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Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20
SINKING OF THE ARCTIC
STATEMENT OF Mr.. McABE.

Peter M'Cabe, "a years of age. a
native Of Dublin, a waiter in the Sec
ond cabin Of the Attic, gives the fol.
lowing account Of tre disaster Of his
sulferings; ais.ds sa ..auI .sio.,ai
About ie O'Clock on Wednesday,
ore week exactly from Liverpool, the
Propeller struck us about forty miles
from Cape Race. After we struck in
The fog. the FIRST officer, Mr.. Gourlie.
took some sailors with him to ascertain
il the propeller was hurt. tsa ria
They went in the boats TO the re-
lief OF the'propeller, but the fog was
so dense that we could not see half
the length from our bows. The pas
sengers and fremen of tho Arctic inn
mediately went TO workat tho pumps.
The ship was steaming ahead after
she struck. and one Of the passengers
of the propeller got on board at the
time OF the collision, but the poor fell
low WIS aIterward drowned.
After n while Mr.. Gourlio came back
with the boat wiih those only whom
he tool; out. Captoie Luce, thinking
he would bo able to make land at Cape
Race, did not stop 10 take on board
the first officer and his men In the
boat. $40 ,huaiaii Iu luai aiil satH.
Instantly anor the collision. j saw
about four men in tho water, they were
washed under the paddles OF the Arc
tic and killed. Lipdf ns usi y.
ID As the propeller passed on the
starboard side tho first time there
were 10 cries Of distress. but the sec.
ond time sho passed round us we
heard somc shouts and screams from
hor passengers. oleu HiN di.a 'pt
The propeller made hole In the
starboard bow Of tho Arctic, md the
water began TO pour in and filled up
the cargo. The ship was filing up
rapidly MI around, and in about an
hour the water reached the boilers and
cxIinguished the Grca. ea' ttdneat
aupIlo this this ume tho pamcn.
gern by the Attic were perfectly calm.
and tho utmost quiet prevailed on
board. ,lam dna a,l naa44f
Tho pumps were kept in operation
by tho passengers and hrcmcn until
the water got mp 10 the eeeond cabin
They then knocked oil, i.sta.Hpoa
The passengers and crew then got
nxes and went to work cutting down
the two foro.yard arms d a
:. One yard was launched nj q time,
and the two were fastened together IN
The water, for lho'purpose Of making u
raft. Alter this wax done. the lremen
dashed three or ,onr wator-easks to.
golhtb and nj The eamo time lhorc
were u g cd many. people. men and
women, floating on doors md beds.
Whom The wRIer,caskswero fastened
togc,her! iwo thought wo could float
oil the deck Ut tie ship on them, but
they wero CapSlied on tho deck. The
water was now ON the main doek.-.--
Twomenwero turned under howatef.
casks, but they afterwards got up,
and With them ran 60 the saloon
deck. lhald taauaHH - HHW
AS soon rs we reached there I was
Immediately covered with water. Yhe
Archie WIS fast sinking. and ! after
ward SAW nothing more Of the men
who went there with me. Az soon rs
| came on tho top oitho water ! seized
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20
TIE ELECTION.

Two years ago. the vote OF TINS
a county was 1897 for Governor. this
year for Auditor Of State. Il was 34s5
showing an increase ofso. Two years
ago Dunn got majority of 55a. this
year, Of 1856. showing a falling oil Of
az. Then Brookville township gave
him q majority Of 95. now Of 4a. In
Bath. then. Mcguire had 90 majority,
this year. Talbot 60. n Democratic loss
Of 50. In Bloomingro,c then, Ma
guier had 90. now. Talbot has 40. a
Democratic loss OF 40. In Fairfield,
then, Dunn had Ia. now Talbot has
2. a Democratic loss OF 81. In White
Water, then. Dunn had 40, now, Tai
bolt has 6, a loss Of 81. In Spring
Geld, then, Dunn had 81. now Talbot
has 20. q loss Of 80. In Highland,
then he had ai6. now. col. loss oil
10. In Ray. then he had loS' now nc
has ao7 gain OF 40. In Salt Creek.
then. he had e., now Talbot has 81
q loss ofsi. In Laurel then. he had
a majority Of 2. now Of 10, again oI
s. In posy. then Mcguire had a ma
joriiy OF 81, now Talbot has OF oa. q
Democratic loss Of IS. In Butler
then Dunn had 100. now he has OIL,
loss Of a.. In Me,cmora then Mcguire
had II, now Talbot has l03. n Dem
ocratie loss of79.
A shown by the vote for Auditor o
State. the following townships poll les'
this year than then. Brockvillc. 3
Bloomingrove. Ia; Springfield. !
Highland. ST. Laurel. "A. The fol
lowing has gained; Fairfield. II; White
Water. Q; Ray. ~; Salt Creek, 10
Butler. so: Posoy, IL; Metamor'
50; Bath the same n two years ago
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20
I BOOK NOTICES.

