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THE PALLADIUM;
rublU!im! every BaUwday. at NS0 per year.
KIOIXOXB. IHD.. VEB. 9, 1874.
The Journal and Sentinel, both
"put their foot down," and declare
that those who left their 'cases, can
never get back to their former
places, and clinch the declaration
by fivering that "this is the word
with the bark on."
1 ort Wayne and Northern Ind.
are taking action to secure United
States Courts at Fort Wayne. At
a large meeting held there on the
59th Jan., delegates, consisting of
the Hon. Jesse L. Williams, F. P.
Randal, Hon. O. Bird, W. H. With
ers, and R. S. : Roberts on, were
chosen to present the importance
of the measure to Congress. " '
Among the Members of " the
House, the Journal thus mentions
the able and efficient Representative
from this district:
'Hon. Jere. M. Wilson, Republi
can, of the Fourth district, has had
in some respects, an exceptionally
successful career thus - far, in Con
gress. Although just . beginning
his second term he ' has already
come to be regarded both in the
House and throughout the country
as one of its ablest members. r He
occupies the second place on the
Judiciary Committee and in various
ways ha3 been recognized as a man
of marked ability and power. The
success which has achieved is of a
strictly legitimate character and
due entirely to his sterling qualities,
and unquestioned ability. Mr.
Wilson is one 01 toe best men in
the House." ,
ten ftrlke.!
The "strike" at; Indianapolis has
come to an end-so far as the proprie
tors of the different papers are con
cerned. The-Journal of the 4th, thus
sums up the "onpleasantncss:"
"If you have ever attempted to make
bricks without straw, or anything of
that sort, you can understand our em
barrassment for the last few days.
The worst is past, however, and we
haYe the pleasure" 'this morning of
presenting the Journal to its patrons
in the usual size. We have obtained
a sufficient number of printers from
different parts of the country to do
our work, and expect still more to ar
rive, until we shall be able to secure
a full force of sober, industrious and
competent men. : The strike will cost
us considerable in the way of inter
ruption to business, but the loss will
be merely temporary, while in the end
we shall nave the satisfaction of know
ing that the Journal office is control
led by its owners, and not by its em
ployees. We shall never again con
sent to be placed in a position where
the action of any organization can
drive us to the wall, Hereafter the
affairs of the Journal Company will
be controlled by its Board of Direc
tors and by nobody else." 1
The Sentinel of the ; same date,
speaks for itself, th ugly: .. V , :
"The Sentinel can say that it will
in the future tolerate no interference
of any kind in the management of its
internal affairs. Those who draw the
pay of this establishment must per
form the duties as prescribed by its
managers, without regard to the whim
sical enactment of anv organization.
Co-operation, the , Sentinel recognizes
at a great step in advance in the ineth
ous oi modern economy, but . the in
terference theory of union is simply
an intensification of the feudal ter
rors, wielded by the lords of the soil
over their tenantry in the darker days
ot human enslavement. : u .
There's nothing like looking over
the old laws aud dragging from the
dusty pigeonholes the records now
and then. In the work of revising the
laws it has been discovered that there
is an old act, passed in 1836, and
which has never been repealed, pro
viding that the departments shall be
kept open on an average nine hours a
day for the transaction of business
The hours now are from 9 to 3, or six
hours. It is thought that by putting
this old law in operation the clerical
force can be reduced one-third, at a
saving of near $2,000,000 annually.
We hope that moTe such laws will be
discovered, and that when found Con
gress will see to it that they . are , en
forced. It is time to abolish all sine
cures and compel every man to render,
an equivalent for the money he draws
from the Treasury. , n v ;-. fct
I
Xonilnntlna EImUni.
Heretofore our State Conventions
have usually taken place qn the 224 ;
of February and our County Conven-;
tions, for the purpose of appointing
delegates thereto, and making arrange- j
mcnts for holding nominating elec-
tions, &c, were held just prior to the
time for holding the State Conven- i
tions. and, because of the Township J
election being held the first Monday ,
in April, that time was uniformly se- j
lected as most convenient for candi-'.
dates. Township elections are now"
County -and Township offices are all
throwu together for election. This
arrangement makes it convenient to
hold the nominating election at any
time prior to the general election,
giving the different aspirants, of
course, time sufficient to visit their.
