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RATES OF . ADVC3TISINO.
THE PAT.T.ATttOM
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B. W. DAVIS.
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Uae square three months. 6.08
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Oee-fcurth ef a eoiaaM one year 2.fl
Oae-aeir ef aeeluaw,oae year.. .I.'.. 45.00
Three-foartfas of a eeluaiaae year . . . . 50 0
UOLLOWA.Y At DAVIS
Proprietors. .,.
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THY GOD'S i THY COUNTRY'S AND TRUTH'Sl"
TERMSi
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Business Cards.
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U GUST US B. YOUNCJ
Attorney and Notary.
ffiVOICee oer T. X. Young's Grocerh
roeorv Main -st., between Fi th sod Sixty
, Sooth tide. ' Richmond, lad.
44. 1872K , .
rmQi
ii, signed hss
last receivedhis
Sew Winter
- 8t jle of
HATS
of allKiads,
to which hs in
vites the atten-
ionofall wbowoull indulge in the lstssl
fashions. Call at the Hst andt'ap store
0 JOHN fUrrnllll. :
Richmond. Mar. 18. 1671, l-lv
BOOTS AND SHOES?
181 -Miii Stheet,
JUST RECEIVED, direct fro-n the msn- '
ulacturers, s lorfte lot of Boots Shoes.,
tor Cents, Indies, Misses, snd Chlldrene
itar, which will be sold At prices that wilt
eee.se the purchaser. - .
cFor styles, finish and material, the Stock
a 181 cannot be excelled in onr city, and we
pkoar lellow.eitisens of Rich mond end vi
enity to call snd examine onr Stock before
ar.h..inK.whejefegTLL4so3rg;
Riobmomd. July 8 1871. 24tf
1TICHOLON ft CO,
BOOK.BIUDERY '
RICHMOND, 1MO.
WE sreprepsred to execute BINDING ,
and 1ILANK BOOK WORK, in
1 1 its branches, and the best style.
AFTER MANY DAYS."
BT BALUS J. BATTBT.
Ones again the fairy spring-time,
Vivifies the earth and air,
With a touch of living beanty ,
And agloiy everywhere.
And the merry-hearled minstrels
Whiise sweet hsrps were still so long,
Cheer the re-awakened forest,
With their gladsome pesls of song.
And the world's great heart of nature,
Joyous after many days,
, With a thousand tongues of music,
Utters songs of joy snd praise.
After msny days the manna,
t 1 M 1 1 .
VUt UWD uin WRWII cut,
Bears an hundred-fold, returning ...
. O'er a deluge that la past. ' - - -
After ntaoy days the lesson, " . f.,
Learosdot ebaeteniag snd test,
Brings a recompense of duty,
And the magic grace of rest.
After many days, the harvest.
Sown through years of toil and pain,
Upringeth tp as flowers of gtadeess,
'Keath "clear shining after rain."
After many days, the spirit , '
Weighed by ony coun tiers burdens down.
Rises to a better station
Crosses wrought into e crown.
Pomeroy's Democrrt.
THE PALLADIUM.
Gea. Tom. Browne ia RichasoaU.
After any Pattera.Doae to Order
Bring your MUSIC and hare it
Paged. Boundaod Indexed.
MISSING os or Magaxlnes Sup
plied. . r "
J. M. W A. S S O N,
Real Estate - Agent
HAS
Houses, Lots, Lands and other
Property.
FOR SALE OR TRADE.
XSOTTaXI SB TO H. WT.
Office over the Post-offioe.l - w
' Residence, 120 North V Riohkomd.Ind.
Sixth Street. 1 -
CIVIL SRRVICE REFOEM.
There was printed in the Ga
zette, of Saturday, In our Wash
ington special dispatches, a report
of an interview with the President
on the subject of civil service re
form, and in tho regular report of
the proceedings of Congress was
printed a synopsis of the debate
in Congress on a civil service bill
embodying tho views of the Civil
Service Commission and indorced
by the President. These two
features are worthy of special no
tice. f"'
Ihe gentlemen who interviewed
the President were Messrs. Pbebt
and Gabfibld.oI Ohio,nadin order
that the reliability of the report
of that interview" may not be.
questioned we -will state that the
version telegraphed to and printed '
in the Gazette was written out and
furnished to our correspondent' If
the Hon.- A F Perry, of this city,
who as stated above, visited the
President in company with the
lion Z A Garfield, for the express
purpose of ascertaining his views
It was the substance of this inter
view that Mr., GanTeld undertook
to staie in the House, when be was
stopped on the objection of Mr.
