Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 41, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 May 1874 — Page 3

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, -TUESD AT,MAX-5,-1874

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IF THAT H1UU WORLD. , LOED BTBOS, , . ., f If that high world. wbih IIa beyond V Oar own. urvtvlD g love nde ; If there the cherish 'd heart be fond. The eye tbenme exee pt In tears How welcome those untrodnen sphere I How weet thl very hoar to diet To or from earth and nnd ell fear Lotltbyllsht-eternityl . ,., . ;. Uranstbeso: ü not for elf ' " That we so tremble on the brtnlc; -And striving to oerleap the gulf. Yet cUng to being serving lock. , Oh! lntbfutrletuthin: .. To bold each heart the heart that shares. With them the Immortal water drink, And onl In oui grow deathless theirs! ' KEMEMBR ANCE. ' LORD BTROJf. Tis done! I taw It In my dream; No more with Hope the future beam,; . My dysof happiness are few; Chlll'd by misfortune's wintry blast, . My dawn of Ufa Is overcast; Love, Hope, and Joy. alike adieu: Would I could ad Remembrance too. What's llcker made hlc out uv? Barley, n Wh? don'tthese yer crusaders go for folks that raise the sraln? ; That's bUnens, on nrst principle! Jake, when they crusade you, , , . Hhoot that conundrum at 'cm, and ask 'tin to explain! ; - ' ' ' ', . . I rant sav'l like the taste of licker wuth a cuaat S I'm Ii loa just iu sober as lam this miaute But liberty 'a-hlc liberty! That me hie every time! ., N when they crowd the mourner they rue me mighty quick! . fionl keer If I take a nip, seein I've got a cold, Pay ye tV-morrer. Eh I What's that ye ay ? -Truat is played out!" bho, Jake! Yedon tmean To go back on me In no sieh oraery way T . "Drunk!" 'Who? Me? ' mc-uDrunkfr Ton be darned! . , . , I'm out o' sorts like, but Jest as sober a a jedge !

ont set -em up, dt . ""e;s"" r ,,. Twould serve ye , pledge I Yer no great shake, anyhow! That's what's tue matter uv you i Ye kin keep yer old benzine, which it alnt wathadang! Ye hear me. Mister Miller! I alnt no temperance EuW'lfneTp these yer crusaders to clean out yer shebang! - " ' ' ' ' ( ' : NOTES AND NEWS. Memphis claims to be the second cotton market in the United States. The population ol New Orleans is said to liave fallen off 30,000 within two years. The contest for the Omaha city treasurership continues. Johnson holds the office. The governor of Ohio baa lately appointed Andrew Ray inspector of mines, under the law passed by the late general assembly. Russia, having recently adopted a system of general military duty, the army, when on a peace tooting will amount to 750,000 men. A volume of the quaint sayings of President Lincoln has been privately published by the "Society ot Gentlemen" in London. The German republican newspaper, the Cincinnati daily and weekly Courier, made an assignment late Wednesday afternoon, for the benefit of its creditors. . Jeremiah Kiersted, Burperintendent of the Cincinnati police, removed by the old Board of Police Commissioners several months ago was reinstated by the new board. . , ' a mmittui fmm thA Women a TemDerX. w i v - - - a ance League of Cincinnati called on the commissioners and presented an address requesting the enforcement of laws against 1i..nnFuiHin nn WArlnAfirlaV. Providence, Rhode Island.seriously thinks of lighting her street lamps by an electrical system. It light the lamp simultaneously all over the city, and the expense is less than by the old method. Mrs. Obrien died on the steamer Ben Franklin and was burled at Memphis. She was with her husband goiag to Cincinnati and had been driven from her home above Hickman by the high water. A young man named Balnbridge Dean, from Fiskilwa, 111., In jumping on a train at Spoon Lake, Nebraska, Tuesday night, somehow stabbed himselt in the leg, severing an artery, and died in a few moments. The remains of Lorenzo Dow, the noted revival preacher, who died in Georgetown, "Y'a., in 1834, have just been unearthed by reason ot the sale of the land. The skeleton -was perfect, and on the breast bone lay the lone whixe beard. - During the yer ending December 31, 1873, there waa imported into Great Britain, food tO the value Of H74,32S,9;JO. ui this r-7,578, 930 was 'In breadstufls, and 45 per cent, was iruiu duo (j uiiru oiaic;a. uiauui.,uiua Great Britain is losing while the United States is gaining. The Emperor of Russia contemplates a tour to Western Europe. He leaves St. Petersburg on the first of May. and will proceed toStuttgard to attend the marriage OI me uranu yueut' yen wttu tuo uuks rt tnml.ii m Thanns Via TMrt'uu1a tn England .to see bow the "young folks" get along housekeeping, and returns to Russia Dy way oi ji.ms. It has been ruled in an English court that railway companies are liable for want of punctuality in regard to the running of their f . .1 L- . 