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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY, SEFTEMBER 23 1875 Q AMHUCAS ODD FELLOWSHIP. TITZ YOU1TG GIANT OF THE 19 III CENTURY. (i LANCES AT ITS HISTORY. IT3 WC.MiiKFrL PR'.GRL'sd PF.ACIIOAL. SrLTS PEEiZJNT STATUS, ETC.. KTO., I-TTO. The v orld, as a rule, applauds saec, co natter in w hat line or direction it may be. From the loot-race of the boys to tli c n-qucv-gof a nation, from the single soul I couv ütion to the fir ocean yacht race, fr-ni b bsw tall match to a battle, tha wer! J fiz uraively "throws up its cap" aud lanlilv ciders tfce winner. When tke success &c- c :-vei is for tLe benefit of humanity, monuments are erected and a grateful peo p embalm in Us country 'a historic heart the. r. mo and reads cf its benefactor. A--- i .tijriaof a naturally beneficial eb at ?.c- ter t.- tLoir members hare long been pcimla lno ;rwnas well as other coanirio?, Rt;d son,: o" ttem have developed tb.9 fact tbat tbey an not only elevating to and pro!ec tiv f their own, but are a positive good to communities and nations. All agns have thj.vn tho desire ut'oti th p rt o.' men to associate or "club" together in societies, fraternities elans, association et .Some of these srcistle hava boeu an tat'V.i.-tic to church, state and the good o in: r; others have builded their claiaia to euc-ess upon social, literary or military fea turr.-; others again upon fraternal and te nevolent characteristics. It is to this latter class that our attention turns at this time or i.-ther to a single organization. Looking over the fraternal field on ou; continent.oneeannot but notice the numb r of eecr?t( so-called) organization?. Ve hav the Knights of Pythias, Graugers, Sod3 c America, HepUsophs, Druids, Red Mer. American Mechanics, Wise Ilea, Good Templar, Sonn of Temperance, Temple o Honor, Masons, Odd Fellows, aud scored o others. s -rue are young and scarcely any (savi one) ver eld. While recognizing the worth and good works performed by seven ct those above enumerated, it is not invid ions to assert that the two great fraterna organizvtoos of the day are tan Masons and the Odd i tliows. Th? first o these cornea down tons from the dajs or artiqoity, its head coverad witt the Loni-rtd silver locks of time, and num beurir on its Las: and present rolld manvo the e mirier i men of our land, its mission recognized, an 1 its works an enduring mon ument of its worth. P'if. it is not or it, but its younger cona- pr.K,n, ArEfcrUMii Odd Fellowship, whose repifesontative assemble in our city tc-day, of whom we must speak. Whence is it? ÄLd how Is it that an or der whicb, sixty years ago, had not an ex istence, sends this day a body of man irom every portion of our land a body welch, in point of ability, eloquenea and dignified boaring, compares favorably with any de liberative or legislative assemblage in our republic? And these representative's are bat the cabinet for half a million conätitaauoy half a million earnest, practical workers, with a liiighty revenue and a liberal, oen hand. It calls upon the rcllective mind to ex amine and see wbat magic Srpell Las ouniured Tip this host which now 13 Ditrohirjr throngh our land with bright bannari, upen which are inscribed, "i'riendsklp. Love and Tru;h," "Visit the Sick," "lisiieve tte D stroked," ' Bury the Dead." "I'ro tcct tie Widow," "KduiMte the Orphan." Weluartha". Oii Fellowship originally camo from England, and investigator, proves that wbild the precise origin tb; name "Odd Ftiluw," can cot be Lund, thai oiubs er aisocia.ion with this titte are msn tinned in the Ljndon publications ia 1713, 17S8, etc. But those were largely convivial associ ations, and the "lodges," as the olmbs were called, were self-instituted, independent affair, with no general head or system. We fi od them principally in London and Liverpool. However, in 1S09, one Thomas I;olton, cla London lode, goes to Man chester and institutes a "lodge" there. In this city soino thinking, intelligent men joined the order, and seeing tbat by Hjstem and reforming some of the prac ices, tbe association could be turned to practical good, a change was proposed, lovkins to tte abolishment oi soma oi the convivial elements. Thispppears not to have be en favorably received by the London and Liv erpool brebreu, (or, they called tlim-foIt-'-, the "Union Order of Odd Fellows," itti v.- tinu that in 1S1J tbe MauoliOster brtt .re:.' needed from the "Unioa" order and ;t.tut d nu independent ordar of lUe-Lr own, w'.idi i.s n.v ki.öwn far and wlie rs the ".Iuciie!er Uijity." And we will here stv.' th; tliii unity ic-day ia very ytrons aud p P "l-i, working upon a systematic pr inc pi-- of dues aud beut li.j,wltb a revoaua of a -,.u. lie million dollars annually, an expenditure 10 r ralief of Jl.oOO.CKK) annually, aEd a tneinbtrsl-ip of about Mve hundred tQcu-e.nd. ItJt returning: In ISIS an Englbi Old Felloe, 1 homas Wildey, arrived in ßrdti mare, Aid., and by personal effort, advanc ing, e:c, wa? enabled to find tour olher members, (John Welch, John Dmncau, Kicb ard Kashworth and John Cheat honi) and these five instituted Washington Loda No. Ion April 26, 1319. This lodge was reu larly chartered afterward as t..e Grand Lodge of Maryland and of the United States b7 the general committee of the Manchester Unity, and Thomas Wildey was chosen as first noble grand and also as first grand master. Previous to 1819, efforts bad been mado in New York City, Boston, and other points to establish lodges, and some bad been institu ted, but they were