The Richmond palladium. [volume], February 14, 1874, Image 2

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PubUsUM cwry Saturday, atflto per yiar.
TO.
Our neighbor of the "Independent,
hinka it preposterous in the extreme
to dream of "reviving a democratic
paper in Richmond. We tkiak so,
too; for where's the'ueeTwaea Thai
sheet answers every pej-pa kt!-t'w
democratic organ could be wed for1, to
sustain a caose so hopelessly is 1he
minority as it is in "Old Wayne?"
With its publisher, as a democrat of
the first water, he never having voted
any thing else but an uaecratched
democratic ticket its local editor as
one of the grassiest kind of snake
democrats, and . He Irarvy editor, a
huge lump of potter's clay, wedy to be
moulded into any requisite shape de
manded, there's no manner of use for
another democratic .sheet here.'
Under the specious guise of thdk
pindence, and its hypocritical pro
fessions of fairness to all parties, it
. more than supplies the place of. an
out-aad-out democratic sheet like the
ne Billy Thiatletkwaite contemplates
publishing, opposite (be Court House,
as soon as he can get the Elephant he
captured from the "Times," out of
legal duraaoe. : lb-i'i'i oiii-
The Department of ' Aplcnjture
furnishes some interesting statistics
in regard to the yields and prices of
the principal farm Droductions of the
country. The decline in the yield of
corn, an compared wun 102 con
siderable in all sections of the country
but greatest in the heart of the corn:
growing region. Illinois furnishes tSfe
lowest acre rate of any Western State
21 bushels, and Michigan the hirh-
est 31 bushels. CalifornU shows the
'highest average of any State II bush
els, and South Carolina the lowest
bushels. The average yield of
JeTZforthe whole country was SSJ
hnshels. while that for 1873 ku' At.lv
233 bushels. The average of prices of
corn ior ista, as compared Vita those
of 1872, shows a large increase in .the
10-iowing western otatesr' ;.' ; '
Dec, "13 rjecL, 72,
Ohio
Indiana.
Illinois...
Iowa ..
Nebraska.
40 , . 29 .
- 28 . ;18 ,.
These are the average of prices, rul
ing in the home markets j of . each
county. The home Drices as renorted
to the department, cover a wide range.
Thus, in Pope and Pulaski 'counties,
UL. the price returned is 60 cents per
bushel, while in Mason and LaSalle
it is but 22 cents. Of course a large
snare 01 tne crop is consumes at some
and doubtless an examination would
show'that the larger the home demand
the larger the price. In other words,
rmers wno ieea ineir corn to nogs
and-cattle find, by experience, that
they secure larger return than- by
selling it at the foreign market prices
In this way they circumvent the free
traders who insist that . the -prioe. of
the sutdIus which eoes to Jfinrona
tablishes the price of the whole crop.
The statistics of the Department of
.Agriculture constitute an argument in
favor of the beneficial effect of home
industry upon prices, for they show
that in the whole range of territory
.from Ohio to Nebraska ? price are
lowest where manufactures' are least
developed . It follows that when there
is no home demand for corn the-i far
mers should create one by feeding; it
, 1 io-nogs ana cattle. - vi -. u noi;M
The Boston Advertiser,' referring
to' the recent seizure of, liquor, in that
city, in connection with, the; failure of
a jury to convict a man kaOwmioaaU
liquora.trainst the law, says:
"The District Attorney might welj,
say. that "the law demoralise lite jut
A UBS. rjjt UCJUVIMIKI, HN f WM
munity. Jf the law were not held isj
J general contempt such a rerjetwonjd
be deaonnced as a travesty of justice.
Every lawyer and every person con,
nee ted with the courts knows that the
administration of the law is disgrace
f'ul and deplorable, and' they also
know that while it remains as, ii is
there is no help for it.. Meaawhile
the State police fgo on adding new
cases to the docket as they are bound
to do to the extent of their.ability, to
be disposed of in similar manner.
What xre ask of the .Legulatiirq .hi
that it will no longer attempt to enact
fanaticism with heoertaiaV of pro
moting a prevalent lawlessness , , in
" practice, but bring the law into con
;. fortuity with the habits and the opin
i ions of - the couuaunity where it u to
'be enforced, and .makjs it for the in
terest of all peaceable and law-abiding
citixens to assist in enforcing ft." i,a
. , ; ; - ; i ,.1-a
tAt a recent visit of a committee of
1 ladies to a saloon in .one o tbe.townJ
in. Ohio where the teinserance revive
is .having such success, ithe xeefir of
the place hit upon what He regarded
as a very neat trick. While they were
nravinir the scamn snrinkled red nett-
per on the stove, and wheaAhey begaja
to sing the fumes entered their noses
and throats, and set theaxall to snees
in. The saloon-keener is laecstacies
at his success, bu the hulies are not
to be sneezed down,and.srilio again.
armed not only with : tracts .but a
sprinkling pot. It is only ajaestion L
of time, and the iellow migAtas well
yield firstas.iast. ,.; r, ", ;
. Mr. Foibarey.fM'atafMaav
It is said ihat Pomeroruooitfd'ent-
ly waiting ior his vindioatioTi jrofeas
ing to be the victim of aareasoaahle.
public prejudice. Pomeroy Ihas beeal
a nypocriie irom uie tune a-sveni. to
Kansas and assumed the title of Gen
eral, and justified it on thegro-aad of
having been a member of the 3eaeral
Court of Massachusetts, -JSuch a sua
can pretend to await the vindication;
.of a cooler public judgment, but being
.once exposed as he really is, he knows
-very well that he will sever receive
the benefit of a reversal .of the apu
lar sentence. ,. ;,;f, ,f r.'i n .:T
At Milwaukee Wisconsin, John 1L
Owens, was playing to crowded houses,.
