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frEAEBALPOKTEK SUSTAINED The Bill for His Restoration to I he Army Passed by the Senate. Outline of tlie Speech of General T.ogpn in Opposition to the Measure —Provisions ' of the Bill— The Vote. Special to the Indianapnlis Journal. Washington, March 13.—General Grant, who is at Fortress Monroe, Va., telegraphed his congratulations to-night to Fitz John Porter, and General Slocum and several distinguished gentlemen called upon Porter at his hotel here as soon as it was announced that the Senate had passed the bill restoring him to the rolls of the army. It was observed, however, that most' of them were Democrats, and the jollifying that is indulged in over this victory of Porter is now by the Democrats alone. Republicans who supported the bill are not crying thsi? sentiments from house-tops. They seem to feel that they have put enough shame upon the escutcheon of obedient soldiers for one day. Those who opposed the bill regard the vote by which it was passed with surprise. Some of them doubt that the President will sign it. Many papers say there can be no doubt that a bill will be passed within the scope of another Congress which will give Porter his back pay. General Browne, of Indiana, who opposed the bill with such vigor, said to-night that if Porter deserved the treatment he received at the hands of the Senate to-day, he ought to be voted pay from the day ho was dismissed from the service to the day he will be reinstated, and he had no doubt it will be done, llis back-pay will amount to about SIOO,OOO. The Proceedings in Detail. To the Western A**oclatel Prep*. Washington, March 13.—The Senate to-day took up the bill for the relief of Fitz John Por ter, and Mr. Mauderson addressed the Senate in opposition to it. He understood the claim to be that, on full examination, no fault could he found with the conduct of General Porter. He had not examined until recently the report of the proceedings of the court-martial which tried General Porter. ITc had read General Grant’s paper in the North American Review, and that, with other reading, had aroused in him sympathy and interest in the case. He felt it his duty then to examine the matter thoroughly, and he was sorry to be compelled to say that from the examination he had given the case, whether this boa case of judicial review or exercise of clemency. ho felt bound to vote no on this bill. The bill asked Congress to set aside the verdict of the court-martial, to review and set aside the decision of one of the highest tribunals —a most dangerous precedent. If a case, he said, should come to this Seriate as an original proposition on the finding of a courtmartial and Congress should take to itself to review the record and if it let the prisoner go. the advocates of this bill would stand aghast. President Lincoln had written to Leonard Swett that he had read every word of the testimony in the Fitz John Porter ease, and said: ‘‘l tell you ho is guilty and ought to be hung.” Were corroboration of Swett’s statement necessary, it was afforded by the testimony of Robert Lincoln before the advisory board as tot lie statements of the President, has father. Porter had expressed to Burnside a feeling of contempt for Pope, and that feeling was so plain to all officers who had come in contact with him that even General McClellan had to beg him to be loyal to his commander. He did not wish disaster to the Union army but he didn’t wish Pope to succeed. This jealousy of a leader had been a curse. It had caused the downfall of many commanders of the army of the East. McClellan. Hooker, Burnside, Meade and Pope, h!1 fell by i>n;on of it. Thank God, Mr. Manderson said, the armies of the West, of the Cumberland and tho Tennessee, were free from it. Among McPherson, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas, Grant and Sherman, no heart burnings, no jealousy or hatred existed. [Applause in the galleries.) He opposed the hill because of the Taw and facts, because of the dangerous precedent to the army, and because ho believed it to be eternally right so to do. [Loud applause in tlie galleries.] Mr. Logan then addressed the Senate. ‘ln 1865." ho said, “when ministering angels of this country had ceased to smooth the brow of the weary soldier, who, of all these that had been administering the laws to put down the rebellion could believe that its power Avc.Jd be invoked in aid of such a measure as that before this Senate? Traveling back to 18(55, we. find