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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. THURSDAY JUNE 10 1875 THURSDAY. JUNK 10. The editorial copied in another column roui the New York Evening Post, shows that some of the most thocghtlul of the peo ple are awakening to a sense of the awlul injustice with which the nation is treating the Indians. Among Grant's wor3t failures may be classed the contemptible flake which he made la regard to the peace policy. It is more disgraceful than the defeat of civil ser vice reform. Charles Nordhoff says that the ruling class in Mississippi has some curiou9 repre sentatives. The treasurer of Hinds county, In which the capital of the state is located, was a negro who could neither read nor write, and he was shot by another colored man on account of a disgraceful intrigue. The republican city ticket in Vicksburg last summer consisted of a white man who was under indictment lor twenty-thxee of- fenses, lor mayor, seven negroes, of low character, for aldermen, and a while man who could neitner read or write aa the eighth city father. To add another s&ade to the picture it may be remarked that the president of the board and two supervisors of the county in which V icksburs is euu ated, can not read or write. This is a pretty good showicg for the party of intelligence and moral ideas. The notorious Peter Crosby, Sheriff of Warren County, Mississippi, has ccme be fore the public again. lie was shot and prob ably mortally wounded Monday, in a Vicks burg drinking saloon, by Gilmer, his chief deputy. The telegraphic report does no rir thfl ransa of the auarrel. It will be - remembered that the riots in Vicksburg la3t fall were occasioned partly by the efforts to oust Crosby from the shrievalty oa account et tha insufficiency of his bonds, and that his life was only saved by a resort to the protection of the jail walls. After the trouble was over, tJilmer, who is a young white man ol considerable shrewdness came from another part ol the state and went into a sort of partnership with the sheriff. That is he made Crosby's bond good, accepted the position of deputy under him, did all the work of the office and re ceived halt the profits. But it seems that the prosperity oi the firm has at last come to an end by the permanent retirement of the senior partner. Crosby was a handsome mulatto of about thirty-five, tall and straight, but ignorant and weak minded. The Ripley County Journal asks: "Will the Indianapolis Sentinel be kind enough to inform us where it finds authority for de daring that gold and silver for a circulating medium is one of the cardinal principles of democracy?" The question is evidently not asked for information, as the questioner in timates that the answer will not be regarded as orthodox. The Sentinel will therefore remark casually that "gold and silver as a circulating medium is not a cardinal princi ple with any body at the present time. Peo ple of our day have found that paper is a much cheaper and more convenient medium of exchange than coin, and to legislate it out of use would be impossible. The func tion of gold is merely to form the basis ol a currency. It serves as a guarantee, and the convertibility of paper currency checks over issue. Inconvertible paper, if issued by pri vate corporations, with only their honesty to restrain excessive i3sue, would not be es teemed very trustworthy. Inconvertible paper put in circulation by the government is a very good medium of exchange, but it is dangerous, because, in dull times, the public always insist on Inflation, and infla tion inevitably leads to the deterioration of the money. who visited Washington to negotiate con cerning the sale of their reservation. Men can not but pause to Inquire why, if the negroes and Chinese are tobe esteemed fit for the highest privileges of Ameri can citiiinsbip, and every nerve is strained to elevate them, it should still be held perfectly proper to cheat, plunder and exterminate the Indians, who certainly are as fine a type of man hood, physically and mentally, aa any savage race on the globe. Have the abo rigines no lights which the white people are bound to respect at all? Is it because thev are too strong and independent in character for philanthropists to pet, or poll ticians to make tools of. that they are to be smitten hip and thigh, even to the going down of the sun? Is the murderous policy which began with the landing at Plymouth, and has never since ceased, to be still continued? It is said that men forgive those who have injured them much more readily than they forgive those whom they have injured. It must be this Inveterate hatred cf the wrong doer for his victim that actuates the nation in its coarse toward :the Indians. The Chicago Times puts the matter strongly and fairly: "The government of a nation whicn boasts of a Christian civilization can not af- ford to pursue Indefinitely a policy which ij 1'ffla otaa than niraov nndpr a verv thin . 