On the evening of the 4th an awing
incident occurred at the petforauiMe,
a tadv Vtecama. . wo coajrawad with
laughter at Owens' coaueaHtiss that
she gave expression to.her (Vth tea
lnT fpn.inine '-SSUSal ttK the
ward). This 4,Upset'!.5 OwMss, the
other actors, aad the eaiMjeu'lieaes,
and a general usie er mersiase
indulged in. i vrr i"n'.,i ,dt
... .j-,,.- m .... ui
At a fire at EvenvUfe en tile
ins of the 5th, Hi Mr
wiai
and three children were
death.
burned to
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WASHINGTON LETTER
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WASinnoTON.D. XFcV. TA874.I
It is admit bd.tiendibf
Senator Carpenter bill requiring
new bt&te election in Louisiana
that there are not enough votes in
either House of Congress to pass it,
and -that after the Senator shall
haye, made his speech in favor .qI it,
reierence to the uommittee on
PrTvnegeslBa "Elections wll be its'
death knell,' as it is known that the
committee are opposed to' holding
an election there by .Federal au
thority. . ; -") t-.y-y
Mrs. Mira Clark Gaines has made
quite a sensation in the publication
of her bill against Caleb Cashing
on which; she procured an injunc
tion against his recefring the patent
to certain lands the right to which
she. inherited- . Caleb , has . filed a
cross bilL howerer, and now - the
old lady and old gentleman ' stand
face to face in a cat and dog fight
over Caleb's attorney fees for which
he claims - the rather liberal quarn
tity of 84,000 acres of land t6 be
patented to him in trust for Mr.
-uraines, dus suDjecn to a aea in
his favor for a large sum which he
alleges she promised to pay to him
for legal services. ' It is well known
here that the lady s injunction was
just in time ' to save the land from
going into bis possession through
the General Land Office, where he
had . secured a large part pf the
clerical force of the office to aid him
Mi hurrying up the batenta, before
sue coulif take the required steps
W's&p'hW,1 She is, however, .al-
jways fo.nnd to be irrepressible and
a match for Caleb . : i, '
I The' Senate 'yesterday passedhe
bounty,: bin and the bill supple
mentry to the act for this develop;
ment of the mining resources of
the TJniM States. ' A bill; 'for ths
settiemeni of claims of the- Gov.
ernment witii the purchasors of the
irrs,, Ierry property by the I
Attorney General, was referred to
the Judiciary Committee. - A: -;. ')
In the House, vesterdav. the
ipt bill, was considered and
: amended ; the bill granting the right
V way tb theHamplon and l or-
. : , y rr.; : ." ' u U1
tress Monroe Hallway from,. Eliza- J
beth City; Virginia, to Old Point
Comfort; and ' a large number of
relief and other private bills were
passed. " f.u" -''i
An effort is being inaugurated by
Is I Ckniunittee of the Washington
Honnment ! Association lo procure
such jegialatibn at the present ses
sion of Ckmgress, as wittseeure the
comxletioh of this alreao immense
pile of marble before the centennial
pf. the Declaration' of 1 1ndepend
ence is held. ' It is nnac countable
that the great Government of the
United States which has grown ten
fold, and become a hundred fold
more wealthy and prosperous since
the demise of the illustrious father
t of his country, should still allow
una uunuisnoa sna to stano; as a
monument to their ingratitude.
: -Perhaps the most important ac
tion by the recent meeting in this
J. city of State, city and county school
supenntenaent8 was that respect
ing the centennial. The plan for
our, educational exhibition as indi
cated i by the. committee . appointed
on that subject, if carried out, will
result in a grand said thorough dis
play Of our1 educational progress.
The coninuitee, in their resolutions.
propose that each StateTerritory
and city, , prepare a representation
f their odAcaiional eonditaon in
cluding a biatorical reeond of . their
jeducatKtnal ; growth ; and that each
iedhttionat inatitnfdim make i itifnt
iUir history and' showing of its tiro
gross. ".'With our 1,500 aoademies
ana Zvts coueges, ana ine many
more that will eome -into existence
before 1876, the educational feature
will be a " promment one in the e-
Hbition. 'The aUumni of our insti
tationa, and the undergraduate 6f
ficers, v and r all coneernedt should
take an interest in this matter and
set about ' making preparations at
once ' "J" 1 -"l ,J jjBy)i
SkxAtz A resolution instructing
the Secretary of the Treasuary to
frire roforaation ias-to what time-it
would take the United States mint
to coin a sufficiency of silver ,to re
place. the , fractional currency, was
aipreed to. The, Senate then, 'in
committee of: wholej resumed con-
sideratien . of ' the . bankruptcy bill,
which, after-the Committee rose,
wk-reported to the ' Senate ' and
nassed bv a vote of 43 to 11.' ' J
Hocsx-r-A bill, amendatory to the
postomce law, presceibing the oath
of office to be taken by postmasters,
was passed. Also, a ball providing
that the address of the party send
ing the same may be written upon
mail; matter of the third class, to
gether 'with the number and kind
of; avtkda within ihw 114-MBkacre. and
that any form of presentation may
be writte n In anv book or nam -
mbT:.
r - '1. trr
tO extra . pOBiage.. gU. JOUUer. OH
Massachusetts, 1 jea." t questloaL1 of
Briviletre, denounced certain pnbli -
cations id aNeW York pspef reflect-
is? Uttf "him and I the Committee
."f . - . -k.
mm nuuiw.. ius .uumo uwu. ut
Oonmittee of;
oie, resumed
oonaideration of the Army Appro
priation' bilL . Alter adopting sev-
A..li ii ii 1 1 ii lui ullfca f aria i vanmmMx
its1'-LlWtim for the arhrtJ
L')1a..ia:4.a- i. it1L" t.A
rr i -AIM''. r7 - , ,
Dank ot aahingtoii, , was adopted,
aftet wbaeh ttm uouae aajournea. r,
'Jmisk Wright has, beea acquit-
led,
"Ilw ifeaaWrf rMi Uff and
The veteran editor of the "Kokomo
Tribute," having1nade:i visit recently
to Washington Citj , givea the follow.
ing interesting editorial in his' paper
of the 10th, detailing his observations,
of the servants of the people, whilst
there. We commenbd the articlo to
the careful perusal of our readers, and
then let each one ask himself!
the pertinent question as paibyUhe
editojuof the Tribuac;JShall wehoidlL
up, their hands and encourage them,
or Will we discourage ' and weaken by
abuse based upon local preferences
for this man or that ?',' - -,
"Having recently spent several days
in Washington: City,, we proposo-to
correct some erroneous impret sions in
regard to the manner in which Mem
bers of Congress employ their time.