short lived. Th9 first permanent lodge was Washington No. 1 as above Riven. In the various lodges that had been formed united under one government, and on January 15, 1325, the Grand Lodge ot the United States held its first communication, Thomas Wildey, the first grand aire, presi ding. Up to 1812, the "Manchester Work" was used, but differences occurring, a commit teo i-on-isticg of the present Grand Secre tary, Jamfs L. Kideely, and the then Gran J Ccaplain, tbe Rev. Iaaac D.Williani'son.were eommiisioced to visit England, and adjust them, propose certain reforms, etc. Tiaey failed in harmonixlrg eaid differences, re turned, reported to the supreme body at its tession ot 1&42, and the Grand Lodge ot the United Stated and its constituency seceded from the "Manchester Unity" aud deolared lt?elf 'indepndenf." In 1&15, new "work,"(the one now nsod) was adopted. It was written by the Rav. 15. il. CDln, James L. Ridgely, John A. Ken nedy, the Rev. J.D. McCabf, and William W. Moore. Here literally (in 1S42) starts the American order, for it was at this date that it shookoff the bands tuattaa crampea 119 progress, unci customs that impeded its footatepa. The convlval element was aboli3hed. Better, by law it was prohibited, and anion e the first planks of the new "Americaa" platform is his law: No refrefchments, except water, shall be allowed in a lodge room." And of later date we find on the statute hock: No Intoxicating beverages of any desorip- :! n 6l all be used or offered by members at suy ball, party, a.nvcraary or other occa sion wlieu tte"u.t:iio of tbe order is used, or th rfgiüa 0 t!-e er Irr i- won. T-.a --.iririker " 1 he "croakers ' and the 4iHv.j-a-o:d-timtitt" pruiicteda st etdy downfall and an abrupt termiuttion 0 ex- itf ::r to t he oratr 11 ie tiiuvnwi -rccj.t? v.t rd abolished. Y-ars have rolled by; lr.v ütäntla tLe record? Let t'- e iollwir.s: editorial from the New York Heart aud Und answer tue qaery : THE FIFTY -SIXTH EIRTHDAY. "flow qnickly time üies." Thre are those living who taw the star of American uuu c- lowshipaiise abeve the horizon, and yet, in a few days,ffty-slx years will have flown f,ince first, with feeble ray, it strugglt d into existence. Not long ago we stood in the lodgdroom of oi 1 Washington, No. 1, at Balilinore, Md. Around and about us were the places where Wildey aud W'cloh had loved to be. Iheir signatures were on the charters on the wa Is. Their feet liuü triHi the floors we walked upon. Their forms had occupied the oQcfcrs' chairs, and memory, with imagination's pencil, as we stood there, brought the noble old pioneers before us and, In f ur mind's eye, we saw them, the rugsed, hard handc-d, noble-hearted men of 119. eione, goi:e, allone from earth! bat not for sotten! iimpires and emptror, priucUaliti, ud potentates, may rie aud lall, glitter aiw then ne lorcoiwn: pomp, pnue um-uui- tuiri mav nourish lor atliueau'I then Uecay tue word may ring with puudlts for a con queror rra hero, to be forgotten as anomti Klimmt for it liomase presents 1 self: cut A-liilo ilia Ordt r of American OUU t'ti.iiws has its name amoDS tlie things that are. the name- of WilJtv. Welch. Dancan, Rushworth aud i ijonthpm (the first antenera in the viueyaut of oar fraternity) will be honored, revered and remtmoered! We believe the immortal part of mar, after u -li-Kient life, is nermit'ed. Irom tie abodes o) the blest, 10 look back, upon the earth where he ouce lived, and ste and rejoice in the good his life effort have accomplished, and as those laithful five gaze on the grand result.- of their life work, what do they see1 Au order, with an Influence beyond compre henuon, embracing within its folds the gieai aud good of church, community, and hthte; the HLHti'sinau. In his wealth of intellect: the far mer, i a his honest position of toil; tht million aire and themtcbanic; the leading men oi po ntical. reliaious. an l sectarl n creed mettuv' without jar or discoid, typical of the great mil Ionium which is to come. i'her see, this day, 0,'jOU lodges, 1.6C0 encamp ments Mi Kebekaii lodges: 45o,i tried and tiu tn- uin our subordinates; fK,'.0 patriarchs, and '.hous-ands of the noble wives of our order; a levenue of four and one-half millions of dol Uis annually, aud a generous out-payment to itiieve distress, bury the dead, protect the widow and educate the orphans of one milliou five huudrd thousand dr liars every Pi months. They would see In our lodges 4.I.W0 brothers re ilev.d, 5, widowed families com orttd and practically aided, acd over 4,0 0 brother laid beaeaih the turf decsntiv and in order. Nu pauper's colli as Jl closed their lemai js-no pab Uctniirity was taxed for their siknes or bur ia . Wre'her rich or poor, high or low in 'h world's estimation, wl th kind !y, fraterna hand. hive they been conveyed to the centeterits o: our land, and the evergreen dropped upon theii grave. Our rec rds give no estimate they cannot - o sympathetic visl.s and words of cheer aud con holatl u. Cculd these be estimaied by dollar aud cents at h inntrlnsic worth, the wealth ot itie world would fail to pay even i tithe of their vaiu. They are bsyond compatation. ihv o&ly thiag that can compensate for gooddeed done Is the gladsome emotion-of couciousnes and approval that swells in the heart of the doer that flr- wuich is lighted by tne gratltudi aud appreciation of the recipient, in comparison with which gold. Jewels, and pecuniary intere-tc dwindle int dross aud insignificance. 