One ofthe best works Of the times
is work by DR.. Jemeson on the Tween
ty FIVE Articles Of Religion as received
and taught by Methodists in the Unit
ed States. Every Methodist who wish.
es TO understand the doc trines of his
church should have copy Our
space this week will not allow us 10
mako extracts from it. If any one
wants to see it let him call at the Book
Sore of DR.. Keely. two doors south OF
the Valley House.
The Dr.. by the way. has a good
assortment ofsehool books, and win
send for any hook that may be called
for fine has il not on hand.
We have tried several times to read
a book sent US by somebody, called
NATURES GuIDr. Il wont go. The
subject is interesting but it is poorly
handled. lfyou cant do better, Doc
tor Kinkelin. you may just as well
quit.
Dyes Bank Note Delenator. and his
Deiector make their regular visits to
this Office. Every business man
should have them Just at this time.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20
rHERAuRoAp.

Many Of our readers will be glad to
ksrn that there is possibility, nay a
'rrobabiiity that the Directors OF the
Valley Road will. for the presentaban-
don the road. The question is to be
considered soon by the board.
: There is near 90. 600, 900 Of good
.tock. which. in ordinary times would
be sufficient to build the road. But,
a financial matters now are and must
Be for at least FIVE years. it would DC
folly to attempt to prosecute the work.
Five millions Of real estate could not
now command money enough to build
the road, except at ruinous rates OF In
terest. Our stock,..if preserved, and
.husbanded. would probably. when
times arc better. complete il. and when
built it viii pay well. not only to stock
holder but to the country-better to
the country than to stock holders
But it is questionable whether il would
be right to require stock holders to
Law out of their means so long. II
would be better, in our opinion, to
wind MP for the present. and let each
stock holder bear his share OF the ex-
penses incurred. and resume the road
when circumstances are more favora-
ble. We doubt no. that eight Or ten
per cent Of the subscriptions oil stock
would pay of all debts. and give back
10 each man his farm and money. II
times continue as they arc likely to,
the stock will not be worth twenty five
cents on the dollar in twelve months.
We believe a meeting Of stockholders
should be called. There is great
change in financial matters since The
las. meeting. There isa downward
tendency that can not be stayed. AS
no work has been done and no unnec-
essary expenses have been incurred
now is the tine to disband. Were the
stockholders all men Of wealth, itmight
do to suspend operations until times
are better, but four iifths arc poor men
Who have invested their all in the road,
and will be bankrupt II some thing is
not done soon.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20
ruANKaarXfNa.

The growing Of old line's In Frank.
lin and Dearborn reminds us OF the
thanksgiving King George proclaim
cd after the close Of the revolutionary
war, A plain old Quaker. wishing to
comply with the request Of the king,
called on him In person. when tho fol-
loving dialogue ensucd;
u. "well George. what is thee thank.
ful for, because thee hast lost thirteen
eolonless NO" answered the King"
Is II because thou hast sacrificed the
lives Of some hundred thousand Of Thy
subjee,s?" me-" was the reply. "I'
II then because thou has. spent n hun
drod million pounds in tho wars"-
mo. William. no. Il Is because mat.
ters are no worse" said the King. en-.
barrassed.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20
POPULAR soyrRE1arY.

The echo Of this musical phrase has
hardly died away, and yet the Old
Liners are hoping they have elected
ten members to the State Senate. and
for what? With ten senator's in favor
Of POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY. the senate
can and viH refuse to go into the elec-
ten Of n United States Senator this
winter and leave Governor Wright to
appoint Petit two years more. Let
them do tiff they dare. Such are the
men who favor popular sovereignty
among some fifty or a hundred slave
holders in Kansas. but who believe
in the one man power in Indiana. -
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20
HE REASON

