Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 March 1882 — Page 2

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OST—Fiidnv,

femsa^l

south Fifth

f, \|ond*v. Mc.rch vO h, at 8 o'clock, of COD Oiks its II. SmUh, eged 17 years and 0 oiyiitUa.

Funeral frcm t:.3 family rcfidencc, No. 202 south fifth s::cct, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

Friends of the family are invited to attend without fu"-,hsrnot:ce

POLITICAL.

COUNTY COM BSIS5IONEB.

W'u are ftuthoriss-jd to mnounco the name of AErf M. C'K, cf Fayette township, for the rfricc of County CoEDrnifMooer for tho First Vfctri'.t, Hit 'tto the derision cf the Bc-pub-^irfsn nominating contention.

WANTS," EicT"

ADTERT1SF.ME::»S IN T:!I8 COLUMN WILL BE CHARGED FiVH. E TH PER LINE EACH INSERTION. N' TflING KLCKCSED LEES THAN FIVE tlNES. NO DISCOUNT ON LOSO TIME ADVERTIH*MENTS. AS it!.- amounts aie small payment is REQUIRED IW tidcfiiic?.

I''

how caees, one suitable for notions T. J. L.t

W t!.c (.t' er for notions earh to (e nt 1,131 Main INI

milium MZ* street. Te'r« II

UT-

rAM I-

»_TD KKN'T a house of from four in i\ srf.il tu-ifchborbood, irX: & Atvev,

AIRILY T'I

0 ,0

Main street.

»67 AV»'t.ls-Ki\v experienced mildHers vvitDt- at fii:W at J. HotUs. Mid & Co'S New Y/«:k .-'.ore. irAXiifi-Tn trade t\v lota in Toledo. ?V :, r, in p-.c-tiaii, for good dwelling In'T-rre iinit--? Uuli pny cash diflertnee or wfeiijne if ce^s'iry. i:li)!)LK. HAMILTON & CO., .. .. or Hixtii and Main streets.

!'i-'having rooms to rent to vid-Mare mjiies'ed to give nojii'j IVesidsiut it the Normal I.J if-c s'ate street and ni• c. niimln-r of r-oros for cr^' ii l^mt are preferred,

f.'i.l lll-ll

IKO at our: I VCHIX'L H.'' Illimi !T :1 H'Tlt, will a::

also the t' pt-r month of tach room »JJA J^a^vmrrrrwM". FO¥BE7T.

R-O-: »FT .IT-Ohio:-III

il! use uuith«-*st corner of .1,11, H'n e'P. Ei.nuicre of ASDhltSOM A HUSTON, 421K Main stieet.

S.'r.re roMPf, one largo atid one !(.!irth s'l-i-tt, south cf Ohio

Mllilll, O'l

tt'eet: -1 thru- -litping corner Fouith (.nti hiumire Mrs. T'r. I ons, 214 EOUlh Fifth hired.

OT i: nan

FOft

3'- Ft ur rnoins, It) two suite?, for I ur SITUS 11 fa I ilj: water on i'i.. rilcifk fr»m Mniu f^trefct. deslr-

fame llo able lociit

A'l nj-s "A," Express office.

KKvr—Hons* on no'th»ast comer of Ohio and Eight ftreets. Enqujro ANLERiON & HUSTON, 421^3 Main street.

FOR SAI.E.

L'OJI on the rner

I.J.

—HOVSK3 AND LOTd—Two First r.i-.'l Linton streets

three KI.!,.1 an1 I^gle. Tl.I-properly belongiMl toRiifosSt. John, (Irt'ea^cd. The property nius.t tie nild at once, and there are just five chaixe, for thf five pood bargains. Apely to George flaunt, at John Armstrong's, No. 10 north Th'rd street.

FOB TRADE.

«R'I ItA lI —Terre flau'e lots to trade for slocks of Groceries, Dry Goods, Notiors. arpeis, Clothing, Iials and Caps, Boots and Shoe«, Hardware, Stoves. Quecnsware and Gl&esware. Will pay tash diir rence.

ADAM TRESSEL,

1,300 Poplar Street, Terre Haute, Ind.

FOUND-

That Joseph Welch is the only

harher in Terre lUute who furnishes his customers with private shaving mugs free. Call at the shop, corner of i* jfth and Main streets, and sen for your-elves.

MONEY TO LOAN.

MWME'.Y

TO to

an—At lowest rate of in

terest. J. T. Downey, 315 Ohio street, Terre Haute T» liOAK—In sums of 81,000 and upwards at lowtst current rates of interest on first clf.es improved farms and city

I. V. PfiESTON.

LOST.

Miwch IVih, somewhere on

Cherry Meet between Ninth and Fifth, or on Fi.th street between Main and Cherry, plans and specifications for the ew.ticn of towers for wind trills, by U. S. Wind Engine and Fump Co., Batavin,

ill.

he pad for

Said p:\cfcage was enclosod in

a pasteboard cu«?. Tho name of T. M. Vance will be found on

the

E5TBAYED OR STOLEN.

T/sTkaykj* KTOl,K-A three year Jji old rt ati cow, rrop oil r!gbt ear, bell a£ tathed to ne. i: A liberal reward will be paid for nnv 'ufornnfion leadin? to li"r recovery.

WlfXIAM CLARK, 2:0 south Be.'ond street.

J'3t I'll aTii& ET

SECOND HAND STORE

IS SOUTH FIFTH STREET.

cond-h«nd furniture bought find sold, nir work i:estly done. A libernl cash .ii clothing.

price

ASK YOUR O-ROCER

FOE

MUZZY'S STARCH

Bui Ono Quality—THE BEST SATISFACTION GUARANTEED, OR MONEY REFUNDED.

