Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 September 1874 — Page 3

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 3874.

MONTERO'S FLIGHT. THE DEATH OF MAKSTI A L CONCHA AND THE GALLANT HIDE OK HIS AID-DE-CAMP. f Mack wood for August. Wewere fighting for In Carlos-for the cause As'ladof DouTeUyo, the mountain 'gainst the plain. . The Keyublic sat triumphant on Don Felayo Andfbrave among the bravest, old La Concha lei them on. - r .,-, We held our proud position on Monte Maros And all around Abarznza their movements were Kecimoed'the vUl age ateeple, and bade th af f (a1 a t v X I a And they rushed up like a tempest, or vantagepost to win; " . , Cavalry and toot-men, up the rugged mountain They kept their steady progress, and not a juaa looked back, ' . ... Thtn we poured from our lntrenchments, like a rain-swelled river course; And they aiood against the torrent, like the dam that t-tema tin force. The livingdani was yielding, their strength was giving way , , , T ,. Then he hurried down, exclaiming, "I die or Iyhv1)re?luyyhorse,Iontcro:', and he drew his trnstv brand .... His ,'oot wain the stirrup, but the sword fell lron hi band. ..'., , Ahotof ours had struck .him right on his gallant bieaat; . . , , , , Jt struck a.s strikes the lightning an old oaks honored crest. , . He Ml; tii bright eye darkened, as the sun light in eclipse, "Willi leath irom the gnenllas'. and "Ood s mercy !" on hi lips. . Jhit time was uona fur thinking: onr advance was near in loree : .... And, quick an liqhi, Montero placed the old man

And leaping up behiml him, and. clasping him round ligbi, .,.,,, Plunged spurs up to the rowels and darted oft la Ob ! giortous more than vicfry that ßsht, when, asasmeia, The valiant young Montero bore his chieftan irom the iieldl , 4 His back a mark for bullets, bat none were shot I ween ; Or, if shot, they were averted by our Lady, Rnt mm are men. and press on, like hounds upon the clause: And on we spurred, and ever o ertook him in the race Kiit thfl üirenor four that followed' him turn'd Ami alum the broken nain Mill Montero held Jfow and tm n he stumbled, but, firm with word anil rin. lit-cheered an the brown charzer, and ail was tceed aeain. He knew, theeood steed knew it, the race was for th Ute Of his dear and noble master, sore wounded in the i trite. ("No quarter," was our watchword, "Give quar ter," bad been his; f tv men wer we. anddesp rate, but we never thought of this!) They drew rein In Abarznza, and from the pant ing horse Tenderly they lowered hlra was it lfe still, or a lie breath 'd but a few second, he pressed Montero'shand; And every eye- was molsten'd, for our hearts were all unmanned. " A pi ien Quick did his office, his sins were all lorgJveu; St. Manuel pass him quickly through purgat ry to heaven ! fciowly we retreated; but while this was going on, Their rout had been accomplished, and the bkxx'.y day was won. Jlr.t the glory not with us, but Montero must remain; And we grudsfo it not our ftemen they, too, are sons of Soain: For rever since the lid's days, Kuy Diaz of Livar, . J 'id knintor tqalre win honor by a nobler deed of w;ir! We nre brothers, we are brothers; oh ! when will discord cease? St. Michael, jive nsvlct'ry! Kt. Mary, give us pt-a:e ! NEWS AND (JOSSir. A brakeman on a Canada railway lately found ?1,C00 ia a car and returned it to its owrer,.a merchant of Truro. The first iron boat ever built at New Or leans ia a yacht, which will be launched eariy in the present month. The Paria American Tlegister was sold August 29. It was bought bv Dr. Evans, the dentist, for 171,2001., or 31,21". A wan at Lee, Mass., has Importe 1 a basal tic column from the Giant's Causway,;ofT the north coast of Ireland, as an ornament for his lawn. "Busted too much grasshopper'' was the epigram scratched on tho balk oi a battered ' prairie schooner towed through a Kansas town by a melancholy bull last week. The Alta California says: Raising cork trees seems to be an approaching industry in i 'alifornia. At Auburn there are a number of trees three or four years old that have bark thick enough for any ordinary cork. The Inter-University baat race between the two Scotch universities at Edinburgh and Dundee came off recently on the Dee. It was won by the Bon Accord crew, Edinburgh being but a length behind. This is the first match ot the kind ever rowed in Scotland. Treasury officials at Washington do not admit that the yellow fever is so bad as to occasion any serious alarm, but the stringent orders ol the secretary as to the quarantine regulations, as well as other circumstances, seem to warrant a conclusion that a serious visitation is threatened. The National Monument Association reports the gratifying success of its appeals lor continzent subscriptions. Eeponses from secret societies and militia organizations arc particularly encouraging, and the society ia sanguine of the success of the enterprise during centennial year by this means. George T. Foster, in the Ohio FonUentiary, under tho assumed name of Henry T. -Marshal, has received a legacy of 15,000, his father having recently dioi in New York. Foster was sent ud for three vears in February, 172, from Cincinnati. He is the leader Ahe chapel choir and one of the best behaved prisoners in the institution. Many Dartmouth College students have replenished their