'The fraternal tree that Wildey and his col-! leagues p'antel flourishes mightily on tnesoi! of our republi. Far aud wide it has thrown it vigorous roots, until it has tuuueled America audxeui. up healthy lofi-priug to protect ai d phviden city, town, village and hamlet through outour continent. A Farnsworth, Morse and Austin have carried cuaiugs from ibe parent truuU, aud trans planted them in the Germanic s-tates ami SurktztrlALd, where they have taken rcot and jjr.'WB to masntlicent pioportios. A Ljoan's hand lias giaftcd the bud of fia Urnity iu South America, and already lh? young tree theiters many beneath its graceiul folia?e. The mariner, as he alls by the Islands of the sea, observes the i-moke o. our altar liies; be car. sei the patriarcuial tents of our order; and at tv;ili?;ht bear Iheantbc-ms of brotherhood sung, as members meet lu fraterual council. The so a lid of the gavel is going ronad the world ! (i d speed its heavenly rulstlon. Onward bi itsprofjies- until u isfortune has no want to re iie. e. and sorrow no tears todry. Up, brethren, viih tho pure whiie banrjerot the tiiple links. Kmulate the deeds of the heroep of humanity that have gone before you. Act as though the honor, the prosperity of American Odrt l-'ellow-Nhlo depended upon yur own unsullied life Let your aim, your object, your determination be that all your efforts hll be tood, and for good, now, henceforth and forever." Taus we have sketcbily traced up this or ganization whose supreme body honors our city with its presence to-day. In a few year it has become a tower ot Btrengtb, and that strength is used to war seaicst vice In all Us f jrms. Twenty millions of dollars have been paid from the treasury for benevolent purposes, and notwithstanding this mighty droit tbat suffering humanity has drawn upon its fraternal bank, it is not impover ished, nut twenty minions more are rtposin in its cofters. It is practical and prompt in its work. It doubles its obliy nions by aiding arl. Whether it was a call mr bred from Ireland. or from tbe cholera and yellow fever stricken cities of the South, or the Are devastated West, it ha3 ever been early to the rescue, and noble la its contributions. Is it at ail wocderiul that thousands march into its lodges, and tbat it win the go id op'.niona of right-tbinkiog people. What is tbe secret? Simply this: Ii fulfills its promisee; it does as it agrees to; it m t only pra-icbes, but it practices. It is not a myth but a lact! Another point, and one which endears it to its members, and compels tbe aduiration of tho looker on, is this: Rich and poor men of different creeds, politics and opin ions, meet its lodge on in great common level ot brotherhood, and merit and honesty ot purpose are the only standards by which thev are judged. "Ologiea" and "isms" are left", by mutual agreement, "outside" of the lodge rooms, and all unite to honestly labor for the upbuilding and uplifting of human ity. The representative men of this great fra ternal association assemble in annual coun cil to-day to legislate for its welfare and ad vancement. Grand preparations have been made for their reception and entertainment during the visit. Toe of2cial;list we published yesterday, We have made ample arrangements tor full and complete reports oi such matters as caD be given in the public press; visitors, representatives, and the public generally mav rely upon finding in the Sentinel all matter of interest in connection with the ssasion of this distinguished body. Scalds and BcRifs Hall's Jorunal oi Health gives the'lollowlng advica on the treatment of scalds and barns: "On;, the instant of tbe accident, plunge tbe part under cold water. This relieves the pain in a second, and allows all hands to become composed. If the part can not I e kept under water, cover over with dry flour, an inch deep or more. In many Instances nothing more is needed after the flour; simply let it remain until it falls off.when a new ekln will bu found under. In severer casea while the patt iniured is under water, sim mer a leek or two In' an earthen vessel, with half tboir bulk of bogs lard, until the leeks are soft, then strain through a muslin rag. This makes a greenish colored ointment, whicb, when cool, spread thickly on a linen cloth and apply it to tbe injured nsrt. If there are blisters let out the water. When the part becomes feverish and uncom fortable, renew tbe ointment, and a rapid. painless cure will be tbe result, if the patient in tne meanwniie uvea exclusively od (nil:, coarse bread and other light, loosen log diet. A BIT OP HISTORY. ALMOST A DUEL AND ITS PICK WICKIAN ADJUSTMENT. TIIK FIRST STATS FAIR IX INDIANA AND WHAT GKEW OUT OF IT. Tli9 annual return ot our State Fair brings up the recollection of tafitst oue held in Indiana. It came off in the f-Ul ot 1S52, and occupied the grounds now known as the Military Park. It was opened on Tuesday, the lU:h of October, and lasted the remain der of the week. At that time state fairs in the West were unusual gatherings, and much interest was taken in tbe exhibition of the agricultural, mechanical and manu facturing products of Indiana made by the P'wple on the occasion ot their first effort in the way of a utato fair. Governor Wright, by public addressee, and in other effective ways, had awakened such an interest among the peo ple tbat a State Board of Agriculture had been organized; and to him, more than to any other man, are the people indebted f jr State Fairs and tue interest that has been awakened by them ia favor of improved machinery, better cultivation f the soil, and blooded stock. Caleb B. Smith, at the time a