Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1887 — Page 8

BARGAIN IN MUSIC. This favorite Album of Songs and Ballads, contai mg M 2 pieces of-cholce and popular music, fa.l sheet music size, with complete words and music and piano accompaniment is finely printed upon heavy paper with a very attractive cover. The following are the ti les of the so gs and ballads cortalned in the Favorite Album: As I’d Nothing Else to D); The Dear Old Songs of Home; Mother. Wa s ch tne Little Feet; Oh, You Pret'y BlueEyed Witch; Blue Eyes; Katy’ Le « ter; The Passing Bell; I Saw Esau Kissing Kate; Won’t You fell Me Why, Bobbin; The Old Garden Gate. Djwd Below the Waving |Lindens; Faded Leaves; All Among the Sum mer Roses; Touch the Harp Gently, My Pro’ty Louise; I Eerily Don’t Think I Shall Marry; Dreaming of Hom ; The Old Cottage Clock; Across the Sea; A Year Ago; Bachelor’s Hall; Ruth and I; Good Night; One Happy Year A o; Jenny in the Orchard; The Old Barn Gate; Sack’s Farewell; Polly; Whisper in the Twilight. This is a very fine collection of teal vocal gems and gotten up in very handsome style. Published in the usual wav and bought at a music store these 32 pieces would cost you $11.20. We bou-iht a job lot A this mas c at great sacrifice and as the holidays are past, we desire to close out our stock at once. Will send you the entire collection well wrapped and postpaid for only 40 cents Send immediately. Atld ress THE EMPIRE NEWS CO., 1106w13 Syracuse, N. Y,

A PERIOD OF TERROR.

[From Ist page—concluded.]

ourselves to do all in our power to drive him from the lumber market of Chicago.” Only one man, S. B. Gardiner, opposed this boycott. It is related by Garrick that not long after this he procured a heavy contract for the supply of ties for a railway company, and that then it was a common thing for the chaps who had boycotted him to come to hinj and beg him to give them a cargo of ties for shipment. It may be added that since the period of the meeting each of the members had apologized to Garrick for his action in the matter. Democrats were assaulted on the streets without any provocation, and the acts were excused by public opinion on the ground that they were the punishment of treason. The editor of the Times, in coming one day out of the Sherman House, was struc down to the sidewalk by a Republican ruffian, named “Horse-Eddy,” without a single wor I being uttered save a blasphemous curse by the “loyal” thug as he launched his fist. All this persecution, which, by the way, was exclusively the work of the stay-at-home patriots, extended, as said, into business, private life, social relati ms, and more especially into politics. It was at this point that the Order of the American Knights was instituted. It was for the protection of its members at the polls and in the enjoyment of their political rights as citizens and voters. To this end citizens organized. They ha'gto do something to dam the waves of fanaticism which threatened to overwhelm everything Democratic. They had the entire right to do this, and they had the further right to purchase and store arms, with whose aid the ’ proposed to defend their rights. It was a period when the righteous laws of self-defense demanded that these men should be ready ta resist to the death the outrages to which they were subjec ed. Thus, one element in the alleged conspiracy, so far as the oath-bound order of American Knights is concerned, may be regarded as eliminated.

A little investigation into the character of the men who composed the alleged conspiracy may afford some light as to its real character. One of the prominent men was Buckner S. Morris, than whom no more honorable man or citizen ever had existence. This fact is not denied even by the fanatics who were engaged in persecuting all who differed from them in their views of the conduct of the war. Insurrection, bloodshed, the horrors of an internecine contest were as repellant to the gentle nature of Mr. Morris as woul .i »e the taste of carrion to a dove. He was sensitive, benignant, charitable, / and, supported by his excellent wife, occupied himself in efforts to relieve *he condition of the Co federate prisoners in Camp Douglas. At this point it may be said that this generation is not fully n?r correctly informed as to the treatment which was extended to the prisoners held in this city. It is generally believed that it was ' u Thane, phristianlike and beyon 1 re.

