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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY, JULY 22 18751 THURSDAY, JULY .22. In the letter of n. V. Redfield, of the Cinc'nnati Commercial, published In Sun- dav's Sentinel, describing General Preston, whose recent oration baa created such an excitement throughout the south, Washing ton and Lee University, at Lexington, is mentioned as the place where the speech wes delivered. This is an error. The ad dress was given at the University of Vir ginia at Chariotteville. The London board of trade has reported that the loss of the Schiller was due to the dfltprminatlnn of tb.3 C3Dtain to take the chances and push on through the fog which came upon the vessel at about one hundred and fifty-two miles from the Scilly Islands. The board does not censure Capt.Thomas par ticularly,- remarking that he acted prcdsely as other captains are accustomed to do, and that be was slmp'y more unfortuuate and riAt mora careless than other members or the profession, lie failed to heave thelead as he is required by bis instructions tr dn in thick weather, lie failed to lie-te nntll tha foe? lifted. But others are taking the same risks daily, and the board declares that the habit nrevails amonsr steamship captains of "sacrificing everything to speed." The press generally acknowledges the justice of this declaration, and traces the responsibility back to the travellog public, asserting that the captains only act to please the people. There is little use, however, in criticising modern haste. Speed is an ele ment in the life of the century wnich must t 1.A atvoincf all rtthur rnn'linnril. I tinnc whAn news iroes with the alacritv of liebt It Is natural that inn uhnnld desire to Dress close noon their thoughts. The complaint of the trav- Hr." ri.!lic- is never of the risk entailed", but lv nl delavs incurred. Water travel is abau Joned in all cases where it is possible to avoid it. and only the fastest railroad trains ate patronized for lone iourreys. And finally, men have begun to complain of the almcrom rif th lihtninf? fixnre-H.find Brum- I ble about the desire of the railroad men to I save their material by easy going. It i plain I that the demand for more speed is r uehing j the present means of transportation beyord thevigeof safety. It is time for a new I motor. Let Keeley hurry up with patents. mmmm those On the inside of this morning's paper will ba found the poem delivered by James Rus sell Lowell under the great elm at Cam . bridge on the hundredth anniversary of Washington's taking command of the American army, July 3.1,1775. The Sentinel has heretofore criticised Bomewhat bitterly the centennial poetry of our great singers, pronouncing it altogether unworthy I nf t.h occasion, bnt it must be acknowl-1 edged that this tribute to Washington is a sustained and magnificent burst of poetry, such as has rareiy been sur passed in any age or tongue. Those familiar with the man, have always held that Lowell possessed the greatest genius of any American of our time; but his work Las ever been conspicuous for graceful i 1" ? ry Lua ana au exqusuo sensibility, merely icstoad of exhibiting it. suggesting There was powfr l a sort oi' lizv ease about him that had been so ofton exhibited that people begu to doubt whether he was capable ot strong effort. The last occasion seems to bave touched the soul of the poet with fire, and for once his lull strong manhood woke to enthusiastic ac- ti on. iTho result is a country to be proud of. poem lor the It thrill with I patriotic sentiment, is informed through and throuz,hwKh a vivid knowledge ol revolutionary times, and contains euch a subtle, wise and masterly analysis rf Washington's character as ha3 never hereto fore been achieved in proseor verse. Withal, Lowell's requisite literary workmanship marks the great ode, making It a wonder in propriety of expression and beauty cf rythm. It is pure and massive cold, rend ered more valuable by its artistic chasing. The poem closes grandly in an apost rophe to Virginia, declaring the re newal of the old love in the old memories awakened. The finl strain is the embodiment of the spirit ot the Banker Hill celebration, and will carry the nobis I sentiment ofthat occasion far and wide 1 through tt e land. The only definite charge which the Jour nal has brought against Gov. Hendricks Is that he was influential In securing from President Lincoln the pardon of Charles W. Hall and Lis subsequent 'appointment to a place in the New York custom house. The r ase of Hall fa not a very good matter for Senator Morton's friends to stir up, He wa a government contrac tor who w as tried at Cincinnati by court martial for cheating in supplying horsee