BAYLE£S v.. H.VN::A, WM.H.S:PESCKR

HANNA & SPENCER, Attorueys at Law.

Office Sou* 'wes', corner Third and Ohio itrcctJ, (tip stairs'', Terre Haute, Ind. Will prae'.ieo in all the courts of this snd adointn" ei nnt'os. nud In the federal courts of Indiana and llli:mi?. W ilUive strict attention to col!ert ci.s, .xauniiation of titles and settle ire:-' of estate*.

New Grocery Establishment,

At 207 Ohio Street,

1 hsve just opened & new. clean and fresh stoci of family GSO^'ER5Ef*» and PBOVISIOSS To which I invite the attention ofmy friends fid the pv.blie eeneraliy. All COOds sold low ior f*«h Articles »ill bv delivered to any part of the «tv Lie ii de.-ired. Cash paid at all times lor ccnuiuy pro£uco» uivo cio ft call wae-D vanting aiiythl: »u isy Hue,

GEO. T. DRAKE.

Kiv-j

Reward!

We will pay the above reward fox a*y c*sf of Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Inat on pa or not cure with West's Vegetable Lf™* PiUs when the directions are strictly complied with. They are purely vegetable, and never fail to

satisfucUou. Sugar coated. La^e boxes. i"OHt"uuin oO pilis, 25 cellts. For s&l9 by all d-uiSts. Beware of counterfeits and imitaimw flie (leucine manufactured only by JQHX C.WEST& CO "The PiU Make^.' IS and 1S3W. :4it.ih..-u ^rcet, 5 hie8g^ Free ^tri^ package sent by iciul prcp-ud on icceipt of a S Q:nt stamp!

DAILY EXPRESS.

T(RRK BADT2, WEDNE8DA'? MARCS 22.1882

JAMES H. MCNJSJCLT MJOVASEB

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rates,

or, if preferred,

t:,stead oi the cash, a copy oi The Weekly Etpro* will be seat tree for the time that the cltit pays for, not lese than six moutha

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For clubs of over twenty-five the wme term*. Postage prepaid in all cases when sent by fr.tt.tv Subscriptions payable in edvanet.

six months sabscribers

centB.

s'.rl. at3^9-south Sixth

m-f't r«n ««-t a 'cr-mfw table home in a tni'l finsiiy, iitut'Od wa^t:

ont it. Persons

to the

Weekly Express will LIE supplied FREE with ''Treatise on (he Horse and his Diseases," a

valuable standard illustrated

work the price of which *is twenty

five

No horse owner should be^wiih-

subscribinq for ths Weekly a

year will receive in addition the Horeebook and our illustrated Almanac. Remember, the Weekly and Horse-bock for 65 cenU the Weekly, Horst-book and Almanac for $1.25.

Harriinn TownxMp Bepnblicen Ticbet. lElection, Mondiy, April 3rd:]

TBUSTEE.

I^OUIS FINKBINER. AESKSSOS. LAWRENCE BURGET. FOIL BOAD SUPERINTENDENT.

CHARLE8 LOCKMAN. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. CALEB GARTRELL. JAMES F. MURPHY. SAMUEL C. LOCKMAN.

JACOB 8TEINMEHL. CONSTABLES. SAMUEL 8TARK. RICHARD TRAUTVELT. BENJAMIN F. REAGAN WILLIAM MATTHEWS.

The Mississippi boom makes booms appear insignificant.

Will some democrat give a good reason why Louis Finkbiner should not be re-elected township trustee?

The Virginia readjusters are in Washington in large numbers, and they K11 want foreign appointments.

The republican township ticket is a good one, acd should receive the hearty support ef every member of the party.

The cotton factories

of Lawrence,

are shutting down on account of a strike. In consequence,over 3J000 employes are

idle. MM—MMMMMMM When the township has a good officer it should retain him, and that isjuat what will be done in Louis

The name of Hon. Billy Williams, as minister to Uruguay and Paraguay, to be sent to the senate some time this week dame rumor says. The salary is $5,000

per annum.

tiila pace. The finder will

his trouble

this office.

by leaving the Eame at

L. L. Lewis has been nominated by the president for district attorney for the eastern district of Virginia. Some time ago he engaged in a duel, and a numbtr of senators object to hia confirmation on that account.

Lawrence Burgett is an active, energetic youug man, in every respect well qualified to discharge the duties of township assessor, and if the

voters of Harri

son township elect him they can rest assured that the woik will be done in proper manner.

At last we are told that at the present time Mr. Conkling is not a candidate

any office within the gift of the people or president, but that he intends to make all he can out

his law practice during the

next three years, and then return

United States senate.

to the

The cabinet makers are bent on having William E. Chandler appointed to the navy department, but they do not know what to do with the interior department. The president will doubtless be relieved to know that Mr. Howe is to remain at the head of the pcstoffice department.

The republican candidate for trustee is running on his merits. His record durthe two years he has been in

office

shows that he has cut

down the expenditures over $4, 000. The township cannot afford to discharge such an officer, nor will it do so at this time.

The members of the Young Men's Republican club should bear in mind the meeting at Corinthian Hall this evening, and the attendance should be large. Active work should be inaugurated A once. The democrats arc quietly

work, and their movements thould be closely watchcd snd counterbalanced.

Germany and Austria are suffering from a drought without precedent during the present century. Vienna is threatened with A failure of her water supply from the mountain springs of I'synbach and Cloggnitz, and even'euch mighty riv era

the Danube and the Rhine are shrunken to leaa than half their normal dimension!.

