Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 December 1874 — Page 3

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL TUESDAY. DECEMBER 29. 1874.'

APOLOUY FOU 1IAV1SO I.VED BEFORE. They that never had the use Of the scrape's surprising Juice, To the tirt delicious cup All their reason render up: Neither donor care to know. Whether it be beat or no. Vo they that are to love Inclined, Bway'd by chance, nor choice, or an, To the first that'a fair or kind. Make a present of their heart: Tis not he that first we love. Hut whom dying vre approve. To man that wai in th' evening made Staragave the first delight; Admiring in the gioomy ah ado Those little drop of light. Then, at Aurora, whose fair hand , Removed them from the sklen. He icaziDR toward the ear did stand, She entertained hi eyes. But when the bright sun did appear, All these he 'gan despise; His wonder was deterrnln d there, And could no higher rise. He neither mteht norwlshed to know AniorerefuiKentliRht; For that (as mine your beauties now) Employed his utmost Bight. NEWS AND GOSSIP. The city debt ot Philadelphia is 00,000,000.' There are 15,000 signs "For Rent" up in New York. "The Beautiful Blue Danube" is a muddy, yellow fraud. The spire of the new Boston cathedral will be 300 feet high. Cincinnati divorce suit. Lady Insists in sleeping iu her corsets. Kansas is going to abolish the striped uniform hitherto worn by convicts. There is a crusty old fellow who, when asked for a chew of tobacco, says-. "Beggars must no be chewsers." It is probable that the church and state will be separated in Chili next year. Which means that it will be a formal and chilly affair.

Proscoti, Arizona, enjoyed a rain storm of 87 hours, about the middle of November, during-which the fall is estimated at an even six inches. Mardl Gras in New Orleans falls on the 9th of February. Notwithstanding the political troubles, it will be the moat brilliant festival ever seen in the city. Edward Alfred Warren, of the British Museum, has just died. Although only 33, be had been 20 years in the museum, employed on the catalogue. According toihe American Register, the actual number of American residents in Paris is less than 5,000, although it is often stated that they number lo.uuu ana The death of Eugene Renduel, one of the mnst notable Parisian publishers, is re ported. The lriends of Victor Ilugo say that llenduei realized 200,000 Irancs by Notre Dame de Paris" alonea very large amount in that day lor one work. Henry Irving, the new Ilamlet, who is exciting London, is to come over in the early fall of 1S75, under "Papa" Bateman's management, and Barry Sullivan, another noted tragedian of England, will have acon- - -f IJnnlKli lemporaueous eugagoincu nuuu a. The trouble among the faculty of Dickin son Colleg?, in Pennsylvaniahas been set tled by a decree of the court ousting Charles J. Little from the chair of philosophy and English literature, and assigning the chair of mathematics to J. A. Llppmcoii. A whaling captain reports that sperm whalers have been more than usually successlul during the present season, especially in the. north Atlantic, one bark haviDg taken 750 barrels when only 10 weeks from home a catch unparalleled in the annals or wnai log. , Prof. Emanuel Herman,;of Vienna, first introduced postal cards. They were used in England, Germany andiSwitzerland in 1870, in Beljrium and Denmark in 1S71, and in Norway, Russia and the United States in 1872-73. In some foreign countries a card is attached on which an answer may De re turned. Two brave ladies living on the opposite side of Lake Roland, .Maryland, from the scene of the late railroad disaster, witnessed the fall of the bridge from their residence. "Without hesitation they jumped into a little skiff, paddled rapidly across and rescued three-men and a boy who were in danger of drowning. Their names could not be ascer tained. King Kalakaua has received an invitation to visit Westboro', Mass. The extending of the invitation was prompted by the tact that an old resident, Mrs. D. Chamberlain, was one of the original band of missionaries to the Sandwich Islands when the natives were savages. Mrs. Chamberlain, now 88 years old, still retains her mental faculties to a re znarkable degree, and speaks the Hawaiian tongue fluently. Many religious people think it is nees sary to deceive children. An English teacher relates this story to show that the little ones ought to be deceived: "A little girl was once asking her older sister about heaven. 'Do they play in heaven?' she inquired. 'No, they do not play there.' 'What do they do? They sing and are good. 'Are there no tovs therer' "o, not any.' 'No dolls, nor balls, nor Noah's ark?' 'Ob, no!' 