Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 27, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 February 1875 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL TUESDAY FEBRXTA.BY 10, 1875,

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TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 15.

Else-whore the defense of the Hon. Morton C. Hunter to . the charge brought against him in oonneclion with the Memohfc El Paso railroad, U given, together with the comment of toi organ oathe subject. PubHc opinion which has been held In suspense on thin matter by special request may now fall. The Sentinel will proceed to state that its suspended opinion was that Mr. Iluntor had been guilty of conduct unbecoming a congressman In accepting what was In reality a bribe tor Lis oQctal icflnence. lie waa alPO guilty in consenting to act as an attorney, as the cast of the day puta it, in corrupting other. This paper agrees with theTerro Haute Express that Mr. Hunter's defense is flimsy and unsatisfactory. The Senate, by a non-partisau vote, passed a bill Thursday providing for the admission of negro children into the white schools, in case where there aro cot enough colored chlldrea to form a separate school. The Sentinel i heartily glad that such a step has been taken. Here m Indiana the preponderance of the white people is ho marked that no race Issue can exist, and while it U reasonable to hare, as provided by the present law, separate schools where they are within reach, the colored people should not be lolt in casos where there are but one or two negro children in a district to grow up in ignorance, or else have private tutors provided for them and that is the only choice afforded by the law as it now exists. Practically, the people oi Indiana are granting every day under the influence of their natural generosity the privileges which this law grants; and legislation which follows popular custom is always safe. It is only when the law goes in advance of public opinion that there is any danger of its meeting with opposition. The Senate has done iU part toward settling the vexed question in regard to the number and location of the insane asylums. The Sentinel leels that its duty is done in securing the establishment of such Institutions; as to their location It ha been rather careless, not even asadmlng the championship of the natural and economical plan suggested by the governor for unities a new asylum for the chronic insane with the state asylum in this city. The only criticism which the Bentinel is Inclined to make on - the action of the Seuate is that that body has been, if anything, over generous. We only asked for one asylum and they propose to give us two. It would be well in providing for the building of these institutions and belr management to tnke into consideration the prejudice which Is growing amon physicians against great structure, half palace and half prison, for the chronic insane. The new tkeory that such patients are happier and hoalthier in tbe open country air, and in smaller building?, more nearly resembling comfortable bcme3 should receive due attention. . The course of Gov. Tilden and the New York legislature in wfclcoming William Cuilea Bryant with effusive hospitalities, on the occasion of his visit to the capital oi the Empire state, is supposed to havo a peculiar political meaning. It is thought that Bryant, who has already broken with the administration, may possibly contemplate returning to the ranks of tho democracy, and every disposition is shown to give him a hearty reception. Ilia desertion would be a severer blow to the republican organization than the disaffection of Greeley and Sumner, aa he would carry off with him that large, sound and conservative element of the party, which takes no very prominent share In politics, and yet gives weight and respectability to whatever movement it is allied with. Among the cool, calm and well-to-do men of New York Bryaut has been for years a sort of oracle, and, as his course will be guided simply by a sense of what is rrgbt, his example will be e tensively followed. His influence is due to his pure, strong character, and eminent abilities. It may be that Bryant will refuse to Join the democracy, as be ha shown great reluctance to return to that organization, although Icsf dissatisfied with the management of the republican party. His paper has spent ten months of the year lately in finding fault with every thing done by the men in power, and during the remaining two months has fought fiercely to .help to maintain them In position. It certainly is unbecoming for the Post and Its editor to continue to practice such an anomalous policy much longer. Mr. Bryant's principles in regard to Southern affairs, free trade and the finances are identical with those of the recognized leaders of the democracy, and he should Join with them in fighting for his opinions instead ot working to defeat them aa heretofore The only issue which separated him from the old party, the slavery question, is now disposed of, and a return to his former love would be a graceful close to his political life. The State's Field or Education. There is a question, not new, nor is it yet settled, in regard to education conducted by the state. To what extent is it legitimate or desirable for the state to undertake the work ofeducatlon? Some promlneat men in the schools, among them President White of Cornell, are dazzled by the brilliant idea of one vast and homogeneous system, beginning with the bumble district school, and rising through all grades and branches to the climax of a grand national university, from which, through a bureau, nM!l ? r;irt i th controlling intlueuci which aio character to the education of the nation. There is something grand, perhaps-aublimo, about 1 these atupendoas machines, which, like the Illimitable universe, are all united into a omplex but harmonious whole. Tho same

