Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1880 — Page 1

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NEWS OF. THE WEEK.

FOREIGN NEWS. The death is announced of Jules Favre, the eminent French statesman and Republican member of the Senate for the Department of the Rhone, and also member of the French Academy. An appeal to the people of the United tates, on behalf of the Irish race, states that lie distress is of an acute character, certain to involve actual starvation if aid bo not promptly and liberally forthcoming. A dispatch from Rome represents the Pope as surprised and indignant at Cardinal MeCloskey’s reception of Parnell in New York. Serious inundations and damage to property are reported in Holland and Poland. It is believed that Russia will—at least temporarily—abandon her designs at Merv. There has been a complete restoration of tho kindly relations between Germany and the Vatican, and negotiations are proceeding satisfactorily. There has been another colliery explosion in England—near New Castle—by which upward of a hundred luckless miners were hurried into eternity.

Violent earthquakes are reported in Salvador, South America. There has been a negro insurrection in tho Department of Cbincha, in Chili, and some horrible butcheries are r ported. The bill abolishing slavery in Cuba has passed the Spanish Cortes by an almost unanimous voto. Another outbreak at CabuJ, with Mohammed Jan as the loader, is looked upon as certain. The Afghans claim that they were dispersed in tho recent engagements because they had no cannons, end assert that tho next time they will bring heavy ordnance to bear on tbe British. * French scientists and electricians look with favor upon Edison’s light, and think it will prove a success. The Germans propose to largely ineroaeo their present enormous army. The official banquet in honor of Gen. Grant look place at tho palace, in Havana, oa tho night of Jan. 33. It was a very brilliant affair. Tho British and tho Portuguese troops are united iu tho suppression of tho slave trade iu the Mozambique channel. The cotton manufacturers in Bolton, England, have agree 1 to advance wages 10 per cont.. if tho revival of trade continues. Under the provisions of tho act which recently passed tho Spanish Cortes for the abolition of slavery iu Cuba, all slaves over 55 years of age are immediately freed, and the remainder are gradually cinane patod, according to their ages and other conditions. It is provided that slavery in Cuba shall entirely cease within ton years from this time. London dispatches report that the British Government is contemplating a now move in Afghanistan. It is said that the troops are to be withdrawn from Cabul and stationed at Jelalabad, while the Afghans are to bo given the privilege of selecting a sovereign.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. East. The jury in the case of the Rev. Mr. Hayden, the Connecticut preacher charged with the murder oC Mary Stannard, failed tj reach a verdict, elevou favoring acquittal, and one murder in the second degree. The trial lasted over threo months, and has attracted a largo sharo of attention all over the country. Threo members of the Pennsylvania Legislature, ex-State Treasurer Wm. H. Kemble and several other prominent Pennsylvanians have been indicted at Harrisburg for bribing members of the Legislature. The joint executive eommitteo of the trunk lines, at a meeting in Now York city, resolved to maintain the present rates on eastbound freight from Chicago. Margaret and Lizzie Anderson, sisters, of Boston, engaged in a street brawl, when Margarot drewa long-bladed clasp knife and stabbed Lizzie through tlio heirt, causing instant death. They belonged to the disreputable class. Another case of religious fanaticism or somnambulism, involving the death of two children, has come to light in Massachusetts. At 2 o’clock on the morning of Nov. 18 last, a Are was discovered in the house of Mrs. Beard, at Andover, and her two little boys were found dead in bod in their room in an ell of the house. They lay as though quietly asleep, and evidently bad passed away unconscious of the touch of the flames. It now transpires that the mother of the little innocents killed them while laboring under an insane hallucination. Three men wore killed and three fatally wounded in a collision between two freight trains on the Philadelphia and Erie railroad betweou Cameron and Sterling, Pa. A number of Now York butter dealers have been convicted and lined for eelliDg unmarked oleomargarine. The substauce sold to one of the dealors, which half a dozen experts had testified was Western butter of a low grade, did not'eoutain any butter whatever.

West. At a meeting of the leading plow manufacturers of the West, held in Chicago, it was voted to advance tho prico of plows 10 per cent. On single-shin plows tho raise is 50 cents oi all of ten inchos and upward, and a proportionate advance on double-shin medium landslide plows. On wood-beam cultivators there was an advance of $3, and a liko raise on iron beam. Fourteon-inch sulky plows were advanced <5 each, and sixteen inch .s(>. These were all the advances made. The Miami powder-mills, three in number, in Greene county, Ohio, exploded with terrific force the other day, killing two employes. Trees in the vicinity, fences and buildings looked as if a hurricane had passed over. Two men who wero killed wore literally blown to pieces; only three hands and apiece of skull could be found among the ruins. The works have been in existence thirty-five years, and in that time thirty-four persons have lost their lives by explosion. Douglass, one of the guilty Ute Indians, and the protector of many others equally villainous, has put in an application at Los Pinos for supplies. Commissioner Hayt says no notice will be taken of the hungry savages until they surrender the murderers of the Meeker family. The stock of grain in store and afloat at Chicago reaches the enormous amount of 10,227,071 bushels. A Chinaman named Wong Fook, who was to have been hanged at Portland, Ore., for the murder of one of his countrymen, suicided to his cell by strangulation. Advices from New Mexico report another engagement between Maj. Morrow’s command and Victoria’s band. After a fight of several hours’ duration the Indians were finally routed. Lieut, R. f.

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JAS. W. McEWEN Editor.