1 t irams, even iuuuu iuey uiay uavo pasaeu KifJaw. irk tViA iAnfriv A f r fVkiirtAriftV recently sued the Northwestern company lor usiuages csuaau ujr a uuuiuu uu tuo trtln anrl failincr to malen an AxnAotArl mn . section, and the court gave the plaintiff the - m 1 II A amount ox aamages ciaimeu wua toe costs. A high-life scandal case is in suit In New York. It will be remembered that a short time ago Duncan T. Templeton met his wife on the streets of New York and shot her in the neck. The facts preceding this action are. that . two years ago the said Templeton married Maud, daughter of Colonel Charles r. isaooocK, u ran is private secretary. Templeton did not get his parents' consent to his marriage, and his family became estranged from him on this account lie became intemperate. In his habits, and his wife became estranged from him on this account. She had been to a lawyer's office to make arrangements for a legal separation and. returning.her husband met her and be gan to plead with her to return to him.' She refused and Templeton drew his pistol and fired. The suit is for assault with intent to kill, and che line of defense is Templeton's Insanity. ' That thieves' delegation from South Caro lina to whom the president was so polite, and whose defense of the Moses government he zonnd so exbanstive and convincing, are a very nice lot just tne sort or men to make favorable imnression at the White ilonse. One of them is an ex-preacher who wa expolled from the House, a while ago, for sel ling cadetships, another is the editor of a wretched little organ that subsists on the bones flung to it by the ring, and there are others who have found true loyaltv profitable for the life that now is. If justice had Its own, the majority of the distintmlshed party would be plaving checkers with their noses. Springfield Republican. In relation to the distribution of the f 15,500,000, which constitutes the Geneva award, and which has lead to such a vexed discussion, the Houso Judlciary.commlttee has

greed on the three following points : First, that appropriation shall "be made for de fraying the coat of arbitration ; second, that those losses which were uninsured ahall be paid; and third, that those losses which were only partially uninsured shall also be paid. If any surplus remains alter paying- these claims on the amount, it is to be divided among the Insurance companies, giving to each its, pro rata excess of aggregate war losses over its aggregate premium on war risks. - lli is decision practically places the Insurance companies out in the cold," not even recognizing them as claimants. What is given i them really comes as a gratuity, while their claims hsve been persistently urged by the foremost legal . talf at of the country ,; . i A MOUTHFUL VAMPIRE.

t ! THE BOY FIEND. HIS VICTIMS ASD HOW THEY SUFFERED A, TERRIBLE RECORD OK UNSUSPECTED CRIME HIS LIFE 15 THE RETORM SCHOOL. The Boston Globe gives the following account of the diaDollcal cruelty ol the boy Jesse Pomeroy, who lately.it will be remembered, killed another lad named Millen near Boston. The efforts of the officers having failed to el'.oit any confession from the boymurderer,Detective Woods took theboy to the undertakers' where the body lay, and placed the murderer face to faco with, his victim. Pomeroy turned away his head. "Do yoa know that little boy?" "Yes, sir." "Did you kill him?" "I suppose I did." 'Well, how did you get the blood off the knife ; did you wasniton? ' "..o, sir; i ivuck ii iuiu uo muri . Vor the first time since his arrest the boy showed some signs of eontritlon.and expreeeea tne aesire mat m moiuer anouia not be informed or his act. ue is now in me Charles street lail to await the action of the coroner's jury which holds a session this afternoon at station IX. The terrible record ol this boy Pomerov iully entitles him to the above name. The readers of the Globe will remember the circumstance attending a. K.nt.l Huitmttit nf CAVPral small hnvn J U VIVA ivu, W. ' m . J of age between four and ten years, living in Chelsea,! by a lad in hin teens. The excite ment began early in i7 wnen a nine ieilow named Balch had been found in a shanty on Powder Horn hill, tied to a beam, divested of his clothing and bleeding from wounds that had been inflicted upon him, as he said, by a boy whom he described and who uumn.1 fmm tha dmorintion. to be the aame at whose hands other Chelsea lads had suf fered, among whom was "1 racy iiayaen. The citizens of Chelsea formed a vigilance committee with the idea of apprehending . a mi 1 X. the young monster. iney causeu iu ue brought before them and the little Balch felIn an lart LhAV Pjllllll find who 1Dproached the description of the alleged perpetratoi ; 100 boys were arrested, bat the v.rrliot of littlo Kaloh was ever. That is nt. the bov." and the City Council of Chelsea a. length offered REWARD OF 500 for the arrest of the guilty one. A while after similar cruelties were practised in South Boston, of which the perpetrator was finally arrested in the person of Jesse Pomeroy. It then occurred to some of the vigilance committee of Chelsea that the author of the last named outrage might be the same party who had operated in Chelsea. . The Balch boy was laKen over to tne lomos, where the lad Pomeroy was confined, and, not knowing why he was taken, instantly Identified Pomeroy, when he was brought into bis presence, as the one who had com mitted tne outrage upon mm. romeroy was taken before Judge Forsaith and exam ined on the 20th of September, 1872, and was sent to the Reform School at Westboro. for the remainder of his minority. The boys tortured by this miscreant previous to his former arrest, and for assaults on which he was indicted, are: A son or Mr. Paine, or Chelsea, who was, about Christmas time. 1871, taken br Pomeroy to Powder Horn Iiill. stripped naked, tied to a beam, beaten with a rope, and lett neipiess. Tracy naystripped, tied up and beaten with a board and ropes, Dy wmcn some or ms teem were knocked out, the bridge of his nose broken, and other injuries inflicted upon him. Johnny Balch was enticed to Powder Horn iiill aj-kj-kn afraw iniv d lwTV am rr04-i rMtwrai tied to a beam, beaten and then taken to a salt water creek and