purses this season by serving as waiters in the White Mountain hotels, cetting $20 a month. "When we consider,' said President Smith, "the fact that nearly one-third of the students at Dartmouth teach school during the winter, and work tit harvesting in the summer, we need have no fear about the dignity ot labor becoming an obsolete expression." A curious episode In the railroad depot at Lincoln, Neb., the other day, was. a Mention ite divorce. The man was anxious to go to Dakota, and his wife equally anxious to remain; so, after a long argument in Russian and German, they sat down upon the floor, and, opening a bag containing $2,000 in gold, counted it out, piece by piece, the man taking one half and the woman the ether. They then shook hands and separated, the man jumping upon a train bound lor Dakota. The literary labors of the late Trof. Jeffries Wyman consisted of two courses of lectures before tho Lowell Institute in Boston, one of which was published under the title of "Twelve Lectures on Comparative Physiology." Ills other published writings consist of various articles on comparative anatomy, physiology and embrvology in the "American Journal of Science,'"' the "Smjthfonian Contributions to Knowledge," the "Boston Journal of Natural History," and the proceedings of tho "Boston Society of Natural History," of which association he was elected president in 1H.V5. and relaincd that office many years.

AERIAL NAVIGATION.

THROUGH THE AIR. VOYAOE OP THE BALLOON "CTTY. THB OF BUFFALO" FIVE HUNDRED MILES IN AND 1NCT-TWENTY-FOUR HOURS SCENES DENT. . A special dispatch to the Chicago Tribune from Cleveland, the Cth Inst., gives the following description of tho late balloon voyage of the "City of Buffalo" starting Irom that city: The balloon "City of Buffalo," which started from the park in this ,city at 11 a. m. Friday, made a most interesting voyage of nearly &00 miles, and landed at 11:20 r. M. near Smith's creek, 10 miles from' Port Huron, Michigan. Its course was at first northwe t from Cleveland, until, wben about 5 miles from Cleveland, it rose into an easterly current, and was carried down the lake to a point beyond Erie. Then the balloon was brought down several thousand feet into a westerly current and carried to the mouth of Detroit river, thence northward oer Detroit and Lake St. Clair, to a point ot landing. A special correspondent of the Tribune, who accompanied - Prof. King, says ot the voyag9: "At noon our altitude was 2,971 fdet, and we sectned alcKHt stationary for a short time. Tne professor gradually di-cbaftjed his sandballist, hoping to find a sea breeze at a higher altitude, and thus bo enabled to pass over the land. After a short experience there, however, it was found that wo were destined to a voyage lakeward, and perhaps to Buffalo, which would have been a satisfactory arrangement. At 12:30 our altitude was 2,527 feet above the lake. At 1:30 p. m. tbe Buffalo was off Fainesville, and the air was still very light and variable. Prof. Hold an sat witb his instrumenta constantly before him, and he consulted tho barometer and thermometer from time to time, reporting to Commodore King the status ot a Hairs, whether we were rising or falling; while the Leader man took the tearing and held the compass. After a good, substantial lunch, the members of the expedition joined In tbe chorus of several songs, under the leadership ol Prof. King. At 2 p.m. ve no ticed the singular, but well known, phenoin enon of the different currents ol air in THE UPFEr. DEEPS. The schooner which we saw far beneath us was making short tacks with the wind from the northeast, while wc at a height of 1,752 feet wero borne slowly in that direction that is, we were under the influence or a light air (it could hardly be called a breeze) from the southwest ward. Capt. King, on eettmg over the lake, let down bi3 draz-roDC. a two-inch luamlla cord about :Vx) lect in length. This bad a tendency to steady the air-ship, so motion wa3 almost imperceptible. that its At 2:30 masts of a three-masted vessel were seen standing about 10 or 20 feet above the sur face ot the water of Painesville,or between that point and Ashtabula. Oar highest altitude up to 3 p. i. was 2.0M fdet; at .1:13. 4,200 feet above the level of tbe lake, or 4.7S0 feet above sea level ; at u: 1j p. m., i.uw leer. Just b-low the Krie peninsula Capt. King decided to approach the lake and try the merits of the drag-rope. Descending until within about liftv feet of tbe water, we struck tho northeast current of wind, and instead of reaching Buffalo, as we had hoped to do at one time, we were borne swiftly on the back track, and were swept aloutr about west-southwet. Soon after ward the current again changed, and our course was thence about west northwest, and we gradually neared the land, to our satisiaction. Wo llew past i'oiut-au-rin and slowlv descending, we eagei scrutinized tho shores to distinguish any permanent point or settlement that might lie in our path. At 1 r. M. we ran in over the Canada shore, and sweeping down close over the land we ascertained that we were just below I'oint au-l'elleo, in lue town o Morsca, in Jssex county, and crossing thence the township of West Tilnurv and the widest portion of Lake St. Clair, soaring away ABOVE THE CLOUDS In our transit. This was one of tha mos intensely interesting