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VOL. XL.I
THE HOUSEKEEPER'S LAMENT,
Oh ! life is a toil, and lore is a trouble.
And beauty will fade and riches will flee,
And pleasures ther dwindle, and prices they doable
And nothing is what I could wish it to be.
There's too much of worriment goes to a bonnet ;
There's too much of ironiDg goes to a shirt ;
There's nothing that pays for the time you waste on it;
There's nothing that lasts us but trouble and dirt.
In March it is mud ; it's slush in December ;
The midsummer breezes are loaded with dost ;
In fall the leares litter ; in muggy September
The wall-paper rots and the candlesticks rust.
There are worms in the cherries and slugs in the loses,
And ants in the sugar and mice in the pies.
The rubbish of spiders no mortal supposes.
And rarishiDg roaches aad damaging flies.
It's sweeping at six, and it's dusting at seren $
It's rictuals at eight, and it's dishes at nine ;
It's potting and panning from ten to eleren ;
We scarce break our fast e:e we plan how to dine.
With grease and with grime, from corner to center
Forever at war, and fnrerer alert.
No rest for a day, lest the enemy enter
I speud my whole life in a struggle with dirt.
THE WORKING PEOPLE.
TUB POKTRT OF LABOR.
I lore the plowman's whistle,
The reaper's cheerful song,
The drorer's oft-repeated shout,
Spurring his stock along,.
The bustle of the market-man
As he hies him to tho town,
The halloo from the tree-top,
As the ripened fruit comes down,
The busy sound of threshers,
As they clean the ripened grain,
The busker's joke and catch of glee
'Neath the mooulight on the plain.
The kind roiee of the drayman,
The shepherd's gemle call
These sounds ot pleasant industry
I love I love them all.
O, there's a good in labor,
If we labor but aright,
That gives rigor to the day-time,
A sweeter sleep at night ;
A good that bringeth pleasure
Even to the toiling hours ;
For duty cheers the spirit
As dew revives the flowers.
Then sar not that Jehovah
Gave labor as a doom,
No ! 'tis the richest merer
From the cradle to the tomb ;
Then let us still be doing
What'er we find to do
With cheerful, hopeful Spirit,
And free hand, strong and true.
SLANDER.
'Twas bnt a breath
And yet a woman's fair name wilted,
And Iriends once warm grew cold and stilted;
And life was worse than death.
One Venomed word,
That struck it coward, poisoned blow
In craven whispers, hushed and low,
And yet the wide world heard.
Twas biit ono whispered one
That muttered low, tor very shame.
That thing the slanderer dnre not name,
And yet its work was done.
A hint so slight,
And yet so might in its power,
A human soul, in one short hour,
. ' Lies crushed beneath its blight.
If there isn't much poetry, there Is trnth, which is
better, in the following lines:
He who checks a child with terrer.
Stops its pliiy and stills its ong,
Not alone commits an error,
But a grievous moral wrong.
.. Give it play and never fear it,
Active life is no delect ;
Never, never break its spirit,
Curb it only to direct.
Would you stop the flowing river.
Thinking it would cease to flow I
Onward must it flow forever ;
Better teach it where to go.
A bootless enterprise going barefoot.
Mr3. Colfax is delighted with the new
baby. Attica, Indiana, has a cooperative
butcher shop.
If wit is bad in age, how much more
unbecoming it must be in youth.
Hurry, mamma, said a little innocent
with his cut finger, hurry, it's leaking.
Thanks to J. M. Hickman for the
first string of Bass of tho season.
How much more pleasant it is to pay
our addresses than our debts.
"A smart, young, active Bloomer,''
formerly a ladj-'s maid, advertises in
Punch for the situation of "tigress."
A codfish breakfast and an India
rubber overcoat will keep a man dry all
day.
How did the bull look on emerging
from the china-shop? A little the worse
for ware.
The Greencastle (Ind ) Nail-works
are now turning out 150 kegs of first
class nails per day.