resident of Cincinnati, had bean selected to deliver the first annual address before tho Indiana State Fair, but for some reason ha did not appear on tbe grounds, and his place was admirably tilleibyJofan B Dillon, the Secretary ot the State Board of Agriculture, and well known throughout tb3 country as the historian of Indiana. The fair was well attended, and many things were to be seen that would attract attention were they on exhi bition at the State Fair and Exposition now being held In this city. The article that at tracted the most attention was A SEWING; MACniNE entered bySamu9l G. Daily, then a citizen of Madison, and afterwards a member of Congress from Nebraska. The sewing ma chine, at tbat tim, was a great curiosity, aud, in the West, could only be seen on rare occasions. Few persons then had any con ception of the revolution this machine was Jestined to make in the manufacturing of every article bound together with jcords of cotton or thread. There was a good display of horsej, cattle and sheep, and, taken as a whole, the first State Fair held in Indiana was not inferior to some of its successors, though not equal to thosa held in the last few years. There were many side-3hows at this fair, acd among them was Barnum's Chinese Family. The world-renowned showman cf the present day was not unknown in 1S32, acd his family from the far East attracted much attention. In those days the Celestials, with their pig-tails, did not wash our dirty linen and polish our ehirt-fronts as tbey do at the present time, and the petite foot of the Chinese lady was the wonder of many a man and woman who saw followers cf Confucius for the first time. Diehl gave a very creditable exhibition of fire-works on the crouuds near the State Houe; there ws a big ball at Masonic Hall, and many other things were done to please the big crowd that came to the capital to attend the first State Fair held in Indiana. Among other things that transpired ,tt Indianapolis during this fait noi laid down ' in the ehow bdls, was a grand torch-light procession ol ihe democracy that took placi on the even ing of the 20th day of October. At the state election held a few weeks before, the 'lemocrats had carried everything oefore tbem witn a rush. Tbey had re-elected Governor Wright by a majority of 20,031; they had CARRIED THE LfGISLATXRE by a majority of IS in tbe senate and 33 in the house, and they had e'ected 10 out of the 11 congressmen, Samuel W. Parker, from the filth district being tbe only whig chosen in the state. After such a victory it was natural that they ßhould want to "enthuse,'' and they selected an evening during the fair tor working off the superaoundant hilarity Tbey determined to make this demonstra tion such an one as would effect ually kill on and annihilate any hopes the wbiza inizht have f r rarryioe Indians, for the hero of Lundy's Lane. They formed their pmcf ssion in the western part of the city, and marched east on Washington street to a point opposite me w rigut iiou.se, which stood where Glenn's Block now is. This hostelry, slthough kept by Gen. W illiam I. lilliott, tnen a democrat in excellent stand ing, was the headquarters of the whigs. At it were stopping many or me prominent men ol this party, and among them the feel ing was general tnat the democrats bad not chosen a proper time nor place lor their demonstration. This sentiment of the lead era spread anion; their followers, and there soon gathered at and about the Wright House a turbulent' set ot men, determined tbat the democratic speak- era should not be heard. Tbe Hon. Joseph although, as is well known, his voice is ) B,nnn an A nAnAfraflnrp vAf tha "nnlüa anrt t noise and f I A tint lw ' confusion" were such that he could heard. He was followed by A. P. Willard 1 then Just elected lieutenant governor, and one ot the most effective stump sneaker- Indiana ever contained. .Governor Willlard was plucky and resolute, and tried hard to silence the rowdies tbat interrupted him, but his voice was drowned by the hootings and yelling of a crowd tbat nearly equalled th9 one that Andrew Johnson met in this city when he was on his journey "around the circle." While Willard was speaking, George G. Dunn, of Lawrence county, and General Milton Stapp, ol Jefferson, ap peared at the balcony of tbe hotel, and sev erally appealed to the rioters to desist from these disturbances, and allow the speakers to be keard. Many people in the streets, seeing these gentlemen standing np and gesticulating, knew that they were ad dressing tbe crowd, and not being able to hear what they eald, imagined they were en couraging the rowdies in their inteiruptions. After Willard stopped speaking, the demo crats faced west, and marched to. the State House Sqoarewhere they were addressed by other speakers without interruption. In the speech ol Col. Willis A. Gorman be said that George G. Dann and other leaders of the whig party were in tbe crowd, giving encouragement to tbe effort to break up the meeting. The next morning Mr. Dunn called on Col. Gorman and assured him tbat this was a mistake, and that, on the contrary, he bad done all he could to auell tbe disturbance. In a card ated October 21. and published in the Sen tinel. Colonel Gorman, after narrating what be bad said in his speech said : "In a per sonal conversation this morning with Mr. Dnnn. he) assures me tbat my information was incorrect, and that he tried to suppress the confusion and noise. I publish this to allow him tne fall benefit of bis denial and to nlace mvseli in the right." This