and mules for the army, and was found guilty, as coutt-martialed oflenders generally are. and sentenced to a fine ol f 10,000 and im prisonment for air months. Gov. Hen dncks w:u counsel for Hall, and, after de fending h.m to the best of hi ability, pre rented his case to Mr. Lincoln, who granted him pardon. lhia is, certainly, a very smfU matter to make the chief point in an attack on a public career like that of Governor Hendricks, but It is prob-1 ably the worst thing that his enemies can discover, in his long record. To censure him Involves, as a matter of course, the cen-1 sure of the man who granted the pardon. and in this charge Lincoln musi share the blame with Hendricks. The curious feature of the case, however, is that Senator Mor - ton, who was then governor of this state, did not exert himself to prevent Hail'a pardon, Father he did not desire the punishment of that individual, or el9 lis was s j much J i--trus'ed by President Lincoln that the word jof an opposition senator weighed ?gait.st bla wh. Ills frioids may accept either Lora of this dilemma; the Sentinel, however, is clearly of opinion that if Morton wished to oppose th a pardon he could have prevented it The truth is that he probably tecrelly as- ict'.rf !r vbtpipfcg Tlflll's relse, kftpinjj udiciously out of sight in the transaction. It has been openly asserted that the price of I his acquiescence was a pair of fine horses, and be was seen afterward driv ing about with a team that had previorsly been Hall's carriage horses. Governor Hendricks simply did bis duty as Hall's lawyer; now let the Journal explain Mr. Morton's connection with the affair. A few more such reminiscences would settle the fate of its master. Among business men there ia an intense interest centered upon the few weoks im mediately ensuing which will determine the outcome of the year's production. The past week has certainly modified the pros pect very much from what it was one week ago. Admitting that the aggregate crops will yet be abundant, it must be also con ceded that the storms ot the last six days have caused the destruction of many thous and. probably some millions bushels ot grain All the lower aunties of the state have been flooded as was scarcely ever known before. The water courses have overleaped their boundaries and deluged the lands prolific with the wealth of the husbandman. The harvested wheat has floated away upon the drivingjeurrents; to bäcco plantations are torn to pieces, and the corn is raid low, so that a great amount ot it is ruined. It would require columns to re- cite in detail the marvellous work or the waters as it comes reported by the press, of I the counties along the Ohio river. On Fri day morning at 3 o'clock, a Btorm almost un paralleled In its destructive work, I visited the northwest counties, doing very great damsge to crops which the day before offered a promise of lemarKauio JfUlUUlueas. i, luuui Boswell, a great land owner and very old I 99 aa .4 a Vita in Arm resioent oi avuwu wuuvy, Koio,uuä ment on yesteraay mat in uis county I . . - m 1 9 I 1 4. 1 a.a. -M. yeia oi corn naa oeen reauwu uy Bwrm at least five bushels per acre, ana oats ten bushels per acre. On the Wea prairie, one of the most prolific regions oi i ippecanoe county, many of the crops are completely ruined, the corn is prostrate on me kfouuu, and a large reduction of the yield must be the result. Across the state line in Illinois similar reports - SV A 1 t are made, so that tnese enecis are not locai and limited, but assume something of a gen- eral character. This on the eve of harvest an(j wnen a very fair crop of wheat seemed assured and the corn prospect was unsur- passed, in a single week millions of dollars have been destroyed. It can not be other wise than that this loss will be felt la the . a 1 f ld..An Aa-a A summing up oi ousiness inuuouius uu upon the markets very soon. As a matter - . of fact, wheat in Chicago has aavancen within the past three days from ?1 06 and ?l 08 to $1 12, and the probability is that the coming week will see it 6till higher, es pecially it the terrific thunder storms and tnrront of water continue for ti-e next few days. In the larger portion or this state the wheat harvest will be at its height this week, and heavy rains will be a great incon venience, as well as thecaueof immense rs. These statements are not maae to ex cite tbe market, but as matters of fact of great importance, changing the aspects of trade considerably from what they were one week ago. During the week past the pro- vision market has been mostly quiet, but the close vesterdav left a better leeiing, witn indications ot more activity and better prices, Among merchants there will not bo occasion