Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 43, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 May 1874 — Page 3

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL; TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1874J

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THE BLUE AND TILE GRAY. " ,Bythe flow o;J the Inland river, whence ti fleets of Iron have fled, "Where tb 4 Hades of the new gras odrer, '. Asleep, are the ranks of the dead. Under the nod and trtedeT, ' ' Waiting the Judgment duy, v 4 Tnder the lanrel the Blue, Uuder the willow the Uray." T.r In the robing of glory, ". Those in thn gloom of de eat, AH with the battle-b!ood jrory, In the Uuslt of eternity meet. aiaouu"Una,ertne9odrnlthedew, ": ' ' Waltlngttie Judgment üay, -,., utier the lanrelthe Bine. ' Under the willow the Oray, From the silence of sorrowful hours . me desolate mourners ko, lovingly laden with flowem, " V. AUfce for the friend and the roe. . Under the sod and the dew. waiting the Judgment day, ' Under the ro rhe Mine, - " ; Uuder the lilies the Oray. So with an equal pJendnr Tb morning sun ray fall, ' With a teach impartially tender, OatlM bk"n blooming for all. - - Under tb5 sod and the dew, : . Waiting the Judgment day, Rroider-d with gold the IHue, " Mellewed with gold the Uray. V w neu t&e summer caileth ' forert and öfid of grain, ' "With annual irjrmur lalleUi TJeoUi; dri or rain. . . , Unter the od and the dew, Waiting the Judgment day, Wet with the rain the Bine, fet with the rala Uws Oray, H4ry,butnotupbrldln?, The genera s ded wm done, " In ttiestoruw of the yc-irs that are fading. Xo braver iattle was won. Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the Judgment day, - Undtr the hlosMocus Ue Blow, I : Uadcr the garland the Oray. ' ifo moret.ball the war cry sever, Or the winding river e red; They banish our ancer forever, When they lanrel the graves of our dead, 1 . Under the sod and the new, Wailing the Judgment day, ' " love and tears for Um Blue, . r Tears ana love for the tiray.

NEWS AND GOSSIP. ' Commodore Vanderbilt has given another 100 a0 to Vanderbilt university, making in all. ' A fourteen-year-old son of Battaloma be a vicious doe at Lancaster, Ohio, and died in reat agony. ' Messrs John Holms and Henry Fawcett, liberals, have been elected to the House of Commons from Hackney, by 2,000 majority, The total cost of civilizing and christianizinz the Saüdwlch Islands thus far, has baen about $1.250,000, and the commerce with the Islaud amounts to f73V,rw a year. Tt.a i11V.ii aa sincora. who hare been in tJreat Britian lor a yeec or more, have fin fahpH 11 n their tour and will sail for home next month. They have realized from con eerta given in Great Britian over $50,00(1. Herr Hermann Linde professes the x traordinary acquirement of being able to rente all Shaksneare's plays from memory Ii commenced lately a aeries Of recitals at Coloene. with the ."Midsummer Night's Dream." " The cholera has rapidly spread in certain provinces in Italy since February, and the strictest sanitary measures have been taken to check its ravages. It is prevalent in the vicinity ot Geneva and is gradually ap proaching central Italy. The house ooraBBitteo on war claims has agreed to allow the claim of 13,000 to the Louisville A Bardstown Turnpike Company, for the destruction oi two bridges, one over Salt river and one over Yloyd'a iFord, by order ot Major General Nelson, Septem ber 22, 1SÖ2. ' James T. Fiel! -says that when Charles Sumner visited Sidney Smith, at the age 0 twenty-six, that worthy presented him ai he left an Italian work entitled, "a plea for humanity, a word for the unfortunate an appeal for the destitute and downtrodden everywhere" a plea. In abort, for righteous government. f The New York Association for the Protec tion of Game is now engaged in an attempt to secure a (reasonable harmony between the lawa of the 'different states an regard to the protection of game, especially that ot migratory -birds. A convention is about to be held te consider these and kindred questions interesting to sportsmen ' The engineers sent out by the United Sta'es government to explore the routes for a Daiien ship canal, give the weight of their opinion In favor of tiie "Nicaragua route. The objections to the Atroti-Naplpi route is the frequency of locks and the necessity of a tunnel twenty-eight niles long, cut under the Cordilleras; while the only one Drought against the Nicaragua route is the necessity of two terminal artificial -harbors. ' Under a Tennessee -statute of 186S, the conductors of each passenger train are re-i quired to call out in a loud voice the name Of each station and als .the stopping time, the penalty for each neglect being $100. A auit baa lately been brought against the East Tennessee, Virginia A Georgia railroad by a Mr. Shearer, in which his declarations include 2,500 separate count aa violations of this law. The Swatora, as completed, ia regar ded as the prettiest vessel in the service. She is ill rigged, and so arranged aa to have the (alley on deck. She has tea high pressure iN.iicrx. and has the first compound engines which the government has allowed in any war vessel. She is to sail June 1 for the South Pacifio to observe the transit of Venus, December 8 and 9. The list of the scientific corps has not yet been furnished. - The national academy of scietye has elected President Barnard, of Columbia college, foreign secretary, vice professor Agaesiz, and the following new members: Professor C. F. Chandler, of New York, chemist; George Davidson, of San Francisco, matbemalican and astronomer; Professor O. C. Marsh, of New Haven. Ct., geologist; George W. Hill, of Nyack, N. Y., matbematican; Professor Henry Morton, of the Stevens institute, Hoboken. N. J., physicist. ' The reports of the fruit prospects in South rn Illinois and in Western Michigan are very flattering and all the smaller kinds of fruits are to be abundant, judging from present appearances. The strawberry crop hi "Egypt'' is already being delivered at stations on the Illinois Central railroad, and an abundant yield is confidently looked lor. In Michigan the season is as yet not suffi ciently advanced to speak with certainty of the fruit crop, but the trees nave never given a finer promise. , . -The widow. of Henry R. Schoolcraft has memorialized the New York legislature in favoi of a monument to that remarkable man. He was a pioneer ia geology, discovered the source of the Mississippi and other things more useful, and, though holding for many years the place of agent for Indian affairs, he never profited pecuniarily by that post, but, passing hla whole lile in scientific and antiquarian researches, he died poor. His work on the customs and traditions of the Indians are invaluable, lira. ScbooVraft lives in straitened cixcumfttonoes at Washington.

