Daily Wabash Express, Volume 20, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 13 April 1871 — Page 1

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A Stupid Bitinder.

Perhaps the most injudicious thing that the local Democratic organ,, haa blundered into for a long time id the piteous wail that it utters over the appointment of a colored man as Weighmaster in charge of one of the public scale* ef the cily,of Evanaville. Jj

This deplorable shortsightedness on the part of the Journal gives us an opportuni. ty to worry it and its party with some facts in relation to the Democracy and the negro as connected with the recent election in Evansville:

J. It a notorious fact that the Democracy of that riiy almost got on theiirknees in abject beggary for the negro vote. 7H, 2. Under the immediate personal supervision of leading Democrats in Evansville, a Negro Democratic Club, was formed and fond hopes were expressed that the Democracy would be able to Cjntrol a considerable portion of the jlored vote. 3. Prominent Democrats in Evansville contributed liberal sums of money which they put into the hands of colored men to influence voles. 4. The Evansville Courier, the Democratic organ of the First District, conspicuously published calls for meetings of the Colored Democratic Club, and reported the proceedings thereof.

All these are well-established facts, and the Journal will hardly venture to put in a denial.

And as it was in Evansville, so has it been in every other place where the Democracy have felt the need of votes and have deemed it possible, by any de greeof humiliation, to induce the meanest negro to disgrace himself by voting with and for his enemies.

In Connecticut all the cajolery the alirewd leadeis of the party were capable of was lavished upon the new voters. Prominent Democrats took to renting pews in the churches of the colored people, to addressing colored meetings, and to other overtures of the same kind.

In Cleveland, Ohio, the Democrats went so far as to nominate a colored man for Assessor, but all to no purpose. The election, according to a local paper, resulted in the greatest slaughter of the Democracy that has ever been witnessed in Cleveland, and in the ignominous defeat of their colored candidate.

With this array of facts staring it in the face, the Journal will curse the blind fully which led it to invite such an exposure by its low appeal to laboring white uien as opposed to the negro.

A "WASHINGTON SPECIAL says that Senator SHERMAN, Chairman of the Finance Committee, believes that with a proper disposition to economize, the ordinary expenditures of the government, exclusive of interest and of provision for the sinking fund and pensions, can be brought down to one hundred millions. If funding goes on as successfully as is now anticipated, he thinks the interest will be reduced to one hundred and ten millions, the sinking fund to twenty-five millions and pensions thirty millions, making the entire expenditure two hundred and oeventy millions. It is believed that the committee will recommend raising nearly the whole of internal revenue trom whisky and tobacco and a low income tax. T:. c-

THE great English Opera Combination gave us, unquestionably, the best musical entertainment ever offered in this city, and but lor two or three unfavorable cir cutnstances, well understood by our citizens, the Hall would have been crowded. Their reappearance here, in a few days, will be hailed with delight, and there is no doubt they will have such an audience as will severely test the capacity of our magnificent dramatic temple. We have no hesitancy in commending this troupe as the best ever seen in English Opera 011 this side of the Atlantic, and the best-intormed musical critics will fully endorse our commendation.

A GENUINE Democratic office-seeker will writhe and wriggle along on his beliy through any amount of filth, for any number of miles, to beg, buy or steal the vote of some negro ?o "low-down" that his respectable colored associates have cast bim off. And yet, in view of this well known and characteristic fact the Terre Haute JournaJ sets up a piteous howl, insultingly aimed at intelligent laboring white men, because a prominent and respected colored citizen of Evansville has been appointed to weigh coal, corn, hay, wheat &c on the city scales.

THE New York World, the Louisville Courier-Journal and other Democratic organs of the anti-Bonrbon claw, regard the question of negro suffrage as a "dead issue," forever settled by the Fifteenth amendment. The Terre Haute Jottrnal takes the Bourbon shute, and stands on a rickety platform constructed from the stinking remains of the resolutions that HUGHES rushed through the Senate, and Speaker MACK, and other Democrats, smothered in the House.

THE ludicrous absurdity of the Journal's whining appeal to the laboring men .of the city to vote the Democratic ticket \has rarely been surpassed. There is now ttlie strongest probability that the ticket will be composed almost entirely of men who, as Mr. JosncA B. OTEY said, on a public occasion, when speaking of one of them, "never did an honest day's labor in the world."

0'CE MORE, and very earnestly, we ask, WILL the County Commissioners explain the allowance of $161 for stimulants and other items furnished the pau per boarded by CHARLES YOUNG? The people do reallv want to know who fixed up the revised bill, and attached thereto a certificate dated a month earlier?

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THE telegraph reports a very destructive conflagration at Grand Rapids, Michigan.

THE North Indiana Methodist Episcopal Conference is in session at Huntington. r*wh

TEE number of House bills reaches' nearly four hundred, but the chances arc that few if any mor« will be passed.

WII.L the County Commissioners let an anxious public know who got that portion of the $161 of the "stimulants" bill that CHARLES YOUNG didn't get?

IION. ROBERT GLASS, prominent citizen of Henderson, Kentucky, and for several years a member of the Legislature of that State, was found dead in hi» bed on Tuesday morning.

A SENSATION was created at JOHN ROBINSON'S circus and managerie, in Indianapolis on Tuesday afternoon, by the escape of a leopard from its cage. There was great excitement in the canvas, but the animal was secured after an hour's chase and safely recaged.

AT Fort Wayne, on Monday night, a traveling agent for the firm of STEINAU & Co., jewellers of Cincinnati, named WM. SIMON, was robbed of about one thousand dollars' worth of sample stock, which he had in his room and which was stolen while he was out a few minutes.

