Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 35, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1874 — Page 6

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MORAL. SOSO OX MOSEY. - Wealth may co-exist with gout, Buvs the physic, nevertheless. Which you can't be cured without. Money is not mutton ; no, Money 1 not beer or wine; But to lack it Is to owe Grievous bills, or not to dine. , dinner occupies the purse : Happiness is in the mind; Else fts sUte is the reverse,Woe with indigence "Happiness you rarchase throusa ' Money thit you wisely spend ; Money Is the means unto Happiness, and that's the end. Who can keep a conscience clear, Who can have a mind at resi, That of rum lives fear Ever gnawing at the breast . Others' happiness your own Would you render If you could? Tis by money's aid alone You can do your species good. Happiness he may, below, Find, with money who abounds, None els can until they go To the Happy Hunting-Grounds. . .. Money wheu a. ni-n cW-crles, Ten to one his bond is due, Ami that presently be tries

Out Of casil u swinuie j uu. Pr.hnen. AT PEA CIS. I. ' - tranil .ml a a let Heids anl Mtwt light With holy silence, save ior ri-" ZzT hird that twitter of the coming nfctfit,. llinK their malt, beneath my coie aves Thsa Fat hath granted ior a uuiipm To b companions ot my pllyrlrn v Jtuling my grateful heart with iure grace. . II. "Vot unrememberett here the risk ffta-e. Nor the wild city's "proar. nor tke Fo3 .For gain and power in which weil engage; . Hut here remembered tfJmly. In arraui. As sometmntr fretful that has ceatd to fret ' Here, where time ians like a gentle stream, Hid in th woodland heart, and 1 forget To note its music aad its silver gleam. III. But never, never Vt me cease to know, O whispering woods and daisy-spviikled grass. The beaaty and tie peace that you bestow, "When tae wild fevers of anabittou rass, And the worn pirit, in its gloom and grief, ttiuks en your bosom and there finds relief. JWUliain Winter, ia The Cialaxy for April. PRAVEIU : There was fold a Moslem saint Named Ksbia. On her bed she lny Pale, sick, but uttered no complaint. Send for the holy men to pray." . And two were sent. Tn flrst drew near: The prayers of no man are sincere Who does not bow beneath the rod And bear the chastfnln?strokes of God." - Wheret the second, more seyere: The prayers qa.no men are sincere "Who does not in the rod rejoice And make the strokes he bears his choice." Then ehe, who felt tht in such pain ' The love of self did still remain. " Answered: "No prvs can be sincere W hen they from whose wrung hearts they fall . Are no a 1 am, 1j4b here. Who long since have forgotten all. Dear Ioru of love-! There is no pain." too Kabia, and was weil again. Ii. 11. Stoddard. IN FIX EX CK OF EXAMPLE. ' The smallest bark on life's tumultuous ocean Will leave a track behind forevennore; . The lichtest wave of influence, set In motion, Extends and widens to the eternal shore; We should be wary, then, who ro b-fore A mytlad yet to be: and we shonld take Our bearing carefully, where breakers roar And learful tempests gather; one mistake i May wreck unnumbered barks that follow in our wake, Mrs. ISolton. - -- NEWS AND GOSSIP. The lion. Wm. Orton, president of the "W. U. Telegraph company, sails for Europe on Saturday, under the advice oi his physicians. , ' - Miss Ada C Sweet is the chief pension acent in Chicago, having been appointed to that office upon the death of her father who had filled it for some years. John Lawrence Toole, England's greatest comedian, is soon to visit America. "We sincerely hope he will proTO a good tool for somebody to manipulate. MicbJganoughtto.be happy. A resolution has been offered in the Senate that in "view of the large balance in the state treasury no tax ba levied tor 1S74. Thomas Ansbro, a private detective, who attained an unenviable notoriety in the famous Edith O'Gorman, the escaped nun." case, died Monday night in San Francisco. - . Two buildings were burned at Mott Haven, .New York, last Tuesday night, and in one of them a Mrs. Burns ana her taree children were burned to death. Her husband and two children escaped. . Another gain for the better half: The word male" has been stricken out of the elective franchise articles just passed by 'the Michigan new constitution makeis, by the Tlouse. i Minnesota is generous; she appropriates ,000 to be expended ia the purchase of seed wheat for settlers In the southwestern counties whose crops were destroyed last; - year by grasshoppers. The gossips are whispering of the marriage of Geu. Schenck, United States minister at St.' James, to a wealthy and fashionable widow of New York