THla WHITE HOUSE WEDDING.

NELLIE'S NUPTIALS. 5RLLIA5T DISPLAY THE TOrjCETJ WHO WKBK rRESXirr SAtCTATIOXa JLSD CONGHATULATIOyS. Washington, May 21. The absorbing event of to-day ia the marriage of Miss Grant to Mr. Sartoria, which took place this morning ut 11 o'clock. In the east room of the executive mansion. Rev. Dr. Tiffany, of the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal church, officiating. During the morning and up to the hour the f;uosts took their departure, the avenues eading to the mansion rrere closed to ah exepntlrwr those invited to the weddim and there were colicemen on the grounds to prevent .intrusion by outside narties. man vor whom baa camereu t m miter cates to see the ettceu riae r v -r - w . . . nlo the enclosure. Tne door teuders bad received strict orders to admit no one without invitation, meean room, the scene ot the wedding, was tastefully and elaborately decorated with plant, fiowpr anil avttrrreens. un ine east aiue waa a platform raised about foot from the lloor ana covered wiin a portion 01 mc carpet several years ago presented to the government by the Sultan of Turkey. The platform was arcnea wun evergiwu uu llowers, and from its center hung a marriage bell of large proportions, rompowaoi m choicest white flowers. The spienaia new chandeliers were lighted and handsomely decorated. Never before ha the east room presented bo brilliantly a display 01 norai adornments as on the present occasion. Punctual to the hour the invited guests entered the East room and arranged themselves in full view of the platform. The tniiAt of all the ladies were of the richest rioanrintton and there wu a nrotnsion 01 point lace variously worn. Tho scene was . . . 1 unusually uruuani, tne largo . DISPLAY OF FLOWERS with their fragrance adding to the charm of the interesting occasion. The bridal party, passing through the blue room, entered the . a t a east room. Their presence unmeaiaxeiy hushed the company to silence. Their nroBAncA vag first announced by music from the Marine band. First came Mr. Sar toris and Colonel Frederick D. Grant, thA . only croomsman. Next the hridesmaids two by two : Mrs. Grant and her two sons, Ulysses and Jesse. These were followed by relatives of the family. Oa reaching the platform the Dresident transferred his daughter to Mr. Sarioris, who with the bride asscendedthe platform, where the officiating minister was waiting to receive them. Tbey took position under the floral wedding bell. The president and Colonel Grant, together with Miss Barnes, of the bridesmaids, were the onlv other persons in nenrness to the bridal nartv on the platform. Mrs. Grant and her two hoys standing in Irontof the remaining seven bridesmaids, oa the side of the structure. The bride wore a white satin dress, elaborately trimmed with roint . lace. sv. tulle, veil, and her hair was adorned wita orange blossoms The dress ol the groom was in the latest style, with the conventional necktie. The bridesmaids - were Misses Barnes, Fiske, Drexell. Dent. Porter. Conkling, Sherman and Freliughuysen. They were dressed in white corded silks, covered with white illu sion, with puta and pjeatings caught up with flowers. The cashes were ot the same material as the dresses. Four of these ladies were distinguished by pink roses, and the other four by blue flowers. All the.se being in readiness, the Rev. Dr. Tiflauv proceeded with the ceremony according to the iorm of the Methodist Upiseopal church. Every one preserved a marked silence and listened attentively to every word, while closely watchine the manner and 'Countenances of the bridal pair. The ceremony over, the minister was the first to -kiss the bride. She immediately turned to her father, who embraced and kissed her, then her mother approached and -kissed her daughter, as also did the brothers of the bride, and numerous relatives and female friends. The new-made husband enioyed his aharA of tha handahakinir and orally ex pressed congratulations. The band played a wedding march at the conclusion of the ceremony. Less than .200 persons were present, including the justices oi the Supreme Court, the members ot the cabinet, Senators FrellnKhuysen. Carpenter, Cam eron, Conkling and Ixxran, Morton, Stewart and Bout well. Vice President Wilson. Speaker Biaioe, General Sherman Admiral Porter. Commander Ammer, Geo, W. Childs, A. J. Drexell, Judge Pierrepont. General Arthur, and -Generals Porter, Babcock.and Sir Ed ward and Lady Thornton THB OFFICERS OF THB NAVT and army appeared in uniform. The per sons above named, were accompanied by the ladies of their respective families. After the congratulations were over, the company to the sound of music proceeded to the library in the second story of the mansion where on a series of tables were displayed the elegant presents to the bride, the names of the donors being attached to all the articles. Among