A schoolmaster in Ireland advertises
that he will kaep a Sunday-school twice
a week Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Jane, give the baby some laudanum
and put it to sleep, and bring me my
parasol. I am going to a meeting for
melioration of the human race.
Wj-ommg nurses calm the rising gen
eration by singing : ' .
' Nice little baby, don't get in a fury,
Cause tiamma's gone to sit on the jury."
An Illinois paper reports that a lady
that State married her sixth husband
n the 4lh inst. Divorces have not aid.
d her, as his five predecessors tranquil
ly sleep all in a row in the cemetery.
The mistress of a district school in a
town of Vermont has the following cers
tificate from one of the prudential com
mittee: A veary good Chool for smoall
Schalears i think the schalears hev lear
ent and i like the Chool veary well.'
The strike of the cigar makers in New
York, against a reduction of wages, still
continues; and between 200 and 300 men
are 'out.' A cigar-making co-operative
association, with a capital of 825,000, di
vided into 2,500 shares, at $10 each, is
in course of formation. The stockholders
are to recicve 10 per cent, per annum,
and the remainder is to be divided among
the working members.
MCHMONlF
JUST AND FEAR NOT! LET ALL THE
RICHMOND, WAYNE CO., IIW.
COMMUNICATION.
It is Plutarch, I believe, that says, "Though
the beginning was small, tho latter end shall
greatly increase."
The retiring card of Geo. W. Julian before
the late Congressional convention, recalled to
my reccol lection tthis suggestive sentiment.
Two sentences occur in that card, equally sug
gestive, and which I desire to revive in a spirit
of frankness and candor. One is in these
words: " As to myself, I have at all times, and
under all circumstances supported the nominees
of my party, first as a Whig, then as a Free
soiler and finally as a Eepub'ican." The other
runs thus: "The opposition to me by Republi
cans has been far more fierce and violent than
I have ever witnessed against the common
foe," i
My acquaintance with Mr. Julian runs back
to the "Hard Cider" campaign of 1810. Ech of
us was then making bis public debut in politics
and each was vociferously shouting for 'Tippe
car.oe and Tyler too." About tho same time
I also became acquainted with John S. Reid, '
just from Oxford, then as now, aud ever since,
a smooth, Oily Democrat; never aggressive, but
always with his party.
In the fall of 1845, Mr. Julian became a
candidate for tho Legislature before the Whig
convention of this county and was elected. In
'46 he became a candidate for the senate, and
being beaten by David P. Holloway, bolted,
refused to 'support the ticket, left the party and
joined the Free Soilers. In '49 he became the
Free Soil Candidate for Congress, and Samuel
W. Parker for tho Whigs. At the same timo
this John S. Reid, new J udge Reid, and I, be
came the noaiinees of cur respectivo parties
for the senate from Fayette and Union co's, Mr.
Julian made an al!:ance with "r. Reid, aggres
sive and defensive, help for help, along tho
whole line, against Mr. Parker and myself. By
the alliarce, not only were both elected and
we bea'.en, hut even the Democratic ticket of
Old Wayne was thereby triumphantly elected.
He ate and drank with Roil, he rode and he
slept with him; and he worked, wrote and
spoke for him. And the Judge would tell his
Democratic friends: Mr. Julian was as good a
Democrat as he wanted.
In '52 Messrs. Parker and Jul'an again com
peted for Congress. Julian was defeated. The
contest was unusally acrimonious. To speak
of the part I took would be speaking too much
about self. Suffice to sy when the race was
run, the accounts between Mr. Julian and me
balanced. I also regained my losses the next
time Unioa became entitled to tho senator.
In '55 we held a State Convention at India
napolis called the ' Fusion" convention, which
was a kind of chemical effort to combine the
Free Soilers with the broken fragments of the
old Whig part'. When the sons of compro
mise assembled, George caiaa also. In the
progress of the meeting he introduced a batch
of resolutions which were all promptly voted
down.and being so voted.he left the Convention.
