of tho year. And supposing you live forty years onlyafler you comnieuce that course of medicine, you have made fourteen thou sand six. hundred beings happy, at all events for a time. A Child's Question. A sweet little girl, named Sarah, had been to chapel, and went home full of what she had seen and heard. Silting at the table with her family, she asked her fath er, M ho had been to chapel, but who was a very wicked man, whether he ever pray ed. He did not like the question, aud, in a very angry manner, replied "Is it your mother; or Aunt Sully, who told you that, my little girl" "io, papn," said the littlo thing; ,;the preacher said, 'All good people pray, and those who don't pray are not going to tho kingdom of heaven.' Pa, do you pray?'' This was ruoro than her father could bear, atul in a rough way he said; "Well, you and your mother and your Aunt Sal ly may go -your own way, aud I'll go mine." "Pa," said the' littlo creature, with sweet simplicity i "which way aro you goinj,?'' This question pierced his heart. It Sashed upon him that he wm in tho way of death. Ho started from his chair and burst into tears. Within a few days -he was a happy convert, and I believe he will appear in the kingdom of heaven as ; ? '.UT in litlIa daughter's crowu of re- U,,Il-ino' Sensible Maxims. Never taste nn atom when you are not hungry; it is suicidal. Never hire servants who go in pairs, or sisters, cousins, cto. Never speak of your father as tho "old man." Never reply to tho epithet of a drun kard, a fool, or a fellow. Never speak contemptuously of woman kind. Never abusa one who was onco your bosom fiicnd, however bitter uow. Nverjnsult poverty. An Irishman warns the poople not to trust his wife, beuauso ho was ucver mar ried to her. A. 11. Ilaldwin is locturing in Virginia on the subject of "Fighting considered as pne of the Fine Arts." Wo do not con aider it half as fino an art now as we did a fw years ago. Mubile JiegisUr. A wag has truly said that if so mo men could come out of their coflins and read the inscriptions on their tombstones, they would lUiuk they had got iuto the wrong grave. . - A medical man asked his legal adviser how he could punish a servaut who had stolen a cauutcr of valuable snuff.' "I aitt not aware of any act," said the lawyer, "that makes it a poual offjuao to take inuif." An old bachelor of Laporte has been "taken in and done" by a strange woman from Canada to the extant of three thous and dollars. After paying her bills for thrco voara sho skedaddled with a gallant j Captain. The bachelor was swearing when last heard from. (WWW . Mental Activity.! If the water runneth, it holdeth clear,' sweet and fresh; but stagnation turncth it iuto uoiaotua puddle. If-Ilm. air -be fanned by winds it. is pure nud whole J some;, tut, from being shut up, It'groweth thick. and putrid. ". If metals be emploved, they abida smooth and splendid; but lay thejaup, and they soon contract rust. If the earth bo labored with culture, it vield eth com; but, lyinr neglected, it Will be overgrown with bushes .aud'thistles, and the better its soil is, tho ranker "weeds it will produce". All nature is 'upheld in its being, order, and shape by constcin. agitation;, every creature, is incessantly employed in action conformable to its de-, signe'd us?:, t In jike manner the preser vation und improvement of oar faculties depends op. their, constant excroiae. to it God hath annexed the best , and . ruest de triable reward success to our undertak ings, wealth, honor, wisdom, virtue, salva tion,' all which, as they flow from God's bounty,1 and depend. on His blessiug, so from lliinthey are usually conveyed to us through our iuduatry, as the ordinary channel and instrument of attaining thetu. Barroic' - " " '" V . .j 1 CanUie Sagacity.- - . - ' An Adrian - paper, gives äiremarkablo incident of canine, sagacity, which was re cently witnessed by the, passengers of a train on the Wichigan Southern Itailroad. At Pittsford, Hillodalo County, a remark ably ne specimen of the Newfoundland dog has been accustomed to get the mail bag for that station' and convey it to his matter. On .this occasion, '; from some cause, the dog did not have the bag thrown to him.. The train started, and the faith ful fellow, with one or two inquiring yelps, started with it.