the most -costly .gifts was a desert set of 84 silver pieces, by -George W, Childs, a complete silver dinner service, by A. J. Drexell, of Philadelphia, the com bined valued of them being probably 4,500, Secretary Fish gave large silver tankard, Gen. and Mrs. Sharp, of New York a Ting with a stone cameo set withdia monds; Postmaster Cresvell a handsome silver ice cream service; ex-Senator Cattell a4Iamond ring of five stones; L. II. Morton, of ISew York, an emerald and -diamond ring. These rings are probably worth $1,X0 each. Secretary Robeson gave a toile$ set. the eide pieces being ot brass, elaborately finished in the style of Louis XIV. N. i. Ilart, ol New York, gave one of the largest size lace handkerchiefs, such as sell for(&fc9. General Babcock gave an elegant Valenciennes lace fan, with smoked pearl frame, with the monogram of the bride in Bold. Mr. artoris presented 10 nis wile a large collection of flowers. All tba immediate members of the president's family give handsome presents. Other presents were a silver card ease and port monie from Denver, or native ore ana manufactured in that city; the workmanship is very fine, a pair of moonstone earrings, both handsome end curious; several superb lace handkerchiefs, a flounce i valencienne lace, two point . lace fans. a Venitian antique mirror. with carved frame of highly burnished brass with monogrsm at the top. This la for a toilette table. Two antique candlesticks to match, with a wax candle in each; flowers are painted on the candles. There were several handsome gold necklaces and many lockets, a superb bracelet of wrought gold, an innumerable number of silver punch bowls, ladles, salt cellars and spoons, glove boxes of fine gilt and, carved wood. A lady gives the following description of the bride's trosseau: It is maguificant and almost beyond description. - There are silks of every hue and color. Each gaslight silk dress is made with two waistes. one dicollwle, the otber high. There are shawls from India, laces direct from the manofactury at Brussels, parasols with superb ivory handles, muslin dresses with French worked flounces and others with pufifc and lace inserting. There are gauzes, grenadines and bats for every costume, slippers for each evening dregs and the lingrie is so fine and dainty that the sight of it brings delight to every feminine heart that rejoices in delicate embroidery, soft lace and fine needle work. Nothing has bean overlooked or forgotten that could contribute to the com fort and happiness -ot ' thia highly

favored girl. The presents were arranged and classified by George A. Bain for, of the bouse of Bailey & Co., of Phila

delphia, who came hither for that especiej purpose, and they will be sent to New Xork by express and placed on board the vessel la which Mr. and Mrs.. Sartoria beve taken passage for England, to depart, Saturday next. The company partook of a wedding breakfast, ' elegantly prepared. Tfce bin et fare was printed on white satin, and stated that the breakfast was from t -e president and Mrs. Grant in compliment t Mr. and Mrs. Sartoris. All the bridesmaids were present with handsome boquets. Little boxes, lined with white silk, containing wedding eake, were brought away by the guests. At 10:40 this evening the bride and groom left Washington in a special train for New York. ' Their Pullman palace car was handsomely decorated with flowers and evergreens, and American and British flags.' They were accompanied by Gen. Porter and Messrs. Childs and Drexel, and their families. On Friday the president and Mrs. Grant will go to New York to take leave of their daughter on her embarkation for England. The metropolitan church bells were rung this avenlng In honor of the marriage, and several appropriate pieces were played. "THEIR WEDDING JOURNEY." Pß EPARATIONS ON THB BALTIC ELEOAT APARTMENTS A PROO RAM OF AMUSKMENT. New York, May 21. The most extensive preparations are making on the steamship Baltic for the accommodation of Mr. Sartoris and wife during their passage to England. Captain Kennedy has eiven up his cabin on deck, which is fitting up as a bourdolr for the bride and ladies accompanying her. A rich Turkish carpet covers the floor, lace and crimson damask curtains bang at the win dows, and from the ceiling are supended several bronze lamps of antique pattern. The furniture of this apartment is a lounge, which, at nizbt. can be turned into a ludk, and an elaborately carved walnut toilet stand. State room number one has also been secured ior the party It is almost as large as three ordinary stale rooms, and is so situated that no motion 01 me vessel is per centible to the occupants. The room has been entirelv refitted, only two ot the berths remain, and as these fold up into settees the apartment will be used aa a reception room. The furniture is of walnut.and consists of two sofas, easy