Attorney General Brewster ia correct. The star route prosecutions are public and not political, and they have been confided to counsel AI lawyers and not as politicians. Thst ia the principle on which the country wanta to see the prosecuticns carried OD, snd there ia no doubt that they, will be ccuducUd VIGOROUSLY to a practical result,

"THE BBAI5 A5D THE BIBLE." This is the title of anew book published by EJgsr C. Bsall, Cincinnati. Its character may be understood from a sentence of the introduction, which was written by Robert G. Ingersoll. He says: "This book, written by a brave and honest man, is filled with brave and honest thoughts. The arguments it presents can not be answered by

all

The author

utter inadequacy

ments of

all other

A large republican majority csxt month will make easy work in the city and fall CAMPAIGN*. a

Fiukbiner'A

If the republicans will only do their duty during the next two weeks they canroll up 500 majority in this township on the 3rd of April.

The greenback branch of the democracy in Maine has almost disappeared. Only a sprout is to be found here and there now. The eame may be eaid of it in INDIANA.^

the the

ologians in the world." Thus, in this work WA have one more in the multitude of books that, to the satisfaction of the authors at lesst, prove the eternity and telf-existence

matter,

the

cruelty

of the orthodox God, the foolishness of the Christian plan of salvation and the superiority of the light of reason to blind faith of the followers of the Savior. It "may

ASKED what ia the necessity of a

new edition of the particular views previously forcibly stated by Ingersoll, and others that are no newer than the days of Socrates. The author defines his purpose in the statement in the preface that "the mission of infidelity is not to destroy anything that ia good but simply by the light of tciecce to discover the one sublime temple of truth" and *G»ID "instead of an absolute conditioniefs Deity, ot whose exirtence there is no evidence, we regard humanity as the only true OBJECT, our sense of doty tovr»rd which should re strain us irorn evil A^D impel us to purity of life."

coaies to the

cocciut-ion on

HIII last psge that properly defined, "religion means simply the bond between man I nd the highest object which he can love." The definition is unexceptionable, but

to meet the require

the human soul is his profound

belief in the teachings of Gall, Spuizheim and Combe. Phrenology is the substitute for the bible and proves the fallacy of such doctrines as that of Free Will, the Fall of Man, the Meesianic Redemption and the new birth. He repeats to us that the moral condition of man depends upon the conformation of the btfiiuj that sin and virtue, doubt and belief, are but matters of various phrenological "centers." Thus veneraiion, spirituality (or wonder) and hope are faculties that inspire love for God, beliet-in the supernatural and immortality but they are really only the result of certain convulutions of the brain. Therefore, one condition of the grey matter would make it impossible for a man to be anything but a believer in Christ, Mahomet or Buddh, (according

Mass.,

tree."

his environment)

and another would make it equally impossible for him to believe. Believing that all "goodness and holiness prooced from the brain, snd the development of the brain determines the amount of gcodnes?, it follows that it was impossible to tempt Adam (or any other man) to do that which his nature did not predispose him to—if so predisposed, it was not possible for him to resi3t. It also follows that the theory of a chtnge of heart is an absurdity. The light of reason would be the infallible guide, not the impression of faith, love and hope which are the mere faculties determined by brain 'cen

basis, with perfect confidence in hia own belief, and absolute certainty of the entire fallaciousness of all others to develop his creed or rather to demolish the orthodox creed. H*, as is the custom, consi4ers sciencs the particular handmaid of infidelity snd says "there are grave errors the moral science of the Bible as there are in its astronomy, geology, etc The scientific results of savants are not so fully determined as metophysical writers assume. Tho geologists offer us numerous theories to choose between. The

exact studies of mathematicians have but lately shown vast inaccuracies

iu the calculations

of certain geologists and

there are various comparisons of 'be Bible record ot cieation with the latest ethnologieal and geological discoveries, by well known Chrietian theology that are c:refully ignored by

and lecturers. The

free

scriptural writers

ai.d very TATJ

th« other side

for

way in which

cf the question

IS disposed

of, is shown by the explicit statement of Mr. Beall that "the evidences are overwhelming that man is a product of nature," and that "tLo psychological ba.«"S of man's religious nature is an evolution from a condition like thst cf the lower animals, can no longer be reasonably doubted."

The author being so very positive on these points, does not

waste time in

demonstrating them, but pbilantbropically labors to convince his readers that the teachings

CF phrenology are much

higher IHHN those exemplified ia the character of Christ.1 He pleads for morality and disinterested philanthropy, and offers, be says, not any evidence of a heaven of perpetual joy, but only the happy assurance that if there be no ioy there will also be no suffering.

We do not hesitate to advisa the read ir.g cf this work whilst deprecating the readiness with which so many absorb and adopt similar theories while remaining in calptble ignorance of the syetems as sailed. It will seem reasonable to those eceptically biassed and unreasonable and «T parte

to the believer

in the Christ

ian crceds. The dargera believed by the orthodox to be iu the Ingersoll acd similar literature affect most, thos3 ignorant of any other teachings. We believe there is a reflex action for good in the multiplication of a healthy, common sense Christian teaching and literature, and in the stimulation of activity and learning among the teachers of the faith, that as it flourished under persecution in ancient days, will advance rapidly in the face

A HEEDED C05TE5IESCE.

