Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 January 1885 — Page 4

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21. OrriCEj 71 and 73 Yet Market Street. bates of sußsciarriox. Ie 11 vzrfipof.n HntiaI for lSSOatlj, San Czy and TVehly ri.'.'z. 3AH.T. I::tct33 t cvricr, pr wtx .,....4 23 I"t, iuduOm;: rtodJ, pvmoc - 0 Dtlly, pti azucn, ry rnU . 13 CO D-j'7, per r-:"-a, V r-iU, mduimE SenXJaUj, deliver?; by carrier, pa? t-u:.. 12 CO mily, deil-crcl cellar, p t-::crt, la dail; SzvAvr ... - H 00 D4ly, to us icHer?( ptr ocpj . t 9 idy cIlin tl e'zhty-foux cc'irzr .,S2 CC tarixy n'.lnol, by carrier.-.. 2 M J" rsricaL.;, per wry....-. 8)f WMXXY. arCfciyi pC CT iiT1 m - X CO Taj pestas-j ci lUisciJjtlaza by fill !i prepaid toy tie pabiisbc oila!en rupriicd at three e:n'.i per copy, Fa? 12 3 ci c!i:r charge prepaii. InVirod 11 jcoud-cJvj xaa'.ter at ;ha Pcatoüca at 1 1 tux jc 1 lud. Tne new Congrei3 will -laud 13- Dimjci&tf to 142 Republicans. Sejtatop. Willard's eloquent speech, seo ondmg the nomination cf Mr. Voorhees, was frequently interrupted b7 long continued applanee. Brer Calkins and our old friend Torn Browne diJj net "show up" in goodjforra at the grand Rr.ublican race for a phantom seat in tho United States Ser.a:e. Hr.. RlIREsE STATIVE Rof;IN?ON Will ha76 tha affectionate regard 0! all canine citizens who have tikeu oat licences to "bay at the moon." lie hzi introduced a bill to prohibit the killing and stealing of licensed dos. Mr. Evart-j then will get th- Senatorship ci New York. We suppose tha old gentleman wanted eonietbing of a "vindication," as be had enjoyed some of the stolen fruit under Hajes. This will make him feel more respectable on b"i3 death-bed. Tiieri is somo significance in the complimentary vote of Governor Porter. There is -a clique in tha State interested largely in anowieg him under. He seema to have Kalrada quief, modcii eozt ci victory that my stand bin, well in band at some future time. Thk joint resolution offered by Repre?entativeDittemoro authcriiln? the State Librarian to purchase a flag, inscribe it with the Sale'j coat of arms, and send it to Washington to be exhibited at the dedication of the Washington monument, Is proper, and one the Sentinel has advocated in advance. It will also to carried in the procession at the Inauguration of President Cleveland. Ivxrsss ext ati ve aadms painted his rainhow eulogy of Governor Porter yesterday with the remark that more credit was due to him (Porter) for the election of Mr. Garfield in 18S0 than to any one e'se. Should Stephen A. Dorseyread Mr. AJarna' observation, what must be his indignation ! Like P.laice, Pcrrry will hold that he can not ra justice in Indiana. If anything could emphasize the p'endid cnrcpliment paid Senator Voorhees by the cranimous vote cf the Damocraij in the Lf ch-ature, it WS3 had in th9 outponring cf lfr.(3at!cL3 irom the thirty Scnatori and Jlcpresentatircs in makirg and B3CDndlng bis nomlnatioB. Our space permitting we shculd with pleasure have printed all, and in full, the speeches rnae'e. Tliis, harreTer, 1:3 been fcund utterly impemib!?. S'chctlzr Col?ax after ths da-h of Ilorre Greeley ss offered the editorship of the cw YcTk Tribune. IIa 9aid: "I must have tbij Di?ht to think of it and to consult my wife. I 1itb early in the morning and will send yen a note whether I accept or decline ths offer." no and Mrs Colfax talked it oier, and finally came io tho conclusion sot to leave South Bend for even so attractive an experimeat. "And in the morning early," eaid Mr. Colfax, "I went before Orton was up and stuck a note under hia door declining the proposition. The next I knew was that Mr. Reli had obtained control of a majority of the stock and wa3 nt the helm. I have never regretted the step I took. The offering was alluring, but the responsibility was j-reat; it involved radical changes in my way of Hying, and it is as well that it fell to a youneer man." SENATOR VOORHEES. Without eren the solicitation of his presence, Indiana has voted Hon. Daniel W, Voorhees hla cwn successor in the United States Senate. Few men have thus takea oa this honor without effort. Even to resume the mantle of the high office, the aspirant, has been an exception who haanot hud to, at least, arrange his Shoulders for the reception cf iL But our man did not even need to come to the attirlug room. Hia people have, as it Vtere, done the garment up into a package and forwarded it to hlou 6ince he hw worn it already, however, with a gracefalne emtirely satisfactory to the eyes of Iudiana, there was no doubt as to its fitting hira be?omin?;ly, and eince he knew the State would eend it eren Tithout thu Inconvenience c; C0Tnja, for it, it is full ai well for both that he did rot incur the risk of being slain by congratulations bv being on the ground when yesterday's election occurred. It were a work cf superaroration to say anything biographical, or by way of tribute to the character, of Ssnator Voorhees. His ability has t?n too often demonstrated byEigcil achitxementa in debate in the National halls of legislation, on the stump and at the bar, to admit of discussion. His is a broad-gauge mind; his impulses are