chairs, card tables, writing table, liqueur rack. The walls are covered with mirrors, the ceiling is snow white, relieved with pink, and several statutes adorn the angles of the room. Mr. Sartoris and bride will dine with the other cabin passengers, their seats being on either side of Capt. Kennedy at the head ot the table. The Baltic's fa8sengers have prepared a program which a to supply amusement to the travelers each eveninz of their vovaze. Sundays alone excepted, on which day divine services will be held by Captain Kennedy in me main saloon. QU ETE LET'S TABLES OP MORTALITY WHAT THET SHOW THE 8CPERIOR TKNAC-. ITY OP FUJI ALB MFB 3TATCKE AND MORTALITY. - " In a recent memoir on mortality tables compiled shortly belore his own death, uetelet,aiter reviewing all the earlier tables of mortality compiled since the days ot Halley, for various countries of Europe,proceeded to the study of modern tables, in, constructing which, as is well known, Quetelet took a prominent part. His object was to obtain a view, not of the individual in particular, but of humanity in Its general ity. Men act as individuals; and two men equally strong vie with other with equal chances of success but. if we have a hundred thousand men, equally strong, and battling with the same chances of success against a hundred thousand men of another nation, and if the former be sustained by a sort ot unity which makes them act as a single individual, and if the seoond have not such a sentiment of affinity, we shall immediately see the difference in a very marked manner. The tables ot mortality represent many ainereni:;naiions, each na tion divided according to the ages and sexes ot the individuals, and we derive from them trustworthy conclusions as to the inherent vitality of the various members of the human race. Only a few of the more striking and interesting statements that may be deduced from the figures given by Quetlet are here reproduced. From birth to the age of five years, out or every 1,000 inhabitants, there die, iu the respective nations, tha numbers given in the first column of the following table: Death sbt. birth and 5yrs. Attain 'g 86 yrs. Country. lotai. 1 em as. Mai a. f ema s. Mai b, Norway 19 90 43 42 Sweden 2C2 110 121 ia 149 128 10 181) m 142 152 144 162 14 1781 215 f 17 22 21 18 13 10 England...... . 23 France-. 2U) rW-lglum '275 Netherlands..... 211 Switzerland.. 274 Bavaria. f New. 2X5 01d... 404 10 When we remember that there are born annually more males than females, in the proportion of 105 to 100; while on the aver argethere are more adult females than males, it becomes evident that there must be a greater tenacity of life peculiar to the female constitution: a fact remarkably in accord ance with the deductions of the Rev. Samuel Haughton, as laid down in his Animal Me chanic, and one well borne out by the ta blssof mortality, aa Is shown by the seoond and third columns of the preceding table, which gfve respectively the deaths of male and female Infants under five years of age. The tenacity Incident to the female constitution is eaually and perhaps more stronslv exhibited in the table showing the iumber of persons In every 1,000 inhabitants who have arrived at an advanced age; such, for instance. that of 65 years, which figures are produced in columns 4 and 5 of the preceding table. By arranging the tables of mortality aceord ing to the stature, Quetelet has opened a very interesting study; and he Kays that a 00 m pari son between the observed and the calculated stature of the mtn of France. Belgium, United States and Italy, indicates that we have already highly trustworthy statistics in reference to this point; although be doubts whether there is as yet, sufficient material to enable ns to make a satisfactory study or tue connection between mortality and stature. Meantime, in a general way, he indicates the route to be followed in this new study, and shows that we have reason to suspect that the stature has a decided influence upon the rate ot mortality. Professor John Philips, the English geolo gist, is dead. A New York paper says: "Theodore R. Tymby, the Inventor ot the revolving turret battery, having had great experience in machinery for wielding heavy ordnance, is contemplating the construction of the largest telescopic lens ever made. He proposes a leus more than twice the size of that recently made by Alvln Clark'for the Washington observatory. Preparatory steps to casting a lens of five feet in diameter have been taken near Tarrytown, N. .Y. If this ex periment proves as successful 'as he has reason- to hope, Mr. Tymby's efforts 'will place American astronomical science far in advance of that of other countries.", . . . r . Julius C. Burrows, M. C of Michigan, has consented to be the orator at the dedication of the Ellsworth . monument, on the 24th ä . . a. ... - . . . - . mat, . -

HOME CORBESPONDENE.