for much comment for a few we?ks, though the general expecta tion at trade centers is for an early opening this fali. There la nothing in a practical way to be said of money, aa that important subject has been turned over ror me time to theorists and politicians. Money is plenty if one has the consideration which will com mand it. The Wabash and Erie fnlt. A dispatch from Chicago announces that Judges Drummond and Uavis.or me uniieu States Circuit Court, decided on Saturday that the Wabash and Erie canal should be sold and the proceeds of the sale be dis tributed to satisfy the claims of the stock holders under the settlement of 1846 and 1847. The suit was brought by John K. Gapen.of New York, representing the stock holders, against the trustees of the canal. The main points at issue will be best un- deretood by a brief statement in regard to the compromise by which Indiana disposed of her; internal improvement aeoi some thirty years ago, after the breaking down ol the whole system. The creation of the debt began by the act of January 9tb, 1S32, au thorizing the issuing of internal Improve ment bonds to the amount ot 1200,000 for the construction of the Wabash and Erie Cananl, extending from Toledo, Ohio, to Evansyille and con necting, as it was fondly dreamed, the great lakes with the Mississippi and the gulf. A new issue of $400,000 was made in 1S34, and a further loan ot $227,000 was made in 1S33. But in 1836 the state strack into specu lation more boldly and created a debt of 110,000,000 for the construction ot various public works, such aa the WhiteWater Canal, the Central Canal, the extension of the Wabash & Erie Canal, the Madison & Lafayette Railroad, and other such enterprises. For the payment of the principal and interest of all the bond. I issued, save those of 1SC5, the improve I ments themselves, with all the lands, water powers and privileges appertaining to them, las well at, tolls and rents accruing from I them, were pledged. The state guaranteed the sufficiency of tteae pledges I to meet the debt created. For the bonds of 1 1835 the faith of the state was pledged di I rctly and those bonds were fairly and 1 honestly redeemed. The financial crisis of 1839 and '40 found the internal improvements unfinished and unproductive, and after 1311 the interest on the bonds ceased tobe paid. In 1346 the principal and accrued In terest of the debt amounted to over $13,000,000, and the foreign creditors of the state, through their agent, Charles Butler, proposed and finally arranged a compromise, of which the act of 1S45 and the supplimental act of 1847, known as the Butler bill, were the reult. In accordance with the terms of the compromise the holders of the Internal !m provement bonds, on which the state was a guarsntor.were to surrender their bonds and accept In lieu of them two forms ofsecurity, For one-half the overdue interest and one- half the principal, state bonds were isauec bearing Interest in five percent, on the prln cipal and two and a half per cent, on the accrued Interest. For the other half of the state debt the Wabash and Erie Canal was pledged to the creditors, the state by patent delivering it over, iu trust, for their benefit Under this compromise all the internal improvement bonds were surrendered except 191 one thousand dollar bonds, the redemption of which was provided for by the special session of the legislature of 1872, and has since been carried out. That part of the compromised debt secured by the state bonds has likewise been fully paid off, but the portion secured by the pledge ot the Wabash and Erie Canal, amounting originally to $5,000,000 principal and 52,500,000 accrued interest has proved but a bad investment, as the tolls and reven ues of the canal are altogether inadequate to pay interest on such a sum, much less fum isb a surplus out of which to clear oft the principal of the debt and allow the work to relapse into the possession " of the state. Naturally enough, therefore, the holders of canal stock have grown tired of waiting to realize on their capital, and aware that the property pledged for their security is growing less valuable from day to day, they brought this action of forclosure which has just been decided in their favor. There could be no dispute as to the facts in the case, and the suit turned on a question of law touching the proper method of termin ating the trust. The main question connected with the decision is, of course, Its effect on the liability of the state. It would seem, however, that when the stockholders have exhausted their remedy against the canal their right9 cease, aud it was on the plea of preserving the settlement of 1846 and 1847 intact, that the advocates of the pay ment ot