washed. Ilobert Gould, in September of the same year, was taken from South Boston to the viciqity of the telegraph pole, whipped and cut with a knife in the head. Harry Austin, in August of the same year, was, at South Boston, stripped, beaten and cut in the back and eroin with a Enite. ueorge rratt, auous tne same time, was enticed into the cabin of a yacht at South Boston, stripped and PCSCTUBKD "WITH FINS AND NEEDLES on different parts of hia body, and left in aensible and bleeding. Joseph Kennedy was, about the same time, taken to a place on the Old Colony road, in South Boston, and maltreated in about the same manner that the Gould boy had been. These boys were all of tender age from sven to eleveu years old. When arraigned, Pomeroy con leased that he was guilty of all these deeds, and said the only reason why he did as be did was that he could not help it. He said had not read any murder stories or dime novels, but had only read his school books. At that time he gave no evidence ot Insanity, nor was any pretence of that kind made. Considerable inquiry has been made as to how Pomeroy, after his conviction of so many heinous offences, was pardoned out ot the Reform School after being there only a year and five months. The explanation is as follows: When boys are sent to the Reform School, they are sent for their minority, unless previously discharged. If, after a considerable stay, their behavior has been exemplary and they give promise of reform and future good behavior, and it they have a jood home to which their parents are anxous to have them returned, they are often Sardoned on probation. This is of every -ay occurrence, and this was the case with Pomeroy. . Iiis mother petitioned for', his being i put on probation and allowed "to come home, and as his record while in the school wa good, this was granted on February 6, 1874. Sir. D. B. Johnson, the assisting visiting agent of the State Board of Charities, however, states that the pardon was actively pressed by Mr. John Ayers, in spite of his (Mr. Johoton's) opposition on the ground that Pomoroy had oeen there but 17 months and that there has been seven cases of inhuman treatment, by tormenting boys, against him at the time of his sentence. WHERE IS KATIE CUBRAS? Sometime in the month of March, a little girl named Katie Carran, living in South Boston, nearly opposite the place where the Millen boy lived, disappeared suddenly and mysteriously. ' Active measures were at once Inaugurated In hopes of finding her alive, or, at least, of recovering her body. A reward was offered b the mayor for any information that ehouid dispel tne mystery, and strenuous efforts have been making ever since, but with no avail. The affair is as dark to-day as it was at the time of its announcement. Kot a word baa been heard of the missing girl. It is now suggested that Pomeroy knows something about this case, and it is possible that he may some day confess a connection with the disappearance of little Kate Curran, and furnish the Information so earnestly longed for and sought for by her friends and the police,

t i Borne And work where some find rest, And so the weary world ape on; I fometlmes wonder which 1 best , The answer comes when life is gone. -I - i . ' Borne eyes sleep when some eye wake. And so the dreary night hour go; - Bnme heart beat where some heart break, - I ofttn wonder why 't so. . , . t Borne wills faint where some will fight Home love the tent and some the field; . I often wonder which is right .- Tu one who stave or those who yield? , Borne band fold when other hand '' ' Are lifted bravely In the strife; " And so thro' ages and thro' lands Move en th two extreme ol life,. i , ',.. , . Some feet halt where some feet tread : ,' ' In tireless march a thorny way; Born straggle on when some have fled ' Some see when other shun the fray. Some swords rest wher others clash ' ' Home move back where some move on Borne flags furl where others flash . .. Until tne battle ha been won. Borne sleep on while other keep The vigils of ihe true and brave; , , Ihey will not rest till roses creep Around their name above a grave. i 1 : ' . , i - "DROPPED D3AD. - HKLXN HTJMT. All royal strengths in life, until the end. Will bear themaelves still royally. Dexree . Of dying they know not; the muddy lee They will not drink ; no man shall see them bend or slacken in the sWm : no man can lend To them.: Those feeble soul who crouch on D6S t That fail, and cling to shadows of lost ease, ' Death tortures.' But askings to kings may send, lie ballen gee the strong. .;--' - Such death as this O'ertakea great love; a lesser love will miss Such troke; may dwindle painfully away, And fode and simply cease to breathe, some day. ..' But great loves, to the last, have pulses red : Ail xe&t Vuvea that have ever died dropped dead, i ; GOLD MINING IN COLORADO. MW OOLD AND SILVER DISCOVERIES IM - 80UTHWESTKRX COLORADO THÄ- EXCITEMENT PRBVAILI50 A PROPOSED SCIENTIFIC EXAMINATION FOHTUJOt , SEEKERS OOINO FORWARD TO FORTUNE. A correspondent of the New York World, writing from Denver, CoL, thus speaks of the discovery and location of the new mineral fields in that territory: The California fever of 1849, waa succeeded by the Pike's Peak excitement, 10 years later. Then hundreds and thousands crossed the great plains for what is now Colorado, In the hope of acquiring speedy fortunes from the rich minerals that were said tolle encased in the beds of her streams and the sides of her moun tains. Placer mining, or the washing of the fine particles ot gold that