Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 29, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1875 — Page 4

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r THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL TUESDAY, MARCH 2 1875,

TUESDAY. MARCH 2.

The new revenue bill presented by Mr. Dawes bad a very narrow escape In the Uonse of KerreentatiYC3 en Tuesday. .After a discussion extending through several days, the act as originally prepared by tho committee on ways and means was BO overloaded with objectionable amendments hat tho father of the bill refasedto recognize bis own chilJ, and moved to ßtrlko out the -enac:inr clause and thus defeat the measure. The House refusing to assent to this proposition, ho secured the adoption of a substitute, which preserves the main features of the bill aa at first reported. It provides for a tax upon whisky of ninety cents per gallon, Instead of one dollar, increasing the present duty twenty cents Instead of thirty, while the increae of tax upon spirits already manufactured and in store is abandoned. The advance in tobacco ia fixed at four cents per pound, one dollar per thousand for cigars and twenty-five cents per thousand for cigarettes. Tba section in regard to sugar and raola'-ses remains In effect as proposed In the original bill, white the attempt to free matches from stamp duty ia abandoned. The ten percent, horizontal advance on import duties La? been retained. The measure wa rejected by a vcte of 123 to 113, which was, under the circumstances, a re markably close cr-. The main objection to the bill is that sucu an increase in taxation Is by no means necessary. With ordinary honesty, to 6ay nothing oi care and economy, the government expenditures ehoulJ not exceed the limits of the present revenues, and the receipts from the new taxes will simply be dissipated by the extravagance of the administration. The reduction which is now reported was made In 1872. lint -it is a significant fact that the ordinary expent-es of the goyern ment for that year were orly 133,201,6C, while lor 4874 they wero $194,118,885. The -difference between these figures is creator than tba ameuut which Mr. Dawes hopes to mic bv h'u new tax measure. There is little esq in adding flO.OOO.COO to the rev nue when more than , 4i.000.COO are added to the expenditures. Paying the dsbt at this rate is even worse tban pouring water into a neve. 11 anyth.ng could bo a more fatal dsfect in a bill than the fact that it imroses unne co--ary burdens.tben the fact -that it disposes of the weight moat unwisely woma oe a serious .j-euuu w uv """ .proposed uy ;r. uawes. iü8ia in the import ou;:es reuuen io arm i . 3 iv. xr-osuopprsio. UJ "4fv'"w . ! ! , ., through the ruinous system of projection cAt. nnntliuitt tVinri-mlA trt wnrlr narinir v. r-j tribute to the covernment vith one hand nd paying tribute to the favored elates Wim tne OlDf r. 1U Bigumcann ",vubii :ne movement to reawira vub incum which seemed at one time during the dabate -or lucsaay io uuu j iuc oeriy aoauaonea Dy me msjyruy. u " -whole, tha last act of Mr. Dawes as leader of -the House, will prove a most vulnerable -.point in the party record. The Ostracise. The lugubrious carpet bagger, detailing his woes to the attentive congresimaa on de--tached service as au investigator, or refceirsing tbe story of his trials and tribulations in 'the truly loyal newspaper, closos tho mourn fal litanv of the miseries from which be eoks deliverance by the startling dedara rtion that he sulfera from social ostracism. Hie knows ot divers nogroeswhc have been a pirited away like Kilmeny. He has heard f others who have bean murdered with ev ery accessory of cruelty. The lcBer Oatra.x4 of discharge from service, Intimi dationsand midnight flagellations teem In his fertile memory; but as to his own individiK.! woe ttey are all summed up fca the oue word ostracism. The only troaV.a with him personally is, that he has been 2t severely clone. His manly beauty I Has, a it wcre,exoÄieaiw cnarms unappre--dated, Hie poekaays, lika the flo er that I wither in Le desert air. No shy adnilrinc , glance fro at liquid -Southern eyes have fol lowed his stately acd laosiog form whenever he has deigned to prcmeajio the streets ia mV -tore clothes tod bfcilei shirt. Iiis alrs, J giaces aad Hilarius glaßc&a l.ave beea invirlably uet with cold reserve, end ho hi:, at time?, notioad ike tips of Caucasian uoats turned up in dsrisioa u womea gatbr-r 5n their skirts t let hiiu pas. Iiis gy and fttitp ckiDcsitio?, Lir extberant . imajiiiatlon, LU lively a'it. his woml-eriul iacuity as & raconteur are utterly thrown away. There are ,-ry few to lovo tira and none to cares i He y ostracized In x Urge family cansioa 1 across the street then? are'gttaaed the J lho sound ol revelry, ßuwts are tarcislngl anto tUi front djor by tka fccore, snd yet whenever he presents his card he is meth'-a slony .nd anhospitabiostre. In the i-oify bar-room be sees sociable iciow stp forward in groups of two or ihre-, and leisuraiy sip their liquor, but