the unsurrendered bonds held by Garrett and others acted in the special ses sion of 1S72. They argued that the canal was devoted altogether to secure the sur rendered bonds, and that the settlement under the Butler bill could only be defeated by allowing it to be sold under a foreclosure ol the lien cre ated In he original bonds is sued and remaining unsurrendered. The recent constitutional amendment, however, seems to set this question at rest, as It pro vides that the stock certificates issued in ac cordance with the acts of 1846 and 1S47, and for which the proceeds of canal lands and the tolls and revenues of the canal were pledged shall be payable from those sources alone and shall never be redeemed by the stats. Private Normal School. 'There is a branch of education in the state of Indiana which is deserving a word of mention, although it is in part of a pri vate character, and for this reason is not counted in, as one may eay, with the educational forces of the ttate. Yet it has a direct bearing on the efficiency of public schools, and is of no trifling value as an auxiliary to the rork of the state. Reference is made to wha: are ermed Normal Schools, the prin- ipal design of which is to rail and qualify teachers for their special work. These school terms are rom four to six weeks in duration, and this is the season when they are in full blast, taking advantage of the long summer vaca tions of the public schools. MemoranCal have not been kept to state just how many of these normal Bchools are now in operation in the various counties, but the number is quite large. They differ from the ordinary county teachers' institute in several respects. While they deal with the same material, that is the common school teachers, or those intending to become such, they are longer in duration, they go over a wider field cf study and more In detail, and they are private enter- prisec, supported by tuition. Two motives conspire to create these private schools, both of which tend strongly to make them highly efltclive. First, the teachers, or pro prietors of these normal schools are persons oi some eminence and superior qualifications in the science and art of teaching, who desire by extra labor to turn the summer months to some account pecuniarily. Sometimes one or two and sometimes a larger number of professionals in normal work unite to carry on a four or Six week's session at a favorable point, In most cases aided and encouraged by the county superintendent of schools. This is the first side, or motive, to make a little money. But in order to do this, the schools must be good, for, depending alone on their merits and popularity, and assuming to teach the teachers, many ot whom have no mean opinion of themselves, none but really able leaders and well conducted schools can win success. On the other hand, the desire and zeal of our teachers, their enthusiasm in the profession are so strong and overmas tering that they eagerly consent to waive the pleasures ot a vacation spent in leisure and recreation, and, still further, they pay their money to secure the advantages, of good instruction and mutual consultation. It is creditable to the teachers, creditable to the . state and hopelul for public schools that there is sufficient ambition to become good teachers to support these nr.rmal schools. The benefit primarily to the teachers aüd reflectively to the public is very great. The teachers are sharpened in their scholarship, sharpened iu habits of thought, corrected in theories, kindled with professional pride and tempered up like steel blades for their work among the children and young people. Many of the schools secure the services of the best lecturers on theory and practica in the country, the methods of good teaching are pnt into practical operation, reg ular and hard study is exacted,, and to crown all, the members have a good , time together, lay the foundations of delightful fri-andships and memories, and t nee in "a while a musty pedagogue and crusty school marra soften under the sunshine of love and really get married. This last fa but an incidental advantage, etili it Can not no be presumed that some benefit will not thereby accrue to the schools. When it is considered that some of the normal schools number more than 100, even 200 hundred, it will re seen that no trifling work is done. No other schools be gin with these in earnest work, in concen tration of force and real effectiveness. Mere is accomplished for some minds in a month than would be in the ordinary schools in half a year. It is a highly valuable feature cf the educational work of Indiana, but is apt to pass without due mention, because there is a private in terest involved, and the matter