"Jatler fiom Mass. under the rules,
tha Speaker deciding that the
views of the President, or even the
impression made upon the mind
by a
"Some person assumed the responaibilitr'
Yesterday, of sticking up posters announeins
tnatuen.iom Browne wouiaspeaKti Lyceum oi a member OI (JOneresS
ill-timed and tho meeting premature. Tele-1 conversation with the President
rm ...... conld not be atated in debate, for
'Some of the best and most sabs tan- ....
tial Republicans of our city, wrote to General UB P"fF" iuuucuuiS icS-
Browne, and urged him to give our citisens a I tion
publicans and the heavy ordinance
of the Democratio party as well
and the press of all parties, in fact
should be directed against Con
gress. There is where the obstacles
to civil service reform exist. . The
other eid of the capital is all right.
The President favors reform. He.
has done too what no so-called
civil ' service reform has yet
done proposed a plan. This has
been worked out by commission
ers favorable to real reform; it has
been sent to Congress and its adop
tion stronclv nrsed bv ' the Pres-
3 m a?
it and there it stops . , The
President, too. . suDolemenU his
w r mm
recommendation by a full, clear,
and emphatic indorsement of the
proposed plan to two well known
members of Congress, and one ol
these Mr. Garfieid whoso first
choice for the Presidency Grant
certainly is not proclaims to the
country that the President is ia
favor of the proposed reform and
desires its adoption.
Now what is this plan? This
in brief : Every applicant for of
fice shall undergo an examination,
and, Having passed, and proving
efficient and honest upon trial, he
shall not be removed before the
close of the term for which he was
appointed . A person might pass
an examination and yet prove in
capable of filling the office. In
that case he would be removed
for cause, and the next man would
take bis place : but while au inca-
ii..
MENDICANT FRIARS.
Ijelhon. for ninety days, and who
was honorably discharged and has '
remained loyal io the Government
shall, on compliance with an act
eutiued 'An act to secure home
steads to actual settlers . on the
public domain,' and the acts
amendatory thereof, as herein after
modified, be entitled to enter upon
and receive patents for a quantity
of public lands (not mineral) not "
exceeding lou ar-res, or one quar-
ter-Bcctton,to be taken In compact
form according to ; legal sobdivis .
;on, including ' tho alternate re
served sections of public lands
along the line of any railroad or
other public work, not otherwise
reserved or appropriated, . and ,
other lands subject to entry under,
the homes' ead laws of the United
States: Provided that said home .
stead settler shall be allowed six
months Arteiocating. , his home- j ia evvnaara- perambulating the perish,
stead within which to commence gathering dimes and dollars, to buy the
his settlement and improvement: j minister's wife a set of fiirs, or himself a
A Tl . S m. A. S if
, beginning for a missionary work. Moat
hopeful, indeed. "Rev. A- B. C and
wile," wo are told, "were favored wttn
a very pleasant visit and valuable gifts
from bis people on the lento anniversa
ry of his marriage. Great harmony
prevails and a graeioas outpouring of
the Spirit has been enjoyed." r . r
Grace and greenbacks are the two boras of
the altar. A "precious revival" and fa parse
of money and other gifts, amounting ia Value
to seventy-fire dollars, enjoy the honors of
the same paragraph. A gifted young broth
er OAIL 8AMILTON.
ts the Protestant Church we have
abolished priesthood i but mendicancy,
prevented from concentrating itfelf in a
single order, has become diffused through
all orders It Is not strange that the ' lay
mind becomes contused when clerical
views are vague. If golds ruste what
ehulde iron do ; The . Iaborerr whether I er preaches to the beathea la their own toegae,
STATE NEWS.
L
clergyman or farmer ia . worthv of his
hire ; but the clergyman and the farmer
stand on entirely different grounds. The
farmer sells a bushel of potatoes, a ton o(
hay, and receives the price agreed on; and
that is the end of the matter. The clergy I ter himself with a gold-beaded
i and draws more money out of their pockets ,
n seven weeks laaa me leas eloquent prede
cessor had done in eight years. Tha power
of the Gospel is seen Ja a whole , pariah's
coming together in the vestry to present the
minister's wife win a tbissble an I the mlaie-
man receives his stipulated ono, two, five
thoueacd dollars a year ; but is never let
alone. Somebody, generally a woman,
speech on State and National Politics, on Fri
day night last, and he consented. Tliereupon,
they procured us to print Handbills announc
ing that fact, and tee employed Mr. Dobbins,
whoae business it ia to "stick up posters
to do that job. TW is the history of the re-
sponsibilitv" that the Telegram says was as-
lamed.' 'From the following notice of the
meeting telegraphed to the Indianapolis Joui-
nal, we conclude that 'the movement was ae
ill-timed, nor 'the meeting premature
' THE FIRST GUM OF THE CAMPAIGN.
It had been charged
by
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1 Boot A Shoe
MANUFACTURERS.
The Best French Calf and
Kip Boots neatly made
in the latest siyle on short notice, and at
reasonable figures. None but the best ma
terial used. No: HA Main street, near Bistli,
Richmond. Ind. '0T
SPEECH OF
GEN. TOM.
RICHMOND.
