Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 10, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 October 1874 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, TUESDAY; OCTOBER 13 1874.

THE POLITICAL PK0BLE3I.

BISING FROLI THE DEAD. ANDY JOHNSON DISCLAIMS. v OIK MJYER IRKW A RKITBUCA ISREATff XEVIEW Or THE FAST IIE ALLUDES TO THE f "OON&TITCTION OK MY COUNTRY." N!ivii.i.K, Tknn'., Oct. 7. Ex-Piesldeut Johnson spoke three hours and a half at Shelbyllle yesterday. A large portion of the speech wis devoted to de fending himself against the Union and American of Chaltauoogajn aspcclal ?tn;l edtoriaHktober 3d, In which he wits designated as an ex-iepubllcan president and in favor sf the repudiation of rHate and national Obligation. He says of this editorial: I have read it aA intruded to express the opinion thatex-Fres-idont Johnson, a republican ex-president, is not - pror-er person lo co to the United States Sente. Tben who ought to co? They point the -case well aQd suggest to the democratic party that Slokes is upon the stump, tuat Ha wkins is pon the Mump, and that suokes and Hawkins .advocate precisely the same views as Jounsou, that Johnson is a little of a wpuHican. and that man they an- hcldlng in rwrvi- is not a republican, that this man Johnson though wefficak of him favorably, is Bot our n;an. 1 hp.v have expressed their opinion as to who ought not to go to thti finale, and ought to have toid us who tliey Iavortoing. Ajphuise.! The query conies up: is not that unkind in' that paper I have stood by in all "iimt-s arid occasions? and 1 lope when they uiu to ron:iit:r llwy w ill et nie back into line, me hack iu support oi the true democracy. The vlc:iiucr:.i-y liiHt JtttersOii and Jackson fash ion J apil.viiHi in those old tinis when you called a man a whip, thf term had :i--H-i;-.lio;i of lileas in iL that you thought o: Cay, of p:v.ttf'.ietaiiu,of a line of ttr.f rovemerits tv the federal government, whicli were u! vocated by the great party. VVhe:i you ral'.ed a man a democrat, you meant antt-pro-Itv-tion.anii-baukluir. and direct opposition to alii he principles of the gi eat whin party. Now lie whig pat ty is gone, but we have si ill left -wi-at ie.iih-d'th? democratic party; but is there an v d is; i act and definite set of ideas associated wiih if sappo-e we. take up tho credit iuot..lit r, and we liud it has as much republican a deiioeiai. there is a corresponding number of fiegtrsin that pie on both sides (iauzhlerj in lnti iaiy giab. Thar measure was neii tier re.puh'icauor democratic. When you come to the erirrency question you find you have as many le;:;ceräts ot one s'.de as Ihe other. 'A hat has h come ot tne great democratic party? We have Ijad -o many departures thai it is hard to say on wart seas we are sailing now, and I think tr.e time has come when we shotill consult that o;i log-book of principles that we may get :r reckoning, and get back within constitutional limits. Au ex-repnbiican prcMdent. what was tiiat pat in forT i a:n willing to believe it was tutin meiely for the sound of a sentence. Ex-Keuublican Preslir.nt: istokesupon tlie stump; Mokes advocates lue ftrjxe principles as those of Johnson. Now tnis remarkable editorial is predicated upoaa dispatch based upon a single sentence torn Irom a speech without giving connections in IStid. Süoiirüvasa candidate for governor with Henler running sgainst, him. by request of some of my friends, 1 entered iuto the canvass, speaking in all portions ot" the staic, urging the peox!e P support Jenter. The resnit was that Stokes was defeated. It seems to me that the service 1 then rendered the party nnght not be forgotten iu Chatiauoog. Mr. srokts happened to bo piesent. -;.eu I made a speech, and when I closed lie was called by some of his friends, lie is au Iniepeudeut candidate for Congress, and, as the audi tice was made up of all classes, lie had his friends present, ami 1 don't see bow lam to bo J eld resjioiisible forthat fact, or why our names iiouid liavc been connected. Charles V., eiufemr oflienuauy, after running for a long time very successful adminis'.ratioa, beran.e tired of his antics, and toruir.ti over the government to his son, retired to a monastery a ud undertook to regu3at tne movement of watches, but soou found ; Trial he could not makeanv two of them krep .:c viine time, and was in this way led to icilect i.poii WiJ folly of attempting toniane nieii think a:.ke, lor he had undertaken to make everybody lmü. as he did. In religious mailers well, l-pi. di!Tr froji me, aad I am willing t 'icy :ni;(l, but when l um I TASSED AS A KErCilLICAN, think il is unkind, it wta not do ) say that the editor of the Union and American, is ignorant of lUo hisUjiy of the past. I will say right here that 1 teverwasa republican; from my adveut into yublio life I have been a constitutional democrat, as taught by that great statesman, Thomas J t;'c7-oii, and that palrtoi, soldier, Ar.di-ew Jicksou. Wnen democracy was intt greatest truiblf iu Tt-nui-ssco you did n t I'.ear nucii talk as this, when help was i-ttded to carry our banner tlirougli; but now tor .MMtli, we have new judges and new critics. 1 did not yi?!d the palm to auy 11 viu man iu mppori of these reat prluctples of democracy. I Applause.: In l-iiO Mr. Iducolu was e'.pcteJ 'reiden:. In that canvass 1 supported hreckunilue iu Tennessee, as J would have supported IViugfas iu Illinois. Iu speaking of Mr. hiucoin'a sec ond nomination, he says this convention was äe'.d in Kaltinnre, a national union convention, - som posed of men of ail parties. That convention nominated Mr. Lincoln for Preside at and myself for vice president, but so far as radicalism iscon- - v-rued I never drew a ladical breath ia my life, laughter.l I do not say this in distesptct. I was nominated ajd elected as a democrat ' never s-H.ght the place, and never a.sked for it when It aa- presented me unsought. 1 owed it to my vountry, I owed it to my children, to accpt it. Look at my letter ot acceptance, if you would get the ti tali ot hi.-tory. In that letter I s'atcd f:at I wa s a democrat coming up to the support of the Union. That is the way I tame '-:itjn the ticket. Well, the election came on. yfr. IJneoln was re-elected president :d I was ''.rcted vice president. Shortly afier tills election, by the hand of an assassin, he wa-t called from, lime to eternity; and by the constitution of my country 1 was ma'le .prc-idi-nt. '1 ho oaih wa administered, and I swoie lo support the cousatutiou of the L'nited Mates. The r. hviüoa oil2p.-ed. und we l.ad on our h.iu.!s iu aimy ola million men. i'l!"sc.were l'ir.s'ered out as soon as o.