'Then,' said the little one, 1 shall take my uoiiy ana go to hell." Speaking of Sara L. Jewett, the Area dianeays: ''She looks like a lady, ller de portment is unexceptionable. Her gestures are like Cesar's wife. Her voice is like the lyre of Hermes. Her clothes are like seven fold hallelujah. By no possible means can this taanscenticnt Jewett get out of her platitudinousnes3. Nature walled her about with Jewett, and it was vain for her to attempt to climb over and escape from herself." The artists are beginning to move upon Congress. Two of Bierstadt's pictures the "Discovery of, tho Hudson," and a Rocky Mountain landscape are hung in the hal of the House of Representatives, and a proposition is pending to buy them. It is also proposed that the United States sbal buy Carpenter's painting of the "Signing of the Proclamation ol emancipation," but he is said to ask I2o,000 lor it, and the library committee are willing to recommend only The Rev. T. K. Beecher was in Ilornellsille, N. Y., one day last week and stopped at the principal hotel in the place, where nothing struck him so much as the peculiar dialect spoken by the pretty waiter girls, Said one of them to the reverend gentle man: "Bilstek hammerlamcbops?" Not long after she renewed the conversation by remarking: "leerecoiyi" ana as sne de- . parted ejaculated, "Dwishumfridegs?" Mr. Jieecher preserved the sounds and wants to know what it all meant. His varied lin guistic attainments sire unequal to solving me mystery. a Doubt having been expressed in Ohio as to the result of the Christian woman's tem perance crusade in that state, the leaders of the movement wrote to the internal revenue collectors to obtain an official report of the

decrease in the number of the liquor saloons. Reports were received from 10 of the Internal revenue districts into which the state is

divided. The reports showed a decrease or 597 saloons and seven distilleries. Thirteen sUitrtPta rorvnrtfwl thA amount collected on distilled and fermented liquors from May to Julv. 1874, as $174,707 less than the colleotions during me eame penou oi iuj ing year. The statue of Stonewall Jackson, executed by the late Mr. Foley, the well known English sculptor for the city of Charleston, S. C, is now nearly completed at the Manor nAr-wr at r?hc1Aa near London. The - general is represented as standing with a drawn broaaaworain iub ngui uuu. auo hand rests on the sword-nil t, and the point ol the weapon la placed on a piece of rock at the side ot the figure. He wears a horse man's short tunic, girt oy a Droau vmi. im the chest, and loose trou sers, with riding boots. The defect of the work, says tne Ainenreuin, ia iu iuo which lacks vivacity, and even poetic suggestivenees. BISMARCK VS. VON ARNIM. THK HISTORY OF THE ORK AT PRUSSIAN TRIAL AN ACCOUNT OF THK EVENTS IN THE TRIAL JCST CONCLUPED. The New York Herald of the 19th inst. gives the following resume of the history connected with thecelebrated case of Prince Bismarck against Count Arnim : Count Von Arnim resizned his position as minister of Germany In France on Thursday, the 30th of April, in the present year. His official correspondence with Prince Bismarck had not been of a very cordial character during some few months. Count Hohenlohe was appointed his successor and on Arnim returned to his home. After a short period Count Hohenlohe reported that certain oincial documents were missing from the archives of the embassy in Pans. Von Arnim w as interrogated otficially concerning the loss. In his reply he alleged that the papers which were the property of the government were all in place, but that he had removed some private letters which he intended to use lor the purpose of justifying himself to Emperor William against "Bismarck, who had, he said, "dug the grave of long endur ing friendship" by his recent action towara him. The count passed the remainder of the summer at Carlstadt, and in traveling in Hungary. He went to Hungary in consequence of his daughter having been - engaged to marry Count Francis Zichy, the American amDassaaor at Constantinople, wbo was then residing near Pesth. - The count returned to uermany on the first day ol October. On Monday, the 5th of October, he was arrested at bis residence by order of Prince Bismarck. His dwelling was searched, as was also the residence of his son, an oflicer in the Prussian Dragoon Guards. The Arnim lamny ieit deeply insulted. The people were excited. It was reported on authority that the documents detained bv Count Von Arnim were state property, and that the courts decided that there were sui II ::ext g rous ds for instituting proceedings against him. Negotiations for their restoration had been carried on for several months through Von Arnim'a brother-in-law, and it was alleged that after repeated warnings a few ol the papers were returned, but the chief portion were not given up, but were, it was said, sent out of the country. The documents contain Princo Bismarck's unqualified approval ol Count Von Arnim'a conduct while ambassador at Paris up to the time the semi-official jour nals ot Germany began to attack him as a leader of the reactionary and ultramontane movement. A petition of Count Von Arnim'a family for his release was refused by Emperor William. The arrest ol Count Von Arnim was affected by a commissary ol the Criminal Court and six other officers repreHenting the Foreign Office and ythe Berlin Law Court. Count Von Ar n reiused to surrender the papers in his possession or to make any statement in regard to them. He was extremely excited, and deeply incensed against Prince Bismarck. The documents were arranged in three categories. The first, referring to Von Arnim'a appointment as ambassador and his salary, were not Included in the search. The second comprised those which Von Arnim acknowledged were in his possession, and which he claimed to have retained to serve as a justification of his conduct, and the third and largest category comprised those of a confidential na ture, the whereabouts of which, it is thought, have not been recovered. IN PRISON. Immediately after his arrest Von Arnim was lodged in a room in the police inspector's house. He was allowed the privilege of walking exercise in charge or an officer, but was not permitted to go out on horseback. On the 11th of October, the friends of