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French, of the Ninth cavalry, was killed while gallantly leading his company. The hostiles’ loss could not he ascertained, the country being inexpressibly rough, giving them a chance to carry the wounded ofT after the Indian fashion. It is stated that three different expeditions will be organized to thoroughly clean out the Indians under Victoria in Southern New Mexico, and give the country peace. Chicago is suffering from an epidemic of crime, and the papers of that city are loaded every day with accounts t>f murders, shootings, robberies, garrotings, burglaries, etc. The city is full of daring and desperate criminals, who, sotting the laws and tbe police at defiance, ply their vocations in open daylight as well as under covor of darkness. So indignant have the citizens become at the alarming state of affairs that three or four attempts have lately been made to take the law into their own hands and hang some of the lawless classes to lamp-posts, and were only prevented from doing so by the timely interference of the police. The Illinois Central Railroad Company has made a very important addition to its lines by purchasing the New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago railroad, which runs from New Orleans, via Jackson, Miss., to Cairo, 111.,

where it joins tjie Illinois Central line. The lumbermen of Chicago have advanced the price of lumber 4 per cent A Chicago highwayman was indicted, tried and sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment in tho penitentiary within less than three days after tho commission of tho crime. Intelligence comes from Las Yegas, New Mexico, of a bloody battle between citizens, and a party of cow-boys. The latter rode into town late at night, intending to wreak vengeance on tho City Marshal, whom they found at a dance. After the exchange of a few shots the officer fell, mortally wounded. Tho tights were then put out and tho fight continued in the dark, the friends of tho dead man taking a hand. When the combat ended, it was found that two of tbe attackers had been hilled. The rest, somo of them wbunded, no doubt, mado their escape. A daring bank robbery occurred at Danfortb, 1)1., a few nights since. Tho cracksmen arrived in town on an evening train, gagged an old man who lived over tho bank, blew opon tho vault, and, taking about $5,000, made good their escape. The Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, was halted by highwaymen iu one of the public streets of that city, a few nights ago, and relieved of his money and a gold watch. A Chicago paper reports that within a few weeks the railroads have invested $500,000 in the purchase of depot grounds and track yards in and around that city. The Union Pacific, Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific railroads have been consolidated into one now company, to Lo known as tho Union Pacific Railway Company. Tne capital of the new company is fixed at $50,000,000.

South. A negro named Austin Jordan, living near Warrenton, Va., abandoned a wife and five children and eloped with Miss Corder, tbe beautiful daughter of a wealthy and respectable farmer, the pair carrying awaysl,oJo belonging to the girl’s father. They were pursued and brought back, and the negro placed in jail, from whence he was taken by a mob and hanged to a tree in the village cemetery. The work of sewering the city of Memphis has been commenced. Three men were killed and several daugerously wounded by the explosion of a boiler on a sugar plantation near New Orleans. Five men were crushed to death by the fall of a building that was being raised at Opelika, Ala. The report of the New Orleans Supervise of Steamboats shows that during the past year not a single death was occasioned by steam explosion, a fact unprecedented in the history of Mississippi steamboat navigation.

WASHINGTON NOTES. The President has nominated James Bussell Lowell to be Minister to England; John AV. Foster, Minister to Russia, and Lucius Fairchild, Minister to Spain. Mr. Lowell is at .present tho representative of tho United Statos at Madrid, Mr. Foster at the City of Moxico, and Mr. Fairchild Consul at Paris. Tho President has also nominated Eli H. Murray, of Kentucky, to bo Governor of Utah Territory, vice Emory. Seth A. Terry, Secretary of the Territorial Havings, Building and Loan Association at Washington, is a defaulter to the amount of $25,000. There was an important meeting at the Interior Department the other day, in which the Colorado delegation in Congress, Gen. Adams, and Ouray, Jack, Wash and Sowsriok par ticipated. Mr. Schurz laid an injunction of secrecy upon all the members of the conference, but it is believed tha,t the following statement gives the practical result of the conference : The land question was thoroughly discussed, and an agreement was reached which was satisfactory to all present, except, it is Baid, to Senator Teller. This agreement is that the Utes of Southern Colorado shall be removed to the Grand River valley, in the western part of the State, about midway north and south, while the White River Utes are to be removed to Uintah Reservation.

The House Committee on Railways and Canals has agreed to report favorably a resolution appropriating $7,000 to make a survey and ascertain the practicability and cost of the construction of a canal between Lakes Michigan and Erie. The majority of the House Committee on Military Affairs, considering the case of Fitz John Porter, recommend the adoption of the following joint resolution: That the President bo requested to remit the remainder of the unexecuted sentence which disqualifies Fitz John Porter from holding any office of trust or profit under the Government of the United States. Gen. H. Y. Boynton, the well-known newspaper correspondent, has sued Gen. Sherman for libel, the latter having denounced Boynton as a slanderer and a man without character. The quarrel grew out of an attack by Boynton upon Sherman’s autobiography. The visit of the Ute chief Ouray and his companions to Washington has apparently been satisfactory to him and Secretary Schurz, so far as promises are concerned. The present understanding is that the Utes shall abandon the greater part of their immense reservation, and be allotted land in severalty in the Grand River valley. The Colorado Senators were inclined to insist on the removal of the Indians from the State, but, as Ouray intimated that he would fight before he weuld leave, the suggestion was not pressed. Pledges have again been given that the murderers of Thornburgh _ and Meeker shall be given up. Gen. Adams left Washington for Colorado last week, with Jack and Sowerick, of the White River Utes, and Wash, an Un:ompahgre. Jack and his companion are charged

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with the delicate duty of bringing in the twelve guilty White River Utes, dead or alive. Wash carries the orders of Ouray to his tribe, who are to do all in their power to assist Jack in his undertaking. Adams will take no part in the actual work of capturing or killing these outlaws. That work is left wholly to the Indians themselves. William M. Leeds, late Chief Clerk of the Indian Office, testified before tbe Senate select committee to examine into the circumstances connected with the removal of tho Northern Cheyennes from the Sioux reservation to the Indian Territory, that the complaint of these Indians that they were being starved at their agency was true. The Indian Office, he said, was informed by their Agent of the lack of food, and Commissioner Hayt failed to furnish the Agent with the supplies which the treaty called for. It is stated in Washington dispatches that the reason why Gen. Sp’nuer resigned the United States Treasury-ship was that Secretary Bristow insulted- him by suppressing his report, and interfered with the appointment of his subordinates. * _________