and remarkable expor iencesof onr trip. The feeling awakened in me was similar to that I have known on witnessing some of the gorgeous transforma tionsin the Black Crook at Niblo's. The great globe above our heads seemed . poised in a perfect vacuum, while not a word was spoken for some minutes as the minds of all seemed than derstruckat the sträng?, imposing scene While sweeping over the county of Essex we liau frequent exchanges of words witl the inhabitants, whom King aked to take hold of our drag-rope. Ono fellow, an Irish man unaouoteaiy, sang out, (cli, yee s golnr too fast for that.' So on we swept, on our airy flight, now ri3ing, nov slightly falling and discharging ballast from time to time as circumstances demanded. A weird and impo sing sceno lay Deiow us, wbileat times we were borne along on the wings of the wind literally, and all the time a solemn stillness reigned. At one point of our passage across t he Canada shore our drag-rope caught in the trees and we wero steadily anchored, as it seemed, but not so steadily either, for tbe wind blew in strong gusts, and the aerial monster swayed fearfully above our heads. Finally, after a most exciting experience, we managed, by throwing over sullieient ballast, to tear the rope loose, and the balloon shot upward with a tremendous jerk, almost throwing tbe passengers from tfceir seats. After an hour and a half of this cloud-expe-rienco, as near as wo could judgelor, as no fire was allowed near this gassy monster, we could only judge of our course and tima by puess-work King judged it wise to approach our nether world more closely to take observations, for it w as tho opinion of several familiar. with lake navigation that we were going in the direction ol Lake Huron, a course that was to be carefully avoided in the present state of onr ballast and gas, which had both been largely drawn upon. Sighting the earth once more, wo saw lights and fires of char-l coal-burners, and the top valve was opened freely aud often to expedite our descent, bearing the ab-xies of our fellow-men ence uoro, we found that Our course had been changed in all probability, and the lights of a large town were discerned. As we approacned tho earth and could distinguish the dwellings. WE RENT THE UPIER AIR with, repeated t heerj at the extent of our voices. But now the tunc had come for decisive and Immediate action, and Mr. King pulled frequently on the upperr valve rope, causing a rushing discharge of gas and a rapid descent of the inflated monster which bad borne us so swiftly and sa!elv over the perilous passage ot 450 miles, two-thirds of which was over the waters of Lakes Krie and St. Clair. Down, still down, we descended, until a clear spot seemed to be close at hand, and on a sudden plump came our basket upon terra firm a onc3 more. King and Cozad grasped the stump ot a burnt tree, and while the latter clung to it with all his might and main, the commodore quickly passed the lanvards attached to the heavy -iron rings at tbe base of the balloon around the tree. Another one took held of tho drag-rope and securely fastened it around a neighboring tree. Each one was cautious not to leave bis seat In the basket,as all the weight was needed to make our anchorage secure. Thus we remained, tho air-ship meanwhile swaying fearfully over head and threatening to tear out anchor and trees from their earthly hold. One of our number was dispatched to rouso tho

ncWhborhood and get euch aid ss we greatly needed in order to brins our unruly ship

to the around wun as iium uamac as little as possible. Our highest aHltude was attained at 3 p. M. of Friiav, being 4 6n feet above the lake level, aud our mean j altitude was 4,000 f,et above the sei. Inj passing . over Morula lownsmp, i.eA county, on the Canada sine, we oewtuufu to within 500 feet of tbe lake level, thence sweeping over West Tilbury township. We crossed "Lake St. CJair auont hallam le above the clouds. The lowest temperature ndicated by tbe thermometer whs wnuo . a - . 1 I. kinhfwt nvrr the laK?. OS ae-trwa, auu iuu uiuw. 3 degrees, Fahren hei A NOUL,lS GIFT. JERRETT SMITH. SENDS $1,000 TO THE DHSTTTUTB IN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA S'JME PERSONAL HISTORY. The following correspondence has been published and fully explains itself: Peterboko. . Y., Aug. 31. IS 4. The Hon. Thos. A. Osborn, Governor of Kansas: Dear Sir: I have read iu the SewAork Times your letter respecting the grasshopper calamity which appears to have readied your State and Nebraska, as well as Iowa and Minnesota. Let me say that whilst I admire the honorable, self-reliance which refuses to ask help lor Kansas from abroad, there nr special reasons whv I Pbonld love her and covet the privilege'of doing something to ward alleviating ber preseni. aisire-s. 1. I worked hard In Congress to save Kan sas from t tie curse of slavery. 2. I afterwards contnouted üMl,ouu to tne various funds for fighting oil Irom her that inaichle&s curse. 3. In saving herself from slavery, Kansas saved the nation from it. Had the slave power triumphed in Kansas, the way lor slavery into any free State would tnereny have been opened, a great savior, mentore. is dear Kansas. 