Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1874 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, TUESDAY DECEMBER 1. 1874.

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COL. WILLIAM It. HOLLOW AY. A RACEFTL TRIBUTE TO HIS MANY GOOD QUALITIES. The following poem is the sequel of a practical Joke played some time ago. The subject of the versea sent L. R. running op three pair ol stairs in high indignation to all a certain Tom Collins, in one of the newspaper offices, to account for what he had said of ber. L. R. in pursuit of vengeance procured the writing oi this Pindaric ode; but on reading it over some doubts remain as to whether the colonel hasn't the beat ol the ioke still. It is P'-ain that the atirest hadn't the heart to be very bitter: Not a pastoral d Itty for be is no paster. An M . L., and P. M.. a doctor, postmaster. The friends of Action who the-e lints follow, may bee bat a pen sketch of one yclept Holloway. And I promise you well, these 11-es will tell A wonderful Btory as told In a cell (sell), Tie author is not as eoine might suppose, ATI AD Tho' it uay be a sell, sir, (a telUer aperient.)

In eirlle'-t youth ft tyre-setter was he, tTwa before he e'er thought a Postmaster to be) US, 1 11 veuiurw uai, Kot to be denied that At the time of the strike, Qaitting work and the like, lie came near developing into a rat, A raitlesome, long-tailed rt Office rat, A JournU and Postoffice rat. At the Journal office, it surely was. there lie made his debut in the editor's chair. Jt in also acknowledged, he proved to be very KfHclent as Private Secretary. The Uoverror M., on whose staff a position lie took thus acquiring a "colonels" coinrn slon. is Jle pave speedy relief, and lie bean-bed out the cause Of poLtlcal quk 7 i I IIIQ IIIS BUU iicj .-, All the agues and tremor and feverish snakes, i ne orne-e-seeains iby hu bu.-3. If any of these diseases you have, Ask for Holloway 's "political salve." "KT.CT .inrtuM f oalr nnr etnit Attention. While a fact that is simple and true 1 must mention, m 4 ... .. vi. nmflt a a Troll 11 Vila nrlne. He was nearly (bv marrlae") to crept Dess allied, . v n m nii ( r in irlnnlnj Ii 1 hrifltf A position that none will deride A fair bride and position beside. I aim not in this the mart widely to miss, Yet I say In this duty, llnnwniilhfi whole ellV. I am sorry for this I'm opposed to monopolies. But to prove it you've heard of "Holloway 's Indianapolis." T.ik Washlnffton.he. from his earliest youth, "Was afraid he d get trounced if he told not the trutn. And ano'.herl know (He's from n?a-Koomo, Tho' a WUdrnan he is. tells the truth all the same (Yon just nOc the Colonel, he'll give you the name). Our hero once thought to the clouds he'd ascend, TllidlKtauco to earth aa enchantment should lend. In fact he was going up In a balloon. Had the pesky critter not gone op too soon. Bufpeople will talk," and remarks have been made, "Which prove he was really a little afraid. Like the adventuresome Puck, that mischievous lalry. He was lightsome and mlrthlul.and Joyous, and airy. And 'il actually said that he has the power To girdle the earth In less than au hour, (Just now he's in Calif jrny.'j It is funny and true, and would make you smile. The high steps and mm y he takes In a mile; You would certainly thlik He was as quick as a wluk. And he Rets througn the world fuster'n any man in it. For he Duts in more steps in the space of a minute. His military record shows never a Mow; lis otes well he votes if I haven't forgot, 'Tis said that he votes the wsy that be hot, (He's republican throughout.) But that party Just now is surveying the moon, Or perhaps 1 should say, gone np in a balloon, Or else 1 might add, gone up hlgher'n a kite. But perhaps In afety and honor may light. But we can't tell how soon. Put the Colonel, so kind and so thoughtful is he, That he wouldn't maliciously injure a flea; And I'm sure it Is trus, deny It wbo can, Ills forte is general utility man. He's the Rem of society, ne has proved the rlgbt man in Just the right place, And has furthermore proved that most any he'd grace. He Is tall and is straight and it further is rumored, He's rather good looking and very good humored, r.ut he being a fellow of infinite Jet. I'layed the Tom Collins Joke on L. It., 'inongst the res. But It's my impri sslor , dear madam or sir, He's not likely to get much ahead of her, At least he's not likely to get very far. K'er Hbe will o 'et take him, she will, will L. R. Tho' in same things he's last, yet to anger he's slow He's a Rea'lal good fellow, this all his friends k now. And when he's a friend, he's the strongest and best, Mont Renerous and kind Jot this down with the rent. Andl hope though I've written thlsspiclal ditty, Not a very fine poem, nor yet very witty ; As no malice is there, o none hall he bear. May nil friends still outnumber the birds of the air. Emily Hawthorne. NEWS AND (JOSSir. Gail Hamilton has a word Jto say now on the Indian question. A type setting contest conies off in Washington City on the 15th ol December. Two cxinponiDK sticks, one of gold and tbe another of silver, are the prizes. The French government has decreed that army ofQcers must not marry unlesa the bride has a dowry ot 115,000 francs. Heretofore the limit has been 10,000 franc. Tt. C. Dudok do Witt, a gentleman belong ins to a nobla family of Holland, lm arrived in New. York, and proposes to make a tour of this couutry on foot. II has a modest undertaking on hand, or on foct. A convention of postal route agents met in Chicago Wednesday, and took steps for tbe organization of a mutual benefit association. Quite a number of agents from various railroad post routes In the East and West were present. Tbe daughter of William Sharon,' banker, t was married to F. G. Newlands, by Archbishop AleinaDy, Thursday night, at San Francisco. There was a brilliant assemblage present at the wedding. The present from the father of the bride was $1,000,000. A stranger In New York writes to the Herald: "I camo Into your great city yesterday, an entire stranger. I stopped on the corner ol Broadway and Canal streets, as I was lost. 1 asked of a policeman the shortest route to South street. Ills generous answer wasi'Don't know; never measured it.' " At one of the depots, yesterday, was a family of seven persons, out ot money and not knowing whero to go or what to do, and thev bore rnme as follows: Ilortense Viola. Augustine, St. Clare, Perclval, Clementine and Flora Belle. Detroit Froe Press. : . Mr, Samuel J. Tilden, the democratic governor elect, has rented of Mr. Robert L. Johnson his elegant house In Albany, for tbe executive mansion dtfring his term of office. The Albany newspapers sav that "it Is expected that Mr. Tilden'a sister and niece will reside with him. Lord Iloughton Is preparing a new edition ct his "Life of Keats." "We trust," says'

the New York Post, "that something will be told us of the poet's engagement. It has been said that Lord Houghton saw the 'Copardess of whom Keats wrote eloquent letters irom Rome. Hut exceedingly little has been told the public concerning her." Communication having been received from the Cheyenno agency of Dakota, to tbe effect that about sixty white men, mlneis, are working in the Sioux reservation in the Black Hills, Secretary Delano requests the war department to remove any persons who may be found trespassing, that trouble with

the Indians may be avoiuea. AN OHIO TKAGEDY. A mysterious murder in butler county, OHIO A MAN STABBED AT HIS FATHER'S DOOR THE VICTIM'S OWN FAMILY SUSPECTED. The Cincinnati Gazette of the 25th Inst, contains the following additional particulars of a tragody already referred to by telegraph: A cold-blooded murder occurred on Sunday eveniDg in the vicinity of Iluntsvillo and Bethany, in Liberty township, Butler county, Ohio, thq, circumstances ot which are still envel iped in mystery. Th location of the tragedy is in a populous and well-settled part of the count y, about one mile east ol HugheV Station, on the Short line railroad, not more than two miles Irom a telegraph station, but little over 20 miles from Cincinnati, end within reach of the dally papers by hreakltst time. Notwithstanding the facilities sflorded by that am ;unt ot civillzation.knowledge of the affair seems to have Ween limited almost to the locality of the occurrence, and if any additional circumstances are discovered, it will te because the awful majesty of law enveloping a coroner's Inquest invo-ts the wheel wlih power enough to grind fine testimony from the observstions of the mrst stolid. From whst has already been as'-ertained, the dramatis rerso".o of the traseJy are a family, named Harris, composed of ti e father and mother, who are evidently over sixty years ol age, and six or eight children, most ot whom are grown, and live in moderate circumstances on a small firm rather nearer Iluntsvillethan Bethany. On Sunday evening, about 6 o'clock, a neighbor named Dykes was summoned bv oneot tbe younger Harrises, and hurrying over with bitn through the rain, and mud, and darkness, te found Christopher Harris, a young man about twenty ears of age, lying on a bed at home, his face and clothing covered with blood, and breathing his last. He spoke to him, bnt the young man waa ton for irons to answer, and died In a minute or two after Mr. Dykes' arrival. He was told by the family, who stood around the beJ, that they knew nothing at all of the affair, except that they had all been sitting around the lire, and "Ciiris went out to the wood pita for au arnnul of wood, and