Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 37, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 April 1874 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, TUESDAY, AriUL7, 1874.

TUESDAY, APRIL 7.

New York observe Good Friday as a legal hoKday. and as a consequence, there is no rerort from the stock market or exchange. . Congresshas promised tbe disheartened Sooth Carolinians the justice the president denied. A. hearing will beiven thedelegation bero the judiciary committee, and It is pretty rtain a fall investigation will follow. , Brooklyn begins to feel tbe moral impulse ot the temperance movement. The first sign comes in an order from ihe -street railroad companies forbidding the employment of men in liquor, and tbe dismissal of those who iiher drink or go where drink is sold. In California tbe accumulation of bullion I. creating a surfeit. An article from the Alta California on the market rag this morning, explains the. general stagnation in specie throughout the world. The production on tbe Taciiic coast is reviving and both gold and silver are rapidly increasing oti tbe market. One indepoudeut correspondent has come to grii.'. TLoe eminent statesmen, Chandler, tbe lsottcd senator of Michigan, and Sarrnt, the ring representative of Califoruic, faueying themselves aggrieved, have procured the arrest of tbe St. Louis Repub-IV-an Washington correspondent, for something published in that journal. Foraver, never uever, lorever, is not only tbe song of the clock; it is the refrain of the Massachusetts balloting, which goes all, and a general resignation of seats on the fart ot several great statesmeu, whom the fcntinelcan name, would be borne with a singular degree of submission by the country at large. j:iiKcd by the threatened loss of her grain a ird. provision trade, New York condescends to correct some of her gross imposition on the West. She is revising her system of grair inspection and weighing, a$ will le seen on the sixth page. Next Tuesday tbe .Kale 19 will probably be adopted, and tke abuses of rcinspetion In New York will cease. It is not unlikely that Indianapolis certificate will be accepted, as they .Lor. id be. That standard editorial virtne, patience whkb is never Jost, never -exhausted, eoems to have . gone, away in the case of the Jefferson ville bibber, who "goes back ou the w ur en wb dared. The telegraph indicates his Hue of policy, and it may be readily .ünaginaJ that the poor man as really badgered torn the njht line by the pestilent fmportunities of tue addle-headed women vw bo mu; infest ail communities and crippla a!l designs. A littlo avhile ago congress bad the "park" notion bad, as Oliver would say. It srt arart a fatkomleas waste in Nevada and California, and train tbt day to tbi3 all that ca-a be learned .of the domain is through tbe squi UUUUI.H wlu..ou ie gentlemen vrbe. "worked it through," of gentle very much cch perscHages as the demure "Whiisett and Ruckle. All meiaory of tbe affair was ftpios avay, until yesterday, the ictroducUcn of a 3-ill by Semitor Wadleigh, 4f New Jlampfeiiire, to set apart portions of the iak.nd of Mackinac for & national park. Tbe question naturally arises, who furnishes tbe grease for so big a jtb?" it Flaydounty isn't satisfied wholly with its party plans. n independent revolt has broken out and a licket pat in the.fie'd for all thacocnty ofErfttrs. Srely the oran in New Albaty can't be preaching the gospel lotadlyenorgh. Jtit were,ti:ere could te no eucfe rebeilian in that stroKghold of prtisan&iip. While