Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-01-30

er, of Piqua, Ohio, were burned on Mon
day last, consuming nine horses and seve-
raj carriages.
OF DR.. Wooden Of Andersonville has
sold his residence to DR.. Martin of Deca-
tur county and has moved TO Clifty, De-
catur county.
OF The Sentinel says that 35 tons,
making five car loads ofspecie, passed thro'
indianapolis last Saturday, en- route from
New Orleans to New York.
SAVINGS BANK.-A correspondent asks
us what Connersville Savings Bank paper
is worth here. Nothing at all, we be-
lieve.
OF The Sentinel is in favor of moving
the National Capital to indianapolis. We
shall object to that. indianapolis is bad
enough, without the influence of Con-
gress.
OF There is rumor ahoat that Mil
ton Gregg, of the New Albany Tribune, is
about to remove to New Orleans to take
charge of Know Nothing paper in that
city. We doubt it.--Laf Jour.
OF A fire occurred at Frankfort, Ind,
on Saturday last, by which large three
story building, occupied as an Odd Eel
lows Hall, a newspaper Office, two stores,
&C., was totally destroyed.
6TThe New York. Times says the new
coinage law is alraady.in effect, and that'or-
ders have been given at the postoffice in
that city toreceive no more Spanish small
coins.
-T The st. Paul Democrat says that
the new State of Minnesota will contain
more valuable land and more navigable
waters, than any other State in the I'm
ion.
H If yon have not got copy Of your
pretty face, it is either because you hav'nt
got pretty face, or becau'e you hav'nt Ia
ken "sit" in Chafee's Gallery, in Haile's
Building.
ANALYSIS OF A For.--He is one-third
collar-one sixth patent leather-one sixth
walking stick-the rest kid glove and
hair As to his remote ancestry, there is
some doubt, but it is now pretty well set
tied that he is the son Of tailor's goose.
OF Robt II. Holland has sold his farm,
near Metamora, TO his brother Washing
ton Holland, Of Harrison, at S33, per acre.
He has bought part Of the farm of Cal
vim Jones. including the new house, at
the same rates.
OF A few Of the bills Of the New
State Bank have made their appearance in
this neighborhood. They circulate freely,
every body being afraid to keep them over
night If the people understand their in
terest they will run them homo fast as pos
sible.
6TSugar culture succeeds so wellin Ii
IBERIA that they talk about exporting it to
the United States. One Of the negroes,
named Richardson, expects to ship two
hundred hogshcads Of sugar Of his first
grinding.
OF An American in Gibraltar writes
that he bought 1.-TWO pounds of grapes
and such grapes two pounds Of apples
two Of peaches, two Of lemons, and bas-
ket to carry them home in--all for aquar.
ter Of dollar!''
0<TRev. +. A. Conwell preached in
Laurel last Sunday night. We would
have had more confidence in the genuine.
ness Of his conversion il he had called al
our Office When he was in Brookville or
Tuesdayland given us his note or a ..gooj
promise for the little bill he owes us.
The ABoLIrIoSIsT. - Some of tn,
shareholders are exceedingly angry, and
charge the Almighty with being an aboli
ZIONIST Last summer he dried up thu
Ohio river, so that negroes waded il, and
now he has frozen it over so that they eros,
, where they please. We hope they viii
T not, in their indignation, refuse to breath,
, the breath, and eat the food, and drinl
the water which he supplies.
: OF Senator Woods, the Chairman o
the Committee on Temperance, which 70
, ported the bill of 1865, proves himself tc
be a Democrat Of the most ultra charac
ter. He votes with them, and belts will
them, to break quorum. Greater 'devo
ton to party can not be manifested thai
thus to arrest legislation by breaking tn,
quorum. Yet his brethren, Willard, Ham
t mand & Co., pronounced his Temperance
!. law Republican law |!
0xrDr. Valentine Mott, Of N. Y, per
formed the operation last month, for tn
. forty-fourth time, Of tying the carotid ar
: terry in the living subject. The Napoleon
of surgeons, is now seventy-one years old
: yet is as straight as ever, and as young a
s heart as when fifty years younger. II
: does not even wear glasses when he ope
g rates, and the man is not extant who eve
n saw his hand tremble.
IScESDIARIsM.-An unsuccessful effor
. was made to fire the wagon shop Of Ems
: Dautrich, last Monday night. A pane c
glass was taken out, and some turpentin
;, poured upon the bench, and box {
= matches was ignited and thrown upon tn
bench, but fortunately they did not fall i
the turpentine. Mr.. Dautrich was at wor
= till O'Clock, and it is evident that II wa
" the intention Of the incendiary to burn tn
house and leave the impression that II ha
caught from his lights. The burnin
u matches fell about an inch and half fror