Von Arnim having petitioned for his release on account of ill health, physicians were ap pointed by the German government to ex amine the prisoner's condition. They made a report recommending a c Sange In the place of confinement, as air and exercise were necessary. The count was then removed to a sanitary establishment in the suburbs ol Berlin. The count occupied two rooms in the hospital where he was confined. He was treated with more general severity and was more closely watched. His intercourse with his family was still further restricted. Herr Madal. president ot the police force of Herlin, used all his influence to have Count Von Arnim eent to a private hospital, where lie should be ucaertue surveillance ot tbe police, but without success. The count's family offered increased bail to tbe amount of 5670.000 to secure his release from cus tody, but it was refused. The count's resi dence in jserun was again searched on Friday, the 10th ol October. On Monday, the 19th of October, Count Von Axnim's son wrote a letter to the New York Herald to deny that his facher participated in tbe publication ol the work entitled the "Reve lation from Above." On the 2Tth of No vember tbe German government relieved Von Arnim from the surveillance of the police. THK TRIAL COMMENCED. The trial of Count Von Arnim commenced in Berlin on the 9th of tbe present month. The court room was densely crowded. Fifty reporters of various nationalities were S resent. Tbe Court of Trial consisted of udges Reich, Giersch and Ovsovskl. Judge Reich presided. Judge Reich announced that tbe court had decided that the proceedings should be public, except the reading of documents relative to the ecclesiastical policy of the government, which includes f tapers of the first class mentioned in tbe ndictment. Herr Munkel, of counsel for the defense, notified the court that he had entered a protest denying the competency or the tribunal to try the case. The prosecution read the indictment. It accused the count of dereliction in his official duty, described his age, occupation, etc., until his recall from Paris, and said that when Prince Hohenlohe succeeded to the embassy at Paris, he found, after a strict search, that a number of documents were missing from its archives. THE TESTIMONY. , The evidence went to sustain this charge according to the rule of the court. A curious feature in tbe case was the production in court of copies of special telegrams to the New York Herald. THE TERM OF SENTENCE. - Counting from the period of Count Von Arnlm's first imprisonment, as given above, he will, according to the feentence. have to serve sixteen days in prison, to the 5th ol I January, 1875.

TO A CHILD ASLiEP. BY TUE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN." From Harper's Bazar. Fast, fast beats Time's wing : Flow'r, enjoy thy spring. Boon, soon youth Is o'er, And it comes no more. Soon will the shadows grow longer; Soon will thy sorrows grow stronger, Wind unto wind calleth; Leaf after leaf falle th ; Fast, fat beats time' wing: Flow'r, enjoy tby spring. Gaily tbe an U shining, Bbine and bloom, thou lovely rose, Foi when the sun is sinking Thy life too may close. Yet, yet list awhile, IJsten with a smile: Though i thongn youth be o'er. Age baa good In store. For as the shadows grow longer So does the brave heart grow stronger. Pain tarnoth easeful; Borrow is peaceful ; Fast, fast beats Time's wing; Flow'r, enjy thysprini. Cheerful the earth replletb: "Bad and bloom, thou .ovely rose; Every sweet thing that dletb Into Uod's bosom goes." ESCAPED JATTi BIRD. ' ." '

INDIANA'S DESPERADO. A MODERN JACK SHEFPAJlD ESCAPES FROM PRISON THE STORY OF HI? CRIMES AND EXPLOITS. The telegraph has brought news of the escape from the Jeffersonville penitentiary o Bill Rodifer, a most noted robber and highwayman. Of the manner of his escape and his previous history the Courier-Journal of the 23d inst. gives the following particulars: One ol the most daring and successful es. capes which have occurred in this vicinity for a long time was made irom the state prison south, in Jeffersonville, early yesterday morning, Bill Rodifer, a noted and desperate convict, thereby gaining his liberty. Tbe particulars ol the escape are as follows: At tbe usual hour yesterday morning the cell house was unlocked to take -the convicts out to their rreakfast. As they were coming out, Rodiier and another of the convicts slipped away from the body of men, their disappearance being unobserved owing to the darkness of tbe morning. The two men by some means procured a snort laauer ana piaueu ii in position upon the platform that leads up to the cupola on the foundry, which is situated and con nected with the water-tanK, which is directly by the side of tbe outer wall. Having reached tbe top wall, they slipped down the iron pipe outside of tbe wall, which leeds the water-tank. While the men were scaling the wall, the guard on the top discovered one of them and fired, which caused the man be had discovered to slide back again on the inside, and make his way back into the foundry. The guard, supposing that be was the only man who was attempting to escape, paid no lurtber attention to the matter, except to notify the officers of the prison that a man had attempted to escape. In the mean time, Rodifer had made good his escape. He was missed in about twenty minutes, his jacket being found in tbe street a few hundred yards from the prison. The alarm was immediately giveu, and in less than ten minutes the guards were