that forty-five Jays were consumed by the court-martial on the trial of the individual who, by its decision, was discharged from the army of the United States. Part of that court martial were learned in civil law; all of them were conversant with military law. What is the trial now going on? Is it the trial of Fitz John Poller? No, it was a trial at the grave of those that were dead on the charge that tho men who had tried this man had disregarded the facts. Fitz John Porter had, after all these years, become a prosecutor. It was a trial, not of the living, but of the dead. It was a trial at this late day of Abraham Lincoln, rather than Fitz John Porter. “Without desiring,” said Mr. Logan, facing the Democratic side of the chamber, “to criticise the vote of any one, I hope I may be pardoned for making a remark. It is perfectly natural that those who had been engaged in the rebellion against a great government like this, when they failed of success, and have themselves been pardoned by the government, that they should, without examination of the evidence in the case, feel sympathy for those who, during the war had been dismissed from the service of the United States. Wliy? Because they would naturally sympathize with them and say: “I have been forgiven and therefore I shall forgive everybody else.” Continuing. Mr. Logan inquired why it was that before the court, martial that tried Porter the question was, had there been disobedience of orders. Military law showed there was no excuse for tho disobedience of a lawful order unless there existed a physical impossibility to its execution. Had tliero been such a physical impossibility shown? Not at all. He charged here, and defied contradiction, that Fitz John Porter was the cause of the loss of the second battle of Bull Run. [Loud applause in the gallery was instantly repressed by the presiding OfficerAll*. Frye in the chair—who announced that under no circumstances could applause be permitted, and if repeated the offenders would be removed by the Sergeant at arms.] Tlie gentlemen said Porter could not obey Pope's orders. Why did not the gentlemen show that he tried to obey the order? The evidence showed he never tried to do it. The road was open from 2 o’clock in the morning and he didn’t move for five hours after ordered to move. What excuse was given by Porter’s friends? That it was a dark night. Mr. Logan would only say the evidence contradicted that statement. And suppose it was a dark night? He would appeal to every senator in the chamber, of both confederate ami federal armies, that such reason for not moving under the circumstances was absurd. Air. Logan lmd, himself, on an exceedingly dark and rainy night, with 10,000 men. crossed the Mississippi river, marched twenty-two miles and fought a battle and, as he believed, saved the field. Take all tlie marches of tlie armies on either side—take the marches of the very corps of Fitz John Porter when he was relieved otjits command—all evidence showed that the armies marched night after night in total darkness. Take all great bat ties in history and the same will be found. To fight the battle of Arbela Alexander tho Great marched all night in the dark to reach tlie battle ground in the morning. So with Demosthenes at the battle of Syracuse. One of Nero’s marches had been raado so swift, notwithstanding tho darkness of the night that the first Hannibal knew of his presence was receiving tho head of his brother Hamikar, which Nero throw over tlie city walls. The night marches of Napoleon were a distinguishing characteristic of his military methods, and one of the secrets of his successes. Mr. Logan sent to the Clerks desk and had read from Motley’s “Dutch Republic,” an instance in 1572 where 300 soldiers marched nine miles through an arm of tho sea that came up to their chins, to reach their goal in time, and they