noble and hi friendships true. While differing from him in rare instances upon points In politics, the Sentinel yet holds hi3 Democracy, like his manhood, In high esteem. We heartily congratulate Indiana and Sfn&tor Voorhee3 upon yesterday's results in the Senate.

THE SXATE'd ASYLUMS. The consideration of measures affecting the S;ate' institutions for the afilicted bhould be governed by humane rather than political thought In it party should have no p!ace. At the doon of theje a3ylum3 Democrat and Republican are one in impure and sympathy. There the taxpayer relaxes his demand for rigid economy. Over their portah the hand of Divine charity is extended in appeal; within them partisan machination for vantage should hide it3Üce We would have the Indiana Legislature ccme fully up to the neel3 of the in3ane, the fceb'e minded, the blind and the deaf and dumb. We would have Damocrats and Republicans vie with one another in eceking to have ample provision made by the State for all bereft of reason, sisht, tsarin and speech. A State may be rich in resource?, admirable in development, famous for her heroes and statesmen, but if she provides not for her children upca whom tha hand of affliction is laid, she Is neither great nor goo.l. lr.a!ai;a is young, fair and strong. Among tbr t;3t?ihood cf State? few are co comely cr s ) pro?p?rona, And yet within her birders a. 1? tTO thousand persona in different sU.3 of ir. sanity whose irrational speech is continuously appealing to their mother commonwealth forEafe shelter and for Intelligent treatment cf their inCrniity. Ths23 uafortuDatss are neither Republicans nor D'm ocrats they are Indiana's children. Of over thlrty-flvo hundred insane in the State le33 than fifteen hnndred are within IIoras3 for this class. Theso houses are not yet extenElve enough to receive them alL They s!tculd te made so and that without d5lay. Every day that dawns upon the insane occupying cela in jails provided for criminals, hospital wards intended for the diseased and privttc abodes without ßdsquat3 protection and complete treatment of them, ia a day whose light Is dimmed by unperformed duty by our State. Indiana has erected a?d endowed several noble institutions of learning for her young intellects which reflect honor upon her. She is building a capitol which, while preEcrvirg ber archives and serving as the ar?na of her legislation, will alsob3 pointed to as an Illustration of her wealth, her pro?ms and greatness. Rut stronger evidences of the jlory of a State are noble edificas ample for the care o! the providentially eillicted. These constitute the proudest and mo3t enduring monuments of her civilization and Chriitianization. We are not pleadiog fcr extrvegar.c8 In th9 expenditure of money; but that i3 net extravagance which to the fullest extent housss and pro7iles and ministers to the infirmitiei of the afdicted. Tha opponents of ample appropriations for this purpose are miftaticn if thf y suppose the people of Indiana will cor.Jtrun such appropriations. Tho very rcv:s: is true. No legislator reed fear to go befcro the people with a record of hivirg championfd this charity,thi3 bono Jen duty cf an enlightened Sta'e. It is rather a record cf hcvirg opposed such a charity wa should shrink frm avowing ta a hnraano CGisiitcency. Butabo?e all considerations cf reif shou'd stand out in th' hearts of our legislators the glory that will ba reflected upon the State by an unstinted performance cf this beneficent dtdy. NEW YORK'S SKNa.TOR-ELECr. In the matter cf brains the State of New York will certainly h.