BROWNE AT
'LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC ATTEND
- . ANCE. '
NICHOLSON & BItO.,
Booksellers and Stationers,
(NEW STAND)
Stb and Main Odd Fellows Bnildiag
RICHMOND, INDIAMA.
1-1 .
JOHN H. FOFF
ATTORNEY AT LAW aad NO
TARi Office No. 33, Main-atreel
R Vkasoad, lads attends to-the colleo
tion ot allelaima in any State e the Union
Will practise in any of the Courts of Indiar a
aud Ohio. Execute Deeds, Mortgages, and
Powers of Attorney, either inland or for
eign. Br special arrangement with O. V.
Adas, in Cineinnati, (German Consul) snd
" HiLLsae Co., of New York, lam enabled to
forward and receive any money packages or
other valuables, as well as te attend to the
traasitof persons from any part ef Europe
or f rom tbiseonntry. .
All easiness strictly confidential and
poinptly attended to. J.H. P.
July 7th 18M . !,
Jehiel Railoback,
Attorney at Law,
Richmond, Ind.
Entrance one door East ef fetehell'a Store
aad over Hudson's Drugstore, Main-aU
Richmond, Aug. 10, 1870. - ;
Mary F.THor.iAt, m.d
Practicing Physician,
Orrics Nobtb-babt Coa. Main a Si xtc.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal t
' , : . Richmond, Ibd., April IS.
' General Tom. Browne, the Republican can
didate for Governor of Indiana, opened the
campaign in a speech at Lyceum Hull, in this
city, last night, to a large and enthusiastic
audience. The General prefaced his remarks
by stating thai he had but two days' notice of
the desire of the Republicans of Richmond
that he Bhould address them, anil consequent
ly had not been able to make such prepare.
tion as he desired.' He stid he wss not there
to champion any man, but to pay an humble
tribute to the party which has engraven , its
enduring and exalted principles upon the
policy of our American institutions. He
iraced the history of the Republican party
from the inauguration of the rebellion down
to the present time, after which he briefly al
luded to the amnesty, favoring amnesty to
every person who was In good faith attached
te the institutions of the country. He then
reviewed the national debt, and the rapidity
frith hioh itfwea being paid and vindicated the
adminiatration from the charge of profligacy
and corruption. He compared it with past
Democratic adminiatrations, and established
that its losses were less than any edminia
tration for the peat forty years, paying per
:icular attention to the record of the Demo
cratic party of Indiana in this respect, show
ing that D. C. Stover, a former Democratic
Agent of the State, during Governor Wit
lsrd's administration, forged two millions
four hundred and forty thousand dollars of
State bonds, and put them on the New Yorks
market, and thisinm exceedei a!! the loase
by Grant's appointees during the three and
one-half rears ef his administration. He
And Provided also, That the time
which the homestead settler shall
have served in the army, navy, or
marine corps aforesaid shall be de
ducted from the time heretofore
required to perfect title or if dis
charged on account of wounds
received, or disability inucured in
the line of duty, then the term of
enlistment shall be deducted from
the time heretofore required to
perfect title, without referenco to
length of time he may have serv
ed: Provided bowbvbr. That no
patent shall issue to any home
stead settler who has not resided
upon, improved and cultivated his
said homestead for a period of at
least one year after he shall com
mence his imororements aforesaid.
Sec 2 That any person en
titled under the provisions of the
if
fbe Kingdom of Heaven were to be taken by
violence. The number of young eanrerta
gathered into the church and the market-val
ue ef the beaf aad chases contributed by the
old converts are reported with equal preci
sion; and it ia counted for distinguished dis
interestedness that a minister looks around
upon his dried apples and salt pork left by
the receding donation tide, and exclaims with
tears in his eyes : " Not yon, but you P
Tuesday night of last week, a
young mend of ours arrayed id
bis starchiest, went around after
his Matilda and took her to the
show. While standing in front of
shoemaker in a country villsge. would " cage oi "om Moses," admir-
feel disgraced by a 'contribution paper ing the King of Beasts,' with said
I going about town to collect money to buy Matilda swinging lovingly on his
himsolf a coat. The lawyer's wife would arm. the man who 'tells us all h
rather wear calico all her life than levy knows" came around with a de-
silk gown, or a carpet for their parlor, or
n a general way to make them a present,
for get up a mrprise-donation-party, (ill
minister have lost somewhat of manhood
Something sturdy, self-reliant, independ
ent, upright, and downright has gone out
of the profession. Ministers will permit,
will even invi te, what other men would
resent. The merchant in a city, the
Butler
that the advocates of civil service
reform were the friends of the
Cincinnati convention, and con
sequently the enemies of the Presi
dent. The impression this made
upon the country is that tho Pres
idenf, ia appointing the Civil Ser
vice Commission, and In urging
upon Congress the passage of a
bill embodying the recommenda
tions of the commissionerf?, was
insincere, and that there was a
tacit understanding that while be
would seem to favor reform, Con
gress would defeat it. This is tho
ground taken by the organs of tho
new departure Republicans, and
the New Y.rk Tribune fiercely
assails the President upon this
point, while it has not a word to
say against members of Congress
who ure determined to defeat the
measures recommended by the
President, there is need of reform
in the civil service. This is gen
erally conceded. It is demau led
by the people. Therefore it has
been made a hobby of by the new
departure Republican.. Before
the Cincinnati convention was
called however before it wa3 tven
thought of Grant recommended
reform, and measures were iaaugur
ated to bring it about. These
the President has steadily favored
and still favors, and in his inter
view with Messrs. Perry and i5ar
ficld he gave evidence that he un
derstands the subject thoroughly;
that he sees clearly the abuses that
exist and the cause, and that ho is
sincerely anxious to correct the
one and remove the ether. To
this one he desires legislation be-
pable person, practically, might foregoing section to enter a home-
pas9 sn examination, it is not often I stead, who may have heretofore
that a capable person would fail to entered under tho homestead laws
pass. At any rate the examina- a quantity of land less thsn 160
I SAMO ah nil Ka nniMUlf.1 4. am toe
tion and test system is the eame aadcr the provisions of this act
that buaiaesa men practice, and so much land as, when added to
that which private parties find use- I the quantity previously entered,
ful and even necessary cannot but 8U not exceed one hundred and
acres.