POLITICAL POINTS. It is said that Gen. John A. Logan has espoused the cause of Secretary Sherman, and will support him for the Republican nomination. The West Virginia delegates to the Chicago Convention will be divided between Sherman, Blaine, and Washburne. Ex-Senator Howe, of Wisconsin, has an elaborate essay in the last North American Review in behalf of a third term for Gen. Grant. J. Z. George has been chosen United States Senator from Mississippi. Ho will succeed the colored Senator Bruce, whose term expires March 4, 1881. Gen. Randall L. Gibson, at present a member of the House, has been elected by the Louisiana Legislature United States Senator from that State. The term, of Kellogg, whom Gibson will sucoeed, does not expire until March 4, 1883. Several prominent Ohio Republicans have inaugurated a Blaine boom in that State. A Philadelphia dispatch says that “ a few weeks before Grant visited here he was popular in tho minds of the people for President Recentlv there has been a great change, and tho counties of Western Pennsylvania are not only instructed for Blaine, but public institutions, workshops, mills, etc., by straws, indicate a decided preference for the Maine statesman.” A very strong anti-Grant and antiBiaine movement is making in Massachusetts. Presidential straws: A poll of the New Jersey Legislature shows a nearly equal division among its members between Blaine and Grant, tho former being slightly ahead, and Sherman altogether without support. The Keokuk Gate City interviewed seventy of the leading Republicans of lowa, and found thirty-four of them for Blaine, twentyeight for Grant, and eight for Sherman. In Portland, Oregon, tho vole stood sixty-two for Blaine, fourteen for Grant, and thirteen for Sherman. Members of the California Assembly have taken a vote as follows: Ropublicans—Blaine, 13; Grant, 11; Gai’tiold, 3; Washburne, 3; ConkliDg, 1; Sherman, 1. Democrats and Workingmen—Seymour, (i; Thurman, 21; Davis, 1; Tilden, 1; McClellan, 1; Bayard, 1.

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. The price of iron continues to advance rapidly. A Philadelphia dispatch says: “ No. I foundry sells at s4l to $43 per ton, an advance of 150 per cent, in ten mouths, and 25 in twenty days. The market for steel rails is also up. It is nominally S.BO, an advanco of SLO since the first of the year. ” Gen. Grant and party arrived afc Havana on the 22d of January, and wero cordially received by the authorities and the poople. They were tendered the hospitality of the city and an abode iff the palace during their sojourn. A Panama correspondent of the New York World has had a long interview with M. do Lesseps touching his great canal project. “IBelievo,” said he, “that from France alone I sh:ill get all the money I need. If last August I obtained one-fifth of what I asked, amid so many difficulties, I am confident I will have all that may be required on my return. I believo that the canal will cost $120,000,000. Ido not expect any assistance from England or America. I would like very much to have both, but in Franco I find all the money I shall need. As for opposition in the United States, it will perhaps do me more good than anything else.” Cardinal McCloskey denies the report that the Pope has censured him for the cordiality of the reception extended by him to Mr. Parnol’.

DOINGS IN CONGBESS. A joint resolution was introduced in the Senate on the 10th inst., by Mr. Ferry, for an amendment that suffrage shall not be restricted on account of sex; and Mr. Pratt present'd a resolution inviting other Governments to co operate in the Panama canal. A number of private bills were passed. Bills Introduced: By Mr. Sanders, granting an increase of pension to tho widow of Maj. Thornburgh; by Mr. McDonald, to allow a rebate on duty paid on imported salt used for curing fish or in packing; by Mr. Wallace, a resolution, which was adopted, calling on the Secretary of State for full information concerning tho labors of the Spanish- American commission on claims growing out of the Cuban outrages. Tho special order—the bill to prevent cruelty to animals in transportation —was then called up and debated at length. The Chair appointed Senator Pryor to replace the late Senator Houston on the Committee of Privileges and Elections claims Pcstoffices and Post-Roads. Appointments: William J. Phillips, United Stales Marshal Eastern District Texas; John McNeil, United States Marshal Eastern District Missouri; Augustus Ash. United States Marshal Distrust of Nevada: DeForest Porter, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona; Jacob B. Blair, Associate Justice Supreme Court of Wyoming; Melville C. Browne, United States Attorney for Wyoming; AVilliam Gallon, Receiver of Public Moneys, Warsaw, Wis.... Under the call of States for bills in the House, the following important measures were presented: By Mr. Bailey, relating to the inter-oceanic canal, and requesting the President to Invite tho co-operation of the Governments of the principal maritime nations of Europe in the selection of the route of the isthmus ship transit; by Mr. Vanee. to repeal the duty on salt; by Mr.-Cobb, for the distribution of the unappropriated moneys of tee Geneva award; by Mr. Townshend, proposing a constitutional amendment In regard to the election of President and Vice President, providing for their election by a majority of the votts of the people, and for the abolition of the Electoral College ; by Mr. Bland, repealing the law res ricting tho sale of tobacco; by Mr. Young, for the retirement of officers of the army of a certain grade; by Mr. Wells, incorporating the J. B. Eads Inter-Oceanic Transit Company, and appropriating $200,000 for surveys for a Panama canal survey. The Hall of the House was tendered to Mr. Parnell for an address, on the 2d of February. A resolution of Mr. Kelley in regard to the tariff laid over. Bills were passed: For the settlement of all outstanding claims against the District of Columbia; appropriating $145,C00 for the construction of a bridge across the Potomac river at or near Georgetown. D. C. Mr. Windom presented a petition in the Senate, Jan. 20, for the removal of obstructions to navigation in the Red river of the North. Mr. Logan pres, nted petitions for the reduction of the duty on zinc and for the equalization of bounties. The House bill to admit free of duty articles for exhibition at the Millers’ Convention at Cincinnati, was passed. Mr.HiU introduced a bill to provide for the erection of a public building in Denver.