did it and accomplished their object. Vet. Porter’s distance, from the point where he was wanted, was only nine miles on dry land. Will any American say an American soldier cannot do what a foreign ono could do? In tlie name of heaven and all that was made, could not an American do what other men could do? Had Porter been ordered to march through water four feet deep that night, and had said he could not do it, what would be thought of him in the light of the extract just read. It was easy to denounce tlie action of the dead, for they spoke not, but it did not always succeed. Air. Logan knew some gentlemen who were very anxious to show that this man had been unjustly condemned. Ho held in his hand the condemnation of fifty-one officers of the army. He read a number of those to show tlie offenses for which tlie men were dismissed. One was for absence without leave, and on that the General announced he regretted that he (the General) was not the instrument to inflict tlie punishment of death, and one of those fifty-one had never had the benefit of a court-martial, but was summarily dismissed by his officer. Who was that officer? It was Major-general Rosecrans. Who appealed 1o t hat general in behalf of those men dismissed without eburt or trial or anything but the mere whim of the commanding officer? Oli, hut they were only volunteer officers. Nobody cared for them, ’aud that is the way things are running in this country at this time. Alen had been kicked out of the way because they had been volunteer officers or volunteer soldiers. No matter how much they might be shattered, nobody ever put them on the retired list. Alen that attempted to destroy the government, and I say this without disresjieet, come forward and attempt to reverse history and get some assistance from our side, and on the ground of charity. Uharity for whom? For tlie benefit of a man who in the hour of trial failed—failed to perform his duty to his country. Air. Logan was charged with following this man too far. If he (Logan) was the only man in the Senate chamber whose opinion opposed the bill, he would bo found maintaining that opinion. The Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Sewell) had had a letter read from General Grant. If any man in the Senate had more respect for General Grant than he (Logan), he did not know who that man was. He would say nothing to detract from the well-earned fame of General Grant; but, he would be permitted to say, that as a lawyer General Grant could not l>o regarded as first-class. It had been said there was no battle on the 21)th of August, 1862, and so Porter could not be guilty. Well. then, if there was a battle on the 29th he was guilty, according to the views of Porter’s friends. Air. Logan then read the letter of General Grant to Porter, in which he (Grant) said he had condemned Porter on insufficient informa lion: that, since General Grant had ascertained there was no battle fought on the 20th, then he had said Porter was not guilty. In this, Air. Logan frankly agreed with General Grant. The gentlemen did not want federal testimony? they wanted confederate testimony. He would therefore take confederate testimony. Air. Logan then read from the statements of General Lee. to show that there was a battle on tlie 20th, and that, as General Lee said, “it raged with great fury.” Logan could prove by the testimony of every Union officer that there was such a battle. Air. Sewell said there was no question of the fact that there had been very heavy fighting during the day. but it was isolated brigades. Air. Logan said there evidently was one “iso lated brigade” that did not fight [laughter], and no battle was fought in these times in which all forces on both sides were simultaneously engaged. If the gentlemen admitted there was a battle on the 20th, that settled the case. Instead of there being 25,000 troops in charge of General Longstreet, in front of Porter, as was claimed, Mr. Logan said it was proved that there were not 5,000 men in Porter’s front. General Longstreet and several other gentleman that belonged to the confederate army had tried to make this tiling as easy as possible for Porter. But Logan had taken their reports made at that time and analyzed them, and found how things were, and that*was better testimony than the memory of these men twenty years later. When Pope concluded to attack the enemy along tlie whole line, and issued his afternoon order, lie expected Porter to be where he ought to be, instead of which Porter was some miles away. Tho evidence ot the Gen oral who issued the order and tho orderly who delivered it, said it. could not have been delivered later than 5:30 i\ m. The sun set on that day at 0:36, and if he had only got the order at the time indicated, lie had still nearly two hours of daylight. This man Porter being a wiser man than Pope, and knowing better when to fight than Pope did. did not fight. The last assault of Wellington's guard upon Napoleon was made after 8 o’clock at night, when the Iron Duke gave tho famous order, “Up, guards, and at them,” and, notwithstanding the lateness of the hour, that charge had passed