idea la entertained by those who have devised and developed, thus far, the system of free education in Indiana. From the lowest to the highest in all lines ot training, general and specific, classic and professional, it is proposed that the state shall offer to her sons the best facilities. On this plan the educatiopal operations of the state are laid out, and a very respectable beginning has been made. Indeed, so much has been done already, that whether the theory be right or - wrong, It is questionable whether sound policy

would justify any radical change at this time Still, it would be better to examine this question now than twenty years hence, after many thousands more shall have been de voted to state college. Those educators who advocate the doctrine of compulsory education bass their arguments on the pros perityof the state and the perpetuity of freedom. They do not insist so much on the work foe the sake oi the individual as upon the security of the state Itself. Without entariog any ODinion on this assumption ot the state's pre-eminent right over that of the parent in the rearing o children, the reason adduced in ' its support paint3 clearly t3 the extent of the state's duty in creating intelligence for its own preservation. For the development of the idea of ireedom, for the prevention, o crime and its enormous cost, for the thrift and growth of refined society and the pro duction of wealth, a certain degree of educa tion is indispensable to the mass of the peo pie. Education, in one word, is essential to good citizenship. As such, It It to the inter est oi the state to supply facilities and to do everything consistent with the functions of government tj secure to every citizen such an education as will fit him for usefulness. How much ' does this comprehend? At least, so much as is attempted in the com mon schools. These furnish to all the in struments of acquiring knowledge, the tools for self culture, and the necessary Intelli gence to fulfill the relations of a good citi zeu. They open to the youth, through read ing and writing, the gate to knowledge; they give him the qualifications for a prae tical business, and so lar disclose the hidden magnificence of science, literature and pro fessional learning as to test the qualities of all miuds, leading theindf, they are so capable, and so inclined to the highest ways of hu man research. To assume that qualifies tion for the best citizenship involves more than the public schools are able to confer, is to encounter insurmountable difficulties at once. A skilled scientist, a consummate professional man, a cultured literary star may add glory to the state, but to assume that these high products oi mental culture are indispensable to the good citizen would be an abaurJity. Further, inasmuch as but a small proportion ot all tho generations can enter the path of learned, pursuits a3 a business, there id a manifest injustice in giving to a few the highest and by lar the most costly part of aa education freely, while the great majority roceive only the advantages ofthe common schools. Ainoug institutions of higher grade than the common schools, the normal school for the preparation ot teachers are an excoption to the principle, because they are a part of and nocesaary to the common school. The professional qualification of teacher is a policy of economy both of money and of mind, as a comparison of the work turned out by the district school of to-day with that ot thirty years ago, sufficiently illustrates But why should any state undertake, at public expense, to carry on colleges of any kind? Is it because, without this interposition, facilities will not be attainable for those desirous of a higher education? The history of this young country, to say nothing of the older nations of Europe, and the present condition of classic and scientific schools to-day answer this question. With a few bright exceptions, state institutions of learning are far behind those created by private or church enterprise which surround them. There is no work except religl ous activities more Btiictly one of benevolence and philanthropy than education. It is not a sellsupporting busincEs except in rare and abnormal conditions, yet it is a work which hau always and everywhere among civilized people commanded tho support and drawn out the liberality ot the rich. The judgment of men in regard to it is in favor of the denominational institution as shown by the direction of all gifts and bequest. They never go to state institutions. Again, education is even farther removed from partisan politics than religion. And in a country like this, where parties make themselves felt wherever legislation reaches, it is impossible for stabs colleges to be secure from these influences. Public high schools in eitles are justified by the common sentiment existing in the peculiar circumstances. Some have gone so far as to insist on a post graduate course for those looking to special professional training, but the principle is clearly wrong, and the claim untenable. Time will undoubtedly work out Into clear light the true idea that beyond the education which is necessary alike to all citizens in all the walks and pursuits of life, the aspirants to higher attainments ought to seek them by their own means or receive them through the voluntary beneficence of others, and not by the taxation of the whole people. Tbe National Orange. The conduct of the National Grange, in session at Charleston, will prove somewhat of a surprise to the country. It would seem that tho organization is about to urge upon the government a policy altogether at variance with the principles which the grangers have hitherto professed. That the grange should pronounce distinctly in favor Oi making the centennial celebration a great natioral holiday, and should endeavor to secure appropriate facilities for the exposition of the agricultural products ofthe land is natural enough. Buch u. labor in the interest of the vast producing classes of the country is befitting the association claiming to represent the American iarmer. Bat the resolution ask-