THE WANDERERS IN WASHINGTON. BBCnTI05 OF THE EDITORS DESCBIITIOX BY AN OBSKBVKR PRESIDENT GRANTON THK PI.TFXRU TBI QBRAT TTVK.VT STRIFE FOB THE PICTURE OF 3R. SARTORIS RUMORS ABOUT THE WEDDIXO. . . From tut Occasional Corrvapontlcot ot tba Eeotlnvl. Washington, 1). C, May 13, 1S74- The Indiana delegation at Washingtou, famous for the brilliancy of their state sociables, extended a large-hearted welcome to the editorial association of Indiana on the evening Of the 16th init., by a complimentary reception, which added new luster to their reputation lor hospitality. Masonic Temple, the largest ball in the city, was profusely decorated with the . stars and stripes, comDined with llsgs waring tha motto of the " hoosier state. From the chandeliers - hung pennanUi Inscribed with the names ol the different states in the union, while among them were auspened numerous bird cages in which vivacious canaries warbled their happy greeting to the honored strangers. A small platform was erected at one end of the room from which Senator Morton delivered an apt and appreciative address ol welcome. Mr. J. T. Bryev president of the association, responded in an impressive and felicitous manner, evoking much applause irnm tne large and distingushed audience. Upon a call tor Mr. Atnswortb, the manager of the excursion, that modeat gentleman stepped forward and greatly to his astonlsment and apparent embarrassment and discomfiture, was presented with an elegant gold-headed cane by the association through Mrs. Jourdan( the accomphshtd poetess of tha West, who accompanied the gift with a neat and appropriate address. The lady was by far the more composed and self-possessed oi the two; the efficient manager probably, like Mark Twain, not being prepared for the perpetration of such a first class swindle. The principal event of the evening was a speech from President Grant which, as one ot series of episodes resembling angels visits in a remarkable degree, deserves to be chronicled. If there is ßnything in the world to which that dignitary is sincerely and unconditionally opposed, It is talking in public, always preferriue to let his deeds speak for him. But the exhilerating e fleet of the presence of over one hundred eaitors from bis own section of the country, possibly aided by a desire to make a good impression upon the leaders of public opinion in view of future elections, induced him to embark Inanun dertaklflz that appeared so easy and nat ural for the smooth-voiced senators and rep resentatives. "With tospitable thoughts intent," the chief magistrate of tho nation, whose breath can mase ana unrnane tern porarv princes and potentates of the land ; who holds avast army at his command, or by simply withholding bis signature can undo the labor of congress for months, went timidly upon the platform, looking about as confused and unhappy as a school girl does when standing .up to read her first composition, and alas! with about the same result; for, although I was seated within a few feet of the Illustrious orator, and the utmost silence prevailed, I could hear only an occasional word. Verily, in this paradise of speech makers, a little mod esty, deference to an audience and want of sell-connaence are entirely reireamng, espe cially when united in the person oi the chief A . . among 4U,WKJ,ikw, ana me one auogeiner powerful. Remarks were also made by Senator Pratt, Speaker Blaine and Hons. J. M. Wilson, . S. Orth, W. 12. Niblack, J. M. Tyuer, W. I. Holman and J. P. C. Shanks, The last, true to his principles, did not let the opportunity pass for saying word in lavor of Lo, the poor Indian; and' Mr. Holman. for once in his life, took the lloor without feeling it be lie his relieious duty to obejet or raise a point of Order. In accordance with his practice in the Houso of Representatives, I expected to hear him order the yeas and nays, when a call was beard for Mr. Orth, but fortunatelately that worthy was allowed to proceed without interruption. Secretary Belknap, like a humble minded individual that he is, sat down in one corner on a rough seat with a rather uncertain louncation that threatened momentarily to precipitate him to the floor, and appeared to enjoy the pro ceedings immensely. As the ETIQUETTE Oi' WASHINGTON society ordains that all enter tainments shall terminate with dancing, that healthful and invigorating exercise was continued until 12 o'clock sharp, when the band discoursed "Home, Sweet Home" and the gas and tho guests alike, went out in darkness. A very amusing contest is going on between the prospective presidential son-in-law and the corps of artists connected with the illustrated newspapers. As a mat ter of business they are anxious to obtain the portrait of Mr. Satoristo adorn the forthcoming sensational number of their respective journals, but unfortunately for art in general and the luckless "sketchists" in particular, he absolutely refuses to give them a sitting or even a standing, and con sequently