4. John Brown, who did more to save Kansas to freedom, and thereby save the nation to freedom, was my warmly cberiähed friend. Now, I trust, in the light Of mfc&e f:rt von will not refuse to accept tbe inclosed draft for $1.000, made to j ourself and thatrovernorof Nebraska,and to accept it wun tho understasdins that one-halt thereof shaft tro to those in Kansas made destitute hv this rroat caiamitv. ana inc oiuer nan - - k . 1 1 I J thereof to those in Nebraska made destitute l3- it. With great regard, yours. UERKITT n.AIITII, TorEKA, August 31, 1S74. Hon. Gerritt Smith, roterboro, , y .: Dear Sir: Your letter inclosing f 1,000 lor the relief of destitute persons in Kausasand Xebraika has been received, and half ol that sum- sent to the governor of Ne braska. It is not our purpose to go outside of the State for aid, but the nrpsent eenerous donation from you is accented in the spirit in which it i3 ten deied. Since the aay oi j our vote ior iree Kanasin Congress 20 years ago, thi-; frontier territory has become a State containing more than 000,000 people, and of property of more than 8200.000.000 in actual value. 1U6 ereat mass of our citizens, however, are men of small means and tha cilainitie3 of this year leave some of them IX A DESTITUTE CONDITION. The new homestead ECttlers in the western counties have had their crops destroyed by anin!low;of grasahoppcrs and require assistance. An extra session of tho legisla ture has been called to take measures for their aid, and with this relief and such assistance as will be gladly given by the citizens ol the old counties, wo shall meet tho necessities of all who have suddenly leen müde des-' titue. The State is rich in 'resources and will permit nono of her citizens to suffer. This brief statement of our condition and purposes seems due to you, not only on ac count of your prf sent generosity, but also from your constant friendship and historic services in all the dark days of our early history. There is not a hearthstone of an early settler jn Kansas w here the name of Gerrett Smith i3 not knowD, revered and loved, and to-day you are extending to a new generation of pioneers the bounties yon bestowed so liberally, upon us when we were enduring similar hardships whilst tour brave words in defense of freodom and justice, at a period in the history ot tbe country, when it required tho highest order of courage to utier them, will live forever in the hearts of our people. Struggling as Kansas then was witb tbo power of human slavery dominant in tho kind, she will nevv forget yon and your noble co-laborers who struck hands with her in tho severest hour of peril, and opened the path to universal freedom. But the now Kansas has forgotten the animosities and strifes of her warlike daj-s, as you wero the first to teach us to do, but Jier gratitude to Ler benefactois w ill ever remain. Allow me, then, on behalf of the whole State, to renew to you our expression of heartfelt esteem and veneration. " Very truly and sincerely yours, Thomas A. O?r.on CUAKK AND TILTON. SDME DISCLOSURES OF THE TAST A GLIMPSE OF SECRETARY CHASE'S LIFE AND ASPIRATIONS. In the forthcoming " Life of Chief Justice Chase," by J. W. Schuckers, Esq., his private secretary, a book of 650 pages, published with the approval of the family, and in part examined by the late chief justice in his lifetime, there will be found upon page 579 the following letter from Mr. Chaso to Mr. Tilton, which has some special point in these days, when private conversation is deemed public property: Washington, April 10, 1SC3. To Theodore Tllton.Ji- w York: . Your article under the caption, "A Folded Banner," was very different from anything which your conversation with me foreshadowed. You visited me at my house aud invited a conversation. I was glad to see you, as I always have been, and my esteem for you aud trust in 3 0U were such that I talked with you very freely. I little thought that I was on trial before an editor, and that he was about to pronounce a sentence upon me, ex cathedra, accordiug to the puppoeed results of his' investigations. Had I been aware ofthat I should probably have followed a great militarv example and observed a prudent silence. I had seen, with perfect content, so far as I was concerned, the republican preference concentrating upon Gen. Grant. I bad observed also new shibboleths of republican Yaitb, invented and demanded, in the hot contentions of the time, which I could not frame my lips to pronounce. I felt, therefore, that whatever might be my obligation to support republican candidates becauso of my agreement with the majority of tbe Earty on the great point of rights protected v equal suffrage, could not properly repre- i sent it as its candidate. And I said to you that I could not take the republican nomination if I could have it. I know I could not have it, even were Gen. Grant out of the way, if I proclaimed my opinioifs on impeachment, military commissions, military government and the like; and - I WANTED NO NOMINATION: with concealed or unavowed opinions; and, indeed, wanted no nomination at all. For this reason I said I would not take the republican nomination if I could have it. I had said it to nobody else. I said it to you because I felt like saying it. and thought you knew mo well enough to believe me, 1