-iKc. I look d in in v cv.;:iLiy, arid I fee! -Io to tlhi'dk tiocl 1 had t'iC i.rnlood t lift myself above parte, above prejudice to the dignity of the const i:uti'n el my country. : Applaus,', The army wa rnii':er',d u only ia June. WLru was tlieu V) be I ii" .' ii?;e were eleven States lying pro.';ale. You remember that proMioual giivrr.iors for state weirt appointed. They cabled ton:itutioaa'.; conventions, and fom ihi.' tirueath of April up to the first Monday in l'ecpndier, when Comrress met, under executive inf;i;eijce nil tiiose states hal resumHl their proper f jnetious, with the exception oi two, and they were iftkirg steps todo so. When Congress m.-t the president M'nt in his n'.cssage recniicj what tie Lad done. Then the storm commeucid. The v immitteeof Ihirteeu, the o:nmittte of recousfruction. refused to admit men who had bei n elected to represent the South in the Senate and House of Representatives. Then tiie freedmen'a bureau bill was passed. 'The next thin? was the civil rights bill that you have bv:rd en much recently, and I have been asked l?or I lood on Ihe civil rights bill. l-aui-'hler.l Kind, the civil rights bill, which 1 vetoed in 1 7, contained germs of the present bill. Ikying I lie south od into military districts came next, and these I vetoed. Against this time we ln;i.:?i t have things pretty lively. Tiic trrci utive power 1 wholly negative; it is not s'-gres--lve. v'itli it you can simply ir..eroo-e u vto and ivistpotie a meuure t'.n'il til'.- people have time lo consider. This veto pjwrr is one of the most harmless xwer- in the world. It can do nothing but only pie'.trt wwiüs Ix iug done. It feems to me thit . h-t I ii llvr the people, for the south, wa. pitlty fair. An ex-republican president. jla-zoTt wliile exercising tnis vcio power. l)is!in'iiSUed K'ua'ors would come in and s?ay PAMS TIIE rOXSTITUTIos, we have numbers, and I tell you friends t Tat omgress with a iwo thirds majority exercises a power, greater than that of the antucrat ot Knssla. Il does very well to talk about Stoie-a and Hawkins. Iet me tell you sometiiing about Hawkins, they can say what they desire about lilm, bui wlieti the country was In claurnd when tiie constitution wasbeiug tramp eu upo'i, Hawkins came to the rescue of tiie people o; his ivva late. speaking of the canvass of 1ST2 he says, "I was lighting :sainst Mr. Mayiiard and my iin-jd ocn. Cheatham, against whom I have no'l.'irg r say. You know what, an uble, wily mat. Mr. May uard is. He pressed me to say whether I supported the nominee of the democratic party, :nd 1 was finally compelled to say thai I ue l Horace tireeley as 1 would use a crooked stick to twal luck a mad dog. J I.aughter.1 ihnvesaid Tins ruticii with reg:ird to the past in order t t hisj-iry riglit. I was arraigned and tried for 1 !dz" my duty by that very party it . - 'li-l I l. ot; to. 1 s:m free p : ou, my cj Jiitiyi.ien, m this biibject, that if 1 c mid be seat back to the senate again, from my huowledge cf the men ; from my experience in public lite ; from my familiarity with the cor-s-iptious that have been transpiring there, I could render my btate some service. So thinking, my name was presented fl. legis?!nr' four yars nio.

four day were consumed in balloting, without result. You know 1 was beaten by two votes, aud you know the steps that were taken to secure those two votes. In that race the Union and American was my friend, and I am no more a republican now than then. Applause. At midnight a SECRET FOUL COAUTCOX was formed at the City Hotel, Nashville, which de eatcd me. Who was connected with that coalition? Why a candidate for the senator, ship at this time who is held in reserve. The Union and American can sntrget who ought not to go to the Henate, and why not sugsest who ought to go? Possibly the man in view Is one who was a party to that coalition. We have a governor who at that time was a private citizen. He came to Nashville and declared tome be was not in that City Hotel conclave, but there is one thine positively t ne. When the arrangement was made, when the conspiracy was lormed he was very prompt in carrying it into execution. I am going to name him, it was Gov. John C. Tirowne, he Is at the head of thi? clique that is trying to control the state. He is now the standard of democracy. While I stood by the party through all the past; am 1 to oe classed as an ex-republi

can president? Why not? lirown never drew a democratic breath in his life, 'anghter and applause. lief re the war he was a whig. Gentlemen, 1 will mention another thing. t the do c of the war he was amenable to the laws of the country, and when he was engaged iu this secret conclave against Andrew Johnson he had ANDREW JOIINSON's PARDON In his pocket. Laughter. His speech made at Pula.sk! was reported In full for the Vmon and American, and you find iu its head lines a state menl that he was not a candidate foranyofUce, but next morning this Is corrected Iu an editorial paragraph, which stated ihat he was not a candidate for any office in the tritt of the people of tJiles county, f Launhter.l if tliis tiling Is piessed so mat a citizen is ci tithed tithe earth with a burden of taxation, I would have the bondholder wait a little, or do the Ijest he can. Applause. Mr. Johnson then explained his objections to the presf nt national banking system, saying that bankers received 16 per cent, of the capital invested in their business, and in the exigencies of trade much mdSre sometimes. A voice: "A man gets out of raying taxes oa money invested in government bonds, too; don't he?") Mr. Johnsen Ye. sir, lhauk you for the suggestion. Instead of hanking upon bonds, issue greenbacks bearing no interest, and lift the bonds placed on deposit. Do this and we will save paying six per csnt. inten st on Jt(W,W 0,000, making r2i,U4,UUO. Let us quit talKlng about parties, and talk about these great questions; and let party serve the country instead of having party rerved by the country. The feasibility of managing our currency to correspond with the constitutional standard may be seen by relerence to a few facta derived from our commercial statistics. The aggregate proouct of precious metals in the United States, from lei3 to 17, amounted to f 1,171, uuu.Ouu, while for the same period the exports of specie were f711,tU,00. This shows an ex cess of product over net exports or tlJ,000,otiu. There are lu the treas ury 100,40. so. in coin in cuculatlon in the States on the Pacific coast about f W,U0ü.0uU and a few millions in national and otner bank". in all less than .uuu.ow. Taking into consid eration the specie in the country prior to 1840, and thatfproducted since lsS7, and we have more man i uiy uu not accounted tor oy exportation, or by the returns of the treasury, and, therefore, most probably remaining in the country. These are Important fc', and show how completely the interior currency will supersede better, forcing it from circulation among the masses, and causing It to be exported as a mere article of trade to add to the money capital of foreign lands, and they show the necessity or retiring our paper money tnat the return of gold and silver lo the avenues of trade may be Invited, and a demand created which will cause the retention at home of at least of so rauch of the productions of our rich and inexhaustible gold bearing fields, as may be sufficient for the purposes of circulation. Iiis tinleasouable to expect a return to a sound currency so long as the government and banks, by continuing to issue irredeemable notes, till the channels of circulation with depreciated paper. Notwithstanding a coinnge by our mints since of SsTl.uetV'Ou, the people are now strangers to currency, which was designed to .heir uso and benefit, aud specimens of precious uietais bearlug national device are seldom seen except wliea produced to gratify the Interest excited by their novelty. ThrofJ?h all ages and all countries people have held gold and silver to be valuable. 