Last Friday was q h,gh.day for tho
Dehocracy-at least We Judge so from
the number who got high. More
drunken persons have not been seen
in Brookville since the days of Cen
cral Mustcrs--long, long ago. Ind.
dmericon. .at
From the above and various other
intimations from the same source, we
opine Drookvile is u somewhat "bad
place" We like 10 trace things from
effect back to cause, and let us look nj
the matter little. There oreaot more
than two OF three copies If Me Ipreath
taken ia BrooSpiiei Sorrowfully we
say 1t. almost " ilh tears we acknowl.
edge 1t. The above being the true
state of affairs. is il to be wondered
that there is so much inlempcrancc in
Broosyillo. True the .SpoRtoon and
Amerieaa are doing effective work, but
~ prophet Is not wilhouthonor." no.,
aud 1t il not H. DO expected that they
can work an entire uform. Now if
tho "dcar people" would only allow
rs TO speak TO them through our col
nmns. Ne think our Bro. Eds. would
SOON sec n different state Of affairs
Won't some friend Of humanity. mule
or female, spme home missionary take
tho matter in hands and send rs two
hundred namesat least from this mod
em A)domY We lmpallenlly await
the nswcr.--7tmpsranes Wreath.
We second the motion, and appoint
the Misses Clarksons. aud Raymond,
on the committee.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20

Mn. EDrroR: Just say to your nu-
merous readers. that little Union is
right side up and no mistake. The
Peoples Ticket has made clean
sweep. notwithstanding ? the almost
slcepless vigilence Of the opposition;
some Of whom confidently boasted of
success on the assertion that 400 fresh
new voters from the Emerald Isle.
had greatly strengthened their already
lsngulne expectations of victory
But who can tell whata day may briAg
FORTH Pro.Whisky- Slavery Cathol
licism in this county. has fairly gore
under Aud this is but Il beginning
the end is not yet-merely the Pro,
gramel
But what adds mostly To- Gil com.
pletely full their cupof sorrow, is, that
after having charged the Peoples Tick
ct, with being allied with Know Moth
ingi-m. and denouncing IL (Know
Nothineism) TO the lowest hell, when
10 and behold. two of their own can
didates, for what they toiled and la
bored, and themselves voted, are now
known tolbe Know Nothingsi One
Representative elect, is an anti-Nebras-
ka, and an old school Temperance
man. All right. A Jesuit declared
here yesterday, that they would be too
many for us against the election for
Governor. that arrangements are on
foot to import seven ship loadsof Irish
into Indiana, and have them natural
izee against that time.
That some mental change should be
speedily made in our naturalization
laws. is matter that should claim the
particular attention Of our next Legis-
lature. Let them remain unchanged.
and Indiana id ten years will become
n Botony Bay. and the servile tools Of
sensual Priesthood. allied with ma
tive born miscreants Of the swill tub,
win crush out our fair Institutions, and
hand our children in return. to the ten
der meroies OF the Holy Inquisitsonl
But l only thought to drop you a
line. giving you the result Of the Flee
ton. u 4.sf
The majorities range from ~ 10 o..
the State Tickets majority being Go.
Three cheers for little Union.
NAvILLUS.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION!
- ONE LIFE LOST!

On Tuesday last, Oct 10th, a match
was applied to Know Notliagism which
blew it to atoms. The explosion was
terrific. It's effects were felt alike in
the mountains of Pennsylvania and
the prairies and plains Of Ohio and In
diana. From reliable in'G-T'qtion we
learn that no one was hurs but a saucy
youngstcr. called Old Lineism, who,
though only about six months old, had
put on dictatorial airs and strutted
about for some two or three months
speaking great. dwelling lie has
not been heard Of since, andit is sup.
posed, that he was blown beyond the
reach Of political resurrection. AS to
Know Nothingism there will not be any
need for It again unless Old Lineisni
should recover. D.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20

MELANCHOLY CoIScIprScr.-T The
steamer +. X. Collins. named after
the proprietor Of the arctic. is burned
and sunk, with most Of her crew. her
clerk. Luce. being among the saved.
The Arctic, with Mrs. and Miss. L. K
Collins. is lost. together with her Cap.
tain. whose name was also Luce
These calaraities occurred, one on Lake
Erie. the other on the Ocean. 5000
miles apart. and the news VI which
reached US within "a hours ofthe same
time. 4 tss i
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20

E0-The best barn In this county. Il
not in this State. 10 the barn Of Mr.
Heron. Of White Water township. Il
Is 100 feet by 10, and Lprrangcd FOR
convenience better than any barn We
ever saw. We would say too. .ha, II
Is KEEP. with old lmaidlsh precision,
were Il not "lhc boys" who manage Il
are incorrlglblc old bachelors, Any
one who wishes to build u good barn
would 10 we'll TO travel iifly miles to
see this before planning one.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20
IArrsr YRox rHE rrror1oH.