tfce.Ledgar-Standard has beenngro32d in evangelizirg the unculy Sentinel, wokf of independence has atolen into .its .home .fold and stolen the sure lamb .of loyalty which has nüertolWil tbe flook together. ThisSndepeadent fertr is a datagerous tltng wL9n it breaks oot and the New Albany organ will find its hands fullj in rmitivi7 the tide, for thonzhüt mav not carry off tbe party this tear, a acond , at-,; iaujuun i tack is aiiBo! fatal, particularly if it has an original eoinruption and weakness Lo work upon. . . . . On Monday Concecticut elects c state ticket and a legislature wkich chooses a euocessorta&eaatorJBuckingbam. Thocanass of the state has been carried on if or a mouth in a ratWer fela&s way, and beyond the anxiety or aeuatorthip, (there is nogoneral iaterest zuanUebted. The oaliüon ot democrats a: id iadepeadent fepnblicata which elected yerremor iDgeraoli last yeaii haveeomnined on tbe eame ticket for the oreseat eloctio n. and the battlt stands drawn ou the toiTowio: anüdat5 Den Vocra'Jc ' KepsbUcan. F-rOov'r Chaa.lt. lugewol ILÜ. Harrison. Ueut. OovJeroO .Hill. John T. Witlte. Treasa'er,. Wm. E. K ynond, V. F. Nichola. H'j ofSUtcM. II. an tr, J. V-A.wujne. CompUoil r.A. K. Oooo rich. L. ferry Packer Against these two tl tere U also a prohibition tkkqt .which will p oil about 4,000 rotes. The excellence of the d Mnocratic ticket and the straightforward ton e of the platform, although of tie real par in sort, ensures tbem a sweeping victory- -at least JudgiDg from the signs and tokens of demoralization in the K'publicaa camp, it is safe to predict it. Connecticut is very near to IfcUssachuset ts, and the working of O rantlsme ver there is depended on to work, the final extinct ion of the republican party as a powtr in the ,)0lltlcs of tbe state. Kven without G rant ism, the republicans had worn out jabllc patience in the nutmeg state. There, as elsewhere, public office has been mads V demoivllzation. Honesty and economy are cast aAide, and the vulgar practice of tbe cau.?u made supreme. The democrats, very wisely appealed to the peopie by a year ot frugal government, with their very best men put forward for every place of trust and Jmjortance. Goyernor Iogersoll, althoogh a

party man, held tbe strongest respect of both parties, and if the legislature is democratic, the party will vindicate ita claim to public confidence by sending him to tbe Senate to replace that double dealing hypocrite, Buckingham, the friend of Butler and the upholder of Grant. It is a suggestive comment on tbe pass tbe republican party has come to in that, as in other states, that General ilawley, the purest and ablest man in the party, dare not be announced as a candidate for the Senate, his party associates declaring that he would split the organization? To preserve it, the trickster and trimmer Buckingham is put forward, and by this it is hoped to bold the party ranks in order. General Se well, the minister to Russia, is a candidate also. His friends are working briskly as beavers, and bo far as the chances go, his case does not look altogether hopeless. Among the minor issues of tbe contest is the question of a constitutional convention and the repeal of the registry law. The latter is charged as a motive of the democrats, but tbey deny it. and as none of the party organs demand it, there seems no reason to doubt the hollownessof the republican pretense. Politically, Connecticut is consumed by a dry rot, and the election of Monday gives every promise of being a revolution as well as a revelation.