Persons who have had no opportuni
ty to observe, who have not -been
there to see, suppose that they, live
idle, luxurious lives, and it has be
come so common a thing to say harsh
things of them, that many good people
imagine Ihey are as a class worthless
and dishonest. If . the people could
be with them ju .Washington, go with
them in the round of their duties, see
how they work and how they are com
pelled to live, they would have but
little patience with those who do noth
ing but detract them --.,.-
As the , two. ' bodies meet at 12
o'clock each day, it will probably be
supposed that up to that time Senators
and Members have nothing to do; out
this is a mistake, r About 8 o'clock is
the usual time for breakfast; at 9
o'clock the department are open for
business, and from that hour until
near twelve, (the time to be at the
House) excepting on committee days.
Senators and Members will be found
coin from one department to another.
looking after bounty claims, pension
claims, postomce matters, and scores
of other thinpr.to which constituents
have palled their attention, t . , .
t'From 12 o'clock until near 5 in the
evening they are engaged in the Sen-
ate chamber , and
between five and
House, take dinner
six- in .the evenitu.
and from that till midnight work at
their correspondence and investigate
such matters as may be under their
charge. The committees meet at from
ten to, eleven o'clock in the morning.
Ways and Means and Appropriations
generally every any, other important
committees usually twice-each week
sometimes night sessions are held.;
Monday ot each week is set anart
for the introduction and reference of
bills. Kach State is called in its order
and when a State is called any member
fr9B thit Stats may introduce any
uuuiuer 01 uiiia u - uiav uavc: wueu
they arc. introduced they are referred
to the aDDTODriate -committee When
the. committee meets the bills that
have been referred to it aredistribu
ted among the members, as sub-com
m ittees bills of great import nee be
!ng Uf?,ally rV.red t0Ka sulcommit
tee of three. The eub-comimttee cx
be
bt-commit-
amines it and reports to the full com-.
nutte, and there the bill and recoui
mendatious of . the sub-eouiuiittee are
discussed, amendweuts niade if neces
sary, or a substitute prepared - and
when a bill is lully matured rome one
of the committee is appointed to re
port it to tut' House, and this is done
with as great eare as a first -clays law
yer prepares a briet in, an important
case... In that way tbo bills that are
introduced are brought back befor
the House for 'discussion., la these
comimtU'e meetings, arguments are
often heard from persons representing
conflicting interests likely to be affect
ed by the proposed legislation, i, In
the Ways and Means on matters af
fecting the revenues, in appropriations
toucmng puDiie; improvements .-ana
the like, in lankMitf ana Currency, in
regard to all the various plans of con-
craexion, expansion, ior reiurning 10
specie payment, in the judieiarywnich
is the law committee of the House.
questions affecting legal rights in Pat
ents, questions of. extension.1 granting
patents, remodeling the patent laws,
vtt our readers will a ton lor a mo
ment and think, they will not tail to
perceive that many questions must
arise involving much research, requir
mg experience and learning: and if
they will reflect as to the extent of the
country, its population and its divers
ined industries, they cannot but see
what vast Interests are to beconsid
ered by these pubhe servants;":
Take for exampto the transporta
tion question or the Louisiana 1. mad
die," as it is called, -or the Bankrupt
law, or the distribution ot the Ueneva
Award, or tne currency question or
the endless complications of the tariff.
or the' ' details of -? appropriations to
meet the necessities of everv depart.
ment of the Government think as an
example of the task of the appropria
tions to meet the needs of the postal
affairs of the country J (which is in
charge of our own member) with vita
routes fty water, by. rail. ? by coach.
sulky and mule, penetrating into every
nook: and corner ot the country, and
of the experience and investigation es
sential to comprehend it all. The men
who masters such' subjects as these
are no idlers. 1 When their constitu
ent are asleep they are hard at work.
W hen street corner ; loafers are abus
ing them they arytrudging from de
partihent to department Idoktrig up'
and pressing forward private business
01 jueir consuiuenis. Anv.mancango
to. Congress, if . the people will send
him, but to properly discharge the du
ties is quite another affair. V Any man
r t . .-A . . A . .
could sit in the chair occupied by
senator Morton, esenator 1'ratt, Kep-
reseniauve vviison, lyner or urtn,
but there are few who can grasp the
great questions with which they have
to deal. 1, j. r, , , ('; , . ; ;-;r.;:.-
It is not time that the people should
soberly consider this Bubject? It must
be very discouraging to a (senator or
Member who has-worked hard all day
un to one or two o'clock at night, who
worn out by his toil, takes up a home
paper to glance at the local .news for
one minute before retiring, reads first
a column article of abuse of .himself.
If there are lazy, ignorant - men in
Congress, the people .who send0 them
1 1 We have frequently visited? Wash-
1 ington during sessions of , Congress;
1 "d whde we always found busy hands
.1 MrM ha n uaii inah niilaiJ
feiUnTJf ndu7
ll,?.t;m TTnmi th.imnortntniin8tin
f the times the financial-there is a
1 conflict of opinion between' the east
and the west. Indiana's Senators and
Members stand foremost in this; con
I Inot n hA ciriA At tha want Nhall ra
hold un their hands and ehcourace
them or will we discourage and weak-
ea kv abuse based upon local nrefer-
ences ior sm man or inair 10 us, tne.
" m .1 y a. m I
tormeT course seems f ine rignt , one.j
We shall fight our poUttical battles J
Jwlng thesuinmer eanvassIt is pur
candid opinion that there are gentle-
I dow pouucai panics, wag are carnegi
iD their desire to secure legislation in
the.ntereet of the country and the
great west. We know they are work,
g like harvest hands. We know it is
til work and no play with Senators
and Members competent to work. We
know members of Congress wbo;have
not attended a single weekly levee of
the President sinoe the opening of Ae
session because they had not time to
do so. And, knowjng these facts, we
believe we have simply performed -a
duty by writing this article."
' ; i"i 1. o - r ii't-. 1 r.
Am Impartaat Q.mry Anwtnd.