“A Finn Adherence to Correct Frincivles

A resolution was adopted inquiring into 'the condition of the Pensacola navy yard, and the coat of restoring it. Mr. Logan, by request, presented the petition of soldiers for the passage of the Weaver bill for the payment to soldiers of the difference between greenbacks and gold when they were paid. After passing several unimportant bills the Senate took np the special order, the bill to prevent crnelty to animals in transportation, and several proposed amendments were discussed, and the bill was recommitted. Mr. Paddbck introduced a bill to equalize homesteads; also a bill for the relief of settlers on school lands in Wa hington Territory. Two witnesses under attachment for contempt in their galls bribery case purged themselves from the contempt and were discharged.... In the House the following bills were introduced: By Mr. Warner, for paying United States bonds of ’SO and ’Bl by authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue certificates ot deposit not exceeding $500,090,690, bearing interest at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, redeemable after three years, and payable In fifteen years; by Mr. Willits, disqualifying a person who practices polygamy from voting or holding office; by Mr. Culberson, for tbe discontinnance of the national-banking system; by Mr. Cravens, for the settlement of titles In the town of Hot Springs, Ark.; by Mr. Conger, a resolution of the Michigan Legislature against any increase of duty on low grades of sugar; by Mr. Loring. proposing a constitutional amendment “that the right of suffrage shall be based on citizenship, and the right of citizens to vote shall not be deniedorabridgedbytheUnitelSlatesorany State on account of sex, or for any reason not equally applicable to all citizens of the United States.” In the morning hour consideration Was resumed of the bill relating to the na-tioDal-bank reserves, and Mr. Chittenden spoke against the legal-tender quality of greenbacks. A petition that the duty on steel rails shall be $lO per ton was received. The balance of the day was spent In committee of the whole upon the rules.

Messrs. Edmunds and Garfield were appointed members of the Board of Visitors to the next annual examination of cadets at the West Point Military School, at the session of the Senate of Jan. 21. Mr. Edmunds from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill relating to tie removal of suits by corporations, and to make further provisions relating to suits by and against corporation?. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported adversely the Senate bill in relation to brevet army appointments, and it was indefinitely postponed. Mr. Beck then addressed the Senate in opposition to the Bayard legal-tender resolution, consuming the entire session... .In the House, Mr. Sparks, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, reported back the bill for tbe relief of Gen. Fitz John Porter, accompanied by a majority report thereon. Mr. McCook presented a minority report. The bill was made a special order for the 13th of i ebruary. Mr. MacMahon. from the Committee on Appropriations, reported a bill for the payment of fees of United States Marshals and Deputy Marshals for the fiscal year ending June 30,1880. Consideration was resumed in the morning hour of the bill relative to fractional bank reserves, and the House was addressed by Messrs. Lounsberry, Buckner and Townsliend. The House then went into committee of the whole upon the rules. The Speaker laid hefore the House various oecutive communications. Mr. Covert offered a resolution calling on the Commissioner of Agri_ culture for information relative to the sugar beet. Mr. Morgan offered a resolution in tho- Senate, Jan. 22, which was adopted, calling on the Interior Department for information in regard to land grants. Sir. Teller offered a resolution, which was adopted, calling on the Secretary of the Interior to inform the Senate whether r.ny memb. r of the Board of Indian Commissioners had become interested in Indian contracts. It was resolved that when the Senate adjourned to-day it be to meet Monday. Tbe Bayard resolution was taken up, and Mr. Coke, of Texas, made a speech thereon. Mr. Ferry pre sooted a resolution authorizing the sale or lease of the Gratiot military reservation. A bill was intro dueod by Mr. McMillan to protect the navagability of navigable rivers, and prevent deposits of sawdust and other materials therein. The Poe id-nt withdrew the nomination of William P. Seymour, as Census Supervisor of the Sixth district of Indiana... .Tn the House, Air. Buckner's bill, requiring the national banks to keep one half of ti eir reserves in coin, met with a defeat, the motion to engross the hiil receivi ’g only 79 votes to 158 in the negative. Tho House then went into committee of the whole upon the rules, when considerable fun was evolved out of the dry subject by Messrs. Frye and Cox. The House was in session on Jan. 23, not very much business being transacted, however. Bills introduced: By Air. Me Lane, providing that there shall be established a sinking fund in the treasury of the United States, into which the Central Pacific road shall gay sl,2oo,oloper annum,and the Union Pacific $850,000 yearly; by Mr. Springer, authorizing certain books and mementoes in possession of the Government to be placed in Memorial Hall of the Lincoln Monument Association, Spricgfield, 111., which was passed; by Mr. McCook, a joint resolution, which passed, for the erection of a military storehouse at Omaha. The Speaker announced the appointment of the following special committee on pay ment of bounties, pensions, and back pay: Cos froth, Geddes, Myers. McMillan, Harmer, Caswell, and Thomas. Air. Henderson, from the Committee on Commerce, reported a resolution, whieh was passed, calling on tho Secretary of War for information relative to. the obstructions in the harbor at Rock Island, 111. A number of private bills were passed; Air. Horr, of Michigan, replied to Air, Cox’s sarcastic speech of the day before in the same vein, and Air. Hawley arose to a question of privilege upon the report in the Globe, which he claimed misrepresented his remarks.

THE MAINE MUDDLE.

The Republican Assembly held a brief session at Augusta op the 19th inst., but did nothing of importance. After the adjournment Gov. Davis gave orders to exclude the Fusionists from the State House. In the afternoon the latter, he.ided by Gov. Smith, presented themselves at tho gateway of the Capitol, but admission was denied them, and they proceeded to organize and transaot their business on the sidewalk. After a very short soision, at which it was determined to secure Union Hall and continue their sessions from day to day, they adjourned. Tho Secretary of State and Governor secured rooms in the same building. Money enough, it ii said, has been guaranteed to run their Legislature all winter, and pay every man his salary. They say they intend to appeal to Congress, and will soon have a committee there to investigate matters. The Fusioniots were very indignant at their exclusion from the Capitol. They say Gov. Smith could have had 10,000 men in readiness at a moment’s notice, but hiß counsel has been for peace, and has prevailed. The State Treasurer issued an order instructing tho subordinates of his office not to honor any demand for the payment of money from the treasury emanating from, or issued by, the authority of either of the Legislatures until further advised by him.

