Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 September 1874 — Page 4

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TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 29.

The Chicago Tribune, taking Gov. lien dricka speech aa a text, argues against the doctrine that aa adverse balance of trade la a sign of financial or industrial distre.-s and consequently maintains that the governor's theory about waiting until it turns 5n our favor before resuming specie payment Is a fallacy.1 Ü rest Britain is taken as as example of a country whoss imports since 1850 have constantly exceeded her export The fact of the matter Is, tbe balance of trade might just as well be paid in gold as in goods or produce, when the currency of a country is in a healthy condition. r.acl nation will export whatever it has in great to the mart et in which there is the. moat demand for it, If we can pay Eogiand for a trreater amount of manufactures by sending her money than by sending her flour, it is the better policy to ship the coin In order to procure that coin we must dispose of our products to other nations, where they can be sold to the most advantage, or die the gold from the mines. It is only when a country usea the precious metals to pay off a balance in trade aud supplies their nlarahv naner which it has cost neither labor nor Increase of commerce ia other markets to procure, that the balance of trade indicates clear loss. Every time a dollar In gold Is sent to England and is replaced by a nsDer dollar, that costs nothing but the printing instead of by an equal amount of precious metal or valuable produce from another country or from the fields or mines of out own, the nation creates an adverse balance of trade as disastrous as that so com monly dreaded has proved harmless.. In other words, it Is spending capital and mak ing promissary notes to replace it, mat is dangerous. There was a formal reception of Governors Pollock and Bigler, of Pennsylvania, at the v-rrvHitinn Thursday atteVnoon. These gentlemen represent the Centennial commission of Philadelphia, and their mission is to kindle and sustain in different parta of the country an interest in the great celebration which Is to take place" In Philadelphia two years hence. Gov. Jlendricks tendered them the hospitalities of the city, and his reception speech as well as their rejoinders, will be found on another page of the Sentinel. The argument which the visitors made in regard to the national character of the Centennial Exposition, was, in the main, a conclusive one. ' It is appropriate that the nation should celebtate the close of its first century of existence with some degree ef solemnity and splendor. It is also appropriate that such celebration should be concentrated in one point of particular interest, and no fitter place for such concentration can be found than Philadelphia. This Is not said with any idea of exalting that city at the expense of others, but It happens to be the birth place of American nationality and that fact suggests the propriety of holding the Centennial celebration in the Quaker city. The wealth, beauty and size of the place will do honor to the occasion and the country. As to the necessity or usefulness of a national celebration no better argument could be used to enforce either than the very prejudice existing against any such general effort. There is altogether too much of a sentiment of local patriotism springing up in all directions. The old sectional feeling between the North and the South Is as bitter as ever, and a petty jealousy between the East and the West now almost rivals it. Instead of a broad, genial nationality, we are lapsing into provincial animosities. With the currents of life and business gliding so freely through the country, it is, of course, impossible that we should ever become estranged so far as to prove enemies; but we may . become , very f lukewarm friends. The Sentinel is inclined to think with favor of these sentimental aids to patriotism, such as the centennial will prove to be, and if Philadelphia profits by the national jubilee, why, that Is her luck, which no one ought to envy her. She is a sober, steady matron, and can bear her good fortune without putting on airs or conceiving undue ambition, aa Chicago, St. Louis or Cincinnati would. Let'' it 'be understood, however, that all effort lor this great occasion should be voluntary. It ia a fine idea to make auch an exposition as will delight and astonish ..the .world; but , we should not attempt more than can be accomplished with ease and cheerfulness. A celebration Is a thing of joy and charity, and not the result of forced loans or unwilling taxation. Within that limitation Indianapolis bids Philadelphia good speed In her work of preparation, and will doubtless . contribute . more than lair wishes to make the centennial a national celebration. ' ' . Queer Qalefaes. That hot-headed young Tennessee statesman, Andrew Johnson, has announced himself as a candidate for the United States Senate, and