is regarded in a personal and business light. '' Bat as all tbo fruits are borne directly to the great treasury ot the public education, it la rieht both to claim and give credit. As before stated, from Ligrange county in tfte extreme north to Harrison iu the south, all the way and on both sides ot the state, these schools are now in prosperous operation, as the local press gives information. The newspapers are devoting a great dftal of attention to the discussion of Charles O'Conor's attack upon the Court of Appeals, of the State of New York. The great advocate is so bitter in his prosecution of Tweed that be has no patience with those who stand in the wav of that rascal's punishment, even when the interfering party is the court ot last re tort in the state, speaking authoratatively on the law of the case. The gist of Mr. O'Conor's complaint is that the judges find a flaw in every method of procedure adopted to bring Tweed to justice, and the inference is that they are the tools of the ring which was still n power when they were elected. The at tack was called fort h by a letter from Judge Davis, who sentenced Tweed, asking O'Con or's opinion on his conduqt and the legality of the sentence. Such a course of action, by an . inferior judge, in the face of a decision ot a superior court, is highly indecorous, and can only be described as strictly in keeping with Davis's usual conduct. It was his business to receive and maintain the d cree of the Court of Appeals, not to call it in ques tion. The great advocate's reply, though not technically so blameworthy, is also deserving of severe censure. He fa generally acknowledged to be the leader of the Ameri can bar, and has by his purity and probity acquired a wonderful influence in the community wbera he live?. It is customary to look upon everything he says as the conviction of tt powerful independent mind, careless alike of fear or favor, and his impeachment of the honesty of the Court of Appeals must either destroy t'ae general respect for his impartial integrity or weaken the authority of the highest tribunal in the täte.. A lawyer grown gray in the courts should cer tainly be very slow to throw contempt upon the law and its ministers, and the degrada tion of the present New York Court of Appeals would be a misfortune to the whole country. The decisions of that body are not only regarded with absolute confidence In the Empire State, but are quoted with approval all through the Union. Probably no other body of men iu the country deals with so many important interests affecting the rights oi persons and property. Even if the court were wrong in a single instance, it would become such men as O'Conor to bow to its dictation, and teach the public that submis sion to authority which is the most difficult lenson to learn in a republic Throwing contempt on the decision in the Tweed case can only be excused on the ground that Judge Davis and bis abettors are aware of venality in the court. This is out cf the question in a body composed of such men as Church, Grover and Allen. Indeed, bribery would hardly be possible in the case of Grover, who, though perhaps the ablest jurist in the state, is of such simple tastes and habits that be considered a thou sand dollars a year au ample salary to live on and declare! himself embarrassed with the surplus.. Above all, the plain fact stands out,in regard to Tweed's sentence.that Davis was wrong, and that the precedent he estab lished was an extremely dangerous one. The Washington Chronicle is unhappy at the prospect of a reconciliation between the North and the South, recognizing the fact that the occupation of a certain class of statesmen will bo gone if the animosities of the war are forgotten or forgiven. The centennial celebrations, as contributing to such a reconciliation, are especially dis gusting to Brother Harlan's paper, and it discourses upon, the theme as follows: There Is a two-fold purpose in the aush now being discharged upon this subject. Through It, the Southern leaders hope to regain power, and to recover in trat way what iney iftiiea to secure by tne swora. mroagn it, donnern dough-faces expect to gain frod'. Hence we find thelendlng riw YorK aemocratic papers, tne Herald, World and Tribune, fail of gush, and readr to '"shake bauds acro&s tne bloody chasm" with every fellow from the South who makes the offer. Both parties, a we said before, nave ulterior purposes in view, une is oiaaing ior iraue, tho other for power, and New York city has always been ready to barter the one for the other. The persons whose sentiments the Chron icle expresses seem entirely forgetlul of the fact that men of tho North and South are citizens of a common country, and that it