THE laboring men, about whose votes the Journal is distressfully alarmed, will have a fine opportunity to see which party is the real friend of the workingman when the Democratic ticket is put in the field. Meantime, compare their candi« dates with the Republican nominees. Take them by couples, commencing with COOKERLY and TJIOMAS, and go through the list.

READ this nice little illustration of Democratic consistency, which we clip

from the Evansville Journal: We were a littlesurprised, yesterday, to learn that the petition asking for the removal of Alfred Carter as Weighmaster, and the appointment of a white man in his place, is in the hand writing of the gentleman who insisted most strenuously that Frederick Douglas should partake of his hospitality, while visiting our city, and enjoy the society of his family. Really we can't see what has occasioned his change of opinion since Mr. Douglass' visit, unless it be the fact that the colored men of Evansville very generally voted the Republican ticket.

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RAILROAD TAX I.AW.F

INDIANAPOLIS, April 12.—The Supreme Court of Indiana to-day rendered a decision sustaining the constitutionality of the railroad tax law, which had been decided unconstitutional by the Tip pecanoe county court.

GRAND RAFIDS. ....- .v"' FIRE. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, April 12.—A fire last night burned Wilkins & Bros.' planing and turning shop Winchester & Co., fui niture, A. B. Jtidd, coffin manufactory, Seitelt & Bro's machine shop, Pierce & Briggs, dry goods, D. S. llerrborg, clothing, J- Cornell's grocery, John Cantfield, wholesale grocer, J. P. Creuque, furniture, H. Smith, furniture, E. B. & J. Cott, druggists,J. II. Martin, grocery, Rice, Picture frame, Derinney, stencil cutter, Spalding & Bonnell, turning shop, C. C. Comstock, saw mill, Levi Clark Ball, brush factory, Cox, tile works, Clark & Co., pumps, Bissel & Son, gypsum ornaments, Treadwell, joiner shop, Daniel Smith & Son, joiner shop, Matthews, harness shop. Buildings owned by N.L Arey,

N. Pierce,

J.Cantfield,

W» D. Roberts,

J. H. Mardu, C. O. Budington, C. C. Comstock, A. P. Colter, J. Rowland, A.Courtwright and W. A. Berky. From some stores nearly all the goods were saved, while others losi a large proportion. Loss estimated from $250,000 to ?300,000. Insurance about $100,000.

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A FIGHT BETWEEN MEXICANS AND U. 8. TROOPS. GALVESTON, TEXAS, April 12.—A special dispatch from Austin, Texas, to the News says, Keard & Miller's wagon train, loaded with bacon, from Chihuahua, for Fort Bacon, was attacked near the boundary, by a band of Indians, and Keard's wife and fi»-e other Americans were killed Chihuahua frontier troops pursued the Indians across the boundary into the United States, and killed and captured eighty Indians. United States troops at Fort Goodwin, went to protect the Indians, and came in collision with Mexicans. A fight ensued in which the commanding officer at Fort Goodwin and forty American soldiers were killed. The Mexican soldiers numbered 200.

AUSTRIA.

DISPATCH FROM PRESIDENT GRANT, VIENNA, April. 12.—Mr. Jay, Minister of the United States, has received by cable a dispatch from President Grant, expressing deep regret at the painful loss to Austria by the death of Admiral Tegethoff.

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BERLIN, April 12:—The 3fficial jour nal of to-day says, Germany will only interfere in the domestic affairs of France when it shall become necessary for the collection of mon^ dtie herself.

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BUFFALO, April 12.—Theiown ofWalcott, N. Y., was almost entirely destroyed by fire last night. No particulars have been received.

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Fighting Around Paris all Day Yesterday.

Heavy Losses to the Commune.

Furious Firing from the Forts.

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The eld Foreman mill, on the Wild Cat, owned by Barney Kearkoff, was de Btroyed by fire at 1 o'clock this morning. A large amount of wheat and flour was consumed. The fire is supposed to hiv¥ been the work of an incendiary. We understand that the mill was insured for $8,000.—Lafayette Courier, llih.

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Great Fires in Newbern, North Carolina, and Grand Rapids, Michigan.

ENGLAND.

REPORT.

LONDON, April 12-5 A. M.—The Times' Paris special says, the report was widely spread last night that Montrangue has been taken.

A GRAND MOVEMENT EXPECTED.

A great offensive movement by Versailles troops was expected to take place on Wednesday.

TNE ASSEMBLY.

The Assembly adopted a resolution expressing regret that it was not enabled to assist at the funerals of the killed by the insurgents. „.

FRENCH PBISDNERS.

LONDON, ApriPl2.—The Echo of Cologne says the French prisoners are leaving Germany for home at the rate of one thousand per day. The Echo adds: "only those who are known to be favorable to the Versailles government are allowed to depart."

FRENCH NEWS.

LONDON, April 12.—A special from Versailles to the Daily News says Satory Camp has been raised and troops will march to Paris.

The Prussians have established a battery at St. Denis, the guns of which point towards Paris.

The Cure of the Church of Madeline is reported to have been assassinated by a Parisian mob.

A special dispatch from Paris to the London Telegraph says the Church of Notre Dame De Lorelie ha3 been pil Jaged.

Arrests are increasing. A dispatch from Paris says report from Gen. Dorabrowski asserts that the result of Versaillist reconnaissance at Asnieres has l£ep greatly!exaggerated. if

Severe measures are to be adopted against refractory Nationals. The rumor of the death of Vermorel, distinguished Journalist is contradicted.

Several companies of the Commune Guard are encamped at Asnieres the rest of the insurgent forces are in the trenches.

FRANCE.

A CONFLICT.