is making bimael- conspicuous at all the county fairs, , husking fcees and barn raisings in the state. Ilia appearance at Gallatin has evoked a great deal of comment. He told the old story of his advance in political life, from the position of, alderman in his native village to that of president of the United States, and he pledged, aa usual, undying fidelity to the constitution of the country. Neither did he forget the ladies, but with his customary exuberance of spirits praised them and quoted poetry at them like a romantic boy. The press of the country welcomes him to the political field with great good humor, and even the New York Times attempts to be genially jocose on the subject of his reappearance, and almost succeeds In being good natured, though, of course, it cannot get rid ofthat "certain condescension" which it exhibits to all things American, from the character of George Washington downwards. The Times, however, In contrasting the reign of President Johnson with that of bis succes

sor, makes a wondrous strange statement. its.y.-, . Consistent, honest, wrong-headed. and willful Andrew Johnson! f eace to his memory f What special lesson the wild -tumult ol his administration should teach the nation, we do not know.4 lie believed he was right. Thousands of better and do bier men than he believed with him. Nevertheless, it was a long time before the nation, ander the firm, qui t rule of his successor, recovered from the irritation and clamorous quarrelsomeness of his time. - - Tills is one of the most absurd assertions that has appeared In any American journal for a long time, and absurdities grow in the rank soil of the newspapers with the fecundity and hardihood of thistles, and with the rapidity of the magic bean stalk. Think of Gen. Grant's administration being denominated a "firm, quiet rule." Consider the propriety of congratulating ourselves over recovering from "the irritation and quarrelsomeness of Johason's time!" How deliciously quiet things have been In Columbia, S. C, with two factions of negroes striving for the mastery, and the . streets picketed with armed men. What a state of blissful repose tb6 people of Edgefield have enjoyed with the: colored militia on the rampage and the modern Moses clamoring to the president for aid. How serene and cheerful the town of Cbusbatta and its neighborhood lie In ths autumn sunshine with their dead men quietly buried. What a careless season of rest the good citizens of New Orleans have been enjoying, with their "bruised arms hung' up for monuments," their , Vstern ' alsrums ' changed to merry meetings," and their "dreadful marches to delightful measures." How peaceful are the cotton fields of Alabama after the scala

wag has fled in dismay to Connecticut. How secure are the cornfields of Tennessee after the lynchers have passed on their way rejolc ing. What heavenly tranquility has brooded like a dove over Owen county, Kentucky. And how quiet things have been in Arkan sas and Mississippi with the dull monotony of perfect peace only broken from time to time by the shriek of a terrified governor for Federal help. Verily if this be a reign of firmness and quiet and security, then it is time for a little turmoil. ( Perhaps, indeed, the Times only meant- that there were peace and unity of spirit ; in the party instead of . throughout the country, and that Grant was ruling the various elements of the organization with a firmness and discretion which Johnson certainly failed to exhibit. If this merely partisan interpretation be given to the words quoted above, then the harsh criticism as to their absurdity must be retracted; for, excepting in the case of the liberal outbreak, which was promptly repressed, there never was a party held in more complete and perfect discipline by its chief and his subordinates than the republican party now ia. Within its limits indeed the president's rule is a firm and qniet one as compared . to that of his predecessor. There is neither irritation nor clamorous quarrelsomeness to be com plained of. , Everything Is regulated with the precision of a disciplined army in which, however much the bayonets may think. they know enough to obey orders. Indeed the vast host seems to be so well trained. that it will undertake any tast its master may set, even to the winning of the thh d term. In this sense Grant and the subordinate members of the administration may well be congratulated on . their repose and security.' The .' troubles and disasters of the country concern them not for their power is above assault. They are like the heathen gods, described in the poem of the "Lotus , Eaters,", that He beside their , nectar while."the bolts are hurled far below i them in the valleys.". They recline at ease In their '.'golden bouses,? and glance care lessly down at the woeaof a much enduring race ot men in the world beneath. They are heedless of the crime and suffering that is going on, beneath their eyes, and deaf to the lamentation that is streaming up from below, like "a tale of little meaning, though the words are strong." - Apply the words of the Times to these men and there is much fitness in them. How to make money is a solved question. It is as well understood by the American people now as it ever will be. Every, phase or speculation Dy tne use or capital, every trick of trade without capital, every method of evolving' values, real and fictitious, has been found out and tried with more or less of success. So far, so good. The other lesson, ' the complementary ; principle of economy,1 we know bot t very little about. ( . The fatal 1 trouble, especially with dty life,' the cause of all our woes, I3 that it costs too much to live. Take the case of a single man who can command, say ? 