Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 18, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1874 — Page 6

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, TUESDAY DECEMBER 8. 1874

CORN SONG.

BY J. O. WHITTIER. Heap fclgh the farmer' wintry hoard! Heip high the golden oorn ; yo richer gtf. has aatamn poured From oat her lavish born. Let other lands, exalting, glean The apple from tha pine; Th e oran ge f rom ita ! ossy green , The cluster from the vine. We belter lore the hardy girt Our Tagged rales bestow, 7o cbeer us when the storm shall drift Oar harvest fields with snow. Through Tales of grass and flowers Our plows their furrows made. While on the hills the son and showers Of changeful April played. We dropped the seed o'er hlil and plain, Beneath the son of May, And frightened from oar sprouting grain The robber crows away. All through the long bright daya of June its leaven grew bright ua fair. And waved tn hot midsummer noon, lis soft and snowy hair. And now with autumn's moonlit eves. Its harvest time is come. We r-1 ack away 1 ts frosty leave. And bear Its treasures home. Then richer than the fabled gifts Apollo showered of old. Fair hands the broken grains shall sift, And knead Its meal of gold. Let vapid Idlers roll In silk, Around the costly board; Olve as the cowl of samp and milk, By homespun beauty poured. Then shame on all the proud and vain, A' hose folly laughs to acorn The blessings of our hardy grain; Our wealth of golden corn. Let earth withhold her goodly root. Let mildew blight the rye; Give to the worm the orchard fruit, And wheatfields to th fly; Bntlet the good old crop adorn The hll s our jatherstrod; Rtill let us tor his golden corn , Bend up our thanks to Uod. NEWS AND GOSSIP. ' ' A Philadelphia manufactory turns out about 3,000 umbrellas a day about hall the number that are stolen In the same time. Gov. Chamberlain, of South Carolina, was inaugurated in the Hall of Representatives at Columbia Tuesday. There was a great crowd present. It Is stated that there are at present ICO Chinese students in Connecticut and Massa chusetts. Ech is allowed $700 per annum by his emperor. A resolution was introduced at the late ladies temperance convention at Cleveland, requesting state legislatures to defranchise liquor sellers. It excited discussion, but was finally tabled. Little Albert Alexander is rocked in a cradle of silver filigree work lined with pink silk, and draped with white lace. His aunt, the Princess Beatrice, has contributed a quilt of white satin embroidered with roses lor this elegant crib. The Cinrincinnati Gazette's Huntington' We&t Virginia, special says that sixtysix employes of the Chesapeake fc Ohio railroad struck Tuesday for wages earned daring the past lour months. No traina are out from Huntington to-day except an engine with a mail car. The strikers declare that no freight or passengers shall move until their claims are liquidated. Tennessee leads the South in the number and standing of her edaealioml institution6. By well-directed effort she may become, in the great work of education, the Massachusetts of the South. By reason of climate and geographical position she is favored with two important advantages. The state has now thirteen colleges and universities, Alabama seven, Georgia eleven, Louisiana seven, Mississippi five, and Virginia nine. A dispatch to the Chicago Tribune from rittsburg the 26th says: Saturday the Iron manufacturers and puddlers again meet. What their action will be is not knöwn, but it is a foregone conclusion that the manufacturers will shut down entirely all their mill, and preparations are making accordingly. Tho manufacturers have refused orders for the past few days, the prices being too low. One firm Tuesday refused an order lor 800 tons on the same account. Six or soven yaars ago Dr.-' Marshall, of Knoxvillo, was married to Mii Parsons, a brilliant and beautiful young iady.,' They lived unhappily togotber for several years, when she made application f r divorce, and wan separated from her Hege lord. 'He married again, and his second wife was divorced from him in the same manner as the first, and now he weds his first wifea scond time, He resides In Brunswick. Vc. Valley (G.i.) Mirror. The Chicago Tribune having said that the Rev. Florence McCarthy proposed to quit the ministry and go into politics, the gentleman denies the assertion and adds: "There is only one thing that would induce me to go into politics, and that would be the opportunity I would have to expose corruption, for which work I have a decided taste. But as there is more corruption among the Chicago Baptists than there is in Congress, I thiuk that my duty will be in the pulpit lor at least twenty years to come." On a Sunday, after the choir