Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 29, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1875 — Page 1
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GENERAL TELEGRAMS. TIIE VICKSBURQ REPORT. -THE MINORITY BEPOBT ON THE VICK3BURO TROUBLE SOME ' REMARKS BOHKWHAT PARTISAN. Washington. Feb. 20. Representatives 'Speer, of Pa., and O'Brien, of Md., of the Mississippi special committee, have -united In a report concluding as fc lows from a review of tbe whole testimony: We briefly state onr conclusion: i. That in tbe citv, of Vicksburg and county of Warren the white citizens pay about W per cnt. of the taxes, which have . grown enormously oppressive, and tLat the Mftr-.t-. chitlv assess, collect and disbue
theui.
ist fir Tbat
sum
The debt ol the city which In
was i3,uuu, is aa rs it can be ascertained. it has accummulated tnia bv reckless and improvident
Is-'islition bv republican official, and is a
grievcus burden imposed on a population of 11,000 psople, less thin halt ol whom are white people. 3. That a corrupt and infamous ri eg, composed of negro ofticials, existed in aiJ city and county lor several year, who, by 'forgeries peculation and yy'.rEEti?d frauds on the revenues have impaired public credit, impoverished the people and augmented tbe taxes to rates resulting in practical confiscation. 4. Peter Crosby, tbe sheriff and tax collector, was a political and personal friend of the corrupt flicia!?, and, by h!s power in summoning Jurie, töeir conviction was rendered practically impossible; that tbesberiff admitted to bail his political friends when charged with the gravest offenses on bonds ntorlously worthless was the chii impediment to the administration of justice in tho court. 5. Judge Brown had publicly declared that tbe prosecution of Cardoza, tbe leader of the ring, lor malfeasance in office was persecution, when no honest man of either party -doubts his guilt, and by bis partisanship had destroyed the public confidence in the tribunal over which he presided. 6. The taxpayers' leasne was organized Irrespective ot politics or color, and that Its sole object, as stated in its constitution, and declared in its meetings, was to secure capable officials and bonest government. 7. Tbe honds of Crosby, as sheriff and tax collector, were utterly Insufficient, if not worthless. S. Tbe board of supervisors were advised of the utter insufficiency of the Crosby bonds, but corruptly declined to compel him, as law requires, to give bonds. - V. That the time having arrived .'or tbe collection cf the taxes, the tax payors having no adequate remedy are justified in the demand lor Crosby's resignation and his resignation waa voluntary and not the result -of violence or threats. 10. The conflict ol December 7, resulting in the Killing of two white and twenty-four colored persons, was solely and wholly caused by an armed at--erjp"t of the negroes of Warren county to lavhds Vicksburg; that the invasion was INCITED AND INSTIGATED by O. Crosby, and that Crosby was advisod and encouraged to take this course, and was promised aid by Gov. Ames. 11. That the defense of the city was made undor the direction of the mayor, and all the preparations and the conduct of citizens ware justitiod by nature's highef-t lav, self preservation. Thev acted in defense oi their families and homes. Any ether cause would have bean cruelty to the iamilies of both Tact s, for, as Gen. Packer testified, it was a mercy to the women and children, white and black, that the negroes were prevented
from entering the citv. 12. Tbat the purpose of the invaders was only limited by the will of
the leader?, and that if they succeeded in entering the city they would have been assisted by a largo number of well armed and thoroughly organized negroes in the city, who were ready to co-operate with them. 13. That there is not and has not been any - -organized resistance at Vicksburg, on the part of the whites, to lawful authority, but on the contrary, the whites, owning nearly all the property and paying nearly all the ' taxes, were sincerely desirous of preserving tbonace and good order. Their interests,
social and business, give strength to this desire snd patience, which, exhibited under
accumulated wrongs, such as citizens oi a .Northern city would not tolerate for
a day. la the marvel or our
civilization. 14. There is no white lesgue, or political organization in Mississippi,
wfcosa object la to deny to colored men, becauao of color, or for any reason, any rights
guaranteed by law; nor is there any political organization of whites which has any other obict than to secure the election o
honest officials. 15. That the call of the governor on tbe president for military aid
was based on partizan statements devoid of
iruiil. At u; uuioiiw ran woo hiauo 111;
burs: was as onset and aa peaceable as any
citv of the earns population in tbr United
Scutes, and has so remained to the present.