The Republican Legislature, at its session on the 20th, adopted a resolution denouncing the Fusion body as bogus, and acting in violation of the constitution and laws of the State, and directing the Judiciary Committee to inquire what legislation is necessary to puniih them. It was ordered that the Secretary of State be directed to procure a suitable seal, which shall be acknowledged as the seal of the State. Four Fusiomsts went over to the Republicans during the day. The Fusionists met in Union Hall. The committee appointed to report upon a plan of procedure recommended submitting a series of questions to the Supreme Court After a good deal of talk an adjournment was voted without action on the report. The Republicans forced open the safe of the Secretary of State’s office; there were no valuable papers in it, nor the seal of the State, or official election returns. It iv conjectured that the returns have been destroyed. ■ Matters wore a quiet look at Augusta on the 21st The Republican Legislature showed a disposition to conciliate the Fusionists by giving them places on the most important committees appointed, but the latter held severely aloof. Samuel A. Holbrook was elected State Treasurer. The Fusion Legislature met at Union Hall, and voted to draw up a statement of facts and a series of questions, to be submitted to the members, who will decide whether to send them to the Supreme Court or not The Fusionists established a State Department in a business blook, and the Secretary of State issued the following: “We have returned to first principles. We have a pine table and chairs. The great seal of the State is in possession of the only legally elected and qualified Secretary of State. The Capital Guards and other companies have been ordered to their armory as a precautionary measure.” A Republican mass meeting was held in the evening at which Senator Blaine was the chief speaker. Nothing of interest transpired at the Maine State capital, on the 22d. The Fusionist Legislature discussed the propriety of removing to Biadeford, the Mayor of that city having offered to protect the’ Legislature, should it hold its sessions there. Ia the Republican House resolutions were introduced and referred providing for the election of a Governor, beginning with this year, by a plurality instead of a majority vote, The

Fnsioniata were Btill in possession of the Treasury Department, and the Republicans were counseling together regarding what course they should pursue to get possession of the money-bags. Nearly all the available State funds being deposited in a Boston bank, subject to the order of the Fusion Treasurer, it would require the signature of that functionary to draw any of them out. The Republicans at the Maine capital were somewhat excited on the 23d by reports that, the Fasionists intended to forcibly seize and occupy the State House, and Gov. Davis called out three companies of militia, with which he garrisoned the Capitol. The Republican Legislature adopted the resolutions providing for an amendment to tbe constitution making a plurality sufficient to elect in gubernatorial contests. The Fusion Legislature tabled the proposition to submit questions to the Supreme Court. The Republicans were concentrating a large militia force at the Capital, and there were reports that the Fusj&nists were to be dispersed at the point of the bayonet. The situation at Augusta, Me., as outlined in the dispatches of Jan. 24 and 25, was about as follows: Republican Gov. Davis had garrisoned the State Capitol thoroughly, and had a Gatling gun commanding the entrance. The Republicans claimed that the Fusionists were organizing a force for capturing the State House, and were drilling in te- - cret. The Republican Legislature adopted measures looking toward the repression of the Fusionists. The Fusionists claimed that all these preparations were made witnout ground, and that the scare was caused by a lot of boys pasting up three-cornered pieces of paper as a practical joke. Fusionist Gov. Smith issued a proclamation stating that his supporters contemplated no violence, and stating that the placing of troops and artillery in the State House was but another act in the military ursurpation under which tbe State was languishing. He claimed that he was the legal Governor, and expressed the belief that his authirity would soon be' recognized by all good citizens. Both houses of the Fusion Legislature voted to send a series of questions to tho Supreme Court.

THE UTE INVESTIGATIOM.

Resume of the Testimony Taken by the House Committee on Ind ; an Affairs. Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, in his testimony before the House Committee on Indian Affairs, arraigned the Indian Bureau for incompetency, and charged it with responsibility for the Ute revolt. Among the reasons assigned by him for the rebellion of that tribe was that they were cheated out of their lands; that the Government failed to pay them their annuity; that from 1876 to 1878 supplies were not furnished them; that the sales of arms and ammunition on the White River reservation had been forbidden, and that Agent Meeker was an injudicious and unfit man. Commissioner Hayt denied many of the General’s assertions, and attributed the abuses in the servico to his predecessor in office. The testimony of Lieut. Cherry, who was with Maj Thornburgh’s command in the Milk creek fight, refuted most of tho statements of tho Ute savages respecting that affair. He was present at the conference between the Major and Jack, an 1 says that the former made it very clear that the troops would halt some distanco from tho agency, and not go nearer unless called on by Meeker. Tho first shot was fired by tho Indians, and was aimed at Cherry, but it missed him and kdled a soldier who stood beside him. The. Lieutenant declared that Thornburgh was confident from the first that the Utes meant to ■attack him, and was tempted at one time to hold several'of them then in his camp as hostages, but was afraid to assume the responsibility of such action.

Tho Exodus Investigation.

The committee of the United States Senate, consisting of Messrs. Voorhees, Vance, Pendleton, Windom and Blair, appointed to investigate the causes of the exodus of colored people from the Southern States, commenced taking testimony. The first witnesses examined were the Rev. J. E. Rankin, pastor of tho Congregational Church, and Thos. Tullock, Assistant Pos'master of Washington, both of whom testified that they had no personal knowledge of the causes of the exodus, and knew nothing of the widely-ecattorod circular to which their names were appended, appealing to the people of the United States for money to assist the fr sedmen in finding refuge from persecution, etc., except that they had promised to serve as members of the Board of Audit for the Emigration Aid Society-’thbrein' referred to. O. 8. B. Wall, of Washington, President of the “Emigrant Aid Society,* 1 was examiued. He estimates the number of colored men, women, ana' children already transported from North Carolina tnrough Washington to the Weet (princinally to Indiana) between 2,500 and 3,0d0. The original purpose of the North Carolina agents of these envgrants was to have them go to Kansas, but the tide was diverted to Indiana by their agents (Perry and Williams) on tlio'strength of representations by m rn'iers of the Washington society, based on circulars received from J. H. Walker, Mail Agent at Terro Haute, to the effect that there was a great demand for farm labor in Indiana, and that the colored people would readily find employment there at excellent wages, together with tho bestof treatment, and schools for their children, etc. James O’Hara, a prominent colored Bepublican of North Carolina, testified that the exodus was not spontaneous; that it was the result of the labors of the agents wno went anout me estate promising mo negroes $1.50 per day in Indiana, and “Government aid” of some sort; that there was no bulidoz ing there, and that it was a common thing for a white landlord and a black tenant to •'ride to the polls in the same wagon and vote different tickets. J. P. Dukehart, Southern Passenger Agent of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, testified that he went to North Carolina to get the transportation of the emigrants for his line, and got it. He made a contract with anegro named Evans to work up the exodus, the railroad paying Evans $1 for each full ticket, and 50 cents for each half ticket it sold through his agency. Reports wore circulated among the colored people that work was abundant in Indiana at $1.50 a day. The railroad company gold in all 7(>3 tickets, of which 235 were for children under 12, and the total number of adult males transported was about 200. H. W. Mendenhall, of Indiana, a clerk in the Treasury Department, testified that he assisted in organizing the Emigrant Aid Society about a year ago. He thought the movement would become quite extensive. He had stated if Indiana could offer any inducements to negro emigrants it would bo well to have them go there, as they were generally Republicans, and would strengthen the Republican party. Witness did not know of any Republican politicians in Indiana engaged in the movement as a political measure.