1,200 salary. - Grant that he is free from what are generally termed vices, which are extraordinarily expensive.' His room rent is three -dollars; meals, 'five dollars; washing, one dollar and fifty cents; tobacco, (a necessity) two dollars; incidentals, fifty cents; making a weekly expense which is constant of twelve dollars. This uses np $624, over half of the salary.". Then come clothing, rides, concerts, postage and incidental matters which accrue to even moderate and moral men, and we shall find the rule to be that the $1,200 salary Is nearly or quite all dissipated at the end of the year and not a single stone laid in the foundation of a fortune. It appals the thoughtful young man -and '.he declares -that , he must have a larger salary or there is no chance to make any.' headway. But j. the fact is, this t large . salary business is becoming more and more dubious. ( Business does" not 'justify it; "will not permit It, in fact. Attention must be turned to the other end of the . account, if anything is to be saved. It makes people angry, it is true, to talk to 'them about economy. They flout it, and act nnamiably towards lriends who venture to present this view of the subject. It is so intensely distasteful to watch the outflowing dribble of money, that only one In a hundred can be induced to keep an account and look each week squarely upon the itemized and aggregate sums of money which he has disbursed, here, there and everywhery. If a man will do this, bringing arithmetic to bear inexorably on his weekly transactions, in nine cases out of ten it would prove his financial salvation, lor money is almost always frittered away by a sort of enforced self-deception great variety

of the most transparent! little fallacies that would be too silly for a child's winter evening game, ' Talk of "taking no noteoi time, the willlul ignorance of money wastage discounts it in ' stupidity a thousand per cent, It is a lesson yet to be learned and put In practice, A great and prolific country, sparsely populated, the speculative excitement of grasping the riches ot new storehouses have upset all reasonable standards of expense. This is the next thing to becbanged. Plans of living' must be devised which take less money. Waste must be stopped. Carefulness in saving Is to this country ; a lost art. From the farm to the dweller of the city, there is a con sttnt leakage and throwing away In New

York City the chiffoniers will overhaul a" bushel of sweepiDgs for a bit of coal the size of a walnut. In the streets of Indianapolis during the coal hauling season, it won Id not be difficult to load a cart daily with coal scattered ' along the streets. So with food, clothing, everything that we use, There is certainly a better way. , Some practical suggestions, very carefully made. may come hereafter, by which current ex penses might and ought to be reduced onehalf, at least. " Tbt acw Isaac. A favorite style of judging of the late In surrection in Louisiana is to estimate the movement by its effect upon the elections in the North. Mere republican partisans, like the Chicago Inter-Ocean, hailed the even with delight, as a means of rousing old pass'.onsand prejudices, and kindling old enthusiasm. Democratic partisans, like the Cincinnati Enquirer, regarding the' matter in the same selfish aspect, trembled lest the result of the movement would be all that re publican fancy painted it. It is now pretty clear that the so-called revolution is not to have such an astounding effect as was hope?! for by one party and feared by the olher. It was so decently managed that it la difficult to get np any fury over it - Even the indignant eloquence of Morton has failed to substitute senti ment for reason in our political contest. Noth withstanding the partial failure,however, the republicans have gained a great deal by bringing the Southern question to tie front once more. They have worked change In the method of conducting the campaign that must be very gratifying to their feelings. " It is now no longer neces sary to explain away the wonderful system of ingenious thieving by which the great statesmen or the party grew rich out of grants to the Pacific railroad, and stood and declaimed to an admiring peonle about the industrial girdle across the continent, the march of civilization and the era of progress, with.