hi most j,a .eirjp maae nimsen 8greaDi J I-l - a. a, 1 t m ll I neuea cccas-ious art uiurageu, aua depart wi;boat a drink.or else has to pay for Jt himself, wUIch is an outrage upon one who has come,v5outb to despoil the natives. On th6,timboe he Is left to sit smoking his solitary cigar.J whila groups cf mutual acquaintance- dkcuss tbe markets or the river or beguile lh time In the national game, cf whieli our minister to St . James is tbe ape e tie. All attempts to be condescscdinxly ftmiliar are in vain, for the Southvn character has jtrown sutpiciousoffctrspfersof late. He can strike up a chat with tie stevedores with the color j 1 people or tbe i&.n whites but löi I8l 18U 11 im tha elegant, ti.e reSned, tb ealiby, see n h'iQ him. He does not consider that ibea c!as3- are somewhat squeaalah In regard to picking np Strange acqoaintancea. He dca pot realize tbat they uiaj hav e reasoaable irjctions to allowing into their I boms circles feUo.vawho have a trick of 1 carry it g Uank wa-rants in their pockets ppd iiU'cg ;) e!il cut l?Ub their neighbors ) Pt

names, or of writing letters to the Chicago Inter-Ocean. . lie does not dream that taxpayers may have a natural repugnance to an official "who hi stealing their money. He onlj remembers that h9 is ostracized and turns out the whites of his eyes and elevates the palms oi hit hands in "horror as he tella the dismal tat. Among the colored

pOOpla Wh08 Cause be U supposed to represent and tor whose elevation he professra to be striving, he is, of course, a hero ;and yet, curiously er cugh that does not satisiy him. To tbem he Is a leader in politics and a model in social refinement, and why should not that content him? Whv should he ask lor tho approval of mere rebels, or hunger for their companionship, or sigh, lor the clasp of their bands? O wondrous incon sistency of human nature! The Southern ers are villains and banditti, whose morals and customs the carpet-bagger hat been brouzht up to despise and de nounce, and yet he whines in misery be cause be does not find favor In their eyes, If the stories which he tells ot them are true no honest man should associate with them, break bread at their tables, cr touch their blocd stained fingera, and yet this immaculate patriot complains because these fiends do net take him into their familios and make much of blm. He presents the strange anomaly of a man desiring to appear as the champion of one race while be is ashamed of its fellowship and seeks the courtesy of the other. IIa despises bis friend, and finds fault with his fo?s for despiMDg him. The term ostracism arose in Athens, where It was ueed in regard to a method of banishment by which a majority of the citizens sent Home dlstingai9ned publlc man into exile. The verv nature or toe punisnmem maae its sentence a distinction, and once when the. vote was taken lor the banishment of ArisUdee, a hard-handed Athenian threw inashell marked for banishment simply because be was "tired of hearing Arislides called the Just." To ba ostracized was therefore no disgrace. If the carpet baeger in the South b what he pretends he is, the apostle of freedom, honesty and peace, why should be cire about the frowns or smiles of those who are the enemies ot all these? Why does he not to go cn in his consciousness cf rec titude, careless whethor he is asked out to tea bv the first families or not? It he is working for social popularity he knows how to get it. If be U working for eternal prln ein es whv n he not content witn tne roformeril ugaal reWard? Tbis novei political problem of ostracism. presentd bv the carpet-bagger, is ceri - - a difficuit one to est at bv lecislation, I . The more southern state governments that I bankrQpt the mor8 iftwfully lccted I ... . ... .(wfrnnro that M turner! out. the mnrn . .... t th Vrr tbe 03trac?sm a pprar8 to Ret. Nothingtbort . ... . Ua env?o,.t nrill Vo,-, I v 4 va ii .v 4 iui 'A via Kitja j v v n Jit i -n fifrect. Rnecial sumotuarv laws will h-.ba enaeted. cIvinir all wel, knrmn carpet.bagers the entree to tbe leading noa3e9ln Cach city and town, maklne a few deeent reatrlctlons in r0ßard to the politic:! martvra' boot sand linen. It would be well I , t enactithat no mirrlaze cerenonv shall be lnral unless a narnet ba.rzr s-ire & ihQ htd Tfci3 wcuici brine the 08tracjzed olsss into the closest contact with tbe Southerners in their most genial moments, and would put them on intimate footing in every house. It might also be ordained that in caso ol any funeral having taken place in a respectable family without a carpet bagger officiating among the pall-bearers, the corpse should be dug up and given to the dociors for dissection. Any decent man drinking in the presence of a carpet bagger without treating him, should be deemed guilty' of a misdemesDor, and should be made subject to a fine and imprisonment. To sneer at a scalawag might be made an offense alfjrding fair ground fcr the suspension of the privilege of the writ ot habeas cocnu, while for a pretty girl to refuse to daoce with a truly loyal man on auy