at Oberlin, Ohio, had sung without distinctly pronouncing the words, President Finney in his prayer alluded to the choir in the following manner: "O Lord, we have sung an anthem to tby praise. Thou knowest the word3, but we do not. We do pray Thee that those who thus lead us may open their mouths, that we may know what they say, that we may Join in 'Thy praise. May they not sing to be beard of men-. May they not mock Thee, and offend Thv people or the house of God by making a display of them selves." . r. ' , Mr. Z. Im White, of the New York Tribune, who has been traveling in the South for some time to investigate and report the actual condition and prospects of the people, peaks of the blacks in some sectiousasan uncertain labor clas, degenerating in physical vigor and tn morals, and scarce Iv improving In intellect. More separated from tho whites and from civilization than they were in a state of slavery, without recourse in sickness to the skill and medical treatment which every planter's wifo dispensed on ground of economy, and with probably less restraint In their sexual relations than for merly, their hold on civilization is so far weakened. A very dirty, debased and ignorant looking man came in to vote in a township of Michigan. Paid one of the ladles, offering him a ballot, "I wish you would oblige us byvoticg this ticket." "What kind of a ticket is that?" said he. "Wby," enld the lady, "you can see yourself." "But I can't read," ho answered. "Why, can't you read tho ballot you have there in your hand, which yon are about to vote?" tho ladv asked. "No," said he, "I can't read at ail.' "Well," Paid the lady, "this ballot moans that you are willing to let the women as well as the men vote." "Is that it?" ho replied, "then I don't want it; tho women don't know enough to vote." Grand Rapid j Post. fhe Augsburg Allomeine Zeitung of a lato

date gives the following facU and statistics from the various German University Calendars Just published: The university of Berlin shows the largest attendance, having had in the summer term of 1874, 2,980 students and 187 professors. While this university bad for a time the second place and Leipzig the first, the order is now reversed, and Leipzig follows with 140 professors and 2.800 students. Then comes Halle, with 1,054 students and 05 professors; Breslau, with 1,036 studentsand 107 proiessors; Munich, with 1,031 students and 114 professors; Tubingen, 921 students and 84 professors; Wurzburg, 901 students and 53 professors; Heidelberg. 884 students and 104 professors; Bonn, 858 students and 93 proiessors; Strasburg, CC7 students and 81 professors; Königsberg, 603 students and 76 professors; Grleifswald, 540 students aid 53 professors; Jena, 493 students and C9 professors, with several smallest ones. The Lansing Republican, speaking of the late census of Michigan, says: For the first time in the history of Michigan, its growth of population seems to be arrested in the older regions. Ten of the oldest agricultural counties in the state, one mining and one island county, show less inhabitants than four years ago. They are Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Hillsdale, Kalamazoo, Mackinac, Oakland, Ontonagon, St. Joseph and Washtenaw, and their aggregate loss is 9,345. No less than 288 townships seem to have lost population, and so have nine cities, namely: Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Coldwater, Corunna, Isbpeming, Marsball, Niles, Pontiac and Ypsilanti. The loss in these cities aggregate 2,830. The principal growth ot the state has been in the cities: Detroit, Bay City, Grand Kspicls, the two Sazinaws. Jackson, Port

Huron and Lansing exhibit 52,932 of the en tire increase, or 34.8 percent. Tho loss of population is almost wholly in the farming regions, whore all the lard is now taken up and held at prices that afford small enconr agement for poor men with large families to come in, or for larmers sons to settle down aud raise families. FIVE MONTHS IN A CANOE. FROM PHILADELPHIA TO KEY WEST THE SOL ITARY VOYAGER AND HIS cnAFT EXAMINATION OP THE INTERIOR OF THE WATERCOURSES ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST. A letter to the New York Tribune from Philadelphia gives the following Interesting sketch of a novel undertaking: This morn ing at C o'clock a paper canoa put off from one of tho wharves on the Delaware, and went down the river at a rapid rate, pro pelled by a double-bladcd paddle in the hands of its single occupant. The voyager was Nathaniel II. Bishop, of Mannahawken, New Jersey, author of "A Thou sand Mile- Walk Across South America." His destination was the Gulf ' f Mexico. The object of his singular under taking was not to gain notoriety or win the applause of sporting circles, but to afford an