city. There is no telljng what a pretty widow won't do. One of the editors of the Advance having latelr lost three umbrellas, begins to have a timely belief that the antiquity of man and the apostolic succession are not the only questions on which the world needs enlightenment. The Gulf ot St. Lawrence isjreported full of - Ice and there is a small prospect of navigation being opened as soon as expected. The weather Tuesday night and Wednesday, . was extremely cold for the season, being . live degrees below zero. This Is too cruel and yet It must be true, says Pr. Brown-Sequard: "Although we lave twe brains, it Is pretty 'much as if we : had one," and a ilavard professor amends it by raying that with some of his boys it is ' very much as if they had none. ; The officers ot the Erie railroad company 'say that work is again organized and going on well, and that the force of private police -' will be continued for a tew days to ' guard the yards and property. The strikers are to be paid off and discharged. A fire In 'Newark avenue. Jersey City, Tuesday morning, destroyed the stores of D. T7 Smith; hardware; Armstrong, boots - and shoes; Chrystie, bay and feed, and. several horses; also, a brush store and beer aaloon. The total loss is - estimated at about fifty thousand dollars. . Now here is a story that we don't believe, imt we give It for what it will bring: "They rt ell about 'a man in Maine who refused to tjget up and light the fire, and as bis wife said ehe wouldn't, they remained in bed thlrtyeven hours before the matter was settled. AYe suppose she then got up and built a fire ' under the bed. ' Cincinnati is proud of the support given J.0 her newly organized orchestra. She be-

' lieves hat in supporting a first-class orchestra, a public library, and things of that sort, that in ti.Tie she may escape the bad odor of ' the pork reputation which haa so constantly clung to her In the years past. The popular' humorist who spells ov jmd writes 2'in place of "to" are called -itha Tom Tools of current literature, never saying a word without a grimace, always

sppearfarg in patcbe-d an(j paint, earning like other mounte-ban honest livelihood by a trade that give 4an0ceut mirth to multitudes. ; The Pilatk' Florida) Herald mentions a farmer ffy ' name of Fntch, who has been compeile- j move to the other side ot St. John's Ax In consequence of the depredations jf fcHipators. lie says his cattle have beer . thinned out by an old bull allegator, w1"'jc hasten the terror of his neighbor-

D jotl for years. 1 . TOM SCOTT'S SOIREE. RAILROADERS' RALLY. Sttimsa OF RAILROAD omOALü BAY UX10N DEPOT MATTERS TUB BELT Ä IL ROAD ITS COMPLETION A FIXCU FACT 1. A ST. L. ELKTIOX. The city yesterday was thronged, so to peak, with railroad men, who congregate here for the transaction or busmess wmca may ultimately redound to tbe fiory of the central city. Their meetings were strioSy secret, and enterprising Teyorters who tried to cheek their way into the omcil of the railroad lords wjm courteously but peremptorily retused dmission. The deliberations were mainly intormal, and no definite action was taken vjon the various mrftters under consiideration except the appointment of certain committees. those present in tae city representing railroads, were the Honorable Thoas A. Scott, president of the Pennsylvania company; William Stewart. Pittsburg, general freight agent ot the same company; T. D. Mauler and J. M. McCullougb, of the Fan Handle; the Iin. H. J. tfewett, of Columbns,. first vice president and manager ot the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis road and leased lines; David S. Gray, general weätera manager of the Union line; Mr. Roberts, fourth vice-president of the Pennsylvania comoany; Mr. F. S. Vanalstine, general southern agent of the Union line, headquarters at Louiäville; Mr. A. B. Leet, commercial freight agent. Grand Rapids, Michigan ; J. A, U rier. division freight agent of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis, keadjuarters at Logansport, Mr. K. F. Fuller, division freight ag-3nt of the same road, headquarters at Cincinnati; Mr. Na than Steven, general agent of the Peunsylvvnia cc-unpany, headquarters at Louisville; Mr. Cat! Ilinman, general freight agent of tbe Jeüersonville, Madison and Indianapolis railroad, at Louisville; H. W Hibbard, general freight agent of the Vandalia road : Mr. Horace Scott, superintendent of the Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis road ; W. R. KcKeen, president of the Terre Haute road; M. E. Ingalls.of the Indianap. oliä, Cincinnati and Lalayette road. An informal MEETING OF FREIGHT AGENTS was held at the ofläoe of J. A. Terkins, generargent