3 li.Vj V V - W J ' . ' disguise. It can not afford to continue the policy Of exterminating an entire race ol men a race not Inferior in many respects to several of the races that combine to make ud our nationality. And this means ' that it can not afford to continue its treat- ' ment of the aboriginal inhabitants of the country as alien enemies foreign ' nations dwelling by sufferance in ' a land which they have possessed from a period that is lost in the mists of pre-hiatoric time. They are Americans by ' a better title than the rest of us can boast Why are they still treated as persona not entitled to the rights of American citizens? 'Inhabitants ot a land whose sovereignty Prison business might be instanced. The Journal defended the management of that institution and the attempt to capture the board of directors with a degree of falsehood and dishonesty amazing to contemplate. The Sen tinel and Its representatives were belied, and what is a matter of more serious im portance, the public officers who persisted in doing their duty were slandered and abused. To protect a few diahonest men the governor himself was subjected to the vilest misrepresentation. The only conso lation for having to go through such a fight is that it was succeslful, and every one will now acknowledge that no other result should have been tolerated by the people of the state. Ia the same way the recent movement to reduce municipal sala ries illustrates tbe Inevitable trouble which a paper may expect to encounter which ad vocates a relorm. The Journal and the News attributed to the Sentinel the meanes: motives, and defended the payment of such exorbitant fees ss $16,000 to a?ngle officers. The politicians to be affected by the measure, with some honor able exceptions, were busy behind their organs and for a while it looked as if a healthy retorm were in danger or defeat from corrnpt influences, but it was happily carried, and its opponents now do homage to success and praise the measure which they attempted to defeat. Even in matters which are not properly political in any sense. Buch as the stationery question and the con solid at ion of the boards of trustees of the benevolent institutions, the Sentinel ha had to face and overcome the same oppo eition. Behind this newspaper antagonism anu pernaps responsioie ior it, mere are various cliques in the community sure to be affected by the agitatiou of any publi question, and their silent but powerful in fluence is felt when a paper infringes upon the outside circle of any ring. After a Ions series of triumphs during the past twelve months, the Sentinel feels less hesi tation in speaking of the difficulties which business would be carried on to perfection. Agricultural societies should see this, farmers should wake up to it and dog shows' should be instituted with good premiums. They would be of vastly more use than poul try shows. The Importer of good and finely bred dogs is a public benefactor who should be encouraged. It i3 perhaps no cause for surprise that the CJucago Tribune should fling calumnies at the late National Temperance Convention in that city. That convention aimed to do a work for which tbe Tribune has no ardent Sympathie?, having some wholesome fears regardivg the effect of any temperance agi tation cn the success of its own party, "it is well, however, for a journal which lays Bome claim to dignity and fairness, to keep truth on its side even in criticising persons whom it dislikes. It says that "a resolution was offered providing that the workdone by the organizations of reformed drnnkards, known a3tbeReformCluXsof New England aDa Illinois, abundantlyjustifies the eddi- THOSB AFFIDAVITS. Tri ti iiiNJ:L STILL SUSTAINED rJii illKlli PüßLICATION. THK SENTINEL IS WELL SUSTAINED. IFrom the Columbus City Post. -uuuuju, oeuunei is wen scs f 1 1 - tA . . . . mIuugDDQi me state by the press in uomg up the alleged abuses in nnI?faaiaDd1?umb Asylam- Th9 Pr3 peCUllarlV th rmaxA . i . v..u.lu,MiU, nwoiTO; public attention rV"ias uoel M very lame and GRATITUDE TO THE SEXTESEL EXPRESSED. From the Cannelton Knnni.o The Indianapolis Sentinel ha by the superintendent of the Deaf and Dumb Asy.um, Thomas Mclntire, because that n. per published the charges preferred against bim by Mr. Fawkiser of criminal intimacy with the patients of the asylum. Now if it has come to this, that when such grieVoaa nra maue ana I? Lfhat thIs democratic state onght to cTthJUe iD llf demnck for office. Or. litter v, Dcei?s&d gentlemen has compiled a Iittl- tabular list, which shows how strongly 13 hia täte .in some of the best as follows Frasier, ci erty ui ciptnred and V I i r. r. mi.,. ,.mmUslon"ro' intern! rev ew. treasurer r I'niti fc, Htpaxy commissioner nf "7177 revenue Yn' ch!ef of alviion"7"7nWraal' revenue uwnii luwruu Premium on rjoid. f 16xo P.C. Shanks, flit rr h.. ü !!TT7"" MteiMr irn', ;, ""u expenses abandoned nrrc. on, secretary's olHee in rm venue... .! 