- For the finst mile lie kept up with the mail-car, at one time; in cros sing a cattle-guard, running right under the cur between tho trucks. But the race was too unequal to last long, and Ctcsar was gradually left behind. ' (Some one wish ing to deceive the noble brute, and sp.iro him his discomfiture, threw from the train an old buudle, but he was too familiar with Uncle Barn's mail-bags to be timlcd that way,, and detecting., tho .imposture with rapid sniff, kept up tho pursait.--Numbers of the passengers crowded to the platform of the rear car to witness this manifestation of caniac instinct, and watch ed tho unavailing efforts of the faithful fellow until ho faded Out of sight in the distance behind. Appreciating the Beautiful. .Sir Walter Scott, walking onco with Lady Scott, faw some lambs, and remark ed on their beauty.'1 ''Yes," said the wife, "lambs arc beautiful boiltd I ' We read that Mrs. Wordsworth was once walking in a grove and heard a farmer's wife solilo quizing "Oh, my! I du love stockdoves." Tho heart of tho poet's wife yearned to wards that Amaryllis. "But," continued the old woman, "there he's some what likes 'cm in a pie; but, for my part, there's uotbiug liko "ein stewed in onions." Hor ace Smith tells of a city miss who accosted a keeper of sheep in the fields,' as sho glowed with a desire for an Arcadian con cert, "Oh, gentlo shepherd, prythco tell me where's your pipe?' To which the man replied, "I Icl't it to hum, miss, kase I haint got uo baccy.", . . . - MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR MORTON, Delivered Friday, January II, 1867. Gculhmcn of the Senate and Mouse of Iirp reicntattfcs : Throughout the year which has just pasted, the people of Indiana have been greatly blessed. The pestilence which desolated " other parts of tho country, touched within our borders but lightly, and did not long remain, aud good health has generally prevailed to au unusual de gree ' " Although ono of our staplo crops has fallen rdiort, causing loss and embarrass ment to many, yet we have had great and almost unexampled prosperity. Agriculture has been prosperous, com merco has flourished, manufactures luve been extended, public improvements of various kinds projected and successfully prosecuted. When we consider that the country has just emerged from a dieadful war in which our State boro a distinguished part, and suffered greatly in the loss of thousands of her best citizens, mid tho withdrawal from labor and business of many thousands more, her preneral prosperity and growth in population and wealth i surprising asj it is gratifying. According to tho census of 1SC0. tho population of Indiana was one million thrco hundred and fifty thousand four hundred and twenty-cight (1,Ü50,4'2S.) Ily tho enumeration which has been mado and returned to the Auditor of State, under an act of tho last Legislature, it is 1 shown that, ia lSu'G, the Stato had a pop ulation of three hundred-and forty thou sand two hundred and forty (340,1110) whito males over tho ago of twenty-one years, which number multiplied by the ra tio usually adopted, would give a popula tion of over one million seven hundred thousand. The estimate will also be sus tained by comparing the aggregate vote of 18(10 .with that of 1S6H, and bhows an in crease of more than three hundred and fifty thousand in mx years. According. io uns ratio m increase , t u Stato will have wtthin her borders According to this ratio of increase, tue more tnau iwojmuuons or peopie, which would be an increase of over forty-eight per cent. In ten vcars. It is doubtiul whether any State in the Union is grow ing moro rapidly in population, wealth, manufactures, publio nuprovemeuts, and 1 the caucral develonmeut of agricultural rnr.rm TKii crrtt rasult i Owin'J ill !r,r-rsnrt tli. rbameter wbich the fiin. t,. .nr.;,..rl .lurin,, ili. war Tho largo number of men tho furnished to the armies of the Union, under circutn- stances of great trial and diftculty; their uuiform aud distinguished galluutry on vvcry bnUle-licll, surpt-ncd by thu xoldiv-rs . . . . . i WHOLE NO. 2G5. J! of no other State; the great and continued