Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 48, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1885 — Page 4

THE IKPIANArOLlS DAILY SENTINEL TUESDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 17 1885

TUESDAY, FEBBL'AKY 17.

OFFICII 71 nod "3 lt't Market Street. IliTES OF MTCIIIITION. Indlanvpnll Sentinel for is.-. Dally, Sunday and WeWly Kdltion. PAll.Y. IV.iTercl ty carrier, rer week .... $ 25 I'aily. iuc'u iin Sunday, ror weu :0 3 y, p?r annua, by mail 10 CO Daily, per annua, by mail, including Kundj, miil - 12 Daily, 'k'.lTcrcl by carrier. p;-r armuru.... . 12 0 I-dlly, delivered by carrier, ptr annum, Jncb.dii -q P-mday .. It tü I-aJiy, to newsdealer?, p?r cop 7 !-lTVV. b m !av c .it!on of el-htv four columns- 5 2 M Hi: iUj tfvntlncl. by arrier J 50 1. na- fli alcrs, per copy. - V ( kly. rer annum - $ I "'. TLepoae on ub'cripiior'S by mail la prepaid y tr.e pulhshcr. '.tsdcalcr1 feunp'Ied at three cent p-r copy. I o.-'age or olter charges prepaid. Knttre 1 es eccond cl.-s matter at tue Postofl'ce ai In-lisnapolis, Ind. Skvet.tf.ex n.en were killed ia aa explosion at Gibraltar yesterday Ths National Democratic CoramUtaa is called to rr eet in Washineton March 2. It is raid that Dorsey has climbe 1 back into the Republican fold. He ku-?v too much, end had no ditlicnlty in getting in. Ohio Republicans are yccifeous as they swell the chorea for "civil service reform," and yet we heard of no protest from that direction when the Republican Secretary of State tock pesressioa cf his ci'i;e last month and cleaned cut every Democrat within his rtach. Orr, Council proceedings this morning ive the pleasing intelligence that the Gm Company have agreed to reduce the price of g3 to the city af:er the Ut of JIarch, and that we ate to have the streets lighted every r-iiht whether the inconstant moon shice3 o: Lot. It i3 said that of all the Cabinet cilices the State Department is the easiest, although ranked first. An hoar a day gives the Secretary of State time sufficient to go through th8 routine work. A h;ga order of ability is demanded, however, when international questions arise for pr ttnipnt. El ÜAnn has been very popular in Paris. His pictures are hawked about the streets, and a land drama bearing hi3 name will soon be produced. Victories over England make him the hero of the hour ia France. He will not be so popular if his operations should atTect the French grip on Algiers and Tanis. We call the attention ot our colored friends to the opinion of the Franklin JacksonUn, which calls upon them to stand by the Demccrtic party. The editor says: "If there is any gratitude in their souls, it will at least bs the casa in Indiana. They have been given four othY'al positions in the Legislature, and on Tuesday last the Indiana Senate, which has a two third Democratic majority, passed the Civil Rights bill, which the Republican Supreme Court thre-v overboard by a vote cf M to ä." It costs something to have a Congress. In the list of expenses the first item, the compensation of SenatDrs, is put down at .$3 SO,i'OO, while for pay of members of the Hou?e the sum cf U'''G.CCO is appropriated, making over fcl'.OCO.OOO in salaries alone to members. Then there are still greater expenses in the aegnte, though none si large in single items. The mileage of the members of the House and the Senate is alone nearly ?150.C03. For clerks to committees, messengers and others to wait upon and serve the honorable statesmen the sum of ?ol7,0i0 is asked. Even ths little itni of stationery C0Unt3 up, the sum to La appropriated by the bill, as reported, being over ?oO,XK). Then, too, thare is the usual appropriation for the Datsnic Garden, the principrl purpose cf which seems tobe to famish bouquets to members and their wive? or through them to somebody else'a wife-gets 11,000. ror the library of Congress the appropriation is ?.m.O00. On the whole, Congress seems to be (Joins pratty well. Over $2.0(X),0W for salary list, J'iO.GOO for stationery, over "i.O')0 libraiy, $11,000 for bououota and more than ."CO,Cu for persons to wait on members and i j ork incident to the mcetingcl Conrt;:3 THE MINISTERS' OPINIONS. At the meeting cf Methodist ministers oi Indianapolis, yesterday, the occupancy of Kcypt by Rnglacd came under discussion. Rev. Dr. Bright, of Graes Church, reprobated the interference of the English with Egyptian affairs and thought the British too much given to meddling with other nations. Rev. Dr. Alabaster thought that whatever England's motiTes in invading such countres as F.'ypt. ths ultimate eJ?ct wjis. good, since it opened the way for the advent of Christianity. Re7. Dr. Marine held that while England had no business in Egypt, th;it Eypt had no business cn the fce of the earth, S) far as her religion was concerned. As a believer in the wisdom and gootlaes3 cf the Creator and Preserver cl all thing3, Dr. Marine i3 rather severs in critxi?m. If He saw that Eiypt ' had no business on the face cf tbe rarth," lie woali probaby have never a'lov. d her thre, or, at least, would have waeJ the face dran of Lf r ia due time. We bay been taught by the Methodist minify that r,l iito:h on r throne Ar.