Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 46, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 June 1874 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. TUESDAY' JUNE 23, 1874.

1UESDAY, JUNK 23.

to Tin: run Lie. v:tc this Issue oi tne K-utlnel, the editorial t-ontrol of tbe undersigned ceases hbsolute phjsiea! exhaustion demanding lue withdrawal 0l II. F. Kefjcan. The Senate has passed the bill M aking prov;sion for a survey of the Lower Missis sippi la order to provfde a complete system oflevee. The present sufiermgln Louisiana is doubtless the immediate cause of this ati-n. The war and tbe subsequent neglect of all southern interests by the national goverumennt, together with the traisformation of the state government into a den of thieves and adventurers, prevented the expen dito re of any money in the repair and contraction oi levees. The flooded river finally gathered strength enough to break through its weakened barriers and spread desolation over the country. Thousatda of l-ople were reduced to starvation and the d'-graceful sight was witnessed of a great portion of the American people reduced to becgary and catiDg the bread of charity. The awful lesson of the iaciine in India wan re peated in our own borders as a warning asint unjust government. The system ol tanks and canals for the irrigation of ibe ri e lipids of Bengal, which had been const rucied by tho bounty aud firesigbt of treat native princes was nurtured to fall into decay, w bile the European e-ouquerors drow away the wealth of the land to squander In the west. Tbe revenues were spent in co.it ly limitary establishments rather than in the rep&:roi pub;3c works, and it came to pass that, ini'lions of the subjects of a civilized nat'en became dependent on the rainfall for a supply of food, and were left without the mears of hoarding it. No wonder that In.Lan famines have become periodic. It behooves American citizens, however, to pu; themselves beyond the power oi tbe elements. One Louisana famine is enough! Ia the Southern counties wheat harvesting has een in progress for several days. Hen--6, the occupation of the chronic croaker about what may befall tbe crop is gou. The lightning may strike the wheat stacks or an incendiary may set thorn afire. Uni sncb causes are unlikely to produce a gen era! !'a:ltireor seriously to affect the finances of the country. The yield of wheat in Southern Indiana is represented as wonderful. Dr. A. C. Stevenson, of Putnam county, lately made a visit to different portions ct Gibson county, aud he thinks very many fields will give an average of t wery-iite bushels to the acre and souio will go &s high thirty. Thus far Iii season has also liet-n generally favorable for corn, of which aicejod stand is r.pon the ground, promising an immense yield Iroai tli9 unusual bredth planted iu th3 spring. With theso prospect lei re the faruter, it is not au eay thing for him lr keep countenance and lower hi chin much below the proper point. Gcod crons Are an assured fact, and good rops mean good time? in spite of adverse condition in the business world. It will bo demonstrated within a few months at the farthest that these circumstances are much more effectual than legislation to bring relief to thq business and temporary paral-j-sls of the country. As an experiment in economics, it will be fortunate, it congress shall get away from Washington having done nothing in the way of heroic remedies iV-r hard times. Tor then it will be sseu how confidence bacl on natural recovery from the panic is sufficient for the emergency and Low a healthy prosperity will grow out of it. If the fortunate escape from congress doctors U male without a prescription, no mIi-.iotn wish of the defeated ejuacks -.an avert the restoration oi better times, a better and bealth:er habit oi business and a Valuable lesson to the country. Should it be othrwis and a currency law be created, though the good times might come, there would b.1 a chauce for dispute still as to the causes which proluc9l them. Th mockery of civil service reloriu with which the administration has so long gulled the people, has finally been laid asitfe as use-Ices. It has served its turn. It was created doubtless for two purposes to de ceive well meaning republicans with the hope ot a political iniieulum and to serve as a defense against the attacks of the opposi tion. It answered the expectations ol its creators admirably in both regards. With such gentlemen as George W. Curtis at the head of the reform movement, who can wonder at the delightlul visions ol the future triumph of virtue and merit over iniquity, incompetence and money which dawned upon tbe soul of the enthusiastic par tisan? Every ambitous school boy in the country hold his head six inches higher at the thought oi the good time com ing In which he should step through the portals of a competitive examination into the delectable mountains of the public sor vice. How many men tcrnoa once again and voted the republican ticket at the beck of that delusive phantom ! As for the orpo sition, though somewhat skeptical, they --were silenced. They had only asked u have the thieves put out of places of public trust ho that the teaiing might cease through the land, and, lehold, here was something oiff-ed that surpassed their most sanguine expectation". They would have been con tent to see partisans hold office ia the good old style, provided they possessed the moderate amount of decency and - capacity which has ever been esteemed .-. sufficient for a public servant, but when thev wero oifered integrity, ability, and im paitiaüiy receiving fruit , cake when the . bad merely demanded oread they were awe! into admiration. The farce however has been played out and tbe curtain has at last fallen on the cunning contrivances by which the public were so long and pleas antly deluded. Now that even the mans "rs of the business acknowledge the de- - eptlon, is it not time to take up the cry of