In 56" we had another Sta'e Convention, made
a ticket and placed Oliver P. Morton at the
head of it. George bolted, wrote a series of
letters over his own name to the National Era,
a Free soil paper published in Washington
City, in which he urged his party ' to do every
thing in their power to overwhelm the whole
ticket with inglorious defeat," and they obeyecb
to the triumphant success of the Democratic
party. So oauch for the fidelity to pirty. And
now as to the opposition from Republicans.
Moving to Wayne County in '58. and know
ing that Mr. Juiian was at the head of a party
which had been carved out of the Republic in
party, and which was ready to sanction almost
anything for his promotion, I rea ly felt anx
ious to conciliate him. To this end I voted for
bim at the next nominating election against
Col. Trussler, a highly esteemed personal
friend. Mr. Julian was nominated and elec
ted in the fall . In '62 Congress passed the
Internal Revenue Law. Caleb B. Smith a
member oi Mr. Lincoln'3 cabinet, and Generals
Burnside and Meredith being ia Washington
at the organization of the Revenue Department,
these gentlemen, without my solicitation, but
over the stern opposition of Mr. Julian, caused
Mr. Lincoln to tender me the Office cf Assess
sor. In '64 Gen. Meredith became Mr. Ju
lian's compeitor for the r.ominationfor Congress.
In consideration of the facts just named, and
the further fact that the General bad been very
kind to my son under him in the army of the
Potomac, I felt as if I could not be so much of
an in grate as to vote against him still willing
however to vote for Mr. Juliin if nominated.
But yoting for Gen. Meredith against him. be
ing a sin he never forgives, he loaded himself
to the muzzle with vengeance, went to Wash
ington and demanded my removal. Mr. Lewis,
the Commissioner cf Revenue, infoimed him,
as I learned fiom a reliable source, "I have
never consented to the removal of a good officer
merely because he is not -cceptablo to the M.
C. of his district." Mr. Lincoln also told him
the removal could be made only, for cause
shown, and there the matter ended for the
time being. But after the adjournment of Con,
gress in the spring of '65, Mr. Julian remained
in Washington for what cause I know not. Mr.
Smith went on the Bench, Judge Lewis retired
Mr. Lincoln was assassinated. Andy Johnson
became President, and Mr. Julian resumed his
attack; and to gratify him, Mr. Johnson, with
whom he had been friendly up to this time,
ordered the removal without notice or hearing.
Looking at the time, for the cause and manner
of the removal, I resolved, come weal or woe, I
would help any body to relieve him from that
"tread mill" he has so often said was making
ship-wreck of his constitution, and from his
committee of dirt, in which he appears to have
been burrowing till his brain has softened. I
am bappy to say he is releaved from both;
but not as the Radical of last week had it: "on
furlough only, such as is always given to
Great Generals after wearying and ex
haustive service,' but is more like Pom
ENDS THOU AIM ST AT, BE THY
peii under the ashes of Vesuvius, aod
will have to be exhumed about in the
eame way. I don't assume that I relieved
him. Far from it. But I did ray part,
and am willing he and his friends should
know it.
There are many Republicans Julian
men, whose good opinions I appreciate,
who have complained because I permit
ted my opposition to Mr. Julian, so far
as to vote and work for Judge Reid
as I did. To these I have only to say
what thousands say: 3Tour Sir. Julian is
eelSsh, malicious and factious to the
superlative degree. If one happens to
difler with him politically or per chance
voted against him, even at a nominating
election, be is a 'masked hypocrite, a
christless whelp, a godforsaken flunky
and like terms from his slan dictionary.
To these things, thinking Republicans
will not submii,. It is not the stuff of
which they are made. War is the result.
To fight him successfully, his mode, of
warfare has to be adopted. If occasion
ally beaten, be and his friends ought not
to complain. The history of man abound
with such results. The Greeks fought
the Persians till they learned their mode
of warfare and then beat. The Repub
licans are the legitimate descendents
onlj' of the old Whigs and Freesoilers.
Mr. Julian used this same Judge Reid
in '49, to beat Mr. Parker and myself as
Whigs. Learning from him how it was
done and could be done, I used the
Judge in '68, to beat him as a Republi
can. Show me the difference, and I'll
give it up. But to be frank and honest,
I doubt whether either can cltum much
under the 'golden rule,' and I therefore
only pray,
"That mercy 'you' to others show,"
"That mercy show to me."