-l rule;h h thl:iss wo;!." r.f'errlr to Dr. Alabaster's remarks, e Lav opincvl that the day Tor killing pjp' to make Christians cf thc ta had g"ae by. That n.ay be a er.Mier way than by tha sending of missionaries to convert them, nd may cost no mere, but it certainly does

rot appear to be the ChrUt-lifce way. But England has not eYen that motive to her credit, any more than she had when seeking to kill our own countrymen of a century ago. Her object selfish conquest. Sha is seeking to slay, and ollering her own enlightened soldiery to La 6iain for a purpose whu h it would appear no Christian should approve. Dr. Bright is rirht England ba3 r.o bujiEf S3 in IypL

ALLAN O. TQURMAN. The interview with Ohio's greit man, reproduced in another column, is an ecno of the volc of a magniScent pa t. There is eloquence in any utterance of a contemporary et itesm.iu cf the ' 10's and '"O's. There wre giants in thoea days." Mr. Thurman's CcrmmsioDal experience prior to thg w ir was limited to the XXIXth Congress, butha became an intimate cf the reigning intellects of that era and of the years succeeding it. Ilia bearing in public life has been of tbe order of that school of statesmen something lofty, Eoraething noble. Hi3 cour3e hes been steadfastly in the direction indicated by the compass of statesmanship never veering to cr from political wave, nor trimming for temporarily political wind. Tfccugli Laying long outlived them ha his re!i"ted no ducredlt on his association ith CJ y and Calhoun, with YTebster and Berten, with Douglas and Stephens. Thfre weie brainy and h'gh-metalod an i ficur. h men in the 40's and 00 s. Thae were hotspurs and Union levins ra;.i from the S?uth, and patriotic r.nd o'nvsry eritationists from the North. Tiia: were years brilliant ia forensic tlei'". Joshua R. Giudirs, the ami-slavery, ao J Bobtrt Tc-cmbs, the pro slavery !ead?r, w t-; both cor.spicuoua tigurea. Abraham Lincoln, afterward President of the Unitsd S:a:c-?, ar.d JeiTenon Davi3, President, contemporaneously, of the Confederate Stite?, eich ervtd in the Lower House and Davis subsequently in the Senate. W. II. Seward, of New York, met in the Senate Andraw Johnson, of Tennessee, and afterward servelai Secretary of State in Johnson's Presidential Cabinet. Hannibal Hamlin, cf Maine, and Alexander II. Stephens served on the same ccrnm:ttee3 of the House and were friends, one afterward becoming 'ica President of the United States, and tho other of the j Confederate States. Judah P. Benjamin, of j Louisiana, and William Pitt Feinden, o' Maine, were brother Senators. Fesaendn, later, served in Mr. Lincoln's and Benjamin in.lefTeraon Davis's Cabinet, and Benjamin after the war, having refugeed to England, became Counsel to the Queen. There were also In Congress Lewis Cast, of Michigan, and Walter T. Colquitt, of Georgia, (father Of present Senator Colquitt); Sam IIOS3toa, I of Texas, and J. A. Bayard, of Delaware, (father of present Senator Bayard) ; Ben j min Wade, cf Ohio, and John Bsll, of Ter.ne3Fee: Jesie I). Bright and George W. Julian, of Indiana; Henry Wilson and Charles Sumner, of Mais-achusetts; John J. Crittenden and Caesius M. Clay, of Kentucky; R. M. T. ("Bun Mad Tom") Hunter, of Virginia; William L. Yancey, the c,arch secessionist," of Alabama; Howell Cobb, of Georgia, and J. M. Mason, of Virginia. O the distinguished figures named, Allen G. Tnurman, George W. Julian, Robert Tcombs and Jeflerson Davis are yet this side the grave. Toombs and Dt-vis by gr033 misdirection alienated themselves from tne confidence ot their country. Mr. Julian has himself, though in a retiring way, pro served tho exalted bearing of the patriot, as di.sticgui?hed from the time-serving politician. But Allan G Thurman, returned to Congressional life since the war, illustrate 1 his adherence to the principles of government and of honesty which made glorious our leaders of forty and thirty year3 a.