certainly never dreamed ot a proclamation by you in the Independent based upon it. I knew very welt that everybody who should tbink I had made such a declaration to you. and did not know me Intimately, wonid characterize it, coming as it mut have come, from one who knew he had not the least chance of receiving thetiomi-j nation, in very uncomplimentary terms. I wad still more fiirprised by jcur confident expicesion ttatl wouldacce pt the dun ocratic nomination. I refused to siytoyon that I would not accept it. But I Vlid not say that I would: nor did I say anythinz to ihmt effect. I have never sought cr expected it. I have never thougtu it in iha least degree likely that it would to offered to me. It would have been ridiculous in me to say that I would not accept what had not been

offered, and was not likely to be. It would have savored strong v of a vanity and pre sumption justly offensive, and from which, at least. 1 bope I am frer. What you said led me to suppose that ou agreed with me in tho opinion that thechb-f justi, jr.--i-dine, in the Senate, has the same rieht as th vic.G president when presiding, in that body, and I stated my wish that von would expros that opinion in the Independent. ion said you would, and your article does notcontniu a sentence to that effect. For this, and your declaration that I am not likely to abandon any of the ideas and prin ciples on whh-b, I suppose, your former preference was based. I beg you to accept Div thanks. I rczret that you saw fit to withdraw that preference with such a flour ish of trumpets. You might have said, with truth, that i was neither candidate nor as pirant for any nomination, and that the In dependent did not think it useful to urge auy further consideration of my name. I do'not think you had any right to make any other inlerence from m v conversation with you, and if tbe conversation did warrant anv other inference bv you, I do not think you bad any right to use a private nveration for the purpose of making it. THE RACE ISSUE. A SrEECH ON TI1E ADOITION OF THE PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS AT BATON ItOVGK THE SriRIT OF THE WHITES TOWAUJ THE COLORED PEOr-LE A CANDID STATEMENT OK THE DIFFICVT.TTE9. At the mas meeting lately held at Baton Rouge, La., at which allclnes afidpar:irs of white people were collected, Mr. Morr made a speech, elicited by the resolutions and platform adopted at tbnt time. From this speech, in the New Orlens Picayune, tbe following extracts are taken, as being fair statement ol tee lecnugs and views among the white people of that State toward their colored brethren: Let us make known throughout tho United States that we are iu,t hero to day to make war upon the colored man we are here to assert ioldly and main tain manfully our own rights not to vio late tho rights of others. Gentlemen of this convention, it should be a sub Ject of congratulation to each and every one of you, that yourcommittee have prcicnted such a platform and such resolutions as havo been adopted. There is not a man in tbe State of Liouisiana who is worthy the name of citizen, who can not stand upon this plat form, and do battle in support 01 it, earn estly, with all his heart, with all his soul with all his strength. And now, my countrymen. I desire t call your attention to tbe ureat duty and responsibility which, in the providence of Almighty God, have devolved upon you, the white people of Jjouisiana, and of which you can by mo means divest yourselves You know that before the emancipation of the colored race we occupied toward them a patriarchal relation. The negro should stil receive the protecting care of those who were formerlv his masters. I tell. vou. mv CDuntrymcn, the tru? st anJ best friends the negro ever had, or ever will have, were ccec their masters and owners. The duty that we have to cot form with regard to him, i as I fc.-iy, one lor which we are responsible to God and . our country. I wish to, impress this seriously upm "yon beiore you leave here: it has oppressed me; it has weighed upon me with a heavy sonte ot responsibility; it is to civili.e and Christianize THIS .EGR0 KACE, Left to himself he will become savage, an idolater. Wherever he has been allowed to exercise his natural tendencies and desires unrestrained, be has become a savage and an idolater. God in his providence has entrusted his elevation to you. Do not doubt it; do not shrink from it ; do not attempt to shirk the responsibility. God in his providence has entrusted to you the elevation, tho education and the training of this race. I5j the miserable interference of those who profess to be the friend of the negro, a breach has been made letween him and you, wbo were onco bis owners, and should be his best friends, which has mado it impossible for you to acquit yourself of that high obligation aud duty which rests upon you; therefore it has become a necessity, one which is as obligatory upon yon as any obligation can be, liiat you. the white people of Louisiana, representing the civil ization, tho wraltu. the virtue and intellect of this State, should now assume the control of Us affairs, that you may exercise iho Influence proper lor the elevat:on of tliee people. I beg of each cue of you. wheu you return to your respective homes, fo 1 roclaim it from every stump, that the white people ofliouisiana intend simply to assert their right to exercise the control and management ol their own aflaits, whicli right the great God or heaven has given j'ou. Gcd made you white