ol tho ordinary pretexts of tbe ball room. ghoald be set down as felony without benefit of clergy, and to refuse to marry one should bo esteemed "fiat burglary as ever waa committed." The old law of tbe street which Yale college students maintained so Ion in Nviw Haven should bo established In all the south ern towns and villages, granting to all car-pet-bsggeraof every age, state of inebriety, and previous condition of rascality the right to salute and walk with any lady whom be might mee-i upon tho street. Fel low citizens, as tho civil rights b'.il has pa-c:-d acd tbe negro bei secured his place In the railway car, tbe theater aud tbe graveyard, it imperative that something should be done for tbe great Ostracized. The cold houlder. has been Wrned on th light-fingered and genlaPfcarpet - bagger loog enough. xhe New York xnoune nas cocnpiieil a table showing the increase In the appropria tion for public building -during the list twett'y-one years, which has especial Interest in view of the proooeed inciea.se of taxatt.m. Tbe amounts expended .during the irt nine years in the table include 4ppr , psLations lor roads and bridges, while the .pptopriations lor public buildings darinff tfa, 8even following years are cot eeD4rat,iy t forth in the official reports: eparatMy et forth in the official report i EXP5DI.rJU33 FOR PUBLIC BC1LDUW33 FOR 21 TKARS. Year, Tioant. 677,792 MX 'i 24t,.').T Year. INi . Amonnt Hol. given ..not given lÄ'vi KS 1K)7 ) KT 8 WS 1S7 im 1H .not jtiven not given ij t eiven te'lü 1S70 .... J. im) .... ., IHT2 1K71 1874 o,4 n'.m A U li 'KU rot sivea 1874. -, b,blljiji not tiven I Tbl is not. qul.e as biJ a showing as tb expenditure of fifteen rm'Uijn dollara in a single cily for streets and aswers. but it in-1 dicates coiuiderable love for the fine arts by the men In power. These liberal patrons of architectural genius have expended f 25,737,057 within five years. This is in atyie of munificence worthy ot the age of a Pericles, a Vft-p lalan, cr a Leo, The only trouble Is

that future generations will look In vain for such monuments ot their public spirit as the Parthenon, the Colosseum or St. Peter's. Kaller Asleep In Ills Seat. ' During the night the stubborn ecktest over the introduction oi the bayonet bill had gone on, and the telegraph announced Iron)

time to time the condition of affair in the House ot Representatives. At lass me weiI come tidings came, about noon yesterday. that there was a sense of general wearicTss in the chamber, and that the monotonous hum of the clerk's voice, drowsily calling the roll was the only Bound of congressional business audible. And with one graphic touch the dispatch pictured the whole scene; Butler is spleen in his teat." No more significant announcement could be made. Evtn that restless and tireless servant of evil who had marshaled the men of tbe ad ministration through the watches of the night bad yielded to tbe neces&ity j for repose. The nation at ouce felt a sense of rest as the news flew from city to city that Butler was asleep. With him slumbering at his desk in con gress, and all the wheels of the legislative machinery at rest arouad, the people knew that for a short and blessed season tho country was secure from mlachief. Juven in the broad glare of noonday there cams Upon us a tecse of satisfaction and peace, like the quiet of a Sabbath eve: aud the beartieit prayer of I Saccbo Par.aa was echoed from lip to lip: niesaed be the mau that invented sleep." Nay, soma of us, happy ia the unwonted quietude, even toped that the innocent slumbers ol the Esex states man might be prolonged like those of the hunter ia the Catfekills for many year., and were willinirto wish blm Rosy dreams and slumbers light. providing the sleep were something near to everlasting. Wouldthat he were capable of I such an enchanted repese as that of Bar barossa in his cavern, and that bis weary bead might rest upon his desk until his spiky beard grew thrcugh tbe mahogauy aud reached the floor like that ot the German hero. To be sure wnea ho laid down to rest, he left Cea-ua, of Pennsylvania, in I charge of his various evil designs, saying TaKeyouthe reins, while I from care remove, And bleep within the chariul wuicü i drove. Bat Cessna, aloeit an imp of much malig nity and ingenu;ty, is a comparatively harmless devil, and during bis watch the ship of state wss safe 6uough; therefore we might well ting with Ancient Mariner: Oh sleep it Is a gentle thins. Beloved from yo'.e to poie; To Mary Queen the pris be givfn! bbe hent iht gentle sleep from heaven That Mid iulo kid s-oul. And now lest be should waken, be hushed, all ye harsh and unusual noises about the capitol! Let neither the snore of tue honorable gentleman from Georgia, nor the hammer cf the speaker in terrupt his somnolent visions. Let no striduloud locomotive whistle divide the ebudd.iring air no tictinnabu'ary fire bell break into bis dreams. Let the noises of the day ce&se throughout the land, aad onlysach sounds as lull to slumber bo let loose upon the winds: Flow tentlv, Totomac, among