Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1889 — ANDREW JACKSON. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ANDREW JACKSON.

Not long'since Dudley announced that he was loaded with dynamite. It seems to had the effect to cause Judge Woods to vitally change his instructions to thegrand jury It would not do to have Dudley mitigate his criue by implicating Harrison et al. We were not of those who believed that Judge Woods would permit Dudley to be brought to trial, notwithstanding h . first inst uctions tended to foster that belief. He did not exhibit that him in tli trials of Coy and Bernlieimer. He did not lecture the giand jury for lie slow progress made in finding an indictm nt. liis supplemental instructions reverses the the first, and relieves tlie grand jery from further labor in Dudley’s case. - Referring to J udge Woods’ supplemental instructions, ex-senator McDonald says: This, in his opinion, bears evidence of a prearranged plan between Dudley’s influential friends and the presiding judge, and was concocted and so decreed for the .'•xpress purpose of releiving Dudley from probable prosecution in the future. “The idea,” said Senator McDonald, “is absolute y preposterous. It is contrary to good law and in direct opposition, I be lieve, to the statutes of the United States. A circumstance like this,” continned the senator, “may be cited as a parallel case: Suppose that Mr. Dudley had given a man money with which to go on election day and purchas ■>> votes boldly and outright, and instruct the persons to whom he gave the money to corrupt the ballot if he could, but when the persons receiving the money went upon the streets he refused or failed to obey the instructions given him by Mr. Dudley. This, according to Jndge Woods’ ruling, would make Dudley an honest man, simply because his instructions to do a dishonest act were not complied with and not carried into execution. While it may be true that the Dudley letter was not obeyed, it is, nevertheless, a fact that Dudley gave th * in tractions, which every lawyer iu the United States knows were acts of dishonesty, with the express purpose of corrupting the ballot at the expense of the honest voters.”

The corresphndent of the Indianapolis Sentinel adds: “Judge \Noods may be able to make an honest man out of Dudley by his ruling, but that will apply only so far as this bars the court from presecuting him. Senator McDonald was emphatic in stating that Judga Woods’ opinion was in direct opposition and at right angles with every provision of the United States statutes upon the subject, and, as abov? state' 7 , he made it, he believed, because he had been requested by the managers of the republican party to prevent, if possible, Mr Dudley from being arraigned before the bir of the court and prosecuted for a crime of which the pub ic at large already believed him guilty.” The grand jury was discharged this afternof n. Twenty-one indictme its were returned in a batch. Two indictments for gambl ng were presented the eirly part of the term, tbe parties plead guilty •ad were fined.

Wb cop▼ tW following notice of nbo death of Mother Crockett from tire Springfield, Nebraska, Monitor: Died, yesterday morning, at the residence of her son W. wTCrockett, M; s. Caroline Crockett, aged years. Short funeral eervtc-s « jheld last night and the remains were take»tb-day to Rensselaer, Indiana, for interment — Mrs. Crockett arrived here from her home in Indiana, severaf weeks ago on a visit to her son Will Crockett, and her daughter, Mrs. jFred Beishhng. About a week ago she was taken suddenly ill with pneumonia, which with a chronic complaint from which she had be«n suffering for many years, resulted in her death. This was her fourth visit to this s v ate and Bhe made many acquaintances during her short sojourns with us. She was a most pleasant and agreeable old lady, and enjoyed the richest of Christian experiences. in her dving moments she could be heard repenting oassage after passage of scripture and conversing with her divine Creator. She leaves five children to mourn her loss, two of whom, William Crockett a d Mrs. Fred Rishling, are residents here, Chas. Crockett, of Olathe, Ivans., and Tiiouia Crockett and Mrs. H. W. " ood, of liens telaer, Indiana. Mbs. Mary E. widow of John G. Culp, lute dec’d, after a protracted illness died at her home, in Rensselaer, on Saturday last, January 12th, 1889, aged about 55 years. Mrs. Culp was a sister of JasT. and Nelson Randle, and had beeu a resident of Jasper county since 1835. Rev. B. F. Ferguson conducted the funeral services in Barkley church, last Sunday, and the remains were interred in the Randle Cemetery.