friendR throughout the county. ' The
general election takes place, now, on
the second Tuesday in ' October,'
(13th.) The State Republican Con-,
vention having been called to meet at
Indianapolis on the 17th day of June
next, there appears to be rio urgent
necessity for holding our Cotuity Re
publican Convention until about the
13th of June, when-delegates can be
appointed to the State Convention,
Township Committee selected and a
time set apart to hold the nominating
election. This arrangement would
give those seeking the Republican
nomination about Bevea weeks to elec
tioneerin. -
As o:ir County Central Committee
has called a meeting of its members
on Saturday, 14th inst., it would be
well for Republicans to express their
views at oucecon this matter, in order
that the committee may act advisedly
and in conformity with the wishes of
the majority. 1 "
The only objection te the postpone
ment we nave heard is that it would
somewhat discommode candidates who
have already announced and gone ac
tively to work in the nominating can
vass. It is proper that this should be
considered, but o close inspection it
may not prove very formidable. It is
every candidate's privilege to work as
long and hard as he pleases before the
nomination, at all events, j ; . t
We copy the above from last Fri
day's Telegram, and fully endorse it--trustiug
that the Central Committee
at its meeting on Saturday next, will
make arrangements to call a County
Convention at the time designated
above (Juuo 13th,) to meet, say at
Cambridgo City, at that time to ap
point delegates to the State Conven-
thion, and make all arrangements to i
hold the nominating e;eetiou, at the
time Republicans -at, that Convention
may theu designate. .1 ;. :
We do not believe that any candi
date for the nomination can possibly
be discommoded by this arrangement
for every ; one who feels like serving
his country in an official capacity, can
circulate his caratfmediately, an
nounce his patriotic1 aeBire, and elec
tioneer, day and jijght,"instaht'in
season and out of season,' from this
time up to the day,;6elected; for nomit
nating. Thus time sufficient can be
taken, by , all aspirants, and the Re
publican voters can hav ;ime to
th soundest TlmBMU for ai
ticket in the county-iand they will
be sure to do it THIS TIM, and, in
this matter, we caV&SBure the candi
dates' for nomination, that! 1 the ' very
best men our party1 contains will be
selected "no others need apply" for
a place thereon with the hope of get
ting it, sure and certaiu !
The delegation in Congress, both in
the Senate and House from our State,
is spoken of in just terms of commen
dation, by the Indianapolis Journal
of Thursday last,. Our Senators are
thus mentioned: . . ,
."In a body -of seventy-four members
and containing some men of pre-eminent
ability, Senators Morton and
Pratt stand among the first. ' Indeed,
lor some time past the general senti
ment of the country has accorded to
Senator Morton the leadership of the
Senate, and the preponderance of
opinion among those most competent
to judge is that he is the greatest man
in that body, , By this we do not mean
; the most learned or the most cultiva
ted, for there are several who far sur
pass him in literary accomplishments
but we mean in practical sagacity, an
titude for affairs,, force ot intellect,
and knowledge of practical statesman
shin. Senator Pratt has seek much
less of publie life and events have not
, brought him . as prominently before
' the nation, but he is conceded to be
one of the best lawyers , and clearest
thinkers in the Senate! From the
beginning of his term he has steadily
grown in the-esteem of his fellow
Senators, and is now regarded as one
of the soundest and safest men in the
Senate. It should be added that in
point of personal character both of
' our Senators stand among the first, no
breath of suspicion having ever con-
' nected either of their names with any
act of legislative jobbery or fraud."
Iid
to the
Woman Point th war
inion victories t
The public from time to .time have
heard something about a claim
before Congress in behalf of a woman
who is said to have acted the part of a
strategist on the Union side at an im
portant stage of the war a Joauof
Arc, who did not actually lead armies
to triumph in person, but who pointed
out the route they were to take and
: did take. ' The case is that of Miss
' Carroll, the granddaughter of Charles
' CarToll. of Carollton, whose name thus
'stands on the " Declaration of Inde
pendence. Though living in the midst
1 of . the secessionists ot Maryland, Miss
Carroll preserved the patriotic spirit
of her ancestry and remained true to
; the Union, for Which she labored and
wrote. Thus 'attracting the attention
of the Government by her ability, she
; was commissioned by the WarDepart-
; ment, in' the fall of 186Tj to make a
! tour of Illinois,' Missouri,1 Kentucky
' and Tennessee, ostensibly as a corres
pondent, but for the real purpose of
gathering information needed by the
; Department. It was at a time of gen
eral depression among" union men,
when the immense difficulties of over
coming the rebellion, had been taught
bv the disastrous events on the 1'oto
mac. 'About the middle" of October1
she discovered in the eminently woman-like
way through the wife of a
pilot, that preparations we're on foot
for a grand expedition down the Mis
sissippi. '' ' "' ' ' :
'After acquainting herself as thor
oughly with the subject as she could,
she wrote to the War Department.
under date of November 30, 1861, that
the contemplated plan was a mistaken
one, and that, for various good reasons
which she gave, the campaign ought
to be transferred -to " the Tennessee
river, "the true key to the Southwest,"
a3 she calls it. In the ensuing spring
she renewed the advice and proposed
the capture of Vicksburg, writing two
letters on the matter alLof which are
on record. Her plan was adopted,
with what consequences the world
knows. 1 Was it by her agency? 1 One
fact is said to be indisputable, that the
records of the War : Department show
that her letters contained the first
suggestion of such a plan; and another
is, that nb military man has yet con
tradicted her claim. Cob Thomas A:
Scott, the railway man, who was at .the
time Assistant Secretary of War. reit
erates that Miss Carroll was the first
to indicate the movement Hon.'Benj
F Wade, in the last hours of hi9 pub
lic service,- wrote to her that, from his
position as Chairman of the Commit
tee on the Conduct of the War, he had
full "opportunity to know how the
country had profited by her labors,
SDecifvine.the suggestion of that expe
dition., Other' Tetters testify that
President Lincoln and Secretary Stan
ton expressed great gratitude for and
appreciation of., her Union services.
Her petition is for $500 to. reinburse
her for the publication of her writings.
it Was reported upon by a committee
in 1870. but Congress adjourned be
fore1 i it could be aeted-aponby the
Senate, It is certainly a case worthy
of pareful examination, and if that
should result in favor of giving the
money1 to 'Miss Carroll, who is now
old and in reduced circumstances,
every friemVofs the Union would be
gratified, Wpman s Journal. ?