stationed in pursuit. The police of Jeffersonville, New Albany and Louisville were notified. A REWARD OF 200. was offered by Warden Shuler as an incentive lor prompt action and the capture cf the noted prisoner. Mr. Sam McCaätlen, a foreman in the Southwestern Car Works Company, while going from his homo in Jeffersonville yesterday morning to his business at the prison, saw a man running down the Jeffersonville railroad tracK m tne direction ol Jeffersonville. The man bad his coat off at J. he time, and was not recognized by McCastlen. Subsequent facts, however, leave no doubt that the running man was Rodifer. The woods around Jeffersonville were scoured all day yesterday, and every avenue from the city closely guarded. Bill Rodifer, the escaped convict, is regarded as the most noted and desperate man in the state of Indiana, and is well known in St. Louis and the entire West. A brief account of his life will be found interesting. He was, until yesterday morning, serving out his third term in the prison. His first term was for two years for grand larceny in Putnam county, Ind. He had been in the prison but eleven months, when, in company with two other convicts, he escaped by scaling the wall. The other two men were caught, but Rodifer struck out for the woods, and, after hiding until night, made his way to the house ot a farmer in Cla.k county named Whalen. That nih it happened that Mr. Whalen was enteitaining three ol his friends, stock dealers, and they were all seated in the house when Rodifer knocked at the door. Mr. Whalen opened it and Rodifer unceremoniously walked in the house. He boldly informed the compaoy that he was . AN ESCAPED CONVICT . from tbe state prison and that he had been hounded down all day. "I wish," he said to the company, "to deliver roysell np to you. Guard me closely until morning and then take me back to the prison and you will receive the reward offered. Have no fears that I will attempt to escape. I only want to sleep." Mr. Whalen gave him a bed in the room and be immediately retired and was soon, to all appearances, sound asleep. Mr. Whalen and his friends agreed to keep guard alternately, and each one that acted as guard placed his chair against the door facing the bed where Rodifer was lying. One of the guards, however, fell asleep, and when he awakened he discovered to bis surprise and chagrin that the bird bad flown. He aroused his friends, when it was found that Rodifer had not only gone himself, but that he had taken a lull suit of clothes and $60 in money, belonging to one ol tbe stock men. The four struck out to hunt him down, but after a fruitless search of several hours gave up tbe chase. The next time we bear from Rodifer he is in St. Louis, and known as a desperate character, being caught in several burglaries in that city, but, by the shrewdness ot his attorneys, escapes punishment. Whiie here he planned with his pals the robbery of A STORE IN TERRE HAUTE, IND., and they all went to that city to execute the burglary. The police got an Inkling of the intentions of Rodifer, and on the night set for tbe deed he was arrested in the act, after a desperate resistance on his part, in which he knocked down three of the police before be was secured. He was placed in jail, in default of bail, and had only been there a few days before he attempted to escape. About this time Col. Shuler, warden of the state prison, heard of hi arrest, and sent after him to serve out the balance of his two years' sentence, thirteen months. Rodifer was brought down to the prison and closely watched, being always regarded as a desperate character. A BIT OF BAD LUCK. At the expiration of his two years' sen tence he was brought out of the prison in the office and set at liberty. Just as he was going out of the prison door into the free air, as be thought, a free man, he was ar rested by the sheriff of Clark county for stealing the suit of clothes and $65 at the farmer's house the night of his escape. He was taken to Charles town and confined in

the county jail. He had not been there a

wees: berore be made a desperate attempt to escape, but -did not succeed. His trial came off, and he was sentenced to the prison again for two years. During this term he twice attempted to escape from the prison. In both his attempts be succeeded in getting outside of the walls, but was captured both times by Col. Shuler, who, after overtaking him, placed a loaded revolver to his head. The second time he attempted to escape it was in company with the notorious Appfegate, who was the ringleader in tba late prison escapade, in which young Chamberlain lost his life. After Rodiier served out his time be immediately went to Terre Haute. About two months since, in that city, a well-known man was walking out one of the principal streets in company with his wife. It was at an early hour in tbe evening, and many people were out on the streets. Suddenly A PISTOL SHOT WAS HEARD and the citizen fell to tbe pavement. A man rushed up and robbed him of all that he could find upon his person. , It was a bold and daring robbery, and it was alPtlone in an instant. The wifo of the assaulted citizen, though badly lrjghtened.gave tbe alarm, and a hundred men were soon on the spot. She told her story and her husband was taken home. The whole town was excited over the terrible affair, and every effort made to ferret out the robbor and would-be murderer. The next day Rodifer was arrested, and afterward was tried and convicted of the crime. The trial was continued