- the people's money -.in their pockets. . A good strong diatribe against the stiff-necked rebels will answer every purpose. . The painful effort to show that the back pay was abso lutely necessary for Congressional comfort, that it was bestowed for charitable purposes when taken, or that it was given back be fore the "lamp had ceased to burn," is now suspended, and the orator, witn a sigh of re lief, turns to the picture of the mail agent, Ivey, murdered by Alabama White Leaguers for his ' adherence to political principles. How much easier It is to denounce the slaughter of Billings than to explain how it comes that' President Grant is drawing $50,000 a year In contravention of the spirit and even of the . letter of the United States constitution. The intricacies of the tariff are by no means pleasant themes for any editor or speaker outside of Pennsylvania and New 'England,' and it has been bard lines for a western man to explain to a crowd of anxious grangers why they should pay tribute to make up enormous dividends for eastern capitalists; but with what a blithesome'spirit he can soar away upon the American Eagle for a birds-eye view of the disturbances in Owen county, Kentucky. The panic of last fall and the uncertain condition ot the currency were also subjects that no good servant of the administration wanted to talk much about. It was difficult to get people to believe, In the manner of Senator Morton, at Terre Haute, that the whole thing was a pure case of accident. But what a sweet theme for declamation the barbarous outrage committed in Trenton county," 'Tennessee offered instead. The contract by means of which Sanborn -undertook" the collection of - revenue which the regular officers of the government ought to have gathered in without ' extra compensation was a remarkable piece of scoundrelism, and many profited by it, but few people cared to talk of its mysteries. How charming it was, as a relief, to consider the lrightful nature of the Coushatta . massacre, . and , paint its dramatic details. The robberies In the District of Columbia and South Carolina were also very curious matters, and few men would not prefer a brilliant lamentation over the sad fate of Julia Hayden to making an attempt to account for them. ' The fact of the matter is that the repub lican orators and editors have made a gal lant effort to turn away the public atten tion from the issues in regard to which the present campaign began, by denouncing Southern lawlessness. The ruse is exceedingly clever. It ia tantamount, however, to saying: "It is true that we are running the finances ot the country to de struction. It is true that , we are strangling industry by unjust discrimination. It is true that we have been stealing with an en terprise and persistency never exhibited since the destruction ofthat memorable band, the forty thieves. But we have ever been the consistent friends ot the negro, and can you trust his Balvation to anyone else, if you turn us out of office?" The Sentinel would be perfectly willing to see the republican party tried on this single isse or re construction, which it is so anxious to discuss. This paper can not regard the work ot the past ten years in the South, as the one redeeming virtue among the many crimes of the party. It consider it rather the chief one among its iniquities. The rule which has only brought about murder, treason and military occupation, ought not to plead for a continuance. Certainly change in government could not make the Southern whites more miserable.disoontented and

desperate. It could not render the a blacks more insecure, dishonest and' dangerous. Take Senator Morton's speech, and it serves as the indictment of his party If all the rest of its record were as white as snow, the Story of ita failure to grasp the reconstruction issue with anything like a due appreciation of its meaning and importance would be enough to condemn it. .. ... The 0ida Community. The Oneida Commune has now been established nearly half a centnry; It has become prosperous and wealthy, and refaats all applications for admission, as it has already established a large branch colony wholly of perrons born In

the aoclely, and propnees to grow only by propa gation. I Cincinnati r-nquirer. The principles of the Oneida Community no decent newspaper can discuss, but the false representation that is continually made as to the material prosperity of the concern ought to be met and destroyed, as it leads to dangerous misapprehensions. The Oneida Community was founded years ago, on a fair capital, which has increased at a merely moderate rate. Its farm is in a beautiiul valley, 'near a prosperous town, and would constitute a happy home for virtue, although t is by no means an enchanted garden for sin. The members of the community live in a large brick house in which, notwithstanding their cooperative system, there are not as many borne comforts as single families ot moderate means are able to enjoy. Those rooms that are open to visitors