Peterson’s Magazine for February ib fully equal to tho high standard set by its J anuary number. “Tbe T-ast Day at Home” is a beautiful steel-engraving. The two full-page wood-illustrations, “Cupid Toboggannmg” and “The Mill Ford,” are both excellent.— The large fashion-plate and the endless needleowork designs are perfect in their way, and the literary oontents are admirable. Edgar Fawcett’s serial, “The Murder in Lafayette Place,” is one of the most intense and dramatic pieces of work we have ever seen from bis pen; and the other novelet, by the author of “A Second Life,” continues worthy of it° brilliant commencement. The short stories are all capital, an i their variety is exceedingly noticeable.— The department “Things Worth Knowing,” which was started last year, has become a feature of great interest. This month, Harriet Latham has an articb called “Hints About the Guest-Chamber,” which every housekeeper who lizes pretty things and has only limited means at her command will find invaluable A year’s subscription wid well repay any lady. Terms: Two Dollars a year, with great reductions when taken m clubs. Address Peterson’s Magazine, 306 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa The best Sewing Machine in the market is the Eldredge. Call at the residence of Mrs. J. W. McEwen, Agent, Rensselaer, Ini

Two Anecdotes ot the Old General True to Life. [Nashville American.] An anecdote illustrating the character of Andrew J ackson sho’d be preserved, and there are many that have uever gone into print. The writer can give two / hat will strike all who know Gen. Jackson's real character as being true to life. An old citizen of this city who died only a few years ago, as he stated, was in Kentucky in 1828 when Gen. J ackson was a candidate ft r president, and Gen. Jackson, in traveling, stop j ed |at the town where h«_ lived. The canvass was at fever heat; everybody was warm.on one side or the other.— An eceentrie Clay man took especial pains in the most emphatic manner to show his hostility to Gen. Jackson. Finally, coming close up to the general, he, with great emphasis, said: “Yes, sir, I want you to understand that I am not going to vote for you.”

Gen. Jaekson, rising up and l<»king h.m full ju the eye, said: “Sir, I have given much of my lift) to my country, and it wae tiUt you might have this privilege J* - The other incident in tils' gmertds kfe was given to the writer by Capt. Bell, who died recently at Knoxville at an advaneed age. His fttther. as is known? in East Tennessee, was a man of prominence, and a friend of Gen. Jackson: He kept a hotel on tbe main j road leading through "East Ten- j nessee, and which was the road I Gen. Jackson traveled to Washington. And Gen • Jneksou always stopped, as Capt. Bell related, with his father.

When bo was elected president the first time, he traveled from Nashville in his private carriage, and before reaching Bell’s tavern he sent forward i servant to tell Mrs. Bell to have dinner ready for him and his companions Driving up to the gate, Capt. Bell, who was then a young man, went out with his father to receive the distinguishec travelers. As the general got out of the carriage and shook hands with his old friend.he discovered walking backward and forward on the porch, a North Carolina gentlema , who-e name the writer cannot call, bnt he was at the time a man of great prominence, and between whom nd Gen. Jackson there was the most deadly hatred, growing out of indignities offered the general while a candidate, and which had come nigh leading to a duel. This gentleman had stopped and was waiting for dinner, aad th, meeting was accidental. Gen. Jackson recognized him at once. He took in the situation. — The deep enmity existed* but he had been elected President of the United States, and turning to Mr. Bell he said: “Please tell Mrs. Bell we are under many obligations to her, but we will not stay for dinner.” Saying which, ho shook hands, got into the carriage and drov on. Capt. Bell told the writer tha his father knew all the circumstance?, and there was no explanation necessary. The surest evidence of the efficiency of Mr. and Mrs. Brown as instructors in Art i& the continual increase in the number of pupils.