just as he got to the corner of the house they HEARD HIM FALL. Jeff (aa elder brother of tho deceased) went ojt to see v hat could bo the matter, and Ündiug him lying on the ground, he dragged him into the house, and they lilted bim onto tbe bed." Ho was found with a deep stab in hi ltt lrfAst- lust below the hart, In the back, and in tho lip. I he funily eay be ... .!. A. i i & was not hLloto teli tuem anyining auuut the affair. Tbe news npread among tho nelghliors the same night, and many others visited the bouse. At the suggestions of the neighbors, 'Squire Williamson polled an inaust and summoned Dr. Carley and a Jury, consisting of David Iloatty, Win. Slay back, Jas. T. Hare, Daniel Carter, Tnoa. 117.2 re, and Daniel Currier. rhe iiKiues-t appears l nave ueen oi a most superficial character. A few wltueses were examined, Including several members of the Harris family, me veraici mat upcaswi "canu to his dath by hands unknown to thejurv" was rendered, and the body rettiriiod'to the famliv. If tbe verdict nattsfiod the lurv and the relatives, it certainly ... . . a I A . 1 a - 1 I 1 did not satisfy the minasor an tue intelligent neighbors. The family prepared tbe bodv for burfal. and when the luneral started yesterday morning, a very large number of people took part. Ou the way there was more speculation, and whoa the cortege reached the little burying ground at Chester, the ltev. Mr. Ilolslnger. pastor oi me i resuyterian Church, announced that in conse quence ot new developments the hody would uot tnen be intarreu. it was locaou. m mo vauU and tho I u tie nil was dismissed. Two messengers were at onco dispatched to Hamilton to notifv the coroner to hold an additional inquest, and the prosecuting attorney to order the arrest of tho Harris family on suspicion. THE CONFESSION OF TIIF. MURDERER AND TUB MOTIir.R'H TESTIMONY. Tho Cincinnati Gazette of tbe 2Gth gives tbo following additional facts: Ofllccr Miller quizzed Kauimy, and only learned from him that he was not the one who com mitted the deed. In the other wagon, a fow words of questioning drew from Jasper a confession that tbo murder was committed by his own bands. At the linal inquest the first witness worn was Mrs. Jane Harris, mother of tho deceased: Am 53 years of age.- Have lived In Builer couuty 31 yesrs. jasper ana cnristopner got to fussing In the family room on Sunday evenlntr. lx twpen 0 and 7 o'clock. Thero wai present Nancy, Charlotte, Ann Klizabeth, my husband, who was in bed, and James; my ton Samuel was up stairs above the room. The boys, Jasper and Christopher, were Bitting in the room, when Christopher accused Jaspcrof committing an.oflenslvo indocorum, aid-snid if it was daylight they would go out and light it out, as he wasn't going to have any such conduct in te house. Jasper said wo will fight It out to-night, and Christopher said couie op. Chris, went out of doors and Jasper followed. The.boys had not been out live minutes when my ton Jimmy looked out and said Chris. N hurt. I went to the door and taw that Chris, had fallen near the door. Ills brother Jimmy and Jasper helped to bring him into the bouse. We laid bim on tho trundlebed and he drew about threo breaths. I spoke to him, but be did not answer me. I askd him no question, but supposed when I sw tin wound in his side, tha trouble was between the two boys as there was no one eise aoout. Chris, and Jasper had often had spats before this. After the fuss was over Jasper gave me a knife, a two bladed pen-knife was here shown which she recognized. It was also recognized bv Con stable Miller as the knife given to them by WW t -m . - iMrs. liarnsj. unmtopner was a good working boy, and helped to support the family. He was not addicted to drinking. Elizabeth and Charlotte Ann were next exam ined, and their testimony corroborated closely that of their mother. Jasper Harris, the mcrderer. is a thick-set, low-browed young man, with a half wltted, but dogged, expre-slon of countenance He speaks with a thick, Inarticulate utterance, which his ratner was irequentiy compelled to translate. He made no attempt to conceal his crime, and spoke freely and utterly without fueling. He said Chris, was overbearing and wanted to be boss, probably because he earned the most money. Ho aid that ho wis excited when he went outof the door. Chris. struck first. Carl, struck him first in the mouth and then over the left eye. &am., the eldest or tho bovs. suecesta nothing better than Jasper. He eald he was up stairs at the time of the fight, and didn't see the stabbing. The only speck of relief from tbe mass of animalism tbe boys presented was in the statement Jimmy made, mat -ne was reauingtue f ourth isook when the others got to quarreling, and didn't take much notice of what was going on."

NASHVILLE JUBILEE.