3 That In Ik. nana ryt
the view the President takes of it, the deftth of &ny per9on WQ() woqW
and this is the reason why bo be entitled to a homestead nnder
many Congressmen object to it. I the provisions of the first section
The latter desire the road to office of tkis act- his widow, if onmaried,
or In case or her death or marriage
then lus minor orphan children,
by a guardian duly appointed and
olBV.ially accredited at the Depart
ment of the Inteuor, shall be en
titled to all the provibions as to
se easy that their own recommen
dation will be the only pass requir
ed.
It is with these passes they pay
their friends who control primary
meetings and State Legislatures,
tribute on the parish for a silk. But the
minister and the minister's wife will
wear the contributed clothes, and make
a note of it fur the religious newspaper
The school-teacher surveys bis district,
builds or buys such a house as he can
and, if opt able to do either, rents a tenel
ment or boards, and betters himself as
scriptive pamphlet for sale . Step
ping op to the young man above
alluded to he said : 'Have a book.
very valuable, sir, contains a full
description of the animals, when
captured, their habits, fcc , only
twenty -five cents; boy one for
certain degree of embarrassment.
At least, it was so in this case.
settlement and improvement there
in contained: Provided. That if
and if this coin were not good, a 1 such person died during his term
soon as possible, ministers are willing your wue. now, we suppose
to be accounted a feeble folk, for whom I that there is in the life of everv
houses should be provided, without young man, n period when to be
raanAnoiKMtlsr t tVt Ate ACtt. sae4 rliia I
v! , wu; -uu i anoroacuca in sucu a manner, in a
unmanly self-surrender loses its sting crowd. he would naturallv fl a
i .1 l i -
uy vuristcuiug iuo uuuso -a para-Dago
The carpenter who wants to take his
wifa nn a cnmmpF lr?n In tltn WliilA
Mountains waits till be has earned the showman for a mo-
enough to do so at his own expense, but ment his faC6 nning as red as a
some rich deacon or "active brother" is npo gooseberry, he tried to ex
expected to take the minister and pay Plain how U wasn't his wife that
the bills. was with htm, but just only a friend,
And tho minister not only suffers and PusbinK h3 way on through
these thiDgs, but takes pleasure in them the crowd the meanwhile. As he
hat do them, and sometimes feels ag- hurried past, an acquaintance
crriAUPil If thptr ra tin Anna mnA nnJo I r
a note to tbe religious newspapers sug- elbow ( a rnde, heartless fellow)
gestmg or alarming that tney should be inquired : Will, did he miss it
aone. a minister o; msweuc tenaencies
great many small men who get to
Congress would have to stay at
home. Merit would then have a
fair show, and Congress would be
reformed also.
If, then, the country would have
civil service reform, it should
stand by the President, who has
caused to be worked out and rot
commended a plan and mark for
defeat the members of Congress
of enlistment, the whole term of
enlistment shall be deducted from
the time heretofore required to
perfect the title.
bee. 4 That where a pirtv at
the date of his entry of a tract of
land under the homestead laws, or
subsequently thereto, was actual. y
enlisted or employed in the array
or navy of the United States, -bis
service therein shall, on the ad
ministration of said homestead
laws, be construed to be equiva
lent to all intents and purposes to
who voted against the civil service ft residence for tho same length of
r1 Special Atten
tion to Obstetrics and
Diseaaes of Women
and Children.