ing the federal government to atep forward and aid In the construction of the Texas and Pacific railroad is rather anomalous. The grange has always been considered as the sworn foe to corporate monopolies, aa the cant ot the day designates railroad companies, and the formative idea of the organization was its hostility to transportation companies, which, alter receiving state aid, were absorbing to themselves the profits of the producers of the states. The railroad war in which the Credit Mobilier exposure was such an important incident has brought about strange results, if its victories are to close In a demand from those who won the battle tor a new subsidy to build up another glgantlo corporation. The ar

gumenta with which the action of the grange is Justified are those that, have always beon employed in such cas en. The need of new routes of competition is urged, the inability of private enterprise to copa with the great task undertaken is set forth, and the duty of the government . to assist in the development of our natural resources is argued. The voice of the granger in such a cairn is like that of Saul axong the prophets. The tuggestion made by the grange in regard to the construction ot a double steel track railroad from Washington to New York is ot a different nature, probably, aa it implies, according to the telegraphic report, the ownership ot the transportation line by the national government and the state ownership of railroads might be regarded as a granger doetrine, since it is the logical cotsequence of the strictness ot legislative control which the grangers seek to establish over corporations. The movement to free tobacco from taxation, which was likewise Inaugurated at Charleston can be considered only as an en deavor made in class interests. It is purely selfish. So long as the necessities of the government demand a large internal rev enue, so lone will it be appropriate to tax those articles ot luxury which yield the largest revenue, and can be most readily dispensed with by those who feel the oppressive weight of the tax. If there are any products fit to be taxed they are tobacco and whisky, and the grange should be ashamed to move for the freedom oi the former, at a time when the govern ment la compelled te increase the duty upon many of the necessities of Hie. The suggestion made as to inducing foreign countries also to show special favor to tobacco is strangely absurd. In one point put forward by the committee on transpor tation the grange is sound, namely, the pro priety of doing something to preserve the navigability of the Mississippi river. This is one of nature' most magnificent water ways, and when God has done so much in marking out a channel of trade it seems tbe most Incomprehensible improvidence on the part of a nation to permit his handiwork to fall to decty. Men cooly talk of expending millions of money to tunnel tbe Virginia mountains and lead a petty . rivulet of water not eaven feet in depth up and down great declivities by locks that must succeed each other like steps of etairs, and yet we have permittod the greatest net-work ol water communication in the world, with perhaps a single exception, to choke up elo'vly at its outlet. IIov oauch capital in the shape ot canals do the Mississippi and its tributaries represent? The Grand Jury BUI. Tbe bill passed by the House of Represen tatives reducing the number of grand crors, and providing that they shall meet but twice 'a year, is doubtless ntended as a measure of economy; but, udgicg from its terms, it will prove tbe most expensive legislative experiment for the populous counties that, is likely to be adventured at the preset t meeting of our law makers. Unless the bill provides for bringing criminals to trial by some other process than indictment, prisoners must be kept in Jail during the interTals between tbe meetings of the grand Jury at an expense largely exceeding the present pay of grand jurors. Jail fees are a heavier burden than Jury foe. . At tbe present statutory price the county pays ?!.20 per week for tbe board of each prisoner, to which must be added tbe cost of fuel, bedding and medical attendance in case of sickness. The Sentinel has not at hand tbe precise data for an estimate, but is confident that there is no exaggeration In placing the amount at r resent paid by Marlon county for keeping prisoners in jail at 115,000 per annujn andlthis with a Criminal Court in constant Session and a meeting of the grand jury each month. If the House bill should pass the Senate, this county must wall in an acre lot to hold a six months accumulation of jail birds, and expend in the neighborhood of f 100,000 per year for board and other outlays Incidental to keeping them. Under the present law, the pay of the grand jurors of Marlon county can not ex ceed S3.600 per annum, and it would seem a mistaken effort at economy to spend twenty times as much in summering and wintering over a small army of criminals awaiting a semi-annual meeting of the grand jury, In tbe effort to save a fragment of the cost of the present system. This view of the bill merely present its disadvantages as an economical measure. Tbe cruelty and injustice of it, however, are much more serious detects than the extrava gant expenditure it entails. It cuts off the accuse J from that oppoitunity for prompt vindication which Is the most precious boon that can be granted to an in nocent man. To speak out plainly, it vio lates Section 12 of Article I of the constitu tion of the state, which provides as follows: "Justice shall be administered freely and without purchase-completely and without de nial; speedily and without delay." It maybe urged in reply to these objectionstbat the discretion granted to the courts to call a session of the grand Jury will obviate all difficulties in regard to delay and tbe accumulation of business; but if tho court exercises its discretion so largely aa to afford relief then the measure. him ply becomes a nullity.