card would nave heeu aaiiMactory to uil uihi, but it was not to Mr. Dunn. He seemed to consider it as adding "insult to injury," and in a letter to Col. Gorman demanded to krow it be was the author of it and au h -iz?d its publication. He also wanted infor mation upon several other matters tbat so?mrd necessary to the cooling of his ct-olrr. Gorman replied iu a lorg letter ac knofflfcdging the genuine ne-Fd of thecard.and that he Lad authorized its publication, an-5 at ewerirg tbe other questions in a full and cmdid manner. He cloac-d his letter iu these words: "Ii this is not satislactory, it is out of my power to mske it so on paper." To this cimmunicaiion Mr. Dunn replied as follows; Bedford, Ind., Nov. 8, 1S32. Sir Yours ot the öth inst., is just received and is I regret to eay objectionab'.e In sev eral respects. It is my purpose now to take the advice of somo experienced friend in regard t tbe whole matier, and adopt such step3 as may be due to my obligations to society. Bdng called to Louisville, Ky., the last of this week, I shall be happy to lind you at the Gait House in that city at 10 o'clock a M., on Saturday next. Respectfully yourc, Geo. G. Dünn, Hon. W. A. Gorman. Colonel Gorman answered in the follow ing note: Cloominoton, Ind., Nov. 9, 1S52. Sir Yours ot this dale is belore me. I will be at the Gait House in Louisville agreeably t j your written rtqufst on Saturday next, at 10 o'clock a. m., w hero iny friend will receive any communication you may ba pleased to mako. liispectluliy. lour obedient servant, W. A. Gorman. Hon. Geo. G. Dcnn. Tim?, it will be seen that the issues were made up, aud the case ready for trial. The verdict was to depend, not upon which ol these gentlemen were in the right, bat which was the better shot. If Gorman snot Dunn, then bis card in the SentiDel was a sudden', apology lor words used under excitemrnt. It Dunn shot Gorman, then Gorman's administrator must make further apology, for surely Gorman could not. But Dunn did not shoot Gorman, neither did Gorman shoot Dunn, for happily, at Louisville, where tbey met according to appointment, tbey put their honor in tne hands of those who knew how to preserve it without blood letting. Professor Harvey, the friend ot Colonel Gorman, was a literary man and remembered tbe quarrel between Air. Pickwick and his friends, and how it was settled. He determined tbat the difficulty between the two Indiana statesmen should be healsd in the same manner. How well he succeeded let the following extracts from the Pickwick Club and the card of himself acd Mr. Caldwell testify. This from P.ck wick: "Mr. Blolton rose to order. Did tbe honorable Pickwickian allude to him? Ciies of order, chair, yes, no, etc " "Mr. Pickwick would not be put down by clamor. He bad alluded to the honorable gentleman. Great excitement." "Mr. Blotton would only say then, that he repelled the honorablo ceut's lalse accusa tion with prolound contempt. The honor able gent was a humbug. Immense confu sion, und cries of 'chair, order.'" "Mr. A. Snodgrass rose to order. He threw bimseii upon the cbair. Hear. He wished to know whether this disgraceful contest between two members ot that club should continue." "The chairman was qaite snre the honor able Pickwickian would withdraw tha ex pression he had just made use of." Mr. Blotton, with all possible r6spect for the chair, was quite sure he would not. The chairman ielt it his imperative duty to demand ol the honorable gentlemeL whether be had used the expression which had just escaped him in a common setie? Mr. Blottou had no hesitation in saying that he had not; ho had used the word in its. Pickwickian sen.o. He was bounj io aoknowloJge that, personally, he enter tained the highest regard arid esteem for t ha honorable gentleman; he had merely considered him a humbug in a Pickvvickiau point of view. Mr. Pickwick felt much gratified by the 'sir, candid and full explanation of his hon orablH friend. He begged it to be under stood that bis own observations bad been merely intended to bear a "Pickwickian construction." This, the card: "We are of opinion that the note of CoL Gorman to Mr. Dunn amply exonerates that gentleman from all participation in the disturbance of tha meeting referred to, and sufficiently explains the purpose of the card published in the Sentinel, and that nothing remains to disturb the peaceml relations ol the parties, except thelanguage In which the uott8 are couched and their general tone. Mr, Dunn objects to the concluding sen tence of Col Gorman's note of the 3d inst., nd to tbe language in other passiges as of fensive. Cul. Gorman objects to the general tone oi Mr. Dunn's previous note of tbeSOih inst., rui specially to the c:ll upon hiui to re tract. Mr. Dunn cheerfully withdraws the word retract, and substitutes the wjrd correct, or any other word not deemed offensive, and .iisivows any purpo?o oi giving offense by his noto of the GOib, Lis only object being to o'.tMin a respectful vindication of himself from whatever was injurious in the matters referred to in the note. Whereupon Col. Gorman promptly withdraws anything ot unsivH iu his note of tbe 3d. Tht-roiore, the whole difficulty, we are bapny to announce, is amicably and honor ably settled. John H. Harnet, Geo. A. Caldwhix. The Madison Courier in commenting upon the correspondence between Messrs. Dunn and Gorman when it was first published, said tbat It "showed clearly that they visited Louisville to settle grammatical question. That the member and ex member of con- j - nr . , a , , . , gress