-.vo a better Representative in the United States Senate when Mr.William M. Evarts.cn th3 iih of March, succeeds Mr. E. G. Lapham. Mr. Evarts has long courted the Senatorialhonor. Twentyfour jears ago be was a candidate before the Republican caucus of the New York Legislature, with Horace Greeley hi3 principal rival. Neither of thee bsing able to secure a mnjority, both were dropped for Ira Harr.5. In politico the n3T Senator has been Republican from the organization of that partv, and never lesa than rigidly partisan, lie will be particularly remembered by Democrats for having been in 1S77 tho principal advocate of tbo Republican party brfore the Electoral Commission which defrauded Samnel J. Tilden of the Presidency and gave it to Rutherford B. Hayes. It wai this service which commended him so prominently to the Hayes administration and j.icmpt!y recured for him the appointment cf Secretary of State. As lawyer and scholar, WilHam M. Eva:t3 enjoys marked reputation. He has received the dfgree of LL.D. from Union Calles?, Harvurd and Yale, from the latter of which be graduated in 1SC7. He studied in the Harvard Law School under Judge Story and Prcfestor Greenleaf, and began the practice of law in New York in IS iL He gained distinction at the bar early in his professional career, and has been connected with many cf the most famons cases known to United States reports. Hewai principsl council for Preid?nt Johnson In the celebrated impeachment trial in the spring cf 1SGS, after which he I becarte Johnson's Attorney General. Later

in 1872 be represented tha United States before the Tribunal of Arbitration of the Alabama claims at Geneva, Switzsrlaud. Mr. Evarts is in his C3th year and is well preserved. Intellectually he will take a place in the very front rank ot Senators. In his new role caricaturists will, as heretofore, sport with his unusually prominent nose and the remarkable length, in instances, of Lis sentences. But the country will not suffer from the latter, if only they do not comprise lines of the rabid Republican partisanship which has at Mmea characterized Mr. Evarts.

RETIBELIEN OF GOVERNOR PORTES The retirement of the- late Republican Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth has occurred with somewhat of eclat and satisfaction, The complimentary vots of his party in the General Assembly mast have been to him and his friends a gratification of do small moment and at the same time a mild but very perceptible rebuke of the aspirations of Mr. Calkins to tha recognized position of leadership in the State. At the same time we notice with real pleasure th.9 announcement of the purpose cf the distinguished ex-Chief Magiatrata to devote himself, alter a brier period of rest from GüiciAl labels, to tne work of writing the history of Iadiano. Such an undertaking justiy deserves the very general mtere: t and attention which ita announcement has already attracted. Many books have beea wriLen upon this same subject, but thy will le found rather to contain the materials for history than his tory iUelf. Tho annals cf our tato do not lack tbe interest cf even a very remote an tiquity. The first Indisnians were doubtless the mound builders; and sny account of our country will, therefore, recur la the first chapter, at least, to the very remarkable monuments cf that race, still existing in cur midst, constructed in that night of time which antedates the Appian Way cr the foundation cf Tompeii or Hcrculaoeum, These ancient structures, such a3 that sys- ! ;em of earthworks seen now in Madison County near Tendleton, are as fully worthy of hietoric notice and commemoration as the "castled cr,jg of Dracheafeia," or env citadel, temple or tower cf the medieval, Grecian or Reman world. Nor would such a work be complete without a sketch of th various Indian tribes who inhabited this territory it the timo of tha earliest expeditions of tbe French explorers thereto, upon their route by ths way of tho Wabash from the great lakes to tha gulf. A relation cf the habits and customs, soma notice of the languages, government and cerernonials of tne Delawares, the Shawnees, the Miamis and the Pottowattomies must worthily find place in such a narrative, and would bring down tho course of events to what are called historic times. We regret to note that the work i3 to end with the clcse of the administration, as it is called, cf Governor Morton. Wc think such an ending premature, and, besides, we think we see In it a disposition to mark the differeat Gubernatorial administrations a3 erai cf distinct importance in the annals of the State, wheitas nothing could ba frther therefrom. The building and-completlon of the first turnpike, of the first canal, of the first cr last line of railway in cur border?, or of the 8uccc3sive telegraphic poets and stations either of these U of infinitely more mcirent than the data of any inaugural cr the contents of any messege. Three are the real Olympiads of prepress. Ol all earthly ruler3 the Governor of Indiana i3, as euch, the moit insignificant. His influence upon the Legislature, upon the action of the