PARIS, April 11. -Yesterday a Sergeant in the National Guards, wounded a Prussian at St. Denis, a conflict ensued between the French and Prussians, and some members of the Commune soon made their appearance with a flag of truce, but the Prussians declined to recognize it. The disturbance, however, soon ceased.

THE CANNONADE

before Paris has recommenced, and many shells are falling about Ponte Maiilet and in Champs Elysees.

CONCILIATION NOT POPULAR. Placards counselling conciliatory measures towards the'Versailles Government have been destroyed.

THE WOMEN

of Paris have been invited to form military organization for the defcnce of ^he city.

ST. MONTROGUE

was attacked by the army of Versailles at ten o'clock this afternoon, and violent cannonade and rifle fire,ir:yet in progress.

TKIAL OF INSURGENTS.

VERSAILLES. 4pril Y.,—The, trial.of the leaders of insurrection which recentl\ oc curred in this city was oonfimenced to-day, and the case- of M. M. Pel"-- iere and Cremieuxwill.be djciiit'ii o.t ihuoday. Frugality prevails.

ItoTHriferO^MPOftTkKCi.* VERSAILLES, April 12.—The cannonading about Paris is less frequent to day, and nothing of importance has_ transpired

UNINTERRUPTED CANNONADING. PARIS, April 12, via London, 10 P. M. —A loud and uninterrupted cannonade has bfc#ivkept ty finde,4ast evening, betw&nthatillon aftd

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lnlantry are also engaged and the noise of mitrailleuses and musketry has been incessant since 5 o'clock this morning. Cannonading around Neuilly, Ponte Maillot and Ponte Orleanes has been continued and is as violent as that on the South.

A BATTLE.

Fighting is now going on in Bois De Boulogne and at Asnieres. The Commune are furnishing reinforcements to the troops engaged. The wounded are coming in in large numbers and the losses are heavy. I

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The official reports of the Commune claim that the Versailles forces were re^.pulsed on Tuesday evening, in an attack on the Southern forts and that their loss was heavy, while that of the Communists was very light. The Commune believe that the attack was intended to make an attempt to carrv the Maillot gate

"VTfryu tVuW A rumor comes from the vanguard quarter in the southern part of the city that the Communists have lost the Park of Issy, wheie they were entrenched, and thifthe»jGominkqdai$ T'pct'DTjjj^ has been shorby his own tnetf.

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Napoleon is ill at Chiseliorsjt *nd has been confined to his room several days.

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CONOBESSIOITAli

S'f^lsiHIHGTON, April 12.

Mr. Brooks, of N. Y., presented a pe-

tition from the N. Y. Chamber of Comor repeal of the income tax. "ferker, of Mo., introduced a bill authorizing construction of abridge across 'ithe Missouri river at or near St. Joseph.

Referred. Messrs. Strong and Starkweather, memrbea *lect from MAildi, sheared 4W took the oath as members.

Mr. Leonard Myers introduced a bill supplementary to the act to prohibit the coolie trade, which was referred: also a biH to p^vide for ^justi^nfc «gsfaction of^repen /Spallation claims jocym to the 3ist of July) l30l.

The House then resumed co sideraion o(tUe^nate:ainepdments to £he^iieficiency bilL The Senate amendment appropriating $35,163 for completion of a ,%uitom house at St. Pual, Minn., was concurred in. The Senate amendment providing that appropriations heretofore inade.ili&K-pnbiic works, buildings or fin1 tire1 fiscal' y^ar commcwiiiif1 be available for the current fiscal year, was opposed by Messrs.

Randall and Farnsworth, and sustained by Messrs. Dawes, Dickey and Beck. In the course of discussion Mr. Di commeated.^oiilhe,absurdity of^ tpflSmentLflsiaal »Ar| ^eginiiinglon x#/Jafy/ iwwoLol HhcftUt 3 when the fiscal year of everybody else begins. The amendment was concurred in, with an amendment in reference to the salaries of steamboat inspectors,

Mr. Kerr offered an amendment for payment to lawful owners, or their legal representatives, of the proceeds of all cotton seized in possession of rightful own ers or their representatives after the 30th of June, 1865.

Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, made a point of order that the amendment proposed new legislation.

The point of order was sustained, and the amendment excluded. Mr. Holman offered an amendment for payment of $100 bounty promised to troops, wKo entered service under the President's proclamation of May, 1861.

Mr. Dawes made a point P" order on the amendment. Mr. Stoughton promised the Military Committee would report such a bill.

The point of order was sustained, and the amendment was excludedThe amendment extehdihg to the port of Detroit, Midliigan, the privileges of the act of the 14th of July, 1870, making it a port of entry, was concurred in.

The Senate amendment repealing the law limiting expenditure for a Marine Hospital at Chicago to $300,000 and extending it to $359,799, was concurred in.

The Senate amendment for the sale of the Marine Hospital building at San Francisco was concurred in.

The Senate amendment appropriating $12,000 for relief of destitute aged persons in the District of Columbia, ,wasj Opposed by Mr.' KerV aa being used to* induce colored people to come to Washington and vote the Radical ticket.

After along discussion the amendment was concurred in. Mr. DeLarge offered an amendment appropriating $20,000 for rebuilding the Catholic Orphan Asylum at Charleston, South Carolina, under charge of the Sisters of Mercy, but on a point of order by Mr. Burchard, was excluded.

The Senate amendment appropriating $350,0QP for increased compensation-to assistant Marshals, in. taking therdnsui of lS^Ofwas^oncurrefl in-.

The Senate amendment repealing the act requiring the meeting of each new Congress on the 4th of March, was concurred in.