Oct. 21, 1871.
orricB hocus :
7 to 8 a. m.. 12 to 3
p. m., and 7 to 9 p.
m.
n3t2f
then spoke of the tariff, and was not willing caa8e legislation is necessary, but
to enter into ueicucv vi iu tuiating wriu,
that in many of its features it was radically
I wrong and oppressivs, aad ought to be modi-
Hid ia many important respects, but thst im-
Tttl T
. ww a wi
omce op athist
Of KICE East Broadway, (Dr. Jones's old
stand,) first house West of Grace
M. K. Church,
RICHMOND, INDIANA.
Orrios Hours From 10 to 12 a. m., an
rom 2 to 4, and 7 to 8 p. m. 14-1
J. E. McINTYBE, M. D.,
Office oppoaite Huntington Ilonsu
RICHMOND. INDIANA.
Special Attention Given to Surgery
Residence No. 17 South Franklin Street.
nU-lj.
DIL Q. B. HARRIMAN
No. 16 North Pearl Street,
... f Opposite the Warner Bnildiag.)
RICUNONO, IND.
Oflice Honrs: From 1 to 2, and from
to 7 I. M.anJ atU other times when not
professionally engaged.
Richmond. Nov. 9, 1869. 19dy
"Wanted. -
' Everybody to send Thirty Cents, and
receive FREE by retnm mail, a good Name
Plate, Indelible Ink, Brush. 4c, for marking
linen, clothing, towels, books, envelopes, cir
culars, Ac, Ac. Write name plain.
" Adiresa. ALLEN SELBT.
Gordon, Ohio.
Congress refuses, and therefore
Mr. Greeley starts up and cries
Humbug! by pocracy ! bosh! the
President does not moan1 reform,
he is playing a game of strategy,
that's all.
Now the average mind of the
American people is fair, and the
madness and reo&lessncss of such
bitter opponents as Mr. Greeley
will not prevent tbe people from
demanding in honest course
toward the President, and Repub
lican?, at least, will fee that he has
(air play.
The fact i, lour fifths of all the
appointments to government offices
are virtually made by the members
of Congress The President is
onlv nominally the appointing
power. , These office are called
'4'f46mS
n-.,
A Charitable Work.
0 S100.000, in 2309 PHIZES in Cash and Real
Estate Gifts, are t be distributed Legally)
May2Sth,1872,at M.i. no City, llocois.in aid
of a Public Library ni Churches.
Thia Enterprise i endorsed by the business
men of Illinois. Tickets 2,1.0 each. For
fall particulars, address
HTRAWN AMASEV,
Basinets Managers, ilasou City, UL
portant changes could not be brought about
in a day tbe work had already besun in
Congress, and gratifying results may be ex
I perted before it adjourns. He then discussed
at some length the Ku-Klux legislation, and
the charge that the government was becoming
centralized. He said that this was becoming
a familiar charge ; that during tbe war Lin
coln was denounced as a tyrant, and the na
tion as a military despotism ; that it was
simply a resounding of the old rallyiug cry
of tbe Klans that were opposed to any re
storation of the Union that left treaaon out.
He believed one ol the results of tbe storm
and agooy of the revolution through which
we hare passed, was to nationalize citixen
ship, aud put the life and liberty of tbe weak
est and humblest under the protection of the
Government. He paid an eloquent tribute to
the Union soldiers, and concluded by showing
that their mission was not ended, but wae ex
pected to accomplish much in tbe future, con
cluding as follows:
"And is something not due to ths child who
gave up a father, to the wife who sacrificed a I patronage, and Senators
husband, and to tho mother who bore and
laid him, bleeding and mangled, on the altar
of the country t Yes. We owe it to all theae
to save the Government they won for us
from the ambitious clutches of that party by
whatever name it may be known, or under
whatever colors it may march, that mocked a
patriotie people ia the hour of ita sorrow, and
l that would be swift in undoing the great
work which has been hallowed by the tears of
the living and the blood of the dead." " -
v1ba AAaAh aavskSB ii allsr ansirf tea rtetsa mlwiA at mA
AIM SJUT7TVll vv mm ubuivivu aaa aaaaw see r avj eaaflw I , m 0 m.
made a profound impression upon the large mains aud lf PMl COOtlue
audience present. The speaker was frequent- I to be recognized. This 13 the lea
ly interrupted with epplauss.and was beartly j Bon 0f Xh9 adverse VOte in the
congratulated upon its close by many of the - ,a n tj.rM.. t r
of Republicans and Democrats.
A young msn ia New Albany was publicly This being the case, the heavy or-
cowhided on Monday of last week, by two dinance of tho new denarturo Ran
young ladles.
bill. That's the way the New
York Tribune proposes to dodge
its responsibility on the tariff
That belongs, it tells us, to the
congressional districts. That is
precisely where civil service re
form now belongs. The President
baa done his part. He has gone
as far in pressing rciorm as tue
Constitution authoi izes. More can
not be expected of him . The res
sponsible parties now are those
members of Congress who, on Fri
day, voted to recommit tho bill
with authority to report at any
time, which was equivalent to kill
ing it, and tho intention of the vote
was to kill it.
