Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1877 — The Railroad—Its Present Status and Future Prospects. [ARTICLE]

The Railroad—Its Present Status and Future Prospects.

Mr. HeadricKs met with a ha hi iso mu feception, at Indianapolis, on his ret <ru from Europe. Now we look to the Democracy of our old Keystone State to duplicate tliarreSull 1n Ohio. The President, on Wednesday, sent to the Senate the nomination of Hou. John M. Harlan, of Kentnexy, to be Associate Justice of ihe United States Supreme Court. J. M. Binkley, assistant. AttorneyGeneral of the United States under I resident Johnson, and who resided in Milwaukee for a year and a half past, mysteriously disappeared a few • lays ago. His mental condition for several days had axcited some appro Pension. Hon. D. F. Skinner, of Valparaiso, i- being brought forward by a number ft our Democratic exchanges as a •'■indidate before our next State Con■nticn for Treasurer or State. He i a gentleman of fine abi itiosand exp •lienee, and would till the position creditably. Congress met in extra sassion. at Washington, on Monday fast. ExI'.peaker Randall, of Pennsylvania, was re elected Speaker. Mr. Clymer oTered a resolution electing as clerk, ticorgo M. Adams,'of Kentucky; scr-imant-at-arms, John G. Thompson, of < Hilo; door-keeper, John W. Folk, of Missouri; postmaster Jurnes M. Stewar‘, of Virginia, and as chaplain. Bev. Dr. John Poisel, of Maryland, On Tuesday the President’s Message was scut in, read, and referred.

‘lt. does appear as if there was a very small amour t of negro shooting i : n the South this se?son.—Delphi i News. | Yes the carpet-baggers, ex-officials, "fit out” when they failed to retain die support of the federal bayonets, and the “outrage mills” suddenly '•■cased to grind. It is amusing to I note with what earnestness these same | ‘•carpet-baggers” now declare they ■ .ne not, and never were, residents of •the respective localities they are, by I inquisitions, requested to visit. The Democrats in Washington City h dd a jollification over the Ohl > eleelion, on last Saturday night, at which, according to a New Yoik Tribune re- ; porter, speeches were made which : created a marxed sensation at the • Capital. Congressman BlaeKburn. of j KentncKy, said that “the seal of eon- ! demnation had been set on Hayes,” I and that “he cannot even appeal to Ids own neighbors for a vindication of his conduct.” Then, pointing to the white house, he said : “There is ;i man who has my profoundest. sympapathy; a man who has read his doom in the Ohio verdict, as Belshazzar rend his doom in words of fire. Ohio Ims condemned the usurper in the I white house. The republican party , ■ tands to-dav pilloried in history ai tlie friend of classes, the opponent of the many, the persecutor of the pow- . erless, engaged in class legislation 1 from its cradle to the grave to which I the honest and patriotic people have consigned it.” Representative Rice said that the result in Ohio meant that “the seal of I condemnation is placed on that great- 1 est conspiracy and fraud which made j a man.president who was not elected I •’d- by the people; the people have condemned this crime, which can not j be atoned for.” Ex-Representative FranK Hurd de- • »dared that “the voice of Ohio eon- [ damns the title of Hayes; the Demo-J crats have declared that Hayes is an usurper; by stealth corruption and dishonesty the usurpation has been accomplished, and his title, condemned in Ohio, will be condemned all over 'he land where the honest and uncor- 1 itupt tncn vote.” The radical party do not care to hear the returning board rascalities alluded to, nor the title of their bogus president questioned in any manner, ami to do so seems sufficient to- “create a inaiKed sensation.”

The contract for the building of the I. D. & C. Railroad has been awarded tn Mr. S. N. Yeoman and the Mi-ssrs.-Heglers,. of Washington, Ohio,, gentlemen of unquestioned integrity and ability to build the road. They are new ready to commence the woi’K and are only waiting the order from the 1 lesident to commence operations. But Mr. Lee, being a- ? careful and prudent railroad builder'dues not desire that woi'K shall commence until everything is in readiness, lie dors not. want to-see another failure, and does not intend that it shall occur. He has Cherefore called a meeting"of the Board of Directors at Alonticello tomorrow to determine whether w’oik shall commence at once, or whether it shall be deferred until Jasper couniy puts her subsidies in shape to meet the requirement es the contract, which rs that $50,000 shall be secured to the Company to be paid when a train of cars runs into Ronsselaer This proposition, which is the most reasonable, and the best that our people have ever had from parties who are able and|wllllng to build the road, ought to be compiled with at once, and without delay. A large portion of this is secured—only a few thousands facKing. Every one who feels an interest in Rensselaer, or Jasper cotint k v, should; come to the front nt once, and do all he is able to do to secure to us this long loone ’ for and much weeded road- It is to be hoped that .the Board of Directors will fall on Sjme olan' to-inorrovy Io sffipt the

woi'K, and that our citizens will stand in with our Director, Mr. McCoy, and Presid -nt Lee in their earnest efforts to secure at the earliest possible-day this inestimable prize, which is destined to revolutionize th<*whole ppmj mcrcial relations of the people of Jasper county. Many of pur citizens have done their full duty 11 this ter. Some, we are soiry to say, aie still holding bacK. It is to oe hoped that they will see the importance of prompt and efficient action in the premises. Now is the accepted time, and if the road is not s’curad at an early day the fault will rest with the people. Ata railroad meeting this evening about $4,000 was secured, leaving $6,000 to be provided to muKC up Jasper county’s $50,000. President Lee assures us that if the balance is arranged for soon the cars shall be running into Rensselaer by the Ist of January, 1878. Up, then, and to. work ! Niles G. Parker, cr.rpet-bagger exState Treasurer of South Carolina, was arrested on the 12th in Jersey City and lodged in the county jail, on a r< qiiislilon from Governor Hampton, of South Carolina, charging him with plundering the State. He expressed a desire to turn state’s evidence. lie has resided in Jersey City for two years past. These are the mon who wera kept in place by federal bayonets. [For the Sentinel] October 12th, 1877. Mn. Editor; Ther • was a meeting of citizens at Sage School House last evening to consider the financialcondition of the country, and so far as they could, seek measures of relief. Mi. Geo. Majors, Mr. Put aud S. W Ritchey addressed Hie meeting, whijh was attentive and earnest, seeming to be all of one mind on this question though composed of persons of alj political parties in the hist canvass. After the speaking a petition was presented calling for the immediate repeal of the ■'Resumption Act,” the “Rcmonetizat on of Silver,” the winding up of lhe U. N. Banks, with a sufficient issue of greenbacks to transact the business of the country.— Foity nine men—every voter, perhaps, in the house—walked forward aid put their names to the petition, Other meetings were appointed in different school-housesjf or the same purpose. All the names that can be got in the Township (Jordon) will be attached to the same paper, and sent up to Congress at an early day of the approachiijg"session. We hope other townships will do likewise all over the county, and State, and in all the States of the Union. This done, and we think Congress may yield to this weight of prayer, and grant the required relief—otherwise, aud onehalf of the people in this section are

bankrupted.

R.