1 don't care what shape it Is In. whet her round or fiat, in money orin;imrots. 1 1 will bring iU full value in every part of the globe and it w onld almost seem as if providence designed it for universal circulation. In con clusion Mr. Johnson closed his speech with, a reference to the grange movement which he commended, and as he ler't the stand he was in i-tantly Mirronuded by scores of friends among his auditors. MASSACHUSETTS KEPUBLICAXS. STATU CONVENTION AT WORCESTER YESTE.t1AY THOMAS TALBOT NOMINATED FOR tiOVKRNOU THE USUAL STYLE OF PLAT FORM. WoKCESTKfi, Mass., OcL 7. The Massachusetts republican State convention met at noon to-day. Ueo. Ii. Loring called the convention to order aud read the call under which the delegates were chosen. Dr. Loring was chosen temporary chairman. It was ordered that committees be appointed on perraauent organization, credentials and resolutions. Mr. Eiscoe, from the organization committee reported Henry L. itawes for president with a list of ice presiditts. A committee of three was appointed to wait on Mr. lawes, to inform him of Iiis selection and et.cort him to tiie chair, retired und soonafter returned with him. Mr. Dawes too the chair amid applau.se, and called upon the Ilev. C. D. Hills who offered pmyer. Mr. Pawes then proceeded to address the convention. At the conclusion of his sptech it wasa?rreeJ that at the completion of the ballot for governor the convention should take a recess until :o'J o'clock. The result of the first ballot was as follows: Whole number or votes cast LtdJ, of which Mr. Talbot liad735, Mr. iM'ltm l'-'S, Cli is. Devins, Jr., 51, Jno. II Sanford of Taunton 2o, P.. I ILitier IU, K. H. Hoar and Mr. Dawes each 1. Alexander H. Price said tiiat the nnunituSty oftlie vote was atestiraonimd of the confidence of t ho convention on Mr. Talbot, and moved that his nomination be made unanimous. The delegates from Kail Kiver requested that a vote b3 taken, and only half a dozen or so dissented. Talbot's nomination was decided unanimous. The convention re-assembled at 2:3U and procoedid to ballot for a lieutenant governor. Trie tellers reported the whole number of votes cast LoU, necessary to a choice so7, Patrick Donahue, Milo Hlldreth aud K. K. Stoddard received one ach, Geo. B. Ixring 8 ; Chas. P. tstickorey, of Fall Kiver, 271; Alired Macy, of Nantucket, s, nod Horotio G. Knight, of Iiasthampton, 413. Mr. Knlsht was then nominated by acclamation, Oliver Warner was named by acclamation ior secretary of the commonwealth, Chas. It. Train for attorney general. Chas. Kndleott for auditor, Chas. Adams. Jr., of .North lirookfield, for treasurer. The committee oa resolutions icported aslollows: PLAT FORM. The republicans of Massachusetts, proud of the record of their party, reafllrmtlieir devotion to the great principles of justice upon which it was founded, nud they pledge their best and constant ehdcavois to the maintenance of those principles In the future, lie It therefore Kesolved, That a sound currency is indispensable to national prosperity, and that to liiis nd the nation must make its demand prombes to pay equal to gold, which is the recognized standard of value in the whole civilized world, and that it is further the duty of Congress to adopt such measures as shall lead to tliis realization of value, and that no inflation of the currency by adding to government issues should be permitted. 2. That Massachusetts has seen with abhorrence the attempt through banded leagues to deprive whole classes of our population of their constitutional prerogatives; and, as tire amplest protection of the individual in his civil rights and pi-ivllcges is a great duty of the national goverumen, therefore, as republicans, reatlirming our abiding laith in the fundamental tights and exact equality of the citizen before the law in its largest sense, we exprest our gratitude to the presideut of the United States lor his prompt interference against an effort at usurpation over a recognized State government, and for Lis determined opposition toward all movements aud combinations seeking lo abridge, limit or restrain the rights of any portion of the American people. ;. That the republican party of Massachusetts demands, aud will require of all persons holding oltlce, whether national, State or municipal, an cdministration of the government which shall crnform to the highest standard of honesty, integrity and economv, to theend thai the pub'ic indebtedness may be honorably and speedily paid, and the burd -u of taxation lightened. ?. That .the rtcoril of the lepublican party of Massachusetts is a sufiicieut guarantee of its continued sympathy with that legislation which will promote the best interests ot labor and tend to the moral aud intellectual elevation of all persons engaged in industrial pursuits. 5. That the republican party has proved itself under all circumstances the party of prouress and reform ; that it lias shown itself ready .... nil 1 I . . - t- . L- I, n.l 1 -!.. I la

own servants to a strict account for all nnfaitb-