Iß. After Crosby's resignation Flanagan was
elected sheriff and took pcaeeaole possession of the office. Whether h9 or Crosby was
legal sheriff was a question for the courts alone to determine, aud yet in shame-ess
- disregard of tbe civil law of tho rights of - citizens, Flanagan has been marcbed out of
the court bouse by tbo troops at the point
of tbo bayonet. 17. That the condition cl
Mississippi is indeed deplorable with a goy
rnor w bo has declared that if not in olilco
. he would cot reside in the state if given the
whole of it. With corruption prevailing to an alarming extent in the counties where the negroes and carpet-bagger3 control,
with property depreciating, and taxes in
creasing, utter ruin can be arreted only by restoring to the people honest government and the control ot their own affairs without
interference from the army.
PACIFIC MAIL.
. JtKPORTOr THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
ACTION Or CONGRESS P.ECOMM ENDED. .
Washington, Feb. 27. The report of the
ways and means committee In regard to tbe
Pacific Mail investigation concludes as
follows: In order that another congress
may have It in its power to pursue this in
-oairy aotil tee scanty parties. If any, are
discovered and that the disgrace belonging to such discovery may attach exclusively
to the individuals involved, and not rest upon tbe Forty-second Congress as a body, thev recommend that relating to the money paid to these two parties, King and Schu"xnaker, and to tbe action of Alden B. Stockwell, be delivered to tbe clerk of the House ot Representatives, to be laid by blm fore the next Hjne, of which body -J. O. Hchumaker and Wm. S. King are members elect. Mr. King is not a member of the present Horns and not within its jurisdiction, and Mae committee is not prepared, -therefore, to make any recommendation affecting him except as embraced in the accompanying resolutions. It is evident the testimoaj of Siockwell may be of vital Importance to the credibility ot Mr. Schumaker'a evidence. The committee, therefore, think that it may better tend to a lust disposition of bis ca,e to give an opportunity for further evidence, with the strongest motive on the part of the witness to furnish a more mistactorv explanation cfhis connection with the disbursements. The enormous evil attending the ex&onco of an unrrgulated lobby with the license to appear before the committees and cr9 uieasnre3 upon the memoers upon tho rauclalsnt pretenca that they are privately
retained bv interested parties calls for
further legislation. The committee, in con
cluding their report, deem it necessary ior the nrotectlon of congress against future
transactions as discreditable as those they haye now brought ander review that a law should be passed nnlrtn Afra ro nürnn annMXini? and ad-
vocating measures for a private interest, to
appear in Disown capacity as
torney or agent, iney preseni. cuukicm
The facta of this case, also, they say, disclose that sums have been Fal(l to influence action, or In reward of the two employees
of this House. and of persons
entitled to privilege of the reporters
gallery. Such practic-s, they eay, rt cured the condemnation ot the Housa. Tbey also present in the bill a measure to prohibit the in flax ot this class of persons from using
fer or procure the passaze of any measure
pending barore congress, ice cuuimmco
do not recommend further action on tbe case cf the two employes of this House, who, after the passage of the act.receiveä rewards as shown in their evidence, as they are informed that both ot them have re-
DID YOU DRAW
LOUISVILLE LIBRARY LOTTERY
signed.
TIIE BEAUTIFUL BLACK HILLS.
RETURN OP ONE OP THE SIOUX CITT PARTY
SUCCESS OF HIi EXPEDITION THE LOVELINESS OP THE OOCNTRT. Sioux Citt, Ia., Feb. 27. A Sioux City
Journal special from Yankton sajt: Epb.
Wilcher, a well known citizen ot Sioux Ci:y,
a member of tbe recent expedition to tbe
Black Hills, arrived at Yankton to-day. He
reports having lelt his companions at the stockade ol the expedition within two miles of Harney's Peak on Box Elder Creek,
on the 3rd inet. Witcber says that the expedition waa composed of 27 men, ono lady
and her son. There were six wagons.
The men were well armed and soma of them
mounted and supplied with provisions and mining tools, 'the expedition left here October 6th, and struck the Niabrara about 120 miles above its mouth. They followed the stream some distance, and then struck across the country to a part east of the
Black Hills, on the Cheyenue river, 'lhey
met a party of 200 mounted Indians and held a peaceable parley with them. After reaching an apparently passable pass at the
foot of tbe hills, tbey struck out into the
mountains, and alter picking their
way, reached a point within two miles of Harney's Peak in 15 days from the dat9 of the entry into the Hills.
They erected a stockade eighty feet long,
and built log cabins from the abundant supply of timber that they found. The cold weather greatly impeded their prospecting. They sunk twenty-live prospect holes and
struck gold in every instance.