OPINIONS OP THE NEXT SPEAKER THE DUTIES OF THE HOUR. SPEECH BY THE HON. M. C. Kr.RR AT THE NASHVILLE JUBILEE A REVIEW OF THE WHOLE FIELD OP THE FUTURE. At the Nashville democratic celebration on the 19th inst.t the Hon. M. C: Kerr was one of tbe speakers, and the following is a report or his speech on that occasion taken from the Louisville Courier-Journal : Mew of Tennessee I have not come here to-day, for mj-sell or In company with you, to rf-joico ever fallen candidates for otuee this year, or to exult over the mere defeat of Individuals, or even over the discomfiture of a political partv, but I have come to minstle my rejoicing with yours over the success of a cause, tbe triumph of great principles, the hopeful and encoorsgtng progress of political ideas in our treat countrv. I trust that no democratic or liberal cbizen of Tennessee desires now. even in this hour of our unex pected triumpji, to n-joice in any other spirit, or for any otuer reason. I am glad to bo with you to-day. It is happiness to be able to rejoice with you over the remarkable results of tbe recent elections and thobrightenlcg prospects of political reform. These most gratifying events are proper subjects lor reooanitioti at the hands of the peo ple. Thev are calculated to revive the hopes and renew the patriotic real of faithful citizens. They open the way to better conditions, and invite the people of all classes and sections to warmer sympathies ana closer oro'nernooa. mey evince an increasing sense of ger erous nationality amongst the people. In my iu lemetit. tbe.se great events, this political earthquake, do not result from the labors of the politicians, lneyare the results of the voluntary, free, intelligent action of the people They come from thtm and echo their feelings, purposes and sentiments. It becomes us, therefore, to look to them for thoir true significance. Tbe political movements of this year pervaded the whole country. North and houth, east and west. and therefore supply additional grounds for rejoicing. lean well imagine that in many ot the oppressed and impoverished sections of the country, a m'ghty load of despondency or bitter appreheusions has been lilted from the hearts of the people, and they now feel that they havonew reasons to trust fid love their country and all the people. TherVf suits of these elections rebuke tho malign spirit of sectionalism wherever .t exists in the laud. They urge the people to cultivate more friendly and trustul relations and a nobler patriotism. It i, in my judgment, one of the most precious results of these victories that they evidence an intelligent reawakening of the popular mind to the public dangers, and a determination on tho part ot tbe people to take charge ot their own interests, and to rescue them from the very great perils Into which they have been brought by bad rulers and wicked men in high places. They rebuke present rulers for broken pledges and bad faith towards the8uttering people, for corruption in cflice, lor their bad, cruel, partial, and op pressive laws, and for their gross excesses tf authority, luey rebuke, abovo nil things, every effort to enact laws, such as the propped "civil right bill," for the purpose of accomplishing mere partisan ends, and calculated chlelly TO AWAKEN STRIFE AND DISCORD In the country, and hirray raco against race, section agalust soction, and hasten on the dangerous progress of centralism. They show a determination on tho part of the people to como back, and bring their rulers back, to a more manly, honest and generous obedience to the constitution, and to compel the servants of the people to lorget themselves and ceaso to pursue selfi'h ends and to remember their duty to the whole country and all tb people. Applause. They rebuke the willingness that has been manifested, for now so many years, to oppress the people with reckless and cruel laws and unnecessary burdens, and, as tbe gentleman who last addressed you has so well said, to grind them down Into a condition almost of slavery, and the country and the people, with trumpet vo ce, have entered their protest against this system ot legislation. They have entered their protost against all class legislation, because it is the most fruitful parent of sectionalism, injustice and corruption, and il is out of this kind of legislation (of which, in rrcent years woJiavehad eo much), that most of the sufTd rings, burdens and wrongs of the people have arisen. Applauso. In all these fortuna'e and hopeful movements ot the popular mind there is the greatest ground lor rejolcing, becauso tho promise of relief Is to all the people, to all parties, to ah pursuits and iutereat, and not to cms class, party, section or pursuit. Therefore, again I say It gives no reason lor mere rej'oicing over individuals. I do not even rejoice in any personal sense over the detoat ol Mr. B. b JIutler, tut I do rejoico, with all truo and faithful patriots, in his defeat, because he Blood as the representative of bad doctrine, d bad p dicy of Corrupt legl-lation, Of dishonest laws, and of corruption in administration. Applause. But in this rejoicing tho occasion lor whicu has been turnUbed us by the bravo and hoaest men of Massachusetts, let us bear in mind that it wa not a democratic triumph. Tho democrats could nover have beaten Benjamin 1. Butler. It required tho aid, powerlul, elfuctive and direct, of thousands of conserv alive men, who hiveaciid for year, and it may be lor their entire lives, with tho republican party; men who love the country, who love good and honest laws, who want reform and who appreciate the rapidity with which our eoumry, for reoout years, has been traveling downward and bellward. Applause. And they have detorminod, in their might, intelligence and virtue, that they would give us relief; aud they have thus rebuked the men who Btood, aa Mr. Butler did, the representatives of those bad thing"; and the results achieved by these elections givo promlao to tbe people of tho whole country ol an era of poaoo real, generous, national and fraternal peace. Applause. But it is not in Massachusetts alone that we have the aid of LIBERAL AND REPUBLICAN VOTES to achieve recent triumphs over wrong, radicalism and corruption. We have had to a greater or less extent the like aid In all parts of the country. It Is fit and just that we should recognize this fact, and so U39 the power conferred on us by theso victories aa to deserve again the confidence aud cooperation of suchgoud and Worthy citizens. Applause. Let us realize that we are citizens of a great country ; that Tennessee can not suffer unless Indiana also suffers; that Louisiana can not be crushed under the iron heel of oppression without bringing suffering, If not soriow, to the doors of men of Indiana, of Massachusetts, of California, of the entire country. Now I came bre dotermlned to talk to you, men of Tennessee, as I would talk to my frieudi, my constituents in Indiana. I think I may therefore tender to you, out of the fullness of my own heart, and out of the lullness of the hearts of the democratic and conservative men of Indiana, my own and their hearty congratulations over the recent triumphs, viewed in the light to which I have referred. Applause. Their hearts respond to yours in a renewed spirit of revived and strengthened nationality. We havo a thousand reasons for being united, and for cherishing your rights and your interests as our own.

