Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 25 March 1871 — Page 1

OBO. P. HOWELL A CO., 40 Park H«T. York. A Hit 8. M* PETTSWOILL ft Co., j- ,3.i'*rk Bow. ew ork Arethcsouh&eiifafa' l)i« Cruwfordsrille

VIEW, in that city ADD *re »uthonied «o conlt«l for ,inp^iii*,»dTrrtl»e»ent!Mrr isjtt oar Jo*eif«Mh rite',' fedTerlfMfrt io, (hatrftr *re Teqttemea lo lfe»re their favors with either of the ttov« haute*.

SHOCKING MURDER L\ LAWRENCEJtJ v',i. •". We are compelled to-day to add another to the long list of fearful crimes of the put Mrelre months on6 that shocks the sense the more, as it was perpetrated on one who had never in jured or knowo the.perpetrator, and at ttouioigbt shot to 3e*tb In her o*o bed, where the supposed she was enjoying

the greatest security. About ami'9 outside Lawrenecbtirg, in tbis State, on the turnpike road leading to the upper distillery, is a grocery and saiooO calJcd Rossville Exchange, owned and kept by a German named George Schmclzcr. It appears that he was indebted to Che amount of several hundred dollars to the former owner of the property, and had received on the preccdiog day between four and five hundred dollars, whickheproposed to ufe in IffjAtdating the same. and Ins wife bad retired at Saturday night as'usual, ho taking the precaution to plaee the money, which he expected to pay out in a day or two, under his pillow.

Between two and three o'clqck on Sunday morning hj was awakened' by tome" noise he could not understand, a neusation coming over him that borne indefinable something was about the hoad p^fjliiis.bed. As'a man would be expcctcd to do who was aroused suddenly, he reached out his haod in Hcaclrof the disturber, and was startled on seizing the arm of some .unknown person. Little ho knew that a sequel so bloody was soon to follow, and that a cloud darker than night was to fall upon his hearthstone, and blight his dearost domestic hopes.

It wus the band of a burglar he bad clasped. A momentary struggle followed, Mn which of course the robber had the advantage, though doubtless things took an unexpected turn.. But burglars are prepared for any adveuturc, especially those who understand tho business. Escape was now more important to him than the sparing of life, a«id ho fired. It is supposed he intended to shoot only the man but in the darkness the shot struck the wife, who had been suddenly awaked, •She was hardly aware of the situation before she got the bullet that did its work so well as to cause death in two or three hours.

The robber now. escaped, with the spoils of his double crime. Where he went, with-the blood of an, innocent woman on his hands who be is, with bis soul stained with a guilt from which the heart recoils, no ono knows, /1 lie is still at large, pursued by the curses of mankind aud the frown of 11 iin from whose eye there is no biding place. Every eye is searching the byways and obscure places for the murderer. The ferry-boat to Kentucky was stopped, and all precautions takeu to sccuro bis capture, but thus far in vain. He surely can not go uncaught, for justice can hardly fail to overtake him at last.1*""

The corouer held an inquest, and the jury returned the following

VERDICT

"That Amanda Schmelzer came to her death by a pistol charged with powdor and leaden bullet, in the hands of a person or persons unknown to the jury. I). W.

SKINNER,

Cor."

Later reports, Wednesday morning, 22d, give some further particulars,and siy no clue has yet been founJ of the murderers. Mr. Schmclzcr, not knowing his wife was shot, pursued the robbers down stairs, calling the servant girl as ho went. Tho servant ran at once to her mistress, and found her dying.

Tho uppor story of the house where the family lived has three rooms, a sitting-room in tho corner, and the sleeping-room occupied by Schmelzer and his wife immediately behind it. The servant's room was alongside. It was long &9 both the other rooui9, neither of which could be entered except through it. Her name is Lena Snyder. She is not inclined to converse on the subject, but hints the size of the men, whom she saw passing through her room in the hurry to cscapc, saying that one* wos large and the other small. She is said to be somewhat attractive. ".The ball was taken from the head of the murdered woman by Dr. Waiters. An odd fact of the case is, that the woman's hair wa9 singed, as if by the flame of the pistol when discharged

GIIF.KLEY EXCITER

The. Now Hampshire election, with its thorough rout of the Republican party, has terrified the illustrious philosopher of the Ne^.Y.ork Tribune, and he is preparing for the grand Presidential struggle of 1S72. He never had much confidence io the peculiar tactics felicd'upon by Grant and bis rascaliioos to effect the desired end, but has in the more silent and potent one of popular newspaper "education, lie howls out to attract attcntioa