two years ago and demand truecivil service reform. Let us have no more shams but a real purification of the public service. Trickery will not again nave the guilty. Let tbe people adopt in this matter the motto of the old Scotchman : Who cheats me once, shame on him; who cheats me twice, shame on une." There is the highest authority for holding that a house divided against itself shall tall. Applying this declaration of divine wisdom to the situation of the republican party, it is eay to foretell lla defeat. The story of its fall seems to be simply a repetition of that of the democracy. Differences of opinion and sectional dissensions will invitably triumph ever the cohesive force of political organization. On tbe currency question, which is the most vital issue of the day, the republicans of the east and west have come into direct antagonism. The party in Maine and Vermont declares emphatically for specie payment, and the party in Indiana and Illinois proclaims a determined faith in irredeemible paper money. In no one

of tbe New England or Middle States can the republicans go into the coming campaign as avowed inflationists with the slightest nnrA Af miAOAco TVto nnruilai nntnmn la cs-t . . .f strorgly set upon the financial question . ,l . . . , , . 1 , that it is considered a mark of ignorance in regard to thed: ctrines of political economy to advocate the increase of our circulating medium, and a man who actually believes in the good results of such a measure would be almost ashamed to say so. On the other hand, shrewd politicians in the West main tain that no party can march to victory Rave under tbe banner of inflation; and to advo cate tbe contraction of the currency is to risk popularity. The conventions of the re publicans of Maine, Vermont, Illinois and Indiana were the conventions of men of different parties calling themselves by the same name. To use a celebrated comparison, the most adverse opinions and Interests have long lain side by side in the republican organization without recognition or confiiet, like mortal enemies in a dark room, who spring ap and grapple with each other when a light is brought in. Tbe hour of political illumination has arrived. The dissensions among the leaders were long since perceived and acknowledged, but at last the rank and file have become aware that they too have their differences. When Senator Morton and tbe president differed on the financial issue, more was meant then the mere disagreement in jndment between two men. The bitter dissensions or thou sands was represented in their conflicting opinions. This currency ejuestion, affords, however, merely a leading and tvpical illustration of tbe general process of disintegration taking place in the great party. The temperance issue is a wedge fully as elai.gerous to its unity. Illinois renblicacs either do not believe in temper ance legislation or else they elare not tqeak their real sentiments. Indiana republicans lave strenger faith or else they are a little bi.ler, while tbe party in Maine is prohibitionist to the uttermost. In regard to tho treatment of the Southern states, the same variety of opiuions prevails. On civil serv'co reform there is no unity. Terhaps there is no sincle point in w hich the members of tho party are in harmony except the pride with which they are wont to appeal to the history of tbe organizatlcn. Even that sentimental bond is breaking, for not a few republicans are becoming ashamod to look over their shoulders at the distant glories of tbe war, lest their eyes lall upon the putrid remains of tbe Credit Mobilior, the .Salary (irab, the Custom IIoue frauds, the misgovernment of the District of Columbia and tbe Southern states together with the ruinaleit by the last financial storm. Some of these men will soon awake front tho enchantment of the spell which lurks athe mere name of republican. When the celebrated New York rlug was hreatened with exposure, its chiefs resorted to one oi the most desperate expedients ever attempted to secure an avenue of escipe. By pre-arrangement the office of Comptroller Conolly was entered by burglars, the safe was blown open aud the vouchers for the expen ditures untler the ring administration were destroyed:. This desperate remedy Droved an utter failure. The pretended b iglary deceived no one. The officials detectod in this delilerate scheme for destroying the evidences oi their guilt were from that hour doomed men. In the hi3tory of the District ot Columbia ring there is also a pre concerted burgiary ; but before the atrocious malice of this latter plot the futile effort of