of the Pennsylvania company but no action of any kind was taken. It was simply a consultation meeting, at which the various matters relating to freight interests were discussed. On the 2nd day of April, another meeting ot freight agents of the Pan Handle line will be held in this city when important business it is expected, will be transacted. The meetings at the union depot were chief in importance, having under consideration union depot matters aud the Be t railroad project. At the meeting of the union depot board the Raltountaine, Pan Handle, I. C. & L, Jetfereonville, and Terra Haute roads were represented. Horace Scott was elected president and Mr. W. N. Jackson officiated as secretary. No final action was taken upon anvthing. Messrs. Jewett, Ingalls and McKeen were aptjolntod a committee to center with the city in rleronce to grades and lowering the tracks, and Messrs. McKeen, Scott, Woodward, Caldwell and Spann were appointed a committee to value the property of tho Union railway company. Articles of association were discussed but nothing was matured. At the meeting iu regaru to THE BELT RAILROAD, Messrs. Henry C. Lord, president cf the company, Richard J. Bright, . Thomas D, Kingan, Horace Scott and Mr. Smith were present. The matter ,was generally dis cussed, and there was a unanimous expres sion ot feeling in favor of the construction of the road. Every one concurred in the opinion that the read was a necessity, and should be completed at the earliest opportunity. The feeling prevalent at the meeting unmistakably leads to the conclusion that the project will ba a success. As these meeting were merely incidental (the greater number of prominent railroaders being directors of the Indianapolis and St. Louis road, and were here to attend THE ANNUAL ELECTION Ot that road) there were no decided steps taken in any direction, but the utmost harmony preyailad throughout tbe deliberations. The election above alluded to was held at Mr. Woodward's office on Alabama street. The following named directors, (tbe old board) were present: From the Pan Handle The Hon. T. A.Scott, F. D. Mossier and J. M. McOuIlough ; from the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati road Messrs. J. H. Devereaux, E. W. Woodward and J. II. Hurlbut. The following named officers (the same as last year) were elected President, E. W. Woodward; Secretary and Treasurer. Edward King; Auditor, A. J. McDowell; General Svperintendent, Daniel Woodward. Reports of officers were submitted and ap proved. THE FAMINE IN IOWA. THE AID GIVEN AND THE AID NEEDED THE SUFFERING OF THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF UNION SOLDIERS AN APPEAL FOR AID. Adjutant F. B. Baker, ofjlowa, has printed another appeal for aid to the destitute homesteaders tn the northwestern portion, of the state. He says that the $30,000 already donated for seed grain is not enough, the people want something to support them until they have a crop, and he adds: "All that the grangers can do will not be suiliclent, even it we have an early and pleasant spring. The cold weather of the past few days may be the forerunner of a cold March, instead of the mild one propnesieu by many, l shall not undertake to repeat the facts and arguments ia relation to tbe necessity of ail to the homesteaders. Mr. Gregg has stated them, and Judge Oliver restated them. The state grange committee have corroborated, and the general assembly committee have ratified the strongest statements mada, . I. want all churches, societies, and citizens, who have not given, to give now." And further, 44 In looking over a few of my lists of homesteaders, I rind members of the 1st, 2d, 4th, 6th, 7th and 9th cavalry; 2d, 9th, 11th, 13th, 20th, 27th and 32d intantry. In fact, nearly all the Iowa regi meats are represented in the northwest. Not only Iowa regiments, but their comrades from other states : and I hope all their comrades in the favored portions of this state will attend to this matter at once. Remember the women and children of your comrades who are cow fighting to keep ne won irom ice uoor, ana aon't scop in the kd work until whole neighborhoods and to?ns are stirred up to enthusiastic labor. I repeat, let all who have not given now eive irom their abundance to the relief of as good a class ot people as ever lived, and who are in .need from no fault of theirs. Iowa has never been a laggard when famine, pestilence, or devastation occurred in other states. I know ate will not forget her own citizens The fires of Portland and Chicago did not more thoro'nghly devastate those cities than did the gras-hoppers the fields ot Northern Iowa,", r ! '

POIlTTIOAL MISCELLANY.