Mr. Butler, of Mass., offered an amendment repealing the Tenure of Office act, but on a point of order raised by Mr. Maynard, it was excluded.

The amendment in relation to the meeting of Congresss was brought before the House by a demand for the yeas and nays upon concurrence. The yeas and nays were ordered.

Mr. Garfield, argued againft repeal o& the existing law requiring,"-the,meetings of each Congress on tne4t)f of.

March. He

said that if it should happen that th6 President and Vice President of the United States should die, during the period between the 4th of March, when Congress came into existence, and the following December, when it would be organized, there was no power that could call Congress together or decide who i-hould act as President, and. the country wjuld be left in a state.of anarch iv. .c '.. ?r

Mr. Lewis advodated the* amendment, and reminded the gentleman from Ohio, in reference to the possible death of the President and Vice President, that the Senate never adjourned without creating a President pro tern to meet that very emergency. If there was any one evil greater than another, in the administration of public affairs, it was the constant sitting of Congress.

Mr. Bingham argued against repeal tlie law. Mr. Butler also argued against repeal, and asked what would bave been the consequence if Congress-had no»4i««"sbl»t» meet at the present session and legislate to suppress anarchyin halfofthecountry? What was the necessity for haste in the matter? There would not -be another Congress for^two yeari, niid repeal would not"go into e^CttintH M"arctf 1873. Why not wait until next session, and see whether the rebellion now existing would then be crushcd? When the Preslidemial votes tfonde td be counted it might so happen that there would be States which had been carried by fraudulent returns, and there would be no provision in lavf or thg (fcns^tution to ghwrtT against absolute St«e aiarcby/ |T

Str. Farnsworth argued in favor of repeal of the law. He did not believe that holding this-session did the country any g®od, or that it tended to the preservation either of the country or the Republican party. He had more frequently heard it said by members of the party, that holding sessions was doing more harm than good to the Republican party. The discussion on San Domingo, and discuf^on oh other questions had not had a very soothing or beneficial effect on the Republican party.

Without taking a vote the House at 4:4Q acfjouftied,aftecthe announcement by the Speaker fhe following appointments on the Committee on Rules: Messrs. Banks, GarGeld, Cox and Randall. •On Public Building and Gronnd& Messrs. Kelsev, Starkweather, Tyner, Piatt, Morphis, Orr, Getz, Wells and

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Mr. Morton presented a memorial from HhA Republican Exj^o|Jke Committee of New Orleans, which he had received by telegraph, asking the parage of the pending KuKluibiDjOir tttiq^Morestfingtel measure. .. Mc. Robertson, entered A-^mution to imctbd thkdtdeifeSI-iuiiinesk-e* df&get up the House genera) amnesty bill. Action on the motion was deferred till to-

Mr. Sherman's resolution instructing

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ing tece^s the best system of reducing taxes, so as to leave only enough revenue to pay the trprking «xpense of the gov* ernment, was adopted.

Mr., Scott desired to have the bills from' the House for the reduction of taxe^, .referred to the Finance Committee^ but Mr.' Trumbull objected, in order that the measures repealing coal and salt duties might remain before the Senate, so as to be acted upon whenever opportunity was ptj^MBjjieft.

Mr." Cole,offered a resolution for printing 50^000 oopies of the President's message and the .Commissioners' report on San Domingo. Referred to the Commit tee'on'Printing.

The Ku Klux bill was then proceeded with a£ unfinished business. Mr. Sanlsbury opposed the bill, denying the power of Congress, and arguing that nnder the power conferred by the bill, the President might, at bis pleasure, abolish the judiciary of anJ State, remove the Governor of any State, and prevent the holding of any State election. He went on to argue that holding the present extra sessio.n, acd the. bill itself, were parti of a udmiriai scheme to nre the waning, desperate political party. ..Mr. Pool delivered a lengthy speech thxra North Carolina polities, and in defense of the ofiicjala of that State.

Mr. Bayard said the Congressional interference in the State contemplated by the bill, was positively limited by the Constitutions cases of invasion or rebel* lion. Heie it was proposed to leave ita exercise discretionary with the President, upon the prejudiced representations of individuals, thus giving rise to a crop of informers all over the country. He then commented on the unwarranted and unprecedented -stretch of power involved in the measure.

At 4:30 the Senate went into executive session, and subsequently adjourned.

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SPECIAL DISPATCHES FROM VRIP. NEW YOIK, April 12.—Special correspondents telegraphed from Paris yesterday afternoon, that on Monday night five gdnboats at Pont De La Concorde got up steam and went into action. There was heavy firing, the result unknown. Yesterday morning at 6 A. M. firing from the forts wis furiously renewed. Versailles troop- :re accused of using explosive bullet--, ome being found in Fort Vonvres. At Fort Issy it was discovered that bolts on the gates were drawn or broken off, proving the existence of traitors amongst the National Guards. A meeting of women was to have been held to night for the purpose of organizing for the defense of Paris. Dambrousky issued orders that no one should leave Paris without leave. The Prussians at St. Denis have been reinforced with 5,000 men. They will, however, respect the treaty of Versailles. Thiers issued a fresh proclamation in which he says, Generals MacMahon, L'Admirauli and Cissey have all taken their commands, General Vinoy heads the reserves. The arm/ increases every day.".

The President and Assembly have a good-understanding, and are devoted to their work. Pay no attention to false reports to the contrary. It is not true that a freeh conspiracy has broken out in our ranks, only insurgents are perfidious. Irresistible measures, however, are in preparation to end the effusion ef bloodGood citizens are assured, for themselves that the/have nothing to fear.