people to bo THE DOMINANT RACE upon this earth. No race can como in com petition with you; all that has been done for the advancement and promotion of civilization has been done by' iho white race. Mountain has been leveled, river has been bridged, and ocean has been spanned by the teles raph wire. Whatever obstacles mav have interposed to obstruct its ' onward inarch, they have been overcome or removed by the superior energy aud intellect of this dominant race, A few iguoraut and misguided negrofs can not -stand in the way of your advancement. God has given you this great valley of tbe Mississippi, tbe most magniiicent residence vouchsafed to man. to be your heritage. It belongs to you. You are bound to keep and improve it. You can not give up any portion ot it to barbarism, cr permit ignorance and in activity to control it. You are under the must sole am obligations that can rf st upon man.to yenr God and country, to occupy the land and make it fruitful and productive. We do not intend to infringe upon the rights of the negroes, but simply to assert our own. Plant yonr footsteps firmly upon this platform, and it will be no aggression upon the rights of any human being. Plant yourselves there, and there stand, and, my countrymen, 1 do assure you Louisiana will again bloom as a garden and 'prosperity will reign throughout our whole A correspondent writing from Kalamazoo, Mich., says that nothing was more interesting than a walk though the factory ot the Rock ford Clothes-pin Company, whero one sees a huge beech log. sawed into clothes pins ready to be seasoned while a Yankee is devouring a goodly sized pumpkin pie. No less than 150,000 clothes pins are made here daily. The proeess of dr3"ing or seasoning is as expeditious as that of making the pin. In 12 hours alter the log enters this slaughter house it is reduced to seasoned and polished pins, and "delicate hands" are putting them I n am a 11 vnnta t Y XA HniAii a a r Vi a r 1 packing them ia boxes.

INDIANA'S PRIDE.

THE OPENING- NIGHT. THE FX POSITION IX FULL BLAST. THRONGS BY TITK THr'l"AND THE FXERCISES OF LAS r KVKMMI-.Ml'MC, M I R 1 II , ADDRESSES AND A GENERAL !. A TIME WHAT HAS JIEEN, AM) 13 IO UK DONE. At an early hour lat-t evening the throngs ot people passing northward, betokened tbe pproach of the opening - of the ndiana Exposition. . At Illinois and Washington streets there was a Jam of street cars and crowds of people fili ng to overflowing tbe means of locomotion prepared to take tbeeager seekers to the Exposition. Then there wero numberless carriages aud wagons and extemporized vehicles of every description, the drivers of which entered Into a livslv competition as to who should crowd their respective vehicles tbe most, at the same time losing no opportunity to decry tboe of their neighbors. I he cars could nardy be distinguished. tbey . being black with eager humanity who clung to the stps, windows, brakes, in fact wherever they could catch by even an eyeId. From about sundown until long alter the hour of t!w opening exercises, the streets leading Exposition-ward were tilled with people and carriages and cars, aud dust and oaths from car-drivers and backmen and everything was hubbub and bustle.' It was also a pleasant sight to tbo passengers to note tbe occasional shooting off into space of those who were hanging on by their teeth to tto cars, and to see the unlucky wights pick thmselves up and repeat the same thing on the next car, which was always more crowded than the preceding one. at the Exrosmox. The crowds wero filing in, and door-keep ers, f r awhile, were txiraenus on a state of inuacv in thrir tlTuts 10 teke every ' ticket and an&'wer the usual idiotic queslious tbit the average man and brother (and sUter) think it incumbent to a-k on suea occssione. On entering trie bui'dn2, whoever bad seen it (tilling tho first Exposition wt re struck at once with the improvements that have been made. In the cr-nter of tho lower hall a Iirgeand bandsomo pagoda, reaching twothirds ot the way to the roof, has been erected. It is adorued with more colirs than Joseph ever dreamed of' having in bis coat, but combined in such taste - aa to make the general elf .-ct exceedingly rich. In fact, the w bole appearance of tho centre is rather oriental. In place of the shields of each State of the Union that adorned (?) the centre last year, are artistically painted curtains and scrolls, .so well done in tact that they are eveu better than tbo reality could be. Crimson and gold, scarlet." purple, white, blue and lavender tints predominate, and frtn suitable surroundings to the gilded and richly colored pagoda. The nillais throughout the lower hall are painted in red. white and 'tlue. and.the vast ceiling is toned down into a pleasant brownish color. The pillars in the upper hall send lorth the green palm branches, and the whole effect is decidedly pleasant. Floral Hall is beginning to bud and blofisom like the rose, and the choicest variety ot fruit, flowers and piant9 aie alreadv filling the hall, while the green houses on the south side are nearly lull of the smaller and choicer variety cf flora. The grotto is b? ing remodeled, and a subterranean passage being cue of tbo additional novelties. To sum it up, there are many changes, and all are improvements from last vear. . . T.HE EXHIBITORS, ; however, have