The following query taken" from
the ' Enquirer is put to tho
I'aljadiuiQ y the. poone imppyta.
tion of the Independent 4
'Why must the publisher of a .
i. 4.;
his nosV into the, business of the
publisher of another newspaper?'
We suppose this turning of the
above query over to us, results from
our successful answer to the one
propounded by ' our. neighbor of
"Whatis money!" and not from
the fact that we have been nosing
around pur neighbors concerns;
we therefore willingly contribute
our humble effort to assist him in
solving the Enquirer's problem by
merely reminding hini that he him
self being a mushed specimen of. a
busybody in other men's mattera,'
knows more about . the reason of
thus "sticking his nose'' into an
other's business than we can know;
and he - "boss how it is himself''
Tho reason, we can imagine,4 for his
indulging in this disreputable nose-
ological labor, is because be can't
help exercising; the only talent he
haBi .,-;.(.( -..if .. ; -. -
We therefore unite' with our
county officers the Grangers, and
Republican Party of '"Old Wayne,
who have each been, receiving, and
are suDecieu to uauy ."jjosiug. ixuiu
this source, in regret and pity for
his deplorable .condition, and, as
the Judge said to another uoosu-y
individual-i-sb we say to this pecu:
liar , "innepenami,, ; eaii or ; ; Tnay.
the Lord have mercy on your poor
souii ' . ; 7. ; ; 'r-w
IalBiana mwut Texas. '
Prejudice blinds people to every ob
ject save that which they- most desire
to see. We do not doubt that the
time .will speedily come when the ac
tion of.. President' rjGrant; towards
Louisiana and the other Southern
states will be . regarded . as. the wos$
fair and impartial exercise of. execu
tive power. Even now, the tcry meil
who make it the business of their
lives to condemn the President, are
unwittingly vindicating him by con
tinued indorsements of a course which
he. has pursued, but which they Seem
to think has never been adopted. The
case 01 Iiouisiana is an example of this
Laying aside all prejudice, what could
the President .do that he has. not done?
Au election was held, and each party
accused the other of gross frauds. The
question as to which of the candidates
was elected went to the courts., 1 he
latter decided in favor of Kellogg, and.
111 accordance with this decision, the
-latter was installed and became .'the
head of the de facto government of
tlie State. The President could hot
go behind this decision. ,; He -is . an
executive officer, simply. v He is thee
to enforce the laws, not to make them
or to" promulgate the " decrees of a
court. If any power can interfere and
go back of the record thus made up,
it certainly, is not the executive. If e,
therefore, simply docs his duty in the
premises. He maintains order, and re
gards the de - facto the . prima facie
government as the pnly, one until the
highest legislative power can pass' up
on the matter., There is not an un
prejudiced person in the world who
would not commendsthis action. .lie
was forced to . recognize . one of the
parties- - Now, which should it be?
The one which had possession, had
the certificates, and had, the support
01 iie juuieiai iriuuuais, or. me; one
which, had none of j these, claims to
recognition?. Why, to have .recogni
zed the other party in , this contest ?
no matter what its . equitable r claims
were would have been such a' wan ton
disregard ot every principle of , Jaw,
and such a: tyrannical assumption of
power jby the ( President. ' . as would
have righteously merited bis impeach?
ment.-i . -. ..rr - ?. -, .
.Accused of partisanship end selfish
.seeking after power, the President has
ithe hrmness and good sense to go
straight ahead doing his duty tearless
ly, regardless ot praise or blanre-, ! f
lake the Texas , difbculty as. an
other example. Here the parties were
changed. It was the Republican ot
which had been gored, n And --It must
be said that " there were many s legal
grounds for doubt as to the : right of
: grounds tot uouot as to tne - rignt oi
the Democratic i candidates to 'take
controlof the State; bat the President
! iff. and decided' as seemed to him fair
j and honorable, t He said to Oevernor
; uavis: ' -ii tne erection was. luegaivj
you ougni not. wi nave wxen pari in
1 defeated sSmaiotye
i ofttAMttd from diaviti; italejral tfv..
' X nA nnnn til 5 a .Wision nf tho ' P.
i dent, the .Uemocmie-eandidatea- ea
tered upon tne various omces to wman
1 thev had been elected., and a , distur
bance was avoiaea. ai is not wonar
I ful that .the Democratic Senators in
Congress, who so- .highly : commended
! this non-interference of the President.;
') or Congress in the affairs nef,,Texas,
should gravely propose to pasfi a law
setting aside the election in Louisiana?
.' Yet, this- is. the .miraculous change
that partisanship ! can .effect in the
, principles of a State-rights j Berno-.
: crat.' . "ciiiii i .-- ' ' s.ii ',(" i
! It is time that this reckless and
silly dcDunciatiou f. the President
I should cease.; . Senator Carpenter, has
; been widely commended by thepeiuo
I cratic press , for;? his course in the
I Louisiana , matter, hut i he had ; tlie
j wisdom to perceive. ,and . the good
' sense to assert,; that ..the President
could not have safely done .'otherwise
. . ' , i ' a . . a : i
.tnan us oia.f. -in , couniry7 wui, yet;
appreciate most fully the, inestimable
service. renderedhy .Gehe Grant in
; civil as well as military life and-' coo
; scions of his vindication, he can afford
! to wait.-l nterOccan. ,
1 The country will herf agreeably sur
; prised at the announcement that; the
1 public debt for J anuary shows a de-
I , . .a iinAUUI T A - 1 1
. crease oi &,uoo.uuv.i-xt waa generally
supposed that there would be a defi-
: cienev; or at best, that the : current
expenses would barely be met; and it
is, thereiere, a matter tot: eongratau-
tion that the- result shows ithia en-
couraging increase. Ya
A temperance crusade by the Logan-
sport ladies is impending,
from the Ban Frnncisoo Chronicle.
beetilloaENl- wrJiet In Awr4-
Marshall Martin, the accomplice
of the -woman Elizabeth-Eischler
in the murder of her husband, Val ,
entrne ' Eischler, nbar 1 Antioch, in
November!-1872,- Buffered the ex
treme pena'ty of the law, yesterday,
in' theiaUlyard'-ot Martfec
trapse era .securelj'- adjusted.
about the limbs, the black cap
drawn over the head, the fatal noose
fixed about the neck the whole not
occupying half minute.