Carpeater Zulslaaa.

. In a speech delivered at Madison, Wis Inst week, Matt. Carpenter took up the af fairs of Louisiana for discussion and presented, in a short and graphic narrative, the history of the political disturbances In that state. He laid particular stress upon tbe evil effect of the patent constitutions which were provided for the Southern common wealths during the era of reconstruction a vi.l . . du """tu were uesignea more to per peiuate the administration party In power than to secure good government. With this end in view, powers were granted to tbe ex ecutive which made him ,in reality the su preme ruler of tjse state. This fatal defect was even more noteworthy in the constitu tion which President Grant is endeavoring to reinstate in Arkansas, than In the const! tution of Louisiana ; but the evil was so glar ing in both that the Sentinel did not hesi tate in discussing tbe matter last summer, to maintain that neither commonwealth pos sessed a republican form of government such as the federal constitution prescribes, The system of reconstruction, in tact, set up a number of satrapies, instead of frco states Of the method in which affairs were carried on in the most unhappy of these prov inces. Carpenter says: "The dispute springs from the election in 1872. In that election Gov. Warmoth had the entire , machinery of the election under bis con trol. Northern men can hardly under stand how they do things in the Southern states. In my opinion tbe present const! tution of Louisiana is not republican. The governor can appoint a registrar for the state. That registrar appoints his deputies in the several parishes as they are called there, and they are removable by the registrar. So the whole force are removable at the will of the governor. That makes them completely his servants." The whole pretense upon which ths claim of the present state officers of Louisiana rests, is simply this : That Warmotb, who turned renegade, used the power vested in him to defeatKellogg, turning the weapons which were furnished him for the intimidation of tbe democracy to the discomfiture of the re publicans. Tbe administration leaders, however, refused to abide by the laws which they had made, when turned agains' themselves. They asserted that Warmoth's registrars opened polling places for .1 S - i S . . - - me couTeuioncs oi we aemocrau, ana in a manner to exclude republicans, thus decreasing the vote of the latter by thousands. It was also declared that the creatures of Warmoth so mauIpuJated the returns as to increase McEnery's majority. There was one thing clear, however, to-wir: that the election returns were submitted to Warmoth's board of ein v -.i-ers in accordance with the ioruas of law, and that according to the doctrine now preached by the republican party, it was the duty of Kellogg and his associates to submit quietly to the workings of the machinery which they bad put in operation. The first revolution ary step taken was their attoirpt to overturn the results of the election, as declared by the proper authorities. A Kcllcgg returning board was set up, and went to work, backed by federal authority, to select the rulers of the state. This illesal body and its mode of proc9dure is thu3 described by Carpenter: "The Kellogg 'board didn't get a single return, and they ' never had one. The returns were all made to Warmoth. The Kellogg board went to work and took testimony, without a single return before them, as to the number of votes in Keogg's favor. In some cases ' they took mere newspapersUtements. In one county they canvassed 1,200 affidavitsofmen who Bwore that they had been deprived of voting. These were counted as votes, Tbe members of the board stated that in several parishes they estimated the vote from their knowledge of the political complexion of the district. It was by such a nnriM that TvaIIoc? wm rlAtsrmtnerl the elected governor of tbe state."" And it is this hareiaced fraud that the United States government is now sustaining by force of arms. It is clear that it was an outrage to foist upon the people of Louisiana a constitution which gave the governor power to deieat the will of the citizens. But for that outrage the republican party was responsible. It is clear that having made the law the republicans should have abided by its workings. The attempt on their part to set aside its legitimate results was the be ginning of the present political anarchy. If the action of the present rulers in Louisiana was inconsistant in 1872, how much more regardless of decency has been their conduct during tbe past year. Instead of diminishing the power ofthe executive, from tbe unjust exercise of which they professed to have suffered so much, they doubled it. Instead of exercising forbearance in tampering with elections, they deliberately set to work to reverse by means of every conceivable fraud, the popular verdict at tbe polls. In 1872 the governor was against them and tbey asserted (bat be bad beaten them unfairly, by the use of his almost supreme power.iu favor of their adversaries. In 1874 the governor was with them and they claimed that thev were beaten by the terrorism of a minority which paralyzed the majority, the influence of the state government, and th authority of tbe United States, though asserted at tbe point ot the bayonet. And now that the democrats, after the manner of the republicans in 1372, assert that teey are defrauded of their victory , their opporjents brand them as rebels and banditi. Inieed, no argument ever involved such a maze of contradictory pleas and false proteoses as the at'empt made to justify the co-irso ,of the administration party In Louisiana. In Arkansas tb scheme for perpetuating republican powe-rbv the concentration of au thority m the governor of the stake was defeated by the apostasy of Baxter as the apostasy of Warmoth bad threatened to dftfeat it in Louisiana. And now the administration la endeavoring to overturn tho government established by means of its own evil inventions pat to good uses, careles'jof what disorder and ruin may be brought upon tbe common wearth of Arkansas, provided that its own minions are retained in power. It would seem as If tha republicans, desire to see