lay embedded in amid the sand ot running streams, paid the emigrants largely for a time, but ultimately it ceased to be a prontaDie employment. Then attention was directed to quartz mining, or the extraction of the precious metals from solid rocks. This latter method in volves the employment of heavy and costly machinery, and while In some Instances a great deal of money has been sunk in crushers and mills, yet in the aggregate vast fortunes have been made by those who bave Invested their monev in mining enterprises in Colorado. Especially is this the case with the nroiects in Clear Creek and Gilpen coun ties, where mining for gold and silver is now carried on with as rauch system and nearly as much certainty as coal mining is conducted in the anthracite regions of Pennsylvania. Within the past year a great furore has been created regarding the nan Juan dis trict. which is located in Southwestern Col orado.- Not only our own miners,' but old and expert miners from California, Nevada and Utah bave recently examined the reeion and pronounced it the richest that ever came under their notice. They speak in glowing and almost marvellous terms of its extensive deposits of gold and silver. During the present month several Hundred miners have passed through Denver on their way to these rich fields with the precious metals. Parties from the east and others, who have no knowledge of mining whatever, are pre paring to go to this k.1 Dorado, in the hope of acquiring some of its rich mineral lands by pre-emption. N The country in which the San Juan district is located was until recently a portion ot the Ute Indian reservation. By a treaty made with the tribe last year the United States came into possession of the section. The Utes, however, have some land adjoining it, and to prevent any ill feeling by reason of prospectors and other 'enterprising white men encroaching upon their property, the secretary ot the .interior has within the past week asked -that a force of troops be stationed there to prevent any trespasses being made upon their lands, when the season fully opens, and when 'several new roads are completed, thousands upon thousands will flock in, and this betöre the close of the present summer. The interior department, anticipating this state of affairs, made the request upon the secretary of war evidently with the intention of having a military force strong enough to secure good order. In this connection may also be mentioned the fact that Pro lessor Ilayden and his scientific coadjotators,who were engaged in explorations and surveys of the northern and centra portions of this territory last year, will shortly arrive here' and puisue their investigations in and around the San Juan country. The richer mines, or to speak more definitely, those showing tte best outcropping, are located near what is termed the Park of the Animas; but in its wider sense the San Juan mining country comprises the districts of Los Animas, Lake and Summit. It is across the main range of the Rocky Mountains, on the Pacific side, the altitude being about 12,000 feet above sea level. The entrance, a it is termed, to the mining region is from : Del Norte, and the nearest mines to it are in the Summit district, about thirty miles distant. Here is located the "Little Anna" mine, which has caused considerable comment by reason of its prospective richness. The country can be penetrated from 50 to 100 miles farther on, and rich outcropping may be noticed at points not very remote from each other. The "Little Giant" lode in the Animas district is the one which . has as yet been worked to the best advantage. From a rich gold streak nearly in the center of its vein the enormous yield of $31,115 per ton of 2,000 pounds Was obtained, and the poorest selection from it brought 11,000 and upward. The lode is exposed its entire length or nearly so, no shaits being necessary to its working, which effects a great saving. .It is owned by a company of Chicago capitalists. A general belief exists that in its vicinity are lodes which are equally as rich and perhaps richer. '.The drawback hitherto existing has been the trouble arising from opposition by Indians, and the difficulty in getting machinery upon the ground of a proper character to free the gold and silver ores from the quartz rock. But the Indians, owing to the treaty of 1873, will hereafter form no impediment, and substantial wagon roads are fast beipg opened op, over which the adequate machinery can readily be transported ; The silver lode of the country are also, quite a feature, though not. near so rich as the gold. Assays have been made from ores taken near the surface,' which indicate a yield of from ?200 to over fö.OOO per ton. The greatest and most favorable peculiarity of the San Juan district is the ease and little expense with which both the sold and silver leads can be worked. Enthusiasts call it " The poor man's El Dorado." It is certain that every man who wants to work here can shortly find employment as a common mine laborer at from S4 to fö per day, and : bis weekly expenses need not exceed the

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last named figure, giving him a clear train

of from 20 to25 per week. Manyot the prospectors , have already sold , their discoveries at good round figures to capitalists, and the j history of all mining countries goes ' to fthow that the common miner, with ', enterprise and - prudence, ean soon become - possessed of - valaabl mineral I property . a - be r turns - his knowledge into capital through prospecting for leads. It is' fair to presume that there will be not less than 20,000 men distributed throughout the district during the present summer. The assays of all the leads, have run very high, and this is one reason why so many who have heretofore"-spent their time in other localities have commenced to move to war Is this. A person with an experienced eye can stand at a point near the ''Little Giant", mill . and trace distinctly nearly every lead in that vicinity, which is noted for its great richness : and in this con. nectionltcan be stated that one of these leads can b traced definitely .lor the distance of seven miles. It has already some very fine extensions located upon it, - New towns are fast springing up , in , the vicinity of the mines. The most prominent among these are Del Norte and Loin a, which are rival towns, located opposite each other, on the Rio Grande River, but in different counties.1 , They being, a it were, at the en trance of the new mining region, many of the miners .make them outfitting points. Both of the enterprising places are making endeavors to . become municipalities To reach these new towns by several routes a table ol distances will be of value. Prom Denver via Fair Play, is 227 miles; from Denver via Colorado Springs, 2G6; from Pueblo via the Sangre de Christo Pass, 237. West of Del Xorte.eepecially in Baker's Park, several town sites are being laid out. , To reach tba richer sections of the mineral country by the most direct route is to start from Del .Norte and follow op the Rio Grande to its head, across the Sierra Madre to the head of Cunningbam'a Gulch, and down that to the Animas and Baker's Park, the distance being between M and 100 miles. There are other routes, but this' is regarded as the most expeditious. Nature seems to have done much for this section of the country aside from its gold and silver deposits. Among tho foot-hills are extensive formations of coal and fire-clay. These articles will prove of great value to the reduction work, which, of necessity, must be distributed in thi vicinity. ' To provide for such contingencies as may arise in the matter of disputed claims, which always occur, more or less, in new mining countries, the territorial legislature at its recent session divided this region into three counties, Rio Grand, Hinsdall and La Platte, giving each a Probate Court and the necessary officers to determine speedily all disputed claims and enforce good order among those who would be turbulent if law did not prevail. This legislation will alo nave the effect of quieting the fears of capi talists, because nothing remains uncertain as to the mining laws and their strict enforcement, . n IMPORTANT RULINGS. ARE CERTIFICATES OF PEPGSIT TAXABLE? COUNTY TREASURERS MUST SETTLE WITH THE STATE TWICE A YEAR. On Saturday the attorney general of Indiana submitted the following opinion : Office of the Attorney General, ) Indianapolis, April 25, 1874. ) Hon. Jama A. WiMman, Auditor of Slate: Sir: Yoursof the 25th instant, submitting the following: "Is a certificate of deposit, payable in greenbacks or legal tender notes, taxable ?" is received. I am satisfied that a ceitificate of deposit, payable in greenbacks or legal tender notes, is nothing more than a certificate of indebtedness on the part of the bank to the individual holding the cer tificate, and when such certificates are taken, it is calculated to arouse the suspicion th-t it was taken for the purpose of avoiding taxation. If greenbacks should be deposited as a special deposit, they would not be tax able. Hut it seems clear to my mind, that the kind of certificate described by you, would be subject to the tax as fully as a prommisory note, or any other evidence of indebtedness. J. C. Dennt, Attorney GeneraL COUNTY SETTLEMENTS WITH THE STATE. Mr. Denny has also delivered an opinion upon the settlement of counties with the state as follows: Hon. James A. Wildnuu Auditor of State: Sir: In yours of this date, you state that "a number ot county auditors bave asked me if county treasurers would te required to make settlement in May next lor any taxes they may have collected on the second installment." It is the duty of connty treasurers to make two settlements in each year one on the first day of January and one on the 15th day of May. Section 160, of the act of December 21st, 1872, provides that each county treasurer shall, on or before the first day of January in each year, pay over to the state treasurer all , moneys found due for . state revenue, school tax, and all other state purposes, according to the certificate of settlement with the auditor of this county, etc And section 1S1 provides that county treasurers shall pay oyer to the state treasurer ail such mouev as is due to the state, on or before the 15th of May in each year. These sections provide for two settlements, and fix the time each shall be made, and they require the treasurer to pay over the amount found dae, or all moneys lound due for state, school and all other state purposes. The supplemental act of March, 8, 1873 (acts of 1873, p. 205, sec l provides that the taxes dae from tax payers may be paid in two installments, or they may pay the whole in one payment before the third Monday in April. Does this section change, or in. any way affect the duties of the treasurers of counties to pay over the amount due to the state? or is the money paid prior to the third Monday in April due to the state at the May settlement? It surely is the duty of county auditors, in stating the account, to state