There should be other requirements besides that of population before a city is granted the mail delivery service householders should be compelled to put up letter-boxes in which the mail may be deposited without trouble or delay to the mail carriers. Where this needful convenience is wanting the carrier is subjected to infinite annoyance and

what the highest object tbould be

see Mr. Besll differs widely from the orthodox. The foundation of the writer's well and logically written attempt to prove the entire failure of the christian religion and its

forae

The rules of the

loss

time. The trouble and expense of putting up letter-boxes are small compared to the bother and waste of effort superimposed on the mail service by the neglect

to put

them up. Many of the mail-boxes now made—nd obtainable, too, for a mere pittance—are elegant snd ornamental, perfect types of the beautiful in art, and the citizen whose sense of the beautiful does not move him to admire them ia too boorish for tbe teachings of Oacar Wilde but no matter how unap reciative men are in regard to the beautiful, ever) body has same sinse of the useful, and when one tkickB of the great saving of time and effort effected by the mail-box, he is forced to regard it as a great labor-saving sppurlerauce. If the motiyes of Oacar Wilde have

not

stirred the intellectuality OF the denizens of Terre Haute, it ia to BE hoped that the thoughts of Jeremy Benthaui HTV^. If they cannot appreciate tbe beautiful, they can estimate the vxluo of the useful, and it is in this light thst the mail bcx must be viewed. The people who are net in popsession of this needful contrivance are asked to exercise their mathematical expertnees in estimatirg its value as a hounehold adjunct.

poatoffice department

are very etrict, and a violation

of them

there is no mail

box—and it is a rare thing to find a householder who has been thoughtful enough to provide one—he must ting the bell and wait a certain lime fur an answer. He ia NET permitted to handle the mail carelessly,or leave it where it may be lost. If the bell is not answered he must make a seconM call, and a third, until the mail is safely delivered. The time lost in unnecessary delays ia estimated at thirty minutes a trip for each mail carrier. When the number of trips made every month is taken into consideration, the great loss of time is eaeily perceptible, and the urgent necessity for the mail box is readily understood.

What an enduring patience the mail carrier must possess, when he can

Ftscd at the front

door and pull gently at the bell when the weather is cold enough

fretza the ordi

nary citizen into a fit of profanity! Or what a duck-like disposition he must have when he can wait thirty seconds for an answer when the rain is coming down in torrent*-! Ordinaliiy the people ere

in the back part of the house when the corrier rings, and he must wait until he can deliver his mail safely. Frequently a servant ia culled, and he must REMAIN standing at the door until the proper houeehold machinery is put in motion to answer his call.

Then,

The writer proceeds on this

as a

means

d&ily paper, the mail-box must not be overlooked. Sometimes the papers are purloined or blown away when thrown into tho yard and frequently tbe rains of heaven reduce them

ehapeless pulp be

fore they come into the bands for which they were intended. When this occurs the carelessness ef newspaper men is imprecated, while the 'calamity chould be called down upon the head of him who neglect to put up a mail-box.

A correepondent

ald charges that members

ever

this country produced.

When the names of those who consumed TO much choico liquor, and now want to be paid for it, are made known there will be other funerals

which will not be so jolly for them.

Tbe house civil service reform committee, of which Mr. Orlh is chairman, ia going

has been

its keen and active

enemies of to-day.

Siill the petitions for the pardon of Sergeant Mason are pouring in upon the president. The Iowa, Wisconsin and Ohio legislatuies have already adopted resolutions requesting hia pardon, and the New York legislature is expected

likewise. The Garfisld .flub

NEW

York have made arrangements to give Mason a grand reci-plloa as soon es he released.

SHIPHERD,

A Guileless Old Gentleman who Should ba tho Democratic Candidate for President in 1884,

Besnmea Hi!) Testimony Before the Bouse Committee, and fa too l!Hcriy lunacent lor Anything,

And tho F.'Imn Hnmor with Which He D.relopsnis Horror of the Mnmmon of

Sin,

is Enough to Make ths Ancient Mummy at 6reyston9 Bluah for His Past,

A Whale that was Bound to Have a Tab, and a Neat Feat with a Soaped Stick

Together with SOR3 Honest Pride In the B- Illiant Txecution of the Stick Business.

followed by lofs of place, or, jterhapa, a more eeric-ua penalty. The mail carrier ia required to stop at tie house of eveiy perron ^OR whom HE has mail matter. If there is a mail box, he can leave the mail and pursue his round without trouble or delay but

WASHINGTON, \rcb 21.— Shipherd,ac coujjranitd 1 wfe sppsared ibis morniog BEFOIV THS Hou-s Committee on Foreign AfUita. An arrangement was made that in cr.?e of objection to any evidence, the comuiittse would adhere to the. cuatGm of consulting in secret, but no such eviderce would BJ taken cxcept in open session.

Shipherd desired to make sorae explan ation in regard to hia nonappearance, and a«sertcd his ecod faith in the matter. HE desired

avoid the mortification of

having another MEYSERGER pent to New York to dtfcover vi-hi-ther or not he might be trifling with the committee. His reputation for frathfulnes'S was too well established, and he did tot desire to have it questioned. He then sent up to the chairman the certificate of his physician, and desired to be put under oath as to tbe

facts.

The chairnisn espltined

was

SIR—On the 21st

delivery for tbe

the position

of the committer,%nd assured him that they had now uo suspicion of any trifling or discourtesy on bis part,

Sbipherd was then requested

to produce

copies of the missing letters cf Msy 21st, 2oth and 31st, and June 4:b, After looking through several envelopes, 8bipherd announced that there must be some fatality about it.

He could not find the

letter of the 21st of May the others mentioned were found, and after some delay it was decided to take the other letters and allow Shipherd to obtain a copy of the missing or.e at some future time. Shipherd stated that the

letter cf

addressed

May

thjit

he hed

not

It is asiollows:

congress who

attended the funeral of the late preeidont have presented bills for thtir personal expenses, aggregating $7,COO, snd including SLJTOO "paid for brandy, whisky, cigars and lunch," $3C0 of the amount being charged for "ccck-teils." If this charge be true it is highly proper that the names of the distinguished gentlemen should be made public with the least possible delay. II will ba remembered that the congressional train to and from Cleveland was a very felcct and excluaive company. NO one was permitted to accompany them save the trains'crews, not even the agent r.f the associated pre??. If the accounts told ere true it must have been the moat hilarious funeral psrty that

The

of another character

give the proposed reform a trial

in the pension bureau. A bill ia now before the house asking for an increase in the clerical force of that bureau, and Mr. Orth'a committee is going to recommend its passage, with an amendment involving the appointment of a non-partisan examining board, before whom all candidates for clerkship should undergo examination in tbe elements of English education. Political recommendations are to be ignored in this bureau, and if

tbe

nominated, and the citissos

will find in him a GOOD official if they •lect him.