An in-j
stant more,; the 'arm of ,the Sheriff
went up, a man in the rear cut the
rope which' held the lever in place,
the trap gave ' away, and the body
shot down with terrible force.. 7
j - A EOBKIBLX BPECTACLE.
'' The scene which followed almost
beggars, description.;-' The body
shot straurht downward. Tho rope
stretched-with a sudden elastic like
spring, the black cap flew into the
air at least eight feet, and Bpatter
ed the blood m great spots over the
rope,' the'' whitewashed walls, the
trap, the chair in' which the doom
ed man sat, and the Sheriff's boots,'
tt rolled away in one coiner of the
inclosure. The body of the poor
man fell to the ground with a dead
thud, and two red, geyser like jets
Bpurted from the neck and tell on
the ground in tor ren ts. , A closer
look, and then the" horror stricken
faces Bho wed that : the awful nature
of .the occurrence hivdi burst upon
thenu- The poor 1 old 1 man's head
had actually been jerked from tus
body, ahd was even' then lying in
the black cap where it had rolled in
the corner , The headless trunk lay
weltering in the; blood which pour
ed from the neck; - Hot k word was
spoken.; After the - first 'i' thrill of
horror Strong' aAenV ttirtied away
sickened at the horrible sight. The
poor Sheriff was 11 ad white as chalk,
but he was cool and collected, and y
did much to mspu'e those . around
: "fHS -SCVKbKD HEAD. '
Vt. HolbrOokl.who was present,
first , emptied the black cap of its t
1 , i ' TT ' 1W " 1 jl P
sicaeuing concenis..! .4iOt uiLea me
cap at the top and the head rolled
away over the ground like-.a cannon f
ball. The ropd had - severed the
neck a3 cleanly .'as' though it had
been done with u'knife.' The verto
bra. had been actually pulled away
from what tho. doctor, called tho
atlas. . The larynx, the arteries, the
tendons were all 'torn npart,: the
latter only showing straggling ends.
Death, . it . is hardly ; necessary to
state,, was'i insbmtaneous. .". From
the, time tho headless trunk, struck
the ground, there .was not even a
quiver of the littlo hnger. The
body lay like a lump of lead. The
horrible remains were at once plac
ed in a" cofful and hidden from
sight,;
THX CAtTSrE Of THE rRIGHTJTTI, MISHAP. '
I i-W.- i.ll;'l' i ii':-u.'.i.f.t- x ol. I'll'
j ao -jtuiia u ubkriuuuujiu w amir.
iff Ivory lor tho terrible mishap.
The rope was adjusted for a fall of
six feet, and it was said that this is
no more than is usually given.
ur. uoibrooK, who made a cm
ical examination , of., the remains,
testified before the coroner's jury,
later in the day that, takintr into
consideration tHe physical condi
tion . of the man his soft, 1 flabby
fat,' and the1 weak condition of his
muscular system it was not at all
singulai that his neck should give
way. ' Any" fall., which wpuld have
broken the spinal cord, would have
been1 pretty,' sure ,to have.;, done
just what was done. .. The muscles
of the neck were found to be . soft
and . contracted, - and though tho
body weighed lmt 143 pounds, still
the neck' was incapable of support
I J ' t :-;-" Prayer ' Powder. ?
'A" clergyman ,writes.;to th St
; "I did not 'seo' S' pistol on the
trauv and -I think there; was not
one WO were all' best .armed by
bemg nnttrmed One good natur
ed Irmhmw I'tk . his seat just op
p06ite , to mc, and . put his feet, up
on ; the i open, seat before him, and
leaned back! and said:'?. n m!T
"Gentlemen and 'ladies, jast be
j a they will not hurt any of
"..rnT, ,J "rr"in"u T
u.-i r . H '.fj , ,
L did not move , a wunsr of nnne
nor. stw. from. nij,seat after I, camel
I back from ; the first ; lookout My-
watch, what httle ttoone-f -i had and
j.my aatcuel remained with me i just
r , , V course,
J prayed, &B 1
I always doy for direc
tion, ,r. and! preservation. I . don't
think a i man ia always to : pray to
the neglect of Ms powder; but it is
my opinion now, as then, I had no
use ior powaer. , xi wo au naa naa
crood ' arms, I would have said use
them, and the Lord nave , mercy.
upon the poor iHellows hit... . ,. ,
. . -i ; i ...
One or A(hI Last Xet(rit. . . , , -
j That the late. .Professor Agas
sis Was conscious of his failing,
strength from too close application
to his business is indicted by a pri
vate letter which b.' wrote a friend!
in England ; a . few days ) before he
was stricken down. - 'I . am udewnj
again,'', he said; :"at least I feel nn
able to exert' myself as usual, and
such' afeetogm'jthe 'beginning, of
Ijis WOTiuug , bBBuu ; to uittuenr K-u-ing.
'."When It last. tfrOte .I.had
strong hopea of an ; easy summer.
with myfamdTnndfpniKlently ex
pected to able to pass , a greater
part of thet winter in Europe. Now
that hope--is gone-i I -have mV
hands f uH itK administrative du-
ties ' and repohsibilites,'and sci
ence and friends must suffer. 7 v"
... - i . Jul,'-
. A l" A'O I."!!
j Daniel Partridge, Jr- age?! 22,
died at Jackaonburg last -Monday,
2d nit -"'tHe' was highrr respected
bvhis acquaintances andneighbori,1
as was slidwn by the large attends
week.
Louis Globe ns follows -concerning
his experience n . the Gad',s Hill
Exfienlve Xawjra
a 'N. Y. Cor. ChlenKP Jearnal.
Ton have doubtless seen the story
now train i? the rounds to te effect that
r Tweed paid out tl WWU to prevent
convicuon, luav uc ui-nuw wv,vw
among the lawyers who defended him,
paying $20,000 to Edwin V. Stough
tcn to show himself at the trial, and
payingretaining 4 fees to, numerous
other prominent members of the bar.