20,OU) 4 JVII 2.000 S.500 2,"xW estimated per acnum. Total.-.. - 7,000 ....$o2,500 fiPfYimnaniAH by the affidavits of the victim thv ujusi De kept a I r 1 1 r II T na wnKtüs "-. B:uy iw ciipauj upiTtt- cyuianou vi eucna vuuin as he Is, If guilty, uve mine temperance cause, and that we Jren, ine people need some protection. If nearmy recommend the organization of f JVrti r uumo jriria from the Uiflerent se- has decreed that "all men are equal before lie in the path of a fair minded newspaper, 'the law," why are they not our equals be fore the law? "Why are they held and treated as outlaws by men who can assert only the title of usurpers ?" If some remnant of this race be not saved from destruction the utter wreck of it will be a disgrace to the American name. The hiitoryof the French settlements on this continent, and the story of Mexico and South America proves that the Indians may be preserved, and let it be the triumph of thin country to show that they may be pre served without the degeneracy of the white race. Ilaving been almost urlformly successful it sees no cause for dissatisfaction with its own career even laimre in a good cause would have been preferable to victory in a bad one. It appears that the labor lock in South Wales is about to end. As all such contests of hostile coercion must result, so this has terminated In favor of the employers. Tbe reason why sucn must be the outcome is this: The employer's capital is staked against the laborer's life. The former may be unwilling to lose his fortune, the latter can not do without subsistence. He can not starve nor see his family starve. It i3 always an unequal contest, though very powerful forces may be engaged on both sides. In the case of the English miners, the latest issue was not a strike of the laborers, but a lock out of the employers by a concerted and well organized combination to reduce wages. A slight concession was made by the employers, although the over tures for a settlement tirat proceeded from ihe workmen. The attempt was to reduce wages fifteen per cent., but a compromise was finally reached on a redaction of twelve and a half per cent., and tbe miners have gladly gone to work with the last vestige of insubordi nation subdued. Terrible has been the suf fering from this obstinate warfare, and now that it is ended, there is little prospect of another strike or lockout for a long time to come. It is to be hoped that this will prove the last disturbance of the kind. A like ter mination of the strike Id Pennsylvania is near at hand. Were it not for the ictiaaida tion exercised by the paid leaders and a crowd of their followers, the miners would resume work immediately. As it is, the event can not be long delayed. It ia barely possible that after these last two great les sons, injurious to both parties and also the business world, some better plan of adjust ing differences between employers and laborers will be devised and adopted. The resort to brute force has signally failed to vindicate the laborer. Although there is no political advantaje to be gained by insisting that justice be ac corded to the Indians, the recent open and infamous eutrsge which the administration attempted to intllct on the Sioux, has pro voked a great deal of indignant comment. Ttcxe aie plenty ot people in the country who have never thought of the fate of the Indians before, who have been staitled into a consciousness of all that they have suffered by the brutal and tbe illogical language in which the president a-id secretary Delano addressed the chiefs It is a pleasant thing for a paper which is doing honest work in the public interest to be so fairly and generously sustained as tbe Ssntinel has been by the state press in re gard to th) investigation ot tbe Deaf and Dumb institution, meir support more than counterbalances the mean and malig nant animosity of rival papers in the capi tal, (or the opposition of the Journal and the News is something which the Sentinel now calculates upon when undertaking any reform. Of course a CDnscientious journal like a conscientious man can go forward n the performance of its work against every sort of influence. It will neither be bullied, eoaxed nor bribed into the neglect of its duty. But the