into history. But our bandbox soldier could not fight until he got ready. When the order was handed to Porter, he folded it and put it in his pocket. General Sykes was at his side, but that officer and General Alorrell had said that Porter had not told them ho was ordered to fight. The only order Sturgis received that day from Porter was not to fight, but to move Ins troops back to Man&sstts, so that there c ould not be found in all evidence a single order that Porter gave to engage the enemy, even in a skirmish. Assuming that he received, at 5:30, an order to move on the enemy’s flank, and rear if possi ble, why did lie not obey it? Logan defied any friend of Porter to show that lie obeyed any ’er at the time. He utterly failed to obey ai. order to fight. Ono rale of warfare Logan knew was to strike the enemy where you find him, and to tell him that you were not to fight because you feared you would be whipped was to tell him anew principle of military action. He had never heard that till lie heard of Fitz John Porter. It had been said that Porter had been a good soldier, and that the next day after this disobedience lie had done well. That was not the point here. Ho was merely insisting that Porter had disobeyed his orders. So far as the argument of sympathy was concerned all men in distress were eu titled to our sympathy. The poorest man who had fought in the army was entitled to sympathy for his wounds and privations, but there was no proposition to put him on tlie rati red list. Sympathy should not override law. Sympathy should not override principles. “And. " said Air. Logan, turning to tlie Democratic side of the chamber. “Isay to-day, in all kindness to this side of the chamber (though, of course, it will have no effect, and 1 do hot expect it to have any) that the course of your people, assisted by a few of ours, is one which will prevent the people of this country as long as you go on in this way, from having any confidence that you intend to administer the affairs of this government fairly.’’ “This opening of doors,” lie continued, “meant the breaking down of the barriers between loyal men and disloyal men, so far as tho foundations of army discipline were concerned. It meant opening* the retired list to other men to come in as Porter was coining. It meant more than that.” He did not care what few gentlemen were in and what few were out. He might say it was his conviction that tho great body of American people did not believe in breaking down the barriers between tht men who failed in the time of need nnu those who stood at their post, “and when I say that,” continued Air. Logan, “I am speaking of our own people. They do not believe in your coming here to regulate our court-martial of the war period; they do no't believe it is just; they do not believe it is right that you should. I tell you I am speaking to you the truth, as the people will speak it to you hereafter. Your confederacy could regulate its own courts-martial while you had a confederacy, but, sirs, do not come here in numbers sufficient to put hack in our army men who failed us and thus destroy the discipline of our army, cast slurs upon the men who did their duty, trample in the dust tlie bones of the dead and put a stignui upon the names of tho Union soldiers. Let not your feelings go so far. If you do, I assure you that more years than you think will pass over your heads be fore you have the confidence of tho American people.” This was an act of injustice, Air. Logan asserted, not only to the army, but to all loyal people of the country; an injustice to the memory of the faithful dead; an injustice to Abraham Lincoln and those associated with him. Those who were friends of the Union in the hour of its trial should not falter now, in its time of triumph. While every day poor crippled officers were applying to tho military commit tee to be put on the retired list and could not succeed, were we to put this man Porter there? And while faithful wounded