is perfectly natural and proper for them to love rather than bate each ether. It Is good for the people of a great nation to be streng in mutual good will, rather than rent asunder by jealously and hatred. The Union was noi worth preserv ing If it Is not to be a union of free men,knit together by common aspirations and com mon interests. Everything that tends to ce ment this union, from the mo&t delicate and refined revolutionary memory to the gross est material interest in the shape of a corn or cotton market, is equally to be nraised as co-operating to a great end the unifying of a people threat enad with disintegration. The gush wnich te Chronicle dislikes so much is doing; eood work, and it will continue throughout the next year, even if some Intensely loyal people are discomforted by it. The beet and bravest men of the country have gone into the gushing business in a way that shows tha. tho Amer ican character 13 c-r?da!lv ins.-entih'A tn every penerous and.manly sirrftimant. The odeofJamos Russell Lowell irpon Wash ington ha3 rung the knell of the-partnersblD oi aionooand Butler. When the favorite son oi uassacnus8Us, one wboes life has been a struggle against slavtry, 'and who ßavo all his talents to kindle the national enthusiasm In the civil war'm bodiss in Immortal verse the emotiooof the popular heart at the Bunker Hill . celebra tion, then the era of hatred and dissenoiorw may be regarded as closed. This strata is like tbo song of the lark annonncing tha dawn of a better day : Virginia gave us this Imperial man Cast in me mighty mould Of those hlgh-fctataed ages old , Which into grander forms oar mortal metai' ran : . 8he gave this unblemished gentleman : PruS! We R,Te h?r Dact Dnt l0Ve and As in the dear old unestranged days Before the inevitable wrong begn? Mother of States and undiminished men Thou gtveftt us a country, giving htm. And we owe always what we owed thee then : The boon thoa would'st have snatched from us again Shlneisaa before with no nhtmnt Aim A.f "lan's memory Is the only thlnz I j u ,.nflutnce to outlast the present whim And bind as when here he irnit onr roMn All of him that wassubiect to the hours Riesin my sou and makes it part of ours: Across more recent graves, Where nnresentful Na'ure waves Her pennons o'er the shot ploughed sod, iToclaimlng the sweet truce of Ood, V e from tbis consecrated plain stretch oat Our hands as free from afterthought or doubt As here the united North Poured her embrowned manhood forth In welcome to our savior and thy son. Through battla we have better learned thv worth, J The deep set courage and undaunted will. Which, like hlsown, the dav's disaster done, Could, safe In manhood, suffer and be still. Both thine and ours the victory hardly won If ever with distempered voice or pen we nave muceemed thee, here we- take back, And for the dead of both don commoa black. Be to us evermore as thou wast then, As we forget thou hast not always been, Mother of states and unpolluted men. it Virginia, fitly named from England "s manly queen i The election of sneaker Is fa be tb oi au tne proiessions of reform in which the uen w rauc party nave so ii oerally indulged in the last two years. They will be Judged by their acta and not by their promises. Any failure to meet the public expectation in this respect must u BeriuuMy injurious, to be satisfactory, the record must be clean. The speaker chosen must be free from all taint of Jobbt-ry, con ur-tlon and that dlsgracelul legislation which the country so emphatically condemned last year, when republican majority of more than two thirds in the llouse of Representatives was by an indignant flash of public opinion transformed into a democratic majority -of seventy. Personal partialities and sectional preference must be given up to elect speaker whose character will command public confi dence and meet the demand of the country for an upright and impartial administration of that great office. It is not a place for mere politicians and managers, to be attained by bar gains expressed or understood, hv snlicltAtinn. ot by personal arrangements lonfeinc to the organization of the llouse. If the speakership be dealt with in this way, the democrats will do for the republicans what they could not do for wiembeives, ana cause a reaction. iw York sun. These remarks should be carefully weighed by all democrats, and no man should be tolerated as a candidate for the speakership whose record ean be fairly attacked. When it is remembered what a howl of triumph luercpuuucans raisea two years ago over L l 1 . the nomination ot Fernando Wood for the sake of giving him a merely complimettary vote, it is easy to imagine what capital they would make out of the actual election