they are plunged in the depths of despair. Being very exclusive, he has not had as much difficulty in eluding them. thus far, as he will be likely to experience in the trying hours of the wedding and its attendant festivities, when he will naturally be thrown off his guard. He need not be surprised to see a photographer's instrument levelled at him from some corner dur lug the ceremony, or to observe some long haired individual pensively scratching his thumb nail with a lead pencil in that mo mens or utter neipiessness. Yes, 11 1 ap proved of betting I should stake my money on the artists, for in a race between Yankee enterprise and British tact . and diplo macy when did the former ever fail? Most marvelous rumors are floating around in regard to the great ovent which is to take place next Thursday at the white bouse: yet they are only rumors, aa the same .reti cence which characterizes pater lamilias pre vails among the other members of the housebold, and tbey, like him, keep their own counsel.' But they do say that the wedding dress Is to be of white silk, of great beauty and richness, and that cabtaet omcers, sen atoi-s, and otber friends' Innumerable, will lav priceless gifti of gold and -diamonds at the feet of the happy bride. Miss Nellie urant. üffih. THE FARMERS' CONGRESS. : BIPeBTSOX TRANSPORTATION AOKICTTLTUBAI COLLEUE3 ELECTION OF OFFICERS. . Attanta, Ga., May 15. The committee on transportation of the Agricultural Congress to-day reported a resolution declar ing that, while recognizing .the value of railroads, and the necessity . for their further extension, wedeem the cost of transportation by . rail of crude products of the fields, forests and mines so disproportionate to the cost of water carriage as to render it the imperative duty of the Uui ted States to improve the rivers in the Interior and to connect them with the ocean by artificial water ways'giving the Missis sippi valley a continuous water transit to the seaboard and to enter at once upon ti e work ot constructing . artificial water ' ways adequate to the present and prospec tive demands of inland transportation, and to continue it by annual installments of aid until the unrestricted channels of trade are opened, not . only though v -the Mississippi Valley, but connecting the Mlssisippi '- river wun tne Atlantic ocean, t: via. the lakes, the Ohio, the Kanawha and James rivers, and the Atlantic and Great Western routes. It was unanimously adopted. '- A resolution that the agricul -(oral congress believes it is witbJUa .the

power of the people to reform 'the corporate transportation system , by the . same agencies . which . created - t. them, Viz., state legislation, controlled by publicopinion, and that we oppose any legislation under the plea of regulating commerce between the states which interferes w th the authority heretofore exercised l

8tat orerfraflroads entirely within or passing out of Its borders, was adopted unanimously. Mr. D. tVyatt Aiken, of South Carolina, was appointed tomtmf riii gress on the sut.ject of revising the patent . luecoramineeon scientinc industrial education reported recommending that the government appropriate one half the net proceeds , of the sale of public lands to agricultuial colleges organized urr the act Of 18(21 WAS nnnnlmnntl adopted. The committee on the tax on tooacoo recommended that the , government reduce the tax on tobacco to a unliorm tax or twelve cents per pound, and that articles used In the manu fart n duty free. , Adopted. : Committees were sppointed to nrpspnt t various subjectcs , to congress GeneralJarkson was re-elected president, and O. W. Greene secretary. J. s nin nell was elected vice president. O. v. reene. secretary, resic'ned und n an Try a V . - -ml' -O V'ltJ Morrow, editor of thA Wiamncin tt was elected in bi place. The next meeting of the congress will be held in Cincinnati on the second Wednesday of September, 1875. EXHIBITIONS OF 1874. . STATE, COUNTY AND DISTRICT FAIRS AND KX-' POSITIONS TO BS HELD THIS YEAR IN INDIANA AND OTHER STATES. Title. ' Vh(rH TTlit. linkf p.i. ' Indiana State ' 1 Fair and Kxr - .- 1 7, 1. 1. ujB. (aiifornla....Mtacniiut:utoM.H;pt. aito'.ti. . Colorado Denver Sept. 22 to 2d. lncinnatl KxI w wi 1 4i in flnitlnnoll CJ rt.A s . -. il l . ............ ij VV i.. O. tuiuuis rt-uri.. rsepu 14 lO IV, Iowa .Keokufc ...Sept. 21 to 2t. i Iowa I'oul try AtHOriatlon DnbiinnA ..Dec 15 to 18. . ...Sept. 7 to 11. Kansas .......... Lea veu worth Kansas City Ex position. Kansas Pltv -Kept, 11 to 20. J-H-pt. 14 to 21. ...Mr rt. 8 to 12: Minnesota ,.su Paul. Nebrasfca...Omiiha.. Xnrthcrn Olilii f'lovclanl -Sept. 29 to Oct. 2i wept. 4 to 18. ...Sept. 7 to 11. Muy 19 to 23. Ohio......... Columbus .. j ezas - , niin. Vlnrtnlft IMohmani) ..uct.