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soldiers were receiving paltry pensions of $8 a month, how could the Senate pass a bill to give a salary of $3,000 a year to a man who, in the hour of peril, had failed to perform a duty to his country? The war for the Union had been fought to preserve a great government, and to preserve equality and justice. If this bill passed, and this wrong were done, it would be declaring to the world that those who failed in the hour of trial were men who should now be honored, and that the glorv of the Union army could as well bo maintained by honors lost as by honors won. That principle would have a most demoralizing effect npon our army and upon the country. The idea of placing such a man in his position was revolting to Mr. Logan's notion. Mr. Conger expressed a desire to amend the bill by striking out the word ‘•the”and inserting the words “an additional** before the words “retired list of the army,” his object being, he said, to save from disgrace the regular retired list of the army, and have a separate retired list provided for General Porter and those like him. The chair decided the bill was not subject to amendment at this time, except for additional sections. The bill was then read a third time and passed —-36 yeas, 23 nays. The result was received with mingled applause and hisses from the galleries. Tne vote was as follows: Yeas—Bayard, Brown, Butler, Call. Cockrell, Coke. Colquitt, Fair, Farley, Garland, Gibson, Gorman, Groome, Hampton, itarris, Hoar. Jackson, Jonas, Jones of Florida, Jones of Nevada, Lamar, McPherson, Maxey, Morgan, Pendleton. Pike. Pugh, Rhhlleberger. Sabin, Saulsbury, Sewell, Slater, Vance, Vorhees. Walker and Williams. Nays—Aldrich. Ailison, Blair. Bowen, Conger, Cullom, Dawes, Dolph, Edmunds, Five. Harrison. Haw ley. Hill, Ingalls, Logan, McMillan, Mandcrson, Miller of California. Mitchell, Morrison, Palmer, Platt, Sherman, VanWyck and Wilson. The preamble was then passed —33 yeas, 22 nays. During the vote Mr. Miller, of New York, expressed a wish to vote, and without objection transferred Mr. Camden’s pair to Mr. Aldnch, who was not ab sent. Mr. Miller then voted “no.* 1 Before the preamble was passed Mr. Hawley expressed a wish that the majority would spare the Senate a vote annulling the decision of a court-martial, which was as lawfully constituted an authority as the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Conger remarked it was disgrace enough to have been a member of the body which would pass such a bill— Mr. Groome—Order. —ls that were disgrace, or honor enough if that were honor; but that preamble was something no senator should vote for. The preamble to the bill as passed recites that the board of officers convened by the President to examine and report upon the case of General Porter stated that justice required the President to annul the findings and sentence of the court-martial in General Porter's case, and to restore him to the position from which the sentence deprived him, such restoration to take effect from the date of his dismissal from the service; that the President had remitted so much of tho sentence as disqualified General Porter from holding office, and that in order to do justice to General Porter it was enacted, etc. The bill then authorizes the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint General Porter to .the position of colonel m the army, with the same grade and rank as held by him at the time of dismissal, and authorizes the President, in his discretion, to place General Porter on the retired list as of that grade, General Porter, however, to receive no compensation or allowance prior to his appointment under the act. 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M . 30.32,46 39 8 Clear 2:24 p. M.. 30.25 51.5 28 E Cloudy 6:24 P. M.. 130.22,48.6 32 E Cloudy 10:24 p. m. . ,30.18|43.4 63 K Cloudy Maximum tempo tature, 53.0; minimum temperature, 34.3. General Observations. War Department, \ Washington. March 13, 11:25 i\ m. 5 Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. WH< I W 5 P sr ZA I'n v Zs 1 $ g, ®s' 8 s b p* g eSTATION. S 2 : g = 3 f : f* I Si 1 ; I : Bismarck, Dak 30.32 22 i S j [Clear. Cairo, 111 30.14 471 NE | Clear. Cffiattanooga, Tenn ! J ! Chicago, ID r 130.28 34j N jClear. Cincinnati, 0 30.15 46 NE : Cloudy. Davenport, la 30.30 36 NE | Cloudy. Deadwood, Dak 30.40 22! NW | Clear. Denver, Col [30.38 36 Calm i iClear. Des Moines, la 30.44 27: N j Fair. Dodge City, Kan. ... 30.44 31’ N ! Clear. Ft. Assiniboine, Mta 30.39 23 Calm j Clear. Fort Buford, Dak . . *30.32 13 W Clear. Fort Custer. Mont.. 30.40 19 SB [....Clear. Fort Elliott, Tex ... 30.31 59 NE I Clear. Fort Gibson, tnd. T. j : Fort Sill. Ind. T j Galveston. Tex 30.13 60 8W j Clear. Indianapolis, Ind... ,30.18 43 E j Cloudy. Keokuk, la 30.28 32 N } jllazy. La Crosse. Wis ... 30.4 1 21 NW Clear. Leavenworth, Kan 30,36 24 N 'Cloudy. Little Rock. Ark.... #<>. 