Indiana and Tennessee are not only sisters in our great Union, but the commercial relations of their people are very Intimate and natural, and ought to become mortoand more close and extensive to the mutual advantage of both. It Is tbe Interest of both, of all of mankind, that tbe full enjoyment of local self-government, the most efficient safeguard ot free institntions and of personal liberty, the sacred birth-right of every state, shall be restored at the earliest practicable moment. These elections have turned the face of the country more hopefully in that direction than any other events sinca I860. But, gentlemen, it becomes us all to remember, in the inid.-t of our rej dein guthat these events present lo us a sober ude, which should be btudied with the most thoughtful care and solicitude. These elections have not finally settled much.or at all determined tbe great question of the future control of our public policy, cr of the general government; they have turned out many public servants and put others in their places, but that is an unimportant matter unless it bear

other fruit. Wherever this reinvestiere of power has taken place, whether In the nation, the Btate, Hi9 county, the city or the tt wn, it has come freighted with the m-'fet solemn responsibilities. It, therefore, be comes the imperative, and it onght to be the cheerlul, duly of every man invested with office or power to look well to his ofBMa conduct, to consider well whatever he does or says, to KEEP FAITH IN ALL THINGS with the people; because such is his duty, and then there are hypercritical persons all around him to wa'ch for and criticise and magnify all his errors, or mistakes, or blun ders. And of this fact he will hava no right to complain. I appeal to you all, however hiih or low may bo the place to which you have been chosen, to realize t. e delicacy and importance of the duties which have been cast upon you. Each or.o of you has, in a sense, become the guardian of the honor of the great dmnocratic and conservative party of this country. Applause. If In this spirit all tbo men whom this election has brought to the front will per form their duties, my judgment is that when two years have rolled around, and the people come to the polls to express tbPir judgment anew, our reindorsement will be complete and emr-hatte, and that in 1S7G the great centennial year of our country's history we will enter upon a new era of pence and prosperity, or growth and developement, of national honor and glory. Gireat applauo If we remember these duties, we may be able In that year in spite of all the e Sorts for a third term (or any other kind of a term for Mr. (Jraut or lany one representing his policy) wo may be able to place in the executive mansion a true, experienced, Incorruptible, hightoned democrat, djvoted to the re-ostab-1'nhment of Justice, equal laws, sound and wise policy and decent administration all over the country. We care not who he is, provided only that he be "honest and capable," and thoroughly rational, Applause. Let m not defeat him In advance bv over confidence or bad conduct. My friends, in my judgment the results of these elections aio, in every sense, con servative, and not at all revolutionary. Tbe people have risen in their power to demand of their public servants reformhonest, severe, searching, impartial reform but not teaction. They want good faith from rulers, and reform in laws and administration that shall be comprehensive and embrace tho great sub jects that have been considered by the people in the recent canvass. We must maintain the public faith and credit, execute in good faith all the guarantees in tbe constitution, protect all the people, whether white or colored. In the enjoyment of all their civil and political rights, and uuard well, faithfully, the true boundaries of power between the federal and state governments. Applause. There are a few questions on which the public judgment is not agreed or settled, at which the people are much at sea, and upon which there is not entire harmony or entity in any parly. On these It is our duty, bv kindly discussion and unselfish pur suit of great principles, to struggle for THE ATTAINMENT OF HARMONY, It was the chief source of the brilliant suc cess and long ascendency, and tho pure and proud record of the old national democratic party, that it was firmly anchored In endaring principles, In the science of civil government, and bad established amongst its members great unity and harmony. But since then we have passod through a great revolution, and irr important resp'cts all parties have lost their anchorage, aud become unsatisfied In their minds as to what is the truo path ot duty, and these facts impose upon us all the duty of caution, careful htudy of great principles, thou?htlul examination of the history of the ptst, and the experience ot other times and nations, and so that whatever we do shall havo relation not alone or chlelly to the mere passing moment, but shall tend to the re-establishment of a far-reaching, permanent, sound and beneficeut national policy. We must not forget that our power now stops far short