carried out roanltn TCSUUB in putting a iuinority in control. Where it op - erates for the Jjood of a state it Is to be oast iur, ure creo. " uuo tuo iiouseoi Kep resentativee lor tho .-tand which It Is about to take against tbe proposition of tbe rresiand partizan newspapers like the Journal also deserve all praise Jor protesting against the latest proposed infamy. Tbe political lesson to be drawn from the method in which the carious device for secur ing perpetual power put in the constitutions or tho reconstructed states has plagued its inventors, is plain. Knavery and petty party trickery never pay In the long run. . Broad, Donesi statesmanship U the only means i ior attaining prosperity and rerr.Mnstln

tbC reconstruction policy only io places where it

dent to plunge Arkansas into this slough of .TtTöoV i"KnihSSw Mefl-tJVC rVweV. depond in which Louisiana is wallowing ,nl dut!ea ot county aupeiinterdenca nd nxlnc

pover I j-"no wi iuc ).t-;b waa ma phi, sou i j former Judges given another backet; a bill apLEUIfeLAllVlS NCJIflABT j Propriatinj föW annually the itortiealtaral Moxn at ' ciety waspaeed; the bill apprprta'li.g ta- . , MONDAY. &Mo pay the indebtedness of me Normal Ärfcoof Senate. In session only In the afternoon, "d providing lor an addition of i.X0 to the Petitions were presented from Randolph county !JI,,r'p.rltlf n" lrey made; w rto repeal tax npou life insurance pn a lrom Tippecanoe to reduce and fix the pay of jjnd hove the amount nee ary to pay the public officers; from Kioyd to discontinue thai... - .!h.?-A'i8Utulion.- Thw dralle act