the full amount collected up to the third Monday in April. . Ibe mere fact that the money may be paid in two installments at the option of the tax-payer, would not authorize the treasurer to retain the state's portion of the money that may have been paid him for ' six months, merely because the tax-payers' had not availed themselves of the privilege of paying in two.lnstead or in one, installment. This being the case, it is the duty of the treasurers to pay over at the May settlement, and it they frit to pay, may be compelled by mandate to do so. MEMPHIS AND THE FLOOD, f -' HELPING THE SUFFERERS A. RAILROAD COM ; PELLED TO STOP RUNJJISQ. - Mkuphis, April 29. Under the auspices of the Cotton Exchange the city has been divided into districts, and committees have been appointed to canvass for money for tbe sufferers from the overflow, The Memphis A Little Rock Railroad has been forced by tbe overflow to suspend running trains, owing to several washes. Superintendent Llvermore' hopes to be able to resume. running in ten days, unless tbe road is Injured more than is thought to be the case. Toe Express company will continue - business via St: Louis until the railroad company can charter boats to run. to Madison. The New Orleans mails from New York to the 25th have been recovered. The officials of the Jackson Railroad announces : that everything is in order from New Orleans to Cairo and Memphis - for the transportation

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- Bfcaddard s boo it U MytlW. .Jo bear what U,te be resigned, Tbemarklcof a nobl -mind. - ":t 1 :Htir not thy hand, or foot, or hear; J . . 'f 1 ji Be not disturbed, for destiny Is more attached, Oman, to the''- ' Than to snylf thou aru . . , ,1 patience had bat been thy snest, ' '. ' Tby destined portion would have come. -'And like a lover on tny bream - Mv - . r ..it; MT nun Itself and kissed thee dumb! ' i i. . ' " ' " 'i ; " ' YnoU DOS JUA.V, CANTO 1. :.! Some women use .their tongue be looked a lecture, ' i ' - . .. , .. . , . : Each ey e sermon, and her brow homily. . An all-in-all sufficient self-director, .. Like the lamnntwl 11 Kir Kamnt ai(m r - TtLAw'm expounder, aad th State's eon evtor, WhoMsuicid was almost an anomaly . - "u c.jLijjic mure, mat ah is vanity (The Jury brought their verdict in Insanity"). -a- n I ' ' Had I tbe rar and avied bay r. it ;i Of aU the Ureclan Heven,, .; ibi'' " I'd civ them to live o'er those day ; That wr so lull of heaven. To tnl agaia where I have knelt, in l " Aid be a freely shriven, -r' - "' :h i To feel acatu aar nave felt ; . '. , - That blamed wordforgtvenv ' - ; -To bear my bla-eyed mother sing , !'"". That plala live btllad olden, ; 'When hr young heek was In It spring, auu w juuiij me. wer goiaen. 111 r. '. 1 SL E. V. 1.1 ;i i A BOOSIEK SAVANT. .... ! THK HOI. ITORACK P. BIDDLB AND IIIS "ISLAND 'HOME A PARADISE OP ART AND LtTKttA TXT RH THEXURIST, AUTHOR, POET AND OKN- ,' TLKMAN ' COMBINED MOST REMABKABLS LIFK nf AMERICA. - ' - ' Trom a 8iecf 1 CorrtwponAent of the ftenUnM. ' ' Logassport, April 18, 1874. Run up on the east bound .evenisg. train of the Toledo, Wabash A Western Railway, and you will shoot into the suburbs of this sprightly city just ai the lights make every, window gleam cheeriully without and suggest com fort within. The approach is romantic.: Yoa must cross, not one, but two Wabash riverr, for t here the frisky old , stream, . as If namored of the valley opens its . arms and embraces a portion and hold the emerald gem upon its silver bosom. Tbe unmannerly railway daue Kiraigut aero -.the western um d oi tne inlet paininsr an ad vantage by the use of two short bridges, in lieu of one long nd more costly: one. As you pass over the first and t glance down upon the low lying island, tbe eye catches a passing glimpse of a substantial and neat, though uot large, mansion among the trees which at this hour is brightly Illuminated, the picture Jof an inviting home. It is, in tact, tne "lsiana nome" of Judge Horace P. BHdle,"ln many respects, the most remarkable man of his time, and living risrbt in the swirl of - a scrambling and sordid Kneration, a ute which in this American ad is altogether unique. He is no selfish hermit, inainerent to the claims of mankind for that service which every man owes, whether it is paid or not. He has done, a Collyer would demand, an "honest day's work." Thirty-five of his best years have been devoted earnestly and conscientiously to - professional and public service. From 1846 to 1852, and again after an interval of eight years, ft om l!SO0 to 1872, he served the Eiebth judicial district as judge of the Circuit Court, on the occasion of his last election not one solitary vote being cast for any other man. lie was a member ot tbe constitutional convention of Indiana In ' 1S50, and was in 1857 elected to the supreme bench of tbe state, though not commission ed through a misconstruction of the law by Governor Wjllard. The rest of the active years were given to the successful practice of law in this olace where be has lived all tbe time since 1S39. Bui according to a promise made to himself, at the age ol sixty, he cut tbe traces and released himself en irely and absolutely from the exactions or all business Doth public and private. Tbe certainty of a fortune within his reach any day, at the price of business attention, does not shake his purpose, and the visions of political distinction which await only his consent to be made realities exert no influence to tempt him from his Eden. Yet he is not indolent, nor a fickle seeker of pleas ure: he is both industrious and regular in his habits, but his industry is permitted to iouow the line or taste and inclination. WHAT HE HAS WRITTEN ' Besides extensive contributions to leading newspapers and magazines, he published, in 1858, a volume of poems; in 1800, a treatise on the "Musical Scale," and a revised edition in 1367, a scientific work purchased in copy right by Oliver Ditson, of Boston, and held as. a standard work; in 1S6S another volume ''of poems, with a second edition ot the same in . 