some time.as tne wounds inflicted upon tbe citizen were likely to prove fatal. He recovered, however, and Rodifer was sent to tbe state prison lor a term of 10 years. Before he was taken from the Terre Haute jail to be brought to the prison he was allowed to marry a young woman ol Terre Haute. He was then brought to tbe prison at Jeffersonville about one month ago. Since his arrival there he has been closely guarded, and his bold and daring escape ol yesterday may be regarded as almost marvelous. Rodiier is a finelooking, powerfully-built man. He is five feet ten inches tali, and has a smooth face. He is but 23 years old, and for one so young is perhaps the most noted desperado in the country. MARRIED LIFE IN NEVADA. THE CONFIDENTIAL TALK A YOUNG COUPLE . HAD ABOUT THEIR FAULTS, ETC. THE RESULT OF THE DIALOGUE. The Virginia City Enterprise contains the following graphic picture of Bocial life in that territory: After having been married some weeks, it came into tbe head of . a young husband in this city, one Sunday, when he bad but little to occupy his mind, to suggest to his wife that they should plainly and honestly state the faults that each had discovered in the other since they had been man and wife. After some hesitation the wife agreed to tbe proposition, but stipulated that the rehearsal should be made in all sincerity and with an honest view to the bettering ol each other, as otherwise it would be of no use to speak of the faults to which marriage had opened their eyes. The husband was of tbe sa tne mind, and his wife asked him to begin with her laults. He was somewhat reluctant, but his wife insisted that he was the fir&t to propose the matter, and as be was at the bead of tbe house it was his place o take tbe leap. Thus urged, he began the recital. He said: My dear, one of the first faults I observed in you after we began keeping house was that you a great deal neglected tbe tinware. 'You didn't keep it scoured as bright as it should be. My mother always took great pride in her tinware, and kept it as bright as a dollai ." "I am glad that you have mentioned it. dear," said the wife, blushing a little; "pray proceed." "l nave also ODserveu," saiu me nusDand, "that you use your dish-rags a long time without washing them, and then finally throw them away. Now, when at home, I remember that my mother always used to wash out her dish-rags when she was done using them, and then hang them up where they could dry, ready for the next time she would need them." Blushing as before, the 3oung wife prom ised to amend this lault. The husband continued with a most formidable list ol similar faults, many more than we have space to enumerate, when he declared that he could think of nothing more that was worthy of mention. "Now," said he, "my dear, you begin and tell me all the laults you have observed since we have been married." The young house-wife Bat in silence; her lace flushed to the temples, and a great lump eame in her throat, which she seemed to be striving hard to swallow. "Proceed, my dear; tell me all the faults you have observed in me, sparing none." Arising suddenly from her seat, the little wife fcurfct into tears, and throwiug both arms about ber busbanu a neck, cried: "My dear husband, you have not a fault in the world. If you have one, my eyes have been SO BLINDED BY MY LOVE for yoii that so long as we have been married I have never onco observed it. In my eyes you are perfect, and all that you do seems to be done in the best manner and just what should be done." "But, my dear," said the husband hiB face reddening and his voice growing husky with emotion "just think. I have gone and found all manner of faults with you. Now, do tell me some of my faults ; I know I have many ten times as many as you ever bad or ever will have. Ltt me hear them." "Indeed, husband, it is as I tell you ; you have not a single fault that I can see. Whatever you do seems light in my eyes; and now that I know what a good-for-nothing little wretch 1 am, I shall at once begin the work of reform, and try to make myself worthy of you." "Nonsense, my dear, you know sometimes I go away and leave you without any wood cut; I stay up town when I ought to be at home; I spend my money for drinks and cigars when I ought to bring it home to you." "No you don't," cried his wife; "you do nothing ol the kind. I like to see you enjoy yourself ; I should be unhappy were you to do otherwise than just exactly as you do!" "God bless you, little wife!" cried tbe now thoroughly subjugated husband; "from this moment you have not a fault in the. world! Indeed ybu never had a fault; I was but joking don't yog remember a word I said!" and he kissed away the tears that still trembled in tbe little woman's eyes. Never agaiD did the husband scrutinize tbe tinware or examine the dish-rag never so much as meation one of the laults he had enumerated, but soon after the neighbor women were wont to say: It is wonderful bow neat Mrs. keeps everything about her bouse. Her tinware is always as bright as a new dollar, and I do believe she not only washes, but irons, her dish-rags!" And the neighbor men were heard to say, "What a Bteady fellow M has got to bd of late; he don't spend a dime where he u&d to spend dollars, and can never be kept from homo half an hour when he is not at work. He seems to worship that wife of his." Mr. Sidney Howard Gay is hard at work on Bryant's 'History of the United States." The illustrations, , by both French and American artists, are progressing rapidly.