not yet come to the front very extensively. Tbe pop-corn, lemonade, candy and lunch men, how 6ver, have put in an Abearance, and use uie niwe beo are gathering the honey from every open flower, or is about the same curse, which thing for that matter. Tho busy hum of preparation resounds on all sidei, and the indications are that tho exhibition will be larger, finer, and more complete than during tne Lxposi tion of '73. Everyone who has space allotted them are straining every nerve, and by the last ot the week there will not be a foot ot room unoccupied by some exhibitor. Tbe new music hall is a most excellent ad dition, (in every sense ot the word) and last night was crammed with people present at the OPENING EXERCISES. A selection of music was first played . by Bradsbaw's band, after whkti the Choral Union, under the leadership of Prof. Black, rendered "Old Hundred" in fine stylo. The Rev. .J. P. E. Kumler then offered a pravei.and was sue ceeded by tho Choral Union in that well known selection from the "Creation," "Tho Heavens are Telling," etc. Tha lirbt speaker of the evening. President John Sutherland, was introduced aud spoke as lollows: president Sutherland's addres?. Ladies and Gentlemen: We have met to inaugurate the present Exposition, tbe second one of its kind in Indianapolis, and the twenty-second ' re-asscmbling of those componant Industries, which wo hop?, have notbeeu without profit to our people all over the State. In the brief time allotted to these remarks, 'It will be impossible to give more than a hasty glance into the dim vista ot the past 58 years' feince Indiana first took upon herself tbe dignity of a .state; but that glance may not " be without profit as it is ' well sometimes to pause and look backward for encouragement and a better realization of the situation of to-day. Fifty-eight years is . time enough for vast improvements to be made all over our land. Note the change in your own city. What w. Indianapolis "tilty years ago?" A wilderness of trees, swamp's and unbroken lands, untenanted save by the wild beasts, the Indians and a few hardy pioneers, wbo were striving, by herculean efforts, for what? for fame? ambition? wealth? No! for houses! houses for themselves and little ones; homes lor you and I; for these tbey felled the forest and turned the wild prairie where now thriving towns and villages stand, the fertile tield among. For these early citizens were farmers as a class. Indiana did not rise like a meteor to Hash athwart the blue of our Union and take a place with her elder sister States; her vast mineral resources lay securely hidden away In the embrace of mother earth, un suspected by the sturdy plowman who wear ily plodded over their tenement year after year, but no good "Genii" spoke the word to cause them to spring from their dark cells; earnest labor has been the only open sesame we have had to our present condition. Yet the tillers of tho soil waxed strong; that prosperity whicli is the result ot honest toil was theirs, other interests began to come in, new impulses were given to industry, and recognizing the fact of the perfect fitness of all things, and the mutual dependence of, one upon another tor ' the adaptation of all to the highest and most absolute good, these men met together almost twentytwo years ago, and formed a society for tbe encouragement of home industry, founded upon the immutable principle, "That noth ing can fully and completely work ont its results alone independent ol 11 other

things." A society where the farmer, the mechanic, the merchant could all be repre

sented and encouraeed. For having agricul ture as its ground work, the grand biudlug tie of all, it still realized the fact that tho farmer is not everything; the grain must begrounl be fore it can be consumed, and the miller is not a farmer. Woo, ot ton and flax must lie cleansed, cirded. spun, wovon, shaned and joined beiore it is of any value to man. oiu tue manuiac:urer or tailor is not the farmer; man can not live bv bread alone, for the tools with which he labors, for bis carriages, clothing, NEWSPAPERS AND-LC- PRIES, more of which be ix-st ttian did the kings of ancient times. The farmer ia c'C pendent upon other men; it would be a plunge into barbarism and would reduce tbe population to a bar baric standard to deprive either the farmer or any other das of what they receive troni other men; nut agriculture is the grand underlying priuciple which binds together the greater part of tbe productive labor of the world, .Nearly all the raw materials upon which tbe energies and skill of men are expended is the product of the sod, as agriculture emp'oys the machine, moves the myriad wheels of the factory, and propels the ladened vessels across the sea. Whether since that memorable day, "J2 years ago, we have labored for aught, we leave you to decide. There are good reasons for believing that our people have not as yet fully comprehended the benefits directly or indirectly growing out of this liudable enterprise, both to the public generally and individuals. For the monfy and time it cost the visitor, there is no place where one can ro where so much PRACTICABLE KNOWT.riXiE can bo gained in so short ' time. Tf onr people, and especially our farmer?, would take a week and carefully and ' judicously investigate what is to be seen at an 'exposition" of this character.they cpuld not make a better investment of timeor money; the (rreat mistake so nianv make. Is In allowing themselves bnta day, which gives but a confused idea where there is so much to be seen. Whether in tbo fifty-eight years ot our sovereignty, we have made as great advanee up tbe "bill of progress as we should remains for others to say. As to whether we havo made good use of the talent God has given, or have, like that unfaithful and slothful servant spoken of in tbe parable, "hidden it away iu a napkin." I think tho evidences of kill and industry around you will sufficiently answer. Cities and villages dot onr Statu from line to line, bumming with the noise of busy life and traffic. 