commonwealth, is, and seems by constitutional order, deigned to to nothing. Tbe power and duties of tbe cilice are almost wholly ministerial and formsl: tho duties fcf the pc3itiou m?.y be something mor, but aro only occasional and ephemeral ia their character. The writer of our history will have and mu'st u;e the opportunity of fully detailing the. account cf cur educational system first foreshadowed in the ordinance of 'S7, and finally developed in tha magnificent system of common schools now in practical operation in all cur borders. H9 must by conaeqmnce also note the rue and progress of legiElation and the course of juiisprudsnco from its tint feeble origin in the fortresses of the early French comraandg,nt3 is the wilderness, through the revision of both Constitution and statute!, until the formation of a body of laws now in force on a great variety 0! subjects, influencing and being in turn ccied upon by the necessities and requirements of popular life. He mu3t carefully recount the courss alio of religious action and sentiment, beginning Jwith that devcul worship of the sun, which by the reeearches cf archrclogists is ejcortained to have been the cult of our antique predecesscrs, the mound builders, fallowed by that l-nre theism, distinguished with barbarous tires, the belief In the existence of a Great Spirit, the creed of Temcseh and his tribes; dnd that chUd-liko faith in the indestractabiiity of life, which taught him "To tnlnk admitted to that'erp-i sky, Ilia faithful do.j would bear hid ccM-iiiny." ind these will ba followed by an c:ount cf the Introduction cf the Divine Go?pei of our Savior; first by tho;e of the Society of Jesus, who left the comforts and refinements of civilization under the autpices of the mcst splendid Court in Europe to find their fccmes and craves in the far West In whose binds the missal and the crucifix preceded by many ages the hymn-book and the disciidine cf our sometime called religious I ionf ers. For the historian must be icarartial. 'Tis C3 necessary a qualification 1 3r him es the mo:-t precise knowledge of orthography cf the rules of English composition. Such a rarrstive will not be wanting In passages of mere tbun hietoric interest. It will, Indeed, abound in accounts of battles and seizes "OI ta!r-brea.ltii e?cape In tLe imminent dcaLy breach," Acd ia all the rtirring episodes

of frontier valor and warfare, which may da-

light the ear of future Desdemonas. The annalist may watch with Clark in the morasses around the old post; may lie beleagured behind the stockades of Fort Harrison; may stand upon the bullet-swept plateau of the Tippecanoe awaiting in the dark the assault of the treacherous Shawnee. These things will be recounted, for the historian must be a man of imagination, that thruthful sort of fancy which may depict as if he eaw and heard them, the dangers of a perilous past. A bright and glorious chapter will be the review of the growth of agriculture among us, from the days of the flail and the threshing floor, the scythe and sickle, to the era of the self binder, the tresher and mower, when the steam whistle, that resonant tocsin of modern progress follows tbe footsteps of the husbandman to his remotest fallows. But we dismiss the historian to his t&k with our best wishes for his highest success in so laudable an undertaking. We have cot written these Temarks as suggestions we are not sure that they would or ought to be received as such even if so offered. We think we have noticed in the writer referred to a di?position to resile at any observation which he may deem to fall outside of the beaten path of platitude or prosody. We do not wish to intrude upon the mysteries of authorthip or the occult soience of the amanuensis. Indeed, we very much doubt whether we have a just appreciation of the spirit of that genius which bows at a comma, kneels at a eemicolon, and prostrates itself at full length with abject humility before the majestic colon. We trust that we entertain a du3 respect for the polished art of punctuation, but of all its points that which we chiefly adore is the period. Wherefore, we close. Says cur Pundit, stroking his long fleece cf a beard, like that of Hudibras, "lb' equal grace, üoth of his wiodoa aud hia face" "Those who laugh at Dundreary when his sneeze fails are bigger fools than he i3. There is no disappointment in life, in love, politics or money, so exasperating for a moment as a sneeze that gives every asaurance of a speedy arrival and then slink3 away under cover of a cough. The sneeze that doesn't coxae Is worse than the office that does not come." "If you enjoy