1S72; in 1871 a ''Review of Professor Tyndall' "Work 'on Sound;" and in 1873, a large volume of poelry, entitled "Glances at the World." ' Besides these is an essay on the definitions of poetry, and many other brief discussions. He has in band at this time ' an elaborate poem, "American Boyhood." ' besides other tasks, as time and pleasure dictate. This brief out line suggests truthfully , what tbe man has been, and might be in the general arena - of human strife and ambition, and what he is from his deliberate choice. I bave stated that he lives upon tbe island. Thl he owns entire. with all that is Upon it, except the railway track and bridge, and highway and bridges bv which the public cross to the south side of the ; Wabash from the city. . . I walked : around the entire kingdom. It contains seventeen acres of land, and the title' covers actually thirty-two acres with the riparian privileges. It is a veritable Arcadia, comptising within lis small terri tory, besides the "Home Mansion," a small village of 15 bouses, inhabited about seventy-five people. Tbe rental of these dwellings contributes a moderate but ample income for the proprietor, requiring very little care and attention , for what spiritually minded people call "temporalities." To be more explicit this settles the question or bread and' butter and pays the bills, a very . convenient thing - and of some practical importance. . The lower point and a large part oi tne south side are bordered with primeval specimens of the sycamore, oak, and other lores; giants. Some of them are immense. At tbe upper end Is a park devoted to the trees and shrubs just a they please to grow, and to the million birds just as they choose to sport and lug in the thickets. . 8ix acres is a smooth and grassy meadow at the rear ol the dwelling, around which are several out houses, a locust grove, and at one side a burrow, or rabbit warren, where the happy cotton-tail flourish, secure from the greedy curs and ad enturous boys. The rabbits are fearless of the master when alone, but at sight of a newspaper fiend they retreated with prudent - harte. Such is the half secluded seat where . with singular fitness stands " the treasure bouse ot , learning, the citadel ol all that is choice in ancient and modern literature, and much that is beautiful in music, statuary, painting, poetry and curiosities. The , bouse is ' t . ALL A LIBRARY ,j and gallery of fine arts. Originally the building was a plain and solid squaie of one story, the roof being high enough to afford space for an ample attic chamber with two dormer windows built but upon the roof and down to the attic floor. On the ground were four rooms and a front hall, with basement for culinary and domestic purposes. The walls are of stone plastered . outside with some hard set stucco. To this original body, the judge

added what ho calls two wing and a tail, ' the latter being a long and narrow library with its cases of books, chairs and tables for occupation by, ther reader; and in . case he M ! 1 become- weary or laxy, by untyjDg a cord " a sailor s netting hammock drops from overhead, is wbiel one msy swing . and real : D hinaaeli , to aiepp.-, The -wing at either y side are built cf brick and are good to stand for a Hundred yeara. There are, then, seven rooms and a ball on ' tbe ground floor and a pretty long attic room above. All these rooms are filled with t-t U(V 1 cVme to pel of the contents of the bouse, it 1 the time to say that no one lives in it ex cent iu nm Ar if L.n

family. Andexoepttbebedon which hesleepa , ' and the neceaaary arplia.icfs fcr writing, there is nothing In this private library and art building which differs in any manner ' fron v public institution devoted to likj . -purposes,. No work fa domestic order is ' done bert, the sole occupant takes his meal ', " at a public house, and so relieve hi dwelling ' 1 from j all the , detail , of housekeeping , that nd servant, f man or woman, ' is required to stay upon the premises. It la 'J? ot mental labor only, and and knows no presence of society except the numerous visitors, who are al

with a .cordial welcome, and permitted the utmost freedom in the use and enjoyment 1 ' of the books in the house. For bvwus reasons, none are permitted to be carried away. The entire library constat of between 6,000 ' and 7,000 volume. But no index to it value is given by a statement of the number of books. ; Probably one-third ot the whole, or j in the neighborhood of 2.C00 volumes, are ancient and rare - works i which could not be dn plicated in auy library, publio or private, except by accident or long research. The books stsnd in their rooms and cases under the classification of general character, or subjects. Those on philosophy and science are grouped in, one case, in another are found moral and theological writing, and elsewhere, history and biography, poetry and belle letteis, romance and fancy, and. finally, a ereat col lection of general miscellanv. To mve th curious bookbunter an idea f what the field here offers in the wav ol old and choice literature : ; , - ' A rXW HARB WORKS . may be named. My eye first tails upon a row comprising 215,voIumps of the European Magazine and the London Review, covering 1 a period of over half a century,' from 1782 to 1836. Close by these are the Moral and Political Works of Thomas Hobbee. of Malms- ' bury, followed close by the writings of Grotins, runendorr, Algernon Sidnev, Lord-' Lyttelton and Kinsr Alfred. These dusty depositaries of wisdom In . their quaint' old - dress,' mbellwbed with grotesque cuts look very odd to model ft eyes, nere is a complete set or tbe state Trials" under Jeffrey. The works of William i'enn, pnDUsbed In 1771, show the style of s hundred years ago. The old Chambers Cr clopedia, 1786 Passions of the MindeiuGen-

eralle, 1621; Historie of the World, 1641, by Sir Walter Raleigh; Godwin's Political Justice; Works of the Duke of Buckingham; the London Quarterly frcm 1809 to the present; the ' Notes and Queries complete; all ' the work - of Audubon, including birds and quadrupeds, with their costly engravings.; the American ' Silva, edited bv James Wilde, full Illustrations; a complete set of drawings in detail of the Queen's stables, works ol Sir William Jones, worth their weight in gold, Peter Porcupine, Abbee Reynolds, all these follow in bewildering succession, and are but a small part of tbe panorama. Several large cases of dusty tomes in the attic are full of grand - old productions. There is the Encyclopedia Perineuria, the oldest thing of the kind; History ot tbe Works of the Learned, 1701; Thomas Campbell's works, British Critic, 1793. I get discouraged with the catalogue of books which most readers have only heard of. Of more modern literature I can only say that the great works are' all here. Histories of the world, of every country, of literature and of civilization might be compiled without leaving this island home in the middle of tbe Wabash. Every nook and corner is crowd d with books, books, books. But theee are not alL The east wing of tbe building is consecrated to music The room is rather luxuriously furnished as all the others are. On one side stands a piano, flanked by a small pipe organ on tbe other, a harp In the corner and all varieties and sizes of the fiddle family lie tacked away in the crannies and corners. Here gather the lovers of song for an hour of delight and here the young school girls stop to , display their skill and practice their lessons at pleasure. It i hopeless to describe the curiosities of nature and art crowded into every portion of available, space. ' From a painting of a master over a door tbe turning glance meets the rough and real head of a buffalo.

from the Greek Slave in a .niche to . a huge wasp nest in an angle. Yet order and artistic arrangement per vade the whole. There are mounted bird from the American eagle and tbe great snowy owl to the tiny bird upon a spray. Specimens of fishes and cases of minerals, the bark canee and the antlers of deer, in the halls, under tbe ceiling, over tbe doors and . everywhere is something to amuse and instruct. I had almost overlooked the FILES OF NEWSPAPERS which include bound volumes of the "General Advertiser," the first daily (probably) published in Philadelphia by Franklin Bache in 1790, and consecutive files of current, journals from 1835 to the present. These are arranged with regard to date, and not assorted volumes of the same papers On the walls are autograph and friendly letters to Judge Biddle, ot Washington Irving, Dr. Charles Makay, Henry W. Longfellow, Dr. Francis Way land and other literary lights. Among the curiosities is a portfolio of faithful sketches in water colors of the . . island and it surroundings, from a dozen different points.executed by Indiana's artist, Mr. George Winter, of La Fayette. These are accompanied by explanatory j and historic notes of great value added by the artist who is a walking encyclopedia öl : Indian history and incident iu the west. Such is a very imperfect outline of a character and; his surroundings which redeem the state of Indiana and the generation from - the charge of total indifference to polite culture. . The state may be indulged in a . touch of pride that she has a ' citizen - who prefers . - to office which waits to seek him and to money . which coquets aronnd him, tbe pursuits of literature from a love of it. In tbe older nations, one may doubtless find many similar cases; in America, very few, if any. Judge Biddle is no misanthrope, and no deserter of society. On tbe contrary, his genial nature is like a cloudless sun, it beams on alL The curious visitor and tbe literary forager are alike received with cordiality.and his humor runs to the extent of many an innocent but humorous practical joke. The chlluren throng hia door certain of a welcome, and only on Sunday afternoocs when the crowd of strollers swells to hundreds, is the card hung out admonishing that the place is " closed. The impertinent thought will olten intrude, that tbe master at whose touch - these choice treasures have arisen must in the course ot time pass away, and then"wbo8e shall these things be?" The question I unanswered. It is only known to be his wish that the company of his silent but eloquent friends Bhall never be dispersed. The collect ion cannot be valued in dollars either as a private or public publio possession. Undoubtedly the final disposition of it after the the present will be such as to prove the consideration of the owner for the greatest good of the greatest number. II