Last night a correspondent telegraphed from Versailles that to night a blow is to be struck, which the authorities hope will restore Paris to lawful Government. Spies of that Government in Paris have arranged the following programme: Eighteen thousand loyal National Guards in Paris are organized. At a fixed hour six thousand will attack the Hotel De Ville, and 6,000 will attack Mont Martre. Ai4he same moment a grand attack on Ponte Maillot will be made from Versailles, and an effort made to get possession. At St. Lazare Station large resources Will be ready. General Vinoy will take supreme command of the coup de main. The authorities are sanguine of success. Soldiers and sailors are to form a leading attacking column. 12,000 men of the old Imperial Guard are ready to march at a moment's notice, and if unsuccessful, 12,000 more of the same Guard will be ready in ten days. There are 80,000 men now at Versailles. Church Notre Dame Lorette has been sacked. Placards of conciliation were torn down yesterday morning. The insurgents un successfully attempted to draw Versailles troops into a trick at Asniers.

MEETING OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION. A crowded meeting of the Bar Association, last evening, and a committee of five appointed to inquire and report on the subject of continual illegal exaction of fees in the offices of the Sheriff, Connty Clerks, Registers, District Courts, and all public offices.

RAILROAD STOCKS.

The recent rise in Union Pacific and Central Pacific securities is attributed to the important and very valuable discovery of coal and iron mines in Elko, Nevada, adjacent to the line of the railroad. The only weak stock on the street yesterday was Harlem, which ran down to 127 on announcement that the stockholders, at their meeting, authorized the issue of two million dollars more stock, making the capital ten millions. The vote stood 128,864 shareB for, and 770 shares against the proposition. The increase will be forty thousand shares, Harlem being half st,ock, or fifty dollars a share par. ,HWB MUNICIPAL ELECTION. .TJbfL Republicans elected 10 of the 12 Aldermen in Jersey City yesterday.

ELECTION MOB.

A mob seized the ballot-box in the Eighth Ward of Paterson on Monday, and the Judges had to escape through the windows. If the vote of that Ward is thrown Out, Republicans gain„ control.?f the city. v\.

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METHODIST BOOK CONCERN. The sub committee appointed to name experts, to examine the accounts of the Methodist Book Concern, having adjourned Wfthdtil making any appointment, Dr. Cartlow, Agent of the Concern, has on his own responsibility, appointed three experts to examine the accounts-of the Concern. s*"^

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NEW HAVEN, Or., April 12.—The corner stone of Margnand Chapel, Divinity School of Yale College, was laid this noon in the presence of the Corporation, Professors and students. President Woolsey announced that the corporation had just elected Rev. Samuel Harris, D. D, to be Dwighi Professor 01 didactic theology in the Divinity School, and Rev. Leonard Bacon, D. D., lecturer on history. Also that Henry W. Sage, of Brooklyn, N.Y., bad given $10,000 to endow the Lyman

Beerher Lectureship on Preaching. Henry Ward Beecher is to occupy this position in the Yale Divinitv School.

WASHKSGTOlf.

THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, April i2-l :30 A. M.— Synopsis for the past 24 hours. The low baremeter which was on Monday night in Indiana moved eastward and northward, and is now on the East Atlantic coast. Light rains have fallen on the lower lakes and east Atlantic, with brisk sonthwest winds on the lakes and middle Atlantic. Cloudy weather with light rains prevailed a short time on the Gulf and South Atlantic, where it is now clearing away with rising barometer. Brisk, high sonthwest winds are now reported from the Middle States and Lake Ontario. Clear weather with fresh southwest winds

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re vail northward of this region, and winds in the Mississippi Valley. The weather remains nuchanged on the. Rock? Mountains and Pacific coast.

Probabilities—Probably clear weather and arising barometer will prevail from the Middle States westward, with partially cloudy weather, westerly winds on the Lakes, cloudy and clearing op. weather with brkk westerlv winds in Eistern Suites. bf

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It is expected that a large emigration to the United States will take place during the coming summer, from the French pulatipn of Alsace and that portion of irraine annexed to Germany. Letters received bv French residents of Washington, from friends in those provinces, state that the desire to emigrate is strong, not only among the poor but among the midi die classes, who possess small property in towns and in country districts. With a view.of encouraging this movement, a number of French' gentlemen living in New York and Washington are ehdeav oring to form an organization and, raise capital to buy large tracts of land', and settle upon them agricultural and manu facturing colonies of their countrymen. Their attention is chiefly directed to East Tennessee, northern Georgia and Alabama.

SOUTHERN CLAIM COMMISSION. The Southern Claim Commission held their second public session to-day. Several cases were set for a future hearing, and the Commission then took up the claim of the 6th Auditor, Martin, of the Postoffice Department, for mules, wagons and various articles taken from his plantation in Alabama, during Grierson's raid through the States of Mississippi and Alabama. The question of their jurisdiction over claims for occupied buildings in Southern Stales, was presented by an attorney present, but the Commission declined to answer till a case involving the point came up for consideration. The Commission gave public notice of their desire to have petitions addressed to them for allowance of claims, accompanied by all the written evidence, of whatever character, in possession of the claimants. They also decided that their rules did not require the ironclad oath attached to'pe-' titions to be wholly in writing, but that a printed form may be used.

LEGAL TPNDER CASES.

Justice Clifford announced in the Supreme Court this morning, that in consequence of the indisposition of Justice Nelson, legal teuder cases, which were set for argument to-day, will not now be heard. 'Ivif~ ,i»

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RAILROAD SMASH-UP.