proach. Such was its superficial appearance; at the bottom there is reason for beli-ving that outrages and iniquities prevailed that were fully as infamous as those charged to the account of Andersonville. The death-, ate among the prisoners was enormous, far larger, in fact, than in the worst prison pens in the South. Extortion without limit vas practiced on the prisoners, on »form of it being the charging of 2s cents for a postal-stamp, and other prices in proportion. Said a well-known and entirely reliable citizen: “I had the handling of a great deal of money collected for the benefit of the Confederate prisoners, and I have since learned from conversation with many of them that at least 50 per cent, of the amount sent them by me was stolen!” Another citizen wao spent some time in traveling in the South sin e the war, and who saw and conversed with many exConfederates who were confined in Camp Douglas, asserts that th 21 narrations of many of these men were horrifying in the extreme, and that Wirtz, the tool of the Confederate authorities,was in no sense worse than some of the officials who controlled the Chicago pen. — It was to alleviate the hardships endured by these people that Judge Morris gave much of his time. It was this sympathy with suffering of “rebel” prisoners that drew on him the suspicion of the “loyal” stay-at-homes in Chicago and led to an attempt to inculnate him in a conspiracy. Many people when they hear mentioned the name of Charles AValsh, the indicted conspirator, immediately create in their minis a fierce, truculant Irishman, with the appearance of a brigand and the bloody tendencies of a pirate. He was known as “Brigadier-Gen-eral Walsh, commander of the Sons of Liberty,” and the conspirtor whose outhouses were filled witn muskets and pistols, and whose family occupied its time in making cartridges. Such, at leas!, was the testimony of detectives who ppeared on this trial.

Let us glance, for a moment, at this formidable cabalist, traitor, conspirator, and criminal. At that time he was a man of about forty years of age, with a mild blue eye, light complexion, and a gentle expression. He was a man of a warm, sympathetic nature, hating wrong of all kinds, affable in his neighborly relations, unflinching in his friendships, and an honorable business man. Is this the kind of material of which conspirators, plotting unholy insurrec-ions, are made ?

Mr. Walsh owned and occupied a capacious and pleasant home in the southern part of the city, not far from th s camp containing the Confederate prisoners. He had a family of seven children, of whom two were chronic invalids. Now, is it very probable that, occupying such a locality, and with a family of young children, he would deliberately plot an encounter which would necessarily bring tne waves of battle directly over his hearthstone? Only a fool or a blind fanatic would assert or believe any such improbable charge. Professor Rodney Welch was, at the time of the alleged conspiracy, the principal of a public school in the immediate vicinity of the Walsh residence. He was a familiar and .i.requent visitor, and h surely would have seen some or the cartridge-making and the other warlike preparations alleged to have been in progress, had there been any such t mg in existence. He states that he was in the habit of visiting the family frequently and at different hours, calling when desire prompted and opportunity offered, and yet he never saw anv indications unlike fiiose presented in the average household. In fine, there is every reasonable probability that Charles Walsh vas no conspirator; that the arms which he accumulated were in part those belonging to a disbanded military company which he once commanded, and in part those which weie purchased by the American Knights to protect themselves in thei • political rights in Chicago. lhe real facts m the cases of the alleged conspiracies in Chicago, in the au.uuin of 1864, have never been g yen to the put lie. Fur years after the pretended occurrence the person who dared even to hint that Walsh, Morris and the others wer not vile conspirators and traitors, and deservi g of death, was liable to be mobbed.— Tne time has not yet come when the passions of the “loyal” masses .a this viciui.y have

cooled to permit a complete, unbi" ased investigation of the occurrences of that period. When that time shall come it will possibly be found that there was a conspiracy, b t not among the men nor for the purpose heretofore charged. It may be elicited that the conspiracy was one to influence popular sentiment; to create feeling against Dem crats, and thus encompass the defeat of McClellan. It is not in the least msstating the logic of the situation to assert that on the surface the conspiracy was the result of federal machinations, into which a few Confederates and some extreme Democrats were inveigled, the intentionbeing to explode the. cheme so as to influence the November presidential elections. Were John AVentworth to tell all he knowsaoncerning this conspiracy, which was “exposed” two days before the national election, he would probably say that he was pi ivy to it, and was a prime mover in giving it shape and in bringing it to its consummatior. It is not doubted in the least by many that the strange people who came into the city, and whose appearance, skillfully worked up by the Republican newspapers, created intense alarm, were imported here by that long-headed as well as long-

THE WiilGHT' U n deetaking® Furniture IP. WRIGHT, ~ NEW! ALL NEW!! ■ I would respectfully announce to the people of Jasper County that I have made arrangements to sell EMPIRE BINDERS . And will keep extras on hand at all-times for the machines.— [ am also prepared to do REPAIRING. in the best and most workmanlike madner, and at the lowest possible rates. WAGONS AND B UGGES repaired, and all other work usually done in that line. NEW WAGONS AND BUGGIES ade to order, and of the best material and workmanship. fiSF’Sliop on Front Street, South of Citizens’ Bank,_|gJ „ , zn , RH. YEOMAN", Rensselaer, Ind., May-21, 1886