Conolly looks like childish innocence. The Tammany thieves worked simply to clear themselves. The Washington thieves schemed for the destruction of an innecent man. The full details of the plot are given in the New York Sun, from which the fol lowing brief outline is. condensed. The members of the Shepherd gang conceived the idea, when the investigation of their misdeeds began, that it would be possible to turn public opinion in their favor and ter rify their enemies by one bold Btroke. They selected as ft victim Columbus Alexander, a prominent gentleman of Washington, who hd been one oi memorialists against the Ring, and was active in bringing its members to justice. Assistant District Attorney Harrington was the manager of the strange drama of which the denoumcnt was to be Mr. Alexander's ruin. Iu the investigation of theaffaiisof the Ring, it was found that the books of John O. Evans, chief contractor under Shepherd, were so defective as to be worthless as evidence. In this fact lay the first gem of tho plot. To J. C. Nettleahip, the treasury department detective, was entrusted the working up of its deiails. His first step was to engage one Michael Hayes, a Xevr York detective, to wait upon Mr. Alexander with the story that the books presented by Evans were fictitious and that he had the genuine ones in his possession and would dispose of them for a consideration. Mr. Alexander refused to pay anything for the offered evidence, beyond the cost of transporting tbe books from tbe point where they were concealed to Washington. The first move tberefore,which was to establish an actual Beeret understanding with Mr. Alexander, was a failure. The plotters, how-

ever; were not discouraged. It would be enough to procure strong circumstantial evidence of such understanding. It was arranged that Hays should secure an assistant with whom he should enter Harrington's office on a certain night in April, blow open the safe and depart with a bundle of papers supposed to be of the highest importance. With these his comrade was to set out for' Alexander's house. In the meanwhile Harrington who was supposed to be warned in an anonymous communication of the proposed robbery would be on hand with sufficient assistance to follow the man with the bundle of papers to Alexander's house and arrest the latter in

flarjranle delicto. The Intended burglary was duly anaounced by the proposed victim of it, and preparations were made to receive Hayes and his fellow robber, one Benton, a New York convict. There was present to witness the eventful burglary, Harringtou, Major Richards, chief ol police, a detective, Boss Shepherd's brother, and another congenial spirit. Tbey saw the burgees enter, heard them tinkering at the safe, &ü finally heaid the explosion which blew it open. Richards.who was evidently not in tbe plot, wanted to get to business in the usual way by arresting the robbers, but his ardor 7 J , " , , , was held in check. The burglars came forth, the subordinate rascal bearing the papers, for Hayes had stipulated that he should be allowed to escape, as it would be inconvenient for him to be locked up sevoral weeks, while Benton's time wa3 by no means valuable, and he was used to stone walls and iron bars. Alter walking a little way together they separatpd and the watchers followed Benton. This was doubtless Alexander's salvation, for the fellow s unfamiliar with the locality, and had to search for the houso under the eyes of his pursuers. When Richards wanted to take him in custody the answer was that the man was merely an agent and the chief thing was to catch the principal. Finally Benton found Alexander's residence, under the guidance of officers oi whom he made inquiries, aud rang repeatedly at the door bell. The sound could bo heard distinctly by those without but failed to awaken the family. Richards then arrested Benton who now lies in jail waiting his trial, at which Harrington will appear as prosecutor in behalf of the people. Verily the originator of this plot must have bean deeply read in the intricacies of the modern dime novel. Such a piece of ingenious villainy is refreshingly rare in real life. The republican convention closed its labors early yesterday afternoon. The single session of the day was marked by tho speech of tho chairman, (Jeneral Harrison, who performed the onerous duties oi presiding officer in admirable style, the nomination of a state ticket and the adoption of a carefully prepared and elaborate platform. Full details of the proceedings will bo found elsewhere. No extended notice of the candidates is necessary as they are, with one exception, veterans in tha public arena. They are at present incumbents of the offices to which they ask a re-election, and have proved themselves able and honorable gentlemen. The new man in the field, John M. Bloss, is apparently well qualified by natural endowments and edu cational acquisitions for the place for which he has been put in nomination. With the single criticism that the habit of returning the same men to office rt-pealedly, ft .... . is a growing evil, It may be well to pass to tbe consideration of the platform. It was one of Machiavelli s favorite maxims tha. a ruler should have upon his hps ,at all times, professions of the most liberal and exalted