differed about the meaning of certain " 8entences or paragraphs in a note Col. Gor. man puonsnea in me sentinel." ine neit dispute the gentlemen have about the Eng lish of a published card, if tbey will send the subject in dispute to Mr. Barnes, the superintendent of tbe graded schools in this city, a committee from one of the grammar classes will be raised, who will settle the matter as well as any of tbe Louisvillians. Thus ended one of tbe most ridiculous at tempts to fight a duel, ever attempted in In dian. That both Messrs. Dunn and Gor man had coursgs we do not doubt, but the correspondence between them growing out of the disgraceful interruption of democratic speakers at the torch-light procession in 1852 during the State Fair, is not calculated to impress posterity with a very high opin ion ol either their pluck or their sense. In other wajs they gave evidence ot their courage and their abilities.but it lorcedto es timate their characters by their quarrel, and the correspondence it occasioned, the people would rate tbem far below the place they occupied when this difficulty between them took place. William Spottiswoode, who read a paper on light before tbe British Association, is a mem ber of tbe firm of Eyre t Spottiswoode, the lamous qneen'a printers. Before the Crimean war he was affianced to Florence Nightin gale, tbe match having been broken off. it was reported, because that devoted lady re garded tbe nursingofsick and wounded sol diers at Scutari as a higher mission than marriage. Mr. Spottiswoode graduated B A as a first class in mathematics at Baliol Col lege, Oxford, in 1S45, and is a Fellow of tbe Society of Arts and of tbe Astronomical, Royal, Geographical, Asiatic ana Ethnologl cal Societies. DRIFTING ON TO DEATH. The Thrillinsr Narrative of n. Re vivor of the Wrecked Mendota. AN EVENTFUL EXPERIENCE. L.I.FT BY THE STORM DEMOS IN A WASTE OF WILD WATERS THAT CHILLED TIIK ILL FA1ED MAKINER THROUGH AND TflnoCOU. Th9 following are the lull particulars ot tfce wreck of the Meadota as related by one of the passengers to the Chicago Evening Mail: Thursday, the 8th, the se3 began to roll very high, and yet no fears were enter tained by the offich-rs but what he could weather it in perfect safety. Up to this lime no danger was noted, bat about 2:30 o'clock on Friday alternocn, when n6ar mittle Point Sauble, it was discovered that she was leaking, and the pumps were rigged and manned. The sea by this time rolled terrifically, and to a person unac quainted with such things it seemed as tnough every billow must engulf her. Her captain, sleepless and vigilant, stood st his post, and but for his e.igle ct o aud judp msut she must have broken down soom-r than she did. With live pump3 working constantly, the ßoundings in her weil showed a pain from eleven to nineteen iucbes in thirty minates. The barge Morn ing Star parted her tow line at about 2:43 o'clock and greater headway was then made. At 3:30 o'clock the via'er was found rushing into tbe boat's stern aud it became evident tbat a crisis was approaching whicb would require all the tact and nerve of every man on board to savo the vessel. Tbe steam pumps were discharging huge vol umes of water from her hold and the hand pumps were worked with such energy as cn only be shown by men who fully realize that life op death wa3 the stake. Cot ree and food were served to tha men to sus tain them, and still the cruel REMORSELESS WATER CREPT UP INCH HY INCH, slowly but Burely working Its way toward its victims, and still the mountainous bil lows rolled ruthlessly on, seemingly deter mined to wreak fierce vengeance on us all iorfctriving to overcome their force. At about 4 o'clock it was found that it would be impossible to proceed with the remaining barge and tho Evening Star, and it was cut loose and the steamer's head turned toward the west shore, distant about fif teen or sixteen miles. The engineers and firemen then began a work which will ever place them upon the page of history as true heroes of a struggle wherein not only EkilJ, but endurance, pluck and manly courage were exhibited, each as is rarely seen in tbi age. The water began to overeflow the fire hole, and it rose upward minute by minute, inch by inch, and yet those no ble men, faithful to the last, still fed the huge furnaces with wood, still worked to raise more steam, whiie from their naked bosoms, arms, and smoke-begrimed faoea streams of swear rolled off, while they waded around in tbe water up to their knees, while the engineers, one on one side, the other on tbe other side, watched each joint, bolt, and crank with ceaseless vigilauce, for they all knew that the only hope was to reach the shore before the waters should choke the fire. "More wood, captain, lor God's sake moro wood," came hoarsely np from the seething hell of tire and water in tbe firehold. "Give me bat twpnty minutes, or thirty at the outride, and we are saved." Wood was furnished, tut alas, too late. The mountainous wav chasing each other in rapid succession struck hor with terrific force astern, and ah at ence, with a report like the ncL?e of a cannon, her arch on tbe port side in the stern separated iram the rett, and her great IKON RODS SNAPPED LIKE PIFE STEMS. Tfce floor of the firehold gaped open, while the steam pipe connecting her boilers with ber cylinders was drawn about ten inches, leaving only about one half to three qusr ters ot an Inch of a connection. The faithful Nes, the first, and Hughes, the second en gineer, still stood to their posts, one with his band on tbe