SONQ FROM A DRAMA. BY E. C.STEPMAN. From Scrlbner for January. I know not If moonlight cr starlight ' lie son on the land and the sea, I catch but the near light, the far light. Of eyes that are burning lor me ; Tbescentor the night, of the roues. May burden tbe lUr for thee, Hwtet, Tis only ihe breath of thy sighing I know, as 1 lie at thy feeU The winds may be sobbing or singing, Their touch may be fervent or cold. The night bells may toll or be ringln-?. 1 care not, with thee in my hold ! The feast may go on, and the music Be scattered in ecstasy round, Thy whisper "I love thee! i love thee"' Hath Hooded my soul with its sound. 1 think not of time that is flying. How short is the hour i have won, How near is this living to dying. How the shadow stlu follows the sun; There is naught npon eaith, no desire, Förtha thought, though 'l were Lad by a sign! I love thee ! 1 love thee ! bri d g n lgher Thy spirit, thy kisses, to mine ! PINKERTON'S PICKING.

A BaND OP DESPERADOES. ' THE HEADQUARTERS AT ELKHART AN AQCOÜNT OF THEIR DOINGS ONE OF TINKERTON'S DETECTIVES SECURES THEIR ARREST AND CONVICTION. A correspondent of the Chicago InterOcean, writing from Elkhart in this state, gives the following account of the doings of a band ol thieves in that section of tbe state: Elkhart has for lour years had the reputation of being the headquarters ol all the "dead beats" in the country. Even Cnicago professionals had their "pals" here, with whom they were in constant commun ication. A house of ill-fame, kept by one Frank McKinstry, was the headquarters for all the gamblers and thieves in the country. They would board at "Frank's" and radiate through the country. The many bold robberies, the kerosening of the wells of prominent temperance men, the firing of dwellings and outhouses, and general destruction of the property of those known to be interested in tbe late temperance movement, and tbe special attentions of these midnight marauders to tbe very able and efficient prosecuting attorney, Mr. J. M. Van Fleet, led some of our acute citizens to suppose that tbe whisky interest was sustaining and protecting these men engaged in arson and robbery; so it was deemed expedient by Mr. Van Fleet and Mr. Proctor, the marshaf, to employ a detective! Accordingly one ol Pinkerton's choice souls, was sent for one John Cooper who suddenly appeared upon the stage of action in September last, and forthwith proceeded to make the acquaintance of "the boys." He smelled about McKinstry's. but in such a quiet, professional way that he was at once recognized as "one of 'em." He was jolly and liberal, and before the month was over he had tied the gang to him almost to a man. He was frequently discussed, and so aptly did he play the role of general villain that Josh Tyler, proprietor ot the railroad eating house where Cooper boarded, went to the marshal and quietly informed him what a suspicious character Cooper was. Said Tyler : " He is banging around with these thieves and low villains, and I believe he is a Chicago burglar. I'm afraid of him. Don't want him about my house." " Don't he pay his board T'inquired the marshal. "Yes, pays up square; but he acts suspiciously. He is out all night sometimes, and be is writing, writing all the time." 'Ob, you bad better let him stay," cautiously replied the marshal. "No," determinedly replied Tyler, "I don't want him around." This left the marshal in a dilemma. He did not want Cooper down in town lor fear he wtoild attract attention. He could hardly be boarded at McKinstry's, for that might arouse suspicion, for, while none of the gang doubted his being a thief and gambler, they felt his superiority. It evidently would not do to make any change; so, upon hasty consultation, it was decided to let Tyler into the secret. Thick and fast came midnight depredations, and COOPER'S LITH.B MEMORANDA aflixed dates to each transaction, and gave names of participators. Tho marshal's barn was fired, burglaries were ol frequent occurrence, and Cooper was right along with "the boys" all the time. Finally one night, as all were sitting around the fire in "Wash Holmes' " saloon, "Doc Zellers" approached Cooper, mistaking t!m for one Murphy, a notorious character, and said: I want to get rid of that d d Colburn (the night policeman ) I'll give you 50 il you'll 'slug' him and get him out of the way. lie arrested me not long ago and I'm going to fix him tor it." "All right," replied Cooper, "I'm your man; but I dou't want to do this until I am ready to leave town. Elkbart is a pretty town, and I'm doing well here." "Very well," said Zeller. "When you get ready to leave fiist tap him on the head tor me, and I'll have a conveyance to run you right oil into Michigan, and your $50 ia ready," His coolness of