cpiortunity f ir a careful scientific observation of the system of inlets, sounds, rivers and bays that lie along the Atlantic coast, and form almost a continuous land-locked water course from Sandy Hook to the south ern part of Florida, broken n some places Dy long reaches or the sea inland, like the Chesipeake, and In others bvjattiog headlands. Mr. Bishop seasoned himself for his fatiguing task by a pull in an open boat last summer from Quebec to Philadelphia. He 6ft Ouebee in June In a codar boat laree enough to hold two men. lie bad with him a Barnegat boatman as assistant. The two rowed up the St. Lawrence 145 miles to the mouth of the Itichelieu or Lord river, no that stream to Lake Cbamplain, and from the lake reached Albtnv bv wav of the canal, traveling In all 421 in Hps. Mr. Bishop concluded that the help of his assistant did not compensate Tor his weight and that of his blankets and provisions, and that more rapid progress could be made without him. It was then August, and be decided not to continue the vovaee until the frost had killod the malaria along the coast. In the raeau time he had a paper canoe constructed by E. Waters tfc Son, of rr sä - t . ' iroy, t. i., in wnicn to prosecute the more adventurous part of his novel undertaking. This canoe Is or what is known as the Nautilus model, designed by the Rev. Baden Powell, of England, and is an improvement on the well known Rob toy type. The body is made of linen raner about one-sixth of an inch thick, molded l 1 - . l L if . . ' wuuo buh. upon a sum wooa form, and afterward highly polished and var nished. This material is Hebt. tough, and water-tight. Inide of the shell s a light framework to which the seat is at. tached. The dimensions of the canoe are: Lenctb. 14 feet: width. 2 inches: donth amidshios, S) inches; height at s tprn from lorizontal line. Z) inches: at bow. 23 inches. It is not (ieckod over liko an ordinary canoe, but is fi'tod with a canvas cover buttoned to the skies, which KEEPS THE WATER OUT when a rough sea is running and sorves as a shelter to tho sleeping occupant at night The weight of the craft and ita equipment is asfollows: Canoe, 5S pounds; one pair ol oars for use in still water, seven foot eight nches long, 6 pounds; one paddle with double blade, 2J pounds; mast, sprit and boom, 6 pounds; total, 73 pounds. For cookng, Mr. Bishop carries a stove that can be packed in about the space occupied bv a pack of card, a small coffee-pot and a tiu pan. His laraer consists ot condensed provisions: his bed is his boat, and his bedding a pa'r of lankets. He carries only the suit ot clothes whic he wears. In this canoe Mr. Ri.sho n left Albany about a fortnight since, and rowed and paddled to Philadelphia by wav ofttie Hudson river, the Kill von Kull t.rait, the lUritan river, the canal irom New Brunswick to Bordentown, and the j?jaware irom tue latter noint to this . city. The distant is 500 miles, and be accomplished it in 74 hours' rowing lime. -Mr. Bishop's plan lor his long voyage from here to the gult is carefully made, and be has studied his course in advanco by the aid of tho coast survey maps. He will first go down tho Delaware river and bay to Lewes, where he will haul his canoe five miles overland to Rehohoth sound At the end or this sound he will haul over lor.r miles to the Indian river, which will take him into the Chincoteague system of water courses, which he will follow to Cape Charles. Crossing the mouth of the Chesapeake, he wll enter Hampton roads, paddle up the Norfolk, and by way of the Albemarle and Currituck canal, reach in Succession Currltnck, Albemarle, Pamlico. Core, Stump and Bogde sounds, which will bring mm to lopsau miei, near cape Fear, N. fj. Here, according to the coast survey maps, he must take to the open sea for 40 miles to reach Smlthvllle, at the mouth ot the Cape T . I - TT. I I . . . roar river. lie nopes, nowever, lo De able to work his canoe throigh ditches part cf the way. From Smltbvlllt to Georgetown, S. C., 80 miles.he will certainly have to trust his paper boat to tho ocean. He exports to crerp along coast when the wind Is off shore, and take to the land whenever it blows from soaward. All tho wav from Oeorcetown to the St. John' river in Florida, ha will find land-locked waters behind the sea islands. Rowing up the St. Johns 210 miles to Salt Lake, near the Everglados, be will make a portace of seven miles to reach the Indian river, a salt water bayou extending along the eastern coast of Florida, and separated from the ocean by a narrow atrip of beach. The river will tako him to Jupiter Inlet, from whence he will row as fir as Key Biscaylne certainly, and if possible will go from key to key until he reaches Key West, whore he expects to arrive in March.

HOME C0ERESP0NDEXCE.