From the gra3S to the bed rock they
lound numerous gold and silver-bearing
vuartz lodes, and the specimens Mr. Witcher has brought back are pronouaced
very rich. The party never saw an Indien at 'the Hills. Mr. Witcher describes tho parts of bills tbey saw as having magnificent
valleys, eeeniinglyinmitleES forests ol pine,
an abundance of elk, deer and other game. The greater portion ot the return trip was
made tnrough snow-urlfls, ever a trackless country in the most stormy aud severe weather. They discovered iu coming out of the " hills what has been
named Witcher's . Pass, a good natural wagon road. This shortens thowayoutof
the hills by thirteen days. Their animals
lived on the grans they found beneath the snow. Witcher say i he can take loaded ox-
teams into tbe hills in thirty dajs.
The members left in the hilU are in good health and spirit". Witcher returned
tor reinrorcemenu. lie S3vs tnere la no evi
dence of other parties being ia the hills. Gordon, vrho came with him a part of the way, was delayed by his horse's giving out. Nothing has been heard or seen of the two disastrous army expeditions rent out to in
tercept them.
THE OPERATORS' STORY.
TUB CONDITION OF TIIE STRIKE IN CLAY
COUNTY. The following is the card of operators in
the striking district:
Brazil, Ind., Feb. 2t.
To tbe people of the sl&ta of Indlaua:
We, the undersigned producers of coal in
Clay county, represent that about the 1st of January, In consequence of the decline In
the price of coal, we were compelled to reduce the price of mining from HÖ cents to 70.
The miners continued work until about the 231 of the game month, when thsy cama out and resolved to remain out until thev were pld the old rate
of 85 cents. Immediately the mem
bers or toe AT.ners' union commenced a
scries of persecutions, threats and intimida
tion against, the persons who desired to
work, and against thone operators who at
tempted to run their mines by employing
labor from a distance, lbese threats were put in execution last night by firing and burning to the ground the biddings and machinery ot Messrs. Smith, Reid fc Co.. Veacb, Hall & Co., and the Jackson coal and mining coal shafts. On former occasions, during strikes, the civil authorities of Brazil and of Clay county have wholly failed to afford any protection from the attacks
upon life and property by the Miner's Union, and when the state authorities were called
upon to repress a riot at Knightsville, during a former strike, a par
tizan military company was dis
patched to tbat place uy tbe governor, which affiliated with the rioters and even distributed the cartridges with which thev were supplied to them. Without an
enactment upon tbe statute look an ado
quate punishment tor intimidation offered
to men whose families are suffering for tbe
want of the wages they would be glad to earn, we are utterly unable to protect tbem
or to induce others to come here and fill tbe
places of !tbe members of tbe Miners' Union
We appeal to you, the people of the state of
Indiana, to assist us in tbe protection or our
lives and property from tbe assaults or tbe
Molly Maguires of the Miners' Union, and
thereby enable us to prosecute onr business under the same protection aff jrded to men
engaged in other business throughout
the state. Since the assembling
of the operators to issue this
address, one of them has betn called out to defend his mine from an attack; the
watenman having been driven away from
bis duty by a number of men, who forced him to 11 y tosave hi lite. It is believed that we are lathe midst of, and all Indications
point to, a reign of lawlessness and violence similar to tbat recently enacted in the an
thracite rpgions of Pennsylvania, and other places, by those fiends whose agencies are
murder and arson. Signed, Jackson Coal
Rnd Mining Co., Veach, Hall & Co., Smith,
Reid A Co.. W. W. R'sher & Co., Watson
Coal and Mining Co., Woodruff & Fietchei"
Central Block Coal Ca., Masten cc Woodruff. Niblock. Zimmerman & Co., Ward fr
Perrv. Brazil Block Coal Co., Morris Coal'Co.. Black Diamond Coal Co., J. W.
McClelland & Sous, McClelland, Warner A Co., Clay Coal Co., Otter Creek Block Coal
Co., lanaeSjiwonsuarucs,
PERUSE THE LISr AND SEE. THE FIFTH "LAST LOTTERT DRAWING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE KENTUCKY STATE LIBRARY" INCIDENTS OK THE DAY. Special Correspondence of the Bentlnel. Louisville, Feb. 27, 2. p. m. The postponed lottery drawing has been going on
since 10 o'clock this'mornlng. Tbe place of drawing is as usual in Library Uall." Tbe
manner of conducting it Is similar to that
of tho previous lotteries. The numbers are
first drawn from an immense wheel on the left band of tbe state and the numbers are
twice announced so as to be heard all over
the ball, and whatever prize is then drawn from tbe opposite wheel is credited to tho ticket holder.