-!o. All honor to the noble old Roman.' When will Ohio rise to an appreciation of his nn - niCcent worth? WAITINQ OROSR3. The country ia informed of a vast acca in laticn of money in New York. There i3 a dearth of it in tbe agricultural communities, the manufacturing suburbs, tha commercial points of distribution, but a plethora of It in New York. Why is this? Whenra comes it that while the industries of the Vest and Soath need the nourishing of capital that they cannot get it, while the b ink vaults of G othara are 'oerladen with money? Here is a ßgr.re: There are a dozen river cralts at the p'erj aTaitin:: passengers. Ona, immeaaurably the lar-st. ia a Ooveramerit boat with eitra accommodations aod exclusive privileges. It is no s.i'er than either the ethers, no better managed arid va Azi no faster time. Bat it is mere luxuriously equipped and ita pasengrrs ba7e certain benefits assured by the Government. It? expensive building ha3 bsen at the exren of ihe people at the fxpsnso o! the owners of the other eleven craft?. Yon s?e the tourist3 making for the larger boat, aad if there is uncertainty of its going out you see them waiting, taking the chances on securing passage by it. So we find the mililo-s of money accumulating in New York millions accrued from high tariil protection of Eastern industries waiting oa the piers to sea if the high-tariff boat with its exclusive privileges is to bo continued in eervice. The unprivileged craft; need them and would afford safe transportation, but not so mnny luxuries as the great Government boat, "Hish Protection." There hss been a cry from up and djwn the river eceinst tho special b?neü's accorded this bet at the exr,S of the others. Th?re is a demand on the Government to rijht the vronc it h '3 b?-?n perptraling. Two of th? three brancheo of tho Government h.ve , . , . . , . , P-ed into h.v:dj rhica ara dcmaidm th3 discontinuance4 of tne H'gh Protection. Tiie millions oa ta N.v York pl?rs are waiting to?ce if tLty nr.:t divide among tba uuprlvi eged hoita. App'.ving i":nre: Tao p'ethora o! . . ... . money for arertmeat accamutea ana accumulating at the money centers is not J etldecce merely, but absolute demonstra-

tion.of the gross injustice done tho country at large by the high protection the laws hive guaranteed to the Eistern se tion. There has never been an era of equal I-ngth in the history of any nation beneath the sun when wealth has been coined so rapidly a3 in the United tate3 wilhin the la3t quarter o! a century. Tne fabled wealth of "Ormus or Ind" was but a mite compared with the richer which Lave gushed, as from molten spring?, into the vessels of those who have basked r.ncrer the favoring smile ot our protective legislation. Individuals have become gatherers cf income ; compared with which ths tilhinrs of oppressive Europsan monarctu

t were triL?. Interior manufacturing indaiI tries, seri ullure, human labor, have b.jen dwarfed or oppressed to appease the demands ' of the protected cormorants o! the Eiat whesecry, In spite of their yast accamulv ; tiou?, La3 Etill been like that of the hono ; kech: "Give, give!" ' Tiie aggregation ol money in New York means simply that it is waiting to re3 whether it shall be legitimately or illegitimately employed; whether It 3hall go into i channeh which shall beneiit th9 country, or ; te sustained by the Go7ernment in chani ne!s which shall, as for twenty I years p?.3i, increase itself npoa ltseif r.t the exfnse of the labor aid ; the res'-urces of th I'aitel 3 tat?. Nver did a Co ng.v." 3 of t'i United States hive j ?:ca aein-il Oioortuity fot- spre.tJmg thrift over and v.'. C rrsjur'"- i cl th? country nj v;il t:1.? next : )"2f-j? LH it s-ay to V.:.,d miLions: "'Va vathdra-v high protection; wv undo c'ti-i legijUtiu; w p1ace capital aod lib rcn lae same pi me forearningi Labor rel'? upon itlf; c,riial muH do iho same. Therft an? leitlnnte investments throughout this broai land which will remunerate you. S.?iik them out, nndifyoudo not increase si rapidly m hithsrto under protection, the country at large will prosper." E. Senator Thi kma.n went East last Saturday. It Is said by some that he went !o Philadelphia to deliver an address. Oa the other hand a Columbus special says that eome cf his friend think that he has gone to Albany on invitaUon ot Mr. Cleveland, or pcssiblyhaigocetosomspo'mtwherethQPra:-ident-elect can have a conference with aim self er commonicate with him through the medium of a third party without the fac: becoming public. It is the belief o: some that Thurrnau booked for a place in Cleveland's Cabinet, and that the present Eastern trip i3 the test of evidence thereof. Mcdonald. VUtt