1 ndianapolis is eo longer the struggling capital of A POOR AND DESPISED STATE, but a metropolis that can lift her head proudly among sister cities of many years her senior. Nature has with a lavish hand done much for her, but too great credit can not be given to her enterprising citizens for the public spirit they have displayed in tbe interest of the city; the energy and lator they have put forth has mada it one of the great railroad centers of the Union, and a city that to-day is spending es muca money in improvements as anv other of lOO.OOO inhabitants with as bright a future, and as great inducements for tha stranger to lind a home as any citv in ice united rva'.es. and all the result of hard, earnest labor, and as tho piit baa D3on so must the future ever be, ono continual warlitre, but one continual victory as well. whose notes shall be resounded from Mairo to Oregon. Aye, and distant climes shall catch the strain and proclaim abroad our honorable reward for honest toil. Indiana Las triumphed, she has wrestled from their dark prison houses these treasure which theearth holds so abundantly, yet so unwillinglv yields, and has wrung from unwilling lips notes of praise and admiration. The band then played a musical selection, after which President Sutherland stepped forward and Introduced Gov, Hendricks, sayiLg: Ladies and Oentlemen: One of the pleasant duties of this evening that I have to perform is having the honor to Introduce to you our governor, Thomas A. Hendricks, wbo will now address you. GOVERNOR HENDRICK'S ADDRESS. It is our pleasing duty, this evening, to participate in . such proceedings and ceremonies as are deemed suitable in opening the second annual State Exposition, and I am sure we ail rejoice at the encouraging prospects of the success of the enterprise. This Exposition is under the management of the State Board of Agriculture, and will be an introduction to, ancl constitute a pait of the State Fair. Tbe Exposition and Fair are now State institutions, and I do not leir that the people of the State will allow either of them " to tail. In very many respects tbey are useful. They furnish occasion and opportunity for the people of the different parts ol tho State to come together and enjoy pleasant and profitable association. The result is reciprocal benefit, cultivation and refinement. A aa i,.iAA1ti Si, ti'liich ill im teahr and all are scholars. They are Schöna üy which tint class of osM'al information is communicated which is acquired by exportence. Here also we meet enterprising and cultivated citizens of other States, who contribute to the nleasnres of the occasion and the general lund of useful knowledge. Vei :ry cordially wo welcome them. I3- the UNION OF.TFIE EXPOSITION AND FAIR, art, science, skilled labor and agricultureare brought together, and mutual respect and interest are promoted, nerc tbe scientist, the artisan and the farmer stand face to face, and come more thoroughly to know and understand their mutual dependence and welfare. From the farmer, the machinist may learn defects in his machinery, which experience has developed; and from tbe scientist he may receive suggestions which will enable him to economize space and power.' And in return the farmer learns the uses and advantages of implements and machinery not heretofore tried or used by him. And all. tho farmer and the artisar alike, go away with more comprehensive views in respect to the assistance which the laws of nature will give them if wisely invoked. The dependence of modern agriculture upon improved implements and machinery' was never so demonstrated as during the war. More than a million ot men were called from the pursuits of peace. The requirements of the army made an increased demand upon the productions of the farm. The increased supply of improved machinery took the place of the absent labor. With the old style plow, and the sickle aud scythe, the wbrk could not have been done. Without the improved plow, tbe drill and culti vator the fields could not have been cultivated, and without the reaper, the mower and the thresher the crops coma not nave ueen narvesiea, nor the meadows niowen. Tbe machines never tired, but went on, each doing the work of many men. Improved machinery supplied tho places and did the work of many hundreds of men. It was wise . and pioper, on the part of thß Stat Board of Agriculture to unite in exmmtion me pro ducts of agriculture and of tbe mechanicarts. I can not undertake to refer in detail to the many objects of interest to be found in this Exposition. Tbe specimens of manu facture and of work in iron, wood, marble