sentiments, no matter w?at his actual conduct might happen to be. Tarty platforms are happy illustrations of the Italian politician's theory. That adopted by the convention yesterday was even more than usually profusa in those elegant plati tudee incident to such occasions. In tbe long introduction to the declaration oi prin ciples, the usual appeal is made "with pride and confidence" to the past history of the republican party. It would be well, as yean, pass on, to add, that this appeal is made to the remote past of the party; tor there is certainly nothing in its recent history for any man to be proud of. At best, the accumulated virtues ot other days will soon be overdrawn, if no new capital be added. Tbe various disgraceful pieces of offlc.al corruption and misconduct which the introduction to the platform unskillfully enumerates were detected by the press of the country, and, whatever action the party took, it was driven to, under the lash of public criticism. No plunder has been restored that was not absolutely wrung from tbe hands of the transgressors. No official was sacrificed whom the public indignation would spare. Williams is still attorney general. Richardson has been promoted to a petition in the court of claims. To say that the re publican party has already doue full justice in regard to the rascalities of which its 6er vants have been proven guilty, is the ipost unwise declaration that could be made at the present cri"H, even granting that the convention believed the statement. It proves that there is little hope of reform from a party that has so poor a conception of the treatment due to knaves. It is pretty bold to claim credit for redressing wrongs which, at best, two years ago were said to have no existence save in tbe slanders of the opposition. The in troduction is remarkable, as contain ing the following tatdy tribute to the mem ory of the Horace Greeley, "done to death by Blanderous tongues." Speaking of the republican party, the preamble says: ''It has ao conducted public affairs that at the last presidential election one of the ablest and most earnest defenders of its policy was accepted as tbe democratic candidate for tbe presidency." It lniglit have been well to add that it so conducted public affairs also.as to force into the ranksof the opposition William II. Seward, Salmon V. Chase, and Charles Sumner. To be forsaken by the virtuous and noble is a strange source for eulogy. The democrats may retort, in their platform, that the honors are easy, since many of the most trus'.ed leaders of the republicanism of to-day are the deserters from tho ranks of its own mgst desperate mercenaries, such as

Butler, Treraalne and L gan. Th9 first resolution makes profession of regard for the unity and equality of the nation. It is simply an amplification of the celebrated, phrase "Let us clap hands over the bloody chasm." The sentiment is a noble one, but not a whit nobler to-day than it was two years ago on other lins. It Is well to get even the promise of better things from the party responsible for the usurpation in Louisiana, the beggary in South Carolina, and the misrule all over the south. The "acerbities ot the past" will certainly be good things to get rid of. The second resolution Etarts with the assumption that the varied interests and pursuits of the country can only be harmonized through legislation. It would be worth while to let them alone for a few years to see whether any interference is needed. They might possibly harmonize themselves. If this resolution means anything, it asserts the necessity of legal enactment and supcrviion for the development of agjicultural and mechanical pursuits, the Settlements our publio lands, the transportation and marketing of products, the encouragement of manufactures, and the equitable distribution of wealth. Such a sheaf ol contradictory nonsense has rarely been bound togptber. To complete the resolution, it should have been stated also that tbe convention would take measures to have the lion lie down with the lamb, and the thistles bring ioith grapes, 'lhe third resolution advocates the inflation of the currency. The increase is to bo measured by the wants of the agricultural, industrial and commercial interests oi the country, but nothing is said of a guage by which to measure thoe wants. Tbe object of this resolution is said tobe, to prevent combinations of capital irora controlling the currency. It is the unstable and uncertain character, which a changeful financial policy and continual official interference in the business of the country baye impressed upon the currency, that puts the public at the mercy of unscrupulous schemers. The proposed remedy is a desperate one. It is setting back to sea amid the first faint signs of land. The fourth resolution seems tobe aimed at those laws,'of w hich we have hitherto been so proud, for the encouragement of the inventive genius ot tbe inventive Yankee. Tbe fifth resolution acknowledges that debt ol gratitude, "still paying still to owe," due to the soldiers of the great war, and promises the extension of the limits of the bounty and pension laws. The sixth resolution fairly pledges the party to the support of what is kiiown iu temperance literature as local option and civil damage legislation.