fulnes In onlciai con - net ; that it denounces-all laws and practices that open a way for corruption In the public service, and that it will demand of all Its servants that their official positions shall never be made tubservieut to tbelr personal aggrandizement. The last resolution commends the nominees to the suffrages of th -1 people. The resolutions were adopter, the usual vole of thanks passed, and the convention adjourned sine die. KELLOGQ REPLIES. TIIE GOVERNOR'S ANSWER TO TUE COMMIT' TEE S ADDRESS HE CHARGES THAT IT MISSTATES THE FACTS AND REGRETS THE ACERRITY OF THE LANGUAGE. New Oklkaxs, Oct. 7. The following letter is In reference to the address of the conservative committee, which was telegraphed hence last evening: State ok Louisiana, Executive Department, New Or.LKA Oct. 7, 1&71. The Hox. R. H. Maw, Chairman of the Demo cratic State Central Committee: Sir I fiave Just read with surprise and regret me au uress 01 tne committee ot w men you are chairman. Ihe occasion of your address s the announcement of your acquiescence in the proposition with regsrei to tho method of holding the coming election, recently a creed to in coufere oe both by the Republican Stale Central Committee and by your committee. I a'k you to contrast the manner and spirit in which this proposition has been received and actt-tl upon hy t liese com mittees respectively, ihe republican commit tee, actuated by a spirit which was habitually supposed to inspire such measures ot adjust ment, leirained rrom any allusion to the recent r ecurrences In this city and Hiate, and abstained from aoy denunciation 01 their polill al oppo nents, in y ur address, you take occasion to re capitulate the old charges of. ppression and cor ruption orougni Kainsi me republican pa'iy. and ihe present Slate government, notwithstanding the uncontradicted and incontrovertable statements iu my published address of the thirteenth ult. show that tho pre ent government is not responsible for either the present debt or taxation, but has re duced both and also show that for most of the debt, and taxation of both the .State and the city, the democratic party are directly accountable. ion complain that the poiieeiuries or the par Ishes are s welling the taxes, but you fail to state ttat the taxes re highest in some of the strongest democratic parishes. You assert as a reason for the recent disturbance that we have been engaged in Inciting hostilities between ttie whites and the blacks ana thai arms had been and were being furnished the latter. This I emphatically deny, and challenge you to produce any proof to sustain the assertion. On the other hand, you are fully aware that large quantities of arms have been shipped to this State for the purpose tf arming the whites against the blacks, with a view not only to intimidate the colored people, but aho to overthrow the. constitutional authorities of the State. But perlaut the most extraordinary statement containeaniAyour ad dress is the following: "Hence THE PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION was no sooner heralded but he," referring to myself, "managed to inaugurate conferences to adjust the troubles. A committee of conference selected by him met a similar committee selected by Gov. McEnery and Lieut. Gov. Penn." So uncalled for and groundless is this state ment mat 1 can noi lor a moment believe that thoe who represented your parlv in the committee of conference were cjnsulted before this publication was made. 1 wns not pre-eut when a committee Irom your side first called upon Mr. Packard and others at the custom house directly after the events of the Hth of September, though I was much giatifled at the prospect which the con ferences so held seemed to oner of a fair registra tion, and of an election uninfluenced by violence, Intimidation or frau J. This 1 have from the first desired, and still earnestly wish to see. I took part for a few moments, by Invitation, nt two or three of ihe discussions entered into wit h this object in view, but the s atement that I managed to inaugurate the conferences Is entirely untrue, as is also the assertion that I selected the committee who acted in behalf of the republican - party. 1 refrain from saying more on this point except that 1 andmy friends will faithfully carry out the terms of tiie agreement we have entered into, which I desire to remind you was stric ly confined to matters of registration and election, and I trust your p-irty, who vi rtually assumed the responsibility of tho violence and Intimidation heretofore existing in the state, will carry out your part of the igre-rment by suppressing thesam-i' In yoi:rad'.lress 1 perceive you say : "We merely piedge ourselves to lend our aid and inilutuce to preserve order, provided the ajrreement is in its point fairly executed in all respects in the formal protocol." Your representatives said "the commldee representing tne conservative or peop.e s party, pleiiga themselves to ce2so all vio'ence end intimidation, if nny exis's, throughout the siat", and to assist tue constituted authorities in maintaining peace and insuring a strictly fair aud impartial registration and election." Permit ine to say in conclusion that the whole tenor 01 your address, wiiicti assumes towards the republican party a tone of superiority and acrimony, ill becomes the .subject on the occasion. Very respectfully, (signed) Wm. P. KEm-o;i. AUSTRIAN ARCriC ADVENTURERS. THEY TELL THE STORY THEIR TRIP A PERILOUS TASSACiE AND HUGGED ROA FRANZ JOSEF'S LAND. New York, Oct. 7. The Tribune to-morrow publishes a long letter from Hamburg, giving an account of the reception of the ret urned Aus trian Arctic explorer. At a meetin1; of the geo graplcal society CapL Weyprecht, the leader of theexpedltion related the story of the voyage. Retold how they sailed from Premenaud first encountered Ice, and how they stntggled mid battlcdVith it. In the autumn of they were firmly enclosed and frozen in. At one time ihey had SO feet of ice under the keel, and were In n region of iDtensecold, They drifted slowly, tho.-.gu not with regularity, and were perfect ly helpless. .No power of steam or sails or men could do anything nualnst the ice or the north. nud they were quite at its lacrcy. Tl.e .summer brought no relief. They ma.lo excursions with sledges, and discovered n land hitherto unknown, which tho christened Kraa. Josefs land, in honor of their emperor. When Lieutenant Payn returned to his ship from his last expedition it was ueceasary to consider the question of abandoning the TcsehOiT. The ship was lirmiy blocked iu the ice, and was lurching so much that it became necessary to shore her rig with spars. There was no prospect of an escape and no prospect that by remaining longer they could accomplish much more. Uesides the loss of tho ship was quite probable in the crushing and heaving of the ice, or if this should happen in the winter the destruction of the entire party was inevitable. ISo it was decided to return to Kurope, and on the 20th of last May they left the ship, with boats drawn on sledges. The way was terrible. They had to break down hummocks with axes and picks so as to make a road for the sledges, aad there were frequently days when they did not make a nautical mile iu twentyfour hours. Sometimes they couldn't stand and were forced to crawl over tho rough way, and as they approached broken water they found there ice which would not support them standing, and where they were aealn forced lo crawl. Severed days alter leaving the ship, a part of them returned to gel a smaller Iwat. They fonnd everything safe in the vessel, and Captain Weysprecht thinks it not impassible that she may yet be recovered. Through