-7toau WItPonKin Mtlwnntro . Hont 7 tö 12. WlrcotiHiu In- , . . dust rial Asso ciation ..Mineral Point. J?ept. 1 to 4 INDIANA COUNTY' AND DISTRICT AGRICTJTi- .... TURAL. SOCIETIES. Allen county .Fu Wayne Sept. 8. Boone - Ibanon.. cwt a in Brldgeton Union Brldgeton .Aug. 21 to 29. Cambridge Cltv CamhridM llty.Aur. lt -7J Cass ... . . .LostanporU.....Seit. 7 to 12. Clinton Frank fort H?nt. is to 1. Itavitfcs.. Washiuglon-.Sept.2!l to Oct 3. Lfuoois Jasper -.Kepi. 1510 1 r. i i n u u r K it U n iou YAi aburgh .... Favette Connersvllle. Jsept.22toäi. .Sept. 11 to 11. Fountain War- . reu and er- ' million D 1 strict.....Covlngton .... Fulton ...-..Rochester Fountain and Warren District Attica .... Kranklln..........l!rookvilla.... t i fAAn A I Infnn 3 ...'.Sept. 2i to 25. .Sept. 21 to I.Ü. .Sept. 15 to 18. ...Sept. 22 to MS.trnnt - Manonl. ".-...-feepL to Oct -Kept, l.i to 1. District Tine Village-. Gosport ) i s trii-t CJosport, Gibson Princeton .. Hancock ......Greenfield ... Aug. 2ti to 29. ...Sept. 1 to 5. :SepU 15 to 1. ..Ane. 11 to U. llamllton..M .Cicero...... 1 1 rrlson......t 'orvdon.. .Mept. 22 to 2i. ept. 1j to 18. I toward Kokomo S-ot- IS to t linntington..lluntlngton .AVpU 22 to 25, Johnson Franklin ....Sept. 15 to 19. Jackson-............Sevmour.......Sept. 1 to 13. Jay . Portland .Spt. 29 to Oct. Jefferson North Madison .Kept. 21 to 23. Knlgh tstown Union District............ Knlgh fcstown Aug. 23 to 29. Ike rnvrn Point LaU range lAGrange.... Septal) to Oct. 12 Importe -iapone.. ...rvpi. at to 2.x I-awreDce bed lord -Sept. 15 to 18. Madison Anderson bept. 1 to 4. Mooreville Dlatrlct Mooresville--.Sept. 1 to 5. Marshall Di. triet. .......Plymouthept. SO to Oct. 3 trlct.............MItchell. .........Sept. 29 to Oct. 3 muunj rsiooraingion.j-epi. u io Morgan. Martinsville .Stpt. 8 to 12. North eastern Indiana..-.. Waterloo.-Oct. 6 to a Poney- New Harmony.Sept. 8 to 11. Parke.. ...BlominKdale....Sept. to 12. like ......Petershurg.Bepu 1 toü. Prairie Farmer Pistrlct.....Franeesville. Porter Val paraiso-. Perry ..Rome ..... Kann ..BashviUe... Richmond - Industrial Association.. ..Richmond It u s i e 1 1 t llle Pent. 22 to Zi. .Sept.2toOct. 1. ,.uci. a to . ...Sepr. 8 to 12. Sept. 7 to 12. Union Russell ville Btark.........-Knox.i.. Aug. 31 to Sept, ,OoUl toSSwitzerland and Ohto DistrletKast Enteror. .Sent to It. Southeastern In- , diana Aurora... 8pt. 1 to 5. Thorntown Union Dis- , trict Thorntown Rent. 21 In 26' Tippecanoe lfayelte Aug. 31 to (Sept. S a-jsnavu x.llj' jrA9 trlet..-Union City -Sept. IS to 18. Union Liberty No Fair. Vanderburg Evansville.Sept. 21 to 2. ermilllon Newport Sept. 15 to 1. Vigo Terre Haute Hept. 1 to 5. . Wahnsh Wihoch Kent Ii tt IS Warrick .Boon vllle -Sept. to Oct. 3. 1 wuiwu nepy. u ao. THE MASSACHUSETTS DISASTER. HEX5 WANTED HORB BODIES RI800VBIKKD ( LOSSES OF THE TOWNS. . Nkw Yort, May 21. A Northampton dis patch says there ' are now in Mill river valley 1,200 destitute and homeless people to reed and clothe not for one day only, but until their future is decided unon. and thev must have at least $100,000. for. immediate use. The . women, aa .usual, xbibit more fortltnda than thA moa a r. A instead of yielding to their sorrows. - put M .1- I . V iTT A. . . ionu praisewonney enurus w improve the general condition. Yesterday morning 1,506 uiou cauio irum uuioreui pMsues (O work in the valley, clearing away debris, and were rewarded . by the discovery .jof nine bodies fire unrecognizable from decomposi tion. ... Bostox, May 2L The special letrialative committee on the Mill river disaster of Sat or day, took testimony to-day, in regard to the town damages. From the testimony It was shown that of 10 bndces nearly new, all but one were swept away, tnalrincr a. Irkaa In VnrthttuhfAii CO vw O " ' .v. f-vu w. (WV! while the meadow land destroyed is valued at rwu. wiiaamsourg reponea mat one third nf thnvillno-A hnrl liAAn HMfntvad In volvine the loss ot taxable property of 8300. 000. Leeds reported a loss of 1 100,000, and Vlr.ranAa ClOOA Thaaa lnisoa am resentatives of the several towns asked that tbey be released from taxation' for a tew years, and that their ' bridcrea and roads be people made poor by the disaster. , , There are now about three thousand Hus sians in New York' bound, forv,th '.Ifoith west. , The citizens ;of . Dak ota territory .are making. efforts. to seeure the location of a colony. In that country. These emigrants aiedteoribed as an orderlv, well-dretsed class of industrous people, with; plenty of money to commenoa iarming ox other lull-