This latter statement 1- believe to be
true. I shall never forget the feeling
of indignations which I, in common
With other spectators, experienced I at
BCcing the lotrgrray-of
, into court whea Tweed was first ar
, rested and taken to the Court f Ses
sion before City Judge ; Bedford.
There was the immaculate David Dud 1
, ley FiehL the nimble BarrjH,the bru
t4l Graham, the. crafty Judge jFnller
' ton, the pompous Stqughton and qther
legal lights,. all consenting Tot money
to follow in his train, and defend the
greatest known thief of his age or cen
tury. v ; iio .1.
It was certainly the most- humilia-
ting sight. The Stoughton who is al
' laded to as having received $20,000 of
Tweed's money simply as. a retaining
!fee (he took n part in the defense
i beyond filing" intocourt at; one time
! or another with the counsel) is known
as the swell lawyer of Gotham: . He is
very tall and 'handsome, ad has-a
' magnificent head of white hair. Go
. wWp von will, to the Charity ball or
i other heavy society affairs,, and : his
Billn fnrm ia tn. kn Willi "mVVtflTlir
about among the ladies . 'The manner
BI1CUIUE 1UIIU IO Vj " w . 0
in which Stoughton brought himself
into public notice or ratner notorier
tt; is noteworthy. ; He used jto ride
S down Broadway i mornings ,in anopen
carriage or barouche with a pile pf
law volumes on the J seat beside him,
while he perused one lying open on
his lap. This, of course, caused him
to be talked about, and he secured a
notoriety which brought him practice.,
j j A-ertea-'wra.';-11';
I 'The' Neatest cataract s the world
.iseFaBsoflfiagare;
est cavern the world is the Mam
mnth n Ktnolrv. The meat-
. - .. Z "S. 7 .
Att nvor in t.hn urnrlil m thn MiKfiia-1
.Liffnn mnn W AThAWJ
i n III .u ii L wii1 yu aome hgures, showing the An
'fe0! mericalstrengthof the Order.
of the Mississippi. The largest lake
in the world is Lake Superior, which
is truly an , inland sea, being,' four
hundred and thirty miles long and
one thousand feet deep.' 'The long
est railroad in the world is the Pa.
cine Railroad, which is over three
thousand miles in .length.''- Tho
greatest natural bridge in the world
is the natural bridge over jeciar
creek' minuTgre
mass of solid iron in - the world -"is
ithe great Iron Mountain 'is; Mis;
DUUll xiio intgcDu u7oia ui hut
', thracite coal in the worldare in
Pennsylvania. ' ' ii:iSjvii
.T mmm H ! ootrO
- It is proposed in a bill now. be-
fore Congress to remove one of the
'minor annoyances connected I with
! the transmission of transintlprint
!ed matter in the mails o The iuv
i pulse is always strong, " when: a
person is sending -"a;: paper or
I magazine to a friend, to - place
i his or her name or ' initials on the
document so aispatched ; but this
. has been held to be a sort of ipee i
I : cadillo an infringement ; upoai the 1
postal lawsy-THOTigfl . naa seidam i
. occurred that a postma8terAaaa
. ix '".""u"'.t"""" " i
paper or magazine bo written npdn
to 'letter post age-i-whichr makes
such mail matter very costly to the
receiver. " 'But the bill now before
I the House provides that it shall .be
lawful for any person ' sending a
paper or magazine in .the mails to
write ' his name . or initials, pi, a
brief form of presentation, rupoq it
without' adding; anything., to its,
postage as prmtedmattor.) -Thisis
a vory seuBtuu- jiru-jutuuuu, iuiu w
trust it may jind favor twith both
Houses and become a law- -;;.i 0 . i
By adopting the ,fone:cenya:dayV,
plan, a small,. but zealous parish in.
Ohio, has paid. all. the incidental
: expenses of ..the church the quota
' assigned for. missionary, purposes,
various sums for other ; benevolent
purposes, and the conrentiQn asses-,
ments, and yet .manages . to .-keep
balance on - hand. : jihe congrega
tion pledges itself, young and
to lay by one cent a day per mem-
, " m. 11 a-h ' i" '
. per ,ior au jnurcii purposes. y i ;iJ
"Baez, ex-President "6f jSan To
mingo, who arrived in New" .York a
fow days ago, avows that thVdbject
of his visit is to further the annex
ation of . 'that island to the TJnited
State's.'' He "does - ridt cotn'e fafc5-
particularly opportune mom'eiit for
such a mission; but still,' as he lias
lost his hold 6f' tho Government' of
San Domingo; it was rather nes42onrTlFr
a, -f x-Aw-,!i w I Iinoohl watohed tho
sary
can
distance
reverses.
r A German peddler sold a'; man a 1
liquid for the extermination of buss.
uAnc how do you uscf it?"- toordred '
the, man after he had- bought it
.'Ketch te bug, un drop Ton Icttle
drop into his mout,"1 answered the
peddler. ' "The duce you 'dol' 'ex'
claimed' the ; purchaser. - "I' could
kill it in half the time by stamping
on, it" ''Veil," calmly exclaimed
the German, ' "dat is a good tay,
too."" y'--;--" ''.
Congress has been ' invited io sit
in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia,
on the 5th of September proximo,
in honor .of .' the one hundredth an
niversary of the first tessioh'of the
American' Congress, held in1 that
same btiildiziygrin Tlk "We would
favor "Congress grafifying the Phil:
adelphianB in jtois matters "it they
will agree' to abandon the scheme
of depleting the Troasury&r their
Centennial Industrial likpositiqm
Jonrnal.Lxrs.l ,lfUR ion
Seven persons are , lying at the
nointof death at Aurota, in this
State, fron trichina, caused by eat
msM jpv...
especially weu . '.-'- ,,11
ill'"-"' ' ' '' tAt.
' ; Mo'rgan5 county dog'ifell Unto
wSks,,hngldj iurin -thrtimejy
another UOg -,v nenuia.e ous n was
anite lively, though somewhat etnaci -
ated. '
km i;w a m :f Lr 1 slyly, but he
tAm v, ' Tksi i.tU t eovery, -
Addvraa U,fk Mwmwfwm.