Make ready Only next year we are to have the most infuriated Presidential oontest since 1800. Meanwhile we shall have shout after about ovpr astonndicg Democratic triumphs in local electioDS, just as we had in

TIIE

1S07,

when they claimed Qhio and Pennsylvania, and nearly everything else carrying this State by

50,000

majority,

thoughnhey afcre fairly beaten in tbP Presidential struggle the next year, and' 'only feeemed to win by gigantie

frauds. There ,are feuds among, tbe jib# ot laws because of

Republicans wifoh ought not tO' st there are disaffection and coldness and bickerings, which will reduce our vote io most of the intermediate elections, and electrify oar adversaries with sanguine expectations of ohoo9ing the next President and Tice-President. This will incite fresh "out croppings of total depravity, and arouse the lie-

publicans to conccrted and desperate

exertions. He docs cot, however, depend upon this "desperate exertion" which he expccts, but says

Greeley's advice is good, and every Democrat and Conservative should profit by it. The

Northern Loyal Leagues and Southern Ku-Klux-Klans! Tho Lafayette Dispatch well says of those twin sous of lawlessness dj "The howl made over the operations of tho Ku-Klux in the Southern States by our Republican friends, is a little singular, when wi consider that they themselves were tlfe'first to organize a secret political society in the North, whose operations throughout tho country were a terror to all good and pcaccablc citizens who happened to differ from them in politics. "We know that the operations of the Northern Ku lvlux put uiauy men in the bastile, and murdered -many more in tho highways of the 'country, and sometimes at their own doorsteps. Loyal Leaguers should be the last^ men- in the world to denounce KuKlux, for the reason that their own crimes iu the North were just as wicked, aud at one time as numerous, as those now reported of tho Southern Ku-Klux. Down with all political secret societies, say wo, whether they are the lvu-Klux of the South or tho Loyal Leagues of the North.",...

There is one difference between the Ku-Kluxcs North and South, which our coteniporary seems to overlook The reports of the crimes of the Loyal Leaguers were generally and greatly modified, and sometimes extirely Suppressed while the crinicg of the Southern Ku-Klux were not only always exaggerated in the reports by the Republican press, but sometimes reported without'any foundation iu fact, by tho villainous carpet baggers in the South, and sometimes were provoked deliberately in the South by the ruling party, for the purpose of making political capital. fear'-'a. m»

negroes, under the Republican

rule, have a majority in Barbour co., Ala. They have recently clectcd the Rev. Ferdinand Smith a County Superintendent of Schools. He is a negro. In 1SG5, he was couvicted of larceny in NashvilU, and sent to the State Prison. He was pardoned out by a carpet-bag Governor, Rittor-.—This man, thus in due process of low proved to be a thief, is chosen by "all the morality/and decency party'' as the superintendent of the morals of the youth of the land. /g "The United Slates of Europe."

Tho Liberal Lyonnais priuts with an appearance of seriousness the following wild and curious document :F

peo

ple of France axe called upon to answer Yes or No to the following draft deoree "1. Tho French nation crushed, but not conquered, by the German forces, refuses to sign peace with the barbarian invaders of the country. "2. The French nation freely gives itself to the Government of the United States Republic sitting at Washington. "3. The United States Government, if the above be accepted, will take immediate possession of the territory of France, with its.original limits on the 19th of July, 1S70. "4. France will be an integral portion of the Republic of the United States, under the name of'The United States of Europe,' and will be poverued by the same constitution fend the same laws, with sucb changes as .might be rendered necessary by the difference of religion and of customs. "5. yntil ,ths United* Spates take possessfo^f' of tho Prenohv territory, France binds herself to continue the struggle a OTrfranw'ftgafnsCXbe Prussian forces."

A country where sueh wild ideas can emanate fronT a leading newspaper, is evidently in' need of a tJow fctocfc! of common sense. France annexed could hope for no changes in constitu-

religion Mod of CBttoms." What should we do with the "religion" of the communists and atheists, or with the "customs" of the BooapBrtists and Bonrbonists? Let France mak,e pe%ee with her foreign eneitiyj'Siippressrbtfr riotous domestic factions, reorganise her &rmy

0D a

"Republicans who are alive in off- land vampires who- feed upon the life of years you must do the work that is now pressingly needed! Each of you know from five to fifty persons who will vote in 1872, if then living, yet Wjho are. taking no political. journal •whatever. "You Van indiicc'a part of them to takc*agood one. if you will make the requisite effort: If you have a good and cheap Republican paper issued in your vicinity, give that the preference if you must look lurthcr to find one of the right sort, do not hesitate if one will take a certain journal, and another another, accom modate cach but, do not let a month pass without having every one within the range of your influence supplied with some Republican journal that he jpilP take to his fireside and read io his leisure hours. This is the duty of tho hour do not postpone or neglect it!''