And now in conclusion, satisfied as I
am and as I think Mr. Julian ought to
be, that "in combat, blows have to be ta
ken as well given, I again tender him
and his friends the olive branch of peace
which, if accepted, may be an end of all
things. If net, I can only say the rem
nant of life may go with the web
thereof.
JOHN YARYAN.
Statistics of the Suez Canal.
The isthmus of Suez connects Asia
with Africa. Across this isthmus a ca
nal has been cut. thus uniting the wa
ters of the Mediterranean with the Red
Sea. The following statistics of this
great enterprise will doubtless be inte
esting to our readers:
The whole course of the Canal from
the Mediteri anean to the Red Sea, is ex
actly 1G0 kilometers, or 100 miles. It
has an average width of 323 feet, the
width of the base is 216 feet, and the
depth of water 26 feet. The ocean screw
steamships are about 45 feet in the beam;
and our large paddle-wheel steamships
83 feet at the widest. MostlargeEnglish
vessels draw about 24 to 25 feet of wa
ter, but the tendency now is in favor of
vessels of less draught. These particu
lars will ehow the capacity of the canal.
The entire cost of the general construc
tion to June SO, was 855,000,000 in gold.
The population of the Isthmus has in
creased from 150 in 1840 to 50,000 in
1869. The northern entrance of the ca
nal is situated on the eastern shore of
the Mediterranean, 124 miles north of
Alexandria. The site of this town was,
ten years ago, nothing more than an ar
id, dreary waste, affording no anchorage
or shelter for shipping. A port was re
quired for the ships arriving from Eu
rope, and there was no alternative but
to form one at the initial point of the ca
nal, now Port Said. Previous to its
completion an island was formed near
it, at the limits to which ships might ap
proach. Immense cranes were erected
thereon, and by their means the imports
were transhipped into lighters, which
conveyed them to the beach. The buiU
dings of the breakwaters was then pro
ceeded with, and a manufactory of arti
ficial stone established on the sea shore.
Here, by an ingenious process sand and
lime were mixed, and iramens, blocks,
weighing 20 tons apiece, were formed.
These being exposed lor a duo season
to the sun and air, became hard as gran
ite, and of them are built the breakwa
ters which, stretching out into the sea
one a distance of a mile and a half, and
the other upward of a mile make the
fine harbor of Port Said. The first di
vision of the canal is 14 1-2 miles long,
extending from Port Said to Kilometer
Twenty-three. Here it passes through
Lake Manzalah, which is itself separa
ted from the Mediterranean only by a
long narrow ridge of eand. The im
mense dredges emploj-ed, mainly accom plished
the extensive woiks in this di
vision. The division of El Guise is the
second, and extends in a straight line
from Kilometer Twenty three to Ismail
ia, a distance of 35 miles. The deepest
cuttings are in this quarter, the elevation
of the bar of El Guise ranging from 30
to 45 feet above the level of the Medit
erranean. The town of Kantara is sit
uated in this division, and is about 28
miles from Port Said. Ismail's, the
third division of the Canal, includes the
town of that name situated near the
northern shore of Lake Timsah. This
is the central station on the Isthmus, and
appears destined to be a place of im
portance. It owes its existence to the
Canal, and is supplied with fresh water
by the comparatively small canal built
by the Company for the use of the work
men, and which has a branch connect
ing with Suez. The Ismailia division
includes the Bitter Lakes a large ex
panse of water, and which anciently was
the extremity oi the Gulf of the Red Sea.
The last division of the Canal is that of
Suez, which is 28 miles in length, and
terminates at the port of Suez, already
extensively known as the terminus of
the overland route to India and China,
The passengers, mails, and merchandise
arriving by rail from Alexandria, are
shipped at this port for the numerous
places connected by the fleets of the
Peninsular and Oriental Company and
the Mcssagerics Imperiale.