Criminal Court; from Randolph ranges,eek!ng ui ivaouoipii Kranges,eea!ng ' wrong; from Rush asain&tl f interest; and from Putnam I iruu'Mui various changing the law of I repealing the railroad tax law. A large number of reporta were made from standing committece,show!us that they have been earnestly at wora. a diu to create a Superior Court In Tinno. eanoe county wa put upon Hs pasKage.but failed w i'vi wr wani oi a constitutional majority me du to extend harbors, and condemn Land tor the purpose, was passed ; Housa bills 111, 1, ll,2tland99, were read first time; new bills w if ,erea on representing the Ute of luumim m luectnu-nniii: oa nubile Di-lntlm? uu Dounaanea OI feCOlt count v; nn marri wuujcu b contracts: amendmc the rai mad Iqucreauug one ooaiu or tnree prison directors: to iui m ue w counties; to tax Daiair. stock, and to ronsuiuie a nsn commissioner for the state of xnuiana. Hofsu. In the forenoon there was not a onn. rum present, and no business of importance suisiiusru I. air. xiavens, irom me com. mittee on education, renorted a hill amendatnrv of the act creating the oflleo of county Snperln-it-uucu ui nciiwis, auu, uom me tern oer ol uie llouse.it U not llttelv that the nflirAw.li aooiisnea in accordance wltn tbe recommenda tion oi tne piatrorm a lop ted by the demo cratic party, in state convention, but Mr Havens' bill eontemnlatea a ratmnriim.nt In the expenses of the office. The Morgan ria claim came up in tbe shape of Dill asking for SSO.UOO. with the avowed nrnnu of testing the questlon-of reimbursement by the ITa.lt . J CS-.- - - . ... uuueu outies government. ine diu was nnauy reierrea to the commute nn oiaioiH. ine Question OI limillntr the rnwr "i ran" lj' cuiuuiiHMiuners io raaice approprts uvub was ugaia eonaiaerea, ana me Dill wus recommitted with instruction to so amend that thev shall only have power to anrjronriate for able ofthe county. A bill was introduced to faxe buv UUU11C wurt ä crriam nrr rpnim im. t ar lenperrentoiailihel quor license and fines for wie establishment or an asvlum for habitant arunaaru. A mil waa introduced to memorialise euneresH for the construction of a harhnr at the mouth of Wolf river It having been chaiged thtaeom!unyot Chtcazo cnlta.iist hal nur. chaed the property adlacent. it waa rewnlveil tn go alow, and so the matter was referred to a com mittee jor a carol ui examination. TUESDAY. tsEMATE. The forenoon was wholly occupied with the reports of the committee on elections upon the contest of Jeffries vs. Haxter. Four republicans offered a ms.ijo.-lty report in f ivor of Mr. JJjxtersnd three democrats found llr. Jt-f. fries entitled loai-cnt in the Senate. In lhealternoon there was a suiriied debate r.n ir. r. pfal ofthe railroad tax law: a t-ub-aitut for I .a. rue's bill to repeal percentile lownnbipv io vote aiaxior runroaa nia wa agieed to: the vav emor s message on the Wabsx.ii & Erie canal was read and referred. It favors the nrMcrvniionnf The lIocsE-Spent the forenoon in discussing the bill extending the Jurisdiction of JnMicesof the peace. Just before the uoon adjournment the bill wa; lost for wnt oi a, constitutional mnjorlty. In the afieraoon several bllrs were passed, amonz them to nnllr rrom the divorce Kw the two vears clause as to iaiiure oi nu3anu to provide and deFertion ; an act amending the act for the incorporation of towns, of interest to small towns; the astmsment act as amended by tne Senate providing for a new appraiM-ment in IS 75 instead of I still; Kennedy's (of Marlon) bastardy bll' ; an act providing that when prop erty is attached other creditors may become parties to the suit and collect their claim wbetberdue or not if there are assets sufficient. and also a bill providing that roads may be opened along coanty and township lines ou peuuua ui property owners. WEDNESDAY. Hexatk. A large number of bills were read the second time and disposed