temptation to leave guilt unassailed ia very powerful, and often newspapers, aware of evils in public or private that should be redressed, shrink back from the work of reform, discouraged by tbe amount of opposition which they know they are to encounter If they undertake the task; and they are not to be severely blamed, when, after two or three bitter con teats, they adopt the policy of a judicious tolerance of the evils that exist in the com munity. They are not so easily forgiven, however, when they undertake to thwart others who are less studious of ease and self intere&t and enter upon a good fight,and the Sentinel, finding that,' in accordance with tha cut-throat system practised by the pa pers of this city, every movement which it makes is sure to be traversed by the Journal and the News, is more ready to appreciate the good opinion of the other papers of the state. It is willing to stand alone in a good cause, but it would mucn rather nave a coolly array oi comrades on either band. Perhapa no better illustrations could be given of the difficulties which an honest newspaper has to encounter, and the tnumphs which reward its perseverence, than those drawn from the experience of the Sentinel during the past year. If any thing in the conduct of a journal's friends require criticism, what an amount of cour age is required to take up the duty of censor! The clamor of - trea son and desertion is instantly raised, and the luckless critic while attacked by his usual party opponents in front is as sailed by those who ought to be his allies in the rear. Such a one fa for tbe time being completely girdled with foes, and it is not to be wondered at that so few papers possesi the independence necessary for assuming such a ' stand. The Sentinel looks back with something akin to a sense of the ludicrous at the tempest through which it passed last summer for an account of its repudiation of certain por tions of the democratic platform, and yet most of those who assailed its opinions then would probably be willing to accept them now, with the exception of extreme Infla tionists.even the Journal.which was once tbe fiercest advocate of controlling the finances of the country by government authority, has now settled down to more sensible views. But if the task of criticising friends is dangerous, the work of criticising oppon ents is disagreeable Tbe best intentions are misrepresented as partisan malignity, and the opposition, press rushes forward to tbe defense of the greatest of scoundrels as a mere matter of party discipline. Relorm in such a case becomes a mere political issue, and one side gets little credit for the good it undertakes, and the other acquires no bad repute from the evil which it defends. ' Among the contests of the past year in which the Sentinel has been engaged for the public good and had to overcome this purely partisan reoislance, the Southern fine Right here in this county of Marlon, at Traders' Point, according to a statement of the Indiana Farmer, about sixty sheep aud lambs, in one flock, owned by one mao. Mr, Thompson, were killed by vagabond Jogs, This is a very hoavy tax on one man, as w ell as a public loss of no trifling Importance If it were a solitary instance, or an extraor dinary event of the kind, comment on it would ba very different from what is de manded when it is known that such outrages are common. The above case is extraordi nary in the number of animali destroyed by a sinele raid, but similar dam azes are of frequent occurrence, so lrequent, iu fact, that the annual aggregate of logs from this cause toots up into the millions of dollars. Beside, the direct damage done by the killing of sheep, the indirect loss by preventing attempts to raise sheep is many times greater. Altogether, the subject is one deserving of more serious consideration than it has yet received, notwithstanding legislation on the subject iu nearly all the states. As the Sentinel endeavored to show some time since, the remedy proposed by the Farmer is useless. The Farmer says: "The tax on dogs should be so heavy to miRtiify the work done ami to borate the convent says "it recommitted this resolution, aud thn adjourned sine die wittout ever recoR- nlzins; jr., or calling forit3 consideration," bat devoted the remainder of the time to various absurd and wicked things, avid and among ethers to "a vigorous nd characteristic denunciation cf Ar.ra Dickinson." Now. one of two thin-ra M11 ha and is not ion becana it Pad.bet?