ot what is necessary to enable us to form and to put into execution a new or independent policy. We are invested with ouly one ol the great citadels ot the government the House ol Representatives. Wo can not control the Souale, nor tho executive; we can merely iuako Huggetions in the house, and if we fail in securing their adoption, we can accomplish nothing. Let us look then to tho practical. lA3t us endeavor to do that which is in our power to do. Let us, as far as wo have possession and power, show tbe people that our principles aro excellent, that our purposes are in harmony with the best Interests of the country. The people nave shown their willingness to invest the democratic and conservative men of tho country ryith the complete control ol thecouutrv; but it was net in their power to do it this year. It we will prove true to our trust, we will have won their conti Jence anew, aud they will be willing to intrust us further to give us more power and finally to put in our keeping all the departments of the general government and the coutiol of the domestic a 1 lairs of the various states. Great applause. The leaders ot the party now controlling the country have no appropriate respect for the constitution, they dislike its limitations upon power; they are prono to latitudinarian construction ; they have apparently insatiate love tor the exercise of dangerous and ungrauted authority. Out of this kind of conduct on their part have come most of tbe sufferings of the South since the war. These leaders practically assert a right to define the extent of their own powers, according to the exigencies of party, or to promote tho attainment of ends that are selfish or questionable, or simply wrong. Tbe cardinal doctrine of the democratic party is strictly cheerful obedience to the supreme law, tho exercise of the least amount of power that will accomplish the discharge of the duties ot government, the cessation of tho government from all interference in the private pursuits and commercial enterprises of the people, the completest possible divorce between the government and the business of making, managing and using great corporations, and of building up, under the cover ot such institutions, GREAT MONOPOLIES, special privileges, and oppressive exactions against the people. Republican leaders have enacted too many laws in the fnterestsof the few, to enrtch the pets of partisans in ofilco, and to build up that most hateful of institutions in a tree country, a republican aristocracy, a oort of monarchy

in which money shall be king, and its

strongholds shall be mighty corporations. It makes no diherence whether it is the republican or democratic party that indulges in such conduct, sooner or later tbe people will come to that party which will give them relief against such centralizing, dangerous and corrupting p dicy. The republi can party has created numerous and powr - - - ; . 1 II eriui corporations, given tuem minions oi acres of the public domain, and other millions in money subsidies, and still others in the endorsement by the government of corporate bonds, and conlerred upon them tbe most tnunihcient franchises and dangerous powers, and iroua all these have re sulted to the people heavy burdens, in creased taxation, tbe bitter exactions of monopoly and gross and shameless corruption in the management of the corporations and In their connection with the government. I ask you it you suppose that, if the glorious eld national democratic party has indulged in such reckless, extravagant, dishonest and revolutionary legislation, 30 or 40 years ago, we would not then have had, as we have under this republican policy, Credit Mobilier, and other like combinations to corrupt men, thieves and robbers to plunder the people and the treasury? Applause. Let me tell you that these organizations in these recent times are the necessary and most logical results of radical policy, and that they will always as certainly arite out of such policy as death will eome day come to each of us. They come be cause the laws invite them, prepare tbe way lor them, our them miucemeuts, tempta tions and support. When you thus en set. laws to enrich a few, to rob the great body of tbo people, so .nake men wealthv by tho mere turn of the hand, or the cast of a die, you ought not to complain that uredit Mubilier combinations and plunderers come, or consider it Btranee that the people süßer. These corrupt organizations invaded tho very temple of the government, and in volved iu their meshes men high iu au thority, who were shaping the policy, and directing the conduct, and giving tone to the sentiments of the country; aud when exposure came the people were startled, but they should not have been they should, rather, have expected them, for such legislation and conduct can only bear evil fruits. Sucn schemes never come of mere chance. Dj you appreciate tbe exteut to which con gressional lobbies exi&t in our country? I fear you do not. They are begotten of the same wicked policy. Their influence aud powers aro s great, artful and seductive that THE TEOPLE ARE NEVER SAKE while lobbies are allowed to