Flattered by his success as a civil service reformer, Senator Pendleton has volunteered an expression of opinion on the tariff question. To read the speech withont knowing the author'sname,one would naturally suppose it a production

standing,

made copies

of the enclosures, as the orieinals were in the State Department. He believed a majority, if not all of them, were in print. The principal enclosure spoken of was a prospectus of the Peruvian Company.

The other enclosures

were then identi

fied by Shipberd as

they

eppeared in

latter of June

new plan

succeeds it will be extended lo the other departments.

Samuel C. Lockman, one of tbe re publican candidates for justice of the peace, has been a resident of Terre Haute for twenty-six years, and has been in the employ of the Vandalia railroad company for thirteen years. He is an honest, industrious and upright citizsn, who would honor the position for which he

our

own Hendricks. Tbe eubjrct is deftly handled, bat the most comprehensive mind would fail to find from it.on wh'cli side of the fete4' the

OAI-'J --t ittaenar. iI

tary of Slate, but always used a somewhat vague term—the Governmeut, the executive, or the Unitsd States.

The Chairman—Whatfurther occurred? Witness—I ai-ked him if he wished to receive from me a cepj ot there papers. I did not feci at liberty to supply him with a copy cf these papers, having sent them through the Secretary

21at

to the President,

and

bad been informed by a letter from his Secretary. J. Stanley Brown, was referred to the

State Department.

The letter

May 25th was then read. It was as follows MAY 25tb, 1881.

inet.

transmitted to

tbe President duplicates of tbe present enclosure, which

presume to have been

or will be referred to the Department

State.

panied with a letter of explanation.^

the

printed volume of correspondence: The letter

far

of May 31at wss then read.

MAY 31AT, 1881.

SIK: My letter

of the New York Her

of the 21st inst.

and its

enclosure were acknowledged and in part replied to, through General Hurlbut, at a satisfactory interview -in tho city yesterday. The principal suggestion be made was that it might be expedient to advance some money

to Chili

meet her immedi

ate needa acd to displace negotiation* ehe is now ergsgtd upon with European parties, end L:e ar-ked me if the Peruvian Company would make such advance. I desire the President to rely ur.he?itnting!y oa the comprehensive arsuraDce th'at ii he will support our legal and equitable rights, as such, we, upon our p-rt, shall be ready

to supply

any amount money necessary or convenient to ir utilization. We are organizing

J.I oiher

words, with a clear In-

derstai ug of all the facts and probabilities of the situation, and shall Rot be found unready for any emergency. The practical problems confronting us I fhall be glad

discuss perecnally

with the

President and Secretary CL Slate at their early convtmence. Respectfully.

To the

4ih was addressed

to the President, and simply called attention to an enclosure, which was a

letter to Minister Hurlbut. Shipberd WAS asked BJ the chairmanDid you have an interview with Minister Hurlbut before he left for Peru. Answer—I did.

Shipberd's letter to Hurlbut, in which he asked for 8N interview, was then read, and Shipherd elated that on the morning

Sunday and Monday. State when an interview with jou can be had. [Signed.] S. A. HUHLBUT."

Shipherd's letter to Hurlbut arranging for an interview on Monday morning, May 30tb, was read.

Shipherd then stated that he met Hurlbut about 9 o'clock, as arranged, and after some interchange of courtesies Hurlbut began the conversation with tbe abrupt remark: "But, Mr.Shipherd, your figures are enormous." "I replied" said Shipherd, 'General, I'm not responsible for the figures or facte.' Hurlbut then stated to me that he had been sent to me to tell me

that the

case

President regar#A my

as strong

in lsw and equity AS it

could possibly be, but that it wee unfortunate that PE ru should be in such a deplorable condition. He added: 'The prime condition on which the President would concent to act, would be that the claim should be put in such a shape that it would not impose hardships upon Peru, but should ba remedial—should enable Peru

pay her indemnity and get

out

of her trouble with Chili. If that con'.d be done,theGovernment would heartily endorse tbe scheme.

further

said: 'This claim must not be presaed opon Peru IA any Sbylock spirit.' I replied 'We espect the United

your

State, except on

hia official direction.

He replied very

eagerly, "I wiah you to give me a »et, if you can do so, at once." I handed him a eel, end he nodded his thanks and said: "Ycu may be sure that I will read them with the utmost care and attention." He then, said that he should call at office on bis return, and meanwhile he wished that I would send him as full and unreserved an account in writing as I was willing to do,so as to give him AN idea just what our plans were. I responded, to that, that they were entirely inchoate THAT we cculd only tell, in moat general terms, what we were disposed to do, but that I wouli cheerfully tell him.

said that the time waa precious that Peru ought to haYe help at

Chairman—What next occurred in order GF time between you and Mr. Hurlbn1? Witness—My impression ia that the next hirg that occurred was the writing of DIV letters of June 2J, 1881, to Harlbut.

The first letter

was

read as follows:

DEAR SIR—Of course we shall be glad to have yourself, so far as it may_be entirely proper, and your personal friends, iarerested with us, and I will reserve, T-.'J, $25,000 of pool stock, subject to your advice. The terms OF^ payment can suit your individual convenience.

Very respectfully, JACOB R. SBIPHEBD. Hon. S. A. Hurlbut, Belvidere.

Chairman—Was that subject referred to the interview of May 30th with Gen. Hurlbut?

Witness—Nothing whatever touching the subject of that letter ever passed between Hurlbut and myself prior to or subsequent to writing thet letter.