-er dispense witb all our oharitahi institution, ior our part we desire toes- press our gratitude to the Sentinel for mak- uS mo sworn cnargea public TAX PAYERS 8nOCLD From the Tipton Advtnee.1 Dark suspicions have long rested upon the management of the Indiana Deaf and Dumb .mi, iuoiouan enunei. wparv of FROM GRAVE TO GAY. GRAVESTONES AT AUCTION. THK SELLIN OP A CALVARY PKMFTrDv w . BLK YARD A SALESMAN'S PURELY BCSINFS VIEW OF MORTUARY SCCLPTUKE-WIXDINfl CP THE MUNDANE AFFAIRS OF A DEAT HSADSTOSE MtEKK. "From grave to gay, from llvelv to se vere, was never better iMntr..i i,. types than in tbe sut.ioinA.i . LIT? eora tombstone manufactory, from the ew York 8un: The twentv-fi men and six women who githered in Mor ton & Clancy's marble yard, at tbe north vases, r a iv I Amnf an seated themAf; iXJLl'" .Vr'?a . " " juiusioaes ana is certain, either the Trikine wrote thus calmly pleading for an invebtigitioc, re confidently in utter ignorance ol the facts, cently published a brace of affidavits from or else it lied. Such a resolution was offered, female nnte of the institution, which and there was in the convention no single criminate Superintendent Mclntira and a voice or condemnation of the work done at """"cner namea valentine of lewd and tbeee club3. There was a male teacher named n . i . . dltV - I J v. u A. u 1 o 19 UUI.U10SC h TftTl P" - - .....v'. -j vmiDU i au BE OKATEFUL TO THE and impatiently awaited the arrival of an urm. bieh b done Hit I - a - " lime, WM u ivc-u inv months a-jo bv tbe death nrnnortv u . '"Ji '"o t v.. . . wiuk B'.i;i I) V nrt nn c ciai workmen were still sfVo"eUJidiDg- ne rddy-faced youne- HnÄ hZ- F . DO cniseiied on tbe line "bacred to th mnrn K.fn whistled, oh IU1J mmenl to ymphii with his . : " irrew protane ier the resolution was sent to a committee raised for that purpose, and with in an hour reoffered to the convention and adopted without a dissenting vcte. There is a sentiment among temperance peo ple that it is a kind oi hopeless task nror round taTSM.nnmh..ln. . v. ... , , , - j iwuw wit n tuaiK: ana ai.er tn i I - w.vv. uu I . c - - . . . uiuuu TT LOU OS ui"u,uu wui. vuv uame wmcn mese organ- wer in a rouna sum ior lihei, but it la pass- vuivcu uu too mucn or the wing ol a stone iauuus buuuiu uear, ana to settle tnat mat- mat me paper snould receive I proprietor basied himlf in.MNr man rrnrirmfA . i z . . . x rY.ii nn t r- a . . - uou Li.lHUUO IUI lO Ln TVArTV 1. . i . .. " c - pie and iax-payers ti the commonwealth. facts that tr tnem nn nsfltr utnnr. t f J wavuiL V J uope, in common w e expect with a maioritv vT. xcaucic, iuat me gentlemen through a risid lnvesti?at on wil snwpfid in establishing their innocence; but even if " Kuui-y, aa cnargea according to the frtherinr hcA waited an hour in the scorching sun, the jolly auctioneer mounted a tombstone. Tb terras, he said, wer tn -X?. "V f . e . , " AJ b UMlUa LflM remainder on approved nnta at all eoods to be fore" tne 1st of An,; P ".V - I A 1 . - ' O w - 43 a to De ioreverre;ormmg men whom the liquor U BUUJf) nu newspapers, too, toe Ti, , WJ,"'WU,'S nanor ornament: business has in their opinion unmanned m?ln of 8fcrecy should have been let fall, the auctioneer asked. "When you debauched, and ruined, but it i a wnrt nJ l?? u?"- cremate tour hother-in.law f - - a&aa V ay a a aa h a. aa aa u viitm s iihmii ann t c. a to t- t- a i which every advocate of temperance is more than willing to engage in. Their most direct opponent never deny them that vir tue. So much for the Tribune's critichm this point. Anna Dickinson was intro duced to the convection, and listened to with not only respectful, but enthusiastic attention. Demonstrations of applause were frtqui-nt and often long continued,and. although some in the convention did not ap prove all that she said, some of them put ting prayer higher in the scale of agencies and the ballot lower than Miss Dickinson did, yet to say that the convention denounced her, is as bald a misstatement as any news paper was ever guilty of. The Tribune says thi3 convention from first to last howled. begged, implored and demanded politics as the panacea lor intemperauce." This sounds rather strange beside tbe fact that, after a long and earnest debate, the conven tion almost unanimously it is renortpd that there was but one dissenting vote resolved against the formation of a politico-temperance party, and the few mou wuu weni mere wnn axes of that sort to grind, went home with their axes duller than ever. This is not written with an idea, of converting auv prim mat goes ahead and tears thn mask from corruption fulfills the mission oi journalism and dees societv a service. JUSTIFIK8 THE ACTION OF THE SEXTTXEI.. IFrom the Eloomfleld Democrat. you want a stone behind the hall door to remember her by; and there's just the slab you want. Number 51 that nlaln whlt slab how much am I offered?" TT The Fawkner, Mclntire, Valentine, Sen- offed f7; and in a minute or two, after re- that