ST. Louts, April 12.—A locomotive, two baggage and one passenger cars were thrown from the North Missouri Railroad track seven miles from this city last night, and the locomotive and tender and one baggage car badly smashed. Nobody was seriously injured. a it oh

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The Republicans of Springfield, Ills., elected a Mayor yesterday, but the Democrats elected all the other city officers.

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The Railroad and wagon bridge crossing the Mississippi river at Keokuk, Iowa, the only wagon bridge crossing the river, was completed yesterday. It cost about one million dollars. The bridge has eleven piers, two abntments and the longest draw in the world, being 384 feet in length, in the center are two spans 250 feet wide for the passage of rafts.

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on the Memphis 4 Little Rock Railroad was driven at Duval's Bluff yesterday and the road will soon be open for .busi--1,7 lP'9tU

CONVICTED.

Valentine Burke, a notorious desperado and coneyman was convicted (o-day in the United States Circuit Court of having a large amount of bogus money in his possession. He is already under sentence of five years to the penitentiary, for attempting to kill an officer over a year ago, to avoid arrest.

BOBBING THE MAIL.

James and William Haines, mail carriers between Iron Mountain and Poplar Bluff, in southeestern Missouri, were brought here last night, charged with rob bing the mail. Numbers of letters, and a considerable sum of money were found in their possession.

POLITICAL.

The Democrat to-morrow will publish an article fromS. U. Keavis, who has obtained considerable notoriety in connection with the removal of tne national cap ital, which he nominates Horace Greeley for the Presidency in 1872. Mr. Reavi* claims for his candidate universal popularity, the embodiment of ability, character, moral worth, and the requisites of a first class man and representative of American nationality and civilization.

DESTRUCTIVE FIR K.

'&EWBERN, N. C., April 12—A disastrous fire occurred this morning on Middle street, which destroyed seventeen houses. The following are the losses: M. Patterson, $50,000 Dr. J. W. Hughes, $8,000 Elias Davison, $9,000 Wm. Keesmonsky, $5,000 H. & B. Emanuel, $5,300 Weinstein & Bro., $75,010 O. Morris, $12,000 J. M. Augustine, $50,000 E. D. Meadows. $10,000: Smallwood & Tate, $15,000. The total insurance is about $100,000. The fire was first discovered in McLellan store, and spread down Pollock street to the National Bank, and down Middle street to the ra iid:

Moses Patterson.

A COMPROMISE.

RICHMONI, April 12.—The suit for $5,000 damages instituted in the U. S Circuit Court, by Judge P. W.Wright, coloied, of the Supreme Court of South Carolina against the Richmond & Dan^ ville R. R. Co, was compromised this morning by the payment ot $1,200 to the plaintiff. He claimed damages on the ground that he was forcibly ejected from a first-class car on account ol color,_ notwithstanding he held a firstrcla*s.. ticket-

ESTABLISHED MAY 12,1851.

CHICAGO.

THE LEONARD CASE.

CHICAGO, April 12.—It was expected that the Grand Jury now in session, would this morning pass upon the case of Percey A. Leonard, for killing his broth' er in-law, Dr. Scanland, but owing to the illness of Miss Virginia Leonard, sister of the prisoner, who js an important witness, tne Grand Jury has postponed action on the case-until its, next session, a month hence.

NOT RECOVERED.

The body of CapL Frank Green, who was lost in the tog S. V. R. Watson, has not yet been recovered, although increas ed efforts have been made to- oBtam it. 'J SUICIDE, TIW1

A wholesale and retail liquor dealer named Jas. Plunkett, doing business at 56, West Madison street, committed sui icide this morning at about 11 o'clock, by shooting himself through the heart. Temporary insanity caused by depression in business, was the cause which led to the act. He was a young man highly respected, and a leading man in the Catholic church.

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j'«, -4 ^BISHOP MARXLSUHAVANA. Ajml 12J-r:Bishop Martin arrived to-day mihe steamer Columbia Not having brought his passport, to be vised by the Spanish Consul, and Valm aseda not having given him permission to rettirtf, the'Bialop #as pot allowed to land. Tt is not known yet whether the Bishop will be allowed to come ashore, or be compelled to return to Spain. The affair causes much excitement. ,. ..

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BOARD OF ARBITRATION.

MAUCH CHUNK" PA., April 12.—The Grand Council of the Workingmen's Be nevolent Association adjourned at noon, after adoption of a General Board of Arbitration to settle present difficulties, to meet operators here on the 17th of April. ,,,a i.r i—

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ft I Kv S MUNICIPAL ELECTION.1"'V,I RAHWAY, N. J., April 12.—Railway has gone Democratic for the first lime in ten years. The Mayor, part of the Com mon Council, both freeholders, and nearly all the Ward officers on the Democratic ticket elected. 11ml m.

.a5 ^WHEELING. gtj 10 1 Tiaais ur*iam PACKET ASHORE. WHEELING, WEST VA., April 12.— The Parkersburg packet Express while attempting to land at Proctor, was blown ashore where she now lies immovable. The Major Anderson and Juniata have been working at her half the night, but without moving her an inch. The prospect now is that sh'e will have to await a swell in the river.

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--1 PEACE CONFERENCE."" BRUSSELS, April 12.—The representative of the Grand Duchy in Baden in the Peace Conference has arrived in this city. No meeting of the conference, however, *ill be held this week. oir# a«

The Slarkets.

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By Telearaph.J CWCWMATI. April 12. COTTON—Steady with moderate demand. Middling UK.

FLOUR—Steady with moderate demand. Family 6 30a650. WHEAT—Steady, with moderate demand 138al 39.