11 52 NE Clear. Ijouiftville, Ky 30.10 44 N Cloudy. Memphis. Tonti 30.08 48 N I (Clear. Morenead, Minn.... 130.40 O S (Clear. Nashville. Tenn.... 30.06 41 NE 1 .57 Lt.Raiu. North Platte, Neb.. 30.44 29 NE 1 'Clear. Omaha, Neb ,30.49 25 N j [Clear. Pittsburg. Pa 30.24 45 NE j Cloudy. Shtevopovt, La.-. 130.08 54 NW i Char. Springfield. 11l 30.23 39j N I 'Clear. St. Louis, Mo .30.20 45j E ' Clear. Stockton, Tex . 30.11 45iCalm Clear. St. Paul, Minn 30.45 1 9 S\V (Clear. Vicksburg. Miss... 30.10 48 N ..Clear. Yankton.T). T 30.50 13: NE ' Clear. New Orleans, La... 30.08 55 N j .04 Cloudy. Las Animas.Col... . 30.37 29 E ’ [Clear. Fort Smith. Ark.... 30.14 50 Calm j Cloudv. Salt Lake City, U. T. 30.31 37 jNE ! Clear.* El Paso, Tex |30.22 40!0alm ! [Clear. Royal Templars. 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THE JOURNAL -1884 Daily and Weekly. The Leading Paper in Indiana. At the opening of the presidential year the attention of ;dl intelligent people is directed to the newspaper. With the session of Congress the importance of an enterprising and reliable daily and weekly newspaper becomes even greater. The Indianapolis Journal seeks to excel, not only in the completeness and reliability of its news, but in the character and in the method of its presentation. The Journal has special correspondents at Washington, New York, Boston, Chicago, and at all other leading cities in the country, while its corps of correspondents cover all events of importance occurring in any of the towns and cities of Indiana, and of those portions of Illinois and Ohio which it naturally serves. It will be the particular care of Thf. Journal, during the year 1884, that its readers shall be kept fully informed of matters connected with the great presidential struggle upon which the country is about to enter, and with the no less important canvass for the new Congress to be chosen next November, as well as of all other important political movements. The financial and commercial department of Tfie J OURNA L includes full and accurate report s of all movements affecting the interests of capitalists and business men that occur in Europe or America. Its daily record of the Chicago, New York arrd other markets will be found a trustworthy record arrd guide by all interested in srtclr matters. Irr local matter's The Journal prints all that is worth printing, and in which the public is interested. It pays particular attention to those events which affect tire best thought arrd social advancement of tire people. The Weekly Journal gives, in a condensed but sufficiently ample form, all tire news of each week, made up to the latest hour, together with a comprehensive view of all tho markets in which the people are interested. TERMS. Per year, to subscribers by nurii, postage prepaid: Daily. Ono year, by mail 512.00 Six months. by mail - ti.oo Three morula*, by mail 3.00 One month, by mail 1.00 Per week, by carrier 25 Weekly. One year SI.OO Less than one year and over three months, ten cents per month. No subscription taken for less than three months. Send for circulars for agents' terms. Remittances may be made by draft, money order or registered letter, at tire risk of the publisher. In ordering papers, care should be taken to give postoffice address in full, including State and county. Address JNO. C. NEW & SON, Corner Pennsylvania arrd Market streets. BUSINESS DIRECTORY INDIANAPOLIS. ABSTRACTS OF TITLES. ELLIOTT & BUTLER, NO. 3 AETNA BUILDING. CONTRACTORS. WHITSIT & ADAMS, NO. 21 THORPE BLOCK, Sewers, Streets and Roads. MISCELLANEOUS. BRYCE’S BAKERY. Only ono quality of CRACKERS made. and t hat tho best. Wholesale price 7 cents, and retail 10 cents per pound. I' EE HANS HAW'S j Windsor Restaurant and T/uneli Ronrn<, 21 meals tor $3.50. Open at all hours. No. 46 North Illinois Street. Hercules powder, the safest and strongest powder in the world. Powder, Caps, Fuse. and ;Hl the tools for Blasting Stumps kept by 0. H. JENNK Sole Agent, 29 South Pennsylvania street. Indianapolis Oil Tank Line Cos., DEALERS IN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. Corner Pine and Lord Streets. OJHJO W. B. BARRyT Uil VY saw manufacturer, 132 and 134 South Pennsylvania Street. Smith’s Chemical Dye-Works, No. 3 Martiudalo’s Block, near Postoffice. I Clean, dye and repair gentlemen's eh.l lung: also, la-lies’ ; dresses, shawl*, sacques. and Ilk and woolen goods of i every description, dyed anil refinished; kid gloves i neatly cleaned at 10 cents per pair. Will do more I first-class work for money than .v v hone of the kind in the State. JOHN 13. SM ITH.