SCENTING SCANDAL CLOSE BY. THE GAY PROFESSOR. BOOTS OF THE SEECH EB BUSINESS RUNNING IN QUEER DIRECTIONS CENE3 BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF A UNI VERS ITT A PRETTY PLAIN AND SQUARE TOED STATEMENT BEAL CAUSE OF PROF. OAT'S RESIGNATION Occasional Correspondence of the Sentinel. I Bloominoton, Ind., Nov. 29. Some of the statements contained in the article headed '.'Scenting far off scandal," in the issue of the "Sentinel" of the 25th inst might be considered as a Joke were it not the fact that the action of the board of trus tee3 of the State University in regard to the Rev. J. L. Gay might thereby be placed in an unfavorable and untruthful light. Your correspondent, after careful inauirv. is Dre pared to say that the "manly stand" (?) and course or me REV. J. L. GAY on the occasion of Theodore Tilton's lecture before the students of the university in the spring of 1872, did not cost him his position as profeeser of English .literature, nor was there any connection between the two cir cu instances. His resignation was accepted because of his notorious incompe tencv, and for the "good of the service." As soon as he ascertained that Professor G W. IIoss, Jj.Lt. D., had resigned in August 1S71 the professorship of English literature in the Indiana University, the Rev. J. L. Gay, then pastor ot a Protestant Episcopal church in vincennes, began maneuvering and working for the vacant cbair. The trustees and faculty knew little of Professor Way. An Incidental acquaintance with him while on a visit to Bloomington during the commencement week of 1871 furnished all the information tbey had of the man and his character. In the casual intercourse which then took place between him and the proiessors the impression he made was not altogether unfavorable. He afterwards wroto a communication very complimentary in tone to the university, its president and faculty, which was puDiisned in the v incennes paper. Soon after the resignation ol Prof. IIoss, the Rev. J. L. Gay wrote to Dr. Nutt, president oi me university, asking his aid In obtain Ing the vacant chair of English literature, and what it would be necessary for him to do to this end. The president, in an swering his letter, stated that it would be necessary for him to present tils name and testimonials to the president of the trusteoa xie immediately commenced the most active w .... - exertions, traversing the state In order to obtain recommendations. He succeeded, by persistent efforts, in securing recommenda tions trow many good men in different sec tions or the state, and among others, from several of the Judges of the Supreme Court. These men were entirelv unac quainted with his want of scholarship and peculiarities, which render him unfit lor a proiessors' chair; tbey knew him only as a Christian minister, and recognized him as a man or some ability In the nulolt. When tbe board met, in November, 1871, his namo was the most prominent ot the candidates for the vacant chair, in conseauence of his extraordinary exertions in obtaining recomuieuuauons. xie inus literal v IMPOSED HIMSELF upon tho trustees and faculty of the university, who accepted him up on his. testimonials, without anv . , j knowledge of his character and qualifications for the position. Hence for his election to the chair of English literature, and tbe consequences accruing to himself and the university, he alone is responsible. or H was owing to his ownunrenev. and that of his friend, that he, in a measure, lorced himself into a position .'or which he was so utterly unqualified. No censure can be awarded the trustees for their action in the case. Had he possessed ordinary discretion he would never have presented himself as a candidate lor a professorship, for he would have been conscious of bis entire want of qualifications. Alter ma election and acceptance of his chair, iustead of coming to Bloomington and witnessing the recitations In his department, which were then conducted by oth6r members of tbe faculty, and making himself acquainted with tLe method of instruction, and tbe nature of tho work he was expected to perform, ho never came near the recitation rooms until the second day of the term on which he wa to enter on his duties. He spent tho intervening time, some six weeks, from the- dato of his election In traversing tho stato, lecturing and taking up collections and soliciting donutions for an Episcopal church in Bloomington. Iu his lecture at Terro Haute ho declarod to the audience "that thero were four hundred studen's in Bloomington destitute of the gospel;" thus making tho Impression so fa' us uisinnut'DCB exienutMi, mac mere were no churches, no gospel ministry In Bloomington. When, in reality, thero were six different churches witn regular pastors aud preaching twice on each Sabbaih in five ot them, and once in the sixth. In all of these churches, also, there were prosperous Sunday schools. These statement of the Rev. J. Ii. Gay wore calculated to create a very damaging impression abroad in regard to the moral and religious character ot the citizens residing an tho seat ot the university. THE REV. J. L. OAY'a WANT OP QUALIFICATION FOR TUB PROFESSORSHIP OF KNOLISIT LITERATURE. The Rev. J. L. Gay arrived in Bloomington on the evening of the first day ot the second term of the college year of 1871 and 1872, and was present at chapel exercises the following morning, when he began his recitations. . In his department there were two regular classes; ono in rhetoric and one in logic The circumstances were favorable for his success, and tbe students were all kindly disposed toward him, and prepared to appreciate his Instructions at their full value. His mode of hearing a recitation was to direct, some member of theclaasto road from the text-book the lesson for the day, and then to question tho class upon what had been read. There may have been some variations in his method, but all bore tbe same general type. For weeits the studsntsbore this patiently, knowing that he was in a new position, and likely a little rusty In the subjects taught. But at length their patience was exhausted; uumbers of them complained that their recitations in that department were a farce, and to attend them was only wasting time. Several of the best members of his classes asked to be excused from attending, alleging that they could learn more by private study. The faculty defended Prof. Gay as brst they could, "urging that he was not accustomed to teaching, and that he was not acquainted with the modern and improved modes of Instruction; but that he would soon post himself in his department, anil ecome an able and efficient instructor." The students replied that they came to the university to learn, and they wanted instruction of the first quality. They were spending their time and money, and they did not wish to be the subjects on whom Prof. Gay should expoilment in learning to teach. The university should have the bont teachers in every suboctofthe course of study, and If they could not receive such instruction at the (State Unlversltv, they would be compelled to go ohewhere. They wero satisfied that it was a waste of time, and worse, even, to spend it with Prof. Gay. The president and other members did their very beat to allay the rialug dissatisiactlou,

assuring the students that tbey trusted that Prof. Gay would soon show himself fully posted and competent for his work In the meantime, in a private conversation ill- m . . .