The way of the world seems the easiest to learn, when it is not a good way. Here are our emancipated colored brethren taking on tbe ill-savored manners and methods of the Caucasian congress. When Mr. Sumner died, that thankless race which had deserted him in his life for the smiles of the traffickers, came in amain with simulated woe, and set about raising a monument to the illustrious liberator. The meeting was in Washington, and the most conspicuous colored men of the country were present to determine on these methods. A colored column of imposing dimensions, to cost $200,000, was generally favored, but while the debate was golnz on, a wrathful interlude upset the results of tbe association. A colored gentleman of wealth and position raised Bome objection to another prominent man and brother. A quick retort was returned. Mr. Downing, the party of the first part, said: You are a drunkard, and Mr. Sumner, whom I knew very well, did not like drunkards, and you should not take any part in this monnmeut business." To this, Mr. Sella Martin, the colored person of the second part, responded "you're another," and remarked autobiographieally, that he was the son of a 'rich planter, a Sunday school scholar of Impenetrable piSty, a perpetual member of a good templars' organization, and in all things, upright and pure of mind. Until the quarrel, which is raping in the Washington papers is settled, the monument is a thing of uncertainty, and will end before it has begun. A fate considerably more satisfactory than befel the Washington monument, which was begun years ago, but stands a fine prospect of uever being finished. St... Louis, like Indianapolis, has suffered pillage and profligacy In her public affairs tiirotltrh nartv machtnerv anrl OiaroaUvotian ; that the city can bore for nothing under ... rnla hoa ,nan, k..,..... ievolt and invoke an independent move.ment to put honest men In the council. To that end the following significant address ftjined by hundreds of the best and most responsible names in tha city was put forth, in.all the leading papersaturday morning: To the Independent Voters of the Fifth, Hein, seventh and Ughth wards of the city, and to aU other citizens of Kt. Lgctr, who are in üivor of the eleetion of honest and capable servants, without regard to party lins: Vf all on you to aid us an 1 save yourselw. The condition of affaire in thic city Is full of deadly peril. Our public debtili rapidly reacingliaU which will neobsvUate either repudia tion or a taxation which will coaTscate property and pasr.lyze business. 1b the hurt ten years owelty funded debt has advancedrfrom lew than live toiiore than foortaeji njiJUfins of dollars; and, by, tie action of the last .general as-mblj-.Xi millions cerUUnJy, perhaps ten millions, have been added to the .eneiTnous sum. W'stefulöf es, recklessnesa. And Jhjbonesty on the part .of Uie officials, and apathy and negligence oa-t): r own, have brought as to this condition, and 'threaten us with tbe oneqaences we Indicate. .--Nothing is pLakier tbau that a contlnuanoeia the same for ten yea longer will bankrupt our city. We aost ,now and ? -T, , . m t ' " l.ourselves Ute i el Die victim f .nniM tnd unscrupulous set of plunderers. ,We, therefore, tarneRtly ceil on all who havet.beart the t'orm of these ;runstroas and raloous abuses, acd who are dtftf,-ilned to disregard party .Ines aW. party nomlettons, In tbe inteneat of :honet and economy, t) assemble In mum .meetiog on (Saturday evening, at 8 o'clock, at the .court hou2, to take int4 consideration th mergoivcles or the present crisis Thai is a picture, to the life, of tbe condition in whkii this city Will find itself; A coun cil notoriously corrupt and incapable, and party machinery so intrenched in rings that it is hopcCeas to expect .better men or meas ures fron the present. order of thing. A vast asseoofelage came Urether in St. LouIa, (a responM to this stifOag call, and with tW) battle ooce joined, the issue can not be for a 4ament doubtful. The plundeccrs are oever strctj?er than honest men. Tbe simply depend on tbe timidity of tne tax-payera. They see that most caen disUka to take patt in the ignoble strife of ward politics. Preiomingou this reluctance Xbe rioga go iorward and engineer the most obaoxious men into places oi trust, and, with ' th tremendous power of party machinery at thetr .back, the day is won. A single chak would cripple . all this prearranged rascality. The whole city recognizes the pass we have come to, and moat men are eager for an opportunity to make their abhorrence of the present infamies practically felt. So long, however, as none take the outright action, the movement is shapeless and ot no avail. Each ward which iees itself about to be put at the mercy of a dishonest, mercenary or incapable councilman should at once take measures to select some trustworthy citizen, whose voice ia the council may be trusted. The men put up ' for these offices by back room caucuses are certain to be unfit. They have won the nomination as