thy creea brae?. Flow gently. w-ei river, tne theme of my lays; r or Butler aanieep uy my murmuring sireani; Flow gently, I'otomac, uUturb not his ttre&m ! To and fro the women of Washington troop in end out, watching the methods and mmners of man in his conduct of the worlds affairs; but it is to bo hoped that they will speak with- bated breath, and delay the 6brill whisper of slander until they have got beyond the portico of the capital: I chareo ye. O ye daughters of Jerusalem, bv the roes, and by th hiudj of the field, that ye siir uot up nor aware my love nniu ne please. It la pleasant to see how well he sleeps "alter life's fitful lever." The rattle of silver spoons tbe reverberations of tbe Fort Fisher explosion the resonant periods of John Young Brown seem not to trouble bim. Bring poppy and mandrogora, and all dream-giving drugs, to add security to his repose. Sooth him with Music that renllleron the spirit lies. Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes Mubio thai uringü sweet sleep down from the OUSSIUl SKIOS Butler is asleep In hla 6eat." Just think of that simple fact. The noisiest demagogue that ever trod the public stage since Creon misled the people of Athens is at rest like a tired child careless of the observant crowd, Who would not chant his lullaby : si non doriuis mater plorat Inter flla cantans oral lilaude, vent, somnule. When he wakens it must be to strife, and confusion, and obloquy; let him enjoy vis ions with the eyes of his imagination which, mayhap, see things at truer angles and in more gorgeous colorings than the jaundiced optics over which his lids are now closed. Asleep he may appreciate the taste of the divine lotos leaf which waking he despised: Surely, surely, siamber is more sweet than toil, 1 119 knots Than labor In the deep mid-ocean Wind aud wave anu oar : OM real, e brother mariners, we Will not wander more. What foolish things the poets sometimes sing. Now, there id that sleek, soft clergy man, who spent his ea$y days in the com position of unhappy night thoughts, who hath said: Tired nature's sweet restorer, bilmy sleep, lie use i tie worm rm renay visit pays Where fortune smiles: the wretched he forsakes. nwm on nia uowny pinions Dies irom woe ana ugaison lias uusuuiea witn a tear. And yet tte telegraph announces to the glad people that "Butler is asleep In his is eat." The woman who sang Oh, lltjhUy. lightly tread, A holy thing lsmleep On tbe worn apiilt shed. And eyes that wake to weep, was far wiser for she recognized the fact that lie givetb others besides" Iiis beloved" Jeep. But Shakespeare was the poet who j understood the intricacies of our nature best I sod he must have had tome such short and dangerous slumber as that of the hero of Eig 1 u 11 T j - ua hw; HeaVeepsby day more tuan tbt wild cat. It is the i"-ct that Butler may be merely en-1 joying ona' of these cat-naps that makes the! mind of tho people unquiet, and Dromnts even his wors enemies to wish hint asleep j like Bully Bottom, "on beds Of pressed I roses' with fairy music in his ears, rather tban in an armchair with nothing but! snorinar congressmen around him. Would I tbat one mUat have an opportunity to

whisper Into his ear a few 1 lines of Word worth's sonnsts, and instil Jnto his brain half a dozen eleepy thoughts to set him dreaming ot

A flock of sheep that leisurely pus by One aft?r one; the sntrnd of rln and beea Marmnrlni: the. fall of rivers, winds and reus. Hmooth Heids, wide sheets or water and pare There Lave l-oen times when the servant rl ba pr6pared a lato breakfaat, or when Angelina has lallen asleep before a full con gregation nr.der the influence of a dreary sermon, that we have regarded the drowsy god Somnus with feme impatience, bat since his victory over Butler we could see onr best Rlrf nod 8leepI y OQ a Saturday evening to our tenderest sayings and never complain: Care-rharmlng sleep, thon eascr of all woes, Brother to death, sweetly tbyielf dispose On this afflicted prince; Prrs by hi troubled senses, sing his pain Ulte hollow manaurtag wind or gentle rain, Into this prince gently, Oh gently slide And als him Into slumbers like a bride. Never before Butler fell asleep in his seat were tbe truth and beauty of Keats's eulogy of slumber fully apparent, but now there can be no doubt about the genius of the apothecary 's apprentice, and we re-echo, In subdued tones, bis song: What is mo e gentla than a wind In scmnier? What is more soot birg than a pretty hummer That tavs one moment in an ooen flower And buzzes cheerily lroua bower to bower? What Is more trauquil than a muslt rose blow lrjg In aijreeu island, far f ron all m3a' knowing ; More healthful than the leaflue-s of dales; More secret than a nest of nightingales. What but thee sleep? oft closer of our eyeb? Low murmurer of tender luilnbies! Light ho verer around our happy pillows! W realher of poppy buds and weeping willows. Silent entanuler of a beauty's trbat.es! Most happy llsi'nerl And just as tbe last lines of this hymn of praise had died away and we were turnirg