disposing of such grave matters rather added to tbe admiration in , which be. was held. For three months now Cocper has been band and glove with these knights of the lock. Some time in October, Mortimer Squireä, whost wife had gone away on a visit, in tote loneliness sought consolation in frequent visits to McKinstry's establishment. "Honey" Rawlins, a desperate character, discovered that Squires had about $70 upon his person, having drawn bis pay the previous day. So a hast v consultation was held with Cooper and "Patsy" McDonougb, and Kawlins proposed lb "go through" Squires berore he left the establishment, as he was pretty drunk, and would not be likely to remember about it. tSo it was determined to let Squires go home, and "lap his till" when he should be asleep. Squires, however, was not so drunk as they imagined, and was armed with a revolver, with which ha shot McDonougb when they attempted to enter his house, and at the time he was thought to oe mortally wounded, so made a confession, but when the trial came on an intelligent (?) jury sent Rawlins up for two years. Ihe next most important affair was THE PLOT TO BURN Prosecuting Attorney Van Fleet's residence. A professional named "Beachem" had now come upon tbe stage ol action. The crusade was in full blast, and Van Fleet was worying the liquor men terribly with prosecutions, so the cheapest way to scare him off seemed to be to burn his bouse and threaten his life. "Beachem" told tbe boys that he burned the church at AlIejjan,"Mich., for the d d crusaders, and got $100 lor the operation; that he got a good round sum in Kalamazoo for burning the district prosecuting attorney's barn for cutting the tails from the sherilTs hore?, and numerous other depredations, which, i suppose, would include the destruction ol that fine lot of marble by pouring ink upon it. Ha said he was right around all tbe time, and no one ever suspected him. Douglass Beardsley had offered to give $50 to have Van Fleet's house destroyed. Cooper demurred a this also, and said: "Bays, we ought to have $100 apiece for this business. This is no ordinary affair. The town is stirred up, and this will make an immense

excitement; ain't a flea bite." So Beachem went to Dug and stated the proposition, but Dag declined to jro anv deeper. Said be would willinglybQt tbüi matter was costing him so in prosecutions and lines he could not stand it, and he thought tbe rest of the brethren ought to k UP th remainder. Well, the next aay the heads of the liquor firms were all toKetber, and it Vras decided to come to terms Cooper in the meantime had posted Van Jfleet, and he and the marshal, armed to the teeth, were in waiting to give them a warm reception. The ganR met at 1 o'clock at night, with the plot perfect. "Beachem" waspiimeand "Honey" Rawlins was willing, but the rest nf iucn.k.i..i j

l 1 abandoned. Well, like a boll, thia ureu B'owiy coming to a bead, and the court which sat here last week has finally punctured it. POSTAGE STAMPS. HOW THEY ARE MADE THE MANNER OP THEIR DISTRIBUTION. A New York letter to the Buffalo Express gives the details connected with the manufacture of postage stamps: Everv United States postage stamp In use is made here In new xorK. ine contract was held by the American Bank Note Company from July 1 1861, until the same day in 1873. That was for three Iprma nt v The Continental Bank Note Company at that lima riTari A i. . 1 . r. ""1, ivj it, iur one-nan the amount required by the other company, tbe contract was awarded to them. The office of the Continental is at the corner of Greenwich and Libertv desirable to have the posiage stamps made In a perfectly fire-proot building, the fifth story of the Equitable Life Insurance building, on the corner of Broadway and Cedar street, was rented bv the company for that purpose. The office here is for the use of Mr. Daniel M. Bovd. the covprnmpnt ,Mnt f - - . r , BUU IUI a , Charles r. Steel, the ao-entunri cnMrintsnH. ent appointed by the company. The facts &i,cu iu icgaru w ice malting oi tne stamps were obtained by your correspondent from Mr. Henry Bowen, Mr. Boyd's assistant. Two fKUTCTCugci cicvniura run wj me top Of the buildincr. and nnon lfvinrr tham , i rwv " X - - wv., tuu V LI 1 y entrance to the postage stamp rooms is by nrt Anna v-n f m 3 1 t I . . . uuut uicu ia constantly kept locked and guarded by a janitor, who always sits inside to answer tha tali vh! i tn. , " IU JUOW outside. On the right band side are the office and printing room, and away to the left, at tbe front of the building, are the other iwua uaou iu MAKING THE STAMPS. In printing steel plates are used, on which wo hundred stamps are engraved. Tn mtn are kept hard at work covering them with the colored inks and passing them to a man