A BUTLER BROADSIDE.' .t AN OPEN LETTER TO VICE . DENT WILSON. AN EXCORIATION FROM A PARTT FRIEND AUDACIOUS CRITICISM OF THE SKATOR. The following letter, altogethej the most novel since Greeley'ato Seward, haa just been made public: Lowell, Mass., Oct. 2tb, 1871. Te Mr. Renator Wilson, Naück : Dear Sir: A press of engagements, which reaves me but little leisure to attend to the pistolatory courtesfos of friends.baa delayed tny acknowledgment of your letter of the 7th of October, in which you say "now general, I propose to write a few plain words to you." 1 like main directness oi speecn. in is a I virtue, and one which I practice to some ex teut, and in which I am elad to be preceded by you on this occasion. I accept tbe apology In your note for your action towards tne.and find in it a satisfactory explanation of your course, which was before Inexplicable. I had learned, and have the evidence, that in Paris you said, in substance,thatyou deemed that in my candidature for governor I was dolDe a very wise thing, because I should bring back the labor and temperance men to the republican party. Your note shows why vou then supported me that when you leit for bomeyou thought I should Denominated. "Russell bad so said to me in London, and I so . said to others." iSnccess has ever advocates and supporters, and you thought I was to suceeed. But as vou sav. '-when I found there was a contest coming, I first Intended to go to California, and did not intend to mingle in the coming contest, but was kept at home and crowded into affairs." There never was a statement more exactly and unwittingly explanatory of the facts than this. Mr. Senator, you "were literally "crowded" into your opposition to me. "My enemies, knowing your weakness to do what the last man asks you to do (with which your friends are also well acquainted), by the imperious dictation of the senior Senator (to which you have always finally yielded), drove you to saying and doing on Tuesday exactly differently from what vou had declared in Paris, and what you had said on the previous Friday. I am informed, from such sources that I believe the testimony, that on Friday, as in Paris, you said substantially "that I was doins a very wise thing in the manner- in which I was carrying on my canvass ; yet to the exact contrary of that declaration, on Tuesday you were "crowded" by Senator Sumner and others into concurring in the written statement of Senator Sumner which neither of you dared to publish over either of your names "that you deeply regretted the extraordinary canvass which General Butler has precipitated upon the commonwealth." So I could not reply to you. I do not quite understand the next sentence of your note: "Your speeches were such as to force a rupture upon republicans." Pardon me, Mr. Senator, what can you mean by a ' "RUPTURE UPON REPUBLICANS?" Is it any kind of disease to which you refor? 1 am still mystified when you further say: "And to make vour nomination selfdegradation." How that can be, J don't understand. Indeed, j-ou seem to think you will puzzle me; because you next say "This may not seem so to you, but If you will think how it will look in another man you will realize it." Under favor, Mr. Senator, I cannot "realize" it. How my nomination was to be "self-degradation," either in you or myself (whichever "self is meant), ii entirelv incomprehensible to me, after doing my best "to look at it in another man." Again you say : "Believing that your success would be injurious to our cause, I said wha; I thought, that it ought not to be made." What ought not to be made, Mr. Senator? My success? Again jou say: "I had a right to say it, and I did sajr it as my sense of duty."" I agree to this; but please, Mr. Senator, why could you not' have written it in a little more intelligible form? Davus sum, non .Ed i pus. That is Latin and you may not understand it. Let me translate it freely. It was tbe old Roman method of saying: "I am Butler and not Wilson," and therefore I cannot understand "plain words," explanations put in the form of muddled conundrums. I am still more puzzled when I come to the next sentence: " I said to all that I should vote for you if nominated, and do all I could for your election." How would it have been possible for you to do that when my nomination would "force a rupture n republicans," and would be "self-degradation," ani(as Mr. Sumner "crowded" yju into concurring) " a nomination whick would be hostile to the bst Interests of tie commonwealth and the republican party ?" I never would have voted for such a nominee, for anybody, or anything, Mr. Senator. I could not even have voted tor you, much as I deem it necessary for you to live by political office. I never would" have voted for you with such awful consequences, although regularly nominated.' If you are sincere in what you say in your note (or understand what Mr. Sumner made you say), it would seem that you MISTAKE A REGULAR NOMINATION for a conscience. Again you say: "I have had no empathy with those who have in dulged in personal assaults on you or your friends." But any worse personal assault made upon me, than that which Senator Sumner "crowded" Senator Wilson into concurring in that my nomination would be "hostile to the 'commcn wealth and the republican party" I have failed to discover. However, for all that, let me repeat, I heartily accept your apology, and excuse you. You were "crowded" into It, and I fully believe you had no idea of the force of the language which Senator Sumner made you use, and therefore I entiiely credit you when you say that you have never sympathized with any personal assault upon me. How could you? Didn't you Bay, on the Friday previous, in substance, In the presence of more than one person, that I was doing a wise thing in making my canvass for governor, and that I should unite the party by bringing back those who had gone out ? I am sorry to learn, as you tell methat your friends at Natick not only failed to