Chairman—What 1 ave you to say as to why it was written, and for what purpost? Witness—I was at one time a resident, I think, of Hurlbut'S Congrefcsiansl district. I rsided in DuPage county, Illinois, the county adjacent to the

CITY of Chicago, and General Hurlbut resided beyond me, fifty miles perhaps, at Belvidere. I had become pretty thoroughly familiar with public sentiment as to General Hurlbut's ideas of what was proper in public office. About tbe time of General Hurlbut's appointment to go lo Peru, I consulted with gentlemen very intimate personally with General Hurlbut. An opinion which was most cleatlv in my own mind was thus phrased at that time by one gentleman whose advice I sought.

a letter which,

AS 1 AM responsible

for i', or for its

tenor or its implication,

been afraid to

I have never

MS ET. It may cr it may

not have been artistic or well constructed. I thought it was, and with all diffidenc?, I think so still. I think it was about as neat a way of handing him the soaped end of tbe stick as I could contrive.

Shipherd then gave the committee the subatance an interview he had with Secretary BUine.

The latter portion

TELEGRAPHIC.

Washington: Some More Cabinet Speculations The Publio Printer—Sergeant Mason—Cadet Wittakar's Case.

Aetlon el the Boue Wajs and Means Committee ou Revenue Redaction—Committee Notes.

iboat the Country: A Vigorous Contribution to the Garfield-Rose-crans Literatnre from

General Grant.

The

the earliest

possible moment, and "I trust you will press your organiaation." WITH an unimportant remark or two, the interview cloned.

said: "Steve will block you at every point if there ia not somethiag done tor him, or provided, or suggested to be provided, for him. You can count on it.

makes no difference what arrangement you make at Washington, something has got to be done, or promised, or suggested for him." I lork the matter, gentlemen, under very careful consideration. I look' ed at the matter as a business man and as an attorney. I never proposed to buy anybody for

the

enclose these for Minister Hurl-

but, to be hacded him in your diecretion. The copies

THE President were accom

shall be glad to be summoned to Washington in due course, before General Hurlbut'S and General Kilpatrick'S instructions IRE prepared.

Very respectfully, [Signed], J. R. SHIPHERD. To Hon. aires G. Blaine, Secretary of Slste.

Shipherd was then asked in regard to the enclosures alluded to in the letter, and stated

atrvice of this

COMPANY. I never supposed it would be necessary to buy anybody. But I became clearly of the opinion that there had got to be a tub for this whale in some form that there had got to be something said or suggested which should at least stay General Hurlbut from selling himself absolutely agaiust us at the outset. I determined with myself that it would not be wise or safe for me to have any conversation with General Hurbut touching a private interest or provision for himself or his friends, and I was determined that whatever I said in that connection I would GAY in writing. Therefore I wrote this letter, gentlemen, as deliberately as ever wrote a letter, and I have never, from that dsy to this, regretted writing it. I h*ve regretted the misapprehension. I did not then foresee the chance of its being published, and of its DISTRESSING ihe whole Nation. If I had, I should certainly have been very slow to write it. But it is

tbe testimony ia as follows: To a qute tion put by Blaine in the course ol tfce conversation, Shipherd said "At prcs eut

SE can I.SK

almost nothing.

not go into court down

We can

there until Peru de

nies the claim, and until this is done we have no right to ask our Government to interfere. We can enly atk a proviaional remedy. Peru ia now shipping our GU^NO, and 2A about to make an arraEgement to p*y her war indemnity with our fcuano. Ail we desire is that official

Jr.otification be sent to both

Chili and Peru that there ia abetted a claim to that gumo, and that whoever takes it wili do so with notice of that assertion." The Secretary replied,"That is

not

PSKIBG much."

After

J. R. SHJFHERD.

President.

the master had been fully dis-

cu^ed, and it

was mode plain

to the

Secretary that the Company was not ask iog the United Stales Government to assert lis claim, the conversation took acme other turn, acd

was finally

closed

with tho remark by the Secretary "Now, what do ycu want me to do?" Shipherd replied in substance as before and stated that the Government shoiilc, send notifications cf the Ametican title to the guano, and the Secretary replied that he would do so at once. Shipherd added: I think the following were the Secretary's exact words: "That you will get, sir. I go directly to the State Department.

I shall make it my

first business." Representative Blount asked the wit nees: Waa there any extraordinary rea *on for employing a United States STN ator as attorney? Answer—I have never sought the aid or influence of any mem ber or Senator because they were such did not ek the services of this Senator because he was a Senator, but as an at toraey and because I know he is a particular friend of the Secretary of

State

Shipherd slated in reply to an inquiry by the chairman that he had farther interviews with the Secretary on October 14th, November Sd and November 5th On the 14th the witness had two inter views, one at tbe Secretary's -bouse and the latter at the department. On November 3d an interview took place at the Secretary's house, and on November 5ih a very brief interview occurred on the train between Washington and New York.

Representative Belmont addressed the witness and said—You state that Hurl but said to you that the Government was satisfied as to the validity oi the claim Did he state to you whether the Presi dent had submitted it to the Attorney General or the Cabinet for an opinion? Answer—Nothing. The extent

collection

States to

assist only if the affair could command the approval of every fair-minded man.' I asked him if the Secretary of State had given him thti papers I had alluded lo. He replied, 'No,fir. I know nothiDg

FCHESIS. I AM CI»ly telling yiu what I "have been instructed to do.' In speaking he never used ths term Secre

my re

the phrase is: "The Presi

dent regards yonr claim as valid." The hearing then adjonrned until to morrow.*

Drowned.