to Shakespeare tor that noble enconium of sleep that knits up the ravelled sleeve of rare 1 hat death or earn days lire, sore labor's bull, Balm of hurt minds, the dismal tidings came that Butler was awake and all the busy wheels of villainy again at work. Late in the afternoon he grunted,turned round in his seat.opened his crooked eyes Bnd rose to a point of order. Alas, how different tbe awakening in Congress from the awakening in paradise: Now morn, her rosy steps In the eastern clime Artva icina, towed the earth with orient pearl, Whc Adam waked, so customed, for bis sleep Va very light, from pure digestion bred And temperate Tapeis bland which the onlv .ound Of leaves and fumln nils. Aurora's fan, Llghtiy disperses and tbe shrill niailn sang Of birds ou every bough. The Ilallroad War. The freight war is being waged, with a Gsrceness never before experienced, between tbe Pennsylvania Central railway and its allies, under tbe lead of Col, Scott, and the Baltimore & Ohio, pretty nearly single handed, under John W. Garrett. Judgicg from the revelations thus far made it will probably develop some laatures cf the transportation problem ' in regard to which the general public, and especially the people ol theWest.will cot object to beiug enlightened. New York, probably through joeloii8y of Baltimore, openly espouses the can&e ot Scott, and the papers of that city are strongly partisan. The Tribune of the 24th contains a two column article of such a character that it can only bo accounted fcr ou the score ol extreme partisanship, or that there has been some subsidizing to secure its insertion, which latter explanation is not to be thought of. It pretend.- to explain the origin of the leud and goes back to the war period whea tho Baltimore and Obio company retused to pro rate over the 4i) miles of its road between Baltimore and Washington with the Northern Ceiitral, which had been purchased and repaired by the Pennsylvania Central company. This, remember, when the main line ot the Baltimore & Ohio waspracI "y cloud by reasou of its near location to the seat of war, and when the Pennsylvania Central line was monopolizing the business of the entire Northwest, which under ordinary circumstances would have been divided between them. It charges in tbe most violent language that this was a monster monopoly when the mere accident of location was practically making the Pennsylvania company the grea'er monopolist of the two' by far. It ac cuses Mr. Garrett of violating repeated! tbe arrangements entered into with ot by lines, and abusing tbe confidence and cour tesy of his competitors alter the latte had secured a . line of its own to Washington. It speaks of Mr. Garrett as " local orator and figure head," filled with dreams ot "ambition that stop at nothing short of the highest official position in tbe gütof the American people," and ecsuses him of demagoguery in endeavoring to create a "tidal wave ot popularity that would carry him to the dazzling pinnacle of his ambition." -HaviDg thus stated tbe case it proceeds to calculate upon the respective strength ot the two companies and in doing so some points are vauutingly stated which demand the most serious can sideialion lrom tho Western people. It ji only surprising that even in their anger the .manager or friends of the Pennsylvania company should boast so loudly of the power derived from their combination. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany owns, operates, or controls 5.IT-3 milfs of roadway, or about H t or cent, or tne torsi ruiieaee or rauroaus in ih3 United states. 1 his mlleag represents a capital of fa9.-,-b7,e7d. The direct lines of the cotuauy nav-termini at iew lora, mxaaeipblA, til U more aad Wabh'netoa In the Ksl. and Erie Cleveland. Chicago. St. Louis. Cb cinrati and I, uisville In tbe Wes. It has paid regular div idends or io per cent, to its stockholder for many years. Including the two lasiyeem of een eral nusineKS depression, and was able at the commencement of tho pre-en t year to anticipate by three months, tbe payment at par, principal and interest, or its second mortgage bond ma luring in 1S75." Au investigation by a specisl committee of stock holders in 1874 reported the assets of tbe company at their minimum value as $178,371,787, while the bonded debt and cip Ual stock were 127,560,840, leaving a sur- -- - - - .... . istrentrth. The writer chances to know that under different names it also has a controling influence in several of the principal cor oorations south of tbis, ao that when the the Texas Pacific shall be subsidized and built, it will have prsctlcal control of tbe entire system of railways ia the United Sates, except, perhaps, the lines to tbe north Of it, and the single Baltimore & O&io to the south. It is this combination, '

