Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 29 April 1869 — Page 1

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Under the new Spanish Constitution, the Nation obliges itself to maintain the worship and ministers of the Catholic religion. It is well known what Catholicism in Spain means.

SECRETARY Borie has issued a circular from his Department, in which he insists that laborers in the public service are entitled to only eight hours' pay for eight hours' work, the same as in private establishments.

CHINESE laborers employed in some of the parishes of Louisiana, are said to give great satisfaction. The question of the development of the negroes will probably depend somewhat upon the use made of the Chinese in future.

NEW YORK is headquarters for Cuban patriot exiles. It is said millions of dollars have been expended in purchasing arms and stores. Philadelphia and Boston are likewise furnishing arms and eqmipments, and many ex-army officers have joined their fortunes to those of the Cubans.

It is said the public debt statement to be issued at the beginning of May will show a total decrease of two millions. This is cheering in the face of the corruption and fraud known to exist in the revenue offices. What would be the exhibit for .Tunc 1, if everybody was honest.

GEN. LOGAN, the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, has issued a circular to the different Posts of that organization, throughout the country, calling attention to the fact that the 30th of May is the day set apart for the decoration of the graves of the dead soldiers of the Union. He calls upon loyal men and women to observe the custom instituted one year ago. =====

THE new Indian policy to be inaugurated bv the Friends (Quakers) is looked for with interest. The list of men appointed by the President as Indian agents includes some of the best of the Society of Friends. The well-known character ot the Indians and the treatment received by them at the hands of the whites renders the situation one of peculiar difficulty, but if the appointed agents are the genuine "broad brims" it is reasonable to look for better days on the plains. =====

The President has been charged by a Pennsylvania Senator with appointing from his State, in one case a constitutional drunkard rand in an other a constitutional thief to high ofliee. This is not worse, however, than appointing constitutional officeseekers. Grant's short-comings in this line arc made less apparent, too, by the fact that he promptly withdrew the name of one man from Pennsylvania afflicted with kleptomania, one of the diseases of which the Senator complains. Give Grant fair play, and we feel confident that drunkards and thieves will be kicked out, whether "constitutional" or not.

FRUIT and cotton prospects in many of the Southern States have been injured b}' litto frosts worn-out horses, purchased in the North for small sums, are plenty, and the social and political differences have not been fully settled but there are indications of life there, for all. The incomes at Atlanta, Georgia, are said to be double those of any previous year. The blacks have gone to work, not under the most favorable circumstances, but they are at work, and work accomplishes wonders. A convention of commercial men is called to meet at Memphis May 18, at which the railroad and river communications of the South will be discussed with a view to making Southern agriculture more profitable. This i» slow, but sure reconstruction.

5 .VOURXAl* POT-POURRI.

Prepared with ft decent regard for the eightb.oom mandment.]

Cornell University has a class in dancing and deportment. The lap of luxury—A cat drinking milk.

Seeing a cellar nearly finished, a waggish author remarked that it was an excellent foundation for a story. "Base-ball" has been introduced as a "manifestation of National spirit" by the Americans at Dresden.

Charlet, a Frenchman, calls Victor Hugo's style "a dish-clout covered with spangles."

A drunken man who had slipped down thought it singular that water always froze with the slippery side »P-

Judge Dowling, of New York, in a recent charge, said he considers an adulterator of milk worse than "fifty liquor dealers."

A British astronomer, after 27 years investigation, has proved that the fixed stars warm us "to a limited extent."

A satirical Democratic writer epigrammatically observes that "the war has so unsettled values that we call Lincoln a saint, Grant a hero, and Chase a financier."

Joubert, the Louisiana man who has lately been appointed to office, frankly disclaims all negro blood, and owns up to being half Caucasian and half Indian.

The correspondence on the Alabama claims has reached ten octavo volumes, of S00 pages each, yet the discussion must all be done over again. Discouraging.

ANew York militia regiment, being in want oi' a day to celebrate, took the birthday of .Jefferson—the 19th inst.—and used it up for the purpose.

After a long period of wet weather, when the Chinese had been vainly praying for relief, they put the gods out in the rain, to see how they would like it!

Lord Saulsbury is fretting himself to fiddle-strings for want of work: the management of some 30,000 acres and of :t railway which cost £26.000.000 being his present byplay.

The New York 'limes thinks those who talk so glibly about transferring Canada to this country, ought to inquire whether the people there are willing to be sold to pay England's debts.