of Senator Vourhee and Consrenun Cobb to ?Ir, Cleveland. : Albany Special, Feb. 11, to New Yorii Herald. : Democratic statesmen continue to pursue Governor Cleveland. Late last night the glare of electric lights shore upon two muffled ilgurei 83 they stepped from a New Yurk Central train and crunching the frost hij ne nth their fet walked to the Dslevan. Ooe im..r r wa-ä lau, oroaa snoutaerea ana o a massive frame, with even features and a familiar looking beard and must.cbe, while the other was iqu&re and compactly built, with a TOOoth face and shorter stature. Nobody knew them until they had tcratched thess names upon the hotel register, D. W. Voorbee. Terre Haute, Ind.;" "T. R. Cobb, Vincenne?, Ind." To-day the "tall bycirnore cf the Wabash" with Congressman Cobb ducked his head as he entered a sleigh and ordered to be driven to tbe residencs of President elect Cleveland. The S-nhfor and Corr.ressman bad come on a mission of political importance and were with the President elec t three-quanen ot an hour. "There is no use disguisiRg the object of our yitit," said Senator Veorhes to yoar correspondent after bis interview with Mr. Cleveland. "We haye come here to urge jpon the President-elect the appointment uf Senator Joseph E. McDonald to a pia 3 in his Cabinet." "What place?" , haa been frenaently mentioned for ths Secre taryship of the Treasury we specihed that Important position." "Did you receive any encouragement "We expected none. I and Mr. Cobb have bcth been in public life too long to expect tlatwewonll receive auy. However, we feel confident that Mr. McDonald stand? as geed a show as anybody." "Did you come here at the instigation of an v one; McDonald know3 nothing of our trip, lie mae3 20,000 a year at his la? rrjetice, ana does not, I am eure, bse any bores upon a Cabinet po-ition. We have, however, a petition from a score of Democratic Senators who wish his appointment. Mr. Cleveland has many difficulties to meet in making out his Cabinet, and it is with Ihti partly in view that we have corre to assist him. Ail sections have to b3 reprc entd, aud we think in the West that the We3t con'd tot be better r;prp:cnted than in the Person of Mr. McDonald." INK THAT MAY REITE" EN I Tilii INAI TIU!. 1 Did you ffnd Mr. Cleveland at work on his ir augural message ?' "He 3up Etairs when we cillel. Hi worfcfchor, I believn. ia up there and he probably had been at work in it. Ha had ink cn his linger and looked aa though he had inrt irar.vn cu Lia coat." "Did the President eUcc droo any intimation about anv other member of his Cabinet?" 'No. He is a good iiitener. We didn't j fk Lira to talk, but to let us talk, and he did 50. He is a gruit man, tilled with the cor.EciousneES of the responsibilities of his ne' cilice, and I think his administration will be the purest we have ever had. Friends and fops alike will be weighed in the balance when they come up fcr ctlica. There will be no favoritism I am sar?." "I admired a reply Mr. Cleveland mad9 to a remark of ycurs," Interrupted Congressman Cobb. "What was that?" asked Senator Voorbees. "You said yon could net til with him ' unless you talked frankly, tie raid: GeatVtren, that i; the only way any one can If,,, Sel.ni ha, th, ?aTtn. ,rA,a ftl ! comir.cn " continued Mr V)-!"' ' fcitd that w:U c arry him tarougu. The only )At if 1 f ar ' h,e r'7 :bir:u t VJ i c'fath hen he cets i!owii to Washington ' ; r,tor Voorhe and Cone3.man Cobb ! Icparted this aft moon for Wanington- It ' undrsti od here that th- D-cio.'raic Seni F.t 7? favoring -icl o- a: I rncticvly inclule Ml eicpt Mcr-rs. Lamar, Jones, Garlan.i aui B5jj. , ! It tT-oro h inv tir.d nf wpat'ior von j and Want, plea- a5k for it. ; Tnis Chicago climax of ours esteems it a I pleaeure to fchow goods. Caicao News.

THURHAX'S TALK.

-in IntrreMio? Interview With the Dis tlnsuishcd Ohio Statesman. Mr. Thonnan Still Hale ami Hearty Cabinet Ouslp aud Carreiit I'olltlr Uhtwed niaiut' Itook Tbe Senate of Clay anil Weh-ter' Tim Demorratic ISliiipMclt Ohl Itack'V all. ?:. Lctiis Pust-D;r.?.t-:h.' Cor.i-Mit-s, (., Feb. 1 . In a quit, unpretentious lecking two stcry red brick hou33 on Digh street, a few blocks away from the State Capital Building, live3 ex-Senator Thurman. He built this house when h moved from Chillirothe to Columbus, ia K I, and it has beou Lis homo ever since. I was Jot in by little house-woman, who locked as nec.t and prim 3nd smooth as if si e had just coma from hearing one of Cotton Mather's scrmoL-e. Would 1 step Into tie library? Mr. Thurman would be down in a moment. I went back through the bread, high ha!lay, aod found the library te ha a hrge square room with many easy chairs, a table with a lamp, shelves cf books reaching to the ceilir g on two sidc3. and a b j, rearing fire. Aud in h moment in came tha great ex S'-rhtor. I expected to se3 a i. an somav. br: bent with 3ge and very whitn-keided. Put be cs not bt-nt nor ; as he very whiteIctccd. Je cured his Kit arm as thoug'o it wi.s fcu.ehat paralytic, and he wa3 a !:H ur.te?Jv t.n hij feel, but ho haa a i:i ri broad, msfs've th: aud his fc A- 1 l.F 'R r:v'.