only responsible owners could pay the Tribune from its conviction ot the po ' it and only valuable animals be allowed to can be reached by excessive taxation. The irresponsible owners of worthless cum are such as would fail to pay even moderate tax. Suppose a heavy tax be assessed and the poor man who owns several villainous dogs fails to pay his tax. What is to be done?. He goes upon the delinquent list and stays there, being proof against all legal remedies. The best suggestion on this point was lately published in the Farmers' Home Journal of Lexington, Ky., which was that a moder ately heavy tax be assessea, and that tne penalty of non-payment be the death of the dog. The principal difficulty in tbe way of such a statute, granting that it should be held constitutional, would be its execution. It would require not only a pubic tax collector but also a public deg killer. As the Sentinel contended in a for mer article, there is but one way which promises relief, and that is rather slow. An effort must be made io improve tbe race of dogs. There was lately held in Scotland a dog exhibi tion, not a new thing in Europe by any means, in which the greatest interest was taken. A couple of weeks since the first page of Moore's Rural was adorned with portraits of priza takers at that .show. Agricultural fairs could do as valuable a service to tbe country by encouraging well-bred dojrs as well-bred horses, cattle, sheep, and bogs. The deg is a domestic animal so naturally and prop erly esteemed by mankind, that extermina tion is simply impossible If It were ad visable to work in that direction. But when the noble qualities ot this most intelligent of all dumb animals is consid ered, it is aa unreascnatle to make war upon the race because low bred curs kill sheep sometimes, as it would be to desire the ex termination of mankind because some bar barians are cannibals. No, the true idea, and one that is worthy the most earnest attention of all, is to improve the dog race. It ia a mcst noble field of exertion oi far more practical value than tbe development of speed in horses. The direct effect would be to save millions of money to sheep Lus- bandry, while the real value of fine bred doS becomes as remarkable as that of aris tocratic short horns which some times represent a fortune in a single individual. Legislation Is needed. All that cau be done by vigorous taxation and by restraininghe propagation of vile cure should be done. Public welfare de mands it. But a better thing is the Im provement of tbe animal. Onco the furor is raised in that direction and dogs become fashionable, the litical dangers of a temperance alliance, but in answer to its travesty upon the doings oi a convention which was not certainly above criticism in all respects, but which was conspicuous for doing just exactly the oppo site of what this paper charges against it. A mild-mannered Missourian named Uez ekiah Inman attained the age of 73 years last week, and might have become a cente narian had he not accused his nephew of hav ing abducted a neighbor's chicken. With out waiting to see whether prayer would drive the grasshoppers out ol his native state, he took to his bed with a broken nose and a mangled anatomy generally, and be fore set of sun he had passed hurriedly be yond the border. PERSONAL. Sypher Isn't worth 0. Butler thinks a S25.000feeto small to di vide. Miss Rucker was absorbed in Phil. Sher idan yesterday. We wish them many little banditti. St. Louis Times. Gustave Dore is said to look thin and over worked, having been verv hard at his labor of late. He is meditating new and grand enterprises. J. E. -Owens, the comedian, has pur chased the Academy of Music, in Charles ton, South Carolina, and it will be conducted in future under his auspces. Any attempt on the part of George W. Chiids to decline the honor of being tbe poet laureate of America should be firmly met and defeated by the public press. Just at this particular season it is far bet ter to be a door keeper in Dan Rice's circus than to be a manufacturer o! crooked whisky wun an income oi ?o,wu per month. Mayor Barnum, of Bridgeport, whose tem perance proclivities are well known, has be- f;un his administration in that place by tak ng active measures to enforce the Sunday liquor law. Mr. James Lick, of San Francisco, has so far recovered his health as to be able to take occasional rides about the city. He swears witb something of tbe old fluency wbencoc- lempiaung ms doctors diu. Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner, the Boston artist, now in Paris, has clear-cut, strong features, lit up by a pleasing smile of intelligence, and wears her dark brown hair short. She Is said to resemble Anna Dickinson. Joaquin Miller has been in Philadelphia for several days incognito. He stopped at a quiet hotel, and outside of a few personal friends his presence in th9 city was entirely unknown. With the exception of a visit to his brother poet.Walt WhitrnaD. in Camden, and a few private calls, his time waj entirely aevotea to driving around the city and visiting: park and centennial grounds. Mr. Miller is here as the represen-1 . . . . . . . . . . ii-itb oi a uonaon lournai w write ud Jt'mia- jeipnia ana ine centennial, bnt so dark did he keep himself that not even the officers of tbe exhibition knew be was In the city.. jrmiauojputu. ximes. unei case, has caused some excitement. In the name of common decency, the in terests of the state and society, the well be ing of the public interests, and that of the inmates of the asylum, all demand an inves tigation, and that immediatelv. This way of trying to play the injured inno cence dodge, to put off, retard, de lay, and shrink, seemingly from, rather than to court an investigation under the circumstances seems strange. Bringing suit against the Sentinel Company for ?50,000 damages has nothing whatever to do with the case, and does not affect the superin tendent's guilt or innocence in the least. We ininK sentinel In publishing those affi davits would have done wtll to have dropped out at least one-half; yet we mstiiy the actions of the Sentiuel in giving pub licity to the charges, as . a matter of so vast importance to the public weal should not be smothered, nor whitewashed over and kept from the public. An aper ture where smoke issues therefrom, upon tiauiiusiwD, ure is aiwavs found to be the cause. The charges mav be found to ha in correct, and, if incorrect, the greater reason an investigation should be had, and that speedily, and if Mr. Mclntire and Mr. Val entine are innocent they should be restored at once to public iavor; if euilty to the cnarges aa published, should be punished. not only to the full extent of the law, but intir punishment should be increased in proportion to the hcicousnessand brutality ui tue crime. THE JOURNAL'S IXCONSISTKNCY. fFrom the Peru.Sentinel.l The Indianapolis Settinel published the affidavits of a man and one or two irirls. jfciuK Beverai ou cent bids, he snlrf th stone to Mr. Murphy far $11. "Who's the next man that hasn't got his life Insured!" the auctioneer continued, as he stepped to the next headstone, a mnrh lar- thicker one than the firf n- ?X i 6 want something in our line w-vioj. a uese stones are warranted nnt tn k U 1 ' . . v uw iuBiiem nor run down at the toe. ÜJ" aid,wide a11 WOQl' doubl thick won't shrink or farf w, ..,: iir. iiuuen Doueht the RtnnA fn tie "Now, here's a stone tht any man might be proud to be buried nn.i t- pleasure to die when you can have a slab like this over vou rubs nnt half fha l... - . , -. "u" . auu onagm tne rnlf to tb other world. Pdbe willing to die mvself ir 1 could afford such a stone as this. Bat I never can if you don't bid up. How much for this stone, eentlemen, with a statue of Jay trould and two angels in the middle, and a wreath of flowers on top. No, sir; no five i? Lf'blw f,Vys stone' How mcb? Bid high!" Mr. McNamara bid as high as $17 and chalked bis nameon the stone, "nere's another of this beautiful set," said the auc tioneer. " What can remind ua of tbe next world more than a row nf tnmhitnn. i , i. this? And a six dollar bid for that band some slab. Look at that border; look at those flowers on the corners. You'd feet ashamed all your lile to have a friend buried UNDER A SIX DOLLAR TOMBSTONE. Now bid up." The stoce was bought by Mr. Murphy for ?H. A small, plain white marble slab, square on the corners, with n base, was started at $3 and bouzht bv Mr Murphy for f5. A thick oval stone. Drettilv chiselled, standing about six feet hirh . 'I nlfrrnTTf 1 1 . - cnarging Mr. Mclntire with the seduction of ""u"- - or naw, was sold for ?10. A very thick stone, about seven feet hi, unfortunate young girls placed under his charge as superintendent of the hospital for deaf and dumb pupils. The charges are monstrous and revolting, and for the sake or omcial decency, no less than com mon humanity, we hope that Dr. Mclntire may be exoner ated and vindicated by the investigation which is promised. The Journal, strancelv and inconsistently, calls for a suspension of puoiic opinion ana implores mat the good Superintendent Mclntire, who has led an exemplary life before the world, shall not be condemned until his fall defense is beard; it declares that the purs life of the accused should count for something against ine unsupported amdavlts of his ac cusers; it berates and abuses the Sentinel for publishing tbe charges, so monstrous, against