If the opponents of Grant are
honest if they are fair minded
they will hereaiter cease at least to
charge him with opposition to civil
service Reform Cincinnati Ga
zette
and
Representatives demand their
share. Each Senator and each
Representative claims a certain
number' of appointments, and no
man has been elected President in
forty years, aud no one will be
elected ia the next forty , years,
strong enough to " resist -these
I claims, if the president system re-
oldest aad leading citisens.
HOMESTEADS AT LAST.
On Friday of last week the
Senate of the United States per
formed an act which will entitle it
to the gratitude of soldiers for a'l
coming time: and not to be lcit be
hind, the House on Monday com
pleted the work so far as lay in its
power, and having received the
signature cf the President, is now
a law. We allude, of course, to
the soldiers homestead act, which
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uusatu uutu nouses wituout a ui
vision. It reads as follows:
US IT ENACTED BT THE SENATE
and House of Representatives or
the United States in Congress
Assembled, luat every private
soldier and officer who has served
in the Army of the' United States
dunng the Rebellion for ninety
a ays, or more, and who was honor
ably discharged, and has remained
loyal to the Gorvernment, includ
ing the troops mustered into the
service of the United States by
virtne or the 3d section of an act
entitled 'An act makinsr arjDronria
tions for completing the defences
of Washington, and for other purs
poses,- approved jrebruary 13,
1862, and Jte very seaman, marine
and offioer who served in the Navy
or the United States, or in tho
Marino Corps, daring the Re
time upon the tract so entered:
Provided, That if bis entry has
been cancelled by reason of his
absence from said tract while in
the mili ary or naval service of the
United States, aad such tract has
not been disposed of, his entry
shall be restored and confirmed.
And provided further, That if
such tract has been disposed ef.
naid parly may enter another tract
subject to entry under said laws,
and his right to a patent therefore
shall be determined by the proofs
touching bis. residence and culti
vation of the first tract, and bh
absence therefrom in such service.
See 5 That any soldier, sailor
marine, officer, or other person,
coming within provsions of tho
act may, as well by and agent as
in person, enter upon homestead;
Provided, That said claimant ia
person, shall within the time pre
scribed, commence settlement and
improvement on tho same, and
thereafter fulfill all the require
ments of this act.
Sec. 6 That the Commission
ers of the General Land Office
shall have authority to make all
needful rules and regulations to
carry into effect the provisions of
this act.
me tion. uodiove s urtu, in
bis speech to the colored men of
Indianapolis, eaid. 'Let no man
be deceived. The Democratic
party feel that the American peo
ple have time and again pronounc
ed solemn judgment against them,
but to gain power they will resort
to any means that may be sug
gested by their desparation. Their
pledges and professions will be
more profuse than antumnal leaves
and about as worthless. They are
ready to lead, or j?in, oi follow
any political fragment in the conn
try between whom and them there
can be but one bond of union, and
thst is, hatred to onr honored Re
publican President, whom they
never seem to have forgiven for
his treatment to portion of &e
Democratic party at Donaldson, at
Vicksburg, in the Wilderness, and
on the Appomattox.
Tue Leporte papers report that the fisher-
at Mehigan City have commenced work.
has his rooms frescoed by a painter who
nas reeetiur joined lus 'eonmgattoB."Af-
l ter waiting a reasonable time, the paint-
tor sends in nts bill. Tbe clergyman
' returns an injuredsinnocence sort of note
saying tbat he had not expected to be
called upon to pay ; but he will settle
the bill as soon as he can, though not
immediately, as he shall have to save
tbe money out of his salary ! The pain-
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ler, ueing gemiemsn, immediate
sends him a receipted bill ; and the id in
isfer, being a minister, accepts it. Bat
upon what ground should he expect to
bo frescoed for nothing ? Why is it a
grievance for a minister to pay his bills
out or bu saiaiy? What e'se is his
salary for? The b'acksmith never asks
his neighbor, the mason, to give him
money to buy his wife trinkets, or to
treat him to a pleasure excursion. Why
is it better manners for the master?
The little boy ia taught that it is very
impolite to go to a companion's bouse
and ask, or even hint, for plumcakc
Why is it polite for his father to ask in
the religious newspaper, or hint in any
way that his companions should join
hand in hand to give him the plumcake
tSat nis soul longs for r Dutthe relig
ious newFp-t-crs blossom with hints and
downright exhortations to parishers t
mate presents to their ministers, to
take th- ra on journeys, to pay their ex
penses to national councils, rnero is
often a ceitain space devoted to a record
of the presents thus made, for indelica
cy has con e to such a pass that doners
do r.ot sometimes neglect to stipulate
with the donee that their donations shall
b3 given the publicity of print, and on
the side of the clergy the argument is
unblushingly used that the facts arc
bruited for the sake of stirring up other
parishes to make similar presents to
their pastors sometimes. The resources
of ingenuity are exhaustod in devisinr
pleasant and playful metaphors to do
scribe the presentation, and sometimes
the statement is as formal and cricp as
an advertisement. Donation parties are
occasionally made the object of a little
gentle satire ; but it is not because they
are donation parties, but because the
onations are not big enough ! "Ac
cording to the ecclesiastical almanac,"
says a religious paper, "now is the time
fcr ministers to look out for donation
parties,' which, in the words of one of
their uumber, -are cheerful gatherings.
when a clergyman's flock overwhelm
him with bead watch-pockets, and eat
up about one nundred an I twelve dol
lars worth of his winter provisions.