ONE

REVIEW

should be

in the household of every family in Montgomery county. It will keep them advised of the outrages daily committed by the present wicked Administration of Grant, and which is already being condemned by Charles Sumner and a host of other honest Republicans. Here is magnificent field of work for every, honest man who desires a change in the administration of our Government.

Facing Deatb in tbc Clouds.

•Bursting of tlic Baloon Hyperion at an AltitUile of a Mile—A Remarkable Voyage on "High!"

Prof. S. A. King, the reronaut, had advertised that he would ascend from Atlauta on the 1st of January, 1870. Eight thousand persons assembled to witness the event, but a sleet storm was coming up, and Prof. King declined tho attempt, but offered to return the peoplo their money, and acted fair in every way.

Dr. Aibcrt Hape, who had already made one ascent, stepped up to Prof. King, and said "Tho people are terribly disappointed. I have been up with you once, and you know whether you can trust me. If you'll lend me the old chebang, I'll take her up, storm or no storm." "Very well," replied King "I know your coolness and presence of mind, l'ou may go jf you want to." "You bad better take in some more ballast," said Kiug,as Dr.Hape stepped iuto the basket.

PROPOSED PLEBICITE.—The

YAGMTL'A#

difference* of

popular and efficient basis, estab- pjj night, and to prolong the voyage

lish a school system that will develope as far as possible. the intellect and virtues of her people and their material prosperity, purge her high places clear of all the hawks

the nation and in whom rapacity takes the place of patriotism in short, make a Republic forlier own psople—a goveminent of the people, by the people, and for the people, where men arc educated to know both their rights and their responsibilities. But while there are thousands of her citizens and soldiers unable to resad or write, she has great need to change her 'customs' before* seeking a protectorate from. any. nation. Franceis a giaat, and.needs no protection except from her own internal defects. At present.she would be too big a white "elephant for Undo Sam—worse that twenty Cubas and Mcxicos.

of the long haired preachers in

Boston, discussing the woman suffrage question, triumphantly exclaims, with a full blown nasal twang Talk about women not being fit for the American Presidency Look, at Catharine II. of Russia and Elizabeth of England!," Tf we may be permitted to "rise to a privileged question," we would ask Are such drunken and depraved baridans as Catharine of Russia or Elizabeth of England to bo the modest and very virtuous models after whom our coming political women are to pattern their lives? Iu such case, what imagination can rcach to the glory which, like a halo of purple and scarlet, would surround our National and State capitols? Who can dream of the ring of lobbyrooms that would encircle cach legislative hall, and the infinite variety of unheard-of "rings!' which these in turn would embrace, if our political women should chancc to follow the examples of Catharine and Elizabeth Then the Rev. Stephen Ivallochs and other pure and pious preachers, of Boston and elsewhere, would live in clover, aud we might say of our legislative hauls as the poet says of another famous hall— with a little adaptation

"Colossal domes'! condcimicd to uses vile! Where Law aud Freedom onco had held their den, Now Paphian girls are known to sing and smile,

And saints might deem their time wus come again, If common tails say true, nor wrong these holy men."

All this, if oar women follow the style of Catharine and Elizabeth. But the long-haired saints of the Hub are not famous for giving the best advice or pointing out the best exemplars to any class of women. In that respcct their tendency is perfectly tin questionable.

So SOON as the uew3 of the New Hampshire election reached the White House there was a terrible row. The General got furious at his advisers, and countermanded all the ordc-rs for "outrages in the South," and finally refused to receive or give consolation, slammed his office door, and gave orders that he would not see anybody for the rest of the day. He told Butler that his four murders in buckram from New Orleans were now played out, and that hereafter they must report "Reconstruction great suc^ls instead of a failure."