CORN—Dull but nnehan«ei. 5«a57. RYE—Dull and prioea nominal 1 02al 06. OATS—Demand fair and market firm.

mBARLEY—Steady

with moderate demand

1 OOal 05 for prime to choioe Fall, fe.ju GROCERIES—Steady.

OILS -Steady. EGGS—Demand fair and market firm 13%. BUTTER—Quiet and unchanged. SEEDS—Unchanged, little doing.

CHEESE—Quiet and unchanged. PORK—Dull and unsettled 20 00 aaked. 19 00 offered.

LARD—Dull and unsettled nominally 11% My HULK MEATS—Dull and prioes drooping. The following rates asked shoulders 6J6 eides 8a8% sales of sides clear rib &A. clear

A CON—Dull and prices drooping! shoulders sides clear rib 9% clear

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6 00. WHISKY—Dull and prices

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Hy Telegraph.] N«w Yost. April 12. COTTON—Fair dem ind but at lbwor rates. Mi-ldlinR 15,

FLOUR-Steadv with moderate demand, heceipts 6,U0» barrels. Superfine Western, State 6.00a6 50 common to good extra 6 50a6 65 good to cho.ce 6 b5a7 25 white Western extra 7 2^a7 65. Ohio extras 6 lOa 7 35 St Louis 0 80a9 00.

RYE FLOUR—Dull: 4 40a6 30, WHISKY—Steady 90/4. WHEAT—Quiet. Keccipts 28,000 bushels. New Spring l,o9!4al,61V$ red and amber ti7 poor white California 1 00.

RYE—Quiet CUtvN speculative demand, prices higher. Receipts 80.000 bushels, Mixed Western /5Ma 77 yellow 77a78. 6ATS-DU11, and priccs drooping. Receipts 10,iKX) bushels. Western and Ohio ftiJSaiO.

LEATHER—Weak 2G^a-59J4 Orinoco 2oa

^WOOL—Firm domestic f0a58 unwashed 33 nulled 46a49 California 24 i33J^, COFFEE—Demand tairaiid market firm.

^813 A R—l)omanJ good at full prices,

^JIOLA^SES—Steady with moderato demand. if PETROLEUM—(jruile13^ re6ned_23^..'v"

POKK—Dull new M^SS i950al9 JO: prime 17 2f.al' 75 prime mets new 18 0y. April anu

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MEATS—full hams ll%al4 Shoulders middles nominal, long clear

ARD-Heary steam Hall?*, kettle 12. May and June ll^ul-, BUTTER—Unchanged, fl®:'* sr.•

CHEESE—Unchangedrwy-' -'illuB

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By Telegraph.] N«w YORK. AprillS. GOLD—Dull and steady at lti/ialO^i.. LOANS- From 1 to 2 percent.,

CLE A RANGES—11,000,000. GOVERNMEN IS—Opsned steady, but declined a traction about midday, at close quiet at opening prices. -,

MONKY—Easy oa6 per cent.

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NEW YORK L»HY ««««H MALUM. By Teligrsph.1 Haw Yoa*. April 12 Market moderately active and prices fmtbe most part well munt»,n»,l. WB

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The Name. Business and Location of the Leading Houses of— Terre Haute.

Those of our readers who make purchases in Terre Ilante, by cutting this out and osing it as a REFERENCE will save time" and trouble. The selection has been carefully made and is STRICTLY FIRST-*

CLASS.

Agricultural Implement*

JOXES & JONES, e. s- square- ri Art Emporium. R. fl AGG, 91 Main-'t. fl ri*v

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FIRST NATIONAL, Main cor. Fourth. NATIONAL STATE, Main cor. Fifth. Banks (for savings.) TERRE HAUTE SAVINGS, Sixth- t. -...

Boeks, Stationery, Jtc. '14'

BARTLETT 4 CO., 101 Main-st. B. G. COX, 159 Main ?t. 1* A. H. DOOLET. Opera llousn Book Store. BmUand Shoe* (Wholesale KctaU. N. ANDREWS. 141 Main-st.

gNGLBS

BOLAND. IJ5 Main it. mi & TUTT. 107 Main-st. J.B. LUDOWI JI & CO., Mala cor. SIXTH

Bnnlnes* College*..

R. GARVIN. Main cor- Fifth.| ears, Car Wheels and «eneri»f Iron Worker*. SBATH I1AUER, bet. Ninth and Tenth. Carpets, Wall Paper and lionse Furnishing. RTCE'S CARPET HALL. 77 Mnin-st.

Carriage MannrncliirerH. -O

SCOTT, OREN A CO., Main cor. First. SCOTT, GKAFF & CO.. 3 S. Second-st".**

China, Glass dc Qnccnsware. H. S. RICHARDSON & C0..7S Main-st. Clething (Wholesale anil Retail.) S. FRANK. Main cor. Fourth. ,, ELI KAHN. 163 Main-st. KUPP£NUEIMER&Bpo.,ll8Maia-st. fa Confectionery and Ice Cremn ParlorsW. H. SCUDDER, 194 Main-st.

Clears, Tobacco, Ar. „V. 41-iuS

A. O. HOT GH.72 Ifain-st. ,, N.KATZENBACH, 147 Maln-sf. Cane and Mw Mill's Castings, dee. J. A. PARKER, eer. First and Walnut.

Dranists (Wholesale and Retail.) BUNTIN & MADISON. Wain-st. COOK ft DAVIS, Ohio. bet. Third and Fourth GULICK A BuRRY, Main cor. Fourth.

Dry Goods (Wholesale.)