The Woman's TtmpenaM Crmwade.
Tho.crusade against the, liquor sel- 1
ers lit many places in unio, nas ue-
veloped into large proportions, and in
some places in this "Statin" It Beems
to have started -at, the suggestion of
Dr. Dio Lewis, who for a few years
has been a resident of Boston, but
bnncrly of the West. He writes
from Boston that he intends coming
tS Southern Ohio, in "a few days, to
observe the progress of the movement,
and to contribute a mite if he has an
opjortunity. Both -Washington and
Hillsboro, Ohio, claims the honor of
the first successful movement. In a
number of places they have succeeded,
by -.singing, prayer, and earnest en
treaty, in inducing the proprietors to
close their saloons, and abandon the
business." . irr :-,c: V'J :
At Shelbyvillo, in this State, the
ladies have inaugurated the move
ment, and have gone to work in earn
est. They have organized, and have
been visiting daily one or more of the
liquor houses. JTba first skirmishers
wei e about a dozen elderly arid mid-
dlc-ased ladies who visited a few of
the shops,? In several cases they were
refused admittance; in some they were
met defiantly, and with insulting lan
guage ; some ; exhibited utter . con
tempt. , After this, fruitless sortie . a
few days of quiet succeeded.? In the
mean time discussions and prepara
tions were going on. After becoming
better organized, led by the President
of the league, the wife of. the Presi
dent of the First National . Bank of
that place, about, fifty ladies sallied
forth to meet the enemy in his strongr
holds. The first one visited, was one
that before : had met them defiantly,
but now received them with smiles,
and invited them in. They, entered,'
eang, and knelt in lervent prayer.
Some conversed with the proprietor,
but could not prevail with him to
eonsent to abandon his huisiness. But
they had entered, sang and prayed in
a whisky saloon ; had not Buffered,
and they took courage.1 The next day
they visited two other saloons, were
not admitted, and held their meetings
on the sidewalk.. ,, The next day they
visited Capt. Maze. They were ad
hutted and found there about a dozen
men a ; motley crew some of them
pitiable wrecks. Such a sight, the
eyes of these women had never before
inet. . Hymns were sung, and prayers
offered, the women solemnly kneeling
during these supplications. During
these exercises the women ; pleaded
earnestly with the. ; proprietor, and
with each man present. The hearts
of all were melted to tears. . Mrs. Kl
liott obtained the promise from the
proprietor ; it was ; conditional, but
the ice was broken. She -stepped
upon a chair and announced the words
of Capt. Maze. , There were suppress
ed exclamations of joy- and tears of
thankfulness. While these incidents
were occurring, a large crowd of citi
zens collected without, but there was
no confusion or disturbance. -
After this their numbers were very
much enlarged about seventy-five of
the "bravest and the best" being in
the line of March. , On their second
visit to Capt. Maze, he surrendered
He goes,; into other business, and the
ladies ; have converted what was his
rum-shop into the headquarters of the
crusaders. , A spirit of consternation
seems to have taken possession of the
liquor sellers. Two druggists pf five,
have- pledged themselves not to sell
any more ;liquor, except on a physi
A emoertle nodare.;
In certain sections of the eounfry
where the Patrons of Husbandry hold
the balance of power there seems to
be a growing tendency to convert the
order into one of a political character.
The temptation to form a new party
which shall represent a leading inter
est, and unite a powerful class against
smaller and weaker ones, is both
strong and natural, and to resist it de
mands the highest order of patriotism.
Wc have large sympathy for the farm
er' movement, and believe that by
pr.jcr management it can greatly ben
efit thi interest which it was formed
to protect. Its founders saw the dan
gers which the introduction of politics
would cause, and wisely excluded its
presence from the order. We are glad
to know that the prevailing sentiment
ot the granges is against the move
ment now on foot by certain designing
men to use the order for political pur
poses. Its best . friends see in this
movement the defeat of its principal
objects, and the early dissolution of
the order itself. Whatever tends to
weaken the Republican party as a na-
: tional power, takes from it the ability
. i . xi - i.:-u a.. .
to DTing aooui mc reiuriiis wmcii me
farmers of the West stand in need of.
To break away from that party, and
form another on purely class grounds,
may for a time insure local advantages,
but these will be purchased at the ex
pense of greater advantages, which
must of necessity be national in their
character. Cheaper transportation to
the sea-board, and to the markets of
Hie East is one of the necessities of
the hour. It affects all sections of the
' country, and to bring it about requires
the united efforts of the representa
tives of all branches of industry. The
Republican party is fully alive to the
: importance ot orening new outlets for
Western production, and has already
taken steps to secure them at an early
dav. lo cripple the party by with
drawing from it enough strength to
throw the election into the hands of
the Democracy would be to imperil
the best interests of the West. Wc
cannot but regard tlm movement to
wards th.6 formation of a third party
; as nothing more nor less than a Dem
ocratic dodge, having for its object the
disruption ot the llepublican party by
a division in its ranks, livery Ue pub
lican fanner in the West should be on
his guard against the seductive influ
ences of those politicians who assure
them that nothing but a farmers' ticket
can secure the relief they demand. If
the farmers hold the balance of power
in any State, they have it within their
power to elect men who shall repre
sent their interests. This can be done
through the Republican party without
in the least weakening its power. c
sincerely hope that the Republican
farmers everywhere will Irown down
all attempts to nominate a class ticket.