backed also by Vanderbilt and Jewett. that seeks now to cripple the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and to do so, they are resorting, as a matter of business, they would say, to every means at their command. It is this John W. Garrett, too, that has so effectually opposed the Texas Pacific subsidy, and in this they find no cause to love him. Alter stating their imrrense resources, the Tribune proceeds to show that the Baltimore & Ohio Company which has first been so fiercely denounced as a monster monopoly is an insignificant little aSair, with but 923 notice tbe exactness miles of roadway under its control, with no other terminus than Baltimore, Washington, Pittsburg and Chicago. They say it has never earned anything of account for its stockholders, when the fact is patent that it has always paid satisfactory dividends to them upon their investment, insomuch that its steck is never In the market, and is always tar above par, and further, that it has bnilt and purchased nil its connections, has repaired the damages of the war, and has always had a large surplus of funds at command. True, it hss not issued stock to represent all, and more than this erbancad value, and then drawn from its patrons the interest upon this additional amount, and hence it happens that each mile ol road U represented by stock to an amount less than 33,003, whilo all of its northern competitors have issued to neatly or quite three times that amount The road is owned by B.d'.Imore capital r.nd from its inception to the present time it has aimed by liberal policy towards its patrons to concentrate trade at that city. It has been foremost in providing facilities for transfer for the conveuiecne ot the "Western shipper, and has done so with a lsss ostentatious display of its own merits than has been the custom with rival competitors. To attempt to belittie this company, or its manager, by such attacks as this in the Tribune, only proves bow sorely tbe great monopoly ox is gored. As belcre suggested, the W estern public has a deep interest in the result of this contest. Should the great combination which now controls main lines to all important "Western and Southern cities, and all of the principal feeders to tbem succeed in defeating their presumptuous and not-to-be-purchased rival, it 13 plain to see that we are at their mercy henceforth. Their power may be exercised with leniency, but in the light cf

past experienca there is certainly little to warrant any Kuch expectation. PERSONAL Hepworth Dixou has just departed Europe. for Lyell, though a revolutionist, was cot a skeptic. He lived and died a Christian believer. Private Dalrell has now become a contrib utor to the Pittsburg fluide exclusively. All other papers will te glad. Prof. Dana's "Corals and Coral Islands" has met. with euch success in England as to hive called forth a second edition. Senator-elect Randolph, of New Jersey, has just patented a sti:cbing machine. One of the best ditch plows in use is his inven tion. The presideut has appointed Dr. Wine, of New York, commissioner to the Interna tional Prison Congress, to be h6ld next year at tome. Mr. Elijah Ttien Fob Latsim, a native of Shanghai, China, has been chosen class poet for the cl8of 1877 in the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale College. "The working people of America," says Col. Forney, "are the happiest acd best paid n earth." The lutter adjective occurred to Forney's mind alter he received that $25,000. Of the sum ol G0.0C0, required to start tbe mission propostd to be established on Lake Nyanzs, in memory of the late Dr. Livingstone, 30 000 has been subscribed iu Glasgow. Mayor Eastman, of Pougbkeepsie, has re ceived a subscription of 510,000 to the pro posed railway bridge over the Hudson at that place, payable in coal from Bcranton, Pennsy vania. Decorations are plentiful in Berlin. The German Crown Prince has no less than fiftyeight stars and crosses which he is entitled to wear; Prince Bismarck bas no less than forty ; Counts Moltkeand Koon have thirty nine each. A New Haven man, 7. years old, who has been a habitual gin-guzzler for more than sixty years, figures out the amount and value ot bis potations to be 60 barrel- of 31 gallons, at a cost, with interest at six per ci-nv., oi 9iu,ouu. Under a Jaw of congress authorizing tbe collection of tbe portraits ot the secretaries of war, during the different Federal administrations, a likeness of Jefl'orson Davis has been addd to tbe gallery of the war department at Washington. Mrs. Trask, the widow of the late Rev. Geente Trask, continues her husband's warfare sgsinst tbe use of tobacco, and hsspnbUlud a tract which was unfinished at the time of his death, aodresd to tbe Rv. Mr. Spurge ii. protesting against the habit of smoking rlgsrs. There are fifteen foreign born citiz-cs in the present congress. Two of them, Schurz, j the German, aud Jones, the Welshman, are in wie Lenste, iniue iioiis-e there are five Irishmen, four Scotchmen, two Etißlihh men, one Canadian and ols Mexican. II. K. Shackelford, an Atlanta novelist of the blood-and-thunder kind, Is threat ened with a suit tor damsces in the sum nf 51U.OUU Dy the Charley Ko family f.ir writ nir and bavinz published a book called "Charley Ross, or S-'olfn from