Tmrnrnwi

NEW SERIES—VOL. TTTT.ti CBAWF0BD8VHLE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY INDIANA, MAECH 25, 187L

A beavy, sleet and snow commenced falling, and it was so intensely cold that I was anxious to get through the.clouds and into the bright sunshine beyond. Already imagination pictured the little craft as sailing smoothly above the bad weather, and- my heart, awelled with enthusiasm as fancy painted .the bean-* ties of a winter sunset— above the olouds. I had docided to remain up

I was awakened from my reveryfby a sharp explosion. The. baloon had burst near the point of' its greatest diameter, arid had collapsed It began ,t$ descend with great rapidity, its peculiar shape gave it a rotary motion that was rather unpleasant. I fu^y realized the danger of my situation dtiath was inevitable unless I could succeed in forming tho wreck iatfra parachute, and to do this required great physical atceogth iwd per-foet coolness. The loss of sell-possession or 4 neglect to preserve the oscillating motion of my craft, would be attended with loss t»f life. However, I "knew the ropes/' and determined to pull them. $ "It was necessary that the rotten cloth should' be nO(t only retained ito the netting, batjkept in such a positifita as to offer the».greatest possible re8Wf-', ance to the atmosphere. My craft soon proved to be unruly it plunged violently, with the peculiar motion of a kite that has lost its ballast at each plunge it swung through the air like a great pendulum. I soon attained a terrible velocity, being frequently thrown higher than any fluttering part of th£ wreck, and I was several times-flung Entirely out of the bislcet, "Like Macawber, I,'confidently expected something, to. turn up in fact, there was dancer of the basket 'turning up' on top of the canvas, which would result in instant death. 'By a strict attention to business,' these mad lunges were modified, and the velocity was more uniform, though still very rapid:" 'I now resolved to throw out a parjt or all of the ballast, and lifted a bag to the edge of the basket for that purpose when the thought oocurred that it would be less..dangerous to keep it in the basket. I threw:out a letter^ and by watching it as it fluttered in the air, was able to ,tell where the wreck would strike. To throw out balast at tbis time would prolong the voyage to the woods beyond, eyen if it did not cause the basket and contents to be thrown on top of the.wreck. Taking this view, I decided toi retain all the weight in the basket that I possibly could.: "When within three hundred feet of tho ground, I cut the cord attached to the anchor rope, and watching the rise and descent," managed to throw at the proper moment. It struck in time to lessen the force with which I would have otherwise struck the earth. As it was, the shock stuuoed mc. "On awakint?, there was no sensation of pain save uumbness, that always succecds a heavy {'all.- The cold rain was falling in my face, and I could not lift my head from among the long briars that encirclcd me with a perfect net work. Near by stood a lady after: gazing at her a moment. I bowed my compliments, and wished her A Happy New Year." "Shq.smiled, aud inquired whether I was hurt. 'No, ma'am:' To convince her of the fact I arose, and, after securing a peculiar black bottle, stepped forth. "The Hyperior' presented a sorry spectacle. Hopes, netting, and fragments of rotten cloth—it lay among tho brushes and briars an utter wreck. "With the exception of a few slight scratehcs, I received no injury the loss of a paper collar and a few ".incidentals," was all that need attention.

All wants were supplied, and in a few minutes I was again with my friends."

THE

Instead of taking more ballast, the Doctor threw out two bags of sand that were already in it, and cut the ropes.

He made the first mile upward in two minutes and a half. The descent was accomplished in one minute. The round trip of two miles, three minutes and a half. Here is the Doctor's own account of the journey r«- i«i» "Tha small amount of ballast carried r*ave such great ascending power thAt requirod but two minutes aiid a'half to' reach an altitude of oue mile. The cheers from the crowd below were no longer heard all was silent except the spiteful driving of the. winter rain. I was well aware of the great rapidity with which I was travelin

census oi Great Britain Jwill -be

taken complete up to the 2d of April. The work is all to be done in one day, and the tedious delays to which our American 6yitetn is' subject are thus avoided. The object of the English authorities is to get an cxact enumeration of the people, and, each person being enrolled at his residence on the designated day, there is no chance for errors through removals just before or after the lists are collected. This system involves the employment of an immense number of agents for the two or three days consumed in distributing blanks and gathering the returns. Here, on the contrary, we .employ comparatively few men, and as they are appointed through political favor, the system is so arranged as to increase their emoluments by-lengthen-ing the "job. The ultimate cost is here probably much greater. A much worse plan than ours would be difficult to conceive and it is to be hoped that wheu the next census is to be taken, advantage may be taken of the lessons derivable from experience elsewhere.

I A N (jone' Kp. A leading republican journal, in view of the recent occurrences at Washington and New Hampshire, says, that the reformatory mission of the Republican party^w pretty well ended." We can not disguise the existence -of- a crisis in tbe life of the party. It bas lost its old power of appeal to the future, and an appeal to the past, in a Republic, is of no account."

Stand aside, good people, and let tbe cof&n pass.

