Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 37, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 May 1875 — Page 1

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INDIANAPOLIS. THURSDAY MAY 6 1375 WHOLE NUMBER 1,798 37.

SA21FLE STEALING.

"THE ADMINISTRATION PLAN. EAISINO THIRD TERM WIND. jV PINB TIMBER TBASSiCflON If WHICH DKL.VNO, TUB RKV. E. P. BMrTH AND OTHKKS APrEAR I!f AX TiNPLUASANT UQHT-nOW $10,000 WASH AH K FOR OBl'S RS KLKC TION AN rXKXPLK OF THE WAY IN WITirri THE ESDI ABE EOBBEE. The Sentinel has shown how tha Indians r blundered of their possesions nnder the eagle eye ol the secretary of tbe Interior tor the enriekunent of agents cithe adminis trations appointment. The subjoined U a most a2urava:ed cess and it given in fioum :.v. j.nfirr nrnof. Ph tMc' Is IVILil UUlUlutun.'J T i i i i submUtpd."bv tbe Washingt cor rtp..uui.t et the New York Jsarsr una oi iuo musi. u ,fi nhaittirnir. the biatorr of GrsntV administration is tbo barefaced swindling of the Indian?. Their annuuies, tasir suppig for sub dstence and their laods have been stolen by an organised ring, which has its headquarters In ;tho. depart mcr.t of the interior. And to make it worse ttU robberv is carnod on in tu nnL.-i? - nmtaAaA "oeica policy" Invented . f.-ir tha nurco3L and at twice the cost to the , niro.i with tha time whan the tribes were pearlv doubt tlmr present number. In tbe ia'l or 1372 the conirnb...nn.r r.f Indian elTai r3 authorized tbe sale of the plae timber standing on t,000 acres , of land in Wisconsin, belonging to nlund . of the CbippewHS of Lcice upeiaor. ui a lrrnt Km Claire, became the pur ehaer on tbe following terms: He had the ri 'üt "of cubing and hauling off all merchantable pice timber oa said resecvation. nw!i're within thres uolles of any and all iira ami utrsann that are or can to runde mvij-ablo for lifting logs, and to cu ch timber withU said timUo ffl sinnrODriate tbe sams t hi-i us daring the term of ten year- from and alter th- first dav ol December, 1S72." Jo onsidaration ot tbis grant ha was "U pay Jor the benefit ot ff.U1 Indians tan thwsni n'lars cnnoaliv tor tbe term of fire v :r. to th s.r.11 S. N. Clark. United States Indi agent, or hl eacws-j-T in otii:o, at thfl c üir .fit Ini ?ir?ncv lortno Liue- ypi-rmr . uiups -In brif. Hunt wm to DiV SöOÜfV in firs intailmentJ ot SIO.CCO ech f-r 9i.O)0 acres of most valuable pine timber, or n-,nl f."i rei'la aaacrp. The reservation was ostl matol to oon'ain et loa-t 20a,COO,K)0 ffvt of tInf. nil probuV.y mach rnor, an-l v-h ,(,r0smnrt for th Dtirehose Tva dra?n u tj ... : . , .cAi'iuaisa oFPici.vLs and cheating idi Eut thU con'.rac: bud .to bo signed ly Clark, th3 Iiuiiia aant, and th3 onoroiou dispro'portiuc betwesn the pfica to be paid by Rust and tho nicrket valne of tbi timb?r was bo JUirkei ttat dip'-Tniacy wa- considered necessary. A c.Ttaia C. I GÜruDre, vroll known to tbe interior deDrlraeut i a pine operator, va- conveniently as hand. He took tiie paper to Clark v,illi tho as-urance that i; v& all rili." And in cnier to rs snove anv doubt on hU mind, be proposed rneetln'bptween Clark and John DtUko at !nic32 addiPR by way of eocouras-atect tbt the cofrplotion of tbe agreement would injure $10,000 to the prtsidntiI ampalgn fund lor 'Jrant. Such arsumeats nere iiivincible. The contract ivas signed on theJ2nd ot October, 1S72,' and hurried o2 to Wfiah'uston, without any accompanying . aoas-outirouj the p )r, victimize! Indiana. Tho ricg: knew tow their approval -culü be t btained wiih a few presents and aiil er.il 8. ipplvof tbe worst whisky, with which ti xttoa" sards of the tia'ion" are civilize.!. It requiml about e!Rät d iV3 for this paper to reich tbe departru nt from tbe agency on ly ke Superior. It wa3 exeeato ou lie 21 of. V'tober, aad, a3 &ppoi'.r3 ol!ic!ally cn the reo ldäw&s A -jprovHl, Oct. 10, 1S72. II. R. Clcm, A Ttina Cvaitulrtiouor of Indi.m Aflaiie. Approved, C. Dklino, O. t . 