a sneeze so much whtn it dees come, why don't you, when it cos?, of itself, help it along with snuff, as many better men have done, including Henry Clay and old John Givan?'' asked his dkeiple. "Fudge," was the answer, "forcing a sneeze with any kind of irritant is just as smart and as enjoyable to a man of any sense as tha fashion of the Roman Emperors of emptying their stomachs with an emetic to make room for mere dinner. None of it for me." A recent compilation of the stories of the narrow escapes of distinguished men, say3 of Lord Clive, Governor of the British Indian Empire: "In the list century a young fellow landed from an English ship in Bombay. He bad a mean, poorly paid position in the East India Company's service. Disgusted with his prospects, and hcpeles3, half sick, and angry with 'fate,' he walked out of the city and put a revolver io his ear. Snap! It failed to go off. Returning to his room, he repeated the experiment, fcaap! It failed to go off the cecend time, and tha disheartened man, feeling that even death was egainst him, laid the pistol on the table." This is a sample of the carelessness with which newspaper matter is sometimes mide up. Clive tried to shoot himself a littlo before the middle of the last century, being nearly a hundred years before Colt took out hi3 fiat patent for a revolver. It reems that foreign are crowd;ng our native bens in tbe egg market. In toe last three months and a half SG2.7D0 dozen foreign egg? were received at ths port of New York, and large importations are expected for the next three mouths. Oar mornicg contemporary shoull make a note of this, and sea to it that American hens are protected. CUHKEXr THOUGHT AND OPINION. VaNieox is two Cents a pound in Idahd", and deer at that. Jefferson City, Mo., Tribune. WriEN a draoialitt hai shown us the inside of anyone human heart he has done all. English Magazine. It is no more good jourmibm to print everything than good art to paint everything. Christian Union. Tfe clouds that have been hanging so Igt? over tne Western granaries have lifted, and the farmer are Assuisd better prices. Central Chrlstlsn Advocate. It is but asimpla acl cf justice to bestow an ai)li pension on all retiring Pre3ident3, that their closing years m3y be free from embarrassment aad pecuniary strsss. St. Paul Globe. We haven't much faith In the efficacy of sumptuary laws, nor in tha eScacy of usury laws, nor la the efücacy of national laws regulatins the customs and charge? of nilread companies. F.iclimond Diapatch. If the mills cf tUa god3 ever do grind th:?e fellows whose infernal greed and rapacity have shut off the bread frcm the mouths of -0, CCO pecph?, they should grind. them so fine as to annihilate them. Chicago Times on the HccSiDg Valley Employers. There are two kinds of mushrooms one .ind that is faid to be food to eat, though they co not rank high in nutritive qualities; the ether kind are poisonous. There is an uncommonly large crop of both kinds offered to litcraiy and religioos epicures iuit now. The Interior. God is the great Teacher. H? is always giving lessors. His methods of teaching are altcsether His own.- Life is His school of instruction. Nature furnhhas His illustrative apparatus and His object leasons. Pravideucs supplies HU manifold andwiiaiy-

adipted means of government and discipline. Rev. Dr. Ray Palmer. Although on some occasions in tha history cf the Presbyterians they dropped into some of the evil ways of intolerance, they have on the whole done great and abiding service to tho cause of freedom. Dublin Irishman. Many associations sell old papers for a mere pittance, that would be worth much more if gathered up while they are comparatively fresh and distributed in hospitals, jails and almshouses. Y. M. C. A Watchman. The drama is the ever perennial mirror which reflects our life; it is never dying; never degrading in itself, because it gives merely back our own tastes; it is out of our power to formulate it by rules; it fashions itself according to our existence. Amelia Lewis. Hold your tongue andpen.my boy. Every time you are tempted to say an ungentle word, or write an unkind line, or say a mean, ungracious thing about anybody, just stop; look ahead twenty-five years, and think how i:may come back to you then. Earcette. One of the many paradoxes of human life is, that while every man thinks education a gaod thine; and wishes that his children may have it, there are hundreds and even thousands in every great State who neglect the free offer of it, and allow their children to grow up in ignorance. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.