It will lead to organization of other
interests against them, and defeat the
project now on foot for their relief.
If thev want to be felt in politics let
them be more active in the ranks of
the party, and seek the nomination of
men who will truly represent them in
the State and national councils. Vin-
cennes Times
Objects of the Patrons. ;
From a recent article in the Des
Moines Register, from the pen of the
Agricultural Editor, Hon. C. F.
Clarkson, we make the following ex
tracts, bearing upon the purposes of
the order of Patrons of Husbandry.
We commend them to the careful pe
rusal of its members. There is great
ignorance on these points, and little
appreciation of the possibilities of the
order, even among many of its "prom
inent men."
"But the Patrons of Husbandry is
not a political organization, and those
who have clandestinely sought a place
in it, to convert it into a political ma
chine are not true Patrons, and the
order cannot and should not be held
responsible for their acts. The true
Grangers have opposed this illegiti
mate and unwise use of their organiza
tion, and arc wounded and discour
aged at the base use that is made of
so noble an institution. 1 he order
was intended to awaken a higher life
among farmers; to ennoble labor and
establish a fraternity of feeling; for
mutual instruction, in the rules and
Tb First Anti-Slavery MoveineMt.
John O. Whlltler, im the Atlantic. ;
' Our work as a'convention was
now done. President Green arose
to make the concluding address.
The circumstances under which it
ii 1 1 i 1 i I
was utterea may nave lent it an
impressi veness not its own; but ait
now recall it. it seems to me the
most poweful and eloquent speech
to which I have ever listened. . He
passed in review the work tliat had
been done, the constitution of the
new society, the declaration of sen
timents, and the union and earnest
ness which had marked the proceed
ings.f His closing words will never
be forgotten by those who heard
them: 1 1; ' ' '
"Brethren, it has been good to
be here. In this hallowed atmos
phere I have been revived and re
freshed. I have here met congo
nial minds; I have rejoiced in sym
pathies delightful to the . soul
Heart has beat responsive to heart,
and the holy work of seeking to
benefit the outraged and despised
has proved the most blessed em
ployment.
But now we must retire from
these balmy influences and breathe
another atmosphere The chill frost
will be upon us. The storm and
tempest will rise, and the waves of
persecution will dash against our
souls. Let us be prepared 'for the
worst. " Let us, fasten ourselves to
the throne of God as with hooks of
steel. If we cling not to Him, our I
names to that document will be
but as dust. ... '
"Let us court no applause ; in
dulge in noJspirit of vain boasting.
Let us be assured that our only
hope in grappling with the bony
monster is m an arm that is strong-
er than ours. Jjet us hx our gaze
on God, and walk in ' the light of
his countenance. If our cause be
just and we know it is His om
mpotence is pledged to its triumph.
Let this cause be entwined around
the very fibers of our hearts Let
our hearts grow to it, so that noth
ing but death . can sunder , the
bond."
le ceased, and then, amidst a
silence broken only by the deep
drawn breath of emotion in the
assemmy, lined up his voice an a
prayer to Almighty God, full of fer
vor and feeling, imploring his bles
sing and sanctfication ; upon : the
convention and its labors. And
with the solemnity of this suppli
cation in our hearts, we clasped
hands in farewell, and went forth
each man to his place of duty, not
knowing the things that should be
fall us. as individuals, but with a
confidence, never shaken by abuse
and persecution, in the certain tri
umph of our cause.
great good. Tho Republican Gov
ernor of Illinois led off in recom
mending and urging the adoption
of satisfactory methods of relief
when the movement was first start
ed. Other Republican Governors
have taken similar action. The
nomination of Farmer McCutchins
in New Hampshire shows that the
Republicans are in full sympathy
with needed reforms of this char
acter. It may have been a very
indiscreet thing for the Democrats
to show their cloven foot so soon,
but we trust it will be a lesson our
farmers especially -will not soon
forget or fail to fully improve.
The extent to which they have al
ready been sold out is only an inti
mation of "what the Democrats
would do were they restored to
powerin the government, and ought
to be sufficient to put farmers and
all others upon their guard. Al
bany N. Y. Evening Journal. .
. Free BMkfta Deflaesl.
Dr. Duncan of this city, when he
was, last winter, before the House
committee of Ways and Means, was
asked to give his idea of free bank
ing. He answered in thefollowing
terse and practical manner:
"Free banking, as I understand
it is the adoption of the system
formerly pursued in the State of
New York, which allowed any bank
to obtain circulation to any extent
for which it chose to deposit ac
ceptable security with the Govern
ment and to conduct the rest of its
business at its peril."
. The National Banking Law was
larcelv drawn after the model , of
the New York State Bank Law;
and, hence, it contains many of its
excellences, and applies them to a
currency svstem for the whole
country. By a mistake, which: ex
perience increasingly proves to be
real, it undertook to do too much
in the regulation of the banking
business, and has thereby unwisely
interferred with the popular free
dom of the banks and their util
lity to the people, .Its legal tender
reserve requirement and its restric
tion upon the amount of circulation
to be issued are examples of this
error.
Ample provision being made for
securing the safety of the circula
tion, as is the fact under , the law,
then the Question as to how many
banks may be organized and how
much circulation may be issued
should be left to the people,: with
out any cast-iron restrictions upon
their discretion. It is really a
business . question, and will take
care of itself better in the hands of
' So Increase of Taxation or
Borrowing.