the broken wate-r they made their way with many hardships, and at last reached open water. Once on tiie sea they made the besi of 1 their way westward, rowing by relays at the rate of about it) miles ikt day. Ihey were picked nnby a Knssian fishing smack and treated with every kindness. Lieut. Payer spoke of his discovery of Franx Josef Land, which he describes ss very rough, with a reddish grey beach, showing through the snow, and with mountains oi variuus heights up to J.tXW or Louu feet. OUR REVENUE LAWS. THE BOSTON R0ARD OF TRADE KICKS AND APPOINTS A COMMITTEE TO SEEK REFORM. Boston, Oct. C At a meeting of the board of trade to-day the executive committee appointed a special committee to represent the board of trade before tho secretary of the treasury and the committees of the Senate and House of Representatives concerning the revision of the tariff laws, with a view to simply tho collections of the customs revenue, remove obstructions to commerce, diminish the opportunities for fraud on the revenue, protect the honest against the fraudulent importer, and promote economy in collection by abolishing unproductive custom houses and duties, the faiiid committee to be requested to gather all the necessary information by conferring with merchants in all branches of trade interested therein and especially to consider what can be done to facilitate the transit of the products of Canada through this port for export; also that the said committee be requested to confer with the chamber 01 commerce in New Vorn in reference to the matters submitted to it.

TIIE QUAKER POLICY.

REPORT OP THE FRIENDS. rROGRESS AMONG TIIE INDIANS. THE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS REPORTS TO THE YEARLY MEETING WORK IN THE WESTERN VINEYARD OUTRAGES UPON THK HKI) MKS AN IXTERESTI0 PA PER. Richmond, Ind, Oct. L The following was j presented to the yearly meeting of Friends in session here to-day. It was enthusiastically endoised, and the committee continued another year: The associated executive committee of Friends on Indian affairs present the following as the fifth annual report of the condition of the work under theircare: Our annual meeting was held as usual in the tenth month last, at the office of the superintendent in Lawrence, Kansas, at wnich we had an opportunity of meeting most of our agents and a considerable number of the teacners and others connected with Indian affairs. We also met in Philadelphia in the fourth moutl last and in the seventh month we were called toset her at Ijiwrence to consider subjects connected with the war-Hire disposition manifestedby a portion of the Indians in our southwestern agencies. Various numbers of the c mmittee have visiied many of the agencies under our care and besides theeucouragnienl thu- given ! the workers, we i-el tht we have derived much benefit from the personal onservation.of these members by whicli our views of the present condition, difficulties and necessities of the work have be-n matured. The several yearly meetings- bf Friendi in the United States, are requested to forward to Chas. F. Cofiiu, our treasurer At Richmond, Ind., their resjiective quotas of four thousand dollars, for tlie use of tue committee during the current year. Very interesting replies have been received from our agents to the inquiry. "What are the greatest obstacles to Indian civilization?" Amongst these causes the most prominent seem to be: first, prejudice of race, which has been greatly Intensified by the general treatment received by them from the white race; second, strong adhesion to the traditions and customs of their forefather?, which they regard as of a sacred character; third, with some of the tribes roving habits prevent a regular application ot civilizing influences: fourth, the non-enforcement of the law permitting the introduction of whisky, stealing of their stock and destruction of game upon their reservations; fifth, superstition or unenlightened religiousness. In reference lo the cause one of the agents writes: am convinced that all the Indians believe in the power and divinity of the creator. Many of the best minds amongst them are so deeply imbued with religious subjects as to render them in the absence of an outward revelation fanatical, superstitious and speculative as to the real design of their creation and life. Whilst they can not realize the Infinite love of THE GREAT SPIRIT through Jesus Christ, there Is yet within them such a desire for greater knowledge of this, to their mysterious beiag,sucha longing to bring themselves lato closer communion with him for the purpose of obtaining greater spiritnarand temporal happiness that they are led in the ab-sene-e of true knowledge to believe in dreams as prophesies and In mysteries, and to us mean ing less, lorins ax a proper meiuou 01 umiipping him. lienca at lneir dances anu leasts. what seems 10 us gluttony anu naroarism to them is but a religious ceremony. They are as much confirmed In their religious belief as we aie iu ours, aud to dispel their delusions requires patience, continued effort and great care not to introduce to them religions subjects, except so far as they can ap preciate them. It is al-o exceedingly Important 10 Dring mem in contact w uu mose wnose nves are a constant proof of the blessed results of the Christian faith." In two of our southwestern agencies violations of the intercourse laws by white men have become increasingly prevalent. Organized bands of horse thieves nave done an extensive business in raiding ujion the stock of Indians. Hunters, in oieu disregard of law and of the promises of the government to the Indi ans have slau?htere-d thousands upon uiousanas of buffaloes upon the reservations. Whisfcy peddlers have plied their wicked vocation and the combined influence of these classts of iresDassers tins at last provolcd the Indians to retaliation, so that conslderaole numbers of them have determined to drive from their res ervatious all the white persons not lawfully res ident thereon. Taey rightfully consider it the duty of th9 agents as officers of the government to protect their riirhts. aud justly complain be cause this protection Is not afforded, it is Impossible, however, for our agents lo afford this protection, unless they call upon the military arm of the Government. Tills they have hesi tated to do lest they should seem to be tramp ling Udder foot an important tesiimony of the society, 'ihe extension ot white settlements to the borders of the Indian territory has greatly increased the number of lawless men lu that section, and tho non-enforcement of law on reservations proves an invitation to this cla s to Belect these as a field of their operat ions. We have attempted again and again to arrange for the enforcement of the law by other patties, so as to leave our agents free to attend to otner parts