St. John Ahead. f Coamumeated. j The Republican peculiarity ia manifested in their love of the past and their revival of old animosities. Just now their leading journals are kicking one man that ia down, and trying to revive their own "dead cock in the pit." They seem bent on covering the faults of their own mercenary sneak by giving prominence to another, whom they denounce ai a "mercenary liar." But for the devilish meanness displayed by the God and morality party, the whole thing is laughable to a Democrat, and is surely to the advantage of the men who form the third party. It can do neither of them any harm. Those who voted for SL John did not know of the charge3 now preferred againät him. To them he has served their purpose. Hi3 tatooing comes after the election, Mr. Blaine's came before. There ic no need for defense of either now; thav are not candidates, and possibly never will ba. If St. John can not furnish a better defence than did Mr. Blaine he deserves tin same well merited execration that is sure 1 1 follow the Plumed Knight. That the RspublJcans sought to buy him is pretty wellestablished by admissions from members ot their National Committee; that the Democracy did buy him is eought to be established by vile aod very unreasonable innuendo. That St. John, by withdrawing his support from the g, o. p., helped to shut off the feed of a gang of public plunderers is pos3ibly true, and, In the light of coming day, under an honest administration, the people may award to him his just meed of praise, as well as to all of those who with him failed to vote for the mercenary sneak of Little Rock notoriety. Tha people may yet come to rejoice in their escipa from so great a calamity es thG election of Jame3 G. Blaine to the Presidency. James G. Blaine, who seamed net to know it necessary to obtain a raarriaga certificate, and so on in this connection ad nauseam, whose complicities in Littie Rock Railroads he denied, and which denial waa met and refuted by the Mulligan and Fisher letters; who denied the Sentinel's charges that stand to-day undisputed, and wben brag and bluster failed him, gave the whole thing away in a letter to "My Dear Mr. Phelps;" who whn he withdrew his slander suit, ofiered a direct insult to men of all parties in the State bye'.aticg that ho could havo no justice done him by a jury ef Indiana; who, since his defeat, in a speech at Augusta, abandoning the ifsues of the protection policy would inaugurate a revolt of the North agiinst the South, and continuo setional hostility for the next four years; whose ambition to be great has thus dwindled into a spirit of vindictive and sanselees rage. One Is forced to believe that this man in his hope for revenue would willingly see his countrymen engage in internecine war, it he could only furnish a substitute and escape it3 dangers. Now, tbe question C3mc3, how can tha editors of Republican papers, after having supported Mr. B'aine, how can they cane up and asil the character of any othr man, however vile, on the faca of tha er.h? How, in view of thesa cbaies that have been as impregnable to refutation as a wall of granite not ona of them but stands incontrovertible at this hour how the33 editors can have the effrontry to even suggest the name of Blaine as a possible candidal in 18S8 for the suffrages of an honet and clyUi Ized people. January 17, IUI. JAjIES PAIirON HEFUTEÜ. Hen. Jefferson Davis Replies to the Accusation That lie Called Dr. Franklin a Mean, Hard, Calculating, Angular Yankee. Lychbur News. Our Northern brethren will not let Mr. Davis alone in peace in his quiet home on the shore of the Gulf. They keep picking and pecking at him, and, as a general rale, seem to prefer to avoid the truth in what they say about him. The latest misrepresentation (next to General Sherman's) to which he hes been EUbjtcted cornea from a writer of Yankee books, Mr Jame3 Parton, of medium talents and acquirement, and of considerable cotcriety at the North. Ha is tha author cf a number of biographies cf distinguished