of in the regular course. Therorenoon closed with a spirited debate upon Senate UI oS, introduced by Senator Thompson, which provides that the wife shall have full legal control of all her own earn legs during marriage. It was claimed by senators versed in law that this 1 a radical Invasion of the law of descents, on which ground mainly it wasopposea. ine diu was nnaity recommitted with Instructions to so anaend as to limit its provision to those cases where the husband falls, neglects or refu.s to provide for his laraily. In he afternoon Mr. Dykeman "6 resolution for a committee to Inqaire and report on the constitutionality of the last apportionment was taken up under the tpeciai order, it arew out extended debate and was filially laid ou the table, 24 to 21. 'lhe remainder of ibe day was occupied in the discnssion and skirmishing around the question of lo cating insane a-yiums. a substitute for the original bUl was offered by Mr. Win teibotha.ru, proviaing ior a commission or tnree wno, with the consent or tne governor, Should locate and superintend the build ing of two insane asylums, ne in the norm ana me other in the south por tion ol tbe state, it pec i tied two lines interdicting a central xoneof the state four counties wide from consideration. At tne hour or. adournment the question was still unsettled. Tua lioTJSE The committee on fees and salar ies was instructed to incorporate Into the bill to be reported on that subject a clause requiring nnty omcers to inrnisn their own uutJ and stationery with the exception oZ books of records. The constitutional amendments agreed npin by the lealslatore were defeated bv.a vote oi 60 to 41. The question came np in the shape ota joint resolution to agree to4nem and leave the nnai result to the people, as provided for by that instrument, a. number cf new bills were in trod need, and others were osdered engrossed. THURSDAY.. Bex ate. The forenoon waa entirely occupied with one of the liveliest legisla tive sxlamishes on record which resulted In the passage of a bill pro vidi log for the building of two new insane asylnus one in the north and one in the south part of the sJe, the exact location to be determined nd the building to bo superintended by a com mission of five men. appoinud by the governor. The en ate was unanimous on the poller of building at least one asylam, all the strife being bout the Iocs' ion. When that wm settled netriy alt supported the bio, which parsed by a vote oi 40 to 10. A resolution was adopted looking to. an investigation into the management af tbe inbane asylum at Indianapolis, in ibAaiiernoon tne louowinz suis were readme third lime and passed:: S. fs. 121, ?, 141, 67125, 7, 82, 22, 111, M, 137, 89. 1; and H. B. ötiä. During, the arternoon the holh. y, j. t rye, of Maine; W. A. Wheeltr.of ew York: öeorge F. Hoar and 8. 8. MarebaD, of Illinois, were Invited to seals In the Senate.. These gentlemen area part of the congressional Investigating commit lee oa Louisiana ajiairs. TmeHocsk-in the forenoon passed a bill re ducing tbe number of prison directors to threes and their remuneration to füuO. The bill further provides that the three directors shall constituted one board for lhe management of both Institutions. The vote on this question was. M to 11. The record can be fonnd on the seventh pnge; the railroad committee began to report to-fiay; 6(0 copies of the governor's communication concerning the Wabash 4 Erie canal case were orOertd printed; llenco's bill restating the worklna cf coal mines was pansed; tbe resolution to Instruct the committee on fees at d salaries to Incorporate Into the bill to be Introduced on that subject, a clause requiring county officers to furniHf their own fuel ana ttat onery and blanks, except books of reourj, was reconbiaerea. FRIDAY. Hexatk. Pevtral petitions and memorials were presented on different topics, embracing