“ WROUGHT IRON FITTINGS. Selling agent for National Tube Globe Valves, Stop Cocks. Engine Trimmings. PI PE TONGS, CUTTERS, VISES, TAPS, Stocks and Dies, Wrenches, Steam Traps. Pumps. Sinks. HOSE. BELTING, BABBIT METALS (25-pomid boxes), Cotton Wiping Waste, white and colored (U)0-pound bales), and all other supplies used in con neetion with STEAM. WATER and GAS, in JOB or RETAIL LOTS. Do a regular steam-fit ting business. Estimate anJ contract to heat Mills, Shops. Factories and Lumber Dry Houses with live or exhaust steam. Pipe cut to order by KNIGHT&JILLSON No charge for consultation. Artificial Eyes inserted. 36hjW. Washington St.. Indianapolis. COFFEE AND TEA HOUSE. We are now receiving NEW MOYUXE, IMFERIAL, GUNPOWDER and YOUNG HYSON TEAS; also, OOLONG and JAPANS. Would also call the attention of dealers to the fact that we carry the largest stock and greatest variety of COFFEES in this market. Consumers who love a GOOD CUP OF COFFEE should ask for GATES'S A No. 1. or Blended Java Coffee in packages. A. It. GATES & CO. NOTICE TO__CONTRACTORS. Office of the Board of Commissioners for the Erection of Additional Hospitals for the Insane. I vi>fanapolis. March 3. 1884. Sealed proposals will bo received by said Board of Commissioners, at the office of the Governor, at Indianapolis, on the Bth day of April, 1884, between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 11 o'clock a. m., for tho erection and construction of two additional hospitals for the insane, in conformity with plans and specifications agreed upon by said board, one of '-aid hospitals to bo erected in Wayne county, near Richmond, the other iu Yanderburg countv. war Evansville. Bids will be received for the work ;i< a whole or for any classified portion as shown in the schedule and specifications. All bids will I>o required to be made upon printed forms, prepared by tin* Board of Commissioners, which will be furnished upon application. All bids must be accompanied by a bond for the faithful performance of the work specified therein, as required by section four of the act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, passed in 1883. entitled “An act providing lor the location and erection of additional hospitals for the insane und the management thereof under the authority of which said hospitals arc to be erected. The Board reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Contractors will not be allowed to Mil del: any portion of the work without the written approval of said Board. Payments will be made monthly, ns the work progresses. upon estimates made by the .Superintendent of Construction, 10 per cent of such estimate to be withheld until the final estimate, to bo made when the contract is completed uud the work accepted by tho Board. The Board will not be responsible for the payment of any estimate unless funds have been provided by appropriation by the legislature. INSTKI'TIONS TO BlfifiKii*. Plans ajul specifications can be seen on awl :n; i the 10th day of March, 1 "81. at the office of E. IJ. Keteham. Architect. Indianapolis. Indiana. Projiosftls must b* indorsed “Proposals for New Asylums for the Inar.o.” and addressed to the Commissioners for the Erection of New Hospitals for the Insane, Indianapolis, Indiana. Bidders are Invit-d to be present &< the opening of the bids, which will take place at the office of tho Governor on tho Bth da\ of April next. By order of said Board of Commissioners. A. G. POUTER. Goverr.or and President of the Board. Gyvs .Kts ~ Mmtassaili* i I|pl|L j No Kindling Required. X> ul to Garry. No Ashe* i > tforu-'v Pric*s from •'f’J to sl6. See Otto Silent Gas K : m \ We sell to gas consumers in this c : :y ••u’./. On exh.ibit.ion aud for sale by tho GAS CO AIP A NY, No. 47 South Pennsylvania Su A.

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