Americans, among them Aaron Burr and Andrew Jackson. With a facotious irony he is sometimes called tha American Plutarch. Recently Mr. Pdrton has brought out a pretentious volume, printed by John B Alden, of New York, nnder the name of "Cyclopedia cf Biorraphy," consisting of more than a hundred brief sketches cf eminent men of all ages and countries. Among these 13 one of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, the illustrious patriot and philosopher of tha Revclution, who 13 cne of the cerararatively few Americans whose name3 will go down to a very remote posterity. This sketch Mr. laron was pleased to opn, pags 128, in the following sensational style: "Was Benjamin Franklin mean? Jeffarsm Davis thints bo was." He 13 reported to have said, recently, that Dr. Franklin was "the incarnation of the New England charscter bard, calculating, angular, unable to conceive any higher object than the accumulation cf money." Mr. Parton does not give his authority for this mcstwanton snd preposterous calumny, carrying the brand of falsehood on its very ihcm. How could a cultivated and refined pe-ntleman like Mr. Davif, confessedly one of the best Informed men of tha age, and perfectly familiar with the life and churactsr of Dr. Franklin, pronounce him uaab'e "to

conceive any higher object than tha inmalation of money?" A moment's reSectioa, if he had been ft philosophical historian or an impartial and truthful biographer, or cven a man of common eense, would hsv convinced Mr. Parton that Mr. Darii conti not have thought or said that Dr. Franklin was a low, "mean," sordid wretch, "enable to conceive any higher object than tha accumulation of money." A life given to statesmanship, science, philosophy, and patriotic devotion to country was entitled to no such char&cterir.atioa. But we have the proof positive that Mr. Davis has been egrcgioucly misrepresented in this matter, as he is in most things that are eaid cf him by Northern writers or spsacers. A Virginian, Mr. C. C. Baldwin, of Rockbridge County, believing the quotation attributed to Mr. Davis to be fab?, wrots to hira on the subject, calling attention to tns matter, and be promptly replied in the following dignified letter, effectually crujhia? the calumny. Mr. Baldwin has favored us with it for publication: MT.. DAVIS TO Tin. PALDWIX. Bsacvoik, Miss., Sjpt. 2J, 1331. C. C. Baldwin, Es i.: Dear Sir Please accept ruy thanks for your kind letter of tbe 20th inst. I have not seen the book to which you re!er, ani never had any acquaintance with Its author. As I never thought Dr. Benjamin Frsnklin a mean man, or that he was unable to csnceive any higher object tbaa tha accumi'ation of money, the author, in ascribing to me such a statement, has certiluly uttered a falsehood. He must be very ignorant of our political history who does not know of the eminent service Dr. Franklin rendered his country, both at home and abroad; and equally :cnorant must he be in regard to thi ecientifio inveet'trations of the last century, who could honestly attribute to any educated American the opinion that Dr. Franklin had no higher object than the accumulation cf money. The maxirnsof Poor Richard's Almanac, aa collected and publ ished untlar the titl cf th8 "Way to Wealth," do not, like yours, teach morality, piety and filial revere r.c, but are directed to the end of reeoming rich. A people who ehoull tdopt the "Way ta Wealth" as their Bibl-i would gbnrrally become worshippers at the shrine of Mammon. It may sometimes hsppen that a pure man by too much qucsticnine may loosen the re