MR. BEECHEU

the neck of the baloon was twenty five get. or wfetah would consider Him as inches in diameter, and entirely open, auffieiently Yfthirties.

I feared nothing. She gave no sign y1 r»i of being tense, and the possibility of an ^RELATIVE BKAUTT— a pretty cous explosion was not thought of. --iin.

preached an extraor

dinary heterodox sermon in Brooklyn on last Sunday. He denied that Christ

Tfas a purely"humau invention. A man might baptise or not ba"p'tise—partake of the Lord's Supper tr notppTtake of it it would make no difference to him. "And," said Mr. Beecher, "my impression is, if our Lord and Saviour were on ear,tb now, there are very few of the but as present churches into which He could

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left n'fi

JSIn

THE LOVED AHD LOST.

[The following..poem, #rom the Church of England Ma gazing" will come like a "long in the nigbt" to many a stricken heart:]

'•The loved' and lost Why do we call them lost?'

Because we toiiwHhetri'TronrdtJr^ulward road God's unseen angel o'er our pathway erost, Looked on ue all, and loving ibem the most,

Straightway relieved them from, life's -4-' weary load. ihi, rThey are not lost they are within the door

That shuts out loss and every hurtful thing— With angels bright, and .loved ones gone befbre, .] In their-Redeemer's presence evermore,

and King

iduVjl

vrtl'lld I

A?k the poor sailor/ when' the wreck is done, Who, with his treasure, strove the shore to reach, While with the raging waves he batUed on, Wis it not joy, where every joy seemed gone, ,To see his loved „ones landed on the 'm-j bcach'-' fif biJi- Xs 1

A poor way-fnrer, leading by the hand A little child, hath halted by the well, To wash from.-off her feet the clinging sand, And tell the tired boy of that bright land

Where, this long journey passed, they longed to dwell.

When lo! the Lord, who many mansions had, Drew near and looked upon the suffering twain, Then pitying, spake: "Give me the little lad In strength renewed, and glorious beauty clad, I'll bring him with me when I come again.'

Did she mdke answer selfishly and wrong '•Nay, bnt tho woes I feel, he too must share ©r, rather, bursting into grateful song, SKe went her way rejoicing, and. made strong

To struggle on, since he was freed from care.

We will do~*liltewisc. Death hath made no broach Iff.love and sympathy, in hope and trust No outward sigh or sound our ears can rcach But there's'an inward, spiritual speoch,

That greets us still, though mortal tongues bo dust.

It bids us do the work that, they laid down, Take up the song where they broke off the strain So .journeying till we reach the heavenly ,v.town, Where are laid up our treasures and our crown,

And our lost loved ones will be forni'd again. i-.ii 1/

A Lucfcy Prediction.

Drake in his Memoir of Tecumseli, gives an account of the following .singular coincidence in^the life of that famous warrior "On his return from Florida,Tecumseh went among the Creeks io Alabama. urging tlidm to join the Scminolcs. Arriving at Tuekabatchee, the Creek town on the Tallapoosa river, he made his way to the lodge of the chief, who was called the Big Warrior. He explained his object, delivered his war talk, presented a bundle of sticks, and gave a piecc of wampunl and a hatchet all of which Big Warrior took. Then Tecumseh, reading the intentions and spirit of Brg Warrior, looked him in the eyes, and pointing a finger toward his face, saii "Your blood is white you have taken my talk, but you do not mean to fight. I know the reason: you do not believe the Great Spirit has sent me you shall know I leave Tuckhabatchee directly, and shall go straight to Detroit. When I arrive there, I will stamp on the ground with my foot, and shake down every house in Tuckhabatchee." So saying, he turned and left Big Warrior in utter amazement at both his manner and his threat, and pursued his journey. Tho Indians were struck no less with his conduct than was Big Warrior, and began to dread the arrival of the day when the threatened calamity should befall them. They met often andtalked over this matter, and counted the days carefully to know the time when Tecumseh would reach Detroit. The morning at last came, on which they had. fixed as the period of his arrival. A mighty rumbling was heard the Indians all ran out of their houses, the earth begun to shake snd at last, sure enough, every house in Tuckhabatchcc was shakcu down The exclamation was in every mouth "Tecumseh has got to Detroit!" The offect was electrical. The message he had delivered to Big Warrior was believed, and many of the Indians took their rifles and prepared for the war. The reader will not be surprised to learn that the earthquake produced all this but he will be, of coursc, that it should happen on the very day on which Teenmsfeh arrived at Detroit, and that it was an exact fulfillment of his threat. It was tbe famous earthke of New Madrid. w, -A

[From the Boston Time?. March UJ A Curions Will. The gentleman who makes the following strange disposition of his body for the uses-of anatomical science and

-I.**, I 1 1 nu aivuncalture, is now a resident of built the Church. 1 ne whole Church

1T Jr

—i "Medford, is seventy years oi ape, has I

yj_.~

been a hatter by trade, served in the

navy for-'sotne time, and ij (though Borne msy call him eccentric) a man of excellent attainments. His. letter we give below: -1^ SiMPsns's HOTEL, MEDFORD,

MASS., March 10, 1S71.