The bankers, brokers, and money
lenders of New York City "view
with alarm the numerous propo
sitions before Congress for in
creasing the volume of the curren
cy." They repeat the self-evident
falshood that "the country is now
suffering, and has been for the past
twelve years, great loss and incon-
' venience arising from an irredeem
able Currency. This rather re
markable document closes, as might
be expected, with a proposition to
loan money to the government at a
low rate of interest. The magni
tude of the degree of impudence
invnlvpfl in thin TroTnfiition of the
cent per cent specie resumptionists the people than it can be taken care
is strikingly manifest in view of tho of by legislative prescription. It
fiiAt that th roIa rpnsnn nf th fn.1 is one of those questions that nave
hng off of the revenues of the gov no need of leading strings. Banks
ernment is the scant volume of the organized whenever and wherever
currency. The direct contraction the people so will, under the in
of the currency to the extent of stinct of business, and having the
S300.000.000 dnrinnr the last five power to issue as much or as little
years, and the indirect contraction circulation as they please by the
through the increase of population deposit of proper security therefor
and business, have served to strand with the Government, would be in
commerce, and to threaten its de
struction. Under these malign
influences all industrial interests
are hopelessly struggling. ' Put
them on their feet by restoring the
' volume of circulation to something
bke its amount in 18G8 $1,000,
000,000 and the revenues of the
government will quickly rise not
only to its needs, but far beyond;
and the process of reducing the
national debt will again be resumed.
We neither want to increase tax
ation nor to borrow money from
The M. E. Church at Austin,
Scott county, has recently added fifty
persons to its membership.
South Benders cut ice from 4 to 6
inches thick last Monday with the
prospect of filling all the ice houses
in the cifr.
Grace Greenwood (Mrs. Lippin-
cott) is described as dark and . rather
pale, with bright hazel eyes and a
strong face.
The Johnson Starch works at Mad
ison, are filling an order from Ger
many for 12,000 boxes about 800,000
pounds of starch. ;
The tax' duplicate of Jennings
county for 1873 foots up f76,978, and
with delinquencies, penalty and inter
est added to $89,913. , ; - ?
Rev. Mr. Burch if conducting a
successful revival at the African
Methodist Church, New Albany. Over
thirty converts have joined the church
during the past two weeks. , i
The society of Friends of Jennings
and Bartholomew counties, held a
great revival at Azalia, which contin
ued from the 24th until the 28th ult.
The meetings were daily attended by
from 300 to 500 people, all denomina
tions heartily joining, and 1J0 persons
professed conversion. '., I ; :4
A remarkable lawsuit is pending at
Charleston.' . A joker promised to de
liver a Mr. Carter six rabbits the next
day for one dollar. - The dollar was
paid, and the next day joker gave Car
ter six rabbits whittled out of wood.
Carter was mad, and sued joker for
the dollar. ; -
Last Tuesday a Lafayette hunter
took refuge behind a tree from an in
furiated steer, and with a rifle planted
seven bullets : into the body of the
enemy without inflicting a fatal wound.
A youthful Goliah came to the rescue,
and raised the siege by killing the bo
vine by a blow on the neck with a
brick. . . .'. " '.. '
a condition to meet the business
wants of the country, as they can
not under the system of restriction.
Tbey would act freely.; There
would be no more bank notes , in
circulation than the business neces
sities of the . people : require, A
great amount would not be profit
able to the banks, since there would
be no use for it. Tho two things
the circulatiou issued and the
demand for it would move . pari
passu, and thus bank , currency I
would possess the important quaii-
cian's prescription. .They are holding, Faftic,e 01 business: lor dinusing a
, . . , . . ! better knowledge of the aims of labor
mass, meetings in tho interest oft tem
perance, and the work gocsbravely on.
From some intonations we have had,
we would not be ;. .surprised to hear, of
something happening ln.liichmond. ;
I ' ASadBml Story 1
! !At,Iarton in Grant county, there
isfa young man who had Attained con
siderable reputation and business as
a lawyer. He was a man of fine abil
ity and seemed, to be on the high . road
to prosperity. .When he got money
ahead'he was in the habit pf taking a
spree. Not long ago he wott a cause
in court for which he .was W ell " paid.
He went right away , and got drunk.
He stayed drunk -several . days, and
while in this condition his wife made
up her mind that she must : take a
step which could no longer be delayed. I
She applied to the court then in sess- j
Democracy Selling; Out the Farmers.
To a long line of deception and
fraud in its past history the Dem
ocratic party is now adding the
tricks and impositions it is practic
ing upon the farmers and grangers.