whu a memoer oi tne faculty, who was org'ng him to prepare himselt thoroughly on the subject of each day's recitation, he made the surprising statement that he did not know whether he could sustain him self. He did not know but that he should MA EE A FAILURE. In Is remark was very disheartening to his friends who had done all they could to sustain him. It proves, however, that he felt his Incompetency for tbe posit'on which he occupied; and, as an honest man, he ought to have resigned. But instead of retiring, he desired numbers of the faculty to stand by him and sustain him at all hazards. The president and his other friends told him that they would do what tbey could in his behalf; but he must put forth every efiori to post himself in hU department, About five weeks after the winter term of is7J nad commenced, the members ot tbe logic class came to the president and desired him to take charge of them in that study, as Prof. Gay knew nothing about it. The president told them that such a change could not be effected. But they must go back and continue their recitations to Prof. Gay. It would be all rieht In a few dava. A short time afterward, Prof. Gay came of nis own accord to the president and requested him to take the logic class and teach for the remainder of the session, as he was satisfied that he was not capable of doing the class justice. ine president remonstrated with mm, and assured him that such a change would be very damaging to him. Prof.Gay replied that a (satisfactory reason could begiven to the students for the change. "He wished to form a class or perhaps two classes in elo cution, and consequently he would not havo nine io near mem an." Also be would regard it as a great favor if the president would relieve him. On these terms the president consented, and taught the logic class the remainder ot the ses-tion. Prof. Gay organ ized a ciass in elocution, then employed a law student by the name of Ewirig to tach n. njou ii oecame a matter or general con versaiion among students and citizens that Prof. Gay was a "failure," and thai "the trustees had changed their Hoss for an ass.' it was said that "he could not pee. bear. teach nor govern." , When any question was asked by auy of the class, pertaininur to the 8ubject,instöad of explaining the difficulty he wouia aK me questioner and other members of the class: "Well, how do you understand it?" and, not giving his own- view of the matter, u e would adopt those Presented bv tbe students. The result was the students lot all respect for him. and the exeatest disorder prevailed In his recitation ronm uvantage was taken of his dimness of sight aud deafness to indulge in disorder, and to play all manner of practical jokes on the professor himself; pelting him with paper wads, filliDg his pockets with rubbers and pieces ot chalk, and throwing his hat out of the window. The professor states in piper which he sent to members of the board of trustees at or iust previous to their annual meeting in 1873, that "he was prepared lor a certain amount cf badgering and disorder from the peculiar character and management of the students of the institution." But the fact was. there was no better clas of atndents any whero than those ot tho State Uni versity up to the time Prof. Gay became connected with it. That was a nerlod cf mbre disorder tban had occurred for ten years; aud alter he left good order again prevailed and has ever tdnce prevailed ; aud there have occurred but few occasions for dis cipline. Want of respect U r the professor was the grand source of disorder, not alone in his claa-room and classes, but all ih stud.nts who recited to him became demoralized. THE TILiTON AFFAIR, Tha profi'ssor'a encounter with Theodore Tilton in February, 1872, Li? been very greatly misrepresented by the Rev. J. L. Gay and his friend. He has stated that it was the main cause of all his troubles. The following are the facts in this remarkable case. It furnished an occasion for the publio expression of the general dissatisfaction of the students with the. professor. The lecture association invited Theodoro Tilton to deliver a lecture in the course for the winter of 1S71 and 1872, and selected from tbe titles of several anhects published in the card of the bureau," "Home. Sweet Home!" The lec ture committee were totallv nnawnra off.l.A character ot the lectuie, and thev were governed solely by tho taking nature of the title, their object twlng to attract the largest crowd possible, and thus secure the largest pecuniary profit to tho association. J5ut nome, sweet Home" proved to be a leeturotipon "Freo Divorce." Every one wa greatly disappointed and chasrrined. Xnn of the faculty. and not nnn in hundred of tho studonts Mr. Tilton's eontlmcnts. Thev wr disposed to treat him courts nnslv. ni much m he had been invited by the students: ar.d moreover, Mr. Tilton had agreed to deliver a free lecture the next morning in the college chapel on the "Mode of Uing the Mind " This lecture was accordingly delivered, and was really of a superior order and delighted all who heard it. Prof. (Jay, however, felt that it was his duty, then and there, to denounce Mr. Tilton's lecture. So, while tho presiding officer ot the meeting was making an announcement, he, being deaf, supposed that a vote ot thanks was proposed, sprang to his feet, and in au augry manner and tone of voice, said: "I am not prepared to vote for that proposition. I conBider tho lecture very much out of place, and its sentiments very objectionable, and before the young men and women present the lecture was an outrage. He had never, in all his life, heard a moro inappropriate and illogical address," etc. Tilton replied, "This Is not