Editor Bqstm Times i~ SIR Some forty years since, I assigned my body, after death, to an

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first champions of "Woman's Rights" in our "free and happy country." That institution failed, and my. carcass reverted to its original owner, my very bumble self I, therefore, have disposed of my body thus

KNOW THYSELF."

In the name of the Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Omniscient, of Science and of Common Sense. Amen.

I, Sol. ITewes Sanborn (cosmopolite), now sojourning at Simpson's hotel in Medford, Middlesex county, State of Massachusetts, do by these preseuts, will, devise and bequeath (for the diffusion of anatomical knowledge among mankind) my mortal remains to Profs. Louis Asjassiz and Oliver Wendell

And GodJHimaelf their Lord, and Judge,-j £J0]mea, of Harvard University, on the following conditions 1st. That my body be prepared in tbe most scientific and skillful manner known in anatomical art, and placed.in the museum of anatomy in the aforesaid institution, or any other public building the said Professors may deem advisable.' iu Vf 2d. It is my earnest dosirc (if compatible with the usages of the aforesaid university) that two, drumheads be made of my skin, ou one of which shall be written, in indelible characters, "Pope's Universal Prayer," and on the otber "The Declaration of Independence," as it originated in the brain of its illustrious .author, Thomas Jefferson the said drumheads to be presented to my distinguished friend and patriotic fellow citizen, JYarren Simpson, drummer, of Cohasset^orfolk county,State of Massachusetts, on the following con ditions That he, the aforesaid Warren

And this" we call a loss! Oh, selfish sorrow Of selfish hearts! Oh,' We of little faith! Let us look round, some argument, to borrow, Why we in. ^paticnco shoiuld await, the morrow

Th?,t surely must succeed this night of •i deatH.t SI

Aye, look upon this'dreary'desert path. The thorns and thistles wlieresoe'er we turn What trials aridV what tears, what wrongs and wrath, What struggles and what strife the'journey hath

They have escaped from these and lo 4, ,s we mourn !.

Simpson, shall beat, or cause to be beaten, on the said drumheads, the national air of "Yankee Doodle," at the base of the monument on Bunker's Hill, at sunrise on the 17th of June, annually. 3d. The visccra, and other parts of my body useless for anatomical purposes, I wish composted for a fertilizer, to bemused for the purpose of nourishing the growth of an American elm, to be planted or set out on some rural public thoroughfare,, that tho weary way-faring man may rest, and innocent children playfully sport beneath the shadow of its umbrageous branches, rendered luxuriant by my carcass.

SOL. HEWES SANBORN.

Ll'"rom tho lies Moines Ltegiste--.] A General Swindle of Farmers/' It has come to our cars that during last fall and winter several patent right swindlers operated in the Southern part of Polk, eastern Madison, and all of Warren county generally and that to day there are more than one hundred notes out, given by farmers conditionally for §10, which are being sold for $275 each throughout the Sta'te. From one of the victims of this swindle we learn the manner pursued to rope in unsuspecting farmers, is The agent calls and shows models of a patent sccdifig tnach'ide which is offered at very low tertna, to pay by order, the farmer being offered all" the profit on 8275 worth of machines, after which he agrees to pay §10 to the principal a^ent. A note, of which the following is an exact far, simile, was produced and signed—we substituting different names for the ones in the original note

5 s-g a 3

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nisuH

On its.

face all set-mod fair, and in a common contract note the swin dier had it in he severed from the

form only but as soon a? his possession.

contract that portion fouL'd oil the lower end, where a white space is seen. just after the word or, and maoic a sale of it to the next farmer, he met lor S190. At one place where

ILC

st-spped,

by parties whom they do not know.

Annaal Meeting of Iiorse-Tlilef Jletcrt* Ire Companies. The 10th annual meeting of the Detective Companies of Western Indiana and Eastern Illinois, assembled at tbe Fair Grounds, in Attica, Ind., at 10 o'clock a. m., August 9th. (second Tuesday) 1870 Major. T. McKifybeu in the thair,

Tbe Secretary, Mr. J. H. Johnson,

Shaw, of Fountain, county e.ected Secretary.