THE INIKKEST MANIFESTED
in the lottery is not at all inter.ee cor near so great as when the other lotteries were
drawn. Owing to the Inability cf the mancgers to sell all the tickets the prizes were
reduced In a ratio to correspond with the
sales up tola&t night. But 33 per cent, ol
tbe sums first advertised will be paid on the prizcs,thus bringing down tho capital prize ol
$250,000 to ?9j,000, and others in proportion. Tbe ninth prize drawn after the distribu
tion began was the respectable sumcf fo,32t), the first three having been little prizes of f5S
each. The monotony was broken at intervals with announcements of $3,800 and 5,320 prizes, until at last No. 10,075 drew ?3S,000, when there was sorno little cheering among the audience. Some time atterward No. 85,236 drew Ü11.143. and in hall an hour afterward No. 80,1.71 took ,
THE CAPITAL PRIZE
of ?V,000. There-was more cheering then
but the grand prize and the two
approximate prizes being determined tfco
rest ot the distribution was stripped
of half Its interest. No one knows, as yet,
whero the tickets drawing the capital priza,
or any of the larger prizes are hold. But it
Is thought the owners of novae of these at least will be beard from by this evening. The following is a list of tbe numbers
dran n and tho corresponding prizes :
PERUSE THIS PRIZE LIST.
Prize. ... 1900 ,. 152S
46707.. SllitjO . 77815 12VS3.... W517KXUÖ6.... 3VM3.... 77W.... 79191.... 82211.... 5i 1-117.... 111).... 7105... iilW SH2 47:597.... 7:w7. (IT.VVI.... 7;U7....
54 1Ü 61U14..... jCo-jl. 872V2 77K13.... iK7ta... aüs . 7JW1 31S1.J.... - Ml i?y; 771 IS 1 9iJt? KS) 74C.. 3U)2.... V)91 62744 4'.(J72 ÖÜ7UÖM.M4tKll 74744 tzai 225S1 llt3 7ül4i.21'J74.. i$l 771(12 13 67, 4i;... 8164....m 85.9 4!vi 42... 1 4 7 6611 k)hi 4K4 S .Sit...... l?7:l i4!)M bi71 57'J 6.MM 7!J;!W ...... WiHS..... 51M 5 7M...... 4i'M 577'l 4t)U7..M 11217
4Sj2. 11717 2029-. UM... a4j. ÖK14... t9i7."... 61:$ asiö... 4d57 i!HS... 45Ö33... lmi'iO... 701)72... C2:ÄJ...
4 d.Kl.a..M t5'4l eo. 7i:i6.i... 3)?4 4S!2 3.1731
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277SS
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87( 31.. 7Siti . 87ri"Sw
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41 17... f7S72 . .. KVriS...., &"001S... Jo"7ll.
4;sa
o'i 18 , 1"-H5 10721, ISi .... 707.VI 71tiS.... U I0...M, 2; ...... 10116 e.;i03
1 1.MJ.
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74,. fcitrrs
öi 615tf7 4191(9...-, J 1 1S2. 6WJ tr;;u
190 ' lfil 19v) SI 110 3S 1110 l!0 : Yn :is :w v. oS 700 :tE 7000 : : 1!.) : 111 r-H 1520 33 1! 76 1520 08 190 0 li'O :w 1320 ns IX) as 1911 ' ;w 190 3K.J 19l 190 1WI J90 ÖS 3 3 3 76U 3S 190 $ 3M0 7urj l.r20 70 190 m S8 3H' :-a 190 190 190 : üt 3S m 3SCÜ S 38 1140 to) 38 Srt) 10-J0 l;"20 19) 19) as ZH 3S iao 3S J8 4 1) ' iS 3K W 190 m 19i 38 88 15 38 190 ;;s jo . 190 88 ss &s 38 1110 190 7'W 38. 11 tfllj 7C0J 1110 bS 38 58 1?) nso 190 :pso :w 3S : 38 ::8 :;s 114 3i V.IO 7J 190 38 38 l!K 70 3S l!Ht 320 19J as 190 88 US 7Ö0 38 38 760 53 88 38 38 88 l.rjao :m m 88J 38 38
Xo. fcOT29
78) 99404 MM 749S-7 60111 7228J.M 282 1-1
H02S 7'1577... 6281 'S . 7VI82..... 4311)1 4-'i3 K72... V403I..... 2S41
:kh. 27H., 74 UM..