An English lady advertised for a servant, and the lirst letter received was to this effect: "Mrs. C. D. presents her compliments to A. B. and will thank her, when she has obtained a suitable servant, to forward the other letters to the enclosed address, Mrs. (.'. D. being in want of a servant."

A sporting man in Paris has opened an office for advising inexperi-! cnced young men in regard to socalled affairs of honor. He teaches them for fifty iVancs how to insult their adversaries in the most genteel manner, and how to resent affronts so as to render a duel inevitable.

Mrs. Jurdett Coutts has offered herself at London as a candidate for the place of Poor Law Guardian. How much better, were Mrs. Coutts to dismiss her ambition to be a poor Law Guardian and become a good family guardian.

Carrie Moore, the velocipede performer, picks up two chairs, one in each hand, while riding, and carries them around the room makes eights and curves without use of hands makes a circuit ot the room without the use of hands or feet stands on one foot on the saddle, and performs the l'eet of passing a hoop over the head and manages to get through it while riding Mexican fashion.

An exchange, in speaking of the magical strains of a hand-organ, says: "When he played 'Old Dog Tray,' we noticed eleven pups sitting in front of the machine on their haunches, brushing the tears from their eyes with their fore-paws."

An editor says in a recent letter to a friend: "At present I am in the country, recovering from fourteen years of editorial life—bad eyes, crooked back, and broken nerves, with little to show for it." Any one would think that the three articles enumerated were quite enough to show for it.

The following is a voluntary tribute to modest worth and unobtrusive gentleness of character: "The wheelbarrow for simplicity of construction, strength, courage, and general moral excellence, it is the superior of the velocipede, and ought to be encouraged."

INDIANA NEWS.

The Terre Ilaute & Indianapolis Railroad was appraised last week at $12,000 per mile.

A dead limb fell from a Washington county tree last Friday, and cracked the skull of David Pollock, who died immediately.

At Evaneville they attend to baptism by immersion at night, to avoid the annoyance of a crowd of frivolous and rowdy spectators.

B. H. Peck, of New Albany, fell through the railroad bridge at Mitchellsburg, on Thursday last, and broke his neck.

The heavy rains of last week set the Wabash to raging again. Considerable damage was done to property by the sadden rise in the river.

Last week an old lady named Christie commited suicide at Fort Wayne, by drowning herself. Sho had previously attempted to take her life in the same way.

A German named Charles Lemmer, of Jeffersonville, cut his throat with a razor, to get rid of the bother of being reproved by his wife for drunkenness.

Two Protestant ministers of Bedford, Elders J. Z. Taylor and J. M. Mathes challenged a, Catholic priest lately to a public discussion at the Town Hall. The priest declined.

Forty and two citizens of Delphi (the same number as of the children killed by bears in Elisha's day) have signed a pledge that they will spare no time or means to insure the location and construction of a proposed new railroad.

The L'nion, of Hendricks county, says the prospect for the long-talked-of railroad from Indianapolis west, through Danville, is encouraging. Shanties are being erected, and all preparations are being made to commence work in earnest.

Albert McCutcham, night watchman of the Central Depot at Indianapolis, has died of his injuries from the falling of the depot in the storm.

Rev. Daniel Ballon, whose injuries ization of the Company, were supposed to be fatal, is easier, and hopes are indulged that he will recover.

The great storm of the 10th inst., did considerable damage in Roekvillc. The store-room of Mr. Sid well was struck by lightning, and the roof of Harding's dry goods house was lifted off by the fearful hurricane of wind. Through the adjacent country great damage was done to fences, timber and out-houses.

The new and very handsome Methodist Church in llockport will be dedicated on the lirst Sunday in May. This building is seventy by fifty-five feet in size in the interior, with a convenient gallery. It is surmounted by a beautiful steeple, and is covered with a substantial slate roof. The entire cost of the building thus far is about sixteen thousand dollars.

John Maroney, an Irish laborer of New Albany, picked up thirty dollars dropped by Dr. Greene, which many people would have kept, but lie promptly sought the owner and restored the money. Pass round the honest men. They morons.

The daughter, finding that her assertion resulted in the arrest ot her father and brothers, became greatly alarmed, and declares that some ,of her neighbors, who for years have been on ill terms with the DeBoards, offered her the before named sura of money if she would swear that her father and brothers killed her brother Isaac. The names of the parties are not yet revealed, but will be before very long, as there is a demand for an investigation, and public sj'irfpathj* is with the DeBoard family, still conlined in the county jail. A lew nights since all the prisoners escaped but the DeBoards, who refused to go, although having the opportunity.