The action taken was I old and determined, in the face of tho threatening memorial ad dressed to the convention by the erman editors of the state. There is not in politics or morals a more delicate matter to handle than than this of dealing with the remedies of intemperance, The great want at present is not so much tcmpeianco legislation as the creation of a public sentiment that will sus tain the law when passed. There would thon perhaps be little need of its enactment. Such an expression of opinion by a great party will doubtless go far towards strencthening the temperance sentiment now existing. Republicans will have no temptation left for paltering and double dealing on this subject. The seventh and eichth resolutions are expressions of 'opinion on narrow and definite matters. Tho former advocates a feasible reform ; but the latter promises one of those far-off blessings to which this generation of politicians will never allow the people to attain. Tbe ninth resolution is a strong one in favor of our common school system. Should the system ever be attacked the resolution may be use- j ful. Tbe tenth resolution endorses the president and his administration as well as tbe representatives of the state in congress. How the tail of the platform fits tho head it is impossible to see, since the financial policy of the president is attacked, his Louisiana interference rebuked, and the disgraceful frauds ol the past two years of his government are condemned, at last by way of implication. In the farmer part, and the man mainly responsible is praised in the latter. Con jistency is evidently not one ol the jewels with which Indiana Republicans adorn themselvss on great occasions. Perhaps the eliscrepency is due to some of those differences in regard to matters of detail alluded to in the preamble to the platform. It seeui3 that the temperance issue in the Indiana campaign is destined to give rise to a far more dangerous political agitation namely, a contest of races or nationalities, The temperance people, however provoked, should beware oi allowing their zeal lor reform to hurry them into a prescriptive movement. Whatever party makes the question of nationality a test in the campaign will certainly te with out the sympatkies of the better part oi the commu nity. The question whether any other legislation, beyond the customary licensing and regulation of the liquor trade, is necessary for the good oi society is an issue between American citizens only. It is clear that some of the politicians, who probably care very littlo for tho success of the local option measure, are taking advantage of the lines which divide parties to foment old race pre indices and thus win the election at all haz ard. Victory is all they care lor, no matter what ruin follows it. What is called the f German element of the population, is to a great extent responsible for such a state of things. Naturalized citizens of German birlh form a class apart, mainly on account of their languace. Dissimilarity of language is a sort of barrier between them and their neighbors; and it is only tbe second generation that acquires such a complete control of the English tongue as to use it with ease and confidence In mixed society. Add to this difference ol speech the facts.which naturally follow from it, f separate schools, separate churches, and separate newspapers?, and we have a variety of causes tending to isolate the German population in a great measure. More important even than this isolation is their natural tendency to organization. This secures a perfect harmony and union of the element throughout tbe country. Such unity is not the result of any effort, made with malice prepense to secure political influence,

but is the effect of the sociable, aggregative character of the people, partly natural and partly acquired under the perfectly organized governments of Germany. A perfect network of associations binds them together through their turnvereins, saengerfests, echutzenfesfs, sterbvereius and religious unions. They have learned to feel aud appreciate their own strength and to underrate that of others. It would be wrong to say that, under so many temptations, they have forgotten that they are Americans rather than Germans; but In matters especially affecting their own interests, they have certainly made the mistake of putting forth their claims as natives of Germany rather than as citizens of the United States. In the former character, they have a right to glory. National achievements in arms, arts, industry and letters have given it a pure and coble lustre. But it is in the latter capacity only that they are entitled to consideration in American politics, yrhe action of their editors of this state, professing to speak for their fallow countrymen and offering terms of offensive and defensive alliance to every party convention.is a blunder of this sort. If the authors of such a movement re ill v understood it m.