so good man. And really no paper with self-respect would pollute its columns with such obscenity. Can it be tbe Indian apolis Journal that is sufficiently candid ana unprejudiced to talk or dealinz henor ably and justly with a good man accused of crime? Is it tbe same paper that has so ner Bistently rendered aid and comfort to Tiiton and Mouiton in their infamous efforts to impeach the fair name and blacken the repu ine journal aispoaea to say mat the previous good name of Beecber should count for nothing in nia favor? When did the Jour nal ask for a suspension of public opinion in his case? When has it failed to malign him, to seek to create prejudice against him, to comment unfairly on the testimony and attempt to make his defense and method of it appear, ridiculous? Can any reader of the Journal remember an editorial para graph in its columns, commenting on tbe Beecher case, that was not partial, unfair or contemptible? It is in place to remind that very medern apostle of justice and fair play, and defender of a good name, that the testimony against Mclntire is much more specific, credible and convincing than the testimony against Beecher; and yet it does well to ask a suspension of the popular verdict until the defense Is heard. Has the Journal secured the services of a new edi tor, or has the scandal editor concluded to be decent? .tH and three wide, with fancy scroll work on ton and a border of flowers, was started at 810 agd knocked off to Mr. Mn rnhv fnr 1J "Clerk, put down Mr. lnrny.m - aain," eaid the auctioneer. n' .11 -ru. I've heard the name before. Th Pra'a hum a a frightful mortality among the Murphys lately, or else going to start a grave yard. Any wai . s a right everv man has to own Just aWmany tombstones as he wants, and if he has the uramra t t them he shall have tbem." Mr. Clancy explained that Mr. Mur phy was a neighboring ma-Ma- cutter, and the auctioneer went on to num ber 39, an extra thick headstnnp. with image of the Saviour in the center, and an angel kneeling on each side. "How much now, ior mis stone, statuary and all? mi quick. It's not every day vou have a chanc to see an ancsl. You .ce von rfnn't ha (A go to the Saviour now a-days; if you have the stamps you can maka Him come to you. How much lor tbe ttone? .nv grave would seem like home with such a stone. It would mov. ouüitruiaa weep wnn jov to look at It. Give us a bid." Somebody bid 510, but Mr. Gac ney settled it bv offerinj? mor n.i than Mr. Murphy bonpbt a ntain nrfilta clot. . V' wü,ck whit stone, with a heavy double base, surmounted hv & ay.mii started ot S20. Mr. CI partner, ran it un to ün an it to mm; another, with graceful overlapping fold, aud a double marble base. at f 25, and was bought by Mr. Murphy for irORTOX'S MISSION THE rTIOEST OF INDIANA INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICE SEEKERS. Gideon, the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Times, telegraphs yesterday's issue or that paper as follows: One of the reasons for Mo rton'a visit here is to secure some new appointments for some of bis Indiana friends. The inter nal revenue bureau will need some twenty new special agents, until this whisky excitement is over. Pratt has given Morton early information of this, and he has come on at once, to see that Indiana gets everything. His presence will bring a I large crowd of politicians here, who begin A VERT HIGH HEAD OF STONE. with a scroll extending th nMrA umk . and a wreath of flowers, was sold to Mrl f Murphy for 20. "There'- that Murphy again," said the auctioneer. "One more death in the Murphy family. Put it down. f .:. MarPnT-. are any of your friends sick?" Mr. Murphy applied in the affirma tive by buying the next, a plain white slab, for $15. "Now we're out 0 th heart. stones," said the auctioneer,Mand we'll tackle the monuments. There's some pleasure in selling monuments. Any man could sell m neadatone; but monuments are different There's a little beauty. Eight feet high, a foot square at the pedestal, tapering toward, the top; heavy carved base, beveled edgea and a heavy cap,' so tbe catalogue sava. How much am I offered? Just right fee a good boy who was killed at a Sunday school plcaic so innocent and whi Give us a bid. Mr. Murphy bid $5, but Mr.S' Wade bought the slone, one of the prettiest antf plainest la theyard, for ?15. A headstona 1 eight leet nigh, with a double basa, and a large cross, undr which were the letters "L II. S.,"was started at tlO. "What tin fl euch a stone as that!" RAid tViA traa. "You can see that stone was made to order It was made for Mr. Isaac If. Kmith it u. bis Initials on It. There's no sham about that stone. It's solid all tha wv t Mr. Murray bought Mr. Smith's solid stone.