10. 1S72. B-'cretary of the Interior. f li3 utm'-at dispatch viA ui to coo.-mm-rnata thi bargain, wbih confine's remarkably w l151 tD8 dtlay and dilüiultie:? pn: pumos 9lvintha path ot citir.pna Baking their rl, hte la the aiae dt-pertinent. When the nai cre lbe contract tirst became known, ther? was a burst- of iadinitio j and ex sternest lu Wisconsin, and the trvfn"CJt riJret.i. iiis wrro 1111 ip u Aimai it m tbe Kf1u:i ' r' outrageous frn t. To one of thsa romonitrane.3 Mr. Delano alo'resssd e folt--in letter, intenJteU to xcu-iehini iif and tha Indian bureau: D; FAKTMENT OF TIIK InTERIOT:, WaeaiNCiTOK, Nov. 27, 1S72. Str. I ba l& delayed reviving toyo:ir?o. ti e 221 ins. 'n c.rdex to obtain toforiuttion from tbe Ii: in cflice in retard t tho matter referr t: by yoa, no-ut which I was cninlorn '''d wb-n your lntter was t eeiv-fd. I tied 9f3tand tbecae tr be h I llows: The In dian ayeiit, Mr. S. N. Clark, rtTK-r.e-J ancfl trfora ciutraci lor tho saio nrthn timhir to Ip.Jiin oflis- and rsm-mai-H'il it api voval. Tho Indian authorized Tbe ki it to closo tho outran', on the te-ruQ.i re'.mi ?nüca oy him, proviura he rir-it obtained 1 3 approval of iliac )titrJct by th( Indian. e'aoh approval his blnco bn forvar.ied t tun Indiiu c.fiica, but tha rfiio is utindvisol r.s t: whether the tontrsc. his b'-ea en. 'd info btEe tbe paities ir-aiiing tot "E1 and tbe India i af.nt. As f-o.in hj i H f ir.niti jo rcaciie.l tho JndUa cfilce to the t t'cs that THEONTBACr WAS A r TOO LOW A KI&URE, the aent was d:roct?L I .by telegraph t s,;ay all proceedirgs in tc premJ.us, aad the Indian cCQce U r.owr a rtitin;: ln.'oraation as to tbe exact condition dAiiir. The Indua üflkoand üt)'?c!I will ba oi ligcd for any lntorrnathlrt wLieh you cn give as on the sabj?ct. Very jedpäctmi. y yu"', C. Dslajio, Sretary. This letter contains ie)ral glaring antruths. Mr. Jj.datio a od his lndi.tu .ct&ce had made unusual bista to fin the contract in question oa the 10th of October, which was a matter of record, and yet on the 27th o Koveaiber, only six or ueven weeks later, he eayg. "1 was noiformod'' on tho subject! He afto ays that the Indian orTioe made a cindltlon precedent to tbe transaction, thai tbe pfrovl or ihe Indians should be "first obtained," and adtiii's tht Chi approval has "bince been obU!Dtt!.,, Or. in cider word?, the contract was conjf lettd t Washintot?, without tho consent of the Indians as al), and wten tlo- inul dtectej then tha nsnuory of idr. Delano was allütlßd lite tha. of a Ero-'klyn wltnrss. With tbe contract tti otHciallv, bearing Lf3 own s'naturp, ha has theelfrontery to writ, The olli.v ig cnadvised as to whether tha contract b.A hd'jn entered Into betwt-pn tbe pirtisa tnaiin tke lf-r and the Indian Agerjt." Alter tbe tnvd was discovered an 1 in ventilation was threatened In congress, Mr. Ddano was at ones ririuous, f jr be teil Jji- aorrespondent, "As fool' Aa 1 n 'innnf i in -r. r, I . I ilia Indian IT. . , n the eii-ct that tbe contract was at too low a figure, Iba aenJ waa dhected to Ulegraph