About two years ago a young man named DeBoard died very suddenly on the farm of his father, located some three miles from Vincennes. Rumor said that there was some mystery connected with his death not fully explained such as a quarrel witil his brothers, at the time working with him, which resulted in a tragedy so sad. A few weeks since the father and two brothers were indicted by the Grand Jury of Knox county for murder, and immediately arrested and confined in jail. Old Mr. DeBoard has published two letters of late, in which he asserts that his half-witted daughter was persuaded, with the promise of twenty-five dollars, to say that the father and brothers killed the young man.

12 PER YEAR

Carwfordsville and log»nNport Kail* road Tin. Camden. At a meeting called at Jefferson on the 13th in the interest of the proposed Railroad from Logansport to Crawfordsvilie via Camden, ftoasvillc, Jefferson and Clark's Hill. Dr. Gamble was chosen Chairman., and N. A. Logan Secretary.

Dr. McFarland, of Camden, mis called on and made a brief speech, Le explanation of the proposed project, which was listened to with interest.

Mr. S. A. Hall, of Logansport, then gave a detailed explanation of ill the propositions made by several Companies, to aid in the building of the road, showing the different connections the road would secure, also, that the road beyond Logansport was secured, by liberal donations, to Detroit that 40 per cent of the grading was completed from Logansport to Butler, a distance of 90 miles.

Mr. Paige, of Rossville, said there was a deep interest felt in the matter at Rossville, that they had raised their portion of the capital stock without any trouble. He had no doubt that the whole proportion of their stock would be raised without any trouble, and asked for further information, how he could guard against a swindle, and secure a road.

Dr. McFarland answered, showing how the road could be secured beyond a doubt. D. D. Clark, of Clark's Hill, said some stock had been taken at Clark's Hill, and thought considerable more would be taken. Mr. David Thompson made a short speech that showed he was in earnest for the road. Mr. Clark said we would not get a Railroad until we concluded to pay for it, and we ought not to have it. The time was past when Railroads would be run over us. That this would be a good road and we ought to secure it. Dr. Gamble said he had faith enough that the road could be made, and was willing to go to work.

On motion, Mr. Hall, of Logansport and Dr. McFarland were authorized to call a meeting for the final organ-

The following Preamble and Resolution was then read and adopted: AVhkrkas,

Tlie citizens of Cass and Car

roll counties have partially organized a Company to build a Railroad from Logansport to Camden and from Camden to Crawfordsvilie by the most eligible route,

Ani Wiikrkas, We the citizens of Clinton county, residing 011 or nearly 011 the air line from Camden to Crawfordsvilie, feel the necessity of having a Railroad through this section of the county, and as the road from Logansport to Crawfordsvilie would give an outlet North, East, South and West, for the products of our locality, therefore, be it

Resolved, That we will use every laudablemeans in our power, to secure the building of said Railroad direct from Camden to Rossville, and thence to Crawfordsvilie via. Jeffersonville and Clark's Hill.

O11 motion the proceedings were ordered to be printed in the Logansport Journal, Frankfort Banner and Cresr.cn/, and Crawfordsvilie JOCR-

AT" Dr. JOIIN GAMBLE, Chairman. A. Logan, Secretary.

Agassiz, Avho, as is known, has become a citizen of the United States, has had the Cuvcrian prize awarded

are not too mi- to him for his great work on fossil fishes—an honor approved by every lover of science. This distinguished writer says, in his latest publication on fossil zoology, that the number of fossil fishes distributed over the globe is more than 25,000 species of mammifera, over 3,000 reptiles, over 4,000 shells, over 40,000 numbers which greatly exceed all former calculation. Of other American items, there is one worthy the notice of apiarians some emigrants who sailed from Boston wished to convey a hive of bees to the Sandwich Islands, where the industrious insects have not as yet been introduced all went well until the vessel reached the tropics, and there the heat was so great as to melt the wax of the combs, and consequently to destroy the bees.

The Montreal Gazette, speaking of Sumner's speech on the Alabama claims, says: The whole speech leaves on our mind the impression that the United States Government, for whatever purpose, desires an open question with Great Britain. But it is a policy which is always dangeroiis, and stirs up ill feeling.

For one of the offices in General Grant's gift, there are, according to a correspondent, the following applicants: "A bloomer woman, a loyal negro, a reconstructed rebel, a Republican Irishman, a wounded soldier, and a red-hot politician." "Each of them is confident of succeeds.5'