-. IT broke his I eft arm two years ao, and it has rever entirely recovered, and he i3 f oirewfiRt u:.teady on his feet from rheumatism in his kcees:, a malady that his aiilicted him for twenty years, and which he got by inheritance. When ho had ?at down in a big arm-chair, which he comfortably tilled, be-locked very hale and comfortable. His great, tine head sat cn h;s broad shoal Jers ss steadily a3 if he were but thirty-live. His eye is clear, his complexion is rich and healthful, aud his mouth ffrmlv set. He has a short, rtray beard that covers tie lower part o his facv, but ins upper lip i3 clean shavon and i ets down iquarely nud solidly without a wrinkle. His mouth is large, aod whtn he fmilt3 or l-augha, as he often doe?, h shos a set of remarkably well preserved teeth. When I asked him about his health he said that ha felt bsttsr than he h.id for a long time. 4 Dees your rheumatism trouble you much. Sera tor? ' "Very little row. I have suffered more or It from it for many years. It came to me by inheritance, and it is sometimes in lay sbculder, sometimes in my elbow and sometimes in my knee. Then again, it sometimes lalls into my broken arm, and then it m r.T a .cor OT.KL " "Then it is not true, Senator, that you are quite decrepit and broken down?" lie lacghed heartily, aud asked me if I thought he Icoked eo. "But I -uppose you know that it ha3 b;an reported that jou arj?" "4Ob, well, 1 knov I have heard eomeihug of the kind. I paid no attention to it. I don't think I c7er studied so hard in my life es I do now. 1 don't go out much, it ij true, for the reason that it is not necesury. I have clcsed up my lav busiorsj, ;iod I am now taking a little comfort with my book3." "Hut, Senator, that u not the worst story that we have beard." "What now?" he Fid, with a good-hu-mcred twinkle in his eye. Tb'v say vou have -fallen into hard ilrinlk "- - " -.i"'-rS uiiiiotj 1 - - bit-ri rif t.jrf&. a hhJ He laughed more heartuy than ever.aud proceeded to tell a story about a man ho rsn for the Legislature "in Kentucky. When he got the nomination he went home very despondent, and said to his wife that ho did not believe that hs would run; that he had elways bcrne a good character, and ho did net now want to lose it. "Bat, John, you hayen't done anything," said she. "You lave al ways been hones:. They can't hurt ycu Go in and take it. And he did. Bit when lie campaign had got along pretty well, be came home one day again IOrKINC YEÜY T3M E. "'What's the matter, John?' asked his wifc. 'Well, Sally, it's just as I told you. They bave acccted rre of stealing sheep.' 'Ur.t ycu didn't.' 'Yes, bat they have not only accused mo of it, bat tha worst of it is tbey bave proved it.' I don't snppoae," C3ntihued Mr. Thurmn, laughing, "that there 83 ever anything charged against a man that sou: t. body would noi swear to. I hope ray fiienda do not expect rno to notice och storie. 1 will not even go to the trouble of tenyicg tLem. I will eay to you, however, that a? a matter cf fact I havo bs?n for a long time an absolute teetotaler. I do not even drink wine at my dinner. I usd to diink a little wine and cecaibnally tomethirg strenger, but I found that it ag ravaged ray rheun-atltm, ard I gave it up entirely. New, th.it is ju;t how much truth there ia ia tbe report that I am a hard drinker." I LCJtt asked Lira if he would talk f jr publicatijn about the current iCLni:.L ,'csTIO; or the d.w. I trld him he wes, cf course, aware that he had b-en warmly urgd for a place on Mr. Citvpland'8 Cabiret, and that the people weald be cratlv inter '.ed in any expression from him at this tia:; aato tne policy ci the new administration. "You must excuse me from 5ayinz a word," he replied, with great tirmness. Howevrmu:hl may esteem the Post-Dispatch nnd its editor, I must bt excused thi3 time. I Co DCt think it would become me. Any exrrejiipn of opinion from me no? would be ill-tin. ed and cut of place. As to my coing into tbe Cabinet, I will only say this: I have received a tusbel of letters, I &uppofA from kind friends all over the United States, expressing their hofxt that I would be sslected as one of Mr. Cleveland' advi.