Ilomo." LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY. MONDAT. The Sesate. Only afternoon session ; a reso lution was adopted to hang oat the stars and stripes fiom the dome In honor of the "birthday ;' petitions were offered on canals firm Ft. Wavce. on reduction of salaries from Wayne county, aKkiua an appropriation for the out hero Prison. and asoacjaimor bill of 7 W 40 of Wm. C Jeflries, for bis expenses In contesting th election of senator Bixter:a similar claim of Dr. W ker, for contesting Senator Larue's seat. was presented in the form of a resolution bv Keusior farue: bills were offered to relieve John L. M öaeen. treas urer ol Bartholomew countv. from a loss of g.iJOuin tbe lHu eof the bank at Columbus; to contirra the titles of seltiers on the Beaver Lake lands: to pay $50 for the exnensesof rhar. uy iPBiuuiions, ana one or two others. A Im,. umti roi hills wer resd tba second time and ixpotedof. A discussion was bad ou R. B. 27 fixing salaries and perdlem of legislators at 16. me Hunjeciot irea and salaries wu made the pedal o.der lor next Thurrda . Jetter.makiog complaint of ihe management of J be house. ou authority of an anonymous

the Blind Asylum, It was reoIved to appoint a committee of three to in vetigat the aflalr of tbe Institution. A Joint res- lution memorialIrina corgreas ainit subsidizing railroads was read the eeond time and referred to tbe commutes on federst relations. A till to atolL-h Criminal Court at Iy'reUe. and make certain changes m th circuit was Introduce; a bill was rassed to the Keeond reading which contemplate the nppomtmetil ol three railroad coiatal-loner to regulate railway charges; a bill p.ovldtu thai trust property fCaU not be faced upon the market at a sacrifice, pased; f-hall have niber valued beforf they us it passed: a bill whs Introduced which provides that the two dollar fee noa. foMaa iusurauca companies Irto.np buKtnes,ln md aua) frr each of their aeenf, heretofore pall the auditor of state for luruishing their commission on receipt ?f fatwent of their condition, shall henceforth ba paid Into the treasury instead. TUESDAY. Bejiate. Leave of absence was granted !ecretary Rhodes because of death In his fatally. A petition from Rash county asked tbat the law of Interest be not chanced. A large number of report of stand mir committees were presented A resolution offered by Mr. Johnston; ef Floyd nrjtlng forward the investigation of the Sonth-ri PrLsou, proved somewhat of a fir. bracd. kindling a warm debate on this tender topic. Tue result was instructions to investigate both prUons A bill was passed establishing a Superior Court

u iijiwuwrouDiy. a joini resolutZou askUIM.U.WUU, participated in by Me sr. Dvkeman, Harney, Jc.hhfeon.of Fiovd; Johnston, of ParKe;eott, and others. I i th afternoon i xteeu bills were pa-sed, among them Senate bill Ha, krjown kh the temperance bill, and otbers cf les moment. The House. The Morraa rai l Calm was tab.ed; the buIlrMnx cominltUM rf-p.)rtd that ther was no nigner lu tue woo.ipiie at tb fcu?hra 1'rlMJU so f r as the buildius acrounts are con jerned. A lill was 1mro!u e't which provichj for a ufate house sinking lund f 1 um -'. The apportionment b It i cd, as the bill authorizing the governor. Kudi:or and treasurer to negotiate a temporary loan, ar:er at tarnen t. WEDNESDAY. Pesate.-Several hüls were taken cp atid rofe red to their appropriate cominlU-es. Many reports cf slandirg committees were then made Resolutions Iwere then adopted expressing the Interest of Indiana in the Philadelphia centennial, and placing .the matter in the hnd of a Joint committee f threa from ihe Senate and three from th Hocse. .Numerous bills then cams up on the third rending and were jaiuwd. Among them was one providing that towu-fc!js may vote to aid railroads and another providing that in cities and in corporate towns whool trustees shall lew school taxes Inst, ad cf city muuclls. In tbe afternoon th second r-aMlr.g of l Uj was continued. Air. Johnson, of Parite, otfcred a resolution calling! r a committee to investigate the condition and salesof the swamp lands in the slate, and It was adopted. Peiidiu tbe debate on the warehouse bill the Senate adjourned. The HousK-Defeated the committ'e'g stte house bill. asd sIho Mr Reno's bill to provide for a sinking fund of $2,tO",G0. A Mil to prohibit tbe sale of deadly wespoiis to minors pksu. The bili toresjulat county snirintemlent'a salar.es and reduce their emoluments sras amended and f Bstod. Ti e uma! a; pioprlatlcna :or the benevolent and rerir:uaiurv institut ous were recommended by the committee and reierred to tba ways and means committee. A lr?e number of buu were tabled upon r'oommendsllon of tho respective committees to which thev had beer referrd. The building commlitee withdrew its whiiewHbh from the Suutiiera Prion. A bill was introduced which piovldes for tha election of a Bunogiie fr eath oouuty lu the mate, and the transfer thereof of the probate business now transacted in the Circuit Court. The W olf harbor memorial was tabled. THURSDAY. Senate On motion of Mr. Eanyaa, Mr. Sleeth's