support you, but failed to do as you desired. You say: "I was not a candidate for tbe convention, was asked to be one, ?but positively declined, and re fused before leaving home, and wrote from Washington that 1 must not be voted for." JStili it a pears, in spite or your so cogently-expressed wish, all who agreed with you in Natick in regard to the merits and demerits of your present correspondent did vote for you as a delegate to the convention on an anti-Butler ticket. True, there were not many of them ; but the fewer, the more precious. It ia wonderful that your friends should have done that against your expressed desire, and thus brought upon you the annoyance of a personal defeat of two to one in your own home. I would have my friends In better training If I might venture to suggest so much to your "greater experience. . " Lord, Lord, ' HOW THIS WORLD IS GIVEN TO LYING. Now, men in Natick have told me that you went around and buttonholed your neighbors to get them to vote against me ; ana there' are some people there who tell me they will swear to that, and if it were worth while I might get thejevidence and show it to yon. But it would be useless, xou are elected a christian and a senator, and so I am never to credit anything these world's people say. Besides, in confirmation of your statements, you tell me that " you have attended but on3 state convention In 15 years." thereby implying, ' as I understand it,

that you have taken no - part in - attempting to control the action of state Convention. as to state officers for fifteen years. Now.I have no more doubt of thetruth ofthat than I have of the other. Therefore it seems all the more singular that you should have been weak enough to be "crowded" into a state cr.nvass this year. You also tell me: "It is rumored that you propose to war on all who have been agaiusst your nomination." By no means, Mr. Senator. Everybody has a right to his preference, and my wonder has been that so many teemed to prefer my nomination. I certainly will not war upon any man who honestly believed that my nomination would be hostile to the best interests of the commonwealth and the republican party" for opposing it. On the con

trary, I respect and honor all such men ; for I am sure that, ir they had believed and said precisely tbe opposite many times, they would have voted for me and would not have been "crowded" out of it, or at least they would have remained neutral, especially if they had taken no part instate politics "for fifteen years." Again you say: "It is for you and your friends to determine what my your relations shall be." I am obliged to your for tbe permission, and hope that my friends will be duly grateful. I SHALL DETERMINE WHAT MT RELATIONS . SHALL BÜ. They sballbe plain, straitforward, frank (and not double), with all men and parlies. Your next sentence surprises me more than all which preceeds. It begins in these words: "Now, general, I am going to say what I think." Is it possible that you have been saying what you did not think, in the two pages of your note, especially when you began it by saying "I propose to write a few plain words?' Don't you ever think plain words? The reason you next give for "going to saj what you think" is stilt more curious. You write: "It is none of my business, but I say it liecause I think it." Do you mean luatjou only say what you think about what is none of your business? Am I so to understand you? Again you write: "But I say it because I think it, but have no feeling but a wish for vour success. If you had made a few speeches, mnperate and kindly, full of devotion to the republican cause, and to reform the abuses in the party, you would have been nominated." NoVj I guess I understand you. If I "had rulae a few temperate and kindly speeches." Kindly towaid whom? My revilers and slanderers? Of whom else did I speak unkindly? But passing that, then it depended upon kindly speeches full of devotion to the republican party, whether ray nomination was "selfdegiadation" and "tended to force a rupture upon republicans" (whatever horrible disease that may be), and was "hostile to the best interests of the commomwealth and the republican party" or not. It is evident from your letter that you think T0ÜRSTR0XO POINT ia to give advice. Tho remainder of your letter does not require so careful analysis to comprehend it, because it is filled with good advice to me, which I appreciate highly, but which may all be summed up in the words of the copy-book: "Be virtuous and you will be happy." 1 boie l am, truly grateful for your good advice as to the manner in which I ought to conduct my political future, be cause to a weak, young and rising man it would be quite invaluacie; for no man has known how to make so little go so far in politic as yourself. No man who had so little to manage. I agree, could have done better than you, and vour advice in a like case would be price less. But one has to till a potato patch and a prairie on such uinerent principles that the husbandry ot one scarcely fits tbe other: and. therefore, I cannot emulate yoar course, brilliant as it has been; I cannot join a church to get the votes of the religious people. I cannot profess temperance to get the support of the temperance men. I would not join a know-notbing lodge, and take an oath to persecute foreigners, to be elected United States senator, howeve exalted that elevation might seem to rfte. I cannot be " all things to all men to gain some." I must remain a plain, blunt man, and must speak right out the things that I do know. You will see, therefore, my dear Mr. Senator, how very much I appreciate your advice and example, and the motives which actuate you ; and the impossibility of my emulating thera, even at an humble distance. I really cannot do it. I ought so to do, I suppose, in order to succeed ; that is, if my nature had been so made up as to be able to do it. But you really must excuse me, I cannot. There can never be but one Henry Wilson. I