-ers. I have cot e.ven enswered one of the?e letters. Some of them are from crentlemen I esteem very highly, and I fear they think strange ot my not having acknowledged tbe coartetv thev hara extended me. but I have felt, end still feel, tnat not rr.e word ou this subject shall fail fron v. y lip?. I have pntautnorize-d a living 5-oul J t'jfitaktn Mr. C tveland in L17 behalf. I 1 avp cot seen him myseir, am i nay? i.e ver raid to anybo-iy that I would cither accept ordecline a ; l'-e ia bis C.ib ine-. Mr. Cicve.'f.r.d ought to be 1'ft lo maVo his e::at--tiv fruv.iiy to aU'.t himself. Poiitions in tho Cobinet tir not ! v;:t:C'..'s ti i " s'mt.i.t Arrnrt. A n.an vfho S5k a Cabinet pasitioa or who bts ethers sr ?k it for him i? not the material cf whvh a Cabir-e should be mide " llr. Tbarnjau dii not agata refer to any cunent political topic during a two hours' conversation, bat he did not have to do that at ell to make himself a charming talker. I

fail to call to mind anything he said that more etrikingly illustrated the absolute fairness of the man than his comments oa Mr. Blaine's "Twenty Years of Congress " He was talking about history, about how gr?at consolation he found in reading it; thet Le found it more entertaining than any other branch of literature, and that ha often became bo charropd by an historical 8trry that he would sit np till 1 and '2 o'clock i a the morning, and even later. I asked him if he bad read Mr. Blaine's book. "Oh, ye," be replied, "I rad the first volume when it first came out." "Do you think he will give yoa fair treatment when he comes to you In th3 second TOlame?"' "I do. Ir. fact. I have no doubt of it. Blaine is not a man who arries maiice. Trier are certain statesmen in his lir-. volume that are not strictly correct from our standroint; bat, take it as a whole, it is a rerrerkably fair bosk, and notoniyavery fair book, but an exceedingly well written one. The E:gii-:h is plain, vigorous end well sustained. If the Eccond volume is as ecot in style as the first I think the werk will become a 1 las'ic r; nrrt c iticm. iu-tohv. I have just heard, by the way, that Cox (Sunset) has written a book on C mcressional history I shall be clad to see it." "While peaki::g of Congressional historle, Mr. Thurman, may I ask what you think of Penton's Thirty Years' View? ' "Oh, well : that can hardly rank as a history It ortr.inly does not rank with a hook like Biaine. I happen to know somethirui a Lent how Benton's book cams t be published. It was really never Intended to be a h. story cf the Senat. Bantjn'a friends cot after him about printing hi3 speeches. He finally hit upon the idea of that book, which is really hUle more than a ronniig account cf tne h '.ris.'ation in the .Senate for thirty year-, with his speeches thrown in." From Mr. B-n ton's book the conversation drifted tothe Senate while Bentoa was there. "Tnere wps one thing ia particular thut struck me when I -.eni into the S.aite Chamber for tho 8r$t time." said Mr. Thürwan. "and saw Benton. Clv, Webster and others of their class. They were IS HA KI. V ALL LA?...; E M EX. I believe that two-thirds of the members of the Sei.ate at that time wer six fetoroyer. It was not a mere fr;ncy. Mr. Clay was over six ftet, so w3 Mr. Cat noun, 0 w3 Mr. Benton, so wa3 Mr. Preston, &o was Mr. Semjile, of Illinois, eo was my uncle, William Allen, and ?o were many others. Soue of them were six feet two i:ch s, or c-.vea six feet three inches. The men in tb8 Senat-3 now are not so Iar;e ; neither do they dres with fcech care. The fir time I saw tbe Senate every member had a dress cat cn. Th3y now go into tbe SnuBt with any sort of a suit c n, aud I suppose I was as b 1 1 as any of them. Bayard always l.ioks nat, but I think Icgalls takes more pains with his clothes thar any cf them. The custom of the Ssoata in Ihe matter cf r ersonalitie ns?d to be much mere strict than it no ,7 is. On:?, while .Aaron Burr was Vic9 President aud presiding officer of the Senate, a member, who ha I been riding, came in and took his seat with bis inots ou. Barr sent word fohimbR pa -that he woo d be obliged if he would retir atoui 2 aud fappsar in dress becoming his place in the Senate Chamber." Mr. Thurman was in Uoncre33 part of the time cf Folk's administration, aud has been pretty we'l acquainted with public men in Washington since IS 10. Siuco there has teen so much ehid recently about the expense of HOU'IN'G TUE Cl ! ICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE I asked hi in if he could tell me anything about the way that Webster, Buchanan, Calhoun, Marcy and other distinguished gentlemen had lived while thoy held that office. "I believe," he said, every Secretary of State we had up to the war lived within his salary. Mr. Calhoun certainly did. I think he always while in Washington lived ia ths rooms near the Capitol where he died. Mr. Marcy was a very economical man and f am sure be never exceeded his salary, lis wa the Inst Democratic Secretary of State before the war Mr. Br.clauan was Polk's Secretary of State, and I wa3 in Washington much of the time while he was serving iu that position and I knew him well. He was probibiv the wealthiest Democrat who ever held the olhce. In his day he was considered a rich man, though there were no millionaires in Washington public life in those times. 'Old Buck,' a3 we used to call him, was a bachelor, and a very polite and courtly gentleman. I do not think be owned a house in Washington. Be gave an occasional dinner at his hotel, but nothing very extravagant. He gaye one ball, which was

then considered th3 grandest one that had been given by any Secretary of State. Ths hidif 8 got aiout him aud told aim he Mould nmr mrry in tha world, if h did not give a ball, lie finally consented to d eo, aud it came elf at a place Cii'fd Carums ic; p'ace. but a ball what in French we wcu d call a ealon, if you pletue, There w ) e cvei: a Tiior.-ANn invitations and th! hall was crowded, bat tili it 'xas alter all a very modest affair compared with ?cme of the "entertainments now given in V.i.hiEgt3n. Mr. Seward cime into ths cfiiro of the Secrehiry of 8tate at the opening of the war, and he ha 1 a house where he extended frequent courtesies to foreign rap-rt-f eiitatives. It was important be elnuld do so, but I doubt ii he exceeded his salary. TLcre was nothing extravagant abDut And7 JchLSOti'e administration, but when Cirait came in he mad? Mr. Pish S?cretary of Hta'e. Ha vras a verv iica man and very he epitable. lie spirit a great deal mora tian hi.-Ki'ai.T. sr.u v,-?s the first Secret try of State to do that Thoe who followed him bave telt obliged to follow hi3 example as far ss they were abio. Mr. Evart?, no doubt, pent thrr e or four tim?3 his s&lary. though of course he did no: bankrupt hirusolf in doing so." "Do you not think, Stator. v:th the incoming Democratic a JmiuivtraUou and an enort at political reform, that there Gu,-:ht to te a return on tbe part of th ch-ef othctr of this Cabinet u ths oil way of living'-" "There must be a limit, sona where. I thint the country will sustain a man who draws the limit at his sa'ary. If publis sentiment demands that the S?creUry of State should spend more than ;S 000 a year, then public sentiment will give tho Secretary of State more salary. If this rule does not hold, then it will be so that none bat very rich men can hold ths- cilice. That would be an injustice and a misfortune." i . ood-Bje. Our pC3d friend, A. II. Dooley, b! 1 a Jieu to the Derail readers with its last is-oe. Wi? are sorry to lose him from local new-paper-corn. The fobi:. i- -. is Mr. D3o!ej's valedictory as it appeared in hit'irday's Heral 1: My conrccuou -':i tho Satur iar Her! ! closc-l with the i; no of wee. I hav? 'oil th1? pa--cr to Mr. J. (J. Ochiltrc'-. forroeJy elitor of t: a c'rrjr.crfcv';:; Tirue. a a.a of c'uar.i.tr aad b.Iiiy. in re J i:. In r my e dltc- rhil wcri: Ten U"t but bolie v t! fi th " Iter.-., u .'l-r nv a.!mDi':Mrioa, ha lit '.j forwari Tf-tay otj" f'nt o i t.t to "cct f-u ia the- -world," and has Lir.dcre.1 foae uav r;hy projut from i!;at':r.-. It ha trie 1 tob? fiir aji'.l r'eht; an.1 it ha not nesUt:rd t mac thams al t. uncover frauds. Ah aa iah' rl'.anci o' such a course I have rainy warm friends and a lew bltir er.fcinio. The iiternry naracter ot the Her'. 1 is not sarpÄSsea by auy ; jur-ai la th? Wc:t. fjr tail abi;

sa-taine 3 feature of tbe paper I have to tbiuk irany contributor. The public hts been clever to the Hernl"io üs faults a Hale bliud, an1 to its Merits orerkmcY And now, as I say adieu to frien ii and critics. I can not but fel kin llv towurd tlp zen ttemea of the city an 1 Mate j.rtfs for many fTfr shown to me. a. H. Dooi.ey. Jay OotiM's Latest Schern, i Denver Tribune,; It i? said that Jay (Jonld intends ta parallel the Santa Fe alnss the line of .Sjnthem Kan?ss to Trinidad and dosibtle s into New Mexico, That read is doing a proCtable business, at)d it can be compelled to "divide." The proposed line would not redi:a rate? a cent. But it will pay. Therc.'ora it will be built.