No sooner was that movement start
ed than sharp, tricky, local dema
gogues, in accordance with a wink
from behind the Democratic scenes,
made haste to get control of the
organization. And so, from being
a dead weight to all progress, this
old, rotten carcass of Democracy
suddently and mysteriously trans
formed itself into a party of "re
form" If it would confine its
labors to reforming itself, the world
would say amen, and it would not
Wail street Business has been ty of elasticity, or the power to
Rl.nr-irAd Ktr VAAnin tViA limit. rt vnr adapt .itself in - quantity . to the
nnrrfiTicy vnlmrifi far hfilow that of wants of busineSs, ? - . -i.
the lowest average of the most en- WTe hope that Congress will at
lightened nations. The judgment length the sooner the better
of the country has been swayed by make the discovery that the people
the clamor of the Shylocks of the
i New York money rings for "gold
resumption," and the result is pros
; tration to business and consequent
; beggary to labor. We want no
; more advice from the bankers, bro
keis, and moneylenders of Wall
', street. The New York Times says:
"They represent in an unusual
! degree the commercial interests of
the whole country, for they have
agents or correspondents in every
city of the Union." This is not
true. -They represent, at best, or
worst, only New York City. They
do not represent the country, and
are not entitled to speak for the
country. The ; great commercial
and the banks, under a system of
free banking, would be perfectly
competent to ; take care of : their
own interests. .'. Practical men al
ready understand this. When will
the wise men who go to Congress
understand it also! N. Y. ; Inde
pendent. :
IXDIA9A.
be out of work for a good while to f interests of the country have been
and thereby lightening . its burdens;
for social, moral and mental develop
ment; for mutual protection against
the wiles ot sharpers and middle men;
for aid in sickness, trouble or other
adverse circumstances; for building
up and encouraging by money and pa
i tronaee home manufacturers; for pre
ventinsr litigation, with all its troubles
and losses; for portraying the evils of
debts with all its slavish consequences,
. and thereby abolish the credit system;
i for bringing the producer and, con-
sunier closer together and thereby
save enormous railroad tariffs; for in
culcating eharitv to all, and stimula
ting : nobler impulse for the care and
comfort of all .domestic animals.
These and many other good things are
the objects of the organization, and if
confined to its legitimate business will
do so much good in the world in ele
va tin ir mankind, relieving his burdens.
ion for a divorce, and it was promptly j improving his mind, that the great
granted. She set about making her , wave of Christian civilization will be
preparation to depart for the home she
went out from as the wife of the brill-
lant but untortunate man Irom whom
she had been separated by. a court of
justice. W hue making these prepara
tions, and but a few hours before her
departure, her husband's debauch
came to on end, and he was in condi
tion to realize the situation of affairs.
He did not rave, nor did he imniedi
fttelv pet - drunk a pain. He assisted
her to finish the sad task of preparing 1
to leave, and when all was ready they,
with iheir children, went to a hotel to ,
await the arriving of a train. The
children cooed "Papa," but' he put
them off by saying that they 'would
soon be back. He went into the car,
kissed them all , good-bye, and then
turned away sadly. : The wife did not
show emotion She had , suffered all
she could, and one tear. '" although it
might not reach the ' lid ot the "eye,
would break down her firm resolves.
The tears were kept back while her
heart was crushing. ' The train carried
her and her children back to ; the
home of her childhood, and the hus
band was left alone - in .the world to
fight its battles without the counsels
ot a wif e and the prattle of his chil
dren: - . .
To adorn this tale it is not necessary
to point, a moral. Indianapolis bun.
Mrs. Webster, who 'has practiced
medicine Successfully ' for several
years in New '.Beeford, Mass.1, - has
been ' appointed ' iTofessor of Hy
giene and physician at .-Yassar Col
lege, in place of Prof. Avery, . re
.signed. .... - . , . .. ,
Concerning the result of the trial
of Corwin for the killing of Col.
Miss Belle Griffeths of Iowa, has Stillwell the Attica Ledger is of
been employed by the Governor of the opinion, Corwin"' deserved not
that State rto'oompile statistics for only acquittal, but a full and gen
his forthcomming report to the erous one, for the awful deed to
General Assembly on the Railroad which he was driven was not of his
Transportation question. I seeking.
pushed forward with accelerated im
petus and J leaven will light a new
torch to aid the nation in its honest
and earnest struggle for the redemp
tion of man from ignorance and servi
tude, feeding him with higher aspira
tions, nobler sympathies, and broader
notions of man's great destiny.
These are the objects of the Order,
and the true Patrons are steadily pur
suing the great object of its organiza
tion; but it is becoming so formidable
that our friend should not be aston
ished that there are corrupt men in it
who are attempting to pervert it for
base uses for their political advance
ment for attaining , to high-salaried
positions in the order or ior making
salary grabs in the shape ot enor
mous charges for lectures and organ
izing Grantes. We confess with shame
for our race, that there are prominent
men in the order, who so soon as. they
cannot make money or position out of
it. Will leave in disgust. Uut secret
orders are not the only place corrupt
men creep for omce. Ihe church is
frequently used -. for base ' purposes
and there are putrid political carcasses
now lying all over the country, who
attained to power through the church,
but who have been hurled from their
positions on account of their open and
notorious corruptions. No, indeed.
you cannot condemn the ratrons on
account of the few corrupt men in it."
i i. ;.. ; . ,
I -The amount of gold dug in Califor
nia since 1848 is $1,360,700,000, of
which $93,900,000 'was minted .in
! Hair-cutting is one dollar in Pres-
cott, Arizona, by . licensed barbers
The Apaches charge nothing and
make a clean cut." r i- i,; v' i.