exist, and are systematically fostered and fattened by the public poliey and laws of tho country. There are lobbies now that infest every ap proach to the halls of Congross, and have done so for twelve or fourteen years, and corrupt the very fountains of legislation. There is a tariff lobby, a railroad lobby, a steamship company lobby, a subsidy lobby, aud Ood only knows how many others there are. Their agents are numerous, unscrupulous, cunning, and well bupplied with money lor wicked uses. Sometimes their agents are women, artful, cultivated, beautiful, but scarcely entitled to b: called Indies. All theso couibiwations are the enemies ot the people. They are born ot bad la.vs and solhsh policy, and of usurpation. and tho remedy against them must be sought in tho total abandonment and condemna tion of all such policy, and the bringing of federal legislation back to the range of strict construction, tho enactment only of plain general necessary laws for the collection of needful revenue the protection of the people in their civil rights, political privileges, and pursuit oi happiness, under equal and impartial laws, without intermeddling by the government in the conduct of business. 1 hen tho lobby will disappear, or die, or go to honest labor, or turn its batteries of corruption against other and more vulnerable branches of the public service. A powerful lobby can not coexist with honest and pure government and the safety ot tbe people. In conclusion, let me fray that I Indorse all my distinguished friend has said, and I must state, in justice to my own feelings, that I profoundly regret no is not to be a member of the Fortyfourth Congress. Applause. Above all men whom the wheel of fortune has retired from the public service this year, one of the most available, and one whom the country could less easily dispense with, is James B. iSeck, of Kentucky. Applause. Indorsing everything he has said, I now appeal to you to bear constantly in mind that although these victories have been very Breat, are very comprehensive, extend "to the remotest parts of our country, and bring so much ol hope and gladness to the hearts of all the people, yet they settle nothing, but only bring ns grand opportunities for tho future, not alone for our party (which is really a matter of little consequence) but for our country. Tlis reuUs of therecont victories are to be determined in tbo future by the conduct of the men who havo bren pUced in power. 1 appeal, therefore, to them, whether they bo representatives, or governors of state"?, or men filling very subordinate places, to rally, iu all their manhood, in all their patriotism, in all their Intelligence, and so to demean themsolvesas to see to It that they not only commend themselves personally to tbe people, but that they show themselves to be the representatives of tho great democratic-conservative party of tbe country that has elected them a:ui which is to be belore the people lor future Indorsement. Tho peopb want the results of right conduce; they want the results ot patriotic, intelligent and competent action on the part of their servants. and then our future triumph will become complete. Continued applause. THE ACE OF SPADES. A DES TITRATE ENCOUNTER WITn AN ASSASSIN AND R0BRKR A WOMAN CONQUERS BY THE USE OF A FARMER'S SPADK. The Charlotte (N. C.) Observer relates the following encounter between a woman and a would-be robben We print lelow the partic ulars of tho killing of an unknown negro In Rowan county, last Thursday night, by Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Setzer. We were told yesterday morning that Mr. Setzer bad died from the wounds which he received during the terrible encounter. On the night of the 12th Inst., a most horri ble crime was attempted in tbe western part of Rowan county. J he circumstances, as I heard them on the spot from Mr. and Mrs. Setzer, are substantially as follows: Two negro men, unknown to their would-be victims, went to the house of Mr. Caleb Setzer, a worthy and esteemed citizen of our neighborhood, wbo lives at the crossing of the Salisbury, Suerrill's Ford, Concord, and Neely's mill roads, about eleven miles from Salisbury. The time of their approach was between tbe hours of 10 and 11 o'clock P. m. after the family, which consists only of Mr. Setzer and his wife, had retired. They knocked at tbe door, giving their names as Jim Jordan and Frank Johnson respectively, and asked admittance Into the house ostensibly for the purpose of procuring fire U "r-trike camp," pretending to be wagoners. The negro Jordan entered the bouse with an impudent, swaggering air, got his fire, and retired, Mr. S. following him to the door. lie then ioined bis companion, who had remained outside, walked olT some distance with him, threw down his fire, and held a consultation. In a few moments they returned to the bouse, and Jordan again entered this time on the pretext'of wanting water. lie stalked up to the hearth where Mr. S. was sitting, and asked if he (Setzer) had any money to lend bim. Upen being answered in tho

negative he drew his pistol, cocked it, and presented it to the breast of Mr. S. Mrs.