Sam has not been seen yet. but we
have heard from him. When last
heard from. Indiana had certainly
elected nine Of Aunty Nebraska's
friends. and probaly ten. to Congress.
and large majority on joint ballOtip
the Legislature. The Peoples ticket
carried BY some l9Ooo;--probably
more.
In Ohio, Sam has behaved badly
The Peoples ticket has carried by
about 80, 900, and they have elected
every Congressman, twenty one in
number. none by less majority than
1900 and some by 1000. Yet Pugh,
the advocate Of popular sovereignty
among squatters. refuses to resign his
seat in the Senate, when he knowsthst
a majority of 30 600 of the votes of
Ohio are against him. = s..i
Sam has been at work In Pennsyl-
vania also. The peoples Governor
has been elected by about $4,000, and
22 out of 90 Congressman are the
friends of the much prosecuted Aunty,
above alluded to. We guess sbr will
feel better after this.
N. B. We don't care about seeing
Sam now till after h. has visited New
York. Michigan, Illinois. Wisconsin,
New Jersey, and Massachusetts. Sam
is great boy. Let i'm rip.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20

re- The result in Laurel township.
which is the only exception to the gen.
eral result that Old Liners fell off eve-
~ where except among the Germans,
is attributable to the indefatigable la
bors Of DR.. Gifored. The DR.. prefer
ing the position Of the Old Liners on
the whisky question. to the position Of
the Freeman's candidates, gave his en-
tire influence to the support Of those
who oppose prohibition. In this he
exercised the undoubted right Of a
citizen, and while we do not think his
views are correct. We approve Of the
frank and open manner in which he
operated. We admire the open and
avowcd opponent. though we accord
not with his views. II weare correct
" informed the DR.. is Wing yet,
and only co-operated with the Demo =
Gratis for the sake Of opposing prohibi-
ton.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20
HAvE You SEEN SAN,

The anti-Know Nothings say that
the Know Notbings salute each other
by asking "have you seen Sam?" We
give the election returns this heading.
The following items may, be regarded
interesting news. Whensthe official
reports given. true ,ccount Of the
wounded and slam. Of the battle. we
will furnish them.
The triumph viii be barren one
to the opposition. They will succeed
in electing majority of the next House
of Representatives, but the President
and Sena,e wilIbeagaipst ,hem for Iwc
years to come. so that none of their
anti republican and unti.constitutional
measures Gun be engraGted on the stat.
ute book.-Enqgirer. 81. 80
The above is a good specimen Of
modern Democracy. This greatstick-
Ter forpopular sovereignty congratulates
itself that it has a Presidentand Sen.
ate which can for two years more SET
at defiance the popular will. What il
the difference between such doctrine
and The advocacy OF kingly power in
one man? For one. we are willing tc
bide our time, with Franklin Pierce on
one side and the people on the other
= Gin. Gazette. ls
The CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION
The returns for congressman in this
district come in very slow. From
Rush, Franklin, and RiplY counties We
have nothing definite.
In this State for congress, we are
beaten. The State we presume is also
lost; Of the Legislature little will b,
known before next week.-Lawrence
JHrgRegistsr Of Friday.
E9- The Enquirer asks if the victo
Try on Tuesday was n Wing victory
For our part we think the Democrat.
deserve the chief credit. and the,
should receiveit. We mean the fru
Democracy-not the "Treasury-Eat
efs. nor the enquirer clique" 1t i
an absurd idea for those TOO factions {,
set up for the democratic party.
Our contemporary need not fret abou
The honor Of the yictory-the psopi
can claim it -Cin. Times.
BAIrtaorE, Oct is.
The Municipal election in this cit,
Yesterday, resulted in the election q
Kinks, the Know Nothing candidat
for Mayor, over Thomas. Democrat
by e7il majority. The City Council
stands, first branch, six Democrat
and fourteen Know Nothings.
ns- Tho anti.Nebraska majority i
this county for the State ticket will nc
probably be less than 1000; on III
county ticket, something less. Tn
returns are not all in at the time 9
going to press, and we ~mit detaile IN
| iii next week. Besides we havn'
much stomach for them just now!--
Nepcastle Banner. tea as
Ey- We have delayed our paper 70
the purpose Of giving our readers lat
election returns, but we now rather re
greet that We didn't go topress immed
ately after the polls were closed, AS W
have so iar been unable to get any {
the kind of news we would like to sen
forth.-Je6ersonidn.
-
rOr,,,r,rt,r \, rHNyTDr nOInN-t
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20