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THE NEWSPAPER OF INDIANA. ÜJiTItA M M FT FT AND N0NFAKTC3AN. IXAIXT, SUKDAT A KD WKILT, Setting OQt on a somewhat now an rM - .... path hurt year, the Sentinel denned at length and lndetamta purposes. To those who have watched that course it reassert IU claim tor continued oountenanoe and loyal -support. Tha Sentinel promised last year perfect lndeisen r,r. tmm m parUwan ties. It promised earnest, unrelaxini affM4a I. a . ..uiunproaucuon and presenUUon of a wholesome, refined and trmitvnrtjv dipm. In the success of that ePhrt ith , - - - MM WV lual endorsement or a vast number of its cotem. porary ioarnals, and tho written asso- . great constituency of ministers, teachers, law. run ana iammes. The measure of the Sentinels sacosaa la, however, bet shown by the position lken within the year, as the first newspaper of the State, and a leadin of the West. To this fact nearly every Journal of intelligence and discrimination In the Stat nas Dorne Uatlmony, as well aa the swelling list of new readers who have Joined iu rack friends. This In a e enexal w&v. ' ROT U)A IVA! VAS- Ik. 1 attitude Ut the past year the organ of no party or creed-tee temperate advocate, only, of te mntt .ar.AMn s w aac-.. fl . ..... buuuh iucwu m ui (.uurca anu ouaie. ic will aontlnue to pblinh all the news at the earIleal moment. It will reflect the sentiments of the people, and hold itaelf outeide of all party ties. It will support only honest men for office and demand a pledge of character, not party. 1 1 Will UChOld SealOUHlr th hands nf oll -..m - v im rav aa UUM" efel and e&roest in reform, no matter what their nzxty or predictions, and It will strive to give all Bides a hearing in the changing lopic that nil the public mind from time to tune. The RenUn'31 has no poller to maintain -an-. posed to the will of the majority, its column ' are meant to be a fair reflex of the ratlenal will of tfce co mm unity, where all men can have hearing freely. The Sentinel believes that a continuance of the buleful partyisni of tUe past musimevirftbiyiMpUie foundation of the lie puhlieand destroy every distinctive feature o democratic government. Tothiacnditescour ages heartily the obliteration of the rnrrnw power which has strangled honesty in oQce dur Ing the lat eeven years ; a pow whicn bring the nation Into hanirulcy on the verge of the new year, and by its flaerant disregard of the fliEt princlülei of eonntry into all the hardships of war and pes. uience. Under whatever conditions reform mar come, the Bentinel will give its best efforts for' it ga;. oesa, maintaining at-all times Its own perfect nreeaom to tipnoid and mala tain - genuin e, - not -mala'edrefornxaUoD. . On the great Industrial QoesUoni, nowmovlna the public mind, the Sentinel wUl maintain a arty, earnest co-operation with all Etruegllnj men seeking to better themselves mentally, phyaleaUy, and every way. It believes that tha present revenue laws work mlschlevoof ly and discrtmlnately against the producer and in favoc of the non-prod ucor, and that any reform which does not make farmer's rights and revenue reform solid planks of its platform and actlva measures in Its policy, does not deserve the sympathy of Intelligent men The Farmers move ment received its first recognition in this section from the Sentinel. Its effort shall continue to be directed toward the strengthening of that design. In its opposition to political, railroad and financial monopolies, the Sentinel will continue an honest support. While furthering all Inter ests in this direction, wisdom must be called la to keep the crusade against public abuse, monop dies, and the like, from degenerating lntodenxa goguery. In all emergencies ot this nature, the Bentrnel will attempt full and Impartial Jostiot to all who trust it. ! CT Oon oerhing its general features as a newspaper, the Hentlnel will hold its rank aa the foremost in the 8 täte, by a continuance of the same policy of liberal expenditures whenever events of moment oocnpy the public mind. The features fctr which this paper lias become popular and diatlcguiahed during the last year, will be carried out still more fully, If possible, the coming year, and every department made of vital, abiding In tereet and usefulness to the home circle, tht minister, the lawyer, the educator In short, ai classes who want a pure aid upright press, un trammeled by party and unwarperl by prejudlot The Sentinel la not only the eoripletest new per In Its presentation of news and Its cont ments thereon, but It Is a visitor every day lr the year for the 383 days omitting no publica tion on any pretext. It U, in this respect, one c J the most valuable news mediums In the State. In short, the Sentinel meant to keep ahead ot the brilliant progress of the State. It means to give voloe to the most liberal, enlightened and purest sentiment of the time, and In thlrrespecl claims a distinctly special mission. It depend on Its character as an independent and fearless news medium for growth and support, and makes no pretext of cheap premiums to aecuxt reluctant supporters. ' . Its market reports regular, ipeclai and com. piled, are the fullest, most diversified and oom plete presented in any jouraal of si no liar reBouroes in the country. Its law, educational and Industrial reports, which have attracted general attention In the past, shall be continued with equal care and accuracy in the future, and no cost spared in perfecting such details aa will retr der them In every way the feature of i. Journalism. 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