of their work. We are still LA DÖRING FOR THIS PURPOSE, but feel that unless speedily successful we shall be brought to a point in which we must either encourage our agents to cnlorce the law by such means as the government provides for that purpose, or we must withdraw from these agencies. It is very evident that without the preservation 01 law and order our power to do good to the In dians will be greatly Impartial, It not entirely destroyed. Hence this is a vital question and one which demands the thorough and ennght ened consideration of every member of our religious society. The condition of tho Indian trade at several agencies has claimed our re peated consideration. The influence of those engaged In trad with the Indians is very great, and we are satisfied from diligent inquiry tiial In many instances this ii llueuce is not on the side of the Christian ciwlllation. We b lieve there are some openings for usefulness to thoroushly Christian capitalists who might be willing to enter thlsrJild. In the employment of laborers we have instructed our agents to give the preference to Indians whenever they could be induced to perform ttio service. For however nece.ssaiy the aid of white employes may De as instructors, yet tho Indians must not only be taught how work should be done but actually to do it themselves. We can not call -them civilized until they show themselves prompted to selfsupport by the same motives vhich actuate civilized people. Iu some of the tribes there is a ready response to efforts in thisdlrection, but great patience and long perseverance will be needed or other to overcome their long-establlslied habits and their aversion to manual labor. We deem it important to keep before the minds of our woraers the thought that their real success Is not to be measured by the amount of work which they may procure to be done by white men about the agencies, but by the eflect of tbls work upon the Indians, it is quite possible t i build houses, enclose and break up laio fields and cultivate good crops by white employes, and yet to leave the Indians very much in t he same state of thriftlessness and dependence in which they were found. Amongst the wild roving Indians we have been earnestly laboring for years to Induce all whom we could influence to settle down upon small farms abnut the ästendes. Hitherto wo-have met with poor success on -account of depreslations to which this class are subjected by wilder portions of their tribes. Not only are their little crops destroyed but they are constantly tain teil with having forsaken the ways ot their forefathers aud subjected to every influence likely to render them dissatisfied with tbe new mode of life which they have adopted. These roving mutans have never been satisfied with the present LOCATION OF THEIR AGENCIES. Because they are reciulred to travel so far eastward from their hunting grounds to receive their sugar, offoe, flour, etc., which the government disposes to them. If supply stations were established for this class upon ttcir hunting grounds they would very Beldora come so far east as their present agencies, and these would then become excellent po nts for the location ot such families and bands as desire to adopt a settled life. Jf tho protection which this separation would afford have been extended we believe that many of tho Arapahoes and Comanches, some of the Cheyennes and Kiowas, and all the Apaches in the Indian territory would at this time have been following a life of settled lndustiy and their children receiving the benefit of a Christian education. We hope so to profit by our experience as to make it an alley of true progress. We consider f bat we have causo for much encoura dement in the fact that there are under our care hirteen schools for Indian chlidren.all of which re in successful operation. There Is an average attec dance of 435 in these chools and a total enrollment of over Kix hundred. When we consider the efforts made for the educational, Industrialand religions benefit of these children, we dare not doubt that great future good to both themselves and to the tribes to which they belong must be the result of the continued prosecution of this branch of work. The distribution of these schools far aid and care

amongst the yearly meetings is bavin an excellent effect. The interest of the Friends Is Intensified as it Is localized and the contributions of various kinds have been made, to the great encouragement of the workers and of the children. The deep personal interest of many Friends has led them to make visits to these schools and to use their influence for the promotion of their prosperity. We desire very especially to commend this branch of tbe service to the continued and increasing regard of our members. To us ihe mastf r has committed this por-

nun 01 nis neia ana 11 win surely whiten unto the harvest if we fail nol in our duty. In tbls day of seed-sowing and cultivation It must be a worKor iaitn ana or hope and of love, these three, may they so abide in our heart and prevail that we shall willingly Improve the opportunity given tons of brlngicx the knowledge of Christ to them that sit in daikness and In the region of the shadow of death. bigned by the direction and on Kr-half of th associated executive committee of the Friends on Indian affairs, the 7th day of the Mh mouth, e.iiAS. r . u v rix. Cleric. THE EPISCOPAL, CONGRESS. IMPOSINGS ERVICES AT BT. JOHN'S CHAPEL. DISTINGUISHED CLERGYMEN PRESENT ORGANIZATION OP THE CONVENTION. New York, Oct. 7. The proceedings of the Protestant Episcopal convention were begun this morning in St. John'g Chapel. There was a very large congregation. At the opening of reiglons services while theofflclatlng clergymen and Wshops were entering was snng th hrmn, 'The Church isour foundation.' Tue oill-latlng clergy were the Rev.hteven Perry, D. 1).; the Kev. Ldward James Fdward. Vicarof Trtithane, Kngland:the very Kev. Dr. IIa Ich. arch deacon of Harrow. Finnland: Ihe Itav. Ur. Klffood. csnon of Montreal: ihe Kv. W. Hugh Ketchem, honorable canon of Frederieton, N. 15.; the Kev. Dr. Henry C. Porter, Ihe Right Ilev. Dr. Oxeden, bishop ot Montreal and metropolitan of Canada: the Hight I lev. Wm.Koliin-on Whitlinj?ham.h!slion of Maryland ; and the Klght Rev. Dr. Courtenay, oisnop 01 vingsiou. liisnop salwyn, of Kngland, preached the sermon, taking for a text the fifteenth chapter of Acts, kwentv-eizhth verso. The offeratory sentences were said by Ilishp lee. The prayer for the whole state of e'hrisfa church was offered by bishop Lee, of Delaware. The major exhortation was said bvthe Rev. Win. Mercer Green, blsiion of MtsRissinrd and the minorexhortation by the ltight Kev.Thomas Atkinson, D.D.. LL.D., bisiioo of North Carolina; me conression d.v tne uiant iwv. iioratio l'oiter, D. D., LLi. D., bishop or .New 1 ork ; the post