with rival traffickers and the money that they expend in carrying the victory is generally expected to retnrn with an hundred fold interest in the course of a term. St. Louis gives us the sign and by that we can conquer if we set to work diligently and earnestly. Good men, fitted for positions of trust are plenty, and, it properly approached, they will consent to serve in such an emergency as this. Mr. R. J. Uinton's case has been treated before in these columns. lie was a scribe whose pen was dedicated to the upholding of the "great republican party." He wrote much and fiercely of the degraded beings who upheld the Greeley movement. In a moment of anger he turned upon one of the apostles of the great party and, confessing himself particeps crimlnis, detailed the fraud. lie has been explaining" bis case in a letter to the Tribune, but that unsympathetic sheet asserts its space tobe too valuable to give the document entire and piques curiosity by this unique extract: "It is true, and I have so 'sworn that the republican resident executive committee caused my name to be placed 'on the rolls of the census .bureau from the 9th day of June, 1871, until the 31st of May, '1872, when I was transferred to the pension 'bureau rolls until the 1st of April, 1873 in 'all 21 months and 11 days at a salary of 100 per month. It is true that I never rendered services in the department or its bureaus. It is true that this could not " have been done without tbe 'order of the Secretary of the Interior or 'the consent of the Commissioner of Pen'sions the same person who makes such 'swift haste to assail me. That official had 'to sign the rolls under which I drew this 'stipend,' and he is personally and legally 'responsible for such act. Now, sir, I have 'shown that I am not desirous of evading or 'avoiding any responsibility that justly be'longs to me in the acceptance of such pay'ment. It was an abuse, and I know it: 'but like many another, I chose, as it seemed 'to me at tbe time, the lesser of two evils in order to aid in se'cuiing the triumph of the republican party. This attack gives me a vivid personal illustration of the truth of an old maxim that one may not do evil that good may come of 'it. I did my best to reelect U. S. Grant. I am not sorry for it, but frankly confess to 'the wrong to which I was in part an accessory, but the guilt of which fails far nip re 'uion my present accuser, who was never 'asked by me to put my name on or retain 'it on the rolls ot the bureau over which be 'presides. I am willing to bear whatever 'blame attaches to me, if it breaks up an abuse to which all political parties have heretofore been subject." And upon this, tbe Tribune heartlessly makes comment: We begin to understand the enthusiasm w'th which the threat iSilent Man inspires the popular heart when so good a gentleman as K.J. LI In ten ubmits to the anguish of drawing a salary of $100 a month for twenty-one moni'is aud heven days, without rendering " any service in the department or its bureaus," choosing to accept a stipend that he had not earned, and to ndure the consequent racking and wrenching of Ids moral sentiments as " the lesser of two evils." In order to aid in fcecunng the triumph Of the republican party. Mr. llinton, it must be borne in mind, is only one of scores who gave themselves up to the ''great partj " in the same way during the campaign. The capital was filled with an army of workers in republican docu ments, whose names were in the department lists as clerks. The others have not made their -case known yet, that is the difference between them and llinton. In events of no consequence tbe cable is always very ready to hasten information When events of real significance occur we are generaKy forced to await foreign files to keep up with tbe time. If Queen Victoria sneezes we are sure to learn of it in a column or more, but if a political event of mcosent ous interest Lappens we daear nothing. This country lias been kept pretty thoroughly apprised of the art using and -sig oificant reception of the lata imperial premier, Olliver, at the French academy, sad the whimsical refustC to install him in tbe raeaat chair of Lamartine as one of tbe the illustrious forty, because of a tribute to his late friend, tbe dead emperor. A letter from the Paris -correspondent of the New York Tunes shows that the difficulty has been sett Jed, and that Olliver has fina lly been accorded his seatl Tbe writer makes no explanation, simply sayiug: "Yesterday 'M. Patin anooeneed that be bad received 'a letter from M. Olliver, askiag to Im ad ' mitted to the enjoyatent of hk rights as an 'academician, aaa proposed ttut this ne4 qnest should be aeeorded, and that the ia cidentof the past week should be con rid'erxl asnon avenu, or as not having .