~ ''' *1 W'SWra 1 *• “’‘‘"Mi Y'W ■ ■ ■ z-.- ■■ ■■. VICKLS FLORATz. OUIT>E FOR 18S7 Now irndt, ront.nlns 2 Colored Dates, hundreds of Ulnotrntions, and nenrlv 200 pages—32 pertaining to Garden, I ,,ow *' r . ( : ; ult»re. and over 150 containing an blls grown, with directions how to grow them, where the l-est C*CmO DI AUTO Akin NIIOO «an be procured, with prices of each. This book mailed fee OCUUVI rLAN Ida ANU PULfid an receipt of lie cents, and the 10 cents may be deducted from the first order sent us. Fve’v one interested in a • irden, or who desires good, fresh seeds, should have this work. We refer to the millions of persona who havt ►silted oar Betas. BUY ON LY VICK’S SEEDS AT HEADQUARTERS. JAMES VICE, SEEDSMAN, Rochester, N. T.

legged politician. He had more to do with creating apprehension than ail the rebels from Canada, and beyond question, should the truth ever prevai l in this matter, it will be fixed in history that he and his political conferee were the real originators of the cons firacies of 1864.

Send 10 cents postage and we wi. Mpl moil yon free a royal, valuable I sample bex of goods that will pat yon in the way of making mom money at orce than anything else iu _. msriea Both sexee of al ages can live at heme and work tn spate-time, or all the time. Capital not re en’red. W»-w s ’? start ym . Immerse pay snre >• wee julc a; anoe * Ge-,

U E. QU IVEY, _ DEJXTTTST, ' Special attention given to the preservation ot the natural teeln. Artificial teeth inserted fro® one to an entire set. All work wamantid. _ E¥?"Office over Warners’ Hardware Store, Nov. 27,1885. Remssklash, .»» John Makeever Jay Williams, Pres.dent • Cashie FARMERS BANK, S3T"Oppos iti Public Square RENSSELAER, - - - INDIAN/ Rvce.ve Deposits Buy and Soil Exchaxg Collections made and promntly remitted. Money Loaned. Do a general Banging Business, A igusll7,lßß3.

A aptaii’i Fortunate Discovery Capt. Oolfm c, sebr. Weymouth, plying between Atlantic City and N. Y.. had been troubled with a cough so ”’«t h “ was unable to sleap, and was in<A„-d .rv Dr: King's New Discovery for Consumption. It not only gave him iasiaat relief, but allayed the ea< reais soreneae in bis bretat BW children were aimitarly affectad tend a mmhm done had the same hap y effect. Dr. King’s New Dlscevpry ia now the standard remedy in the Coleman household andon board the eehooaer. Free Ttlal Bettles of this Standard Ewaedy at F. B. Mover’s Drug Store. 4

THE NEW RENSSELAER, IND. JL’ S . OPBNED. New and finely furnished.— Cool and pleasant rooms. Table furnished with the beet the market affords. Good Sample Rooms on first Moor. Paee Bus to and frat Depot. PHILIP BLUE, Proprietor. Rensselaer. May 11.1888 ts. IRA W. YEOMAN, Attorney at Law, NOTARY PCISLIC, Real Estate ad Collsctim Agent. •Vill practice in all the Oeurts of NewtoaJ Bee ten and Jasper onnnita. Ofeicb:—Up-stairs, over Murray’s Trug Store, Goodland. Indiana. LEAR HOUSE, J. H. LEAR, Proprietor, Opposite Court House, Aionticello, Ind Has recently been new furnished through out. The rooms nrelarjjeand airy.tho lose tion central, making it the most eonvoaien and desirable house intown. Trp it PION JtCJEJR CmeatTmarketi : Rensselaer, * Ind., J. J. Eiglesbach, PbOPRIE-QI BEmKF, Pork, V ea. Mutton, Sausage, Bologna, etc., sold in quantig ties to suit purchasers at the lowest prices. None but the best stock slaughtered. Everydody is invited to call. The Highest Price Paid bob Goon t Cattle. NOTEGEYTOYaREEDERS! r- If ..... fa .j.. r J;,. <. ... V ■ ■ The Imported English d aft and Norman horses, property of D. C. Bond, will make the Spring season of 1887, at my stable adjoining the Halloran livery barn in Rensselaer, Ind -TERMS(English draft) and jjEHEML RUSH? (Norman) sls to insure mare with foal S2O for standing colt. RAPfr-O’dbNNELL? (Abdajlah) ‘ $15.00 to insure mare with foal $2 .00 for standing colt. (Tlie celebrated roadster) FRANK GOODRICH: Insurance $lO. Insurance duo first of January, 1888. Persons failing to return mares as directed, or parting with them, (or leave the neighborhood) before known to be with foal, forfeit the insurance. All possible care taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible for any that may occur Pedigrees of above horses may be seen Imy office. Call and examine the above stock, and you will be convinced that this is the best collection of draft stallions in the county. D. C. BOND, Owner. A. Pagett,. Keeper.