throttle lever and the other at tho engine bole below, fully determined to push their boat the last inch before they left their posts. All the deck cargo in the after part wss being heaved river, and every thing possible was done to keep hor up to make tbe shore, but it was not to be. The noble captain and mate with stern and manly bearing gave orders to prepare thc-life-boats. All at once the throbbing of the ponderous engines was heard no more. We knew then that all hope was gone. Look ing down into the firehold nothiDg could be seen but a floating mass of wood, ashes and chips, wh'le tbe water was four feet deep, and rising an inch a minute. One great peculiarity of the tragedy was the coolness displayed by Captain Fairbanks and Mate John Harney. Not a muscle quivered, not an order issued with haste, not a particle of excitement whs visible to any one upon tbe faces of either of these officers, but with energy and promptness each obstacle was met, and only when every thing was done tbat could be done was the order given to clear away the boats. The life-preßervers were distributed, and all but one put them on. The vessel was provided with two cool lUe-boats.one or which was a metalic boat, on the port eide; the other a wooden yawl npn the starboard. The yawl was immediately cleared off her fastening?, and an attempt made to remove Mrs. Fair banks and the steward's wife, but they could not be induced to ascend to the hurricar.e deck. The wheelsman, I rank Fairbanks, still remained maufully at his poet, firmly braced to bold her on her course, and at this juncture the foresail was raised to keep her running shoreward. In a few moments THE nCQE CANVAS WAS IN RIBBONS and a short time afterward the mast was swept overboard. All this time the vessel rolled terribly, so much so that no man could traverse her deck upright, and we were obliged to crawl around on our bands and knees. After her mast went over she rode a little easier, but in a few minutes we looked astern and saw tbe water close over the upper deck aft, and a jump, a scramble, and a clutching of articles of support. With a crash and a groan tbe noble ship raised high her head, as it to take one last look at earth, and with a gurgling rush and moan, sunk from our sight, leaving but eight men in ber yawl, floating upon tbe mightv billows, while twelve others were left to float upon tbe chilly waters of the lake. The first wave threw the yawl many rods from tbe wreck, and when we headed around to go to the rescue, no pen like mice, no human tongue can express the dire scene there presented to our view. Tbe few for tunate ones who gained the life-boats were as follows: Captain Fairbanks, F. W. Fair banks S. L. Sage, Patrick Monnaban, W. S. Crane, Amoa Ness, John Carney and George McKinney. Upon looking oyer the scene ot desolation strong men quivered with emotion, and grew sick at the sight of their former shipmates, their wives and their friends floating among the debris of the wreck. Mrs. Fairbanks was seen clinging to tbe hawser-box, as also were the steward wife and Mr. John Fairbanks, tbe captain's father, who was about seventy years of age. William crosstnwaite was in the yawl once, but from some unaccounta ble reason sprang from it to the roof of the cabin as tbe vessel went under, and when last seen was standing upon it as it floated away, lasbine himself to it with a heavinK line. All attempts to propel tbe life boat toward the floating persons were una vail ine. Tbe wind and waves beat us back un til after an hour and a half of hard pulling at the oara we were farther than ever from the sufferers. At one time we bad ap proached to within eiht or ten f?et of Mrs. Fairbanks, but no effort of ours seemed ca pable of gaining an inch on that distance. Amply sustained by her li.'e preserver?, cot w.tbstacding her terrible po-i:bn, her hus band ana son in the yawl witu us struggling with might Rnd main to get to her, vet she uttered no cry. She gave way to no exhibi tion of excitement, but FLOATED IN THE CHILLY WATERS OF TIIK LAKE, and with that peculiar hopeless stare from ber dimming eyes, she tooit her last look at her fond ones, husband and son, as the fierce gale and remorseless waves drove th6m back from her rescue. The captain in his heroi efforts to save others from drowning, de layed getting aboard the yawl until nearly the last moment, and then, in his efforts to gain her, fell between the arch of the steamer and the yawl which was thrown back upon him as he went down, and he was so severely bruised by the jam that he was but a helpless spectator to his wile's danger, utterly powerless utterly helpless maimed and wounded himself, his son crippled by a similar jam upon the hurri cane deck. Bsfore the life boat was launched it was a 6igat to move the stoutest heart to compassion, and to unnerve the sternest ot men. As tha yawl was endeavoring to re turn to the wreck the fl ating furniture and pic-ce.8 of the cabin were con tinually interfering with the boat, which prevented in a great measure the near approach to the straggling ones in the water. Two men, Mr. Kifils and Pat Carroll, were seen a few moments before the wreck lashing doors and planks together, bat alter the wreck wfent down they were seen no more. Mr. John Fair banks was standing on tbe forward part of the upper deck when the cabin shitted for ward, and was probably killed before the water reached him, as he was undoubtedly jammed between the cabin and the bul warks. Edward Hughes, second engineer, was seen to struggle hard to save