Here is a good text for. the r.Iizious
journal. An excelic nt sermon could be
preached upon donation parties in gen
eral, the evils from which they spring,
ii a evus which wey engender, and tbe
propriety of their discontinuance. But
tbe rtligiius journal only draws the
very mild moral: "Seven hclesa.
good donation party is a good thing. Try
it, nocus, ana let ine ministers see.' It
is not that too nocks break into the
parsonage, with their cumbrous flaeca
It is tbat they only rub up against it,
leaving Dits ot stray wool. Ifthev
would shear close enough, there would
be no fault found. Indeed, tbe amount
of fleece Ieftu getting to be the meas
ure oi grace receivea. i read in a mis
sionary report that 'our associates, Mr
and Mrs. S.. are meeting with great
success among the natives of X. Dur
ing the seven weeks we were absent
they received more presents from our
people than I had for eight years. And
dir. S. had made such progress in the
language that he occupied the pulpit
three saobatns, discoursing in the na
tivo language. This is a most hopeful
far ?' In order that our life may be
spared to seav that he didn't 'miu
it far' we will agree to say nothing
about it.
Slaking Homes &ook Pretty.
As the house-cleaning, room
purifying days are coming, the fol-
a gentleman, immediately I lowinir recme for a brilliant wliitn.
l. ... 1
wash will be worth cutting out and
pasting np in the vicinity of the
kitchen fatove, so the one who wants
things neat can see how to go to
work:
Take half a bushel of nice on-
slacked lime, slack it with boiling
water, covering it during the op
eration to keep in the steam.
Strain tbe liquor through a fine
seive or strainer, and add a peck
of clean ealt previously dissolved
n warm water: three pounds of
ground rice, ground to a thin paste
ana stired and briled hot; balf a
p-und oi powdered Spanish whit
ing snd one puod of clean gle,
wuicu nas ueen previously dissolv
ed by first soaking it woll, and
tben bang:ng over a small fire, ia
small kettle, within large one
filled with-' water.- Add five gal
lons, of Lot water to the whole
mixture, stir it well and let it stnad
lor a few days covered from dirt.
It should be put on qui'o hot; for
this purpose it can be 'kept on a
portable turnace. It 13 said that
about one pint of this mixture
will cover a square yardupon the
outside of a house, if properly ap
plied. . Brushes more or less a nail
may be used according to tbe
neatness of the lob required.
It retains ita brilliancy for many
years. There is nothing of the
kind that-can compar e with it,
either for outside or inside walls.
An amusing coloquy came off at
a supper table on board of one of
our Mississippi steamboats be
tween a Chicago exquisite, reeking
wuu on ana coiogne, woo was
curBing the waiter, assuming con
sequential airs,and a raw Jonathan
seated by bis side dressed in
homespun. Taming to his vulgar
friend, the former pointed his
jeweled finger and said: 'Buttab,
ear! 'Yes I see it is, coolly re
plied Jonathan. 'Buttah, ear, I
say,' fiercely repeated the dandy.
Tes sir; I know it yery good snd
a first-class article.' 'Buttah,
I tell you,' thnndered the dandy
in still loader tones, as if ho
would annihilate him. 'Well gosh
all Jerusalem, what. of it T now
yelled the downEater, his dan
der np in tarn. 'Ton don't think
I took it for lard do yon? Ton
most be an everlasting darn fool,
and darn you if yon don't shut op
your jaw I'll batter my fists and
cram them down your infernal
throat. It you don't bush I'll get
mad now, do you hear ?'
Dearborn county contributed ten convieta
to the Prison South on Tuesday of last week.
Seymour has a dramati a Qaa.
Goshen will celebrate the ita ef July. '
Anew bank building is to be arsetsd at Ris
ing Ban. ' '.
Three new saloons have beam epened in
Greeneaalla.
Three persona have died, ia Vebieaville of
r 1 . ...... .
S mail-pox has made its pamsau i a;
Horth Manchester.
A Lodge of KaigxWof Pyuias (s be or -
ganised in Madiaoa.
Allen oeuary has St rsf issaalatli sa in th
Northern Ptniteasiaryw
Burglar latest lUrtinaville. -
Terre Hauls is soon to refeieeia'a female
M.D. , r.;(J,
Tbe Anderson Hydraulic will see a be com
pleted. -
Amanda Way, is now lecturing in Posey
county.