and a girl, who are equally busy et printing them with large rolling handpresses. Three of these little squads are employed all the time, although ten presses can be put into use in case of necessity. Alter the 6inall sheets of paper upon which the two hundred stamps are engraved have dried sufficiently they are sent into another room and gummed. The gum used lor this purpose is a peculiar composition, made ol tbe powder of dried potatoes and other vegetables mixed with water, which is tetter than any other kind, for Instance, gum arabic, which craks tbe paper badly. Thi9 paper is also of a peculiar texture, somewhat similar to that used for bank notes. After having been again dried, this time on little racks, which are fanned by steam power for about an hour, they are put between sheets of pasteboard aud pressed in hydraulic presses, capable of applying a weight of 200 tons. The next thing is to cut the sheets in half; each sheet, of course, when cut, contains a hundred stamps. This is done by a girl with a large pair or shears, cutting by band being preferred to that of machinery, which method would destroy too many stamps They are then passed to two other squads, wbo, in as many operations, perforate the sheets between'the 6tamps. Next they are pressed once more, and then packed and labelled, and stowed away in another room, preparatory to being put in mail-bags for dispatching to fulfill orders. If a single stamp is torn; or in any way mutilated, the whole sheet of 100 is burned. About 500,000 are burned every week from this cause. For the past 20 yetors not a single sheet has been lost, such care is taken in counting them. During the process ol manufacturing the sheets are counted It times. DISTRIBUTING: THE feTAMTS. There are 36,000 postoftices throughout the country, and they usu in the course of one year 700,000,000 postage stamps. A week or two since 64,000,000 finished and 87,000,000 unfinished stamps were put into the safes. The New York postoffice alone uses 120,000,000 a year, somewhat over one-sixth ol the whole number used, or equal to the amount required by 6,000 other ollices. Four times a year the different 'postofflces send an order for the number ol stamps they expect to have occasion to use during the coming three months. Of course, II they run out during that time, they are at liberty to send for more. The office here in New York is supplied differently. Twice a month an order is sent for about 500,000 cf various denominations. Three cent 6tamps are, of course, in much greater demand than those of any other value. In answer to the orders tbe 8 tamps are made and sent to tbe offices, and there counted immediately in tbe presence of a witness. An accompanying blank receipt is tilled up and sent to the third assistant postmaster at Washington, who has charge of this branch of the postoffice department. The pay of the majority ot postmasters is not by any means extravagant. Tho holder of that position in Guthrie, Ind., receives tbe small salary of il per annum, abd tbfire are many others who get the same. Others get two, three, öur, five, and so on . up to $6,009. Although a salary of a lew dollars Vi not In itself of importance the holding of such an office generally is. For instance, in a little village tbe postmaster is almost always the owner of the grocery store, and the villagers, while waiting for tbe mail, find it convenient to lay in a stock ol provisions, so that the postoffice draws custom. Besides, the postmaster is usually considered a man of much importance in a small town. I know a storekeeper who is the postmaster of a village in the southern part of New Jersey, and wbo gets only f 12 a year lor that position. But he wouldn't resign it for three times that amount every year. It is only the postmasters of large towns or cities who receive as much as $4,000. Mr. J. L. James, the postmaster of this city, gets a salary of 6,000, the largest given, but really small, considering the large amount of responsibility and work which it involves. DDR,. C- H- PETERS, OJtf'JBUCfC AND RESIDENCE No. 70 North Liberty Street. EuiTOii Iskepkxdest: 1 here state thatiny wlf had Female Weakness, Uterine lUsetiM, etc. Mie was alilicted, knd had been treated for along time by physicians without help was confined to her oed. We called in C H. Peters, of Richmond, Ind., who soon rpstnreu her to good health. Ill HAM B RE ECK. Aneust 8, 1871. Personally appeared before roe, a notary public in and for ihe county of Wayne and stale of Indiana, lllram Breece, w ho, being dulyswora according to law, deposes and says, the above statement, given to Dr. C. II. IfeU rs, of the cure of his wife is true, to which I hereunto afflx my notary senl. JOHN W. TUOMl'-sON, August S, 1S71, Nary IMbiic.