187, 6 3frrl )7S"i 4SS2S. :x7. ., 16W, S717 CölW 1SV-'1 41020...... 6:8:8 791
31'0."i.. 6-9W... 32714.., 5191
K-iWt Will . C2&M BOl.iS 17lJ MS91... fi-'lll ZXIQ 11 4 67727 fc2o:s 8l8f,7 126 SO 679 .
2.Ü.C..
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2:tt...
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mu 67922..... 21741 H'iOl.... $718o...., 8711
2827-
7&W, 23Ö 4 94-3, 18288.
34ai .. lr70...
577S9 522-3 62719 821...... 24241
ÖC474
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bONw...
:4ia. 4Ä534... . 51413.... 77!...... C9,':a lli72.... .. S0L21 7til".... Oi .2! -... 70lii . 314 "... 97190... tilS24 . 2" fti .... rll.Jl.... .. 41108 470 71112 .ti'l... ... 47il . W79 -. 17717... .M U)HV3 .... 4 1 40i.M 1023 44.V42. . 299)...... :i3t4 MM 647....... titiS21 73511 tllllll 77S9H... 8o70"
t77
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7515.
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Prize.
1140 190 38 88 190 38 X8 38 380 38 8 190 88 SS f8 760 ISO 38 38 190 700 88 190 S8 S4 S8 m 19i0 80 SS SS 7W) 190 190 38 &SM 88 3S0 1!H) r-s RS 1-VJH IM) 112.) S.S0 SS 38 .18 1520 KS ."N 38 38 88 3S 190 38 190 1) 38 1) 34 38 190 1520 80 38 38 8SS SS8 38 191 8 38 88 38 38 38 7Ö0 190 38 SS 38 I'M 190 880 3S 190 190 38 38 ' 38 190 I) 7S'I 88 Sso : 3S 38 190 ;w 31 3S:i 6S20 19J 1110 38 190 38
.
38 ?8 3S 38 1520 ISO 30 38 S80 190 i:0 :iX ;so 190 38 700 700 190 700 38 38 380 : 190 38 3.S 38 38 190 38 700 38 38 38 SS 193 190 38 38 38 190 28) : Ss) 190 SSO 190 1) 1520 38 80 3800 38 38 38 SS 190 3S0 190 88 700 1140 700 380 38 190 38 760 1140 190 28500 jy.u 190 3S 380
No.
64091, 1718 1057 17662 t5490, 481, 134i.
69Ti78 2X34
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81071
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:iri
a2o8779R.. 77429... OlIKiO.. 54."i05, 17704-1903-41111-258i-4ÄT9... 43177... 175 11476773.. 6.SÜ0... 31031.. 4r057. 552:... 70.VJ! 97:02... 20071.. K34.1282209... 3 l"7.. 7Sli7. 080917.1.. 9s 1 8 1... H1H... 71's78.. ';..r)i:'47("j.. s:884.. 171K1V;S72.., 477... 27li.. 24t,77
6lltS
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01510 48602 1821 31042 19276 82554 7cöl 47:2 63372 a574 709" W404 20108 K73
M210.
65X16. 77973.
Prize.
38 88
190 380 190 88 S3D0
38 88 760
38 38 880 38 38 38 38 33 760 39 38 . 1W 38 F.S 38 190 7i0 Z$ 38 S-0 ISO 38 8 19il 3.S 38 190 190 1H0 38 38 38 38 11 to 38 38 144 38 190 :w 190 38 38 : 38 190 3!j iWO 190 38 700 38 190 38 3S 38 li 190 190O 38t 0 190 38 100 lit.) 190 700 380 190 38 1!IC 38 88 38 38 152Ü 38 190 190 760 3si SSO 190 : ;w 18 18 190 38 C)0 38 38 3S :k 34 3S 7) 3M) 38 :w hn 3H0 1520 3S 38 190 3S 380 :!8 38 19.1 .'58 38 38 38 19U 38 38 . 190 190 38 88 7f0 ,00 SS 190 190 38 190 SS 190-3 38 38 r.v 3S 3S M 38 3S SSo 380 190 KS 38 190 iS 38 I :s SS 38 38 190 190 380 8S 190 380 ll'O 38 190 m as 38 190 190 38 38 38 190 38 38 38 38 8500 38 1W 88
TUB GRAND FO'ALK. The drawing of numbera from the wheels ended shortly before 4 o'clock this afternoon, c'.oslng up with No. 77,973, which secured the holder but the small sum ot $33. The twelfth to the last prize, howt wr, was a little better, being for tho respect able sum cf (28,500, and one cf the largest prizes drawn during the entire aitcrcoon. Sd far as kEown there were no holders of the largest prizes present in the hall at the drawing. The list of lucky tickets has been tent out Over tue country, and of course it is impcs3ible fer tbe managers to tell who hold them, as yet. The favorites or fortune will no doubt be beard from
scon enough. It ia said that the holder of the. 595,000 prize resides in Vicksburgh, and tht a prlzo of 13,500 falls to a club ol employe at the Gait lioue in this city. Tbe news'joys have been reaping a harveat nil üäy in 6elling extras, every holder .of a ticket being of course oyer anxious to
know the reanlt. This nlnn nn..