PALLAMJ
GOD'S, THY COUNTRY'S AND TRUTH'S!"
MAY 8, 187Q.
MARK TWAIN ON "SMELt.S."
riOCS OLFACTORIES AND I'EREUMED THE
OLOGY. In a recent issue of the Independent the
Rev. T. De Witt Talmadge, of Brooklyn,
has the following utterance on the sub
ject of 'smells,'
'I have a good Christian friend who,
if he sat in the front pew in the church,
and a working man would enter the
door at the other end, would smell him
instantly. My friend is not to blame for
the sensitiveness of his nose, any more
than you would flog a pointer for being
keener on the scent than a stupid watch
dog. The fact is, if you had all the
churches free, by reason of the mixing
up of the common people with the un -common,
you would keep one half of
Christendom sick at their stomach. If
3Tou are going to kill the church with bad
smells, I will have nothing to do with
this work of evangelization.'
We have reason to believe that there
will be laboring men-in heaven; and al
so a number ot negroes, and Esquimaux,
and Terra del Fuegens, and Arabs, and
a few Indians, and possibly even some
Spaniards and Portugese. All tilings
are possible with God. We shall have
all these sorts of people in heaven; but
alas ! in getting them we shall lose the
society of Dr. Talmadge. Which is to
say, we shall lose the company of one
who could give more real 'tone' to ce
lestial society than any other contribu
tion Brooklin could furnish. And wbat
would eternal happiness be witwout the
Doctor? Blissful, unquestionably we
know that well enough but would it be
distingue would it be recherche without
bim? St. Matthew without stockings or
sandals; St. Jerome bareheaded, and with
a coarse brown blanket robe dragging the
ground; St. Sebastian with scarcely any
raiment at all these we could see, and
we should enjoy seeing them; but would
we not miss a spike-tailed coat and kids
and turn away regretfully, and say to par
ties from the Orient: 'These are well
enough, but you ought to see Talmadge
of Brooklyn. I fear me that in the better
world we 6hall not even have Dr. Tal
madge's 'good christian friend.' For if
we were sitting under the glory of tho
Throne, and the keeper of the keys ad
mitted a Benjamin Fr: nklin or other la
boring man, the 'friend,' with his fine
natural powers infin:tely augmented by
emancipation from hampering flesh,
would detect him with a single sniff,
and immediately take his hat and asked
to be excused.
If the subject of these remarks had
been chosen among the Twelve Apostles
he would not have associated with the
rest, because he could not have stood tho
fishy smell of some of his comrades who
came from around the Sea of Galilee.
He would have resigned his commission
with some such remarks as he makes in
the extract quoted above. 'Master, if
thou art going to kill the church thus
with bad smells, I will have nothing to
do with this work of evangelization.'
He is a deciple and makes that remark
to the Master; the only difference is, that
he makes it in the nineteenth instead of
the first century.
Now, can it be possible that in a haud
ful of centuries the Christian character
has fallen away from an imposing hero
ism that scorned even the stake, tbe
cross and the ax, to a poor lit tie effem
inacy that withers-and wilts under an
unsavory s mell?
Definitions of Bible Terms.
A day's journey was thirty-three and
one fifth miles.
A Sabbath day's journey was about
r-n English mile.
EzekiePs reed was eleven feet nearly.
A cubit is twenty-two inches nearly.
A hand's breadth is equal to three and
five-eighth inches.
A finger's breadth is equal to one inch.
A shekel of gold was 8,09.
A talent of gold was 813,809.
A piece of 6ilver, or a penny, was
thirteen cents.
A farthing was three cents.
A garah was a cent.
A mite was a cent.
An epha, or bath, contains seven gal
lons and five pints.
A bin was one gallon and two pints.
A firkin was seven pints.
An oraer was six pint.
A cab was three pints.
The Baby Elephant Dead.