, Colorado has her penitentiary as
full as it ' can hold, and - the jails
throughout the Territory are also ful
of criminals waiting their turn in the
penitentiary.
come. uroing from its acts in pil
ing up a large national debt and
bankrupting , the - Treasury in a
time of profound peace, when ther.e
was no interest to pay on. the debt
created by a Democratic rebellion,
to its gigantic frauds in New. York
City, to say nothing of its Chicago
Gages and lesser lights, all at once
it has Set itself up as the model
party of honesty and purity, and
claimes the right to go into the
lore ironi oi iue iarmers. move-1
It is surprising the farmers did
not see through this thin disguise of
hypocrisy at a glance and promtly
repudiate their-proffered assistance.
But generous, forgiving, . open and
manly themselves, they knew it was
lull time for the Democracy to
bring forth fruits meet for repent
once, and a few of the more hopeful
were receivea on pronation. Lem
ocratic deceit and dishonesty are
ajea in rne wool oi tnat party, and
it is useless to attempt to wash
them out The experience of the
farmers in their new relations with
them is overwhelming testimony
on the subject In the election in
Wisconsin last fall the farmers were
sold out body and soul to the old
Burbon Democracy, as the result
has shown. All appointees by the
new Governor are ingrained Dem
ocrats.- The Speaker of the Assem
bly is an old political demagogue
of like stripe. And although the
farmers in that State went into the
contest to secure redress of railway
grievances, it is now openly charg
ed, and the charge has strong evi
dence to support it, that these
Wisconsin Democrats, elected .bv
the votes of farmers, are the pliant
tools of ? the railways and ran the
campaign last fall secretly in their
interests.' In Iowa and other Wes
tern States, wherever the farmers
have joined hands with the Dem
ocrats -they have Inost generally
been sold out' in ; the same way.
And in New Hampshire! where the
Democrats are working hard to se
cure help from the farmers, it is
openly charged by a leading oppo
sition paper which has more hon
esty than , is generally found in
Democratic journals, that Weston,
an old Burbon, was nominated for
Governor by a most, glaring fraud
of1 railway, combinations.; If . the
farmers will contrast this course of
the Democrats with what the " Re
publicans are doing in their behalf,
they will not need to look twice to
see where their friends are found.
The United States Transportation
Committee will .throw much light
upon this subject when its report
is made, and its measures and rec
ommendations will doubtless do
by following the self-arrogated
leadership of New York City money
lenders. The Times adds:
"This is a question on which the
Republican party ought to take the
lead." The parties to the , "ques
tion" were very aptly defined by
Senator Logan as: "Those who
hold the funds, and those-, who
need them; those who live by inter
est and percentage, and .those who
live by labor and traffic.",, -Whenever,
in the history of the Repub-
t lican party, the people , have been
so divided on any question, it has
invariably . taken the lead on the
side of "those who need the funds,"
and "those who live bv labor . and
traffic." If it fails to do so in the
; present instance, it will commit a
grevious error, and help still fur
I ther to :- prostrate the . industrial
j interests of- the country. Inter-
i vcean. - - : t -.; .;:
!
judge Emmons on tbe Chief Justice.
Of all his professional acquaint -
i ances he knew none who had a
l larger, more varied, and successful
( practice. ? It was not one in which
; great numbers oi petty matters
were daily disposed of with super
i ficial examination. ' He had been
j constantly engaged in matters of
: first importance, involving ques-
f tions demanding research and large
; professional experience. The Judge
said he could speak more partic-1 their former townsman, Governor
ularly of his thorough knowledge Newton Booth, of California, thank-
ing them kindly for the one hundred
The Howard county Agricultural
Society has 192 life members, and is,
of course prosperous.
" Chief Justice Waite is a stockhol
der in the Milburn Wagou Company,
of Milwauke, to the amount of $10,-
ooo. .v.;. . -..;Vf
The presence of good bituminous
coal, in inexhaustible quantities in
Montana, has been clearly established.-,
, : ' 'y:'- -r -"-y
, A reckless person, one night last
week," went' into the cemetery of the
Cambellite Church, at Schelville, and
demolished all the gravestones therer
in. , . ; .; K ., . !
A Commissioner of Miami county
was fined $50 for attention shown a
lady who was running away from' her
husband.'; s'f;: - f'.: -
; Late Saturday night a lot of fellows
on a spree 'near Monrovia, started
home mounted on horses and a race
was started, the result of which was
that one of the hoys was thrown from
his horse and killed. ,; ' "" '" .
A prayer meeting was held at the
Jeffersonville State - Prison, Sunday
last, at which twenty-eight convicts
professed religion and over 200 'rose
for prayers! ; The meetings are to be
continued. ' X ", , V '
J'. J i :-t:t .; -r
, There is an organisation in Shelby -ville
known as the "Band of Sister
hood," composed of ladies from all
the churches, who are pledged "to the
work of eradicating the evils of in
temperance and liquor selling." '
The citizens of Salem are elated
over the reception of a letter from
' a it commercial and corporation
i lawyer. With - matters of . insu
i ranee, banking, manufacturing, and
u railway corporations and municipal
f bodies he was especially ' familiar.
1 In these departments, he believed,
he had no superior. His capacity
for the place, however, he thought
consisted quite as : much , ih his
universally recognized and except
ional ability to analyze and prompt
ly arrange the facts of complicated
cases, and determine the applica
tion of legal principles to them.
He never argued an unnecessary
i or too broad . a ; proposition. It
was a condition and habit of mind
which eminently above Jail others
fitted a man .for the bench. - -He
t considered the appointment as for
tunate a one, as any which had been
P made during the last twenty years.
ieuoib-xoKb. . . i
guns fired in honor of his election to
the United States Senate. 1 ' ' .