nearly everrthinr within tb range of

irsiaiauon i lue jitnaiw."'"" aatosaea I n.lH.r. Kl. ... SI II war rrfkrvw fn 1. ! ll certain Msefttments end coUciion eonV Si Ion raised by i tenant: to traprove harbors and walla at .hÄÄr: o SSViE I "ances In clUf ; two bills V nx eveclflc ratfs ot coiiecuou of delinquent taxe; C proitHji. foreiiM on not Aller the ivati oi ice principal, etc; a large camber cJ tiU rm-ed the second reading and were dLroed of In regular course; the day elosed wit a spirited dfbateon the publication ef delinquent tax liste; the bill propo-icy: to allow au reat per tract was arae&ded bv ihm omaiitte to 40 dveloped sodfr tbe lead of Senator Khod-s. icui per tract: i to publish delinquent iteta at all; tbr prevailing sentiment KMmt in ha in thaC direction, bet no vote on thff main question was reached before the hour to aourn arrived. tinn r w,-. .7 71. "? T. . iior.K. Another bill eitendiDC Lhe JurisdicI passrsl providirK that era.d Jurief passrsi providlrjr that grat.d Jurie bnaJ'naM of seven rrscnS and shall meet lw ll JJ?I .dJl..T? " j Insurance companies from flila .rateraent iV ?uu"w' uu paying mat uiee. tonMdtrabje buncoYube was induced In on- the que&tiou or aojournlng lor tbe nlgbt. SATURDAY. Senate. All the House bills transmitted thna far were read first time. Reports of committee were made on a respectable list of bills. One or two unimportannt bills were introduced. Immediately after dinner the Senate aCJourned to2 o'clock on Monday. IIo cue. The question of requiring- railroadsto fence their right of way was dlscmsscd and' made the special order for Wednesday. The committee on fees and lalarles reported favorably on the bill to reduce the governor's silary to 16,000, and the report was adopUd. The committee on benevolence reported unfavorably on the bill providing for two asylums for tbe Insane, and as a snoxtltute therefor reported a bill providing for added accommodations on the present site, for the benefit of incurables; the report wa concurred in. A resolution to exempt soldiers from paying road tax and working thereon was voted down, the majority of tha members with constituents of that character explaining their vote with all the gravity the occasion required. A number of Senate bills wer cad the first time, and a number of House bill were referred to committee. In the afternoon there was no quorum, and tbe House adjourned. ABOUT WOMEN. Lucrelia Mott is rapidly failing in health. A daughter ot ex-President Tyler ij a, school in Washington. The " Inland Magazine" of Ss. Louid i owre j, edited and printed by women. " A Eiltimore girl, worth J4Ö.000, wants to marry sru? yoaa mtu wha hatlearnt d a trade. Matilda Fletcher, who has been lecturing. on the 'E;hies of Marriage," hs gone East to fill several engagements. Arscne Uou?saye says that, "a wouiau seated shows only half her beauty, whatever be the charm of her lace." "Beautiful," said Mary Cletnm?r Ames :f Mrs. Landalet Williams, "beautiful she la with a sumptuous Sultana beauty." Miss Alice E. Freeman, ot thejunior class of tho university, has been sr-polnted preceptress of the high bcLoo! at 6 tawa, 111. Miss Helen M. Knowlton 6dite the flue art department of Old and New.and will hereafter occupy a prominent placo in that magazine. In Sweden-a law has just been signed hy the king which gives to women the absolute control and disposition, as against husbsnds. ol the raonev they may earn and of property acquired subsequent to marriage. Edith OXJorman, of New Jersey, belter known as the Escaped Nun, has bsen called upon to testify before a Milwaukee commis sion regarding her knowledge of convents and nunneries, iter testimony is to be used in court mattete connected with that sub ject in said-city. According to the Memphis Appeal a queer marriage took place at Jasper, Tenn., the other day. Tbe bridegroom, Mr Martin, . had attained his seventy -alxth yer, while the bride was a blushing girl of only thirteen. To add to the charm of " the little. modest maiden, the three-store and sixteenagave his bride $3,900 as marriage gilt. OneoS George Elliot best thoughts Is: : "I have a belief of my own, and It comforts me, that by desiring what is pen'eotly good, even when we don't quite know what it is and can not do what we would e are part the divine power against evil,-wideninr.the. skirts of light, and maiinf thestruggle with darknoss narrower." A pretty girl ia emplyo 1 to take up the collections in a aSprlag&bld church, an J the. receipts are very heavy. If a strange gen tleman hesitates about, contributing, sb smiles, nods and winks in such a queer stylo thai sue victm nrst cjui bes up te the roots ot his hair and then-makes a dive for hi pocket book, anxiouato close the intarview as 8on as possible.. The Rev. D. Barthol , of Boston, told in a, sersnon on Sunday, f a minister who num bered in his floak one very disagreeable. "sister, and felt ceiled upon to remonstratewith a parishioner, who was thinkinsr or marrying her, aa follows: "Sarah ia, I know, a oommuaica nt in our church oi 'regular standing,' aod i she has tbe grace of God. in her heart, hut,, br other, the crate of Uodi can live where no n tan can." Dr. Anna E. Br oomall, of Chester, Pa, graduate of tha Woman'a Medical College of Philadelphia, has returned from Europe, w hero she has sper-t three years, visiting the ho-iptfala fbrwodnen in Paris, Vienna, and txnuon, tnis pp'iiading herself in her profession, in which ehe bids fair to excel. She recently delivered in Philadelphia a very interesting and lucid description or tbvartoas hospitals which she baa visited. Mips Gracear ma Lewis, of Media, a member of the Acs demy .of Natural Sciances oi Philadelphia, aud a thoroughly ducatei Quaker worn is now prepared to re sume her Instruction in natural historyand will give lectulis to schools, to colleges, or to parlor classes of ladies and Gentlemen. These lectures, are amply and elegantly ilm trated by diagrams, lithographs, engravings, and drawings, procured with great care tor the especial purpose, and also fcy original charts, which have required many years labor to prepare. Miss Vinnie Ream's sucoeaa in getting the. contract for tbe statue oi Admiral Farragut was due undoubtedly to tha devotion of Mrs. Farragut. Not only is she a lady of acknowledged culture, but she has apent much of her mature life abroad. 8be sojourned lor long periods 1 tho capitals of Europe, with whose art pallerlf s she is intimately acquainted. These Qualifications in respect to the particular matter under consideration, together with her keen regard for the fame of her husband, gave great eight to her prefrnce. and undoubtedly rarrlel the case far Miss Keam,

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