are but poorly ' furnished,' and look more like parlors in' country hot;is than anything else. The large concert hall, where the members of the community meet in the evening for family conversation, is the on'y fine and tastelul apartment , about the es tablishment. The, grounds ;. around the bouse are well laid out, but are not by any means remarkable for elegance or excellence of design. There is a mean, catch-penny sort of a spirit manifested by the members of the community, which renders their residence more like a tavern than a private house. They have ' a band, and give concerts and furnish music for dances, so that parties from Oneida and the surrounding country, k make their . place a terminus ; for ' winter . ' sleigh rides.. They are willing to take in permanent boarders, and furnish meals to transient visitors. They have a library, cabinet and one or two public rooms to ex hibit, and then the innocent traveler has an opportunity afforded him ' to look over photographs of the grounds, and books descriptive of the society and its theories and practices. , He is not asked to purchase, but he is expected to do so, and generally departs after paying more . than he would for viewing any authorized . exhibition of curiosities in ' a city. To a stranger the whole establishment has a cheerless, homeless look, and the few men and women that are to be seen by no means kindle any desires for a closer acquaintance. The community is prosperous in a worldly point ot view, since the settlement on a beautiful farm of more than six hundred acres in the lap of the hills of Oneida, could not be an unprofitable one. It does well out of its trade in canned fruits. ' It also makes considerable money by the manufacture of rat-traps, in which elegant occupation the society is said to have acquired a national reputation. The foundry of the community is a fair-sized building doing a good business, and its manufacture of silk thread gives employment to a couple ot hundred girls from the neighboring village., The community school and academy are apparently as good as those of any ordinary New, York or New England village. The truth of the matter is that the whole thing is made romantic by the exageration with which its very common place and moderate business success is related. While this association has been increasing slowly and selfishly within its narrow limits Men like Vanderbilt and Stewart, out of less capital, have ' accumulated fortunes out of which the possessions of the Oneida comma nity might be stolen and never missed While these few paltry manufactures have been timidly rising in Oneida Valley, great cities like Chicago, with thousands of diversified ' inter ests have sprung up throughout the country While they have been building their little roads and by-paths about their farm, the country has - been girdled with iron tracks on which the commerce of millions is carried. While they havo been building their, pretty country academy to whose belfry they , point ' so proudly, individual men like Vassar and Cornell have founded great colleges. In fact, the lesson of the the Oneida Community, considered merely in a business point of view, is this: That selfish isolation is poor policy, and that the true road to worthy success lies among the masses of men in open competition tor broad, generous purposes. . The time may come, moreover, when the miserable gains of the Oneida socialists will be swept from them at a stroke. Their property has been held In trust by the venerable founder of the order in whom the members have implicit faith, and when he dies, strife and disaster may be : expected to rise irom nis asnes ... Neither in the past nor in the future is there anything about the financial success of the community worthy of consideration.' As for the brutal philosophy which it preaches and practices much could be said of it. if the English language afforded enough of clean words wherewith to treat so ioui a subject. ' .-: i ii The Attica Ledger relates a sad case : On Thursday last two sons of Morgan Jones, of Warren count v. were out hunting, wnen one of them was fatally shot. .They were as cending a hllL when one of; the brothers reached his gun to the other, muzzienrst, to helo him pull np. The bammer caught in some way, aud the piece was discharged, the ball entering the abdomen of the one who caught hold of it to be helped up the bill. lie lingered till midnight, wnen deatn ended his sufferings. The boys were twins, aged fourteen years, and the name of the unfortunate one who thus met his death was George. . . .. . , Animals are now siaugnterea scientinca al Paris and Vienna. The instrument used is simply a very convenient form of axe, with a hollow cylinder (ike a gun-wad punch) about six inches long and one inch in diameter, with its edge ground sharp on the end opposite the blade. A single blow with this end cuts a round hole in the fore head and produces instant death. Under the old method it required 10 or more blows to produce death.

A GREAT DAY.