- curred. This was yoUd at ot9, and I f. Olliver was invited to seat himself in th e 'chair left vacant since tbe death.' of Lamartine, and begin at onje to discuss the letter 'M.'" We arc still left in doubt as to the address. The cor respondent does not state whether that was delivered or not. Jt hasalways been the practice, if not the law, that a member must deliver an address on entering, and the whole pith of this event hinges on the point whether tbe Olliver address, as written, was delivered with its fine tribute to Napoleon, to fall as harsh thunder upon the nnwilling ears of the elderly Imbeciles who opposed him with impotence while living, and revile him with impunity when dead. Whatever result may come from the event of the refusal and final admission, the cause of Bonapart ism ia greatly advanced, and if the republic is not strengthened, it is a comfort to see that Bourbonism and the Orleans are not benefitted. It will not be the lault of the shippers and business men generally, if congress and the railroads do not find out the exact grievances nnder which the traffic of the country suffers and is impeded. From, all directions memo rials are pouring into congress and Che companies relating to shortcomings in rates and accommodations. The latest is from s . live body of stock-dealers Memorializing the chief railroads running east and west on the importance oi

a general thing ty inaecent oar gains

a more rapid transit of the cattle trains entrusted to tbem for transportation. The first good turn was the action of several railroad companies in securing, in connection with state legislation, the better care and feeding ot stock animals while in transit to the eastern markets. The late action of congress on

this matter also Indicates the approach of tbe era so long desired by Mr. Bergh, and which is the economical as well as the humane treatment ot stock entrusted. Every hour of the long journey from Chi cago or Indianapolis to New York lessens tbe value of the animal on its arrival, and consequently the profit of tbe shipper sending it. As it is at present conducted, stock trains are given the "go by" until everything else has passed over the road; and what tbe memorialists now desire is the quickest pos sible freight time for all stock trains going any considerable distance, and their desire seems to meet with favor. Already the Michigan Central and Great Western roads have responded to tbe demand and have agreed to .transport cattle from Chicago to Buffalo in twenty-eisjbt hours, a great improvement on the present time rste. The New York Central and Lake Shore companies are also reported as being favorable to the plan, and if this policy is once adopted by tbe great through lines it must eventually be tbe policy of lines transporting cattle and stock of all kinds. It is a tedious, costly, damaging journey at best, and should be divested of all unnecessary hardships and losses. Brother Harlan has been arousod by the perfidious laxity of tho New York Times ou the Massachusetts sonatorship. It sees, the preferance of that decaying organ for Charles Francis Adams with amazement. While Mr. A. may have ability and purity of character.he is not a "regular republican" and per consequence he should be scorned of men? the good man HarUn causes his fine grinding organ, the Chronicle, to say. What, he continues with fine sentiment, shall the republican party with its glorious record of achievements,' hand the government over to the enemies, of whom Adams is the chief panjandrum? Not it the republican party knows itself, and the profit of credit mobllier, Sanborn contracts and salary grab. But the really torching thing that brother Harlan says is this, and who can not see the body of Sumner writhing in his coOlu at the crushing force ot the comment. "The naked fact that t'harlea Sumner faltered in his duty to his political friends near the close of his life, and committed tbe wcakues of f t v 1 1 1 1; aid and convori to the enemy, can never ustify the slate in the commission of a like folly," Any man who could do as Sumner did make a fuss about the railroad steals, the San