am, my dear senator, with tho greatest respect for your position. lours truly. UENJ AMIN if. liUTLER. The report of the voyage of the Polaris, now issuing from the government printing office, contains a memorandum by Dr. Bessel on the scientific ' results and discoveries of the expedition. Many observations were made, but the greater part of them were lost. The aurora was frequently observed, but it never appeared with sufficient brilliancy to produce a spectrum. The most careful examinations failed to show any electricity in the atmosphere. The land was covered by drift, the main line of which, indicating its motion, runs from north to south, still Dr. Bessel believes that the voyage has not been without results it the highest importance. These he summarizes as, first, the fact that the Polaris reached 82 deg. 16 min. N., a higher latitude than has been attained by any other ship; second, the navigability of Kennedy channel has been proved bej-ond a doubt ; third, upward of 700 miles of coast line have been discovered and surveyed, and fourth, the insularity of Greenland has been demonstrated. It is announced from Indiana that, after long and earnest consideration, a self-styled "democratic" state central committee have decided to revive the old organization and keep up the old political fight. The fact is of "no sort of consequence" in itself, but only as a sign. Probably this action was inspired by the result of the election in New Hampshire, and by a hope that the mistakes of the S It . X 11, 1 . M . . auuumsirauon wiu ueieai us supporters in Connecticut. This is another lesson in polltics from the primer. Will the administration party never learn? The self-styled demecratic party has no semblance even of democratic principle, and not even an honest policy to put before the country. When the people merely shift their rulers, without gaining anything In the way of either policy or principle, they surely commit a grave error, because it is not in the nature of a republic to stand still ; it must either go torward or fall backward. New York Post. . Congressman Alonzo J. Ransler, of South Carolina, a negro, lately gave his views of reform at a serenade offered him by his constituents in Charleston. " He followed the same line of thought of Mr. Elliott, and among other good things said that the place to begin the remedy of existing evils is in the caucus and primary meetings, and not in Eublic places where every word can be used y the democrats to beat out the brains of republicans. Let each man feel that upon him Individually rests the work of reform ; that for every dollar of the public money fraudulently used, for every school-house closed, for every dollar of taxation in excess of the reasonable expenses of the state, he is responsible. Let honest men be elected to office; let none be reelected to positions of trust against whom there rests the slightest suspicion of wrong-doing.

AMONG THE CRAGS

IN SWITZERLAND. , TUK BEAUTIES OF ORNEVA TH FA MILT OF PERK HT. ACTNTHE A CHURCH FAIR AND ITS AMERICAN DEPARTMENT. From an Occasion! Correspondent of tbeSeotlnel. Geneva, Switzerland, March 15, 1S74. We have now been in Geneva four months. When we reached this place we were com pietely worn out from Incessant travel. We needed rest, both of mind and body, rest from the " works of the old masters"-rest from mounting to the top of all the old church towers and places in the land; and rest we have had. We have rested our eyes upon nature's glorious works, which are far more beautiful. to us than all the works of man. I will not attempt no w to give a description of this lonely country.' Every one who comes abroad travels in Switzerland. The Swiss views are noted for being the grandest in the world. I have read glowing descriptions. Of the country ever since my early childhood, and since then havealways longed to travel through it. Suffice it to say, I have not been disappointed. "The half has not been told me." Our pension on the lake shore is a good one in every respect. It is a modern built bouse. The rooms are bright and cheerful, and kept clean and comfortable. The fare is also very good. We have lately had quite an addition to our numbers in the family of Pere Hvacinthe, They moved in about a fortnightago'and have taken, temporarily, a suite of rooms. Father Hyacinathe's family .Consists of his wit, their babe (now four months; and its nurse. Besides the madame's son, by a former marriage, a very intelligent young man of twenty. As you all know Madame Loyson is an American, and as such, we are proud of her. Believing that a full description of her person, manners, tfce. will be of interest to many, I give it. She is a woman somewhat above the medium size, with a finely shaped head, very dark brown hair and eyes, regular leature3, with a clear fair complexion and good color. Her manners are ' pleasant and cordial, her bearing proud and dfgnlfied. She is past 40, but looks at least five years younger, owing to her clear, fresh color. She Is a wo man capable or tilling any position in lite, a woman of strong sensibility and devotedly attached to her family. , , Madam Loyson takes a decided interest in everything connected with the reform movement, and is a worker in the cause, of no small merit. And last, though not least, she is a fi.ting com panion for the great reformer. I don know tnat i can say anything of Father Hyacinthe that is not alreidy known to the puDiic. ins doings are or world-wide reputation. However, every little incident concerning the pere or his church is of interest to his friends, and, I may add, that In this city, they are legion. Last Sunday week we went to "hear him preach; we staited early, hoping to get a good seat but when we reached the church we found it completely filled, and scarcely any standing room left. Being determined to hear him, we wedged ourselves in, and were willing to stand and listen to the eloquent man, although we understood not a single