J THE GOVERNOR AT SALEM. ; DEMOCRACY IN THE THIRD DISTRICT ORKAT SPEECH ' OF 1 GOV. HENDRICKS CRA VESTS . PUTS HIS FOOT nt IT JUDGED AND CONVICTED OCT OF HIS OWN MOUTH. ' : -: ' ' (Occasional Correspondence of tne Bentinel) Salem, Ind., Sept. 24. Yesterday, one of the largest and most enthusiastic political meetings of the campaign was held at the court house. It , was the occasion of Gov. Hendricks7 appointment to speak, and notwithstanding the opposition with .their characteristic disregard of truth, bad circulated in the country the report that the governor would not be here, he arrived on tbe morning train, and soon the gray-haired veterans ol the party; many of whom are not in the habit of attending political.meetines, came also, and by 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon, the court houte was filled to overflowing. The governor took the stand, and In - bis dignified and . statesman like manner, proceeded to discuss tbe political issues between the democratic and republican parties in the most logical and convincing manner. He accepted the proposition of Morton in his Terre Haute speech, , "that the issues are between the democratic and lepubiican -parties," and said combinations of men are necessary in order to accomplish great ends, and urged the party to stand shoulder to shoulder and contend and battle for their principles by which we judge all men and parties. He referred to the evils of intemperance the inefficiency of the Baxter hill and substantially reiterated his position on the subject as expressed at tbe State convention. He next referred to the legislative apportionment of the State, and showed indisputably its glaring and outrageous fraud upon the representation or the State. "The constitution and honor say this wrong should not be perpetrated, the republican legislature said it was right. Republicans, will you stand by that fraud or will you repudiate; it? Democrats, Will you straggle off from tbe great army of the party and set up in separate tents where you can not accomplish anything, or will you stand and fight together and see this vile wrong wiped out? He next referred to and showed tbe .... - . , . DIFFERENCE IN THE COST : of the democratic legislators of 1871, and the republican of 1872-1873, the former costing for legislative purposes f419 per day of ita session less than the republican legislature cost per day of its session. He next referred to tbe republican congressional address, and showed up its glaring absurdities in a most masterly manner, when he described the congressional committee of nine riding over tne railroads in palace cars to "adjust tbe dif ferent rates for different railroads, so that all parties might have Justice." 1 he audi ence went wild with applause, their shouts making tbe court house fairly tremble from foundation to dome. "What the demo cratic party and the people want is a plain, fair and economical administration of the government and that won't be "vulgar either'" "For seventy years our fathers held that a State created and could control corporations they ought; to retain that power." "I am proud of being governor of the great State of Indiana, with ber 1,800,000 inhabitants and worth nearly a billion of money." He next condemned the civil rights bill as nnnessary for the protection of the negro and injurious to our educational interests. "Ample provision is being rapidly made for the education of the negro we ought to educate them, they are voters. tie also . , . CONDEMNED THE SENTIMENT ' oi enaior rratt, wnen ne says, "more than a third of a million of foreign immigrants are annually, coming among ns, who in all the elements that go to make np useful citizens tbe negroes . are their sn periora." The Republicans say, "We have bloodshed in the South." 'Who is responsimj . Jot lb i in nvuuBuuuuuu m lauurer Have they got to begin anew to make states down there? - Did not Mr. Ldncoln declare that states could not be destroyed by rebellion? Has not the Republican party assumed that they were distroyed? Do you want them governed by the army, is that what you want? In those states that are governing themselves there is no bloodshed, but it exists where they have Bet up and maintained by force State governments in opposition to a majority of the people. You can't keep up a government over the white race by the negro supported by tbe bayonet nor could you by tbe white race. It Inevitably brings trouble. Give them all an equal chance under equal laws, and give them all fair play. Are we to keep a governor in office by force, who is not elected; who an investigation proved was not elected? You can't have despotism in Louisiana and liberty in Indi ana; tbe despotism will reach Indiana alter a while. You want good government down there, so