The little elephant known ts 'Young
Shoo Fly,' attached to Gardner k Fore
pauoh's menagerie, breathed his last
yesterday at 11 A. M. His remean3
have been bequeathed to the Western
Reserve College, where the body was
taken last evening. It will be prepared
while there and exhibited among the
curiosities. His death was brought
about by the tussel he had with the large
elephant while in the Vermillion river a
few days ago, when in sporl, the big fel
low threw 'Shoo Fly' violently into the
deep water. Notwithstanding the death
in the beast family no one regrets his
death more than his mate, who caused
his death. It is a pity to look upon him.
Tears are continually streaming from his
eyes, and a low murmur of groaning is
heard. His keeper says he knows as
well as a man that be was the cause of
his death.-CIeved Plaindealer,April 23
To tiik Prhss. All papers in the fol
lowing State, are requested to insert the
advertisement in another column, head
ed "Homestead and Pre emption," one
year; collections made quarterly. And
print this notice one time, under editori
al head and send marked copy: Illinois,
Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and
Misouri.
Congress is so far behindhand with
business that there is no prospect of an
adjournment before July. Meanwhile
tbe mercantile classes are also waiting
in a state of deep suspense, upon the ca
pricious movements of their representatives.
Whole Number,
NO. 8.
203G.
The Arctic Expedition.
The Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, after having concluded to report
a small outfit for Captain Hall, have now
concluded to report a bill throwing the
responsibility of deciding the claims of
Captain Hall and Dr. Hayes upon the
President. This i much like the Penn
sylvania Justice who, having heard one
side of a cause, was perfectly clear as to
its merits; but, after the argument on
the other side, becaire so confused that
he could not decide the case. He was
however, less cowardly than the Senate
committee; for instead of shifting the
responsibility upon fome one else, he in
dignantly dismissed the suit.
The evidence, as we have heretofore
given it, is clear that Captain Hall, and
not Doctor Hayes, is the man to command
such an expedition. Cin. Times.
FlFTEKNTH AMENDMENT. The bill to
enforce the Fifteenth Amendment repor
ted in the Senate, provides that all cit
izens of the United States not otherwise"
qualified by law shall be entitled and
allowed to vote at all elections without
distinction of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude. Penalties of fine
and imprisonment are provided for fail
ure of ofScials to allow an opportunity
to perform an' necessary prerequisites
of the State or Territorial laws.
Persons deprived of any office, except
that of member of Congress or of a State
Legislature, by reason of a violation of
the foregoing provisions, may recover
possession through the United States
Courts. The United States District
Court shall have, exclusively of all State
courts, cognizance of all crimes and of
fenses against the provisions of this act.
All officers of the United Stales are re
quired, to enforce proceedings thereund
er, and the President is authorized to em
ploy the land and naval forces, or the
militia, to enforce its execution.
The Election Committee still has eigh
teen contested electiou cases to settle
one from Ohio, one from Indiana, one
from Colorado, two from Missouri, and
the balance from the Southern States.
Would it not be delightful to oust sit
ting members near the close of the ses
sion so that both they and the contes
tants can pocket 5,000 each and
mileage?
I.OVE.
Who is he in youth, or in maturity, or
even in old age, who does not like to
hear of those sensibilities which turn
curled heads around atchuich.and send
wonderful eye-beams across assemblies,
from ono to one, never missing - in tho
thickest crowd? The keen statist reck
ons by tens and hundreds; the genial
man is interested in every slipper that
comes into the assembl'.
The passion, alike everywhere, creeps
under the snows of Scandinavia, under
tho fires of the equator, and swims in
the seas of Polynesia. Love is as puis
sant a divinity in the Norse Edda as
Camadeva in the red vault of India,
Eros in the Greek, or Cupid in the Latin
heaven.
And what is especially true of love is
that is a state of extreme impressiona
bility, the 'lover has more senses and fi
ner senses than others; his eye and ear
are telegraphs; he reads omens on the
flower, the cloud, and face, and form, and
gesture, and reads them aright. In bis
surprise at the sudden and entire under
standing that is between him and the be
loved person, it occurs to him that they
might somehow meet independently of
time and place. How delicious tho be
lief that he could elude all guards, pre
cautions, cerimonies, means and delays,
and hold instant and sempiternal com
munication. In solitude, in banishment, tbe hope
returned, and the experiment was eager
ly tried. The supernal powers seem to
tke his part. Whas was on his lips to
say is uttered by his friend.