K The following address was re
(Sotstly delivered before one of the
WeetSte Granges, by the Master,
Jimestl. neuderson.Esq. There
is so much of interest to the gen
eral reader that we gladly publish
it for the edification of members of
the Granges in this locality, as also
the public at large :
I 'Patbons: It is with feelings )bf
feigned pleasure that I address
you onuus occasion, mo Detter
evidence of the 'extent and increase
of our organization can be adduced
thsffl m . Juniiahed by the presen
here of so large a number, and it
argues well for the future strength
and : prosperity - of our - order
that even while yet in its infancy it
develops so much of vigor and pro
gress, v -''r;:f.
- "It is but a niue over six- years
since' the idea of this movement
was conceived; its first inception
was crude and vague, and to many
seemed problematical and visionary.
It was a matter the consummation
of which was devoutly wished for
but seemingly impracticable.
' 'Subsequent events," - however,
proved that the times were auspie
ions for its introduction, and every
day furnishes evidence that the or-
sanitation is based ' Upon a sound
and firm foundation?
"Like all reformatory move.
ments, this has met with many re
buna, and sometimes from sources
not anticipated, the result of igno-
ranee oi tne pnncipies oi xne eraer,
its aims and its objects, pr the pro-
posed methods by which they were
M ?fi have an. ttbi:
wfapn t
IrrJ?ffi"T :" T,. VaT,
PBfif oi every mteugent mino. .
" rm 1 TiVit. rtatAin' trnn
1 -' -.J ...... .a , -
Honger.atthis lime than to, give
''The report from the 'National
Grange at Washington tgives the
following exhibit: r . ' '''"',..r'-"' t
Oni the sixteenth day of Decem
ber , 1873, there were 9,297 lodges,
with a total membership of 697,275.
Of, this perhaps one half, say 350,'
000, .'. are . voters. This ' feires 1 ;an
average of 75 to a dodge. "We are
to fh ratio of 1,000
daily.
"The growth is a matter of " sur
prise , to some, but . to those ' who
realize the want of such an organ
ization and the room there Was, for
its ,development, .the rapid increase
is not a matter of wonder." ' r
It is already a power m the iand,
and must of necessity grow with
the 'growth and strengthen' with,
the strength of this vast, wonderful
tuiu iiMgiiiijr repuuiiu.
Blawlaa a
fwripillif
Mrtloa. '
.Carpenter, in his picture of this
notable event, depicts President
TAinnln:' with hi Rod. trraA fVu.:
sittinc. pen in hand, as if even after
long Counsel and meditation he
etill hesitated Chase; then .Secro
tary oi we xreasury, sianas oenma
the chair he, hopes one day to fill,'
a very monument of dignity,' look-'
ing., hopefully , in t 'the. glorious:
future: Stanton, fierce, and' deter-,
: ; 1 M ,.!- .A.iL -.Jli
Uli iicu, uats iiuuieu jxib uuair duck.
as itihe had said all ho had to Bay;
oewara in pronie, ana v eues op-
i . ... . ... . . a
posite, are evidently talking; while
bmith, Blair, and Bates stand re-1
spectrally back; Jjook at the pie-1
tnre well note its
solemnity,' tne
aij 0f "serious and anxiousi though
not unduly studied, dramatic. Nof
happened.; f 'Two r days 'before thai
u.j.pvvA.: j . ..v j v. j
proclamation was issued, there had
been a Cabinet meeting in which no
business of an unusual character"
was transacted; and ttie Sectaries
were . surprised-, to, ciyet
nieef Id ie ihA tiiatda 'J IttJ
met promptly at the 'Wni&' hS;
an. open' book in his hand,' atid a
n---'-L-' - av!'l
pecuiiaxiY amusea iooa on ms iace.
Sit'down." said he to the cerrfr-l
lemen, as they came in; "I wanttbi
read you something ' funny." And
then ' he Bent on aud i read nlohdl
one Of Orpheus C. i Kerr's ' war let&
ters from' the Maker el Brigade,-1
convulsing himself and his hearhza
with lausrhtef. But every no wand
then they would look at each others
rather wondering what it all meant.
mutemoumea
gave no sign of . dis
finished ' his ' reading. . and
its ' absurdities for.1 ia
few minutes ; then suddenly he dxevk
his chair np to the table and ad 11
dressed the Cabinet: , : 5 r.on iiJ
! 'Gentlemen," said he, 'tof coarse
yon ' know - this isn't what I . isent
after you for," I have a proclamation
here," he continued, opening a pal
per that- had bedn lying carelessly
tlAA 'An 1ia 4Tk1a '(! 1'lr
yon to see it You need not ex
press your opinion upon if . .I've
written it myself, land I mean to
publish it to-morrow, but I thought
it would be proper to break it . to
I J-61
.17
Thev : read it he signed it then
ancVthat is the true story of ''Sign
iner the Emancipatiun Proclama-4
Ii0."tns,-J- -O'.V K,V'i vyiui tyft-.ll
i JCarpeilter is probably aa faithful
facte as any artist of ihistorid
sres.J ' JThe " truth is, that great
events are rarely t ormal4s is only
n trifles that we ean stop to1, think
of the appropriate eeremonjeaT. 0
;f' vf','V I
tl'k'Ldt
iBi
& Senators Morton and Pratt have
united in recommending the nomi
nation bf :Gen. Ben. Spooner for
United States Marshal for Indiana.
The nomination will be -.aent tol
the Senate with the first lot There
has been no opposition. "Tne delay
han been caused by the preamnre of
vvu4 aiurya wauv -u-aia-wr
":A memner 01 iJongress
1 ion u-h-bh-- -av w" y "v
1 the speeches be deducted'; froi
I their salaries. " That is not 60
sngesfs
f Votiax U spoaee of ly IZbfZptftltf:
f his district as fandidate for CcfHV
Charles Wyatt, a negro murderer,'
was t ken put pi the Murphysboro.
Jackson County, IlUjail Wednesday
night week; in4 Jiuag. . Me confessed
his guilt.
Suissays the woman engaged in the
6 'teSMprsnce' nrbvemest are most
ly married, and don't wonder that a
wife hates to have ;. her husband li
quor. K " .