ot th9 same man, or anv one as ea-sily assailed. And it must be Acknowl edged that when they denounced the dem ocracy for nominating Wood, they did so with justice; and if the blunder, or atfytbing like it, be repeated, no proper defence of it can be made. The matter ia worth men tioning, in view of the fact that late advices Irom Washington say that Sam. Randall as serts that he has one hundred votes pledged to his support, which will insure him the control of the caucus.. The story, doubtleas, is only part of the truth, but it is well known that Randall haä been making an active personal canvass, aud has not hesitated to gain the election by trading on the power which bo oxpects to acquire. The Sentinel, for one, is decidedly opposed, as a matter oi policy, if for no otter reason, to the choice of a man for the speakership who was the chief ally of Butler in pressing the salary grab law. List spring a committee of citiiens of Brownsville, Texas, was appointed for the purpose of collecting, collating and laying before the secretary of state a detailed report ot Mexican outrages on tho border. That committee has just presented its report at Washington, and the New York Herald publishes all the essential portions of It in advance of its general promulgation. The detailed statement occupies over three solid columns of the Herald and gives definite charges, including time, place and particulars of the raids over the line into Texas since 1S59, together with a brief allusion to difficulties before that time, as far back as 1836. Since 1859, in which year the Cortina disturbances occurred, the several raids are specified, and the more atrocious details are classified and separately described. Cortina was a Mexican desperado ana outlaw, ut possessed of considerable capacity of leader ship, which carried him to positions of some importance and secured to him a sacccss which is not yet wholly terminated, as the sad experience ofTexaa frontierstijen at test. He has been governor of Tamauli pas aud brigadier general ia the Mexican army. lie is now president of the Avuntamients of the city of Matamorae, surrounded by a large band of retainers, and the aommittee charge that "this bant of desperadoes and adventurers, since tk close of car war, hes been supported and maintained at the cost of the stock raisers, between th Nueces and the Rio Grande." In support of this charge the report 1 the United States Commissioners to Texas Is ad duced, which was . filed May 7, 1S72, ' and since that time, coming down to last Noy ember, there are twenty -one dls tinct charges of robbery and murder made against these desperadoes, ei d properly authenticated. The Corpus Christi raid, which occurred only last March, Is fully stated in detail, showing it3 outrageous nature. To recount the Several acts would' be to reproduce the loug and careful report of the committee. It is sufficient to say that the specifications cocetitute a total list of outrages which make life on the border precarious, and labor for the acquirement of wealth as uncertain as if thJ natlcn lay at the mercy of tase ernis nnd Los tUs plunderers. Alosg the line of the Kio Grande a ondltier of. trrar and violence is shown which mhuxs incredible1 under a government so weil able tj vindi cate the rights of citizens a that o the United States is. Th9 corxTOon aTfcga t!ons - of reciprocal outrages by Texas resident, and that the irrongs are attributable to Jormr rebels of Jbe South are Jenled in pretty explicit Unas. T upshot of eil is a clear case of frrievance that demand the intervention ol Ibe gov ernment to remedy the wroo&s of sitlzeosr who justly ask for the nxotectiorr which loyalty and justice demand for them. This morning's Sentinel contains a kbl Sfiving the valuation of the total taxable property of the state exclusrvo of Marlon OTUnty real and personal. The valuai'on is made, so far aa possible,, upon a unifo.tn system, and the burden of taiation willthw fall equitabW upon all parts ot the common wealth. The establishment of eneb a sjstea- has been a matter of time and labor it arrears from this table that the toial' valuation of the state, omitting Marion county, will be-$50,000,000 less than it was in 1S73. This is a decrease cf five and one sixth per cent. The tailing off is not due, ot course, to any actual decline in values, but to the variation of the basis of valuation. CROP NOTES. MARSHALL COCNTT. Plymocth Democrat: The hay crop in this section is good, and the yii ld will be more than-double that of last year. We also notice that the oats crop is very fine. PARKE OOUXTT. Rockville- Patriot: Mr. John Overman, who resides about four miles northeast of Rockville, and is one of the oldest farmers in the county, was in town Monday, and in formed us that the wheat cron in hine'.oh- borbood would be almost a failure Shat it would not average more than ten hti-a.. to the acre. WASHINGTON' COUJCTY Salem Democrat: The farmers tell ns that during this glorious hot, moist weather the eorn actually grows a foot a week. This season is undoubtedly the most favorable to rapid growth we have bad for many years. 