The Enquirer and the Louisville
Democrat are venting their chagrin ut
the result OF the recent elections upon
the telegraph reporters, charging them
with nding ''one.sidcd reportst"
when the truth Is. tho reports sent by
telegraph are not halfas ''one.sldod'
as tho actual elections.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20

or From the best Information We
can obtain, We Judge that some four or
five hundred "old Wings" voted the
Democrat ticketin this county last week.
Most Of them were influenced thereto
by their love OF free whisky--a few Of
them by their approval Of The position OF
that party on the lslavery question, =
The loss therefore Of the Democratic
party is to be attributed to the fact that
some elyh, or nine hundred Of their old
friends forsook them.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20
nIsaRArTTuL-

Tie Rising Sun Ms'os, (old Line)
says that when the returns were received
in Rising Sun some ofthc people yelled
and howledl Gregory. you ought to
have told your neighbors that none but
dogs yell and howl when beaten. and
coaxed them TO bear defeat with bet
ter grace. lie complains also that the
old cannon greatly annoyed the citizens
of that city by its noise. Rising Sun
is disgraccd by such proceeding.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20

OF We are sorry to sec lightning
rods going up ..on the new Court House
that are entirely insufficient for the
purpose designed. They arc tho only
article on or about the house that Is not
of the best quality. We hope they are
only temporary. No lightning rod IA
to DO trusted that has less than two inch
CO surface. Let farmers and others. 70.
gard this fact. Two inches surface IL
the very least that can DO relied upon.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20

or A few weeks az, We ,uok look
through tho splendid store OF William
Leo a. Go, whose advertisement appear
this week In the AmerlesD. II Is full VI
goods, and well supplied with seeom-
modatlsg clerks. Give them a call.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20

e.rBeniamIn Whitney has purchased
the old Dennet farm two mIles below
Cedar Grove. for ea45o. II consists
Of AIo acres. Mr. Whitney Ia on'arging
tho house with avlsw Of moving 10 ],
this fall.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20

ns' lit be asked why the sweep
Of Old Liners in Indiana vna not Ms
general rs In Ohio. the answer Is that
our Constitution allows aliens 10 vote.
Hundreds, lt not thousands voted last
week who had not been in the United
States Oycr twelve months, Hundreds Of
these could not understand word OF
English, aud voted just MS tho prelsl
told them to. Wcarc glad that the
American born are looking this subject
In the face. What lover Of American
institutions does not desire reform ON
this point. Even Prof. Larlbec, one
Of the Old Line candidates. said In n
recent article In the Ladies' RcposlIo.
ryi anu
at may be questionable how CIR
the United Smtos should employ io,e,
Uttered foreigners, TO dominecr In u
small and annoying way over Its own
sovrelgn citizens"
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20

Own JoyruL.-Iho Jc6srsoaUiHe
Repu6iiean deyotes several columns to
the election. and yet fails TO tell us
who is elected in Clark county. Keep
cool Bro. French. cool enough to tell
who Is elected.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20

0~rl our now carrier neglets any Of
our town subscribers we hope they will
report 10 US Immediately. And, II he
leaves papers VITA those who arc no,
subscribers we hope they will inform US
also. -
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20

7 p. Jones Esq, Of Bath township
has gone to marlborough. W. with
his afflicted wife. We ardently hope
that he may realize bis andcIpations In
her speedy recovery. =
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20

FyAmong tho newly elected mem.
bcrs of Congress. George q. Dunn
and Schuyler colhx are likely to hold
n high position in the House. ms they
arc gentlemen Of more than ordinary
ability. even for oongressmen.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20
PROHIBITION.

In one respect, at least, Prohibition
trIumphed on election day. At Indian
apolis. Lswrenceburgh, Cincinnati and
elsewhere oil drinking houses were
closed on that day by authority OF the
Mayors. This 10 n CON plement to tho
principle OF prohibition. ~ 4ea''
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20

FSThe schooner Nautilus. with u
cargo Of 1900 barrels Of suit, was
lost of the harbor Of Chicago during
a storm on "Wednesday morning of last
week. Officers and crew saved.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20

Ey Tho Cleveland Plain Dealer,
arabld administration paper, thus
spontaneously tells tho story Of de-
Iuat: ..l ,.4 aats 80 ~
The Democrats have carried every
Congressional District In the State,
save f,ssnty.onsi Hoorah for our side.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-20

~ An eminent painter was once ask
ed what no mixed his colors with In or
der to produce so extraordinary an ef-
fect;-"I mix them with brains, sir -
was his answer.