that they may be prosperous and able to buy your produce, and you have tbe advantage of a free outlet of nature to their market." "I want the negio protected in all his rights." MORE MONET. ' There is talk of more money. I think if you had had good government at Washing ton we should have bad no scarcity of money. ' . . Mr. Cravens being present the governor kindly referred to him as an old time friend, and regretted Cravens' position, saying, If Major Cravens is elected to congress where will his vote come from? To say the least of it, his would be an uncomfortable position to vote all the time against the men who elected him. The governor here introduced the fable of tbe lion's feast, and made tbe application that democrats ought to be as wily aa the (ox, and not go into tbe den where all tbe tracks go in and none come out, and then made a stirring appeal to democrats to stand houlder to shoulder and not divide up half and haif in tbe midst of a great contest. 'You are not fighting only the battle of in our history. What is done now influences the campaign of 1876. Men are of small moment; principles are everything. I stand here to-day contending lor democratic principles. In a fer years I shall have parsed away forever. Let us hope that the principles we advocate may be transmitted in ga d government to our children for their benefit." As he concluded three rousing cheers were given for tbe governor and three for the democratic ticket. ' - CRAVENS AGAIN. .At this juncture Maj. Cravens made a wild appeal to the crowd to stay and hear him in explanation of his positition, which they seemed disposed not to do, nntil appealed to 1874; you are fighting the battle of a period by one of Mr. Kerrs warm friends, saying: "I am as much opposed to Maj. Cravens as any of you, but I ask you to stay and hear him." Order being restored, Cravens proceeded in a very boisterous and excited manner, said "be differed with tbe Governor on somt) ot the great questions. I stand here to defend my position. I am for the people independent of all parties. The democratic party has become corrupt; the democratic party as bolied." He then made a very bittt-r attack on Mr. Kerr, who was not pres ent, and kept up his incoherent harangue for a long while, to tie great disgust ana am axemen tof tbe audience. Among other things he said: "I am for an Increase of the volume

of the currency; there are but. four classes opposed to it they are the banker, the bondbolder, the money lender and tbe officeholder," Right here I might observe tbe major dkl not tell his audience be was a bondholder and an owner of national bank stock, which is notoriously true and the major ia justly celebrated for looking after bis own interest. The next read from th

I New York World and tbe Louisville Courierjournal paragraphs and tried to impress on tbe audience by them that Mr. Kerr was the petot Wall street, and, also, to direct attention to some slightly remarks about the governor. He closed as he bad begun in a greatly disturbed and excited msnner, and to the great relief ot the audience. Governor Hendricks being called for, took the stand, and said: "I did not come here to discuss the questions between Mr. Cravens and his competitor. The msjor has introduced In his speech questions in no sense in reply to my speech. When I stood face to face with my competitor I never used such lang age about bim as Major Cravens uses against an absent competitor. In justice to that absent man (meaning Mr. Kerr) I say I served in the Senate when he served in the House, and he served a long while, and he Dever cave a vote in the interest of Wall street, and against the labor ot Indiana. If he had I would denounce him npon his record." Here Cravens interrupted him, and said: "Kerr voted against the H,000,000 reserve arid tbe journals show it." The governor replied: o sir; be did not do it; the journals do not show it. Produce your records they don't show anything of the kind." Cravens also pleaded the baby act by saying be was only "a plain farmer and might be mistaken in some of his statements." To which Hendricks replied: "You are a farmer? Why you are a politician! When I first got Into politics you were in tbe legislature you went to Congress you were State agent at New lork you ran for Congress in convention only two years ago, you have cut loose from tbe democratic party aa an Independent candidate for Congress this year, you say the party is' corrupt? Was it corrupt when you was in office? You have cut loose fiom it and we part company here." These remarks were made in tbe most kind and gentle manner, and at no time did Hendricks pel mit the Major's excitement to disturb him in the least. The audience then gave three stunning cheers for Hendricks and three for the entire