Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1885 — Page 6

GRAY’S GREETING.

ipagoral Address of Gov, Isaac P. | Gray, Delivered in English’s Opera House, Indianapolis, Jan. 12. Jkntukkx or the General Assembly: To - chosen the Chief Magistrate of the State Is honor that Impresses me deeply, and for ilch I am profoundly grateful. I approach the ■charge of the labors of this high trust with a U sense of the responsibility involved, but th a determination to perform the duties of s office faithfully for the public good, and to it end I solicit your earnest co-operation and pport. ion are convened by virtue of the constitun to enact such laws as will promote educan, suppress vice and immorality, punish toe, protect the rights of person and propirtv, ranee the general welfare of the people and •» prosperity of the State, thus continuing to lilt the renown of this great Republic, of ich Indiana is so conspicuous an Integral rt, ever mindful that a republican torm of teminent can not endure longer than simplic- , integrity and economy characterize its adnistration and fidelity marks the conduct of .public servants. i The political straggle, Btate and national, rough which we have recently passed stirred s ocean of our politics as a mighty siorm, and e nature’s provision for purl tying her great lies of water by agitation of the tempest, it Is ped will eliminate the impure elements from r political sea, purify the body politic, and ■ord in the history of our Government once >re the commencement of an era of retrenchnt and reform. • E PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH OUR GOVERNMENT IS FOUNDED, i i under which we have Increased from thir- . nto thirty-eight States, with large areas yet i organized, create vast acd varied interests Jch naturally divide public opinion as to the iicy of the Government. The continuance of r national existence and prosperity, depending on a wise and honest administration of the wers and duties of the Government, will alys develop political dissensions and create rty divisions, thus periodically arousing the Rses to pass judgment upon alleged evils of i islation and deviation from constitutional | nciples. A check is put upon maladmimstran, reforms are peaceably brought about, the } vernment policy as to great political qnes- ! ns is directed and determined as a majority i .y demand. : .he present depressed condition of the busi--1 jb and industrial Interests of the country mes the careful attention and study of the islator. .’he earth has yielded bountiful harvests, ■dace Is abundant, all of the material for ! Ave business and increased prosperity seems exist, yet the last year has witness id a sucelon of failures and disasters among the nmercial, industrial, and financial institutions of the country that has shaken confihce and seriously disturbed the business ierests of the whole laud. t l'he rapidity with which colossal fortunes •ye been accumulated in late years by fflvate individuals; the development and vtering of railway and other corporate bodies .vast wealth by Government aid; the aggrepon of the money of our country in various Intonations of power, and the influence which ,jy exercise In shaping legislation, raises the tnlty whether legislation has not been too tch in the interest of capital and wealth, and Mast the industrial ma ses of the country. .’he laboring dosses constitute a great por.Jh of our population,; nd to this element wc largely indebted for our prospe tv. they comprise In a great measure the honest, elligent, thinking citizens, who, by their sufges, seek GOOD GOVERNMENT, ! 1 rightfully demand recognition of the fact ,t labor Is honorable, that employers shall not discriminated in favor of as against the emjred, and such protection under the law aH j l enable them to assert their rights when enby combinations of capital. The gens 1 welfare of the State is largely dependent : >n the Individual success of its citizens, and j should always bear in mind that the sure 1 mue to competence and wealth is not by the Bated bubble of speculation, to which in the : in onr periodical disasters to trade and com- * tee »re attributable, but by honest toil, paI it Industry, and a legitimate exchange of g nal values and products. The passage of rs having in view the foregoing objects and - iditions of capital and labor and the abolition ( unnecessary taxation which eats up the Its of labor, Is In the Interests of the many f orms demanded to give us substantial busiis prosperity. lam aware that these reforms 5 i only be generally and successfully inauguI ed through the exercise of the powers or the feral Government, but do not deem It im|tper to refer to them upon this occasion. LEGISLATION. f’he closing days of our biennial sessions of 1 1 Legislature are invariably flooded with a ss of bills, all demanding immediate action, .reason of haste and confusion many of them imme laws that are careles ly framed and not 'perly matured and considered I sincerely m you may be able to adopt some rule or reg--1 tlon that will to some extent avoid the evils sndin, this recurring condition of legislative ifrtrs. ifihere is not much danger of erring on the side '.too l.ttle law. The wor d is covernod t o ■ ch. and that was undoubtedly the principle jit governed the framers of our Constitution .restricting the length of our legislative s •*- pas. The fact th 1 1 such provision has been so g sanctioned by the people without an :irt to change It, argues Weil its wisdo n as a asure tending to serve the b st interest of all people of the State. Hence it becomes a f*ter of duty for each member to diligently rs earnestly co-operate with his fellow-mem-’i s in perfecting and advancing the most irnI tunt measures, and among the most import are those needed for the support of the te and its Institutions. The passage of the .end and specific.appropriation bills should be left to the uncertainties attending the ;|lng days of the session. To provide for the' Sttto wants of the State is the paramount duty ■ legislation. To wisely and economically exIwd the means provided is one of the most ims confided to those clothed with ent of State affairs. CHANGE OF LAWS. ty long existence have become fae people, and the observance of ablished, should not be changed ns which are cogent and unquesfreqnent alterations and amend>t only to confuse the public mind, :d professions of attorneys, connirists are often at a loss to agree ermine what the law really is, and application and observance of It i of its uncertainty, the law are frequently made at the ! an inconsiderable port on of the 1 the interest of localities, without led by the general public or of ication, the principle of which is ■ onr Constitution, repeal, modification and judicial of this class of hasty and im-gislation-that so much of the time of our Legislature as well as our n. ■ed necessity for a change in the lore imaginary than real, as exemomparison of the legislation of difling sister State the Constitution I the occupation, commerce and a people being similar to our own, ration on judgment in a court of ved. All property sold at judicial tag two-thirds of the appro ts ad j redemption of real estate after is permitted, while in Indiana we l provision for stay of execution of court, a law authorizing a proiracts waiving the benefit of valuala and appraisement laws, and a right of relaption of real estate sold on execution. Most KbQse laws have been in force for over a “ICrter of a century, and, notwithstanding so Wkf different, seem to be well settled and ijppted as satisfactory by the people of ph St te. To do away wi'h the stay of execuHt and the right of redemption in our Si ate Kid undoubtedly be regarded as oppressive Kite debtor class, and the repeal of the act iiiorizing a waiver would be considered by the Kitor as an impediment to the collection of Ks. Upon the other hand the people of our Eer State would undoubte Hy consider a law Ehorfzing the stay of execution ancl the right Redemption as unreasonably delaving the i olBion of debt and the sale of property without Braisemont unjust to their debtor class, ifho biennial message contemplated by the nstitntion, touching the condition of the Ko and recommending measures for yonr eouH»ration, having been submitted to you at the ■king of this session by my predecessor, ir R not be expected of me to make specific Kmmendations in this address, but during H progress of vcwr deliberations, whenever the Itaion for such action arises. I shall commupte the «■"»' to yon by special message. of* aliens the

State shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in Circuit Courts and in ench other courts as the General Assembly may establish.” The amendment to this section adopted in l a ßl, by which its provisions were enlarged, was clearly the result of years of agitation bronght abont by the limitc i judicial power of the State and a demand for relief from the delays attending the constant Increasing business of onr Supreme Court. The act of the General Assembly of 1881 in creating the offices of Supreme Court Commissioners and the re-enactment of 1883 extending their term for two years were both legislative expressions in response to the requirements of this amendment of the constitution in 1881, which was undoubtedly adopted to give the Legislature constitutional authority to establish other courts than the Circuit and Supreme, in order that the administration of justice might fie facilitated and the business of the Supreme Court thereby lessened to such an extent as would enable it to promptly consider and decide, as contemplated by the constitution, the questions appealed to it for Judicial determination. In view of the fact that nearly 700 cases are now pending in the Supreme Coart, after four years’ assiduous aid of the Supreme Court Commissioners, I sub.nit for yonr consideration the question of the expediency of continuing the commission as a means of accomplishing the judicial relief contemplated by the constitutional amendment, and earnestly iuvito yonr attention as to whether or not the practical working and effect of the commission is not in violation of the intendment of Sections 162 and 165 of Article 7of the Constitution. It seems to me that litigants are entitled to have their matters in controversy decided by the court established by the Constitution. In many cases they do not get this right nnder the working of Rules 2 ami 3 of the Supreme Court for the government of its Commissioners. The Supreme Court under those rales decides causes referred to the Commissioner upon the opinion rendered by the Commissioners, and not upon thi question arising in the record as required by the Constitution. I am aware that the Supreme Court is compelled to such a course In order to make the labors of the Commissioners available, but it raises the query whether practically it does not make the Supreme Court to consist of ten Judges when the Constitution says it shall not consist of more than five.

INDIANA iftOVEBSITY. The educational interests of the State aro worthy of yonr careful consideration and generous support. In addition to the ordinary and necessary needs of our educational Institutions, it would not be improper for me to call your attention to the great loss sustained by the Indiana University since the last meeting of the Legislature. One of the main buildings as well as the library and museum, have been destroyed by fire. The extent of the loss, as well as the aims and hopes for the future of that institution, is set forth in the report of the Trustees to the Governor. The State can afford, by a reasonable appropriation, to second the efforts of the Trustees to build up a university as the head of our common school system of the State, whose position of usefulness will be extended and perpetuated. PLEURO PNEUMONIA. Your attention is called to the alarming spread of pleurn-pncumonia among the cattle of our sister States of Ohio, Illinois, and Kentucky, and that our own State is threatened with the invasion of said disease which is said to be both oontagloiiß and infectious, and has already cause I disastrous results to the live stock interests ct those States.. Timely precautionary measures may to a large extent save the cattle interests of Indiana from the ravages of this disease. The consideration of the same is submitted for such action as in your judgment it may demand.

GETTYSBURG. I am a<hflsed that several of the States which furnlshc I regiments of volunteers in the Federal army that partici ated in the battle ot Gettysburg have made appropriations ior the purpose of erecting tablets to mark the position occupied by their troops in that great and decisive eicnt. Indiana had five regiments of infantry— Seventh, i’ourt enth, Nineteenth, Twent eth, and Twenty-seventh—and two companies of the First and six companie sos the Third Cavalrv, that wore engaged in that, perhaps the greatest battle fought by tiio Army of the Potomac, and it is eminently proper that onr State should do as much as any other to commemo ate the heroism displayed by her sons in defense of the Union upon that memorable battle-field. I therefore invite your attention to this subject for such action as you may deem proper. WORLD’S EXrO.ilhon.