by the. parties icieresiPn, wno weroupt'n n; upof, ki:ew th esa5ü value of the pir;ö fo bo ctit, .ir.d wero ftiu'liar with tbe ice hod3 cf

to stay a! II proceeding jlti vno prom;a:-' Wenhall nee bow tbse instruotiouu wre carried ooit. At tblstlrn d tbe Kev. i:. r.

Smith, th l present commissioner vi in affiirs, wiiian Indian ag ent, and -cxuieUJ know that tnese pino cuhiu; for alew ne bad Mr an inJroawe friend a certain A. II. Wii ier, who njff inures uh one of the largest i nd most ravoreJ cjDtrKtorsol the Indian oi lice. Tbe naturc of tbe relations between t boso parties the u i raado clear by a eorrespo ndence n.v (hU thi liev. AeOPt Smith and t Claris, hi3 brother - . . 3 . t 1. Avil tgeutoi the jhippew., in Winona , Nov. 29.5i-s7 Dbab Major Mr. Wild r requ u forward hi bid for tbe pin I in Lac Cour. d'Oreille. I believe It la l."om se?ecir" thonsind dollars to one ha ndred thocsana doliara highar than ltaot'a t fdr, and unless I 'will sf e Wilder on Honda? , and bae him draw and !?n a contract tna wm COVER ALI. TOB TOrNTS YOU WANT, and forward it to yoa. Tten you canei-n and forward t thelecartme nt. Tho sooner this done the better. On loma tKreocnts I ahouM like to have Mr. Wilder get tbe contract. He is a laree -deal, rr in lumbtr and railroad stock?, and is able to enrry any thing he undertake. Ilt ai v Koo 1 hablU and reputation a much omer sivle ot man every way th n u wunly locs af;erIrKlunaplno. ,lou n V Low. P. Smith. Mr. Smith dwe not tell why he wanted Wilder to Rttthis job, "on-com accountb'. but tbe reason may be Inferred from their cood terms, Fi nee he fcai bad the Tnoian bureau to run. Wilder was not content to ret ou Smith's support a'.ooc, o be caide a lorml proposal for the land twe days betöre thd forgjin? le-tr wai rittüa, a3 .oll St. Pacl, Mibä; K 9V. 27, 1S72. Major .X.riark, United BUta Indian AgtEt, 1-ay field, VVi3.: Sm:-I understand tbe Uan. whqk!. on-r of Indian Itdr Iibk anthoriznd you tc o.-n iv. r.!a ir..h,r tandlnsz ou the rer "lor VHi on of the Lie Court d'Oreilhi bind oi Tndbrn. Ifeueh i? the ?fte, T irnn ,1 rrtsrFC" fully propose to purt-baso fc. l per tb'V.w.nii fAft-, it!l the ra the rsts -f ercaantinje r.ine '.vlthi-i three m.des of et rcicw ui; -. for running ?os, the tiintior to pa.d lor in t'ivo,rlv paymwrs. rtbv&ld vay propositiito r.c-?ptedl wiUl 1beo1 lately ent?r into a rntrae andeaecrttH tho aecormry bir.dafor th? faithful perforin r-oa o! tea '-erne. My e.C.niat.e or she quantity ot timber etindin? on the res.rviiJn Is two hun,ir rl m-Minn ifirt. Yuur obei'-nt KCrvant. .....it. A.H. WILDBU This offer was bättor bj 15O.C00 t . tan toe contn-t mad -J with Rut, and Mill it vas ore-tbirdot tto artual worth o trw: pm. nHsnminthe quantity t be a sundry Wilder in hi own inter ut. The E-:-v. Agent S-,:t'a was on the anilou? e:i ana ku u wrote i ercond an 1 more uigc-nt Utic-r to Clark lor bis next fr'end: MiNNCAPcti., llkin., Dec, 4, IE7.2. Dz.w. Major: I have eu z?ested to iMr. Wilder a form for a contract which I tnuuc covers all the icterc-s of the Indians and party -can know and hardly approxiiüti tLei'tal amount of pine.' I'-ult-ss you aid e-.toppcd Itom further action f r tte present, 1 suxKi tbat you t-iga and frwarl the contract to the commissioner. Very truly, Edw. i". fc'tunr. Major S. N. Clark. United States Indian Ayent, Bava Id, V"ls. . This appeal waa followed in foity-tight bour3 by a proposal on these terir: Sr. Pacl, December 6, 1S72. M-jor S. N . Clark, United Stuten Indian Agent, iljyflold, Wnj DearSir:-I forwarded to you through Mj it Su:i:h, eome days since, my prop: Pi tiou for pike timber. Iuoweond, f AT MAJOR KMITtl'l SCOOE-STION, a contract for the timber s-ned by inj. If, and if you find it satisfactory I trust you vill tiecuio it on lba!f of tbo United States, and forward acua to tho comaiiseloner ol Ir.diin offiir for approval. Truly ycurs, A. II. Wilder. These etforhädid not succeed, for Rust had th-? inside track, eud the partus connected with him were .U ro -rful. Johu Delano haJ "afen" them, the tlract tur.dwssincre.sjd, and tLe job was bcut'.d t- ixu tfirou::. IJjimtho presence of Wilder 'a bi J, and tbo state-Jiont in Sscrit.ry D.-:!n n ' letter, tb 3 price mint, ba ra-?ed. Si this ring concocted a new schaaje, by tvtici the teitn of the contract win eitftided iroai ten t.i fifteen ears, and ?7-3,C00 aJdnional Wis to be pid, by iastallmenf-i ct J5,(0J eaca year. Even at this ra'o oi $12,,000 trr tho pine, the c utra;t wis Rt ill short. 73,CQJ ot Wilder'ä olfsr, and 0,600 of th re I value. Tbe fact that Rust c nf tuitei to add i.e hun.Irtd anct fitly per ant. to an agr. emetit which th-3 departm?n had consummated and approved, exhibits oi KsiK tbü C'rrups character ot the wloli aifir, in which tha Indiana were defrauded of half a million ol dollars. