Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 31, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 February 1874 — Page 6

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THE "INDIANA STATE' SENTINELr TUESDAY,FE BRUAItY 24, 1874.

THE WHISKY WAR. i WILL "THEE" STOP THE TRAFFIC? TEE QUAKER LADIES TAKE TP THE OAUNTLET A FIUHT TO THE DKATII EXPK'TSD. ( By telegraph to the Sentinel.) . Richmond, Ind., Feb. IS. -A large as-Reinblat-e of ladies, mostly Quakers !of the highest respectability have been holding a meeting at the oM White Water orthodox Quaker church to-day ,and to-night at even o'clock they commenced a crusade against King Alcohol in Richmond, the horns of Win. Baxter, the Quaker father of the present temperance law. As we write, Lynius of praise from Chris' saloon on Noble street, near the depot are ringing in our ears. About t went v five ladiea and a fiery gentleman are conducting the meeting. The saloon is crowded bv roughs, but no disturbance ha-i taken place. The proprietor of the saloon elands behind the counter with a German smile of firmness on bis face. The women struck the hardest customer to convert in the city, Roth sides are courteous Lut mean war to the end. The ladies of other der.c.ninations will follow the lead of the qn?.k'rs and exciting tiniC3 are expected. WOMEN WAR NOTES. AN INJVNCTIOX AOAINT THE WOMEN DISSOLVED A XENIA MAN COMES OUT WITH A WHITE FLAO THE fJOCIiVtoUK iXSEWUEKK rF.oor.Fsi-a finely. Cincinnati, OLio, Feb. 20. The Gazette's IlilUU ro special says that Judge JSteei today Unsolved the injunction against the w omen for praying in front of Dunn's drug store, on the ground that Johnson, owner cf the pr-c iiies was improper joined with Dunn, the occupant, as plaintiff in the case. The Er. ; iirer special saj s, plaintiffs appealed to a higher court and restored the restraining order. Xenia reports fivo salcons closed up to this evening. One saloon-keeper came out of hir cellar to-day, bearing a white tiag in token of surrender. Each su raender is made the occasion of a jubilee. Oxford has nearly all the places ef business closed. In Davtoa the women have orpanized for work to-day Reports from their conflict, as io the lavcr the plan meets. TETEIUNO OUT. At Oskosb, Wisconsin, meetings are being held day and night, and large numbers daily seek the anxious seat where they are duly shod for the slippery ways of life. The temperance crusade, however, so enthusiastically commenced last -week, seems to want sufficient energy on the part of the preachers The ladies having refused to take hold of the work, there is likelihood of the entire failure of the movement. The apostles are loud with threats, however, and breathe that the walls of sinful Babylon will be shaken by them to their foundation, in the course of another week. AT VALPARAISO, IND. The prominent places were liquors are sold will be visited, and praying and singing will be the order of the day. The saloonkeepers are determined not to yield, while the ladies are equally determined that they shalL After the meeting at the court-house a large number of women visited the store of Mr. Wilcox, a prominent druggist, and requested him to cease selling liquors and Eio-n the pledge. lie still holds out after six hours of uninterrupted prayer and singing. Terse Haute, Ind., Feb. 20. A very large, harmonious and enthusiastic temperance mass meeting was held here to-night, and was addressed by ex-Lieutenant-Governor CUmback and B. C. llobbs. Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 20. The ladies prayer meeting now being held daily," preIiaratory to a more active movement on the iquor "dealers; is growing each day and much interest is manifested. No plan of campaign is yet decided on, although it is asserted that a plan similar to that adopted tT;McKri-.-i u lipintr much disputed. The

ay ' - - " general meeting of next Tuesday will def 1AÜ w v ECHOES OF THE BATTLE. A REVIEW OF THE FIELD THE DEAR LADIES HAVE THEIR WAY THE SALOON KEEPERS OUT-GEN ERALED BUT UNCONQUERED THE WAVE SUBSIDING. From a Chicago paper the following ex tracts are gleaned: In Syracuse, Ohio, urged on by the knowledge of a drunken assassination of a man named Snowball, the women have begun their work. The ladies there are insulted with "Go and reform infanticide among yourselves, before you come whining among us." "There are women now among you who not only buy our whisky, but drink it as well, to say nothing o! such little matters as immorality among you." Others sav, "We want none of your prayers; we can and do pray for ourselves night and morning, and read our Bible, too." IN DAYTON. The ball opened Tuesday evening. The saloon keepers are badly scared, and anxiously watching for some unexpected luck which may divert the ladies from their intention. A prominent salooniat on Jefferson street, who does an annual business of ?23,000, who is worth about $-'00.000, told your reporter this evening that he would sink every cent he has before he succumbs to the prayers and entreaties ot what he calls the crazy lemales. It is rumored that the saloonists will form a protective union to fight the ladies in case thev resort to the law. Among the women who have enrolled their names under the constitution and bylaws of the Women's Temperance Prayer Leagues are some of the wealthiest and most refined la iies of our city. XENIA BÖLLING. ' '' The women were early at their work, and surrounded a number of the prominent saloons al? day. The saloon-keepers are bocoming enraged. Stephen Phillips addressed '.he If dies, laying they were endeavoring tf burlesque him out of his occupation, and he would defy them. No definite results have been bad to-day. The women are more discouraged than beretolore. A proposition to raise a lund for the purpose of prosecuting the saloonists will be submitted to-morrow, and it is expected that a large fund will be secured. A called meeting of the citv council is now in session for the pur pose of enacting a vigorous beer and whisky J ordinance, ine goou cuizbhs vi iöj city are resolved to put an end to the traffic within the corporation. NO SCALPS TAKEN. At Springfield it was expected and generally believed that the whisky ring would make a move to prevent the women interfering with their business, as they say, but at a second meeting of saloon-keepers la-t night it was resolved to treat them respectfully, and only lock them out. At the same meeting the liquor-sellers bound themselves not to sell by the drink, but only in quantities of one pint and upward. The movement here commenced one week ago to-day, and although no saloons are yet closed up, the opposition la weakening noticeably. BILL ALLEN ON THE WAR. An enterprising correspondent cornered the oldest white man the other day, and this is what came of it:

'I look upon the movement," remarked the governor, "as only another prooi that the publie mind la always subject to the same oscillation that individual minds are, and think that this particular excitement is abnormal, and, therefore, temporary." "But 1 It hot extending?" "So it will extend and continue to extend until, arter a wnile, it will spend iUelf and a reaction" set in. the ladies are right in this. Their influence is the only force which can have any real and lasting influence in checking the ruinous tendencies to intoxication. I be sieve and always have believed that the ladies alone can accomplish this great object. When men become mixed up in it they are sure to have some ulterior and selfish purpose in view, and consequently the movement will lose its force. The women are always moved by an unmixed desire to do good, and that desire remains ellective uutil men, with their mixed and sordid motives, interpose to take the lead. All influence which seeks to correct bad habits in man, such as excessive drinking, must be moral influences, and in the exercise of these Influences the ladios will necessarily exert the greatest powcr. All positive power of government and law has in all times and countries been proved by inexperience insufficient to control men in mat lers of habits and manners. In these particulars the moral force of public sentiment, usually called public opinion, is alone found to lo elncient. There is no likelihood of the legislature taking any action on the sub

ject. Whisky drinking cannot be abol ished by law. iou may pas3 all the laws you pleasa on the subject, and you will only sharpen the invention of the fellows who sell. The vote of the prohibitionists, some 10,000 in this state, might as well have been thrown into a waste basket. This thing of praying around saloons is being carried to excess. When an epidemic come- along u verv freouentlv embraces the fit st persons and the finest phj'sical organizations; hence the fact that the movement is being carried on by ladies of the first respectability should create no surprise. I believe the whole ex citement to be of an ephemeral character and that it will in a short time subside." HOW IT RAGES AT SHELBY VILLE. SURRENDER OF ONE " WICKEDEST MAN'" HE FARMS OUT HIS SALOON FOR A HOUSE OF PRAYER AN INTERVIEW WITH THE SALOON MEN NEWS GOSSIP. t From a regular Correspondent of the Sentinel. Shelbyville, Ind, Feb. 18. This has been quite a gala day for the crusaders, and a better feeling prevails among the Women's Union " than at any time during the past ten days. The closing up of. Major Maizes' saloon is considered by many a precursor of better things, and it is believed by those directly interested that another saloon will fall ere long meaning, of course, George Duprez'. In order to ascertain the feelings of the saloon keepers, I called on several ot them this evening, and submitted to them the following questions, which were answered substantially as follows, they all appearing to occupy common ground : Have the prayers of the women affected you or your business in any manner? None in the least; on the contrary, there is a marked increase in our sales, and per sonally we are as unmoved as oeiore. Have you any idea ot quitting the bust ness? No, not as long as the law recognizes our privileges as liquor dealers. Don't you believe that the women are manufacturing publi opinion against your business? Yes, we are satisfied that they are doing all in their power to injure our business. Do you consider the songs and prayers of the women a nuisance? We think them very annoying. Do vou believe Judge Banta would grant an injunction as did Judge Safford, of Ohio We are not personally acquainted with? Judce Banta, know nothing or him as a man, andcould not tell just what his ruling would be. but think he would do as the Ohio judge. Don't you believe that if the Baxter Bill was rigidly enforced, every saloon in Shelbyville would be closed within six months? No; we do not. We comply with the requirements of that law, and in addition to it pay the enormous city tax of six hundred dollars. And as long as we do not violate the law just that long will our business remain undisturbed. The Baxter law is a hard law to sell liquor under, and a case under it is easily made out. Do you. consider the whisky business a moral business? Certainly we do; as birth, education and candid observation have brought us to this conclusion, although a great portion of the world think otherwise. Do you not believe that the women are in earnest and acting from good motives? We think that a lew only of the crusaders are sincere. The ethers are actuated more from a morbid desire to gain cheap notariety and arb also curious as to the inside appearance of a saloon. What have you to say in regard to the answer the ladies gave you to the notice you served upon them? We paid but little attention to it, and have sarcely thought about it, except to ridicule it. What course do you think the women should adopt to destroy the liquor traffic ? The only way in our" opinion is to buy us out, and we will agreo not to sell it again, These are the only terms upon which we can agree. How much money can the liquor men raise to defend their interests in the courts. or will each man defend his own cases ? We do not know inst how much we can depend on, but should it come to that we would form an anti-temperance amance and spend the last dollar to defeat our oppo nents. What do you think of the stock company representing one-half millions ot dollars ? We think it the most gigantic fraud ever perpetrated upon an Innocent and unsuspecting community. It will avail the terncerance people nothing whatever. The women say they are going to keep the war raging, until the last saloon to closed: what do you think cf it ? We will give them a fierce struggle, and maintain our rights to the last. This thing will blow over in a few weeks more, thev are already weakening. What do you think of th3 movement in Ohio. We think it highly exaggerated by the newspapers, and that they have accomplish ed no more there then here. What about the conversion of Messrs. McGuire and Carlisle? They will "stick" until they become possessed of a decent suit oi clothes, and then they will accept the first man's invitation to drink. Figaro savs: "M. Capoul was a linen-draper's assistant in Paris, Madame Nilsson was a immnn f rppt-Rincincr erlri in Storkholm. Mr. Santlev was a merchant's clerk at Liverpool, Signor Campanini was a nobody, and Signor Aramburo very little more, in Ttolw Mr Ktma 1!aavm wag the ' son of A parish clerk io-Kenl, and Mr. Devillier was cooper In Boulogne." Nilsson, who is paid ?350 per night and one half the receipts over f 3,000. received for singing at Boston, last week, $4,230 of which 2,150 was for the Saturday matinee. The receipts on Wednesday evening were about $6,400, and Nilsson's share was $2,300.

A PLEA FOR ECONOMY.

HOW DAWES PECKED AT EXTRAVAOANCE. SHOWING THE BOOKS FACTS A5D FIGURES THE PROBABLE DEFICIT IN THE TREASURYHOW IT WAS BROCXmr ABOUT AND HOW TO AVOID IT. - . Last Thursday, the boose ol representatives in committee of the whole, on the bill to repeal the stamp duty or tax on matches, Mr. Dawes made his three hour speech In which he put the knife in with avengance, All he said is worthy of reproduction, and the extracts printed below will doubly re pay the reading : " The tax on matches and on bank checks had yielded to the treasury last year $4,100,000 that of matches, $2,500,000, and that on bank checks, $1,000,000. The commissioner of internal revenue had estimated that the repeal of the ax on ' bank checks would require a refund of nearly half a million to those now holding the stamps unused, and at least alike sum to those hold ing unused stamps on friction matches, so that the question or repeal involved the depletion of the treasury to the amount of $3,100,000. The secretary of the treasury had reported that he had on hand at the commencement of the fiscal year over $131,000,000. There was then due on call.against the United States, aDd liable at any moment to be drawn, first, a special deposit of legal tender notes held for the redemption of certifi cates of deposit, $31,730,000, and coin dejosited for coin certificates, 3y,460,ooo. The total available funds belonging to the government, with which to meet its current expenses on the first of last July, were, therefore, only $1)0,002,028. That consisted of $18,017.402 in coin and $ll,t54,G23 in currency. This was the cash on hand on the first of July, 1S73, the commencement of the fiscal year, and available lor any purpose of the government The receipts from the first of July, 1S73, to the first of February, 1074, estimating the five last days of January, were $165,677,072. The estimated receipts lor the remaining five months of the year, were $110,100,000. making the total available income or resources of the government, from which to draw, during the current fiscal year, S2S1, 777,972. The following sums had been expended during the fiscal year: On account of the sinking (fund, $12,933,450; on account of appropriations from July 1, 1873, to February 1,1874, f 177,174,585; the liabilities of the government on account of unexpended balances of appropriations are $13S,3S1,257; the interest on the publie debt is $41,2S3,CC1 ; the accrued interest due and unpaid is $(,- 987,477; the estimated expenditures on sundry, indefinite and permanent appropriations is $ti,825,000; inakiDg (with some additional figures which were not clearly understood by the reporter) a total of expenditures, including all outstanding appropriations, for which the. government is to-day liable, $393,846,650, against available resources of $341,780,201 : so that If the government should be called upon during the year lor all the appropriations made by congress, there would be at the end of the year a deficit of $52,066,449. But this did not present the condition of the treasury iairly only its actual condition on paper. Of the appropriations that have been made, and were still unpaid, and for which the treasury was liable, there were many which there was no probability that the treasury would be called upon to respond to. Many of the items came under the head of PERMANENT APPROPRIATIONS, which, althouch made over two years since. had not been covered into the treasury lor instance, there was an item of two and a half millions for the pay oi the army m lb2. There migjt be here and there an unpaid claim under that head, but substantially the pay of the army for 1S71 was included. There was also an item of over twelve millions for the pay of the two and three years volunteers in 1S71, and another item for a million and a half for bounty for that year, and another item for nearly nine and a half millions for pensions for 1871, and there was but little probability that the treasury would be called upon for any considerable portion of these sums. A careful revision of all these outstanding appropriations lor past years 6hows the aggregate of these sums to be $72,369,034 ; taking this sum into consideration, and assuming that the treasury would not be called upon lor it.there would then be in the treasury at the close of the current fiscal year, the sum of $20,302,330. This sum excluded the sinking fund; that is, the government would meet every actual liability which he has referred to, and would also provide for the sinking fund, and there would still be on hand over 20,000,000 at the close of the fiscal year. The treasury had $90,000,000 at the beginning of the year and therefore it was necessary in order to restore the treasury to as good a condition as it had been at the lieginning of the year, to provide for $39,097,614. But that condition of the treasury was not entirely the fact, for against that twenty odd millions were to be drawn all the deficiences that had arisen during the year. There had been, as yet, no deficiency bill reported by the committee of appropriations, except the navy deficiency bill, which was a specialty, and which had gone to the account he had given. But the ordinary deficiencies were sometimes quite large. So far as they would arise this year they would diminish that item of twenty odd millions. He understood that there would be $1,000,000 deficiency in the Indian bureau, and he had estimated these miscellaneous deficiencies at $2,000,000. He had never known the deficiency bills at any session to amount to less than $3,000,000, and he had known them to go up as high as $13,000,000. He had left out of his estimate of deficiencies the claims made by the District ot Columbia for expenditures made in the District, and varying somewhat from $3,000,000 to $5,000.000. By the act of Januarv, 1873, congress had prohibited the board of public works from incurring or contracting further liabilities on behalf of the United States in t he improvement of streets, avenues, reservations, and lrom entering into any contract touching such improvements, n behalf of the United States, except in pursuance of appropriations made by congress. In the face ot the prohibition, however, congress was confronted with a claim that had accrued since the passage of that act of from $3 000,000 to $5,000,000. He did not care to discuss 1 nc propriety or lej-ality to that claim, or how the money had been expended, but he would only say that after the enactment of that statute the treasury department could not have contemplated any expenditure but the board of public ; works, for which the treasury would be liable. If, however, this Bum should be paid out. it would add the deficiencies say $5,000,000, which would require $7,600,000 to be deducted from the twenty odd million dollars. There were a variety ot claims which would also come in to swell the deficiencies. The claim from the mixed commission would be over a million dollars. Mr. Hale, of New York Two millions. Mr. Dawes That would raise the deficiency up to $6,000,000. which would leave but ten millions of odd cash on hand in the treasury at the end ot the year. Although the treasury had started at the beginning the year with sixty millions, it was very evident that it was not safe for the treasury of the United States to be reduced so low as 3o0,000.000 to meet sucL iemands as might be made upon it, and to meet such suddden emergencies as might arise in the absenoe of congress. No man would take upon himself to discharge the duties of the treasury department, if he were exposed to the liability of seeing the balance reduced to that amount with the monthly expenses of the government very much more than that Bum, unless he was provided by congress

with some means on which he could fall

back. Mr. Garfield; of Ohio, asked Mr. Dawes whether, in his statement of the resources of the treasury, he had included any part of me ,wv,wu or retired notes, improperly caned a reserve iuna, some of which had Deen reissaea. Mr. Dawes replied that the fbrtv-four mil Hon reserve, and the use made of it by the secretary of the treasury, had not entered into his calculations. lie was shewing what nu uecome oi me sixty millions on hand at ine Deginnmg ot the fiscal vear, fortv mil lions of which was In coin. The secretary of me treasury, nnamg ms Daiance running low, naa, instead or paying out that coin, paid out part oUhat $4 1,000,000, and had kept that coin in the treasury to answer forthe portion of the $44.000,000 he had paid out. But when he had run down so low that he dare not re tain the coin to answer for every dollar of me ,uw,miu ne naa paid out, he Increased the indebtedness of the government, as ap peared in me monthly statement, to the amount ot $11,000,000, which, however,, he had subsequently been able to reduce to vj-nvw. i ueot woum nave Deen in creased to the extent of all the $44,000,000 reserve had it not been for the fact that the secretary, instead of paying out the coin, had retained the coin and PAID OUT THE PAPER. He (Mr. Dawes) did not mean to say that starting from the first of July, the debt had been increased $9,000,000, but that from the time the tecretary ceased reducing the public debt up to this time, the increase was some $9,000,000. Taking the aggregate lrom the 1st of Julv. there had hen decrease than of an increase of thenuiiii debt, but what the amount was he had not now in his mind. The whole value of his statement depended on two things, the reliavuiiyin iu esuiuaHJior me receipts ot the next five months, and of the exnfmdituroo and therefore he desired to call the attention ot the House to the reliabil those statements." The receipts of the first seven months of the fiscal year, 1S72, iJ compared with the correspondine months of lS43-4,were as follows: lor 1872 3. rnstnnw $111,000,000; add internal reveuue. &I7 ono ' 000; total, $17S,S42.7S6. For 1S73-4. customs. f JJ,0O0,000; add internal revenue. ?57.noo rumtotal, $150,527,034; showing a falling off in the receipts ol the present year from those of last year of $28,315,702. The comparison of receipts lor the last fiscal year with the estimated receipts for the coming fivo months of this- fiscal vear xcf.ra m f.-l lows: 1S72 3, receipts of last five months. $127,000,000; and 18734 estimated receipts for the next five months lißwi. ?,12!na,5iIIt a falling off in that period of tll'bVSjo. It the house azree with m Ty,at h treasury is liable at any moment to cotoDmtest, unless it can have a margin more to be relied upon than this less than. S io.cn ai.iim tl,n every gentleman will see that we do not discharge our duty unless we, as the law-mak ing power, pass some measure by which to increase thai margin. Of cotfTbe there are but three ways to do that thing. It may be done bv increased taxati in. hv a Tnnn orby the cutting down of expenditures. Unless one or ine other or these three measures be resorted to. and resorted to i n earnest. w wim have the creditor the treasury of the iTnitort States in onr keeping, holding only the secretary of l5f treasury and the administration to a faith"'M uarje oi ine laws wnicu we make, shall have failed in the discharge of out duty. I need not to say to this committee that it is our duty to resort to one of these three measures, which we know will be the most productive Ot good to the country and to the treasury, and will reflect the greatest credit upon us who have that management committed to our charge, fchall it be by increasing taxation? There has never been an instance in the history of this government when, in time of peace, new taxes have been imposed for the purpose of carrying on its current expenses. Ir, to-day, we resort to this measure of taxation, it will be TUK FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY of the governmtnt when we have Imposed taxes on the industries of the country for the purpose of meeting our current expenses. We are emerging by degrees from a system of taxation imposed under overwhelming necessities, involving the life of the nation, which the people bore patiently and manfully and bravely, because or the necessities. At this time I feel that nothing would besuch a disappointment to the whole industrial interests ot the country as the increase of the burdens of taxation justas these Industries are lifting themselves up out of a depression unparalleled for its suddenness and severity. I think we must make up our minds to abandon the idea of increased taxation. I wish to do this, notwithstanding I know that when we took off the 25,uuu,w.t oi tax on tea and coffee that the act did not reduce the price for the consumers of either articles one helf-penny, the whole of it being divided between the producer at one end and the whole, sale dealer at the other. But ii we put on a tax to-day, it is necessarily puttiDg so much on the consumer, and therefore 1 am not in favor of the Imposition, even of this tax. although I was opposed to it repeal at the time it was repealed, unless I should fall to find some other way out of the position in which the treasury is at present, shall we resort to a loan in time of peace, of substantial prosperity, with no sudden demand on the treasury ? Have we no other way of meeting our current expenses but borrowing money? Hhall we say to the nationsof the earth which are holding our securities, and are invited by a standard law of the land to take our bonds at five per ceo t that such is the condition of our treasury that we can only pay the interest on these bonds and meet our current expenses by borrowing? I can think of nothing so fatal to the credit or the nation, not only abroad but at home, as the possible announcement here that we have no other way io meet the current and ordinary expenses of the government, but by borrowing from day to day; that Is, meeting our Dins ov niRKing more. Mr. Maynard asued Mr. Dawes ir ne did not reflect that in Mr. Buchanan's administration a loan had been resorted to to meet the expenses of the government. i tMr. Dawes replied that never but once or twice in the history of the government had it ever found itself compelled, in time of peace, to borrow money to pay its expenses. Tnat condition of things had arisen in Air. Buchanan' administration, and the government had been compelled to borrow S-i),mx),ouo on bonds having fixteen years to run; and the government shared the fate of every man or nation that borrows money to meet their current ex penses, and had been compelled to pay these bonds when it was the least prepared to dd it.. His democratic friends would bear with him if he said that was one of the evidences of PECAY OF THE PARTY; which bad administered the government substantlally for fifty years. It showed that the party was then becoming effete and was dying of the drv rot. That administration had come int rircririthfifl.artnno cash In the treasury. and had pone out with a debt of slxty-cdd mil lions, having bad no demand upon it but its current expenses. Hi nee that time, with the exception of the interregnum of Andrew Johnson, the ana'.rsoi tne government naa ueen in me hands of the republican party. But the other Bide was now watching them, discussing the question whether fifteen years afterwards the republican partyshoald fall into the same error and meet the same fate. He assumed, therefore, that the house would agree with him, that there must be some other way out of the dilemma than either imposing new taxes, or borrowing money In the uiaiket. What should that new wav be? ..... Mr. Dawes then went on to rerer to tne expendltnres for the last six years, as lOllows: In lSi9, H2,000,iii0; in lo. M,0t 0,000; in 1871,1292,OUU.OUO; in 1872, t277,000,j00;ln 173, f2!),000.0uo ; and in the present fl-cal year of J73, tai9,tj2,t. In lS70the expenditures had been reduced to 830!,000,000, while flol.000,000 of th publie debt had been paid. In lf71 the expenditures Sad been reduced to r2i2,OUU,000, and fe4,0WU)uu of ihe pub lic debt had been paid. In tne expenai tures had been reduced to f277,U.'0U, and 01X1,000 oi the public ubt naa Deen paia; in ij . the expenditures had run up to 2,0U0,0H0, and only $U,000,000of the public debt had been paid. This year the expenditures would be 3 ,(o0,t) without paying one aoiiaroi me puuuc uuu i Mr. uarneid anked ir. Dawes wnetner neaia not include in the expenditures or tne present year the J.'JO,ow),QoO of the sinking fund, wh eh is not included in the ggregaleof other years, i Mr. Dawes replied that jf he had made any mistake on that head.ne had been misled by tle treasury department,' and hewentonto con trast some of the items of the present year ex penditures, with similar items of last year; as, ;or Instance,1 appropriations ror puotic -worts this year, twenty muuous uuujikjiu, uuteen millions odd; nuVal establishment this year, twentytwo minions, last year, eignieeu millions; military . (BstabUshment this , year,

thirty-two mllllnnn-l.f. roar ft!- in i

He compared the expenses for the collecting ol He then went on to refer to the , EXTRAVAGANTE of retaining ports of entryin places where tha receipt did not begin to pay ex penne, mud in that connection he had read a letter from an ex-appralser at one of -those ports, sav ing that when he received his appoint ment, with a salary ; of f 1,000 a year, he K1 5"ritten to hi senator, stating that ! WM "necure, and had afterwards told the same tiling to the secretary of the treasury, and that about a year ago he had informed his other senator that the law should be repealed and the office abolished. The letter wnt on to say that an officeholder whe expresses such sentiments about his own position is decidedly unpopular in the republican party, and that in March last he had hr-on rmovwi uif-cause ne naa not Deen lnrormed, but be r refill med thotlrirannih. i --------- i v .ut fti..uuu vi IUSBUU1 (Loud lauKhter.l There could h n charge of negligence or Incompetency against him, for no cilicei- had evtr been u ore fadhful or diligent In drawing his salary, and there had rcu uuiuiiy noinmgeise lur him to do. Continued laughter. L Mr. Butler of MnAuhritri nKiro.i i.ileague to state that he had Introduced a bill, early in this session, to abolish Marblehtad, in Vr i ".iiitfc, ii pori or emry. -Mr. Dawes said he w muh ni.n,,. colleague for eivintz him that nnm.rtnnitr make an explanation. Hiscolleaiiiehad brought mm a number or bills, the other day, which be wished him to Introduce, as he was going out of the House himself, and among those bills was the one to abolish 'Mar bleb ead as a rort of entry. He was afraid that for that he would have his colleagues and constituents rushlna upon him "pell melU" Hoars ol laughter, 1: Which Butler joined. Mr. Dawes then went on to expenditures In the way of public buildings, n.lmii larly to the new poist olBce at New York, which Will cost seven and one half mll!ion m tl of this year; Boston, which would cost SV St. Louis, Chicago and Cincinnati. He gave the aggregate of expenditures on pnblic buildings siuc9ifMassiu.,.jui; he also discussed in the same connection the extravagance of maintaining so many unnecessary yards and arsenals. WAIL FROM LOUISIANA. THE PEOPLE Or SEW ORLEANS Art AT V tp. MAND THE REMOVAL OF THE USURPING GOVERNMENT. New Orleaxs, Feb. 18. A mass meeting ot citizens, opposed to the present usurpation of the government of the state, was held at Exposition hall this evening, under the auspices of the committee of seve nty. A thousand or twelve hundred persons were present. Several addresses were de livered, and resolutions adopted. The pre amble recounts the election of 1S72; the famous Burell order, and the subsequent ac tion of the United. States authorities there under, and the action taken by the people in endeavoring to obtain their rights; the tolerance of the people under wrong and oppmsiuu ; iuu ueciare mat tney repel with indignation and contempt the entirely false imputations that they acquiesce in, or are content with the government which has been illegally and wickedly set up to bear rule over them. Therefore. Resolved That we shall continue onr fforts to remove the intolerable burden, reproach and shame which have been put upon us uy me violation oi law ana constitution and the abuse of power, until the hope of success shall be wholly destroj'ed. Resolved That we claim at the hands of congress, as we have in the past, the recognition of the government elected in November, 1S72. of which Governor McEnnery is the head, or, in default thereof, that the present government be suspended by raililary or provisional rule, and a new election ordered under federal auspices, as the least that can be accorded ns. THE GRANT PARTY TACTICS. HOW THEY WOULD CONCILLIATE THE GRANG ERS AND NOT ALIENATE THE CAPITALISTS. A Washington telegram to the New York Sun say 8: It is evident that the administration party is thoroughly alarmed at the firospect ahead. Some of the most difficult egislative problems that ever engaged the attention of legislators are staring them in the face, and they see no way to solve them without alienating the capitalists of the east, or the grangers of the west. The only way to avoid giving offense to one or both is to hurry up the appropriation bills, and adjourn without taking any definite action on the tran8portatien or currency questions. With this object in view their party leaders have been constantly making buncombe speeches io fool the grangers into the belief that they are heartily with them, while they wink to the railroad managers and say quietly: "You know that all these resolutions mean nothing." There has been a constant effort on the part of Garfield, Dawes, Hala. and other leaders on that side of the house to hurry up the appropriation bills and get them through by the middle of May and then adjourn. For this purpose Dawes to-day offered a resolution fixing the 15th of May as the day for final adjournment. Thiswas not only premature, but it was very indecent. It was notice to the country that the administration party meant to shirk the grave responsibilities before it and go into the contest this year with a record that would bear any interpretation they chose to give it. Rut Mr. Dawes's move shqwed their hands, and when it was- voted down they made haste to put through a resolution declaring that it was the sense of tho house that it should not adjourn until the transportation and CURRENCY QUESTIONS had been settled and a more economical ad ministration of the government secured. Of course everybody voted for this and the grangers will be expected to swallow it as a nice 6Ugar-coated pill intended to cure all the ills they complain of. in the same manner the preamble and resolution offered by J. Q. Smith, of Ohio, was put through, declaring it to be the sense ot the house that it had the constitutional Dower to legislate on all oties tions of commerce between states as thou eh ( there were no state lines.' This was simply a trick to make it appear that because demo1 orats would not vote for a resolution declarline that the national eovernment was supreme in all cases, therefore tney were j opposed to each and every measure looking to tne regulation oi railroad taniis py congress. Under the suspension of the rules, tho preamble and resolution could not be separated, and debate was not in order. Hence democrats were obliged to vote against the resolution because the preamble involved a declaration of doctrines they could not subscribe to. In the end, this resolutions and all others like it will return to plague those who invented them. The administration party does not meat) to make any attempt to settle the transportation question at this session. They are afraid of them and intend to dodge. The people will hold them responsible nevertheless. They have the power to pass any law they choose, and by these very resolutions they have notified the country that they are fullv aware of the- importance of the questions claimine their attention and that ... ... . th . . if thev do not take definite action uppn them. Atter tnis let them shirk if they dare. The Marquis of Lorne is the Marquis Forlorn just now. lie and his bride Louisa were - not present at the nuptials of their roiral "brother because the laws of etiquette do notf 'permit a person who is not of royal blood to be' seated at the Emperor's table; and asthe1 princess was forced to witness that tloVtification at Berlin, she would not expose7 tile, man 'whose name she bears to a recurrer.ce of it. u '

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escape Gen. Joe Johnston's impending military history, which it is stated is terribly severe on the confederate ex-president, showboth his military Incapacity and the petty malice and favoritism which controlled him Davis friends induced Johnston to take one chapter out. Miss Kitty Cooke, daughter of II. D. Cooke, is one of the most beautiful girls in Washington society this winter. Her soft gray eyes, delicate features, and light brown, hair are relieved by a complexion which defies art to imitate the pink and white wax tints but the clear, deep rose which only good health, good spirits, good temper, and youth can produce. She looks like a half-blown blush rose. A new claimant for Mr. Creswell's favor has come forward in the person of Dr. Mahloa Loomis, of Washington, who has patented an "aerial telegraph" by which ai'ü, iy which he claims to be able to transmit messages through the air without wires. He proposes to sell his invention to the government, so Western Union and all other telegraphers -ever heard of in speed, cheapness, etc., etc., etc. The Rev. S. L. Rowland, of Saratoga, defends the morals of that arcadian retreat in this wise: "The greatest scandal that I noticed since I have been here is that occasioned by the purient curiosity of the Christian people, clergymen as well as laymen, who have seemed more anxious to get a shment, and to avail themselves of their freedom from the restraints of home to attend the races, than to drink our waters or attend our prayer meetings. This accounts the fact they know so much more about the vices of the place than the stated residents." rTTtL'S PÄTÜOfi RTNCFBy . OR HOLDER' I 0 ITyonr Hardware leai-r do not liaveTt tmr hate wend for elr nlwr. -frjl IEXjIE G-IR PHY. .??ie; W.TELKNRAPH INSTITUTE, JanesvUle, Wisconsin, otltrs unparalleled fncilitle to all who are desirous of iearnisg Telejrraphy. Having direct connections with several railroads, we are enabled to furnish good situations to our graduate, students' expenttea very low. Circulars containing loll Information, with letter from graduates now filling situations, and from different telegraph fcu;.erintendents, commendinn this Iustiiute, will be mailed free to any address. Send for one. TO U li fa; LADlKy. A 51 page book, containing answeig to questions of great importance, sent free for two stamps. Address Mrs. II. Metzger, Hanover, Pa STATE OK INDIANA, MAUION COUNTY, KS: in the Superior tvuirt of Marlon county, in the State of Indiana. No.5,252. Attachment to subject land to ale. IUchard Lawrence and Henry lÄwrence, vs. Abratu I, liuckles ar.d Mary L. Luokles. Term.lsTf. I5e it known that..n the 22d dav of January, ISTi, the above named plalntifiv, bv their attorneys, riled In the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Marlon County, In the State of Indiana, their complaint against the above named defendants, for attachment and to subject real estate In the name of wife to payment of husbniids debts, and on mil lkl dav of January, ll, the said plaintiff Hied in "id Clerk's otlice the affidavit of a coinfetent person showing that said defendants, A breni L. riuckles and Mary L Buckles, are not residents of the state of Indiana. Now. therefore, by order of said court, said defendants last above nannd are hereby notified of the filiijf; and pendency of said complaint against them, and that units" tbev appear and answer or demur thereto, at the calling of said cause on the second day of the Term of said Court, to be begun and and held at ibe Court House In the city o Indianapolis, on the first Monday in March, l.sTl.said complaint, and the matters and things therein contained and al leged, will be ht-ad and determined in their absence. W 1LLIAM J.WALLA C -', Clerk. JOK A. WALLACE, Ieputv. LOUIS JORDAN. Attorney for Plain tin. HE I'lLXTAl'K Ll.MHt .MK Allay pains, subdue swellings, heal burns, and will cure rheumatism, spavin, and any flesh, bone or muscle ailment. The White Wrapper Is for family use. ""-the Yellow Wrapper for animals iptyCX tTlce 00 ctuts ; large i ottlea, IL CHILD It EX CRY FR CASTOKIA. Pleasant to take a perfect substitute for Castor Oil, but more etücacious in rculatlnj the stomach and bowels. nrr-ANTF.I AGENTS To canvass Indiana, I'linnls TT and iowa, collating for. and noKin; It. Uu ell's medicines. Amih must furnish horse and buggy For full particulars, addre. with mump enc;eil, C 11. Kl'KI.L, Ind anaoolis, Ijd. CHICXGO ACADEMY OF MEDICINE. For tbrfiapprMiion ofQaafkerj, The trustees of the Academy having re-elected l)r. L. W. Curt us president, aDd medical director, and Irs. V .rner, Smith, and Davis, consulting physicians, boa to inform the public that henceforth the olfice hours will be from 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. All chronic disases, as Asthma,, Hron-hltis, Catarrh, Consumption, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the heart ; all diseases ot a delicate nature, Sperm atorrha-a or Seminal weakness, nervous debility, diseases of the eye and ear, and all diseases of women and children are treated with the best success according to the latest medical expei lence. No cusc taken under treatment unless a perfect cure can be guaranteed. The poor are treated jiratis, Tuedays and Fridays, from six to sven P. M. Patients residing in the country cau be treated by correspondence if they give an accurate discretion of their respective case, and medicines sant them by express. Letters or inquiry should contain two postage stamps, and be addrot-ed Dr. L. W. CUHTiIIp, Chicuso Academy of Medicine. t south Deciplaines st-, near Madison st., Chicago, 111 Copy wright sncuied. Cjcsar covered his bald head end gray half with a laurel crown. A yer'a Hair Vigor covers gray heads with the still more welcome locks or youth. ft T) f TT 1 f M ORPH I N E HA LIT CURED. Uli Ulli Discovery by a ormerßufferer, a surgeon, U. S.A. The remedy is positive, and the cure palnltss. Send itainp for book, Opium-eating cured," to W. B. SiiUHtK, M. D Worthineton. lr-enV., Ind. IOWA AÜD IJBiUSM LAUDS, MILLIONS OF ACRES OF TBI BEST LAND IX THE WEST FOR SALE BV THE Burlington 4 Sissouri River Pailroad. Co, On Ten Years' Credit, at 6 Per Cent, Interest. No payment required on prirtfipal till FIFTH yeAr, and then only ONE-SEV1-.NT11 each year until paid. The oil is rich and easily cultivated ; Climate wa'in; Kfiie long; Taxes low, and Kdnoatlen free. Large reductions on Fare and Freights to buy ers and their families. BUT THIS YEAR, And take advantage of the Premium of 20 per cent, for cultivation, offered only to purchasers during 1874. For Circulars containing full particulars, and Map Of country. Bend to GEO. 8. HARRIS, Land Commissioner, Burlington, Iowa.

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