I am Informed that of the sum of $.5,000 allotted to Indiana by the Commissioners of the World’s Cotton and Industrial Exposition, now open at New Orleans, but a small portion remains for the further use of the Commissioners of our rtate. It can readily be conceived how inadequate this sum would be if a lull representation was made of Indiana's material and industrial forces. It Is not a display of fabrics and wealth to ex rite jealous rivalry for super.orlty in methods of production or resources, however varl d, or rich they may be. It is a nation’s ambition, uniting the arts and sciences with the genius of advanced thinkers, of productions of not only our own country, but of all nations, from which we as a people must be greatly benefited; for while the commerce of older countries shall bring thither their trophies of handiwork, skill and products, the sp.rit of our development in agriculture, alone, will seize upon whatever may be distributed to our vast and almost limitless domain to the profit of American genius.

While other States have deemed it wise to add to tho sum thus alloted to them, if it shall be thought best to the further and complete showing o( Indiana’s productive growth, industrial and mineral wealth, to add to this snm in a measure sufficient only to make sure that we shall not fail in standing where we rightfully belong, second to no Stale, such appropriation will meet my approval. In this connection I am gratified to address you upon a kind ed subject, the menriouof which, I feel is sufficient to commend it to your approval. « It is the purpose, I am informed, of tho managers ot this World’s Exposition to invite the soldiers of the North and South to come together in a grand encampment in New Orleans. To this end, I understand, a large and sufficient sum has been set apart. What more propit ous than :his opportunity, the first since the war. of a national character, to reunite the men of a common country and ancestry, who, only a few years ago, stood arr.iyed against each othor in battle? If such a mee ing can be con ummated in the fullness of the spirit that prompts the movement, our country will be closer knit. If the North shall send down her regiments of men, not as she did twenty yiars ago to the sound of martial dram beats but to the music of “piping times’’ of peace, nothing, I believe, could so firmly reunite the fellowship b rn of a common heritage, and which would give assurance .that, when the soldiers of a nation who have borne arms against each other can come together as brothers, strife can never again come between us as a people. If statesmen have failed to accomplish what the war assured, the duty of the hour would seem naturally to belong to the soldiers, who stood for their convictions at the cannon’s month.

1 deem it therefore proper to call your attention to this contemplated encampment, that in yonr capacity as representatives of this State, made illustrious by the deeds of her soldierv, you may express such approval and take such action as may seem to you to be proper, in reaffirming the pride of our people in the truth of history, that Indiana, as in war, so in peace and good-will to man, stands at the front. Humbly acknowledging our dependenoe upon the Divine Ruler of the Universe, our hearts should be filled with gratitude for the blessings ■ of peace, health and abundance. Among the groat sisterhood of States tfie history and growth ot Indiana affords an example of development and prosperity of which we may well be proud. In all tilings necessary to constitute a State, she stands to-day oue among the brightest in the grand galaxy of States that comprise onr Federal Union. Occupying territory irom the broad lakes of the north to the great natuial thoroughfare ot water on the south, and intermediate in geographical position east and west, she will forever be within the pathway of commerce and travel between the oceans. Her fertile soil, varied and salubrious climate, greal natural advantage, mnniffeent fund and system of common schools and universities of learning, her liberal and elaborate system of benevolent, charitable and reformatory institutions, all keeping pace with the progress and demands of the age. offer inducements and invite the capital, enterprise and skill of other lands, and afford an asylum for the oppressed from abroad.

Then let it be onr highest ambition to further promote the prosperity and renown of the State, supporting unswervingly the Union and its Constitution, the wisest and best instrument for the government of man ever yet devised, demanding unflinchingly the constitutional rights and liberties of ail citizens, without reiiard to race or color; cultivating good-will among the people of every section of our common country, so that we may be one people in feeling as well as in name, moving on harmoniously together to that destiny, under God’s providence, awaiting us in the future—the grandest and mightiest Republic of free men and free women upon which the sun of God has ever shone.. A man with a clear conscience and a new steel pen might write . a volume proving that^ it pays to be generous; but if hq boardh a street car and tries to pass a dime with a hole in it he gets sadly left. * 7 The King of Siam has 263 children. Be is under thirty.

REAGAN’S TRIUMPH

Foil Text of His Interstate Commerce Bill, a> It Passed the House of BepresentatiYea. The Vote in Detail by Which the Famous Measure Was Adopted. THE VOTE. How the Measure Stood on Final Passage. The Reagan interstate commerce bill passed the National House of Representatives on the Bth of January by a vote of 158 yeas to 75 nays. The vote in detail ia as follows. YEAS. Alexander, D. Hal sell, D. Riggs, D. Andeason, R. Hanback, R. Robertson, D. Bagley, D. Hardy, D. Robinson, (O)R. BaDentine, D. Hatch (Mo.) D. Rogers, (Ark.)D. Barksdale, D. Haynes, R. Rogers, (N.Y.)D. Bayne, R. Henderson, R Roeecrans, D. Beach, D. Henley. D, Rowell, R. Blackburn, D. Herbert, D. Ryan, R. Bland, 1). Holman, D. Shively, L Blount, D. Holmes, R. Singleton, D. Bralnerd, R. Hopkins, D. 81dnner(N.C.)D. Breckinridge,D. Hausemsn, D. Smalls, R. Brown, (Pa.) R. Hunt, I). Snyder, D. Browne,(lnd)R. James, R. Spriggs, D. Buchanan, D. Jones. fWis.lD. Stewart (Tax)D. Budd, D. Jones (Ala.), D. Stockslayer, D. Barnes, D. Jones (Tex.), D. Stone, R. Cabell, D. King, D. Storm. D. Caldwell. D. jv einer, D. Strait, R. Campbell,N.Y.DLanham, D. Strubble, R. Campbell, Pa ICLeFevre, D. Sumner (CaL)D. Cassidy, D. Lewis, D. Swope, R. Clardy.D. Lore, D. Talbott, D. Clements, D. Lovering, D. l’ay or,J.D.(O)R Cobb, D. McComas, R. Taylor,Tenn.)D. Connolly, D. McCormick, R. ThrockmortonP Cook, D. McMltlln, D. Townshend, D. Cosgrove, D. Matson, D. Tucker, D, Covington, D. M ybury, D. Tullv, D. Cox, (N. Y.) D. Miller (tex.), D.Turner(Ga.),D. Cox, (N, C.),D. Money, D., Turaer.tKy.) D. Crisp. D. Morrtll, R. Van Baton, D. Cnllen. R. Moulton. D. Wakefield. R. Curtin, D. Muller, D. Wallace, 1). Davidson, D. Murphy, D. Warner (O.), D. Davis (Mo.) D. Murray, D. Warner(Ten.),D Dlbrell, D. Neece, D. Weaver, R. Eldredge, D. Nelson, R. Wellborn, D. English, D. Nutting, R. Wemple, D. Ermentront.D. Oates. D. White (Minn),R Ferrell, D. O’Ferrall, D. Wilkins, D. Fiedler, D. Patton, D. Williams, D. Findlay. D. Payson, R. Willis, D, Foran, D. Pierce, J). Wilson (la.), R. Forney, D. Peel, D, WilsonfW. ValD Funston, R. Ptrkins.R. Winans,Mich..D Fyan. D. Peters, R. WinanslWis.lD. Garrison, R. Pettibone, R. Wise.G.D.tValD Geddes, D. l’rice, R. Wolford, D. George. R. Pryor, D. Worthington,D. Glascock, D. Pusey, D. Yaple, D. Goff, R. Randall, D. York, 1t.—158. Green, D. Reagan, D. NAYS. Adams (HI), R. Elliot, D. Lyman, I. Adams (N.Y.) D.Everhart, R. Millard, R. Aiken, D. Greonleaf. D. Mitchell, D. Atkinson, R. Hammond, I). Morse, D. Barr, K. Hardeman, D. Mutchier, D. Bingham, R» Harmer, It. Nicholls, D. Bisbee, R. Hemphill, D. O’Hara, R. Boutelle, R. IP ndereonlll.ltO’Neill (Pa.), R. Bowen, R. Hepburn, It. Phelps, R. Boyle, D. Hewitt (N.Y.)D.Post, D. Bratton, R. Hewitt(Ala.),D. Potter, D. Breitung.R. Hitt. R. Ranney, R. Brewer(N. Y. ),R. Hobl itzeU, D. Reed, K. Brcwer(N. J.),R.Horr, It. Rockwell, R. Brumm, R. Roulk, It. Seymour, D. Candler, D. Howey, R. Smith (Pa.), D. Cannon, R. Jeffords, R. Btevens, D. Cbace, R Johnson, R. TaylorE,(o.),R. Cutcheon, R. Kean. It. Thomas, R. Davis till.), R Keifer, R. Tillman, D. DavislMass), It. Kelley, R. Wait, K. Deuster, D. Kelcham, R. Washburn, R. Dowd, D. Lacey, R. Whiting, R. Dunham, R. Libt.ey, R. Wise, J.S(Va)D. Eaton, D. Long, R. Woodward D-75 Recapitulation: Yeas—Republicans, 3s; Democrats, Ilf); Independents, l. Nays—Republicans, 48; Democrats, 26; Independents, 1.

THE BILL. FuU Text of tlio Measure as Adopted. Following is tho text of the interstate commerce bill as it passed the House: Be it enacted, eta. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons engaged alone or associated with others in the transportation of property by railroad, or by pipe-line, or lines from one State or Territory to or through one or more other States or Territoi lea of the United States, or to or from any foreign country, directly or indirectly to charge to, or receive horn any person or pers ns any greater or less rate or amount of Ire ght compensation or reward than is by him or them charged to or recei ed from any other person or persons for like and contem; oraneous service in carrying, receiving, delivering, storing, or handling the same. All charges for such services shall be reasonable, and any person or persons having purchased a ticket for passage from one State to another, or paid the required fare, shall receive the samo treatment and be afloTded equal facilities and accommodations as are furnished all other persons holding tickets of the same class, without discrimination. But nothing in this act shall be construed to deny to railroads the right to provide separate accommodations for passengers, as they may deem best for the public comfort and safety, or to relate to transportation relating to points wholly within the limits of one State; provided that no discilmination is made on account of race or color, and that f urnisliing separate accommodations with equal facilities and equal comforts at the same charges shall not be considered a discrimination, nor shall any railroad company or its offioers charge to or receive from any person who is to be conveyed from one State or Territory into another anv sum exceeding three cents per mile for the distance to be traveled by snch person; and all persons engaged as. aforesaid shall furnish without discrimination the same facilities for carriage, receiving, deliveni g, storage and handling all property of like oharacter carrlpd by him or them, and shall perform with equal expedition the same kind of services connected with contemporaneous transportation thereof, as aforesaid. No break, s oppage tr interruption, nor any contract, agreem. nt, or understanding shall be made to prevent the carriage of any property from being treated as one continuous carriage in the meaning of this act from the place of shipment to the place of destination, unless snch stoppage, interruption, contract, arrangement or understanding was made in good faith for some practical and necessary purr cse, without any intent to avoid or interrupt such continuous carriage or to evade any provisions of this act. Sec. 2, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons engaged in tho transportation of property as atoreea d, dlreqtly or indirectly, to allow any rebate, drawback or other advantage in any form upon shipments made or services rendered as aforesaid by him or them. Sec. 3. That it shall be nnfawful for any person or persons engaged in the carriage, receiving, storage, or handling of property as mentioned in the first section of this act to enter into any combination, contract, or agreement by changes of schedule, carriage in different cars, or by any other means with intent to prevent the carriage of such property from being continuous from the plac e of shipment to the place of destination, whether carried on one or several railroads; and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons cairving property as aforesaid to enter into any contract, agreement., or combination for pooling freights, or to pool the freight of different and competing railroads, or to divide b tween them the aggrega e or nes' proceeds of the earnings of such railroads or any portion of them. Sec. 4. That U shall be unlawful for any person or persons engaged in the transportation of property, as i rovided in the first section of this act, to charge or receive any greater compensation for a similar amount and kifcd of property for carrying, receiving, storing, forwarding, or handling the samo for a shorter than for a longer distance, which includes any ons railroad or pipe-line of a corporation, and sha 1 Include all the road or pipe- line in use by such corporation, whether Owned or operated under contract, agreement, or lease by such corporation. Beg 5. ‘J hat all persons engaged in carrying property as provided in the first section of this act shall ad opt and keep posted np schedules which shall plainly state: First—'The different kinds and classes of property to be carried. t-e ond—The different places between which such property shall b > carried. Third—The rates of freight and prices of carriage i etween snch p aces and lor ail services connected wttb the receiving, delivery, loading, unloading, storing, or handling the same. Aud the accounts ior snch service shall show what part of the obarges is for transportation, and what port for loading, unloading, and other terminal facilities. Buch schedules mav be chanced from time to time as hereinafter provided. Copies of such schedules shall be printed in plain, large type, at least the size ot ordinary pica, and shall be kepi plainly posted for pnblio lnsper tion in at least two places In every depot where freights are received o delivered. and no such schedule shall lie changed in any particular, except by the substitution ot

another schedule containing the specification above required, which enbstitnte schedule shall plainly state the time when it shall go into effect, and ooplee of which, printed as aforesaid, shall be posted as above provided at leaat fire daya before the eame a hall go into effect; and the same shall remain in force until another sobednle sha 1, as aforesaid, be substituted; and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons engaged In carrying property on railroads or pipe lines as aforesaid, after thirty days from the passage of this act, to charge or receive more or less compensation for the carriage, receiving, delivery, loading, unloading, handling, or storing of any property contemplated by the first section of this act than shall be specified in such schedule as may at the time be in foro -. Fourth—lt shall be the duty of said persou or persons engaged in carrying property as provided in the first section of this act to file or cause to be filed within fifteen daya from and after posting a copy of each schedule posted, as in this section required, with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the United States in and tor each Judicial Circnlt in or through which any railroad may be operated; and it shall be the duty of said Clerk to file and preserve the same as a part of the records of his office. Seo. 6. That each and all the provisions of this act shall apply to all property and the receiving, delivery, loading, unloading, handling, storing, or carriage of the same on one actually or substantially continuous carriage, or as a part of snch continuous carriage, as provided for in the first section of this act, and compensation therefor, whether such property be carried whoUy on one railroad or partly on several railroads, or wholly by one pipe line or partly by several pipe lines, and whether snch services are performed or compensation paid or received by, or to. one person alone or in connection with another or other persons. Sec. 7. That each and every act, matter, or thing in th.s act declared to be unlawful Is hereby prohibited, and in case any person or persons as defined In this act, engaged as aforesaid, shall do, suffer, or permit to be done any act, ma ter, or thing In this act prohibited or forbidden, or shall omit to do any act, matter, or thing in this act required to be done, or shall be guilty of any violation of the provisions of this act, such person or persons shall forfeit and pay to the person or persons who may sustain damage thereby a sum equal to three times the amount of damages so sustained, to be recovered by the person or persons so damaged by suit in any State or United States Court of competent jurisdiction wherever the person or persons causing such damage can be found or may have an agent, office, or place of business; and if the court before which any such action is tried shall be of the opinion th .t the violation of the law was wUllnl it should make an allowance by way of additional costs to the party injured sufficient to cover all his counsel and attorney fees. Any action to be brought as aforesaid may be considered, and if so bronght shall be regarded as a subject of equity. Jurisdiction, and discovery, and affirmative relief may be sought and obtained therein. Im any such action so brought as an equitable cognizance as aforesaid, any director, officer, receiver, or trustee of any corporation or company aforesaid, or any agent of any such corporation or company, receiver, trustee, or person aforesaid, or any of them alone, or with any other person or persons, party or parties, may and shall be compelled to attend, appear, and testify and give evidence: and no claim that any such testimony or evidence mlzht or might not tend to criminate the person testifying or giving evidence shall be of any avail; out such evidence or testimony shall not be used as against snch person on the trial of any indictmen t against him. The attendance and appearance of any of these persons who. as aforesaid, may be compelled to appear and testify, and the giving of testimony as evidence by the same respectively, and the production of books and papers thereby, may and shall be compelled the same as in the case of any other witness; and in case any deposition or evidence or the production of any books or papers mav be desired or required for the purpose of applying for or sustaining any such action, the same, and the production of books and papers, may and shall be had, taken, and compelled by or before any United i States Commissioner, or in any manner provided or to be provided for as to the taking of other depositions or evidence or the attendance of witnesses or the production of other books or papers in or by Chap. 17, Title 13, Revised Statutes of the United States. No action as aforesaid shall be sustained unless 1 bronght within one year after the cause of action accrue or within one year after the party complaining shall have come to a knowledge of his right of action; and as many causes ot action as may accrue within a.year may be joined in the same suit or complaint, and any Circuit Court or District Court of the United States having jurisdiction shall have the power, upon the application ot any pe: son or persons, firms, rai, roads or other corporatio- s or associations alleging undue and unjust discrimination against a person in violation ot the provisions of th. act, to issue writs ot mandamus against such person command.ng such person to move and transport fre ; ght or to furnish facil.tles for the transportation for the party applying for the writ, upon Buch terms and in such manner • as shall seem ju-t and proper to the court in j order to prevent stay undue or unjust discrimination against the relat.r. The proceedings shall be as m other cases of mandamus, and in cases j of urgent necessity or involving the transports- j tion of perishable goods writs of alternative | mandamus made returnable forthwith: Provided, that no writ or peremptory mandamus I shall issue under this act until the relator shall have given security in such sum as shall be named by the court to pay the defendant proper and legal charg s for the services required to be performed by the writ afore.-aid; and provided I further, that the remedy herein given by the writ of mandamus shall be cumulative and shall notoxclnd; or interfere with other remedies : herein provided, No cause brought under this act in any State court of competent jurisdiction j shall be removed to any United States Court, j Sec. 8. That any director or officer of any cor- . poration or oompany acting or engaged as aforesaid, or any receiver, or trustee, lessee, or person acting or engaged as aforesaid, or any agent of any snch corporation or company, receiver, trustee, or person aforesaid, or of one of them alone, | or with any other corporation, company, person, | or party, who shall willfully do, or cause, or ! willingly suffer or permit to be done any act, matter, or thing in this act prohibited or forbidden, or who shall aid or abet therein, or shall willfuUy omit or faU to do any act, matter or thing in this act required to be do e, or cause or willingly suffer, or permit any act, matter or thing so directed or required by this act to be done not to be so done, or shall aid or abet any snch omission or failure, or shall be guilty of any infraction of this act, or aid or abet therein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convio- , ti. n thereof be fined not more than $2,000. Seb. o. ’I hat nothing in this aot shall apply to carriage, receiving, storage, handling, or forwarding of property whol.y within one State and not shipped from or destined to some foreign country or other State or Territory; nor shall it a) ply to property carri d for the United ! States at lower rates ot freight and cfihrges than for the general public, or to the transportation of articles at reduced rates of freight for charitable purposes, o • to or from public fairs and expositions for exhlb tion. Sec. 10. That the words “person or persons,” as used in this act, except where otherwise provided, shall be construed and held to mean the person or persons, officer or officers of a corporation or corporations, company or companies, receiver or receivers, trustee or trustees, lessee* or lessee , agent or agents, or other person or persons acting or engaged in any matters and things ment oned in this act.

CUTTING BEE IN GEORGIA.

A Terrible Affray with Knives. fßuttedge (Ga.) special.] This town was thrown into great excitement by a difficulty in which twentyfive men took part. The origin of the difficulty was a frivolous affair between Bob Brewer and Tom Estes, which resulted in blows. B. H. Hardin took part in behalf of Estes, and the Hawkins boys came in in behalf of Brewer. Hardin then wont to work with his knife, cutting Babo Hawkins three times in ihe back. Churchill then undertook to quiet the row, but only received a stab with Hardin’s knife in the breast, cutting to the hollow. Then one nfler another took part until not less than twenty-five were interested in the row. Hardin’s ankle was broken, and his head was also badly bruised. Many others wero grazed with knives and braised, and Churchill is dead.

Midgets Married.

[Boston dispatch.) Maj. Rodnia Nutt, the midget, was married at the Crawford House to-day to Miss Clam Corfield. aged 18, and eighteen inches taller than the groom. Nutt, who is 44 years old, was never before married. Mb. Passmore Edwards has purchased the Weekly Times of London for $200,000, and will make it an organ of advanced Rrdioalism, surpassing even his former journal, the Echo, in violence. Professor Fabman, of Tale, owns a controlling interest in the New Haven New.

INDIAJJA LEGISLATURE.

The Legislature of Indiana oonrened in biennial session on Thursday, Jan. a. The Senate organized by electing the following officers„K«UeT. of Vigo County; Doorkeeper, J. W. Cope, of Allen County. The House elected the following officers; Speaker. Charles L Jewell, of Floyd County; Clerk, H. C. Darnell. of Putnam County; Doorkeeper, Henry R Frye, of Grant County. In the Senate, legislative work was opened by Mr. Foulke, who introduced a State civil service reform measure. It provides for the regulation and improvement of the civil service of the State of Indian* by a commission of three \ ersons to be appoint© 1 by the Gove nor (the Senate approving! from the two political parties casting the largest number of votes, who shall hold no other office, and whose actual traveling expenses stoill be paid, together with a salary of t~> per day. Their duties shall be to supervise all competitive examinations and give particular attention to the enforcement of the civil-service law. The bill also antnorizea the employment of a special examiner at $1,500 per annum and a secretary at M.ooo and expenses. Other important measures were introduced by Mr. Smith, providing that an alien upon declaring his intention to become a citizen may hold real estate; by Mr. Campbell of Hendricks to protect the bal ot-box, to procure fair elections, to prevent the purchase and sale of votes, to provide means of proving snch offenses, and attaching as a penalty disfranchisement and Incapability of holding anv office oi trust or profit thereafter; by Mr. Schioss, to authorize counties having court-houses under way to issne bonds for the completion thereof to the amount of 2 per cent of the assessed valuation of taxable*; by Mr. Brown, to elect County Superintendents by the people every four years; by Mr. WUlard, limiting the amount of taxes that may be levied by the Board of Commissioners in counties containing a voting population over 25,000 to not exceeding 3; cents on SIOO for county purposes and three cents for township purposes, but in the township containing the countvseat the tax wUI not exceed one cent on SIOO. The usual bill appropriating $125,000 to defray the expenses of the General Assembly was introduced in the House. An effort was made in the House to elect the Rev. O. H. P. Abbett, the clergyman who opened the Democratic State Convention with prayer, permanent Chaplain, but it failed. When the same thing was attempted in the Senate at the afternoon session It met with the same fate. A bill passed appropriating $125,i 00 for the expenses of the session, an increase of $25,000 over two years ago. Very little business was transacted in the Legislature on the 9th. Mr. Foulke, Republican, in the Senate, Introduced a joint res dntion Indorsing < leveland’s recent civil service reform letter, and it was referred to the Committee on Federal Relations by a strict party vote. In the lower house the chief feature of the session, preliminary to the joint convention, was the Introduction bv Representative Lindley, Republican, of Hamilton County, of a resolution favoring the placing of Gen. Grant on the retired list. Judge Gooding at once moved to lay the resolution on the table, saying there was more important business to be attended to, and the ayes and noes were called, resulting in its defeat by a party vote. Several of the Democratic members indicated that they would support snch a resolution upon the proper occasion, but they did not believe in allow ng it to mterfere with the pressing business before the House. At It o’clock the Senate was e-corted into the House of Representatives, and Gov. P orter read his message in the presence of both h ouses.

A Muddy Campaign.

From “Recollections of a Private,” in the Century, we quote the following: “No country can beat a Virginia road for mud. We struck it thick. It was knee-deep. It was verily ‘ heavy marching.’ The foot sank very insidiously into the mud, and reluctantly came out again; it had to be coaxed, and while von were persuading your reluctant left, the willing right was sinking into unknown depths; it came out of the mud like the noise of a suction-pump when the water is exhausted. “The order was given, ‘Route step’; we climbed the banks of the road in search of firm earth, but it couldn’t be found, so we went on pumping away, making about one foot in depth to two in advance. Our feet seemingly weighed twenty pounds each. We carried a number six into the unknown depths ol mud, but it came out a number twelve, elongated, yellow, and nasty; it had lost its fair proportions, and would be mistaken for anything but a foot, if not attached to a leg. It seemed impossible that we should ever be able to find our feet in their primitive condition again. Occasionally a boot or shoe would be left in the bed, and it would take an exploring expedition to find it. Oh, that disgusting, sticking mud! Wad Rider declared that if Virginia was once in the Union, she was now in the mud, A big Irish comrade, Jim O’Brien, facetiously took up the declension of mud, —mud, mudder, murder,—pulling a foot out at each variation for emphasis. Jack E. declared it would be impossible to dislodge an enemy stuck in the mud as we were.

“The army resembled, more than anything else, a congregation of flies making a pilgrimage through molasses. The boys called their feet ‘pontoons,’ ‘mudhooks,’ ‘soil-excavators,’ and other names not quite so polite. When we halted to rest by the wayside, our feet were in the way of ourselves and everybody else. ‘Keep your mudhooks out of my way,’ ‘Save your pontoons for another bridge,’ were heard on all sides, mingled with all the reckless, profane, and quaint jokes common to the army, and which are not for print. “The mud was in constant league with the enemy; an efficient ally in defensive warfare; equivalent to reenforcements of 20,000 infantry. To realize the situation, spread tar a foot deep all over your back-yard, and then try to walk through it; particularly is this experiment recommended to those citizens who were constantly crying, ‘Why doesn’t the army move?’ It took the military valor all out of a man. Any one would think, from reading the Northern newspapers, that we soldiers had macadamized roads to charge over at the enemy. It would have pleased us much to have seen those ‘On to Richmond’ fellows put over a five-mile course in the Virginia mud, loaded with a forty-pound knapsack, sixty rounds of catridge3, and haversacks filled with four days’ rations.”

An American Invention Much Wanted.

We are greatly in need of a cheap and speedy press which may be operated by a steam thrashing engine to press our grain straw into small, solid blocks to furnish fuel for this immense wheatgrowing but woodless and fuelless country. Snch a press, if practical, and cheap, and durable, would certainly be one of the greatest blessings this country could be favored with. Millions of tons of straw are now burned in the field which might be converted into valuable fuel by the use of snch a press. —Dakota Cor. Scientific American.

The busy thoroughfare of life is beset with open bridges, and disappointment is continually ringing the bell aud bringing the rushing ciowds to a standstill, while numerous craft laden with hopes beyond reach go through the draw. If you are a nearsighted party, and have ever gone to the play without your long-range glasses, it won’t take a chisel to put this idea where it ia intended to go. — Ex.

MYRA CLARK GAINES.

The Famous Litigant Has Gone to a Higher Court. A recent dispatch from New Orleans announced the (Heath, at her residence in that city, of Mrs. Myra Clark Goings, at the ripe age of 80 years. Mrs. Gaines was th* daughter of Daniel Clark, the first Representative in Congress of Louisiana, and the richest man in the State at the time of his death. Mrs. Gaines was not informed of her parentage until she was a grown worn - an. As soon as she knew this, she began her case for the recovery of her father’s property. This case is probably the most extended and complicated litigation on record. It was commenced fully half a century ago, and has been begun anew seven times, argued before the Supreme Court of the State four times, before the Supreme Court of the United States twice, and is before that body to-day. Almost every prominent lawyer from Daniel Webster and Charles O’Conor down have been employed in it, and fortunes have been expended in carrying it on. IDs. Gaines married Gen. Edmunds Pendleton Gaines, who gained such a reputation during the war of 1812, and his great fortune of $251),000 was expended in court charges and lawyers’ fees. Mrs. Gaines obtained innumerable judgments, but every cent of money she got went to the lawyerA As for the defendants in the case, all wene utterly ruined by the most protracted litigation ever known, except the city of New Orleans. Two years a<?o Mrs. Cfaines obtained judgment in the United States Court against the city for a sum exceeding $2,000,000. This case is now on appeal to the United States Supreme Court The entire litigation has cost not less than $2,500,000 in court charges and other legal expenses. Mrs. Gaines always managed her own case with great pluck and wisdom, and won her points by her extraordinary pertinacity. She often appeared before the bar herself and pleaded her cause. It is generally believed that with her death the case will fall through and some compromise be accepted by her heirs. Mrs. Gaines was a woman of high qualities, of strong intellect, and great generosity. She was an enthusiast about her case, and counted on accomplishing some great feat with the money she would get from it. We are indebted to the Chicago Times for the following interesting life sketch of this remarkable woman;

Myra Clark Gaines won a world-vide notoriety by the fight she conducted for tne past sixty years with the city of New Orleans for the title to property within that city valued at several millions of dollars. It is now eighty-four years since Daniel Clark, a handsome polished young man who lmd been for some years leading the life of an Indian trader in Mississippi, went to Philadelphia to spend ihe winter. Clark was a gay fellow, and he took in all the pleasures of the then metropolis of America. In his rounds he met a French beauty, and fell in love with her. This woman’s name was Znlime Carrier, who, at the time Clark met her was living with a Frenchman named La Grange. Whether she was married to La Grange or not was one of the Soints in question in the litigation for the ew Orleans properly. The defendants claimed she was his legal wife. At any rate, when Clark met her in 1805 she left In Grange and went to live with Clark. The Supreme Court of the United States has declared that she was privately married fk> Clark, and that she was merely La Grange’s mistress. In 1806 Myra Clark was born. She was the only child Znlime Carrier had by Daniel Clark. At this time Clark seat Znlime to New Orleans and acted as a bachelor. He engaged himself in marriage and formed other connections, producing ether offspring. He denied the fact that he had married Znlime, and when she came back and pushed the cose in the Philadelphia courts she was unable to succeed. She finally took up with a Dr. Gardette an,d lived with him until he died. But while Clark would have nothing to do with the mother, he took good care of the child. Myra Clark was well educated by him, and was treated by him as a daughter. He went again into Indian trading at New Orleans, and amassed an immense fortune. In 1813 he died, and a will was produced showing that all of his property was left to his mother and the city of New Orleans. Myra Clark, then only 7 years old, was apparently penniless, and the executors took charge of the estate. When Myra grew to the age of 20 she married a Mr. Whitney, and then she began to contest the will. She claimed she was the only legi imate daughter of Daniel Clark, and that his properly wa» hers. Tho claim was at once hotly contested, and Mr. Whitney died before to was tried. The widow continued to prosecute the suit Shortly afterward she married Gen, Gaines, and he entered into the case as warmly as herself. The case was tried at New Orleans. It was lost. It was carried to the Court at Washington. It was again lost. In 1852 it seemed a hopeless fight, and at thjs time Gen. Caines died. But Myra Clark Gaines was not discouraged, and shortly after this time she discovered a will executed by her father certifying that Myra was bis only child, and creating her his sole heir. Upon this will she again went befora the courts in New Orleans. She again lost’ She again appealed to the Supreme Court at Washington, and here, in 1861, she obtained a judgment confirming this will and giving her the whole property left her by her father and the rents thereof for the past thirty years. Then the war broke out, and justice was again delayed. In 1883 the Uniteij States Supreme Court again affirmed her right to the property claimed by her, and ordered the city of New Orleans to levy a tax of $2,000,000 to satisfy the judgment in her favor; but the City Council by one means and another evaded the order, dud Mrs. Gaines never came into possession of her property.

The Industrial Outlook.

[Sprincrfleld (Maes.) ilispatoh.i Mills starting np all around. A large dealer in wool and cotton who has been around among manufacturers in this and adjoining States says that he finds the stocks of goods well cleaned up, and a very hopeful feeling prevailing. Manufacturers regard prioes for raw material as at the bottom, and see no reason why a good year for business should not be enjoyed. Many aro laying in large stocks of cotton and wool at present prioes. New England seems to bo exceptionally well situated. The proportion of idle laborers is less in this section than in some others, according to the returns mode to Bradalreets Weekly. There will be a considerable resumption of labor fin the next month in (his section wherever it has been suspended.

Mrs. Georgr Bancroft is said to wield the needle as ably as her husband does the pen, and her house is profusely adorned with embroidery of all sorts, the work of her hands. The memory of Martin Behaim, the navigator, will be honored in Nuremberg by the erection of a fine marble monument, modeled by Professor Roessner. Mrs. Chief Justice Waite frankly tells, callers that they must not expect her to return their visits. American railroads use more than 10,000,000 iron oar wheels.