I'mploj ment for theCiaaks : Hu -T'dlo Tim vs. j Itw.-nhj not be surprising to hear..! Kofsa-Phelsn-Short-Dnölev combination bing put oa the road. Tiiere certainly is material enough to draw, if only as curiosities. Timely Editorial Confession. St. Louii- K?pul:caa.I We are not a hard-drinking people, after all. CLEARANCES. The State of Trade for the lat Week, witra tha Percentage of Increase ami Decrease. Boston, Feb. M,-The following table, compiled from special dispatches to the Post, from the managers of tho leading Clearinghouses of the United States, gives the clearances for the week ending Fsbruuary 1 i, together with pcrceutace t a create aai decrea5e 33 compared with the corre. ponding week last year: New York iea I'l. ib- U"phi Chics pro St. Loui BUtimore. s.a.u Francisco Cincinnati Pittsburg i. 1 oulsvillc - Knr.eas City Milwaukee l'rovilence l-troit Cleveland Oüiaba HartfordltuiiHiiapolis Mcir.piiiä Col un Mi s New H&Tea Peer i a rortlai!'! H-'ringtic-lJ 'A orc:-'' or Kyrcnpc Lxiweli 5id.-ö.; v S ,CT9 .r.fo0.47JA'J 12,.e.,1.0t7 Dec... IrC ... tC.... i'c-c.... Deo-... Inc.... fnc Io.' ... Inc.. Inc. inc'.... Iec.... Dec... DcC... Dec... . . .'.. ...11 s : ..o ...Jt.J .... 0 .... . .."1. ....:;.7 ....15 . ..31.7 ...3.) r, ...u.l .. It t ll.fV71.S9. 11. '72.-Ji-' OVl,U'Ai : '"O.C-oT 3 3 -.,l 4,:,.7J,fi?7 4, IS ;". 3 2.1-c.y.o IMS 10S 1.7-..2vt 1.KÜ5 1.101,470, l,7JS.:;t I.l'.i.i. -i 1.0 V) Tri; 527,f7 v.i,C.40 72:.2i" i Ct?. SIS 4"., H7 Dec : ) ." Dec .'ll Inc 3. I DjC l.S Dec D c. Inc... lue... lac .. Dec . Dec . 0.7 . 0 .?!.: Total. 5 Tlfs0"i,Ul Dec ...Jt 20'..10t,:;il Dee Outt.iie Kc-vt York... .is.6 Vernuu Notes. Ere laito the Sentinel. Vera on, Ind., Feb. 1G The Larg?3t claim e r filed in this county was filed to-day af finst tbe estate cf Thomas . Johnson by his widow, ßarah A. Johnson. The amount i3 ? ."1,7:k5.C, John Whitmore, one of the oldest citizens of the county, living near tOTvn, died last Saturday of dropsy of the heart. The farmers report the stock in a suffering condition from tbe extreme t old weather. They claim that the wheat is akso baily injured. Tbe docket for the next term of court, which convenes on March ", is composed of thirty-two casee, the lightest for twenty-five years. Clara Long has entered suit against Oscar, her husband, for divorce. They were married at Paris, III., on the 2Sth of January, iNv'k She alleges abandonment, he having left her on the day of their marriage, and has failed to make any provision for her. Found Dead. Special to the Sentinel. Muncie, Ind., Feb. lb. It is reported from Harrison Township, this county, that James Singleton, a resident of that locality, wa3 thi3 morning iound dead in the road.having frczen to death. He left his home about three o'clock to go to Bethel and was found dead between eix and eeven about thres miles Jnm his borne. It appears that he was aiilicted with apoplexy, and the supposition is that he fell in a spasm and died from the effects of the extreme cold, which the mercury registered at eighteen decrees below zzro. Too Much Calclmlning-. A fair sized gathering, composed cf goodlookiiag and, under favorable circumstances, graceful Ekatera assembled at the Meridian Rink last evening to enjoy themselves. But, alas! this proved to be a poor place for tha pleasure-seekers, unless it was a source cf gratification to be able to entertain (?) the spectator with the awkward picture cne presented, while slipping and sliding about the fleer. Cbalk Tas the direct cause of the flipping and sliding. It was chalk oa the tioor, cbalk on the teats, in fact the very atmcsphere was permeated with it, the cr ly place that c-eayed the enemy being the ncier side of the rail which skirts tte s.tatirg smface. In wbess bead the idea originated of putting chalk oa a Üoor that prcuGüuctd fcyeipertj to be the b?3t in the Wctt, is a buried secret, f or no one appeer to i cssees tbe moral courage require! to father it. But withont being informed on this point we feel licensed to tay that if he has recently escaped frooa a lunatic asylum ti.3 authorities should immediately return him, and if he has never e en imp rioncd in a place cf the character, tßen he --hould bo at once incarcerated, for he has dene the patrons of this rink an unpardonable rong and proved himself a public ruis.vacc, and there may pcsiibly te anctber equally cranky He left in his shallow brain, which, when Jet Iccsc will can?? mere annoyance and disgust than the one already put Into practice but we doubt it. The directors cf the rink certainly de.arrve no sooall arrount of censure, for they are levelheaded, practical business men, and insteal cf listening to a few who ?r:$h it to appear that they are authority for everything which comes under their cb'-ervntion, and are --.ever happy unless tbey are in a position t feci themselves the direct cause of the anl.appictfs cf other.-, the director should exercised small amount of ihe com mm strse and judgment tbey ere suppored to pese.s. ierp;e wno always rrd time to attend to the business of othsr f.r:d nevsr have any cf their cvn to rhxli ti.e'r attention can be directed are a diutroua lot for a would-be ac;e33f ul bui:ne-S il to turn hi? e-vr to. jcter Word hf.? cor.." that tho na"5r of tt e above rink have deiddl never, nrer tousi ci alt c-a tha I' tor z?in. As tbfy Lave arrive! at thla conrIu'?ori nf'.er if ceivlc a ierron :'avored with bifer ex. eiierce. let other rink n.an..r:crs profit b it. " Io coi for;.et tbe niasqueraie and fancy dress carnival at tb:3 rink to night. Kxteasive preparations are being made, which will tend to make this the grandest aildir of tiia kind eve: sen in this city.