Census Supervisors.

The President lately sent to the Senate names of Supervisors of the next census fpr confirmation as follows : Ohio—First district, Charies D. Campbell; 2, John Henry Thomas; 3, William H. McDowell; 4, Henry A. Towne; 5, Albert G. Byers; 6, William A. Hunt; 7, Joshua W. Stanley. Indiana—l, Gilbert R. Stormont; 2, Franklin C. Johnson; 3, J. M. Ritenour; 4, Isaac H. Davis; 5, Benjamin P. Walker; 6, William P. Seymour. Illinois— l, James G. Wright; 2, David H. Sunderland; 3, JohnW. Bailey; 4, Henry H. McDowell; 5, Edward J. Waddell; 6, John H. Chesfnutt; 7, William A. Northeote; 8. William K. Brown. Michigan—l, John C. Sharpe; 2, Byron R. Pierce; 3, Charles D. Long; 4, H. Olin Young. Missouri—l, Charles E. Salomon; 2, Benson B. Cahoon; 3, B. P. Bailey; 4, Joseph A. Wilson; 5, Daniel M. Draper: 6, John P. Durke; 7, Corrydon F. Craig. Wisconsin—l, Alonzo Loper; 2, David E. Welsh; 3, Leonard Lottridge; 4, Thomas 8. Alien. lowa—l, John M. Rowley; 2, James T. Metcalfe: John 8. Stridger; 4, Ichabod N. Kidder. Minnesota—l, Albert A. Crandall; 2, Charles W. Johnson; 3, Chris C. Andrews. L. Cass for District of Colorado. Kansas—l, T. Dwight Thatcher; 2, David J. Evans; 3, Charles M. Kellogg. Nebraska—l, B. D. Slaughter; 2, Bruno Tzachuck. Territories—Crawley P. Dakc, Arizona; Alexander Hughes, Dakota; William H. Bird, District of Columbia; Clinton H. Moore,ldaho; Hugh McQuaid, Montana; Abram 8. Hoyt, New Mexico; John Neil, Utah; Fred W. Sparling, Washington Territory; Homer Merrill. Wyoming.

THE NEW SCHEME TO ELECT GEN. GRANT.

Changing the Mode of Appointing Electors in New York. [.Washington Cor. New York Sun.] The movement in the New York Legislature to change the established practice of choosing electors for President by general ticket has produced a profound impression in political circles here at the capital. To suppose thab so grave a proposition could be ventured without having been well considered and matured by the Republican leaders, or that it is merely tentative, with a view of testing public opinion on a hazardous political expedient, would be absurd. , ■ -~ That bill was introduced without any previous announcement, and was a surprise to both parties not in the secrets of the managers. This fact is of itself significant as to the design of the scheme. Only the faithful few who run the machine and who dictate the party policy, with their staff in the Legislature, were permitted to know when and by whose hand the trap was to be sprung into which the unwary and the feebly protesting moderates will ultimately fall. The inspiration of this trick, to take away from the body of the people of New York their accustomed privilege of voting squarely for a full ticket of electors, which is the nearest approach to voting directly for the President of their choice, is easily traced. Mr. Conkling last fall, and on previous occasions, assumed the Democratic theory of the Presidential campaign to rest on the following basis: Given 138 votes frond the solid South, add Indiana, 15, axd New York, 35, and the Demociatic candidate would bo elected by 3 majority. Therefore, said he, New York is the necessary factor to make this calculation a success. Hence the importance of breaking the column, by hook or by crook, in order to elect a Republican. To that object, above and beyond all others, Mr. Conkling’s efforts, ability and boldness have been directed. The last three test elections have demonstrated that the Republican party, under his management, is iu a minority on the popular vote. The figures are worthy of notice. Here they arc: 1876. I’ltEt-IDENT. Tilden. Hayes. Cooper. 521 949 459.2117 1,987 Tilden's majority over both 3'.',75S 1878, JUDGE OF COURT OF APPEALS. Bradley (D.) Dan forth (R.) Tucker (G.) Tan Coll(Pro.) 356,451 391,112 75.133 4 294 Republican ma jority overD-moerat 34,661 Republican minority on total Vcte 40,472 1879. GOVERNOR. Robinson (D.).... 37 5 71.i)|Kelly (B. D.) 77.56 C Cornell (It.) 481,567 Lewis (G.) 24,286 Alears (Pro.) 4,4371 Corneli’A majority over Robinson 42,777 Cornell’s minori y against Robinson and Kell* y 34.789 Cornell's minority* n total vote 59,512 These consecutive expressions at the ballot-box have informed Mr. Conkling that his machine electors for President cannot be chosen this year, if a proper candidate be nominated by tho Opposition.