liberality of her people for sanitary pur poses, and, to relieve tie distress growing out of the war, aud tho fuitbful perform ance of all obligations cf whatsoever kind in- the luidat of the great conflict, have commanded universal admiration," and di rected the attention of the enterprising, and those who iu every State are tecking for. new homes, to. the advantages present el to the labor and' capital of tha iLuii grant.:';. " . " -. ; . '. ' - '. ' : COVIItNOA BAKER. '.. .". '" ' I was absent frora the Stato.on account of ill health, from tbe lUth day of Novem ber, 18C5, uutil- the'-lWi day of April. HCC, during which pciiod the duties of the office under the Constitution were per formed by Governor ."--linker. The great ability and Sdelity t; the iiitercsU at' the State which distinguished the administra tion of Governor Baker, commanded the general approval of the people, and mäkes u public acknowledgment ou my part prop er as well as a great pleasure.' The duties which devolved upon him were of an im portant character,' and "were so well and faithfully discharged as to bo satisfactory to 6,1k ; '..-' ' .it ' - ' THE PT1JLIC PETIT Or TU K STATS. - u The -public debt of; the Stsrte outstand ing in the hands of creditors to be provi ded for,; is as. fellows : ' ' , ' . Fire per cent, itneks .. Two and a half per cent, stocks. .....?3,S:,933 .1,191,061 Ci TUl amount of stock. ? 5 ,02 1 .MI U War loan bunds u. ......... Vi'jcennes Uulver.it tonJs . ... . an, ana o .. - So,5Si 'J Total fublle delt... -The Auditor estimütes that the State Pcbt fcinkiu.hund tax for ItOb will, on fallig. due, whiwh are to be plaied n nU tho lsV day. of. July next, .furnUU nine f,anJä hy;t,t .inkiig' i'üad, Is hundred thou3and dollars (S000.4IOÖ), and j ie 'uortgavd i1. ' ' :.2i'V.i that enough can be drawn, from the Gen-j Such authorilv i-l.on'c Vi Mirtv'rwiii, eral Fund ia the Treasury at thai ,time j fcrVcd,. and Isy or "other 'p.f"rcr fl'r( and added Jo this amount o redcen; all BiJOilju t, empowered td execute 'eonvHj tho Qu.tstan.di;i-.twp.aod .a Laif Xi01 fänees fo the pMrehn. ' i'n:- stock Vwhieh tllt leave' outstanding irr thd r-A'tb! Uw'mxv VtaedH,; ifter 'th tf0 hands of crcditors lo be provided IV.r wth-Jannary, lb7,' tl .ere will Le W tE'M-r crwise. four milium two hundred and five j ufüriied to teil th? wniievJ latdrf Jr thousand '4fivo hundred" and twenty-one dollars au-d C thirty-three tents ($4,J05,t 521H3) 1 ' - ; -The a?pct! of the Sinking Fand, indej pendent of State stocks and bonds, tvhlvh by' the Taw ot lut" winter kro to be applied to the -payment 6f the State' debt, msy toe safely estimated at one million dollars (81 ,000,000), of which amount five bun. d red thousand dollars (500,000) can'be wade available hv the 1st of Julv. 1S70, and which, "if properly applied, would leave; the balance ol the debt to be provided for and paid by taxation, three million seven hundred SHid fi thueod' five hundred and twenty-one dollars and thirty-three cents (53,705,521 !J3) which it is estima ted by the Auditor will be fully accom plished at the present rate of taxation for that purpose-by the 1st of July, 1870 t uuiy, xav.. '. nfihilil nn nft ia ihis Shows the financia ciai iu Lie ueuer tuau at any jornier peri od in her history, and presents the grati rj. . . V V .V 4 i' .'f fying prospect that by 1870 she will have taken up alt her stocks and U out of debt, without add ns to the taxes which Lave been already imposed. To arni.1 rnnfu.Mon r,f idaa it m.t he borne in mind that the money and proJi!nÄ l invested or;deposit,J. ertv of whatever kind heloRuine to the old (Governor 11a ker appointed on libis fOB,- sinking fund arc held for lao benefit of the school fund, and whilo so much of tho State debt as may be . purchased by the sinking fund is thereby extinguished in so far as creditors and the public :irc con cerned, yet it must, in another form, be kept alive for tho beucut of the evhool fund. ,t Tho Veport of the State Auditor will be found to bo an able and thorough docu ment, giving a full exposition of the busi ness aflsirs of the Hinte. Iu tho ahovo estimate of the indebted nets of the State 1 have omitted the inter nal improvement bonds, amounting to threo