word. However, the tone of voice and his very gestures were . eloquent. I knew from Äthe way the vast aucience hr.ng upon his words that he was one of nature's orators. Father Hyacinthe in his earnest, zealous manner of expounding thetruth, constrains his hearers to believe every word he utters, consequently his church is gaining in numbers rapidly, and ere long they will be compelled to move into a much larger church than the St. Germain. The past week the members of THE CATHOLIC REFORMED CHURCH . held a fair for the benefit of the church. The protestants and their own people went hand and heart into the work. I never saw such enthusiasm evinced by two distinct sects, or a church fair conducted with more unity and good feeling. The American ministers here, their families and church members assisted, by their presence and encouragement, and did everything in their power to make it a success. Almost all nations and denominations had representatives at this great fair. The Masonic building was offered them free of charge and the society accepted it to hold their fair in. Two large rooms containing some handsome statuary, the walls lined with elegant oil paintings, many by the old masters, was certainly a choice place in which to hold a lestival. It was surely a feast as well as a fair. The good people could not only feast their appetites upon the rich food before them, but also, while doing so, they had the pleasure of feasting their eyes upoü the rich and rare treasures of art. The lair lasted four days, and each day it appeared to increase in interest. We were on hand to render assistance when needed and to take notes. I will now draw upon my notes for a few items. February 24. This is the first day of the fair. The weather is fine and the prospec I good for a day of success. The rooms are filling up fast and the beautiful things disappearing from view. The American table is constantly thronged with customers, and the American ladies are doing themselves great credit, as well as reaping a rich harvest for tbe church. The two large rooms were filled with articles of every design both useful and ornamental. They are generally donations from the friends of Pere Hyacinthe and wife. There are quite a number ot valuable articles which, if not sold during the lair, will be rattled oil at tbe end oi the sale. AN AMERICAN CORNER. As the auction begins the excitement becomes greater. The people pour into the "American-corner" until we poor natives are almost crushed and are obliged to' seek refuge behind our table. The postoffise and fish-pond are the most attractive and popular of all . the American contrivances for catching the francs. .It is really amusing to watch the contrivances of the numerous applicants at the postoffice. There is scarcely a person in the vast thro rg who does not make a call at the office. Many or them are completely mystified, they cannot un derstand how it is that they receive letters through that medium. They don't, know that so soon as their names are given, a young lady behind the screen, directs an already written and stamped letter, and hands it out. : An old German lady, having a son in : America and hearing of the American post-office, called for a letter, and on receiving one. ap peared so astonished and delighted that she actually shed tears over it. ine post-omce and fish-pond are something so new to these people that they seem perfectly fascinated. Every one, voung and old, call at the office, and willingly pay their six, ten, or twenty sous for a letter, and every one casts a hook into the pond, and are generally satisfied, however small a catch they make. We were considerably amused yesterday at the grimaces of a young Japanese fellow when he fished up some worthless little trinket. With a self-satisfied air he then Btepped over to the post and gave bis name, and although the young lady directed it before nis eyes he received the missive with a look of wonder and amazement, turned it over and over, looked at the direction, stamp, &c. ; then his little almond-shaped eyes began to twinkle, and his mouth expanded into a broad grin as he pocketed the valuable epistle and sauntered off, evidently satisfied that he had got his money back. I will elose my notes by saying that the fair was a great success, both socially and financially, the net

profits amounting to something near twenty-five thousand francs. We expect to leave Switzerland soon and return to Paris, but before going we want to say a good word for this home-like little city. I venture to saw there is no place in Europe where families? or individuals could be more pleasantly located than in Geneva. Not onlv on account of its bealthfulcess " and -school advantages, but also for its church privileges. There are two American and one English church, each supplied with eminent ministers, at least we can speak tor one. tbe Rev. Gideon Draper of the American Union Chapel. We have attended his church for the past four months, and find him not only afaitnful pastor, but an eloquent, earnest speaker, one who is calculated to do a great deal of good. Mr. Draper and his truly good wife have iniluencd many families to make auite a lpnrthn,i