Domingo robbery, the French arms frauds, the Secor steals, the attorney general's rascalities, should be cast out, for such aid and comfort to the enemies of the Biobiliers? If Adams sympathize with such narrow-minded views oi public policy, the good Mr. Harlan is quite right in denouncing the Times for even tolerating his prospective place in a Senate hallowed by the Fiannagans, Pattersons, Msrtons, Mitchell-Hippies, and intellects of that kind. Hiving illustrated the deeds ot darkness done by Sumner aad his kind, tbe new organ concludes: Massachusetts has many capable republicans, who would honor the state and sustain them selves well in the highest council chamber of the nation, without going iato the camp of the enemy lor a l niteu states senator. Butler, or Simmons, for instance? The subject oi localizing and controlling the constantly increasing numbers of emigrants, who yearly cross the Atlantic to find freedom and homes in this country, is oi late attracting the attention of our state legislatures, and also of our municipal an thorities. Michigan has already for some time had an agent in the eastern cities di recting tbe new comers to that state as the one to be desired above all others. Manv who come to the Ucited States fcave decided where they wish .to locate previous to their departure; but the greater number of "the emigrants are wholly ignorant of tbe special feature of any part'Of the country, and it is to them that the agent muit look for his followers. The board oi trade of Louisville has latelv been discussing this subject, and an extended re port of the committee on immigration has been submitted. The report is a full survev t the needs and wants of Kentucky, and es pecially of Louisville, in order to attain that bright iutnre which Ike committee are sanguine yet awaits -"eld Kentuck." The commCttee close their report by re cone - mending the adoption of a (preamble and resolutions which are supposed to embody their maturest conclusions cn the subject. Tbe first resolution reeds thus: "resolved, That the boartrtra40.of the city of LUl8vllie liereDy most earnestly and respect I rally requests tne mayor ana general council oi I tike rtty to establish, as early as :practicable, a Itoeslwureaa ai immigration m juanuracture, as proposed in tbe foregoing report, or in such 1 meaner as tneir wisdom may eoggest. The concluding resolution ontatos s corilial invitation to Joseph Aren ie visit' Ken tukv Aarlng bis next tour in taiountry. for the parpose of examining its attractions as affording places of settlem-eat for those in 'bote interest he is acting. Taisi matt w wfeaeh is seen to be of great interest and it upoftaoce to ach western state, and it wou.d seem to be one which should sug eestatt intioa fromtfae people of this state, and esp ecially lrcni the citizens oi Indian apolis, y M ' ' ' In reckl a defiance ot the unmistakable condemnai.Von of the citf, the council leaders yesterda T hurried the sewer ordinance to a vote. Fortunately for tbe tax payers, a two-thirds mslority could mot be brought or bullied into the scheme, and the project is still a failure. Tte pertinacity of the effort in the face of comHned popular opposition is tbe point that should be dwelt npon by the community. If M. Austin Brawn and his comnanv mav tak'e all say out of the a sf - mouths of the city irr this matter, what is to prevent a few coumcilmen from setting themselves up as a puMic junta, competent to direct city affairs outside of, and above all popular protest? Mr. Brown was ; at the pains to Impress his co-workers that the current insinuations against the "Washington street plan were ground

less. Very, well, it Is a good thing for him. Prove your sincerity and disinterestedness by submitting the question to a vote of actual property owners, or for that matter, a vote of the entire city. That is not generally a sale way to legislate, but it may relieve the council of the odium which will certainly iollow the actual passage oi the ordinance, if it is again attempted. Further, Mr. Brown must remember that the property-holders are not wholly at the mercy of the council and that even were the ordinance carried by the requisite two-thirds majority; the machinery of the law would be promptly interposed to block the scheme. It is inexplicable what there can be behind to push this business. Even if there were a shadow of need for the work, there is no reason for the present haste. The members rushing it may be very pure of purpose, but unhappily the public cannot construe their action as utterly disinterested, when they put themselves so conspicuously in opposition to the popular will.