ST. LOUIS, March 21.—At Maconpin Station, near C'arlinville, Ills., Peter Banchman, wife and daughter, attempted to cross a creek Jn a small stifl. The ekiff capsized, and the

were drowned.

wife and dtu^ht?r

Floods—The Cry of Distress Continues to Come up from the Wasted Sonth—Assorted

Lightning.

UaHhing(on«

CABINET GPJSCULATIOH.

WASHINGTON, March 21.—The Star, to-night, aays it is stated by persona thought to

B^ well informed that Senator

Teller,

Colorado, will be nominated for

Secretary

the Interior.

THE PUBLIC PRINTER.

It is also reported that the nomination cf S. P. Rounds,

Whittaker'e trial. SERGEANT MASON. WASHINGTON, March 21.—Judge Advocate General Swaim, it is understoodrecommends the modification of the sentence of Sergeant Mason, basing his recommendation upon the ground that Guiteau was not in a position where he possibly could have been killed by Mason, and that undor such circumstances the charge of assault with intent to kill cannot be sustained.

REVENUE TAX REDUCTION. WASHINGTON, March 21.—The House Committee on Ways and Means has adopted—6 to 5—the following resolution Resolved, That the sub committee on changes in the internal revenue be instructed to report a bill abolishing all internal revenue taxes except the tax on distilled liquors, M&lt liquors acd manufactured tobacco, and tbe taxes on bank circulation, on alcoholic medicines, reserving for their discretion reduction of the tax on sugars, and the special

taxes

A motion

from

WASHINGTON, March 21.—The SON-ALE Military Committee, to-day, decidtd to report adversely on the bill providing for placing General Alfred Pleasanton oa ihe Army retired list.

The House Committee on Military AFFAIRS will offer the following amendment to the Army appropriation bill: That any officer who may be supernumerary to the permanent organization organized by law, may, upon his own request, receive an honorable discharge and one year's pay. and an allowance for each five years' strvict provided, that no officer shall receive more than three years' pay and allowance.

WASHINGTON,

Starch

Gilroore made an argument to-dsy before the Houte Committee on Commerce, in favor of the levee the plan recommended by ihe Mississippi River Commission, for TB.E improvement of the navigation

that river.

Capt. Eads also spoke in support of the plans of the commission. NOMINATED.

Tbe President nonflnated G^CRGO V'. McAdams, Postmaster at Mount P'ea»ant, Iowa.

BILLS SIGNED.

The bill apptopriating' $150,000

stages

Chicsgo, as Publio

Printer, will be sent to the Senate in a few days. CADET WHITTAKIR.

The record of tbe Court Martial in tbe ca-te o(

Csdet Whittaker will be made

public to-morrow through the special orders of the Secretary of War. These orders will set aside the verdict and sentence of the Court Martial on ac count of certain irregularities and informalities in taking the evidence, and will release Whittaker from arrest. At tbe eame time they will dismiss him from the Military Academy under the provisions of section 1325, Revised Statutes, relative to the discharge of cadets found deficient iu their studies. Tbe action of the President in this case is ba«ed upon an opinion by Attorney General Brewster, to whom the Secretary of War referred the report of the Judge Advocate General, that improper evidence had been admitted in

on dealare, manu

facturers, etc. The vote in detail was: Ayes—Kelley, Sherman, Kaeson, Dunnel, McKinley, Bubbell and Haskel—C nays —Errett, Randall, Tucker, Carlisle and Speer—5.

to amend by inserting pro

visions exempting the sale

of leef tobacco

taxation was rejected. IO vetipg against the sub committee's report Chairman Kelley said his vole was cast in accordance with the recent action

the

Republican caucus and wa%,contrsry to his judgment. COMMITTEE KOTZS.

Laconia

Colds

Coucihs

Bronchitis

Asthma,Whooping Cougl

all Druggists.—Price, 25 Cents,

pinion 01 Rosecrans to you after Garfield's election" to the Presiderrj?

Nichol—Yes,sir about a week after TJIE election. I have given you exactly his ideas, acd very nearly his exact language.*?

The Floods.

VICKSBUBO, Miss., March 21.—A heaTy wind and rain storm set in las* night, and there is a strorg wind to-day,causins heavy swells on the river, which, it feared, will cause-new breaks in the levee». A steamer from Deer Cieek brings 350 bead

stock from L. A. Campbell'#

plantation,

and reports the water seven Lr

ten inches deep on the plantations sioune? Campbellsville. All boats bring LARCE numbers of refugees, mostly colored. Ths laborers at Msyeraville are supplied by the planters. They will be ready to go to work as 3oon as tbe water falls. Ducksport is still above water. Planting commenced there yesterday. The wharf and elevator platforms sre all afloat this morning. The Tallahatchie and Upper Yazoo rivers are declining rapidly. Tbe section on these rivers which suffered the most is between BE'Z-nia and Ysaoo City, where the ICEA cf cuttle is beyond computation. There are a large number of acres

of land free from water at

to-day.

21.—General

for

the sufferers by the Mississippi floods wss signed todaj also, the act appro priating $100,000 tor continuing work on Davis Island dam.

More «*rfleld-R«secians. CHICAGO, March 21.—Thos. M. Nicbol, in an interview this afternoon, said he believed the Garfield-Chase-Rosecra.es letter genuine and trHthful, and it accorded with what he had

often heard

from General Garfield's own lips regarding

ths Army

of the Cumberland. The

letter spoke warmly of Rosecrans, as G«rfitld himself always did in conversation. Garfield believed Rosecrans was wrong, but honest in hia opinions, Col. Nicbol continued: "Soon after tbe election of 1880, Gen. Garfield gave me a letter

deliver to General Grant. I called at Grant's room in the Fifth Avenae Hotel, New York, to hand him the letter. WU had perhaps half hour's conversation about the campaign generally and the Morey letter in particular. During the conversation, Grant said there were two men Garfield could never recognise or speak to without the entire sacrifice of his own self-respect—Hewitt and Rosecrans.