Archibald Cooper, a Putnam county pio
neer, died on the ITsh. . v ...
Base bail as an epidemic has made its ap
pearance atGreeneastle.
A lady of Lafayette has gone into the busi
ness of raising grasshoppers.
WestfielJ, IlamMtoo eountr, la to have a
half-mile race course.
The peach and apple crap of Sullivan o.,
so far, is reported promising. , " "
A $10,000 school house will be erected ' in
Peru during tbe coming summer, til"!
Tbe buildings of tbe Terre Haute Car
Works cover three acres of ground.
Two hundred houses are said to be ia
course of construction at Fort Wayue J
George RriggB, a three year old boy, was
drowned in his lather's cistern at Fort Way ne
on the 16tb. ,
The Laporte Herald sajs diptheria is pre
vailing among the horses of that couatp i sev
eral valuable animals have died with It.
A married man named Charlja Sloan com
mitted auicide en Tuesday, near Owensville ,
Gibson county, by taking an overdose ef mor
phine. . - J n
Water from the sulphur spring of air. El
lis, near Laeonia, Harrison eoanty, has re
cently been annalysed and found to possess
fine medicinal properties. . . . v.?
Jackson county sends its culprits to the
Bartholomew county jail for sate keeping.
The indications in Noble county are that
the wheat crop will be at least an average
one. :. '
' John Moorhead is the name of th) Presi -dent
of the Terre Hauto Hibernian Benevo
lent Society. " '"
A scandalous charge ia said U be pending
against Ue Superintendent of the Tippecanoe
County Poor House. " '
Tbe penalty for wife whipping ia Lafayette
is $20 cash aud twenty daya imprisonment in
the county jail. ... , .
John J. Chandler, of E runs villa, who died
a few daya ago, left an estate worth a quar
ter of a million. . " v it
The old jail at Warsaw was sold, last
Mauday, for $210, to William Oaarad, who
now has a j.il of his own.
Tbe Odd Fellows or Northern Indiana and
Southern Michigan will have a grand re
union at South Benl on the 20th. - 1 1-.
The Editorial Convention which : met at
Kendalville last week, adjourned to meet in
Sovth Bend, on the 27th of May.
Tbe City Council of Terre Haute is com
posed of a painter, a merchant, a carpenter, a
manufacturer, a lawyer, a grocer, a saloon
keeper, a cooper, a railroad ofBoitl. and a
brick m.ison. - '-' ; ' rf
. Certain citisens of WolcottviUe, Lagrange
county, have determined to contest the right
of the Continental Improvement Company to
collect bonds given in aid of the construction
of tbe Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad. .
At Fort Wayne, on Thursday of last week,
a drunken man . named King, get Into a dis
pute with a girl named Baurr. The dispute
waziug warm, the girl's lather iuterferrel
and blackened King's ere, when tbe latter
dtew a knife and stabbed Shurr la the neck
and arm, inflicting very severe wounds.
To secure the location of the Presbyterian
Female College at this place, it Is necessary
that our citizens raise 5),000. If any other
city in Northern Indiana will give $50,00)
moro than Lngsnsport, they can get the loca
tion. The endowment fund is to be raised to
f. 250 ,000. Logan sport Sun.
Captain I. J. O'Bannon, of Fredonia, left
his homo last Saturday evening to attend a
lodge meeting at Leavenworth, intending to
return late tbat night. He visited the Lodge
but left at an early hour, and has not ainee
been seen by his friends.
Cambriimb City, April 19. A shrewd in
dividual, representing himself to be sn agent
of Jay Cook A Co., and ostensibly engaged in
appointing agencies for a mammoth land and
life insurance scheme combined, is traveliug
through the State and procuring money ou
bogus drafts. His visit to aa adjoining to wn,
netted him twenty-five dollars.
Acaoas, April 19. Yesterday, about one
o'clock, this community waa shocked by the
sudden death of one of our rates med citisens,
James B, Winalay. H Gn seeing the approach
of the storm, he and his brother want to the
barn to see to things thai the storm might
damage. Having done this, James stepped to
the edge of the barn to witness the falling of
t Je hail, when a bolt of lightning came aad
killed him instantly. His brother ran a very
narrow escape, being within ten feet of Jomes
A chalk vein, has recently been
opened on the Air Line Railway,
near uiutown, t ;rawiord county .
The chalk is of a superior quality .
Hahnemann Homeopathic Col
lege of Philadelphia has opened ita
portals to women. Hahnemann
that thinks this is wrong is behind
ths Golden Age. -
The citizens of Johnson county
are still sanguine ot the ultimate
reconstruction of Franklin College
They have donated already thirty
thousand dollars toward the en
dowment. ' -;t ' .
Edward Delaoe, whUe ceodii. st
a drag saw, in West township.
Marshall County, a tew js Ag.
was struck in the aJbdssa, by
fragment of a broken wheel and
instantly kfiltd.