commuDion by the Rieht liev. Thos. M Clarke, D.D., LL. D., bishop of 11 node Island ; the benediction by the Klght Ilev. Samuel A. McCoskey, D. !., LL. D., bishop of Michigan. At the close of the coramanion services the business meeting was called to order by the secretary, the Rev. Ir. Perry, who requested the delegates lo send in their credentials, and the calling of the roll followed. It was resolved to elect a president for the meeting, and the Rev. James Craig. D. D. , or Kentucky, was eleeted to that office. He took tbe chair, and said he thanked them with all his heart for .the renewed expres sion of confidence. II accepted the duty. They had come together to remove obstruction! in the patn of their church, so far as they could. He was sure that they wou udo their duties faith fully and with the Holy Spirit aiding them. The Kev. v imam Stevens Perry was elected secreta'y. A message was received fram the house of bishops announcing that they bad orcanized by electing the Kev. Henry C. letter, D. D., of this city, as secretary A long discusslou ensued over the rules which should govern the convention. This question was suspended and a motion adopted that a committee of two be appointed to proceed to the house of bishops and iuform them that this body was organized and ready to proceed to business. The Rev. Dr. Burgess, of Massachusetts, and Mr. Hillburcwin, of Pituburz. ere appointed such committee, when the subject was returned to tne old rules wnicrt were adopted to govern the convention until they were amended. A cable dispatch was received from the chinch con cress now assembled at Brighton, Krtgland sending greeting, and hoping that these meet ing would cement the bonds of union much closer between both. A commit ee was ap pointed to return a suitable reply. The con veution then adjourned until to-morrow morning. FURTHER ORGANIZATION RULES TO fJWERN TIIE SESSIONS MEMORIALS PRESENTED A MESSAGE SENT TO ENGLAND. New York, Oct. 8. The general Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church resumed lis session this morning. After religious services the convention proceeded to business, with the Rev. James Crailr, D. D., of Louisiana, as chair man. The nomination of tho Rev. Dr. Williams as assistant secretary to the convention was confirmed, when the chairman announced the rules governing speakers who wished to be recognized by the chair, ard the secretary read lists of the uamesof the several standing committees. The applications of Bishop Seymour, of Illinois, and Bishop Wells, of Wisconsin, for election to the House of Bishops, were referred to that body. A memorial received from the diocese of Wisconsin asking that the convention take steps to secure an Knglish version of the Nieeue creed which would correspond, as nearly as pos sible, to the original text, was ref ened to the committee on prayer books. A memorial re ceived from the diocese ot California petition ing that 118 .diocese should be divided, as P is much too large for one bishop to visit, was referred to the committee on canons. Resolutions expressing gratification at the pres ence of the bishops of Lichfield, Montreal and Quelecln the convention were adopted, as were also resolutions inviting members 01 ine orthodox Greek Church to seats in the bevl7. The rules to govern the convention were discussed at some lenzth. the old rules being taken up sec tion by section, discussed, amended or not, as the case required, and adopted. I he consideration of rules was suspended to enable the sec retary 0 announce that the annual meeting of the Indian commission would take place at St. Anns cuurcn, at 1 ocioctc mis aiternoon The chair appointed Dr. Buck, Ur. Mnton, Chief Justice wane ana Mr. itace n committee to tender thanks t the bishop of Lichfield for his sermon yesteraay, after which a recess was taen. After reesss a memorial from Texas asking that the dioce'e be divided was referred to the committee on canons. It was resolved that the hour of noon to-morrow be appointed for hearing the memortsl ami addresses from the u. --legation from C-it.ada. A memorial from the d'oce-o of New Jersey, requesting a division of that diocese, was referred 10 the commit ti-e on the admission of rew dioceses. It v.-s also resolved that te sessions of the body be held from 10 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon, with half an hour for recess. A communication was received fromthe lier.se of bishops, announcing that the bishops of Indiana, Minnesota and Central New York had been appointed a committee to make a suitable response to the telegram received yesterday fromthe chnrch congress sitting at Brighton, England, and that this committee had decided on the following answer to be sent: New York, Oct. S. The general convention reciprocates the greeting of the church congress, and prays for the unity of the whole church, in the faith of our Lord Jesus. (Signed) The Eisiiop of Indiana, Chairman. The consideration of the rules to govern the convention during its session were then taken up and discussed until the hour of adjournment. CHOI'S IN OUIO. A MORE PROMISING OUTLOOK. Coia .mijüs, Oct. '.). Gentlemen engaged in s griculture, who have beeu traveling in central, western, southwestern and Northern Ohio, make a much more favorable report on tho crops than has been sent out by tho agricultural depnrtment The drougth still continues to some extent, but ihe w heat and rye are already well up and they are looking well in i nion, Mason and Ielaware counties and eastward. Toward the river there is very ilittle corn, but in the other sections mentioneJ, the prospect is one of abundance. The acreage is greater than last year, and though the ptr cf ntage of bushels is less to the acre, the coi n is very solid and will weigh " ell. The dry weather has matured the crop inc the fodder has been entirely secured, ihe improved corn returns aud the high price of hogs are resulting in increased fe-ding, thus promising a greater number pounds of pork than had been calculated on. TIIE ILLINOIS DIOCESE. MOVEMENT TO PREVENT THE CONFIRMATION OF THE NEWLY ELECTED RtSHOP. Chicago, OcL 8. The Tribune will 6tate that a movement is on foot here to prevent if posss -ble the confirmation by the Kpiseopal convention now in session in New York of the recent election by this diocese of Dr. Geo. V. Seymour as bishop of Illinois, and that it has assumed such shape that a pet i tie n is in circulation and being rapidly signed against such a confirmation. The reason given by those engaged in the movement is that since the eleo tiou of Dr. Seymour it has been ascertained beyond question that the charge made against him In the diocesan convention of being an extreme high churchman, Is true, and that if the facts noT known had b sen understood by the convention at the time he coulel not have been elected.