Before it annexes Center Township, Fort tVayne, and other contiguous towns, Indianapolis would do well to study the late that befell Boston in her little eflort in gobbling. Boston, for the past few years, has been gradually annexing some of the most thriving of her adjoining towns and villages, and at last inviting Brookline she met a rebuff. Some of tbe citizens of tbe latter burg were 89 determined not to belong to the "hub" that they officially expended considerable money in attempts to defeat tbe project. This fact was made public, and out of it grew a suit which was remarkable in being without a parallel In legal history. Tbe court decided that a town had no right to incur expense to prevent annexation, and thus a limit is given to the powers of cities and towns to so increase the taxes of the people. By the terms of this decision Terre Haute and Fort Wayne must succumb, so soon as our outside lots get within hailing distance of them? Little by little the Alaska steal is leaking out, and it may be that our own Oliver will yet find one crevice not bo carefnlly sealed as to deny all traces of his hand! work. The fur company has been making its appearance in the House and from certain droppings it looks very much as though a little overhauling was about to come to come to pass. If itj should, there would be another lost leader in the house of the Philistines. The complacent Schuyler would not be alone in credit mobilier disposed, and two of the illus trious of Indiana would be shelved for permanent time. Some points in the history f the Seal Company were brought to the surface by a Mr. Schumaker, of New York, and If tho battle grows general we shall come to the revelation without a doubt. " Fraud" was the general name given the affair by all who spoke on the question. Hitting hard on Oliver, that, and pretty near home? When you read your congressional Record in future, you wont be able to tell the funny parts, nor the telling parts, because, that grave and reverend person, Judge Hoar, arose to a point of order Thursday, and aed the speaker with great severity of countenance, "by what right, tbe words L" ijauguier "j ana i" sen8ation"j were printed in the official reports." So the speaker said, that it was ut terly unauthorized, and directed the scribes to forego such frivolity in future. He made tbe additional statement that such exhibitions were against the rules of tbe House and that it was bad enough to have members break the rules without the clerks publishing the derelictions. That will be roogh on tbe painfully facetious gen tlemen of the House. For such immoveable old duffers as Hoar, Kelley, Garfield and pundits of that sort, there will be no hard ship, but what will Cox and Phelps dp? Hadtke marquis ot Downshlre who has just been gathered to his fathers, forseeu the trouble ho was about to make for American journalists, he would undoubtedly have put off the event till they could have a chance to bunt ont the intricacies oi his name in the peerage. Some have written column obituaries upon the duke of Devonshire, who is hale and hearty, and other wiseacres have corrected the matter by calling the dead man the marquis of Devonshire, who is an imaginary person altogether. The deceased really was Artaur Wills Blun dellT. S. Bodea. Hill, earl of Hillsborough in the peerage of England, and marquis of Downshlre in the peerage of Ireland. He was born in 1844. succeeded to his titles in 1863, was married and is succeeded by a son who was born in 1S71. The late peer at and voted in parliament under his English title, and the Sentinel is the only America a ipsper, thus far at hand, which has given the foor man bis right name and title,. Later reports from India indicate that the most terrible effects of tbe famine have been checked by the prompt action of the gov era ment. Tbe actual cases of starvation are now confined to the TIrhoot district, an area f same eleven thousand square miles and laving a population of 2,000,000 souls. Great redit seems due to the prompt and generous ictioa of the English government, in so juickly lending its aid to stay this dread .Ul calamity. It sent by its officials in that country, vast stores of rice to the famished inhabitants, under all sorts of difficulties and distributed it to all comers. Tbe tories and' the liberals now are disputing as to whom belongs the honor of the noble action taken; but the truth seems to be, simply, that the Gladstone government recom mended and promised the aid which the Disraeli ministry now have the pleasure ot voting and making effective. While Colorado has been complaining of exclusion, New Mexico has gone on diligently picking up a population, and now knocks at the national door for admission with a good show for getting in. New Mexico came, into the possession of the proud bird of freedom in 1848, with tbe Mexican -victory, and in 1850 was erected nto a territory, having an area of 215,807 square miles, which was afterward increased

to 261.343 miles. Tn ivn iao.v - 4