Mr. Conkling proposes by a revolutionary trick to overthrow the consecrated usage in New York, and to strike down the popular mode of appointing electors, now accepted all over the Union. Or, in other words, he intends to repeal the present law of a general ticket, and to substitute for it an election by Congressional districts under the existing apportionment. By this he would expect to carry nineteen or twenty of the thirty-three, even if the two electors-at large were carried by the Opposition. If this programme should succeed, the Democratic calculation, as stated by Mr. Conkling, of the solid South, backed by Indiana and New York, would be upset, and the Republican chance to elect a candidate would be largely increased. It may be asked, Will Mr. Conkling dare to drive this measure through, and thus to defy public opinion? Certainly he will do it, because it is the only mode by which his aim can be compassed, if at all. With a revolt against him by the young scratcliers and anti-third-termers inevitable, and defeat staring him in the face beforo the people, he is forced to this resort of circumventing a free and full vote. Of course the Republican Legislature, with a majority of two-thirds in the Senate and more than three-fifths in the House, will do whatever the leaders may order. Discipline and dictation have made them obedient instruments of arrogant authority. A few may at first be inclined to resist, but their scruples will yield to the expectation of reward or to menaces of proscription. Your cowardly politician dreads most of all things to be caught in a minority of bolters and malcontents, which yould throw him out of the regular line. Behind this movement the figure of the Strong Man for a third term looms up at full length. He cannot cany New York if the people are allowed to vote their true sentiments, and therefore it is proposed to jockey them out of nearly two-thirds of the electors of the State by transferring the choice to gerrymandered districts. It is essentially a Grant scheme. This is one of the results of the great Baud by which the Presidency was stolen, and the consummation of which Mr. Conkling was morally pledged to prevent when be fled to Baltimore the day that the electoral vote of Louisiana, with false and forged certificates, was counted.

A Story About Boots.

Dr. Muller, the head physician of the Prussian General Staff, was allowed to go to Japan, in order to assist in the arrangement of the new Japanese Military Academy. When the hour came for his presentation to the Mikado, he naturally clothed himself-in full uniform. The court officials informed him that he could not be permitted to enter the awful presence unless he complied with Japaneee usage, and pulled off his boots. Dr. Muller refused to comply. There was much debate over the difficulty, the Court Chamberlain insisting tbat the physician must unboot himself, and he declaring that he would not enter without his boots. At last Dr. Muller hit upon the ingenious notion of casting all the responsibility of the situation upon the Emperor Wilhelm. “My master, the German Kaiser,” said he “commanded me to present myself before the august Emperor of Japan in full Prussian uniform. Now the boots constitute an important part of the Prussian uniform, and I dare not appear $9 his representative without these

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important accessories.” The Chamberlain went to the Mikado with this explanation, and the result was that Dr. Muller marched into the audience chamber in his boots. His was the first shoeleather whioh had ever desecrated the floor of the Mikado Palace, in Tokio.

LETTER FROM TILDEN.

To the E«sex County (N. J.) Democratic Club. Gentlemen: I regret that I shall not be able to attend your dinner on Jan. 8, in commemoration of the services of Andrew Jackson, not so much in the great victory by which he rescued the southwestern part of our county from the foreign invader as in the 3xatnple of" Jtfi aormnist ration of the Government on its true principles. While he maintained tho integrity of the country against the public enemy, and suppressed nullification and secession at home, he was opposed to usurpation of powers by the Federal Government in derogation of the rights of individuals or localities, and in violation of the constitution. On one memorable occasion he said : “It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinction in society will always exist under every just Government. Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth cannot be produced by human institutions. In the full enjoyment of the gifts of heaven and the fruits of superior industry, economy and virtue, every man is equally entitled to protection by law. But when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities and exclusive privileges—to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful—the humble members of society, the farmers, mechanics and laborers, who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their Government. There are no necessary eviis in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.” “Nor is our Government to be maintained or our Union preserved by invasion of the rights and powers of the several States. In thus attempting to make our General Government strong wo make it weak. Its true strength consists in leaving individuals and States as much as possible to themselves; in making itself felt, not in its power, but in its beneficence; not in its control, but in its protection; not in binding the States more closely to its center, but leaving each to move unobstructed in its proper orbit.” Tendering you tho assurances of my esteem, 1 am very truly yours,

Lost Articles.

It may be very difficult to form any idea of the number and value of the articles lost daily in any large city, but in Paris, at least, it is easy to know what has been found by honest folk. There are numerous offices in every quarter of the town where anything found should be deposited. From these places the articles left in cabs or found in the streets are taken to a central warehouse at the Prefecture de Police. Aecording to the official statistics it would appear that during the year 1878 there were 19,740 objects of the most heterogeneous description deposited at the central warehouse. The central warehouse consists of two immense halls furnished with shelves like a pawnbroker’s shop, on which the articles are arranged after being carefully catalogued. As may be imagined, the number of small objects is large, but w-hat speaks most in favor of the honesty of the Parisians is the strong room of this establishment, in which the articles of intrinsic value are stored. It contains numbers of watches, gold and silver chainp, bracelets, lockets, and money in gi Id, silver, and notes. If after the expiration of a year the proprieter of an article deposited in this warehouse has not reclaimed his property, it is returned to the finder. From one cause or another a very large percentage is not reclaimed, and many valuable watches, bracelets set with diamonds, and the like, after lying in this warehouse for twelve months, then become the legal property of those who have picked in the streets.

Professor and Bear.

He [the bear ] had also observed me, and I did not venture to return to the boat, but went straight toward him, supposing that he would be frightened and run away, as I had always previously seen polar bears do when a man approached them. I had miscalculated; the bear came nearer, advancing slowly in a half circle, and we were soon so close together that I could have touched him with a s’.ick. He stood somewhat higher up on a block of stone, hissing and tramping with his fore feet; I stood somewhat lower, crying and hooting all I was able, and threw big stones at him with little apparent effect. At length a big stone hit one of his fore paws resting on a stone, and the pain, or perhaps satisfied curiosity, induced the animal to retreat. —Arctic Voyages Nordensljjold.

Washington as a Voter.