urc, this act might be properly character ized as a strange piece of impudence. Why should a German citizen, more than a native American, assume to dictate the policy of either party on the liquor question. The subject is one for the delegates to consider. sud the party should b3 supported or op -osed by each individual In his independent espneitv as he approves or di3 approves of its principles. The Republican party is to no small degree responsible for tbe attitude which our German born citizens assume in politics. They naturally fell into the ranks of that organization and the reckless leaders of it were not content with the support o' the Germans singly, but desired to secure the alliance ot the element as a whole. Every means was taken to isolate and consolidate the German vote. The newly naturalized citizens were taught the fashion oi marshaling in solid phalanx to the polls. They may not readily forget the lesson. It becomes the republicans under the circumstances of tbe present campaign to deal fairly with the spirit which they have fostered, It looks bad to see t lie politicians of Indiana, simply because new issues have arisen, turn with opprobrious epithets upon the men whom they have heretofore petted aud praised, vituperating tho very qualities which they eulogized. The organ of the party has already opened fire upon them in a style which is coarse and offensive wi:hemt being effective. It has set to work deliberately to widen the differences, deepen the distinctions and foment tbe prejudices which exist among the different elements of our society. If the Germans have fluug down the gaga f nationality it has stooped with eeger baste to pick np the glove and accompaiied theaction with taunts and insults. Every honest man will deprecate the renewal of the old struggle of twentj' years ago. As yet there is scarcely fair ground for a crusade against our German citizons, as such, and it looks as if the republicans, their late allies, were beginning one simply with the hope of devoloping out of the passions of the commu nity a new force, by means of which they may carry the election. An exchange gives a table based upon esti mates from the election retürns oi lSTO.showing the relative proportion of what is ierniciously called the German vote. Tbe figures are probably distorted, yet they give some idea of the great numbers of men who are slowly breaking away from the republican party: iierman uemoeratic ltepub n vote. vote. vote. Illinois. .4.1,426 Indiana . . 11,071 Io wft(t(.MiM.MMttl l.elii Kansas . 3,4(17 Mich-Kan Minnesota 6,i4 Missouri l,71i Nebraska - 3,i5 hio 3Ö.54I Wisconsin. .......... 3u,41 1 44 .IN 10 1SU.0H) 2A,fKti :t,(xtO 104,000 ,ouo 26,0iio e9 mtu tJ,0C0 i ;. o 157,(1K) lUS.tMl 4.'I,UH) i) i .'ili.OOlt t;:;,!!" i) ll.iitli) Jf,(NXt 77.UUO Total 161 ,8T1 i73,tU0 No fault can be found with this movement save that both deserters and deserted seem determined to put it on the wrong basis. If it were claimed that these men moved together because they thought alike, rather than because they'were born in the same country.no fault could be found with their action. Similarity of opinion may flow from identity of nationality, but tbe former is a fairground tor political union while the latter is not. PERSONAL. Salvini appears as "Samson" In New York. Mrs. Scott-Siddons has safely arrived in Liverpool. Louise Chandler Moulton will pass the summer in Pomtrct, Vermont. Mrs. Devereux Blake has been invited to deliver the Fourth of July oration before the Library Association at East Orange, New Jersey! Mrs. Wynkoop, a strong minded female of Chicago, has opened a real estate office and admitted her husband as an equal partner. Miss Dargon, who," lately gave some very seccessful readings in New York city, and pis well known upon the stage, has just sailed lor Ireland, In quest ol health. Mies Lilian Edgerton, one of the most attractive and popular of our lady lecturers is annouueed with a brand-new lecture with a taking title by the American Literary Bureau. Mrs. A. E. Richardson is engaged with Sydney Howard Gay in making a history oi the United States for Mr. William C. Bryant. Whose the history will be when