When he went abroad, ho met, by
wonderful casulties, the ono person he
sought. If in his walk he chanced to
look back, his friend was walking behind
him. And it has happened that the ar
tist has often drawn in his pictures the
face of the future wife whom he had not
yet seen. Emerson.
Discontinuance of the State Military Agen
cyOrder of Governor Baker.
Executive Department, )
, Indianapolis, April 1, '70.)
At his own request, Dr. William Han
naman is relieved from further duty as
Military Agent of the State of Indiana,
and the Military Agency under his
charge is discontinued. Dr. Hannaman
deserves the thanks of the people of the
State for the efficient manner in which he
has performed his duty, his services
having, since October, 1868, been ren
dered gratuitously. In view of the dis
continuance of the Agency, it is ordered;
First That the books and papers, re
cords, property and effects of the office
be transferred to the Adjutant General's
office, and committed to the care and
custody of the Adjutant General of the
Slate.
Second That from and after this date,
the Adjutant General of the State shall,
ex officio, perform all the duties which
have heretofore been performed by the
Military Agent of the State.
Third All persons having business
with the Agency are requested to ad
dress John G. Green wait, Adjutant Gen
eral, Indianapolis, Indiana, who, in his
official capacity, will continue to present
the claims of Indiana soldiers, gratui
tously, as heretofore.
Conrad Baker,
Gov. of Indiana.
At Danville, New York, a dog chased
a cat into a house and on to a red-hot
stove. The cat tried to escape by climb
ing up the stove-pipe, but fell back into
a pan of boiling water, and the lady of
the house, in trying to rescue the cat,
was bitten r.nd will die, and the cat has
died, and the dog ought to die, or any
other dog or cat.
: About Cuba. The Spanish authori
ties in Cuba ay that the rebellion in
over, but the Cubans say to the contra nv
aud from the latest news we think V, .:
Cubans are nearest the truth certain it
is that tbe Captain General, De Roda,
is constantly asking for more troops an i
moro money, and that the Bank of Ha
vana has loaned him 85,000,000 where with
to pay off his clamorous troops
Ho will probably find the five million'
to be but a "diop in tho. bucket." TL .-.
most wonderful part of the Cuba cewit
comes from Spain, . e. that there if a
growing willingness to dispose of the h
land to the United States for a consid eration;
not one only, bnt several of ih j
leading Spanish papers now state thfit
they sold Florida, and the best way out
of their present trouble is to sell Cn!;a
before it is too late! This eeeuis to Iks
the only way to stop those horrid dnr;.
hcad courl3 martial and more than ho. -rible
executions, which seem to bt of
daily occurrence in Cuba. Both parti e -;
hseem to like the taste of human blood;
nothing can justify such excess, and wo
hope a stop will be put to them in some
way very soon. We are not a prophet,
nor the son of a prophet, but we believe,
from our heart of hearts, thai Spain nev
er can re conquer Cuba if so, Is it not
better, then, to sell tho Island and "tbu-
reimburse herself for some portion of
her outlay, than finally to lose it and re
ceive nothing for it but the disgrace r;
being beaten by a few thousand feeM3
men; almost without arms or money? The
Cubans have maintained the war more
than a year against a kingdom of 8,000.
000 souls a kingdom which has freely
shed her own and their blood, and her
treasures have been poured out like wa
ter. What has she gained? Is she anv
nearer conquering the Island than she
was nine months ago? She has lost 30,
000 men and 100,000,000 dollars, and
gained nothing!
The Emperor of the French i3 deter
mined upon a Piebiscitum, or genera'
vote of the people, to know if they will
sustain his government and dynasty.
The Republicans are opposed to it, be
cause, under Louis Napoleon, with his
f 500,000 troops and 1,100,000 civil offi
cers, it will be nothing but a farce. Jf j
purpose is palpable it is to blind otht
nations, and make thern believe that lh.