Companies. Wesley Association, "a

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WHOLE NUMBER 1409

Union Horse-Thief D. C., Milford Rangers, ,' 0. W. Roberts Liberty Police Rangers, A. Brier Grand Prairie Hangers, J. Anderson Danville Detoctives, T. McKibben Pleasant Yalley D., B. H. Heck^tborn Watseka H. Co vnfcJ&i' Salem H. Co., J. Johnson Rip!ay,T'p C. „J. L. Hawkins Warren Co- M. M-, s~sn W. French Warren Detectives. .'M. Birch Browns Yalley II C, C. J. Canine Waynetown Asssciation, L-. Curtis Midway Rangers, E.Epperson Troy T'p H. T. D. C-, G. Ridge Liberty Guards, (absent) W. Clifton

There were present of tho several companies named, some one hundred and fifty or two hundred delegates, representing a total dctective force of one thousand to twelve hundred.

The gentlemen named in the above list were, on motion, constituted a committee for the transaction of private business for the Association.

Minutes of the last yearly meeting iwerc read and approved. Whereupon a preamble and resolutions, offered at the previous'meeting and laid over for consideration at this meeting, were called up, and after a spirited discussion the preamble and accompanying resolutions were unanimously adopted,, as follows:

W ERE AS, The objcct for which our companies exist is not fully realized while so many criminals are released by trickery and undue influence in our Courts of Justice therefore

Resolved, That while we believe the accused should have a fair trial, and a proper defence, we hereby- pledge ourselves not to employ in any legal business, any attorney who labors for the acquittal of wrong doers by trickery or mere technical law.I li

It was, on motion of J. Schemerhorn, Resolved, That the place of the annual meetings of the companies be fixed by a vote of all tho companies— oaeh comprny boing entitled to one vote.

Covington was fixed upon a? the placc for the next annual meeting. A motion to hold the annual meeting under guard, admitting none but members and persons vouched for by members of companies, was lost by a large majority,

The following resolution was placed on file, for consideration as indicated on its face.

Resolved, That until, and at our next anuual meeting, we will consider the question, whether we do not need ft great change in our criminal juricpru dcncc, so as to make it more simple direct, and effective.

All the newspapers within the trrri tory represented by the companies of this Association were, on motion, requested to publish these proceedings.

A levy of.82 eaoh upon all the companies of the Associatian was ofdered, to meet the expenses of the Association.

The following companies responded at once by delegates present: Troy T'p 11. T. Detectives. 00 Wesley Association. 2 00 Warren Co. M. I 2 00 Ripley 11. T. D. Co.,

be forwarded to tht

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worn.

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liuck Grove Detectives, 2 00 Warren Detectives, 2 00 Watseka. Horse Co 2 00 Warren Co. U. M. .! 2 00 Midway Rangers, ,' Troy Union, 2 00 Liberty Poliec Ranger?, 2 00 Pleasant Valley Detective, 1 00 Grand Prairie Ransrers. 2 00 Browns Valley 11. T. l.. Co., 2 00 Waynetown Association 2 00 Milford 11 ingers, 2 00

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from Union M. M. Fountain Co.

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Council Grove M. M. "V* Daflville Detectives. Salem H. Co. Liberty Guards.

At the proper time, about noon, the delegates -and other friends prevent were summoned to a sumptuous dinner provided by the -'Union Minute Men'' of Fountain county during the discussion of the dinner a general and genial reunion was enjoyed.

At the close of the busiucs a* above, about 3 o'clock p. m., the Association adjourned to meet the 2nd Tuesday iu August, 1S71. in Coving ton, Ind.

T. M. McKlHBION, 1'res'b.

H. S. S

HAW

Sec'y.