v.vwiuiL U11UJUID
wincla up the affair by a concert at library Uall to a crowded honse. And thus ends
series 01 lottery drawings in fayor ol tbe iTiblic Library ot Kentucky, to which the whole country has so freelv contributed" Tor years past. May we hope that in tbe future the people will be given a rest. W. G. T.
OUR PRISONS. MICHIGAN CITY mSTITTJTIOXT. CLOSE OF TIIE INVESTIGATION. A PLIGHT CORRECIIOrt MORE WRESTLING WITH FIGURES A CLEAN CARD THE CHARGE OP CRUELTY PRISOXERS EXAMINED FOOD AND LABOR CONCLUSIONS REACHED COMMITTEE'S REPORT RETENTION OP THE PRESENT OFFICERS RECOMMENDED.
From a Special Correepondeat of the Sentinel. Michigan City, Feb. 27. Not feelltg an ardent oHre to b3 written down an artist ia whitewash I may be permitted to almde to a telegraphic report of this investigation
which appeared fimultaneouslv Saturday
morning In the Chicago Tribune and the
Indianapolis Journal. That report, atcld a mass of Insinuations, contained two distinct
accusations against tbe management of the
northern prison. One was that the garbage
was a perquisite of the warden and tho other that the prisoners received only 60 cents for " overwork " while th stats s-
enred GO cents for contract work. The truth isthat -while all his predecessors in office obtained the garbage gratuitously. Warden
uayne pays the iiate 100 a year for the
same. 'Abe other accusation is eouallv
groundless, as tire convicts receive tbe regular contract rate for "overwork." The mistake, if it was a mistake, grew out of the fact that the contract price for cigar making is but 50 cents a day, while 57H and 60 cents are paid for barrel making. To proceed with the Investigation, tte committee arrived at tbe bastile early this morning aud re-commenced its labors. Tbe books were again overhauled with a result similar to that of yesterday, tho records of the contractors being closely compared with the time account kept by the guards. At tbe close of tbis examination tbe members
of the committe expressed themselves eat-
isfied. Then tte charge of cruelty was taken up and a large number of prisoners were sworn and interrogated in the presence of only tho committee, tbe warden, deputy warden and physician being also examined afterwards. The only THYtiUCAL punishment is administered with a cat. a ra'.her mild looking Instrument, provided with four thongs. The latter are of cord, and not of rawtidc, and their ends are wound instead cf being knotted. Three blows of this cat are the ordinary measure of correction. Whatever has been said to tho contrary, ao
examination of the backs of some of the
convicts showed that it i-t impofiibIe for the
cat to lay open tho skin, or to leave more
than a red stripe. It was ttated by the authorities, that not more than eix per cent, ot tbo Ininntea of the institution over need or receive the moral suasion of tbe cat. The esse of one individual, which has been much bruited abroad, was exarcinrd particularly. It was claimed for hnn by pome of the state papers, that being unable to work on account of fiefcuo, he was severely punfshed. The impression which be produced on the committee, wa3 thai he wes a spoiled boy who never had been made to work belora be came into tbe clutch's of the law, and who had a strong natural disposition to lay down his tools and lean against something &nd think. A brother convict testitd that the party iu question told him that hr did i:ot come to Michigan City to work and be did not propoe to change his views on the subject. Finally the victim of circumstances at the request of the committee made a mental computation of tbe number of times which he bad been called up and admonished before making the acquaintance of the cat and gave about twenty as the resuit. One inmate told A RAW-BONED STORY of the castigation received by another. lie knew about It, he t-aid, by