tho time nor placo for discussion. If I was disposed to rant, as Shakespeare says, I could rant as well as he, but we will lot it pass." Prof. Gay was both APPLAUDED AND HISSED, and it was difficult to tell which was in the ascendant. Tilton's few words in response to Prof. Gay's romarks wero applauded. The rough, ebruptand angry speech of the professor was regarded as untimely and discourteous, an insult publicly offered to one who had come and lectured at the invitation of the studonts. The next morning immediately after chapel exercises, a meeting of the students was called in Philo II all, at which resolutions were passed disapproving tho courso ot Prof. Gay on the previous night, and approving that of Tilton. Ot these proceedings tbe faculty had no knowloJge until atierward. It was wrong for the students, or any part of them, to pass resolutions reflecting upon any member of the faculty, and a violation of the rules of the university. In this case the authors of these resolutions would have been called to an account and discipline had it not been far tho earnest request of Prof. Gay that they should not bo disciplined for that offtjnse. The aforesaid resolutions were famished Mr. Tilton, and a committee ot the students requested him to read them to the audience at the close of his morning lecture. A copy was also sent to the Indianapolis Journal, in which they were published. A large number of the papois of the state made references to Prof. Gay's encounter with Tilton; some censuring Gty, others commending him. The commendations, however, were baaed upon a f tine version of the affddr. Ono of the Tern Haute papers, in ppraking of the matter, made this ttutement; "From what wo hear, tbe trustees of the Stato Unlvorslty must havoexchauged their "Uoas"forau "aas I" Prof, Gay wrote a

communication to the Indianapolis Journal

In which he gave his version of the case. in wnicn ne Baia noimng about the time, place and circumstances ot his nMimtr but inveighed solely against the false and dangerous doctrines of Tilton's lecture. In tne sme communication be proclaimed nimseii me cnampion or tbe dual lecteu and disorderly students, stating that he had always advocated their cause, when under charges, thev were sum moned betöre the faculty lor trial, lie thus tried to make a stroncr appeal totbesvmn thiesof tbe refractory among tbe students tie aiso oia great lniustice to tbe other mam bers of the faculty in thus charging them, by implication, with undue and unreasonable severity in their discipline of disorderly Mtudenls, and, consequently, justice required that he should be their special advocate. Iu the same article he compromised the faculty by saying that if the btudents who took parts in getting up the resolutions concerning htm should be disciplined and suspended, it would not be his fault. This was another proclamation to tbe students that he was their special friend, to toe disparagement oi the rest of tbe faculty, ADoioer circumstance tended much to les son him in the estimation ot both students ana citizens ot Bloomington. He an nounced to the audience, in his remarks on tue nigbt or Tilton's lecture, that he would answer It. And as it would be his time to lecture the following Sabbath week he would answer it at that time. A large congregation, citizens as well as students, atienaea, expecting to hear Mr, Tilton demol lsned by the learned professor. Great was their disappointment. lie stated, when he came to that part of his lecture where the work of demolition of Tilton was to begin mat ne pad prepared an answer to Mr. Til ton's lecture, put owing to the peculiar cir cumstances by which he was surrounded, he deemed it best to not read it at mat time. Tne result was that many uncomplimentary and damaging re marks were made by citizens aud students When Trof. Gay found that his abrupt invrneituwiu me uuse oi xiuon's lecture was generally disapproved by thee t zens. h an p lied to members of the faculty privately, to mo uiiu a w ritte u statement endorsing nis course. But in every case they declined. All ine lacuity reprobated the sentiments of Tilton's lecture as much as Prof. Gay. but tuey mougus mat nis interference at the time and place was uncourteous and India creet. in proot mat tbe dissatisfaction of the students did not arise out of his contest with Tilton, may be cited the fact that his trouoie pad existed long before that occur rence;and also, that the president, a short time afterward, delivered two lec tures, refuting Tilton's arguments and handling them verv rou?hlv. rlcinio and clearly exposing his errors to the very great satisfaction of Mr. Gay, and yet no iault was round and no objections made by any stuuent or citizen. Toward the last of r eoruary, 1S7 A PETITION WAS DRAWN UP and circulated among the students, without the knowledge ol the faculty, to the trustees lor the removal of Professor Gay. This pe tition was basod on tbe sole ground of in competency ana unfitness for the position he occupied. It at the same time expressed lull confidence in his moral and Christian character. This petition was stoned hv more than one hundred students. Mnv - CD J I, . i l . i . . .. "J they did not believe in the princi nie. that students should petition lor the removal of professors. This petition is now in the nands of the former president of th ooara oi trustees, ir. William Hannaman, Indianapolis. About the same tlm a member of the board of trustees, residing in Bloomington, finding that tbe dissatis'action of the students continued to increase, felt it his duty to converse with Prof. Gay privately and confidently upon the subict .. . : r.n.. i . i r . .. I. ui uis luuure, ku'i me stiii growing dissatla