2o some fields we see corn now over a horse's back, which will produce a large yield even if we should have no more rain. TIPPECANOE OOUNTT. .Lafayette Dispatch: Commissioner Ker- ahey reports the farmers around Daytoa making full time in the harvest field. He estimates a fair crop, though be thinks- the- weevil did considerable damage, still, not so much as first reported. The corn is grow ing finely, and some of it is beginning, tc tassel out already. The yield of corn,, be estimates, will be Jarge than for several years past. MORGAN COUNTT. Martinsville Gazette: A great portJDn of the wheat crop has been harvested, and, as usual, there are good and bad fields cf thi grain. We hear of some pieces that will average twenty-five bushels to the ore. Oats are turning out first rate. Potatoes- promise an enormous yield. In some place they have taken the rot, owing to the con tinued wet weather. We think, though, this is confined to those patches planted pre vious to the cold spell. Corn is thriving finely, and if the farmers had been allowed opportunity to keep it clean, the crop, no doubt, would turn out abundant. WAHREN OOUNTT. Rspubucan: We do not think the weevil is doing much harm in this county. The rust is much worse here tLis season than last, on account of the wet weather.. Some pieces of wheat are injured by the rust. All kinds of hay is good, and fall pasture ia making very fast. The oats crop is abund ant and this grain- will be plenti5ul this fall and winter. The corn li growing finely and will be all r:gtt yet if the frost is not too early. Our farmers have had hard work this season, but will win the day and succeed in fighting down tbe weeds. Potatoes are large Rnd sound. Every one ' who planted will reap, a bountiful harvest, and potatoes will be cheap, dirt cheap this tall. Peas, beans, beets, squashes, pump kins, and, in truth, all garden truck are plentiful and still growing. Tbe onlv source of complaint we bave bad this year has been the rain, but it has made us au bt:n- dint living. RUSH COCNTr. v Republican: An extensive tour through the southwestern portion of this county which is perhaps the best wheat producing region has convinced us thatthere will not be more than a third, or perhaps only the fourth cf an average crop of wheat har vested. The wheat is affected both by the ecab and rust.. Manv Heids show more weeds than anything else and will- not be cut. It ripens slowly. and will probably not be entirely garsered at the close of tbe f resent week. T e oat fields present a rr-lendid appearance and promise au unusunlly abundant yield for the number ot acres sown. Muci xf tbe meadow land was. seriously iojured bv the extreme cold winter, and tbe crop of bay will be light. Corn is in an excellent condi tion and promises a heavy yield, fiere and there is a poor, weedy field, and Üae best bottom fields there ars spots, that Kave been drowned out presenting a ttuniad., yellow appearauoe but for the most pari Uiestalkt exhibit a dark green, healthy apjiearance and are well advanced. SCBOI3 AND fJENCE3. COUNTJ.ES. Correspondence Evaisvilla Couriar: Crops on the lcr grounds, are ruinad. Tbe tobacco and corn in th bottoms ean never mature exfept in rery sandy soilx It is impossible fct the iarmrs to work the low grounds, and even tKe hill crops are very materially damaged The croaad has bees too w.et to plow or even harrew, for th past ten or twelve days, and the rains of Friday, Saturday, a ad yes terday and last night will keep tbe plows out fr a still lot?ger timefc and the result n 1)1 be that our crcps will Dot come up to what we have all anticipated heretofore. The eats crops will amount to but littlo, and many fields wiii not be har vested. The wheat is all bsjrvested but rot garnered, and fears are en trained that it will mould or sprout befo-j, it can bo put in the garners. The inead w have suffered greitly. MaDy farmers had mowed their crass bQfüretue recent Tains, and wiii lose all that not in the barn or tack. A large portion ot grass will be lost entirely on ac count of the ground being too wet to use) machines, and ou.r farmers will be com pelled to resort to the old mods of mowing by hand with scythes, and our meadows are too extensive t be saved in that way. Alto gether, our cvop prospects are anything but flattering.