bearing bis screams. The iarty ol the first part was called and testified tbat on that particular occasion he was not flogged but only received a reprimand. It Is .but fair to sra'e tbat tho prisoners, almost wltlvut exceptier, ppoke 'warmly of Wardea Mayne ana ot Dr. Ilamrivk, rs kind hearted and cxpablo men. Hut tbo low rate ot mortality during the last twoyei rs is the latter'a lust recommendation. It may be stated that generally those convicts who were expiating coine crime committed in tho In at of pakicn or under tbe icflneneo o; intoxication had fvunplaint" to make, while those who thought themselves abueo were generally to bo found nmocg the sneak thieves and that sort of cattle. One prisoner even expressed the opinion that there waa not flogging enough, and Intimated that if be were tbe warden the men would not Rf't off so ex.ily. Another, the other day, told the warden, who was urging blm to mend his wsy, tbat be had better give him the eat, "chin music," as he expressed it, net being well adsptod to a man of bis kidney. Of course thoe last two caws arc not specimens cf the ueneral sentiment, the greater mass of the convicts entertaining, naturally, a dislike for the cat. Those who were bitter In their complaints, displayed a gelded tendency tor expressing themsulve in GMTTTERINO GENERALITIES and a disinclinaion to being tied down to specific instances. The only question In regard to the use of the cat is whether It should be done away with altogether, and a substitute found in tbe genial black ee!l or the exhilarating bull ring,, which are employed at Joliet, or tbe ic,rigor&iing pump, which finds its votaries at Jaokeon. Gentlemen of an extended experience in these matter, acquired in various parts of the Union expressed themselves to-day to the committee in favor ot the cut as a cbeice ot evils. A list is ket of all rases of punishment, and this was vvritled by an examination of the prisoners. Socw idea of the weight ot the complaints may be obtained from the fact tbat. tbe bardsnip most prominently brought fonvtrdwas t!ie daorivatlou of the political papers. The prison has a library unlortunately a small one, and the convicts axe allowed to read such periodicals as aro sent to them and prth-R the scrutiny of lb tvuthoriti s. There was, cf course, soma isnli found with tho loo ä, and this tubject was also thoroughly looked into. Tfco t-tatement was uada by 8 everal convict3 that it had greatly improved
during the pest week, but when asked in what re?pect the improvement bad appeared, about the only information vouchsafed vjs that white bread had been substi:utcd for black. Tbe AMOUNT OP FOOD GIVEN OUT was frnnd to be one-fifth more Vhsn that prescribed by the army regulations a? a ra
tion. Tn fin a ln.f.. a ...
than one, a qou7y",2 SSSfSZ Äs9 WV Outsidebo1tUh': prisons 300 cigtrs are not a re. markably large day's work for one ma
r'(.X. : "p some time oeforeth Ss?Hith.e d7lSl evei7 man tad com-S?SLVk-The concJQ8ion torced upon the committee aa the result ol this examination Was that t,flrriD ... 1 -
rp., un no m treated. The report of the mmmot. Tr
- . """C. "uomer uy means of collusion between the warden, prison 2? 8tgUard' CCDTicts baTe jerked more whPthi, contractors paid the state tor; "!ei 6 ,boMty aad economy have been used in the purchase cf supplies and provisions: Whfcthpr tha t.A lT 1 . .
,sJ ' u suuarjie
p ml or iq E,uy or latlty; whether
irn:A puiiisuuienis nave been r flicted or excessive labor required; what. If ny perquisites, the warden bas re ceived etc. It will then take up each detail and explain the method employed in its Investition, and the confactory The report will close with a recommer.J,.t!cn that the services of tbS present warden, deputy warden, and alt their subordinates be retained. F. J. S.
SHULER'S SHAME.
THE SOUTHERN PRISON.