L. RYCE, 94 Main-st. Dry Goods mid *otlons (Wholesale ami Retail.) tSIJ*a W. S. RYCE CO.. Main cor. SixthTUKLL, RIPLKY & DE vlING.Main eor Fifth WARREN, UOBEKG & CO. Upora House cor WITTENBERG, Rl'SCHHAUPi' ft CO., 73Mam-st,

Dentists

ROBT. VAN VALZ AH,Opera House Building Fancy Goods,«l_c.(WholesaleA Retail) T. H. RIDDLE. 151 Main-st. I H^..Z & ARNuLD.S'J .Vlain-st.

Fnrnltnro (Wholesale and Retail.) E." D. HARVEY.83 Main-st. Flavoring Extract Mnimfnctnrers," COOK & DAVIS, Ohio bet. Third and Fourth. ©roeers (Wholesale.) BEMENT & CO.. 100 and 162 Main-st. Tff \n UULMAN &CUX. Main cor. Fit.th

SYFERS. TRADER Jc CO.. 188 Main-sti^ Grocer* OYliOIf sale ami Retail.) JOSEPH STRONG, !«aln-st.

Gas and Stenm Filling

A.RIEF, 46 Ohio'st. Hardware. Ac. (Wholesale A, Retail.) J. COOK ft SON, 152and 154 Main-st. S.CORY CO., J21 Main-st. A0STIN. SilRYEH ft CO., 172 Main-at. 19

Hats, Caps and Straw Goods. J. H. SYKES. 113 Main-st. lr»f -sjU~ Hair Work. MRS. E. B. MESSMoRE & CO., 7 S. Fifth-st.

Leather and Findings.

L. A. BURNETT ft CO., 144 and 146 JLiin-st. dumber, Ac. ESHMAN, TUELL & McKEEN,

Chsstnut cor- Tenth.

T. B.JOHNS, Mulberry cor. First. Liquors, A-c. (Wholesale.) I

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J.B. LYXE A-CO., 229 Main-st. la?? tin j-, nil 3Ui to 4 .Merchant Tailors. W. ILV/JSNISTER,79Main-st. EftLANGKR ft CO-. Oeera Houso Block. A F. SCHLEWING, .92 Main-st.

Millinery and Fancy Goods. J. W. GASKILL. 10 South Fourth-st. Miss M. A. RAK1DAN, 80 Main-st^ S. L. STRAUS, 149 Main-st.

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Atlantic and Appleton A .bj°wn sneetings

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Marble and Scotch Granite Works. D. LA MOREUX. Sixth. opp.Dowling Hall. F.B.ft E. W.PALMER ft CO.,

N. cor. Main and ihird.

Meats (Fresh and Salt.)

GORDON LEE. corner Ohio and Sixths""--Mnsleal Instltnte. A. SHIDE, over the Postoffice. «.*•.1 *».o

Kail Mannfactnrers.

TERRE HAUTENALL WORKS, foot 13th st. Kotlons, 4ce. (Wholesale.) U. R. JEFFERS ft CO., 140 Main-st. A. C. WITIIG, 48 Main-st.

Planos, Organs and Music, BUC5* L. KISSNER, 48 Ohio-st.

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Plow Manufacturers.^ac.J nl)

PHILIP NEWHART, First-ft. Phoenix Foundry and Machine Worhs McELFRESH & BARNARD, cor 9th 4 Eagla-

Photographers. ,,

J. W. HUSHER. cor. Main and Sixth. D. H. WRIGHT, 105 Main st. Rooflng (Slate aad Gravel.) CLIFT ft WILLIAA/3, cor. 9th and Afulberry Real Estate. Ins. Collecting Agents. GRIME6 JkROYSE. 4 S. Fifth-st.

Saddlery Hardware (Wholesale.) PHILIP KADEL. 166 Main-ft. F. A. ROSS, 5

S. Fifth St. ...j, KCWIUK Machinc*. 19

WHEELER WILSON. Main cor. Sixth*.a Sleiun and Gas, D. W. WATSON. 19U Main st.

Stoves, Tinware, *ci'

C.C, SMITH. 50 and Main-st.

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S. It- HE MDEKSON, Mam st. ,?T G. F. SMITH. HA V.ain-st. R. L. BALL, L-.-S .Main-st. m* •H

S€-MCI1 Dies a ML KtocU.

J. It. 1-OOTE, North Fourth-si. (fK Sash, Doors, Blinds and Lumber. CLIFT WILLXAMs, cor. C'th and Mulberry

Stationary mid Portable Engines. J. A. PARKER, cor. First and Walnut. 5*'

Tin and Sinto Ro»Uing.

MOORE HAUERTY, 181 Main-tU': Trnnli and Traveling Eapr innfaeinrcrs. V.(i. DICKOl'T, V.io .l/ain-ft.

WatcXics, Jewelry ami Dimnonds.. T. II* RIDDLE, 151 Main-st. jJli R. FREEMAN, Opera Honse.

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W. bTAT/,91 Main-st. TILLOTSON. 99 Main-?!,

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V1G0 WOOLEN MILLS, cor. -Vain and 4th. Sii _* weed's Sewing Machine. Z.f^SviIEELER. 7 S Fifth-?t.

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LOCAL NOf ICES. Bl HAltllf ON L1MS,

I- full upfortmcr.t nlto Llcaelieil Good* in New York Mills. Wanifutta. Lm.fda'e. Hill, llauley. Hope.fte. 1 ti a and W altham 8-4, 9-4, 10-4 Bleiichefi and

Tl'ELL R1HLEY PEMlNO, Fifth and Mam stnt

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PIANO TUNER. MHt ^BDKR- left at B. G, COX'S Bt«k Stoire i.,. will receive prompt attention.

The Pert on who said lliat his H«nth never uttered a lie, alwaja spoke through hie nooe—Ladiee' Lnre Oaltera only$1 26 at Keibold.