taction or nis classes. Asa friend having gone to his room, be kindly told him what objections were urged against him, and the exact status oi on case, lie urged upon him the necessity of preparing hiinsftlf thnr. oughly in the subjects he was teaching, and thus show himself a good and competent instructor, unltasthere was some change it mo ucttcr u ieureu me results. To thif, tho professor m-do no renlr. and seemed perlectl indifferent. No change for the better took place. The petition or the students above referred to having been received by Dr. Hannaman. he. In consequence of the number and standing of the petitioners, aud the grounds of their complaints, and the rumors of his incompetency, cf which the air was full, called a meeting of the trustees at Bloomington. Prof. (Jay was invited to appear before them. The objections to him on the ground of his incompetency were lully explained to him, and ho was invited to resign. He earnestly appealed to the sympathies cf tho board, pleadt-d his poverty and helplessness, lie admitted that his bight was not good, and hU hearing dull; but these infirmities wero not his fault, and therefore, on that account he ought not to bo censured. Brides, he bad no parish, and if he resigned his position, poverty and bankruptcy 8tarcd him in thei'acp, as if the State University was an infirmary for disabled ministers. When he found that sympathy co a Id not tide him over tidies, he began to threaten the board; that it they compelled him to resign on the ground of dissatisfaction, that other members of the faculty would oon be forced to resign also. Among them were mentioned the president and military professor. Tbe board were equally unmoved by threats and appeals to their sympathies. Tears also were copiously shed, but the trustees proceeded in what they felt to bo their solemn duty, and Insisted that be should present his resignation to take effect at tbe end of the college year. They thought, if he would do thU, the di-;af-fected students would remain and bear with bim. These students had threatened that they would refuse absolutely to recite to him; and if tho faculty compelled them Ä Ä -4 w 1 v - at t -a w tu uij, tucy wuu u leave lue uaivtJröii v. It being made known to the students thai I Prof. Gay had resigned prospectively, they continued to recite to him the remainder of the term. The trustees also requested the other members of the faculty to use their influence with the students to induce them to bear with him until tbe end of the year. But with all their efforts the junior class refused to recite to him in the Art of Discourse during the following tetm. They presented a petition signed by all the members of the class, urging that some other member of the faculty hear them. An absolute rebellion was brewing, which was allayed only by the engineering of the president iu postponing tbe "Art of Discourse" until the senior year and permitting tbe juniors to take geology with the senior class, which recited to Or. Owen; and Prof. Gael beard a section of the freshman class in history; and bis class in elocution, together with the regular sophomore class In English literature. Thus the university worried along with him until the close of the year, lie was as much unprepared to teach elocution as the other branches. The members of the class regarded it a farce. Students were called in to hear tbe class; particularly Mr. J. W. Ewing,a senior, taught the class most of tho time, while tbe professor stood helplessly by, wondering and admiring. It was called 1 wing's class by the students. TUE LAST fdttSION. The sophomore class bore with him the last session of 1S72, out ot sympathy for him, knowing that his connection with the university would soon close. Practical jokes, however, did not entirely cohso. In the literary exercises, on Saturday mornings, many tricks were played in his room, üu one occasion, at least, the same essay

was read by the whole class. The firt read it, and stealthily passed it to the next whose name was called, and so on,-until all had real it. At tbe close Prof. Gay. remarked that all the essays bore a striking resemblance to each other, but tbey were ail remarkably good. Toward the close of the session Prof. Gay wished tbe faculty officially to recommend him to the trustees for re-election to the chair of English literature. This the faculty declined to do; but individually gave him a testimonial of their appreciation of him as a Christian gentleman, and of his ability as a minister of the gospel. Just before the meetlne of the trustees, Prof. Gay threatened the president of the faculty that if he did not stand by him and secure his re-election, he expected to remain In Bloomington as a missionary of the Episcopal church, and be could make it very uncomlortable for him as president of the university. The board elected to the chair ol English literature, not the 1 ev. J u Gay, but tbe Rev. Geo. Parrott, A. M of Vincennes. From the time of Prof. Parrott's election Gay made war upon bim After Parrott had accepted the prolessorship, Gay addressed a private letter to him requesting him to resign the position, as he could command appointS1111111!!117 whIcil W0Qld be more profitable, than the professorship. And a vacancy being thus created, he would probably be appointed to that vacancy But Prof. Parrott did not see fit to resign Prof. Gay made extraordinary efforts, traveling over the state and stirring up strife and op? position to members of the faculty. He succeeded in publishing or causing to be published In the Vincennes Sun two or three articles derogatory to the character of Prof, l arrottand other members of the faculty. At the meeting of the board in 1873, Gaypresented a printed circular or card to the trustees abusing Prof. Tarrott, showing also I K neS'. 118 he chim9lJ. fcich tbelxard i ?fllCleup,on,him In compelling him to resign. : lie also informed members of the bort5at he bad one against the president, which he would present next year, unless the board restored him o his former position, in that case he would bury the hatchet as to what is termed the "Great Indiana' Scandal" and the Beecher-Tilton affair, there is not, nor can there be any connection between the two. And he who attempts to drag this unfortunate matter before the public, for the purpose of a little cheap notoriety or for personal aggrandizement, violates all principles of decency and propriety, and will be execrated by all honorab