stay here, so that, instead of dajs and weeks, many have spent months. Indeed there is no place In Europe where DnA ran tftnst Kn - . . - a va ter society, or have a more comfortable and homelike pension or boarding-house than ia Geneva. m .s ty ALCOHOL AS A MEDICINE. CONFLICTING JUDGMENTS OF MEDIPAT. THE SCIENCE GUILT AT THE PHYSICIANS' DOOR . ITS REMEDY. To the Eaitor of the IndianapcAiM Sentinel: ' ' Sir: With regard to the woman's temper ance movement, for the success of which all true friends of humanity may hope and pray, may it not be we'll to enqliire, what is , the prospect of permanent beneficial results? Will the use of intoxicatinar lrini.-i- ' terially and pennanentlv abated ivpart we have grave doubts in regard to this question. When we look at the attitude of political parties on this subject, and&ee that already a large part of the voting population (perhaps enough to ImM ih in. of power between ihe two parties are rayed against every efiort for the feuppressionof the sale ol intoxicating li.iuors:' when we look at the ovtrwholni'nw influ ence of the medical rrotei-m unnn customs and habits of society, and the indulgence of the flowing bowl bv the members thereof, generally on festive o'ecasions, at the teachings of the profession, ami t t,. extensive nse of alcoholic medical practice, we see litti hope for any considerable permanent good to tbe cause Of temnerariro rofnrm tk present movement may succeed to a considerable extent in closing the liquor saloons, and abating, in good degree, the retailing of intoxicating liquors as a beverage; still it may be expected, that those in the habit of drinking will find in some way the means of indulgence in their vicious habit. The whole effort of the present movement, as well as that of all previous temperance organizations, and of legislation, is and has been directed against the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, permitting and admitting it proper and legitimate as a medicine. Now, the greatest obstacle, in our judgment, to the complete success of tho temperance cause, is the teaching and practice of the . MEDICAL PR0FFESSI0N in relation to alcoholic liquors. The teachings of the profession are gross-' ly inconsistent with true science and with common sense, for they sell us "that alcohol is a caustic and irritant Eoison, that It is inimical to anything that as lile, animal or vegetable ; that it Inflames the blood and exhausts the nerves; that it hardens the brain; that a long train ok diseases are induced by its use, as dvspepsia." liver complaint, apoplexy, paralysis, mania, delirium tremens Ac" Yet they-ell us ' that It is emploved medicinal I v. n fctmachic stimulant, as a restorative and a peacefill ATtlfonf -v r,. V. : i . ful that it is a supporter of vitality: that it im. vvnoui. v du iJijKji t, iuH v l L H i riowpra . - " - .. a 9 parts energy to the living fibre ; that it is a respiratory, food; that it is capable of sustaining the failing powers of lile, and of restoring from exhaustion." Now, one or the other of these contradictions is true; the other false. It is simply impossible that both should be true. It is utterly absurd to say. of any one article, that it ia both a food, and a caustic and irritant poison; that it inflames the blood and exhausts the neryes, and that it imparts energy to the living fibre, and is a powerful restorative to the failing powers of life; that it is inimical to "any thing that has life, animal or vegetable, and yet that it is capable of sustaining the vital powers under great exhaustion. Alcohol is not a food, because it is Indigestible by the human stomach; it is a poison perse, alwavs a poison to animal and vegetable life, whether in large doses, or in small doses; whether used as a medicine or drank as a Leverage, and its effects on the human constitution are always those of a poison, and always equally poisonous, equally injurious m kind, varying only in degree, and if it be adniissabie in any ease, it should be administered to the well man. rather than to the sick and feeble; lor the system of the well man would be better able to endure and conteract its injurious effects, DOCTRINE AXD PRACTICE. Further, if it is a restorative from ex hausticr, a suDporter of vitality, &c, as asserted by the profession, then there is no reason why it should not be used daily, and especially by the laboring man, for recruiting his energies and restoring-bis exhausted vitality. But, as we have already shown, . the doctrine ol the profession that the m&. dicinal use of alcohol Is beneficial and salutary is false ; false in theory and in practice, and there is no more reason in science or in common sense for its medical use, than: for its daily use as a beverage. Professor Muzzy ana hundreds of others of the eminent men in the profession, both in this country and in Europe, years ago, gave It as their opinion, that alcoholic liquors were) unnecessary in the treatment of the sick and advised for the good of the temperance; cause, and for abating the terrible evils of intemperance, that all alcoholic liquors bej banished from the shelves otthe apothecary and from the sick room ; and had this advice been then followed by the profession generally, and the people taught that these liquorsare always injurious and detrimental to the human constitution, both in sickness and in health, intemperance, with its manifold evils, would by this time have been very greatly diminished. ' But instead thereof, the use of alcoholic liquors in medieal. practice has immensely increased, the evilsof intemperance have been greatly augmented, and the caase of temperance retarded for unnumbered years to come. We maywrite, talk, preach, pray and sing; we may gather the statistics of crime from the jails,, prisons, and penitentiaries of our land; we may go through the poor-houses and the lunatic assylums of our country and estimate the number of the inmates reduced ' to that conditio by strong drink ; we may foot up the long catalogue 'of drunkards and of moderate drinkers; and enumerate the vagrant, the profligate, the homeless, the friendless, the heartbroken, every where made such byIntemperance; we may publish all these dark pictures in books, and tiacts, and newspapers, and scatter them broad cast like autumnal leaves all over the land; all this and much more may we do, and still intemperance will go on, and all its tremendOBS evils will continue to curse our earth, until the medical profession can come up to the demands of true science, and lend its full influence to this cause of humanity and of God, A.M.L. Indianapolis, March, 20, 1874. The women's whiskey war in Ohio and In diana has made its effect in the revenue department toy a reduction ot $300,000 ia-tho receipts ot February