Miss Fair banks. He saw ber on the pilot house, and knowing its insecurity, he breasted tbe tum bling waves, and alter one or two Ineffectual attempts to seize her, he succeeded in get ting hold of her and placed her upon a more secure raft or piece of cabin. During ail this terrible trial of nerve and endurance, no outcries were heard from any except from one man, who wss seen to go down between the beat and the wreck. As he went down, a D EST AIRING CRY WAS KEARD above the roar of the gale, and all was quite still except the hoarse thaader of the ele ments as they seemed to hold high carnival in exaltation of the destruction they had wrought. Slowly but surely the yawl drilted away. Straining oar eyes as each billow raised us upon its crest, we strove to give one more look at the drowning wretches, until, lost in the dim distance, we saw them no more. It became time then to look to onr own safety, with nothing but a cockle scull of a boat betw eeen us and tbe yawning caverns of death below u, with no food, our (situation seemed to be but little more secure than that of the victims on the wreck. Utterly prostrated by the terrible effects of tbe jam he had received, the captain, with heroic energy, still endeavored to direct tfce management ot tbe life-boat until he was compelled to yield and, curling himself up In the bow of the boat, he lay for hours at a time in excruciating agony, yet no word of complaint or groan escaped him. Not only physical but mental agony of tbe keenest kind beset him, acd yet ho chese, like a martyr, to 6ufler in silence than to dampen the ardor of the crew by any exti bition of weakness. When human en durance could held out no longer the captain gave up, and then was developed the same cool intrepidity of the first matef John Carney, who had remained from the hrst in tbe stern with a steering oar, immovable as a statue, bad persistently kept the bow of the boat against the waves. With two men at the side oars, Carney faced the bow, and with an unerring eye steadily held her on by simply directing which oar to be pulled, in order to steer her around. Gradually the day wore along. Sleepless eyes watched the horizon, to catch over the rolling mountains of waters tbe first glimpses of soil. Hour alter hour wore away. The wind, as if in mockery, kept rising higher and higher, until without a doubt the waves were at times at least thirty feet high. Late in the afternoon of Friday, the storm not having abated in the least, a three-and-aft schooner bore down to within a quarter of a mile of us, and we coald see her men locking over the rail at us. Wa made every possible sig nal of distress, but no attention was paid to us, and tbe vessel bore away with no attempt to pick us up. Ob, the despairing feeling, the wretched despair of seeing rescue so near and then snatched away Jrom us made every man on board utter a Leart-wrung sigU as Ehe disappeared. ONWARD, ET1LL ONWARD WE DRIFTED ALONG. The chilly waters of the lake saturated our clothiDg and the fierce wind cl:ove the cold to the very marrow of cur bones. With bow to the wind we drifted 6tern foremost, on and on, mile after mile, league after league, until darknoss began to gather. The men sat like statues in their several p. ace?, and tor hours at a time not a word was spoken by any save the hoarse word of command from the stern old - mate who clung like a hero to the steering oar and grimly laced death as it came tumbling to ward us upon oach huge breaker. As nieht settled down the question was asked, could we see through tbe darkness to keep her bead to the waves? God only knows, was tbe re- ply. but we will try. Siowl v the shadows of darkness stole down upon us. Still no abatement of the wind. As the black mantle of night settled down, anxious eyes were turned in all directions to see some guide to steer by. Gradually tbe clouds cleared, and the stars stole forth one by one, apparently timid and afraid to look down upon such forlorn beings as we were, but we hailed tbem with delight, for, with a star over the stern for the oarsman to look at, aud a man stationed at tbe bow to peer through tbe gloom, we could with great caution still keep her head to the waves. Hour after hoar wore away. All of ns were thinly clad; some had no shoes on, and your correspond ent was dressed in only tbin overalls and shirt and hat, and, benumbed and chilled, we still worked all Friday night, until at last the gray light of Saturday began to be seen in the east. Soon the sun shown In all his splendor, and the wind having died away the sea moderated a little. Several sails were'deecided, but none near enough to attract attention. Still onward, mile alter mile, we were swept, until the steersman gave the hopeful cry of land ho! and also a sail. The ecbooner gradually neared ns, and we finally attracted their attention and she bore down upon us, hove to and picked us up, after having drifted for twenty-nine hours in a yawl, a distance of nearly 10O miles. Some forty years ago, Thomas Emeiaon, president of the Windsor (Vt.) bank was sus pected of robbing it of about $50,000, the loss of which caused tbe institution to fall. He was tried, lonnd guilty, and confined in Windsor jail for many years. On Thursday, Sept. 2, as Col. Harlow was removing an old . brick oven in his bouse which was lormely occupied by the cashier,Kittridge,be discov ered somewhere between $40,000 and $50,000 oi the missing money in a brick vault under the oven. The people of Windfornow believa the cashier took the money instead of Emerson.