separate bill to fix the f-ea of the state auditor was postponed, to come in with a'.l the rest of the salaries fur consideration In tbe a.'ternocn. The warehouse bill, after amendment llmltlcg its application, was ordered er grossed. Several bills were read secind tiue. The entire afternoon was consumed upon the fee and salary bill, which was left In tuen a bap that there is no chauce of its p isse bv the Horse. A night ses ia was devoted to kUiii g c3' .allread bills ot ah extreme typn. The House Spent the greater part of tbe day in c n-i'leraoa f tie llou-e and ienat bi ll to provide for the lucursbly Insane. The Senate bill providing f r two a-yluru. one nortn, the other south, wss lost, reojvsidervd aud a second time lost. Th Hous- bill providing for one asylum near this city at acctof JiOU.Ouo wailost. rec jnsiderxt and recommitted with instructions to redncs the amount to be approprl&led to tiii.Cj. as amended It wi 1 probably pas TheHenate temperance bill was taken cp and amended by sinking out all HftT she treacling clause and Inserting the bill tbat parsed the House recently. The bill wa then ordezsd entroaed. amotion tosnsp-nd the rnles to xot it upon ll pascase failing, iba comiisiitesv stracgled a b itch of Mi's FRIDAY. SEATE-The spe-Mal committee on canals through their chairman, Senator Sarnighaasen, made an elaborate report on the Wabash and Erie canal, accompanied by a resolution that the committee be continued during the recess of the legislature; the resolution wai laid on the table. The Judiciary committee reported, recommending that Mr. Bripger, of Rosh coontv. ba appointed trustee of the Uou-e of Refuge, the other nomination having beea withdrawn by the governor ;ooncurre1 Id. The cor.sidf ia 1 of the lee and salary bill, rjy f-ectlons, was continned from Thursday, tbe amendments completed, and tbe bill, as amended, passed 39 to 2. Lest this omni bus bill should but mttunt inta law specific bil's were offered fixingtha salaries of th-state officers, on which acilon was not completed when the Senate adjocrned. The House A bill passed which rwiTMn r. the prompt payment of einplo esof corporations. Willett'n hill, reqariiig the riht of way of railroad to be fences, was defeated by a large majority. Th- bill, providlDgfor the tuil litig of oae asylum, was report d l:ack from the ctmml.tee no amend as to ak an npprornation or ti'ß.QCO thTetor, was parsed, thera H..n? but fonrttea votes recorded against iu I he rtenafe temperance bill, as amendnd, was return-d for the action of that body. Th amendment, it wilt be borce in mind, ig the House bill. A bill was passed which provlde for the appointment of gas Inspectors where gas is made, whose duty It i-hall be to adjust dif-lere-i crs between msnufac urers R' d consumers of the Insidious dluminator. It fixes the siaud. ard ol gas at fifteen cmidie power. SATURDAY. Thk SEjtATE Committees reported oa anura ber of bills, which were Viricusly disposed of. A resolution was adopted which provides for the appointment of a comml:te on stolen bills. with lower to take testimony nnder oath. Several bills had been s olen among others. Z4i, amending the lcRuiano act, 8. B. 273 Htid il. B. ö Messr-. L.ruc. Smith and Major were aprointed sccu committee. A resolution to recognise certain rlirhrs rt women wt,s indefinl'eiy rxtponed. A bill was Introduced which provides ihat. manufacturers t-ha l encouraged by exemptio. 1 from taxation. The bill 10 lax church P'operly was Inderin Pel v postponed. A conrurreut resolution providing iiir the appointment of a committee to consider the ieaaül Ity ol eMeulngthe nurabtr of members or tbe IrgUlature was laid ' ovfr. A bill was In trod u -ed which makes the abstraction or concealment of bills a felony The House diailowej tht Shannon c'atm lor-offiv-e. sent as agent of state, and tabled the report of 1 be educational committee recommending an appropriation t complete tbe couhiruct ion of ihe formal Hi hoot buildio. and onlv agreed to grant Purdue Unbersity IM.iXxi, cneourth the amount asked. A bill requiring county treasurers to 'tti enti-anuually and exhibit the cash in hand tothe county commissioner pas ed.asdid a bill providing for the appoi'itmeut of a eommitUe In eacn county to viKii couutv noar urinm quarterly and report the r-sut f their inii. gallons as to 1 be treatment of ihe paupers. A bill eiemBtinirtbe benefits of benevniunt . clatlons from execution was passed. The sale of Farrri Life of Christ haa been a continuous surprise to its publisher.. Five hundred copies, tbe first edition, was published last summer, and aitice then four additions! editions have btei published, a asie so remarkable for sn expensive two volume book that a popujar od i lion iu on volume at $2 50 is about to lie published. Before the DutU'ps iok it up, tne bojk waa declined by several puhlisLers, who are now Txilttari 1 ""-Kcioin ana ashes aoooruiugiy. .jf. Y

ins: pi congress to make the law effective In protecting the manufacture of poiisbed pla'e Elass in the United htm wi....;.i..i f,. . , . . !.