it is finished is the latest literary conundrum. Miss Mary Aleott, of Concord, Mass., has been complimented by Mr. Hnskin for her copies of some of Turner's finest pictures. They are on exhibition at the English National gallery, and are said to be amon? the best copies of Che artist's works ever made. Miss Fanny Ilodgson Burnott, a young lady of Tennessee, whose story, in the Lancashire dialect, of "Surly Tiin's Trouble' excited w much attention in Scribner's Monthly, still continues her stories tor that magazine. At the last regular meeting of the Philadelphia radical club, Mary E. Tillotson and Oliver F. Shepherd, two forcible indicators of the opinion of the Vineland reformers, appeared before their audience and displayed the beauty of pantaloons upon their own persons.

TUE SOUTH Ei?X CALAMITY. AX ADDRFS.S BY ONE WV'O KNOWS WHEREOF HK SPEAKS TBK 1MMI1!M DANOER OF" 8TAKVATI0X IX THE MIsSt'sMiTI VALLEY AN APPEAL FOR AID. The St. Louis Globe of the ISth inst. gives the following abstract of an appeal by Dr. V. O. King, of Louisiana, in aid of the suffering people. He said: The minion with which I am intrusted to the chizns of St. Louis rom New Orleans, brings me before vou as the immediate representative ol 7U,0U0starvIng people. You have already ben generous, and Looisiana thanks vou for vour generosity, but she believes that yu will bo more generous still, could vou" but know the appallirjg destitution and misery under which she Is bowed in sorrow to-day. Much of the relief that was expected from other parts or our great country, and a s'ill larger bounty that it was hoped wou.d flow from your own citv, have been withheld from a misapprehension that has been sad indeed in its consequences to us. I allude to the prevalent belief that the waters of tbe flood have receded to their beds, aud that the people no longer call upon tbeir neighbors forhelp. Unfortunately, but too trulv, there are no lacts to sustain this belief. It is true that the waters ot tbe Mississippi have somewhat sub-ided, lut it mut be borne in mind that, when tho river has teilen ten feet, the orreiomling tall of the flood waters is not ten iuche-', ad the reason 'or this is found in the peculiar topography of oir alluvial district. Toe lands on either side of the Mississippi, as well as the valleys of the Mississippi tributaries, are much lower than lhe bants of these livers, and therefore cannot bo draiued through the channels by which they we-re 11 oded. The waters of the overflow 'must be dissipated by the slow process of absorption, evaporation and a sluggish ll iw to the Gulf oi Mexico, through the marches and Ukes with which Southern Louisiana abounds; and even these are rendered mere difficult by occasional huh water in the Mississippi. In 1SV5 the ri er remained at Us maximum eighty-five lays, in l$ö9one hundred and twenty-nine days, or nearly four months, and the flood of the present year is higher than in cither of those j'ears, or of any II xkI on record. So that we are left without data from which to compute the probable duration of our troubles, aud the WKARIKD IIOP&S AND SICKKNED HEARTS of our people turn with melancholy forebodings V the future. It is estimated that the area in Louisiana alone now submerged exceeds 8,000,000 of square acres or 12,000 square miles, and this embraces the most fertile and tbe wealthiest portions efthe state. Twenty-six parishes, almost tropical in their climate, and pregnant with the promise of products that would give comfort to more than ten thousand homes, now lie desolated beneath the terrors of a cataclysm that threatens the people oi half a great commonwealth with pestilence as well as famine. If jou think, gentlemen, these statements fire exaggerated, hear the language of the Hon. Mr. Croell, commissioner from Boston, and addressed to the Mayor of New Orleans. Taat gentleman visited our sfllHd country after his city had contributed ?40,000 to our relief, to seo if tbeir munifievm-e should not be supplemented by additional aid. He finds thai it lias "caused distress and destitution to a greater extent than repre se nted in the first appeal to the great cities of the unioD, greater thau is generally