democratio ticket. Cravens unquestionably lost many votes by this day's work. Some of hi heretofore warm friends admit be ought to be beaten, loumay put Washington county down for her usual majority for Kerr and the ticket. Observer. FROM TUE ANTIPODES. A LETTER FROM THE OTHER BIDS OF THK G1X)KK NKW8 FROM THK INDIANIANS ATTACHED TO THE UNITED STATES ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION IMPRESSIONS OF BAHIA AND CAPE TOWN. Mr. G. W. Dryer, of this city, at present attached to one of the expeditions sent out by the United States government to observe the transit of Venus, writes a verv interesting letter from Cape Town, South Atricarom which some extracts are condensed. The letter is dated August 9, and tbe length of time that has elapsed between tbe posting and its reception is due to the fact that it has traveled more than half around the globe before its reception. The expedition to which Mr. Dryer is attached, left New York on the 7th of June, and made iln first ln?intr TUhi. TtMi on the 10th of August. The party rested uwoluui ubjtb, Kekiiug epienaia accommoday. They were very favorably impressed with the place, which has a population of 250,000 inhabitants, many modern improvements, street cars and other evidences of progress were found in the city. Tbe tropical scenery is said to be charming and in many places quite grand in its luxuriance. The city is described as being surrounded by many beautiful parks and gardens which are quite different from anything ever eea in mis country, me ordinary nouses are built of un burned brick and whiteWashed, but they are usually left without glazed winaows, nor are they scarcely ever furnished with carpets, curtains or the thousand and one luxuries found in this country. The dress worn by the well-to-do classes is similar to our own, while tbe rtoorer rlafwesi and necmtM w inul anything at all to speak of. nor are clothes a necessity to them in that climate. THE TROPICAL FRUITS, with which the scientists were regaled during their stay, are spoken'of with no little flnthnoiaam XvVl!ll la narhana tnott mm . ...... . u. pvtun3 J MU.U10 1 fj tbe oranges there are said to be from alz to twenty inches in circumference and very plentiful. The same is the case with grapes, bananas and plantains, all of which are surprisingly cheap as our Indianapolltan found he could purchase more than he could get away with at a sitting for a nickel. . On the 14th of July tbe party steamed away from Bahia for Cape Town, encountering several severe gales and much cold weather in tbe extreme Southern latitudes. At midnight on tbe first of August tbe steamer went very near going down, and a portion of tbe ship's masts were carried away, but the party landed in Cape Town on tbe 5th of August in safety. . They were much pleased with tbe city, which is represented as being inhabited by enterprising people, and being. the seat of a brisk business. The scenery around it is mountain ous, and very beautifal, while all the necessaries and many of tbe luxuries of life are supplied in profusion. Mr. Dryer, since writing the letter, has left for Kergeulen Island, which place he expected to reach yesterday. His address and that of his comrades will be at Hobart Town, Tasstationed so far away from civilization that no letters can reach him until next year at the soonest. THK APPOINTMENTS VK8TKRDAY WHIBETEK VISITORS GO FROM HERB PERSONAL MATTERS, ETC. Thursday forenoon the centennial com mittee held a private meeting at tbe Hotel Bates to appoint members tor the Indiana Centennial Board. The following gentle men are the ones designated to form this body': Judge A. L. Rooche, Judge- E. B. Martlndale, ir. H. R. Allen, Oen. Ben. Har rison, ex-GOV. Conrad Baser, Frof. E. 8. Cox, Dr.W. C. Tbompson,Indianapohs ; Jno. Sutherland (President State Board of Agriculture), Laporte; CoLJ. S. Williams, Lafayette; the Hon. J. F. Campbell, Crawfordsville; F. C. Johnson, New Albany; S. B. Hooghty and T. E. Garvin. There are, as it will be seen, 13 members in all, representing, as it J. were, the original 13 States; ever thus combining the "spirit of T6"- with that of onr energetic body of men to act for the coming '76. The members chosen are all men of experience and ability, and it will not be their fault if Indiana'does not fill her qaota for the coming centennial among tbe very first ol the States in the whole Union. The board will begin operations at once. Mrs. Brinkerhoff, ot Mapsfield, Ohio, has invented a contrivance for the doing away of soot in chimneys and stovepipes. The invention is so simple that it meets with little commendation; nevertheless, Mrs. Brinkerhoff has appeared with it belore the Cincinnati board of trado, thus giving evidence that woman's inventive genius is' soon to be recognized.