bundled und fifty -three thousand doib.rs (?35:j,000.) ' Tho Auditor iu his report, following the example ol Ins predecessors lor'moro tuan twenty yöars, bus put theo bonds down us n pat i vi i no inucoieuncfs oi ino ciate. l. . I I I. 1.1 .I.!. They behing to the olJ.deb; of tho State i i . .1- .. uroit which a comtiromiso was made iu 18-1(5, the holders of thctn failing or rcfus- ing to enter into or take part in tho com- promise. Upon these bonds interest lias not been paid for more than twenty-five years. Ihe attitude of tho ctato in re gard to them is nt crcditablo and ought to bo changed. Year by year tho Stute by her accounting officers publishes and confesses to the world .that they ure n part of her indebtedness, but pays vo interest on them, which ht.s now accumulated to more than half a million of dollars, and makes no offer to pay the principal, al though it bus long been duo. The char acter of Indiana is too high, aud her pfM tiou too proud to allow her4o occupy an attitude so equivocal. - It is not my pur pose to enter into any discussion at this time as to tbe legal and moral obligation of tho State to pay the interest and prin cijJil of these bonds in whole or in part; but I dcaire simply to say that if tho State believes that she is not bound to pay them, and does not intend to do so, fho should through the Legislature promptly declare that fact ta the world, und have them stricken Irom the books ol the Auditor. I .1.. -.i i .i -.i.- i. jr: bound to pay the whole or any p.rt. e . f lh;t piirpose tcr uWity t0 I cannot be' demeü. . . ' 8TATE PEBT SIMCtXU FCND. In rmruanco of the orovisions of an act pushed at the late special session of tho legislature, creating u State Debt !iiukiii l'und, for. the paymeut 'of the btate debt, and abaluhini; tbe lioaru o$ Siukin Futld ConiClU iComciusiouerj ondsrll tfli- cers OJiiaected therewith, the Auditor, TruasuriT and Aietit of St.ite. nt'lin os'tnenta have ben returned. This hares the Sta'e Debt Sinking l'und Hoard, have j purchad iu the market four hundred and nrjy thoui;iud thirty ix dulUr and niticty-oive ecuts of tho certificates of tock, 'inuring "niton at the rato of tw- nnda' ! . ; . ' inutMMr.' - I Doe ac(Ure, (II tloes,) one Insertion.'.. .'it j Dp sqaar, two ln.nloi I i Oae square, tkr Uiertioos. All stib.r(uet asrtltBs, ytx qiuc ,( ' . . TKATLT. . i . J j Ca retinal, rbsas:sblo vt'( -rsf' j Tkrua-aaaftvrs of a eolumn .............. ..... 4' jOoo-balf of eoloiua..., ...x. 'V I Oao-oitarter of a colmt. Je One eighth t( wluiut .... .....f ,11 I Transient advertimnu sbaald la ele&seitt paid far I adTanr. . ; -it:4 Unless a psrWalsr time is f period. tea sand d i, a'JTrtiniuts will lie )4lLhd til r deredont and b.tsr.d aoxordiotly. st -.! T half per eent.; which they h4Te.cauAd't4 be canceled. . : . i - I tj X The Board of finking I'utid' fVmfti. sloners, by virtue of an et ivel' aTio at the late extra session, direct tn them i t luvest ny lünney belonging' tf the' f and in Indiana' State bond tor . Atöcktv bar purchased stocks and bonds tri thonnioant of seven hundred d-nUie thou4udaa),l twenty-four dollars and' eighty-fire ccnt. ' '1 Le Auditot of State and tho At'aitl'of State in their reports point oat sciertl ' material defects. 1n the first of thf aUive mentioned acts, - which require Wgi'e.lafif remedy.' lit addition- to iüa pout tfcd. it by these bfnrs,:l will call your it tent mu to another. . '. ? 1 -J ? 3 The revf-nth sceiitju of the oc$ sbolisJ is the l5;ntu f iMiikiov I'und Com wiU .. crs vh the t;yth day uf "JaiMta.ryntUTVa I direct that all the property-of hafvr kind, both teal ai.d pertctibl, bcUwging to. i eaid fundrngetber wifh the book and-pa-. per?, nc turrencerca suu lurnru nvr m the Auditor. ,,The nantyil saif.wf .yiukt: Fund l.iudii took plat 4 oa the 11th Jjv of' December, lt'Ofi, and by the'tprmVid'iho law deeds are to be made to' the pure hat ers' of, SUch . la Uils us ale1 ltwi "redeem f fift the exi'iratlon '"if sixv ' days fiour Jt1'iit time. . which wilt 'be-in" February,' a 'h'icU time' the Hoard ef Siikif'2 i und C doners havinc ccaet to."eiit," " there1 will be a. oScer having authl'ittu exloirc the "conveyance." ' It', will ' irrtTcfocl'fi necessary to cnii