He said

was all

his worthlejsness entitled him to. He said he hoped Garfield had found biro out at last, and would let him takelcare of himstli hereafter. He never

Rose-

bank, Egypt, Shell Bluff, Glen Oak, Oakwook and a number of other plantations on the Yazoo delta, though the place is still under water, and tbe Court Houee filled with people.

BATON ROUGE, La., March 21.—Gen. York telegraphs tho Governor

from

Troy,

La, reporting the distribution^ of forage on Black river. The country is in feariul distress. There ere 350 head of stock on the Black, Tensas and Little rivers which ir.nat be fed.

The corn ABD

oats shipped by the steamer St. John will be distributed to-morrdW on

THE^TENSBS

river. Gen. Yoik advises the shipment of forage for stock on all the streams above mentioned also on Bayous Macon and Bartholomew. The river is rising rapidly.

FURTHER ACCOUNTJ OF DISTRESS. LITTLE ROCK, March 21.—The Gazette's

Arkansas city special

says:

The

slight decline in the water, noticed a few days ago, still continues in thia vicinity. There is no actual auffiring, but considerable distress. Government rations have been received and distributed, and have been the means of alleviating much distress. The destruction

levee stock

throughout Desha and Cnccott counties is very great. It IN qnestionable if sufficient work stock I

ft to

cultivate

one in every tenth :rr? n-ually in cultivation. Reports from MR sLwippi are exceedingly gloomy. TO ik not drowned perished for want

jd. A severe

wind and rain storm viaiie\i this section last night. No damage is reported beyond overturning a couple of small houses. Tbe inmates

were

rescued

this morning unharmed. Lieutenant* Satterlee snd Richards, of the Third United States Artillery, sfter a thorough and satisfactory examination of the condition of the ccuntiy and people for distribution of Government supplier,

left for

The distress in that

portion of the country is reported very GREAT—mostly large plantations, which have been protected by private Itvets, and that have withstood previous floods. RE'jirg upon the continued efficacy of the levees, no preparation WBB MTDD fir removing the stock, cattle, etc.

The destruction,

consequently, is very great. A few Goveminent supplies have been distributed to the sufferers, but not sufficient F•! tbe relief of one-tenth cf thedistrese. Furthtr coneigrmen's

art

ar.xioualy looked for.

TOWN CAVED IN.

LITTLE ROCK, March 21.—A Democrat special from Arkanass City sayT: Terrene, at the miu'.B of THE White astl Mississippi rivira, CAVED in last night. Mat. Ezall lost hia store end saloon, WT'liamson Ez:ll lost bis store, Zjdec LOFT hia store, Goodecrane lost his saloon. The coal fleet is sahjcolivps were lost, and tba buildings were of but little value.

Cheap Transportation. CHICAGO, March 21.—The first vesselcharters of tbe season were taken yesterday, 70,000 bushels of corn, to Buffalo, being taken at t«o cents per bushel, a RAIE so

low that the

the

carrieis were much

depressed over it. Should the

vessela

start now, the heavy insurance rate at this time cf year would bring tbem into Buffelo at an actual toes for the trip.

S»Id that Weevilly Corn. CHICAGO, March 21.—The entue amount of corn in the Danville elevator, being 387,000 bushels,

was

signed A3 the cause.

Hewitt's con

duct was outrageously indecent, but Rosecrans' was a great deal worse,

for

Some idea

posted, and

most cf.it sold at GL and 6'2 cents to-day. The grain is said

be very little if any

injured, but there was anxiety manifested to-day to get it out

the elevator, SV that

receipts in the depository might be considered regular.

Suicide.

PROVIDENCE, R. I, M«ch 21.— Orton E. Coleman, for eighteen years tbe buyer for tho A. & W. Sprague Manufacturing Company, shot and killed himself this morning. Diecoursgement at the condition of Sprsgue matters is

mora cases of small pox io town.

Garfield

had btea the best friend he ever had. He had stood up for him, apologized for his bluBders, explained and excused them, and defendea him for seventeen year*, wheD, if it hadn't been for Garfield he would have long ago sunk

out

sight into obsecurity, which

of the

was

fit

to command an army he wouldn't, c-r rather couldn't, obey orders He

was

what he (Grant) called a constitutional insubordinate a sort of pig-beaded, obstinate man, who would get a selfish prejudice into his head and stick to it, and act against the judgment and reason of everybody else, and aheolutely was incapable of seeing

Small fos.

LITTLE ROCK, March 21.—A Gizelte special from FortSaiith mentions considerable c-xcitementon tLe discovery

cf two

The Daily Defaulter. DENVEB, March 21.—A rpedal from Pueblo aays: Frank Boydson, acting City Cleik, is a defaulter to the extent of $1,400.

profits made in P^RIA

by fashionable American dentists may b«

fatheredia

from tbe fact that Dr.Thomas

Ivans in the habit of leaving his money about so loosely that a faithless retainer was able to rob him of a trifle of $11,000 tbe other d*y, at h's bouse in Avenue Malakofl. The thief escaped

longed to that branch

any force

in any facts or arguments in conflict with what was, for the lime being, his theory. He said Rosecrans would have utterly destroyed the Army of the Cumberland—or had it destroyed—if it had not been for the intelligence

of t'.ie

army itself, and especially of such subordinate officers as Oarfi ld acd Thomas." Reporter—Do I understand you

say,

1 Mr. Nichol, that General Grant expressed

Brussels, where he has since been arrested.

A man drawn as a juror in a Pennayl. vania court

was

excused because he be

of the

Covenanter

Church which holds that ours is not a Christian government, and be had conscientious scruples against serving in its courts.

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