straints needful to lower natures than Lis own, and thus start them along paths of vice which he never would have trod. D. Franklin's unquestionable integrity, pitriotism, love of truth, of science and cf am fel low-man should relieve him from the doom of standing as the type of soch characters as his maxims may hava formed. Your margiDal note on the slanderous imputation against ma is clearly justified by my convictions, and by all which csn be pcs?ib'y true. Such lies are often uttered, probably because there is no dread of exposure eectional hetw being gnfilcient to condone the ba3i crime if convicted. Very truly your obliged friend, JeFer50x Davis. he silicon is to a very fetnill book cillel "! erat fcaiircs." whica was an autaor.zcJ text boo in the public tchool of Virsini. A Sensitive Conscience, "Hubby, I've just been readinz ho Daniel Webster improved hi3 memory." "How was it, my dear?" "Well, you see, every night when he cam home he told his wife everything ha had done during the day, whom he had met, what be had eaid, everything ha could think of. By and by he got so he could remember everything." "Well?" "Nothing, hubby, only I thought maybs you would like to improvo your memory that way." "Darling, do you suspect me?" Mrs. UrsTF.n, of Monroe, Ga., has peach brandy made Eixty-fivo years ago. Wonder whe:d Mr. Hester has been all this timfl?-. Boston Tost. Mr. Hester has probably b?en outside of the brandy, enly Mrs. U. don't know it yeL It will be remembered that Deacon White, of Beecher's church, bet and Io3t 00J on the ex-Plumed Knight. The Deacon would like to depots Beecher for reaiou3 that are plain. Samuel J. Tilde:; is reported to have willed his country seat at Yonkers, known as Greystcne, to be used as an educational institution cf young men in political careers. BAcnr.iop. Hill ha3 succeeded Bachelor Cleveland as Governor of New York. The people of that great State are deterniuel that they shall be ruled by no man's wifd. General Losan believe3 the office should sctk the man, but the man should te around when the ofiica starts out cn the seeking business. Zdr. Frenz6l'a Resignation. Yesterday Mr. John P. Frenzei received a letter from the Stata cuicers urging him to reconsider his resignation as Police Commissioner, and bz is understood lo have the matter under advisement, with the probability in favor of withdrawing the same. The letter is as follows: lion. J. P. Frrnzel: Dear Sir Your resign a. ica a? a rather of the Metropolitan lioard cf the city of Iaii&naxoLa rect-iveJ. We rc?ret tüat after tiie valuable:v.SS JOitave rendered as a member of fall beard Xd t'a? faithful nanner vrita wblch yo bare discLir'! lit? tru3t, that you tare cou eluded to sever ccnsctlcn with the tacie. RecoRuJzlns tbe Importance of the position ani the cecfity cf ecol and competent men to fiil tbe tame we earnestly request tbe withdrawal oi your rt-sisn&tion. We are rer-pcctfaUy your, I.1 a ac P. Gray, ooTernor. YV. K. HYF.ns, Secretary of Stated JamrsF. Rice. Auditor of State. Jon' J. Coo Ft: p., Treasurer of fc'.atei Indianapolis, Jaü. ?, 1585. The Rtnk3. At the Meridian Kink to niht occurs tha two-mile challenge raca between Mr. Salters, cf Tipton, and Mr. Sp.b, of this city. Friday n?ght a game of polo, between the Meridian and Indianapolis tesms, will ta the attrsc tion. On Saturday afternoon will takeplacs the children's carnival. Music this afterneon. Go snd enj:y yourselves; tha fio:r is tne cest in tho citv, and in excellent coauition. The Celled Atcnua rink wis crowded list night, the attraction! bing the three-mile race b.twepn Mejirs. Kältere, Dean and Spain, and tha raC3f3r3i2 year-o!ds betwden Cnarles Timberlake and Harry Dickereon. Mr. Saltera won the first named race, in tha extraordinary time of 17:13. M&ster Chalie TicifcerJake wa3 the victor In the half-milo coEtejt, the time being 3.05. Chang, the Chinese giant, now at the Dime Museum, 13 a larga tea merchant in China, On Wednesday afternoon next he intends giving a "tea party" to the ladies, when ha will eerve tea jtut as it ia ssrvei In China, itfcrnt urirrftr nr milV. The tea. wa.3 f hinrid to him direct from h:i horns, indboftbe tame grade aa :3 usd by the Emperor cf China. Chang will w-ar a fac simile of thcl costume worn by tha F-mperor, and u especially dssirou3 ef meeting all hia lady friends. Saturday afternoon will ba Chang "children's matinee," when ha will gif, away a huge amount of candy.

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