French people love their Emperor and
his family. Ferba-p?, faroe through i?
may be, it will be better than auothr.'
Hhree days' by which he made hiniscli'
Emperor!
The Force of Imagination. Buck
land, the distinguished geologist, one
day gave a dinner, after dissecting f:
Mississippi alligator, having asked ;.
f good many of the most distinguished .c?
his classes to dine with h;m. His house
and all his establishment vere in good
style and taste. Ilia guests congrerrri
ted. The dinner-table looked spied; 1
with glass, china, a:id plnte, and tl o
meal commenced with excellent soup.
t 'How do you like tho soup?' asked t!.
eloctor alter naving unisumg ms owi,
addressing a famous gourmand cf th .
day. 'Yery good indeed,' answered tho
other; 'turtle, is it not? I only ask bsj-r-.anse
I do not find anv orcen ft.' Th-:;
doctor shook his head. 'I think it has
samewhat of a musky taste,' says anoth
er; 'not unpleasant, but peculiar.' 'All
f alligators have,' replieel Buckland; 'thy
I canman pecularlv st. The fellow I dis
sected this morning, and which yo i
have just been eating ' There was
a general rout of guests; every one turn.
j cd pale. Half a dozen started up frci i
t the table, two or three ran out of t!i;
ij room, and only those who hd stout
? stomachs remaiaed to the close of
i excellent entertainment. 'Sea what im
agination is,' said Buckland. 'If I ha i
jftold them it was turtle, or terrapin, or
bird's-nest soup, 6alt waler amphibia, fr
t the gluten of a fish from the maw oi :i
K sea-bird, they would have pronounced
'it excellent, and their digestion would
?have been none the worse. Sach is pr---;
judice." 'But was it teally an Alligator?'
! asked a lady. 'As good a calf s head tn
4everworea corontt," answered Buck
. land.
'If the laws of God and nature wero
.'as vacitlating and as uncertain as t'l
ijlaws of Congress in regard to tho busi
Uness of its people, the universe wow 1
soon fall intu chaos,' wrote one of t
. constituents of Representative Garfield,
lately; and, judued by the results of
Congressional deliberation upon the fis
cal measures during the last few year.-?,
that sentence is not a whit too trenchanr.
INTERESTING IK3SOCRATIC STATiS
TICS. .
In Kentucky, during the year 1 80?,
the Kluklux killed, whipped and other
wise abused 327 negroes That is near
ly one for every day in the year, inclu
ding Sunday. Rather vigorous work,
that, but it is more than equalled i:i
Tennessee, where the murders alone, aro
estimatetl at one a day, for the six
months examinetl by the Legislative
Committee. Whippings, robberii3.
rapes ana burnings are not include.!.
In Louisiana, in the sixty days prece
ding the late Presielcntial election, there
were 859 murders committed, never of
Democrats, invariably of those who voted
the other ticket. The entire number e.f
Kuklux Democratic eiemonstrations in
Louisiana, within a single quarter is set
down at 2,500. In Texas, in the 'o".a
single' month (to imitate Mr. Voorhecs)
of March, 1868, there were murdered
by the Ku Klnx twenty one freedmcn
and fifteen white men, and eleven freed -men
and seven white men were attacked
with the intent to murder. Fifty-four
murders and attempts in a month is en-
"ergetic, to say the least: In the Jul'
following the number of freedraen actu
ally raurdereel was thirty two, and of
white men seven, an advance of two in
Democratic grace in four months. In
the year 1868 there were five thousand -dictments
for murder pending in the
State, and of all the army of assassins
but one, and be a negro, was punished.
In Alabama there were nine murders in
Green county in two weeks; in Tusca
loosa four in the sau.e time. Public of
ficers have been warned to leave the
State on peril of their lives. Others, as
Judge Charlton, have been heroically
shot from behind a tree, as Fletcher
Freeman was in Sulivan county in this
State. At this rate Alabama will show
as brilliant a halo of Democratic glory
as Tennessee or Texas. In Georgia in
nine months there were 336 murders
and attemps at murder.