'There is no record t of 8atans
niAWiAjhich makes us blush to1 -mention
hes the falher'ofLies.
We thinlc that we "have et his
wafaAjdthengho tkejce.,iano,such.rer-t
cord. ,.MiiM
Ncbuchadnexsar is .-meatiened as
the first Granger, but incorrectly . Eve, '
who made a reputation io the . appLr
business, and who, broke up Adaav
mopopjply, was the first to patronise
husbandryi-- - - --.'- '
' A Demoeratie journalist of the IK j
bcrnian persuasion declares "that the'-.
Republican party is not only dead, baa '
that the medicine administered by its
leaders aggravates the disease.' ;, H'
' Tweed's counsel are still indefatiga-.'
hie in their efforts to get his case into
higher. courts. They are diligently at
wetk on the bill of exceptions niton
! which they hope to get a review of the .
' case r ordered, aad .the hill of , except
itipneis almost as "voluminous as thV
j indictment under which he was coa-
j VlCtedr -'- -Vr w ,:: .. (,;;..- 'i
A telegram announces the deauT tti '
: ytung David Vinton" son of the lat'
j A. K -Vinton, . of Xndiaaapolis, by
, drowning ia a small lake on the seuth-';
! era coast ot Florida,' while visiting '
relatives ''these. 4 1 Deceased was.'-a
; nephew and namesake of Judge Via
! ton of our Circuit Court.
A gorgeous Georgia: girl recently,
peddled out 300 kisses at 10 cents
smack, and then gave the money to'
tlpeqr tobuyeoal and flaaael aa4
things. The young men of thai -Sswnr';
feci within their individual and collec
tive breasts that charity is divine. - .
- - -V . . : . . . .,.,..:
The Richmond Independent seems
to" be fearful that if the Scpublicaa
County Convention is held at a - late
date it will weaken the strength of the
party. We are glad te 7seeV the Inde-i
pendent so much inseretrted in the '
Republican party, for wh ean doubts
the anxiety of an "Independent" ;aai
r for the inter eats of a party; it pro
.ises to igjiqre.-Cambrulge Tribune. -
; ,Aepresenutive aere jo. wiisott' is ;
i the "great iavestigatorJ! He is a re--I
insrkable; 4: nianaeBt.7 T! faithful. '
i learned," industrious and would fill.,
any' placethat, qf .Representative,
i Senator, Chief Justice, Minister to
j England or President. t He is the -j
coming man of the Mississippi Valley. -(
Mark this prediction J
enaior Brownlow and Repraeata-Tj
tive itevehs -ought ' to ;he! at- home
where ' they couldlbe well nursed.
They are seldom ! in their seats be-
cause they are too' eld and feeble.'-VA
Senator or 31 ember should be vigor- i
ous. Kokomo Tribune.'0
Cmimnmu BUtott. - - -
A somewhat enthusiastic writer ia
the Nanfes f N ' Y. . Record, deacriha -'
Koma sem , iB the t:iUm f Raah
vtue, x aus county, una state: "aooux
if . e- . . a a a m. 1
I u g-if-g years age vnere cams to umm.
i a . " a1 r a i-
1 viXImca :
yjilage a lad, apparently seventeen, or
ewnteen years old. and ot Dura Jkmr
can descent-to deliver Mn auti-slave
rr lecture.V'He was boorlv clad. and.
OvCOver hlsithread bareaud diUpida
ted.coat; be" wore while speaking , a.
short cloak or circle. He lectured afc.
i the CoDetibiiar Wlurch,' and Waa,
i listened tony a' large audience, who
waff astonished at the wonderful ' !-
iM!WeJM,yntMuLsp?Mr' The
i of the youthful sneaker. 1
!TS of the' KufihvilW LyceUssv
, r-.vi-: :V . .u
, hci n bu iBiuiam i p tiHwn aw.aa.aa
j laa-& aijyat they invited hini to'
: remain and take a part in their aeni'
debate, the question for ' diseueBion.'
being tne feasibility ot the iinmedial:
abolition of slavery. Hfr declined att
, fins,, but being strongly, wrged, J eon-;
i Baaiel Mor
' Mam morna. am., since memner ot
; Congress Cuyler F. 'Qreen, ., John.,
; Sayre. Dr.' Otis, Richard J. ,Warfl6ld,1
j hd whersi ;The-..debate cama aS iic
thold ArfetoK' : ' 1 1''
fo
w . um vtVtUf and J .... payre
j lStkdQi
and wonderful elo-
Meved every oaa.i
answered ,hiar Opponents ,fn ' the '
4lMVAeaiiAil
mencing.weremenjhei figbt,'
with
vr. Uus. the Ut, in a speech of con
siderable length, . had, exhausted all
the arguments used in : thosea days in
favor of gradual emanoipation, and
eoncluded by, triumphantly 1 declaring
that it would he the greatest inhuman
ity toemherpate..the alavea without
first educatiDrov cpveparing them in
some way for the great change. The
lad dispatched the Doctor at: a-single
blow as follow?: ; "1 1 understand the
gentleman is a surgeon; and fone who
understands his profession. I would
ask him, if ho had l patient whose
arm it was necessary to amputate, if he '
would prepare him for ' the . operatioa
by cutting off a finger at a .time, ar
would he ct off the diseased liajJs at
once?" The . Doctor was. sileneei.
Morris, with; his' usual eloquence and
lawyer skill, ' had .fortified his posi
tions with aiguaa. that -eeeaied ia
jfregnable, but the lad tore them to
shieds and scattered them ' Tike chaff
before the wind. 1 The victory for th
celorod boy waa complete, and the ex
citement of the audience knew ' no
bounds; it was a subject of remark for
a long time afterward, and still is well
iMfeenibered by those. who were . pres
ent That boy's name was Robert. B.
Elliott end he is now a member of
Cengess from South Carolina, whose
recent speech' on 'the 8nplemeatary
Civil Right's bill has . electrified the
nation.7 i"' l" -
In the vlcinUjr of .CentreYUlTbandax
mbrnlnKlast.uaAlel ConimonH, ased about
,uiJJ.sJiSAi;.
Lua u-s.
isili I u f.
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