should be kicked out of respectable society to wallow in tho tilth and Hi me of his own impure thoughts, be he whom he may. B. GENERAL RAWLINS. STATUE AT WASHINGTON POVW Mr nr HIS CHARACTERISTICS. "Gath" writes thus to the Chicago Tribune of tho late General Rawlins and his statue just erected in Washington: The first north western man tope set up in bronze in this capital was the Chief of Staff of Gen. Grant Rawlins, of Galena. There was no ceremony on the occasion: the event wa ni.-iin and subordinate as his life; for he lacked mab en-assertion ana dramatic rharrjcter to take the first place. The plow-ueld may make good soldiers; the military academy makes tbe officer. It raises in . the man the secondary parts which manage natural fjree, and forces mediocrity up to the sense of command. Rawlins was a very useful anil wmnH ridier.but, while he and the president were very friendly, the latter crow in mvtery, and maintained an uuconscious advance, which finally had all the width between president and mMt The late Gen. Hlllver used to say: "Rawlins and I were both politicians; we never knew what Grant was, but in everything he was supreme. He liked both of us as well as anybody he knew, but we could lead rm diversion in his career. We never cantnred him for our political side: both of n war democrats. Although his oris-inal Rtafrofficers, be never took us into a coterie, like McClellan and other generals. Therefore, while everybody thought, as we did, that our personal relation to the hrn of the age would make our fortunes, it probably was the llluslonof our lives." Any simple question of this kind Is surrounded with disputants. There are ceoola wba think Grant was comprised in Kawlins. and that he ought to have made Kawlins powerful. These same people, in the next . breath, accuse Grant ot making friendship tbe tenure of the great otficei. But the fame of great succcss is not to beaiminishod by a thousand years of criti cism. I he chief of staff is still the chief of staff; tbe general tbe fme. Washington Ir ving relates, la one ofhis minor sketches, i that when mongat a certain band of Bohemians he fell into praise of anv celebrated current author, the baud criod "Poob, Poob! t was Jones who gavo him all his ideas for that." But Jones. Mr. Irvintr had nevor heard of. Ho therefore inferred that thi purlieus of authorship bad their own heroes; and this is the case In the purlieus cf criticism. President Grant continued In civil lile tbe grade Rawlins enjoyed in military life; chief of staff became secretary of war. At his death, a sum of inonev nearlv equal to what Mrs. Stanton and family received, was conferred on Mrs. Rawlins. Stauton is without a statute. Rawlins is the FIRST UNION GENERAL to receive a statue at the capital. It stands n Rawlins square, a piece of ground near the Potomac, and close by the new state department, which lifts its smart renaissance the sight of tbe timberless hills of Virginia. There, Arlington House, sur rounded with all its dead, points its columned portico to the figure of the chief of Etaff, omblematic of the Northwest ern men who fought and overcame the defection of tbe Lees and Washingtons, and took possession of the general capitals . . . ... - . . Th ftatue ls tbT,one B,ailie. ? ,PJflPh U, and is presentable without being either ele gant or a Iikencs. Rawlins was a hollowbrea&ted man, of large muscular fibre, with very apparent vital weakness, a lace characteristic of Western tria's and fortitude, and an easy portrait-for a man of eenlus to catch, in its long, dry hair and beard, look of doom, bone and work. Instead of this, we have a being padded and uniformed, with square Shoulders all buckrammed up, flesh enough for Horse-Guaid,. and the erect carriage of an actor. He is standing on his left foot, with the right advanced. The right hand is doing tbe tin imposing work of holding a very heavy fieldglass. The leit is resting on the bead of tho aabre. He has the big leggings of that period swaying open. The face, without any but photographic vitality, is slightly turned to a point in the battle field. To say anything more of this statute than that it has no pregnancy nor sufficiency for existing, would bo unjust. It is something like Rawlins; it is quite au object, and it is brand new. A vigorous and appreciative mind would have burned or furrowed some lesson into those sad. wild lineaments to tell the renponIbility of the general's chief reliance in hh citir.cn staffollicer, persecuted with hemorrhage and pain, greater than outer danger. The president survives all. his original stall, since Rawlins and Bowers, the inont assiduous of them all has been Babcock. The price ol his devotion has been more abusothan generally falls to the lot of young men. John Bright has sent to the mayor of Boston an autograph lettor acknowledging the receipt from the Boston city oouncll of a copy of the proceedings on the death of Charles Sumner.