Jl'DGB ..W00DW1RD OX IP.jijClL LEi i.SI.AT!O.V. '•Tliare is at prc.selit bef'crc Congress a bill tj cp.qtiuue the Republican iriy iu po.wer, and Judge Woodward. Pennsylvania, in a recent, speech iu the House of Representative?, throws some light on the dark subji^t.

reprint the following tstract 'AD Act to Enforce tiie Right of Citizens to Vote!" Nonsui^c! Tho Fifteenth Amendment enforced that riirht. True, the power to legislate for

the stubs of seven like contracts «iade into notes of hand were found in 4hc room he had occupied. We warn £J1 farmers ?gainst the=e swindlers, and that perhaps they had better be careful iis enforremeut is granted by the 2'1 and fully understand the character of sectiuu but the papers they are requested to sign

oth*:r cau be a sin powe.' until somebody resists or denies the right. Legislation to enforco what j. a constitutional provision has alre-i lv

provision tia- alre-l 1V

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Myersville, III., being absent. H. S. I without root in the Cunstiiulion. My

Deleg^atc3 were pre.-ent Irom the toilewini' eomoanies. to-wit

Buck Grove Detectives, Hall I liean p=triy a bill, in a word, to pre

institution (tbe Hall of Science) io Warren Co. U. M. Men, II. T. Cattou vent the Democratic citiaena from euNew York, established under the ans- B. M. 51. Fountain Co. W. Trullinfjex joyinK a free and f»ir ballot aud it pices of Frances Wright, one of tbe I Council Grove M. Men, P. C. Shulta marks a curious feature of our times.

enforced, ought to be laughed' out re:nnnorativ« to club oryiniccr", the House. What would my learned Thf Giv'iit Amorlr-flH Tea friend from Ohio [Mr. Bingbain], the rt! i33 Chairman of the Judiciary Coinmittccj 1'. o. «is*543. say of two laws of forty-odd sections. I 1.5. to-*enforce' noy of the iohibitioosof »he' tenth section which I have just quoted? t- So, eir, no the i' if'rct.'»t .. Arncodmont. though made the slaikip^f iorse to bear op this legislation, doc-j'i

^ust^in it. [t i-utteriy

Ind,, was 'friend from Wicou:in [Mr. EiJriiljrc] characterized it none too s-tron^'ty when .1. he denounced it a» a cheat, a delusion

and a soare. It is a bill to obstruct fuSr^e, to deliver iho bfrl!ut«boxes of: ('in'^innotinn 1

Presidents, he St«te into the hands of the spies, r— „r !?,LK ADMINISTBATOK'f NOTICE.

J. L. MiUcr .pimp,* and paid roguai of the ilepub

ADVHRTf«J^Ot

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CIRCULATION ... Job Priming Promptly aaf^fat)^ fo«cntff

suffrage to negrorS tbo legislation to 'enforce' that amcnduiaiit: take* aw#y suffrage from white mso. The philosophy. of nil tbia is—iF philosophy oan be predicated of the fifties of tho Republican party—that- J.he political power of the countty Ts tov'be*orm from "white men and delivered to negroes the African is to rule theAqglo Saxon. To thfe^eo&pleindb^Kw- tlic party of great moral idea.-^ cojnc .citJaSt glozing speeches atid' H^fidyed words they have deludecjHhe people for several years pastT Jhey hope,to tin'ue tlic delusion uptil they shall have undermined the South and stolen all their rights, and oonSolubUeiS tbc grand central empire on the ruins of the Republic. Hie -prophetic toS^f the President already discern^, the living resemblance of otir mAiouil ettl^tre to that which iCing William and Bismarck aro .building to .J»$%jffrmans and very continue power in the hands that wield it now, the resemblance:

f!-the

two

empires will become so- paipaJilo that common and uninspired u^eiKwill uot only see but feci what the President hails iu the future—tho blCstfngs of a military despotism. 1cj^»1Stl6n points that way. Tine bill now before us is one of tho steps in this down,w,fjd road. It would be JiiQre manly jitjd fair if it bore its real purpose u'pou its frontlet. Wb'y 'not Vail it 'A bill to destroy the State rfcht^ of1regulating suffrage T. or, 'A bill toprevent white men from voting?' ort JA. bill to continue the Rcpublicau party in power,.'' Why christen it with the grini sarcasm of'A bill' to enforco the right of voting?' The effoct of rt will be to take the control of the elections out the'hands of the officers of the,.State who are acting under State .law, and deliver it over to irresponsible Federal supervisors, who are armed with tho power of tho posse comitatus of tho army and^the navy- of arrest without warrant. of^ challenging voters, inspecting baflots, aud supervising the returns and they will be very awkward agents- of the ruling-power, if, with all those appliances, tiioy can uot produce any result that may happen to be required."

A GENTLEMAN asked Mr. Greeley the other day which was the greatest poultry-raising State, aH he was nntfious to engage in that branch agriculture. Horace said that, .wi'hiti' the past few days, lie has come to tjip conclusion that New Hnrnpshire-.was the most noted for raising poultry, as he couldn't pick up a paper from that State bst, was full of "roosters."

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