" All reports' that' we now hear
; agree that the growing wheat in
this section of the State has' been
badly damaged by - the. alternate
. : freezing and thawing of the past
! month, a considerable portion of
some fields being entirely frozen
' out, so that the plant lies with its
( roots on top of the ground. Lafay-
ette Courier.
.Appearances indicate that . the
Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis
Air Line Railway. . will be;. built
by the aid of foreign capital secured
by an issue of first mortgage bonds. "
' .The young people of Mishawaka are
cultivating the drama, and . are prac
tising on "Uncle Tom's Cabin,", which
will be brought out soon in proper
style.: " ; ''-4 i',t i '.
Mr, Myers, editor of the- Kendall-
villc Standard, has resigned the Post
mastership .. of the town. , An "on
pleasantness" between him and the
Postoffice Department is charged, by
the Plymouth Republican. ,
! A district school in the French dis
trict in Floyd county has been broken
up because the negro children of the
district had the unblushing audacity
to attend.. The white children and
the teacher left, but, the colored chil
dren, hold: the building. "Do you
want your children to ? " for the
balance of the sentence consult any
Democratic speech before the war.
See Dow Tlpey Dwell. ,
Jeff Davis and Hangman Foote are
not happy. In savage personalities
they make the venom of editorial an-.
tagonisms quite respectable Ly con-',
trast. -Read:,.,,,, !; ...
"I have not seen any of the articles
which you say H. S. Foote had writ
ten against me, nor have I had any
desire whatever to read whatever he
might write. In the year 1851 1 pub-
lisned him as constitutionally a liar,
and his subsequent career has only
served to confirm me in thisjudgment.
Since that date, therefore, I have ta
ken no heed of the utterances of said
Foote. His flattery when he was
seeking political preferment in the
Confederacy, and his abuse when,
faithless to his trust, as a Represen
tative in the Congress of the Confedj
erate States, he was preparing for his
subsequent desertion to the enemy,
were alike disregarded by me.".
: Now comes Foote in response, as
follows: ; , , ,:''''':
He has cherished an undying ha
tred for me ever since his own pre
sumptuous arrogance, on a very noted
occasion, compelled me to slap his
jaws in this city, in the winter of 1847
48. The hostility thus a engendered
was afterwards much heightened by
my defeat of his treasonable aspira
tions to . the office of Governor of
Mississippi, as a secession candidate
in 1851. J4y constant and unyielding
opposition to him and his nefarious
schemes in Richmond, during the war
of the rebellion, for three years, was
not at all calculated to assuage" his
enmity. : - : -? ' -
The M. E. Church South claims of ,
the government $400,000 for the use of
its property in Nashville ; during the
war. The editor of the ; Princeton
(Ind.) Clarion says: . ";
Of our personal knowledge it was
estimated; to have cost only about
$100,000, and 'notwithstanding' it was
not destroyed or damaged to the ex
tent of more than $10K0(K), if that much
the M.'B. 'Church' South '4idw ' wanta
to recover from the government $400,
.Thcre is little , probability, of : the'
success of a ' demand which, if the
foregoing Statement 'Be" true, ''Is ex
trayagantly impudent. The case howt
ever, shows the necessity of, constan
vigilance on the parti of the govern
ment against its alleged creditors. -I
the Southern sufferers could ' estab
lish their right to all they allege, in
the way of payment for damages, '.the
mines of California could hardly sup-'
ply1' the means for discharging ' the
obligations, ; ' V '-'?J.A
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.At this season, when buckwheat
cakes constitute a part of almost ever
breakfast, the announcement that the
syrup wherewith we have been wont
to baptize them is a delusive adultera
tion, cannot but produce dismay, r A
New York grand jury, after listening
to the testimony of reputable experts;
has made a presentment against ' tne
sugar refiners and syrup manufactur
ers. It appears that the golden drips
the most prized are the most adultera
ted, and that what we have .believed
to be the quintessence of saccharine
matter is, after al), a combination of
salts of iron, muriate of tin, glucose,
corn starch, sulphuric acid, and sugar.
In fact, it has been hinted that if our' "
iron ore supply should fall short ' that
blast furnaces could then use molass
es in its stead; and , that if our tin
mines should fail we could supply the
deficiency by boiling down our most
delicious straw colored Syrups. Much",
of the agitation has arisen by reason
of a lady dropping a little syrup into
cup of tea, which immediately be
came as black as . ink.' She thought
an attempt wna being made to poison,
her,, and straightway complained. . It
appeared thath'er alarm was caused,
by the manufacturer having added ar
little more 'of the salts of iron than
usual in that particular lot ol " syrury
These deleterious" substances, whkih
i are' used to improve the appearance -;
of the-article sold, are injurious to the,
: system and can be easily detected..
The sugar and syrup eating communis
; ty pf New York are demanding that"
.; the offending makers of these spuri-
' ous sweets snail be prosecuted .'If yow;
doubt the purity of a syrup hate it
analyzed by the nearest chemist h.w
When manufacturers and business
men wish to reduce forces and retrench1
1 expenses, they do not generally eon-;
' suit their employees as to whether it
v.. J .. mi . i
i a it ire uuuu i uuv. x ucjr gU IU WUlL
anu uo it. jjet congress pursue the
same course.