believed, and greater than can be conceived by those not acquainted with those vast flat alluvial lands. The calamity surpasses in ruinous consequences any that ever occurred from fire, storm e;r flood during the present century." He furthermore says: "I can not close withoutadvisingyou. to renew your appeal for help. Your resources lor require d relief an altogether insutuViert. Put before the people of America tb leading facts of the unpierttdeuted e-a-lamity. A true knowledge ot the condition of your afllicted people will awaken prosperous states, cities and associations to an active sense of duty. '1 hse poor victim of the flood must not be lef. to starve." That is tbe laneuaee of Massachusetts. I forbear to enter udou the details of all the sufferings now endured in Louisiana; I shrink from the recital

oi even a few of the dreadful sceues that are hourlv enacted upon that tragic stage. Such a proceeding would be unprofitable, and would unuecessarlly harrow those finer feelings that can awaken pity by sotter touches. I commend to you the example of Boston. Send a commissioner from vour own people, aud let him be the Homer to describe the woes of our sorrowing Iliad. I have been asked whether the contributions to our poor have been WISELY AND HONESTLY DISTRIBUTED. Such aa inquiry, gentlemen, under the circumstacce, I regard as quite natural and very proper, for the plunderers and thieves that infest Louisiana,throw a cloud on every enterprise. The organization In New Orleans, and in tho rural parishes, for dispensing relief, is so constituted that not even calumny would be so bold as to asperse them The general relief committee is located in New Orleans, and is composed of gentlemen whose high social position, and whose honorable liveseminently fit tbnu to list in this laboi oi love. Tbey are assisted by subsidiary corn mil tees established at convenient points in the inundated districts, and these committees comprise tbe first gentlemen in the country. The commissioner of Boston savs: "I have made a careful examination of the werk of your committee. I find it composed of citizens of high character and distinguished ability, who labor zealously and constantly in the noble work to which you have called them. Their rules and regulations fordistrbution and relief meet my approval ia every respect. By the system adopted, the donations oi the cbariuble are sure to do the most good. Having shown that the demand for relief in Louisiana is as urgent as ever, if not more bo; having pointed out the probable duration of the Buffeting in that laud; having shown the manner of distribution, I desire to show the inadequacy oi the relief on which we depend. It is expected that the general government will appropriate $000,000 for our relief, but this sum is not all intended lor Louisiana, but to be shared equally wkb her and her sister states of Arkansas and Mississippi. The contributions in money up to this time, from all sources, amount to gliJö.OOO; in provisions and clothes, 35,000 not more than 8200 WX to feed, clothe and care for 70,000 arilie-ted and utterly helpless people. In proof of the inadequacy of this supply the player of New Orleaus has just telegraphed that l:nothicg but a large increase of resources for relief can prevent the horrors of famine and great loss ot life. We need? 1,000,000 more." THE "FAIR GOD" DISCLAIMS. LKTTKR FROM OENEBAL WAIXACE. General Lew. Wallace repels tho charge that ho aspires to political pro.'f rment. Under date oi June 13 he writes the Cincinnati Gazette as follows: "One of your correspondents, writing from Lifayette, Indiana, in the interest of Godlove S. Orth, Is pleased to publish me as one of the numerous candidates for congressional honor in this (the ninth) district. Do me the favor to announce that I am not a candidate tor that or any nomination ; and further, that I will not be under any conceivable circumstances. The designs of the correspondent was to convey the impression throughout the district that there was a bitter contest In Montgomery county between Mr. White's friends and mine. To allow the trick to go unexposed would be wrong to Mr, White. Tber is no such coBtest."