Di'po'wer ome i ieriWt'ß. the deeds au'd t erfetl 'tht lie curtherrff - cers to esecute contract with tlu turchartvrrff The at-t is further defective in fVirlh1? give the Auditor "authority tii colU-ttthe ROHCT UIMJll HIB - bOLU' aJ UJOTl!' the - Loud7 and- tuaT'ir:: male deeds to Purchaser thelc for. t The borrowers frem tho- (inkiiigi'fun'd tW iacrfgsge -ecurity have,' by' special ed aelments, hsd. hsirf loins extended 'for five years from lfcC5,by pariogihe aiiiAiij dvv iamal Hauul -iiuuiluinti. Upos th;i,r, failure to psy any of ihce iutall- 'iiientf t.hcir.Jands csu'bc' effered for fal?. and if thire are no ca'sU bidder?, 'sold ou a credit vf. five Year .' This may dclcr " collv9tion oi a art of the money for elev en years, and! tne State has abaud'ned the. policy of lending hi'uney oo mortgag'o security v,i wilt be. .uicuuveuuent and .un necessary to keep these claims 'outstand ing so loug, and I therefore recommend that the law' be so changed thst when th't morlgaged lauds are sold ' they'. be aldd r CBu auu mus V'wcv k uj tue i. .1 -r.... ti .. .7-. tiaiiaavlloU fiv? .tars f00licr; -- - ct.4V4.ivr ( (. I r.DllVAtlt.. At lm late tpecial sosion a concurrent resolutiou was adopted, directtn g the Cstx- ruw m1 . Cou.niitte of . three) P"ons w luiwigsn ti.u . u.anagemem - aud operations of tho Siukiug Fund, and I e . at tuaßner 111 WUlCU tllO WOney UtlCpg- mittie, lion. 1,. . 11. hlli,. lion. John A. MaUoit cud Mxjor Tliotua J.' l'u L Huns'. The Couituittec met Nud or;; rul ed by the appointment of Charles P. Ja cobs. Esq , a Secretary, and tut.eidid fa the investigation.. .... Their, repoit, ' accompanied with the evidence iu iLe' matter, is herewith iuo- 011 sited. ' ' ' ' " APiüTANT ENKttAL'S nH'OV.T. ' '",' The office of the Adjutant general has been well and ; bly aduiinittucd ly Gen era! Tei re 11. The repott which he is pub lishing will rotoist of seven, largo vol umes, of whitli six. have teen already ja rucd, and will be invaluable as a h'inry of the officers and toldict of , Indiai' during the la'C rebellion. It is intended to civu the ticme and uiilitury hhtory bf ' . cr... i tit.' ...i... . ! every cfiicrv aud io!dicr who went into tic I.. ...... I ... ft. . j W . - .... .1 . 1. .. I ....... I. army iroui tnis crate, ana tints jurntsii k ..f.v. 4.1 .. .1' public record of the crvite, and honttrablo ' discharge of every good fulJitr, and, fix the flatus of every docrlcr and of every man who was. di.-miian-d or punished . fir ; cowardice or erimo. J lie valuo ol tlie rt-"- crd will rr.eif ice with time, and will bo held hatred by coming generations,, tu whom it will pcrpctuafo tho houorablo deeds i f (heir aiii'eH.'otk ; and it is to be rogicitcd that the Legislature did vol make provu'ni to hare the nork stereo typed and the plates purchased and he 1 1 by the State. . From thoe who have com puted it with ihe reports from other States, I am ;.:Uitd tinted will be I'ouLd to he mcic ctmplc.e in its iuforcia'ion aud per fect in its arrangement than anv siratiar work, and Cicm r.il Terrell is certainly en titled to t;iett credit fr li e ability, eato and industry di-playrd iu it prrpuration, QUA RTKRM ASTIH GEN Kit A L'S PITA UT EK V Tbc Stale riceivtd froiu tie General liovetiiuiiiit at vaiious times duilng the war, fjr the u! of tho Indiana Legion, (4t.5rJ) forty -ono thuutfind live hundred and eevinty two pieces i f small amis, and twenty-une pieces of artil'ery, with ' car- . it a h iaes, csifons niul c-Miiimients, air or which wtic cbarutd to the State, and re- Ut of K vtalc 0jv report ol the Mate iuricnu3!'trr, Gen. Stone, thowa thut (lt,Jt- fm-ty-oms thou.-anU two huudred and twelve gun- have been returned to tie ptortr I'tiited I Stales ordnance rbictrs at tins pulnr, and ! f 5301 five hundred ai.J ibirtr ci lost i and des-lrcyed in tbe service hao beeu i accounted for by proper atlidavits. making a total of (41,74-) forty-one tlusanl i even bun- red and lor ty two vuh aecouns ed for to the General (journtneut. ait( that nil the artillery. fii etd outp tho State clear of all liability rti the M.ro of arm fur the ute of the militia, and th aroucut has Lcvu chsed, which is a m.sk deeirahle result. , iclicral Stone report "n len-thy , on