...uemgyei in bed, and hearing the clickig of the pistol, rushed to the spot, and. lib more than wnman'a vmraA i .; just as it fired, causing the ball to pass bethen closed with hi ant him by the throat, while bis wile held on. niiu DESPERATE AND HEROIC FIRMNESS, the pistol. The negro was finally forced release bis hold on the pistol, when Mrs. wrenched it from bis hand and aimed it his breast. Unfortunately it failed to dis to to S. at charge, and so their struggles were pro longed. Seeing she could not discharge it, she dealt him a blow in the temple with the hilt ol tho pistol, shivering it in pieces. t her husband, felled Mm t floor. Whilst Mr. S. pinioned thenecroto iuo uoor, our neroine, with unparalleled presence of mind, closed the door and lqeked it, to bar the other villian out ; who, it would seems was afraid to enter and would not do so, thoush implored by his comrade to come to his rescue. Mrs. S. then seized a rock, which served as an andiron, from the glowing fire and .pummelled him on tho head right industriously lor awhile: nding at length, the rock too hot ft r her band, this Joan of A n a certain article of her wearing apparel ""'iu onnii iro uiiut-irasj ma again tricu her strength on bis cranium. At length, supposing the would-be assassin dead, she leit bim prostrate on the floor, and Mr.S., wbo is in feeble health, sitting exhausted in a chair, and ran up stairs to awladwto alarm the neighborhood. She soon beard a noie down stairs, hastened down and reached tho room as tho negro was rising to his leet, knife in band. The negio now made a second assault on Mr. S., who in somo way parred the knile aimed at his throat, but received it in bis cheek, irflicting a ghastly wound. By this time Mrs. S bad gotten a farmer's tpaue, used in the house as a shovel, and w ith a well-directed blow brought tho inurderoos thief again to the floor, this time with bis sknll crushed in the occipital region. The negro being now. Lora de coi.rat, his female antagonist continued to club bim with the spade, until there was not a vestige of life remaining. In berown word, " Ikilled him every time he moved." In this terrible melee Mr. Setzer received some frightful gashes about the face and hands. Mrs. S. one severe cut cn the arm, besides having the entire palmer furfaee of her hand. BLISTERED BY TUB HOT ROCK. Drs. Luckey arjd Eaton were calhd in to dress the wounds! They pronounced them not dangerous. A coroner's inquest was held late In the evening of the 13 h, up to which time the negro had not been certainly recognized. The Jury returned a verdict of "justifia bio homicide." I would sny in this connection that the placo of the rencounter is only three-quarters of a mile from the bridge where McFeo was found murdered a few weekssince. Whether this is tbe same paity that kdled McFee is not known; the suspicions are somewhat in that dim-tioh,as eomeof the neigh b-,tbood think they have seen tho negro in the neighborhood before. In conclusion, let me say that the whole ountry Is ringing with encomi um up in the heroic conduct of Mrs. S., and with joy at the happy lsue ol the attempted assasination and robbery. AN EVENTFUL CAREER. THE ADVENTURES OF A POLISH GENTLEMAN niS LATEST STROKE OF (KX D FORTUNE. The Springfield (Mass.) Union says: Ivdward D'Archen, tho son of a Tolisb professor and princess, applied at a station bouse at Troy, the other night, for a lodging. His parents came to this country about sixty years ago on account of political troubles, and be was born shortly alter their arrival in New York. His lather soon died and his mother went back to Poland, leaving ber son with a family who adopted him. lie was afterwards thrown upon his own resources and went to Europe and learned the trade of a machinist. Being or an inventive turn of mind, be discovered a method of applying coal gas a a motive power, but owing to tbe frailty ot bis machinery the experiments failed, lie bad no means of continuing them, and ho was finally defrauded by persons of wealth of his secret. His next discovery was the manner of making pea water fit for drinking, and a Polish gentleman of Kreat wealth also succeeded in possessing himself of this luforraatiOD, lor which ha received but iittlo compensation, lie went to Hamburg and became a political and humorous writer for one of the papers published there, and at one time was off rod the position of chief editor of one of the opposition pnpers. He finally came to this country, and worked at his trade in New York lor a time. He became established in biiHlness, and was on the road to prosperity, when a tiro destroyed bis property, andf he was again compelled to work for a living. Fortune was not propitious. He was unable to keep at work, and commenced a wandering life. He walked In search of employment rom New York to Philadelphia, thence to Pittsburg, Chicago, Cleveland, Indianapolis, and finally back to New York. He was in the Union army durin tbe war ard was wounded at Harper's Ferry, but owing to some irregularity- he has been unablotogct any pension. When the offer was made by the state of $1041,000 as a prize for a steam canal boat, D'Archen invented a plan, using clock work machinery as a propelling power. He was again unfortunate, lor no one would furnish bim means with which to build a boat, and bis scheme was abandoned. A short time ago he was shown an Eoglbh paper, oütring a reward for an invention by which an airsLip could bo pro-, pelled. The details of tho matter, the article stated, were in the possession of some wealthy gentlemen, who were the proponents of the ottered rewards. D'Archen has secured tbe promise of assistance from soinu wealthy gentlemen in JNew iork, and in tends to go to England and compete for the rewards. Eli Perkins writes thus of one of his blunders: Riding to the villa sre hotel in Courtland, where I was to lecture with Uncle Consider we saw the big, smart landlord, with his boys, smoking short pines on tbe balcony, while his wife was sweeping around their chairs. "Hallo! Do you keep this hotel!" "No, sir, I reckon not; this tavern keeps me." I mean are you master here?" "Waal, sumtimes I am (looking at the old lady's broom), but I guess the boys an' I run' the Btable take. your boss?" "(Jot anything to drink 'round here?" "Yes, everything drinks around here." "AnyalesT" "Touch of the rheumatiz myself folks generally healthy, though." "I mean have you any porter?" "Yes, John's our porter. Hold hin hoss John!" "I mean, any porter to drink." "Porter to driuk?" Why, John can drink, an' ef he can't . drink enough, I kin whip a right smart o' llcker myself." iPshaw Stupid! Havo I got to come down and see in j self?" "Ye kin come down Shaw Stupid, and see 3-ourself ef you want to thar'd a good looking-grass la the bar-room." So it went on.