THE INDIANA ncotTTsrmni ......n
WITH INIQUITY THE CHAMPION KNOWNOTHING) IS MCNSON TBK WHITKWASHKR AT WORK TEE LOUISVILLE LIBRARY LOTTERY. Special Correspondence of tbe Hentinrt. Jeffersonviixe, Feb. 28. Tbe 1 olio win additional facta have been adduced In tbe evidence 6ince my last letter: A. 1. Munson, president of the old board of directors, concluded his testimony, consuming a dav
in answering the questions put by member
ci tne committe. Perhaps it la a misnomer to cay he an
swered the questions, for he
them or said he did not know or had forgotten. He recollected telling Shnler to take what state brick be wanted for -his private uue. It has already been shown that Shnler made a liberal use of the permission, as his fifteen houses testify. He claimed tbat one object in filling the prieon pond for Shuler to build his bouses on was to improve the sanitary condition of the prison, but he could not explain bow it was tbat the mortality Id tbe prison wa greater before than afterward. Witness said he had never protested against having so many convicts working outside the walls, though he doubted tbe proprietv or it. He did not think that Shuler bad accounted for tbe number ci convicts working for him. It waa hia impression that ine warden had accounted for all the moneys received by him but waa not certain about it. He acknowledged that the board of directors had not required Shuler to give a bond during the term ol hU directorship. DID NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND the report of tho prison aa submitted by E. P. Gilpin, clerk. Witness acknowledged rather reluctantly that he had performed no official duties on certain occasions whi! visiting Indianapolis and Michigan Vity, although Le drew $115 for expenses. The law, - he said, allowed neither hiijiself nor tbe warden anything for furnrhinS their homes or attending prison conssyresse(tbis was in relation to the furnittr In? . Hauler's bouse nnd expense to ther .riij.i congress). Though the law does doI . allow Munson anything for expenses a9 öl .rector, yet bo conlesRcd that be had drawn money for this purpose, as in the case ot Uae vi&it. at Indianapolis and elsewhere. Hess id,however, that the board had a right to ap-p ropriate money for the benefit J the pri son, althouzb he did not say where tbe Ii' mit wav The RXW carriage bought by Sanier was onathird worn out, said Munson, wb ,n bought (?) was never worth more than $3oo new. Lastly, Mr. Muiison concluded, Id iijng what he did not know by saying he ha j n0 more idea than a horse, of what the Lv mbrequlns boupht lor Shuler were worth, ai ,d his evidence clooed. Simon Berry was examined ai id stated hs. knew of more than a half doron CONVICTS WOKKJNO AT SHULKJ t'H HOCSia. Had bottght btate groceries of Shule and while a partner with? Koyla in erecting Shukrs houses was partly pal d In gr-aceries ne was at work on the.hons j three months and convict labor was used ju them all the time. Tbe state teams jj jko wcrked at. bauliog material and 11111; g Shuler's loU Another witness was Jowr ,h K. Faulkner formerly deputy warden 'the prison uadr a loriner wartien. CW Merrlwcther He testified that the dirt 0r in those times never rx.ught horses, rriages furniture, curtains, carpet far eneüt of warden, while he was eoanfc&ar j with prison. The state did not run asl&s ,hterhoaise when he was at tbe prison, bat 1 eturn- were made for all tallow and groiu M id. Tba state owned no green house for tlaa benefit ot the warden. Jubn W. Sullivan, haplainof the prison, gave in his evtrtene.- which was of noT-pecial importance. He sWt the beAjth of couvict was not good. EFFECT Or r.E INVmriOATlCkN The exarainatI-3 will coutlnue aa a gen.. eral investigatioci and siting of the prisorv. accounts Mondaf . imi and Kirk, the oM directors, will aJf be p4aced on the stand before tbe affair ends. Tbe better clans or republicans, .air ose without exception. ex press tbemsei'res as disgusted with the shameful mm ner lu which tbe prison baa been carried on while their party was in power at tj e institution. The Evening News of yf terday published' a number of names of j .eminent radicals who areouu spoken In 1 heir coademnatlon of tbe frauds. In case wh' tewasliing la attempted by the Henate.il i3 stated tbat the people ot this county Y 111. witheut donht. ihnw fhi
contempt, for aach an action by rolling up
me uenecraiie majority to over 2.OD0 votes. A JOOSttNAL-ISTIO OVATION T II LOTTERY. I aitaofit lorgot to state that the Journa correioTidnt Spends moot of bis leisure inLtursviUe. There was some talk among the eltirjsns kere of giving biro an ovation It ws arra.njrsd that a rail, bucket of tar feath'7s, etc., etc., shmid be one ot the principal feature, aud all in consequence cl lampoons on the n'fla cjnununiiy. His ci'.inp.e of bask ,xs t;ocd judgment ftnd ab!e goneralsbirx. T.tie library drawirg is over, but provokes iittle discussion. TLat the interest lorraerl v
taken in this event has suicided is sbown by the fact that some of tho morning papera gave no more space to tho. affair than occupied by tbat sent the Sen cmr 1 yesterday. There is, ) owever, much dissatisfaction with the managers of tje lottery on general principles, and loud cv.ila are made for a complete exhibit of whaifcasbcen donej Vv ith all the money, y. Q. T,