AljWV U these miles were nit off . eauv OC as the Territory of Colorad r ami another chunk of 126,141 cut off still later to mane Arizona territory. leaving still a terri. toryjarger than most of the eastern states. r i . In ine remaining 121,210 acres.there are 92,000 people, and they demand a state government to carry out the forms of local self eovernment. A good chance there for rising, young statesmen to go ont and com wv senators, congressmen and "sich." Great Britain may well studv her emitrra. lion figures with dismay. The reports show that she is suffering almost as badly as Germany and with no power to check it such Bismarck calls Into play. The renort of the emigration board of the United Kinedoni shows that during the year of 1873 there were 232,8S5 emigrants from England of whom 190,157 went from Liverpool and 26.6S2 from London. Of English emigrant 7 okS cam the United States; and 8S.S3S to the Brit ish North American colonies. Of Irish emi grants 75,536 came to the United States.while only 4,536 went to the colonies. The emigra tion of all classes from the United Kingdom lS3wasthe largest that has takeu place in any one year since 1S34. General Grant's reception of tbe South Car olina delegation will probably hasten the depopulizing of the state, so soon as the people see that there is really no relief from the cor morants who have been robbing and murdering for the past seven years. The reign of murder seems to be widespread, and on the increase. The moet frightful leature of the whole business being that the crimes are all committed by colored people, and with no seeming personal or race provocation. They kill as they would steal simply as a cas9 of necessity, in order to gain a livelihood. Vagabondism is at a premium, and all classes seem to suffer from official thieving and an exhorbitant system of exacting heavy com pensations for trivial services. King cotton is coming to his own again Cotton manufactories iu the south are re ported to be Ina very flourishing condition. especially those in South Carolina and Georgia. The Langley cotton factory located in Aiken, South Carolina, has just made a report of its work from the last two years, and it presents a very flatterins exhibit. During 1873 the factory had 319 looms in operation, producing a daily average of 53 yards each, and the total production for the year was 5,439,775 yards. During the year the company erected nine new buildings and added twenty-eight new looms. The net profits for the year 1873 were f 101,064 79' Professor Goldwin Smith, now in Eng land, has sent a long letter to the London News in which he gives his means of improving the local government of England, and thus destroying the disaffection oi many at tbe present condition of home' rule. For lhi9 purpose he advocates a gen eral Improvement in local institutions and the giving of legislative powers to local districts for the administration of local officers something similar to those now exercised in the legislatures of tbe American states. Colorado is again asking admission as a state to the federal union. It claims wealth and population sufficient to support its dignity as a state, and now there seems to be certain evidence that it holds in its keeping very valuable gold mines. This precious metal has been mined in the territory nearly as long as in California, and there seems to be very little doubt that tbe San Juan district is yet to become one of the most important gold mining regions in America. Party growth is admirably illustrated in Rhode Island at tbe election of state officers in 1870, the parties cast the following vote: Democrats 8,388; Republicans 9,453. This year the same parties appear in this shape: Democrats none ; republicans 7,679. Prohibition 0.612. From which it would appear that the democrats have resolved into nothingness and tho republicans are following then as fast aa they can. Connecticut makes response to Grantisnr and Butlerism. Tbe democratic ticket is re-elected by a sweepingly increased majority, and a man of honesty, decency and manhood will be sent to the Senate to take the place of the Butlerized Buckingham The reports indicate that the democratic vote of last year has been very greatly increased and the sighn is unmistakable that the Grant folks are going to be compelled to unload!. The Department of Agriculture, has made a monthly report, in which is given all the Information obtainable in regard to the grangers. The results of the co-operative leature among the farmers for tbe purchase of agricultural implements are quite fullyset forth. It is estimated, from the data presented, that in this particular ;of purchasing, the farmers have saved thus far, between 3,000,000 and f8.000.OO0. A bill has iust passed the Massachusettslegislature which is to do away with the plan of confining the sexes in the same prison, by providing separate buildings for both sexes of criminals.' This recommends itself as a moat desirable reform, and one wtilch must eventually be adopted in all the states. Having read the astounding testimony be fore the Senate committee yesterday, don't it occur to you that tbe treasury ofjhe coun try has been entrusted long enough to banded robbers, men who think only of peculation, from the lowest to the highest office in the government? Judge J. M. . Edmunds, whose death is announced this morning was a lawyer of fine reputation in New York. He was on the city bench some years ago but has of late years retired from active life. He was conspicuous as a spiritualist oi very radical views. If the inconsequent results of a balloon collapse in California, Saturday, may be accepted as the worst to be dreaded from aerial, navigaf ion, the Graphic may drive on its balloon project, and take over a fair share of the summer traffic to Europe.