TDE POTTER LAW. A LETTE RFROM PRESIDENT MITCHELL OF THE NORTHWESTER ROAD TO GOV. TAVIK OF WISOOSTX. A dispatch toth Chicago Tribuce frorn New York, the 21 inst. says: Ru ,sU Sage, vice-president of the Milwaukee A-St. Paul railroad, yesterday furnished a copy of President Mitchell's "letter to Gov. Tavlor.of Wisconsin, ia which he reviews the eflect of the granger law, and the course ha intends to pursue. The lol lowing are tho main points of the letter: ; Milwaukee A Sr. TAd, Railway, General Manager's Office, Milwaukee, Sept. 2S, 1S71. To His Excellency W. R. Taylor, Governor, etc.: Sir: On the 2Sth f April last, I, as prcs ident ot the compajy, sent yon a comma, nication on the subjact of tbe so called Pottet aw' an advising you of the course which the company had determined to pursue in relation to it, and the reasons theretor. In that communication I ttated that the board ol directors have csused this act to ba carefullv examined and considered dt our own counsel and by seme of the most eminent iuris: in the land, and after auch examination they aro unanimous in their opinion that it is unconstitutional and void. The board of directors are trustees of this property, ,i,d are bound faithfully to iischarpe ti:r;;r trust, and, to the best ot their ability proW-t it

irom spoliation and ruin. T t hav . oivgbt the advice oi able counsel, and, hi a r nutiire consideration, believe it the ir du'vto disregard so much of said law s attempts arbitrarily to fix the rates ot compensation for freight and passenccr. The "Potter law" was without prece V-in in the history of any State or county, disastrous in its effects, and wholly uncalled tor bv anything this company had done or laile I toelo. Under these cire-umtances, the oili crs of this company not only believed thf 7 were justified, but it was their duty tod-lias to conform to its requirements until i;s validity and binding force were declared by tho courts. The decision has now been made. The Potter law must forever stop tbo investment of capital, both by our own citizens and strangers, in those great public enterprises so- essential to the development of our State. In view of the fict that the income to which this company is fairly and honesty entitled will, so long as iue present law remains in loree, be seriously impaired, the Question nreaents it self: What course oazht it to nursup Twr courses are odod. either to cnt down it trade service in respect to both quantity and kind to an extent made neeessarv hv it diminished income, thereby withdrawing irom the public tbe full facilities and ac commodations to which they have been accustomed in transacting their business; or to continue sometninz near the present ser vice, and to submit to the loss thereby enlaiieu. LAW AND POKER. THE LITTLE CAME OF TWO CHICAGO POLITI CIANS REPRESENTATIVE FARWULL's POT TIIE SUBJECT OF A SUIT. The Sun prints a story of Chicapo cards and courts: What promises to be the most famous game of draw poker on record was played in Chicago in 1SÖ0. The players were the Hon. Charles R. Farwell, at pie-sent the republican representative in Cocgres.s from tbe third Illinois district, and Hueii Maher, a noted Chicago politician. The lion. Mr. Farwell is almost as much celebrate j i3r fcis skill as a poker player as for his sta'esinanship. aid therefore' it is Eft singular that Mr. Maher found, in the progrtf-s of the mine, that the more be put down the less he took, up. Iiut it seems that Messrs. Farwell and Maher did not plav a cash gam?, which was all wroEg. We are assured by experts in the great national game that it is Impossible to play poker properly unless the money is put up every tune, and it is alrosether owing to tho neglect of these players to conform to this commendable usage that they have been involved in a litigation whicli promises to lie tedious, irritating and unprofitable. At the end of the game between the Hon. Mr. Farwell and the lion. Mr. Maher ;l may have been a series of games, but the principle is the same Mr. Maher found hirn?elf ow ing a considerable turn-1,700, we believe to his opponent. According to bis stcry, ho offered to settlo soon afterward, but he says that Farwell raised him a thousand; or, in other words, that be claimed 1,CC0 more than was really eine him. The matter was arranged by the transfer to Farwell of eighty acras of land belonging to Maher, who says that this transfer was made as security for'tho payment of tbe claim, pending an adjustment of the dispute as to the amount actually due, with the underStanding that Farwell should rcconvey it back when the two could come to an agreement upon the amount of tbe debt, and when the money should be produced to liquidate it. Since then the land has increased greatly in value, being worth dow about ono hundred thousand dollars; and one elay Maher was greatly surprised to learn tbett a portion ot it had been sold and resold, whereupon he filed a bill iu courtier the ptirposo of securing a reconveyance. This occurred long ago, and the proceedings taken were tlescribed in the Sim at the time. Sicca then nothing has been heard of this case, so interesting to the poktr-play-ing community until a few days ago, when application was made to Judge" Williams for a rule of court requiring tho opposing counsel to rile certain documents forthwith, so that they might ho examined by the attorneys of persons holding lots uncer title derived from Farwell. It is said that a great mass of depositions and ether testimony has been collected, and that some of this evidence contains information of great value in regard to the mysteries of drawpoker as played by Chicag) politicians. Says a wise woman of to-day: I wonder how many girls tell their mother everything. Not those "young ladies," who, going to and from school, smile, bow, and exchange notes and pictures with young men who make fun of them, and" their pictures, speaking in a way that would made their choeks burn with shame if they heard it. Ail this, mcst crednlous and romantic young ladies, they will do, although they will gaze at yuur Iresh young face admiringly, and send orgive you charming verses or iiouquets. No matter what "other girls do," don't you do it. School-girl flirts fo.s may end 'disastrously, as :.i.: j a foHsh, wretched young girl could tell ycu. ' Your yearning for some one to love is a great need of every woman's heart. But there is a time for everything. Don't let tho bloom and freshness 6;' your heart be brushed off in silly flirtations. Render yourself truly intelligent. And above all, tell your mother everything. Never be ashamed to tell her, who should be your best friend and confidante, all yon think and feel. It is strange that many young girls will tell every person before "mother," that which is most important that she should know. It is said that indifferent persons know more about her fair young daughter than she does herself. At Mr. Beecher's first service alter Lis vacation quite a tumult was occasio .ed by a stupid fellow, a member of the choir, who had been placed to guard one of the entrances, lie refused admission to the janitor of the building, who had been sent for. The janitor had to get iu, and did get in, but not until hair tho male members of tho church W6re on their feet looking anxiously toward the door. Some said it was Moultcn trying to get in, and this impression prevailed verv I generally for a few minutes,

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