Washington voted at all the Fairfax elections until the close of his life, uniformly supporting the Federal candidates. Although living some distance from the Court House, at the Alexandria Market, he generally voted early. The polls were reached by a flight of steps outside, which in 1799 had become old and shaky. When the General reached the steps l he placed one foot upon them, and shook the crazy ascent as if to try its strength. Instantly twenty brawny arms, one above the other, grasped the stairway, and a dozen men’s shoulders braced it. Nor did a man move until the venerable chief deposited his vote and returned. “I saw his last bow,” said one of them half a century afterward; “it was more than kingly.”— Harper's Magazine. The Bey of Tunis is 70 years old, and has no ships, little money, and badly armed and dressed soldiers. There are 150,000 Jews in the city—one-fifth of the entire population. The women wear no skirts of any kind; they feaye long stockings of many hues.

(P? §!emocriiti<[ mfiner JOB PRIHTIM OFFICE Km better .fecilltiM thin iny office In NorthwtMcr* Indiana for the execatiaa of all branch** oi JOB PRINTING, PROMPTNESS A SPECIALTY. Anything, from a Dodger to a Prioe-IJst, or from • runphlet to a Poster, black or colored, plain or fancy. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.

The roads are in a terrible in various parts of the State from the recent heavy rains. Thebe are three headless roosters exhibiting at different places in Indiana, and Mr. Bergh’a agent should look to the matter. The State Statistical Bureau lias now received some 2,000 reports, and they will be compiled for publication as speedily as possible. Mrs. Fruits, of Alamo, died last week, aged 100 years. Her husband, George Fruits, died four years ago, at the advanced age of 113. A little child of Mr. Fuqua, of Tone Haute, was burned in a most horrible manner by venturing too near an open fire. Death relieved her sufferings next day. There have been so many suicides among patients in the Insane Asylum that the Coroner has felt moved to censure the Opportunities furnished for suicide. For some time petty thieving has prevailed at Lexington, and a vigilauce committee has notified all hard characters to leave or have their necks stretched. A German speaking lodge of Odd Fellows, at Vincennes, has thrown up its charter because of opposition to the order from the several German churches in that town. The worthy professors at Asbury University, Greencastle, were much shocked,.and their modesty irretrievably ruined by the full-dress costuming of Mrs. Scott Siddons.

A couple of octogenarians applied to tho Hendricks County Court for divorce. The Judge dismissed them with tho remark that it was a guardian not a divorce they needed. Benjamin Olive a, at one time tho most prominent stock-dealer in Eastern Indiana, and well known among that fraternity throughout tho country, died at Rushville a few days since. John Mosier, a mute living near Morgantown, went out hunting, and, later, was found dead in a field a short distance from his home. The Coroner came to the conclusion that it was suicide. Some Brookville boys, who had been taking lessons of a horse-tamer, attempted to train aline horse. The result was the horse was thrown backward with such force as to cause instant death. The Vincennes Draw-Budge Company has just declared its first dividend of 4 per cent. The company has been in existence twelve years, and has a capital stock of SBO,OOO, of which the city owns nearly half. Hon. John G. Crain died, a few days ago, at Terre Haute, of a paralytic stroke. He was formerly Judge of tho Criminal Court, was Collector under Lincoln’s administration, and a prominent citizen of the county. Under a recent decision of the Indiana Supreme Court, widows are no longer allowed an exemption of SSOO wheu they are assessed less than SI,OOO, and they will save trouble and cost by paying their taxes while yet current. A young couple went into Columbus to be married, and, on retiring, blow out the gas. Later in the night the door was burst open and the unconscious bride and groom were carried into the fresh air, which soon revived them. It was a lucky escape. The students at St. Meinrad Catholic College, in Spencer county, were firing a salute in honor of the return from Europe of a favorite professor, and by a premature discharge of the small cannon two students each lost the right eye, while another had his hand shattered. The third wife of James C. Martin, a prominent farmer of Union county, has obtained a divorce on account of incompatibility. The parties themselves, it seems, could have lived together agreeably enough, but they each had children by former marriages, and these quarreled, and this soon involved the old folks in difficulty. The Directors and Superintendent of the Indiana Deaf and Dumb Asylum have submitted their thirty-sixth annual report to the Governor, showing 334 pupils received, and forty seven discharged. Receipts from all sources, $G0,649’03; disbursements, $55,855.30; extraordinary expenses, specific appropriation, $12,000; expended for improvements, $5,420.07.

S J. TILDEN.

A Doctor’s Use of the Carrier-Pigeon.

These useful birds have been employed for some time by an English physician, Dr. Harvey J. Philpot, as “unqualified assistants,” or apothecaries’ messengers. While out on practice Dr. Harvey takes half a dozen birds along with him on his rounds in a small basket, and, after seeing a patient, ties the prescription round the neck of one of them and liberates him, when he flies straight home to the surgery, where the medicine is prepared and sent to the patient without' loss of time. Should any patient be very ill, and an early report of his condition be desired by the physician, a bird-is left with him to bring the later tidings.

Accordeon: a pair of bellows which have accidently swallowed a jew’s harp. Auctioneer: a man of morbid temperament. Eccentricity: reg•lar irregularities. Genius: a lunatic—more or less sane. Knack: the art of using genius. Love: an archer who never uses a cross beau. Prndery: patody of modesty. Plagiarism : the discovery that our ideas have been stolen by our predecessors. Peace : war taking a nap. Part songs: (German) a game of follow my Lieder. Quadrille: a silent protest against the immorality of dancing. Seldslimsi: a prefereicj misplaced. University: academies in winter 6f scholarship, and in summer of scullership.— Scribner’s Monthly.

The highest mine in the United States, and probably in the world, is the Present Help, situated on Mount Lincoln, in the main range of the Rocky mountains, Park county, Col. According to Prof. Hayden’s Government surveys, the mountain is 14,297 feet high, and the mine’s boarding-house, built alongside the main shaft, is only 140 feet below the extreme summit. This leaves it 14,157 feet above the sea level, and makes it undoubtedly the highest inhabited hoqse in tbe world,

INDIANA NEWS.

Dictionary of the Future.

Near to the Skies.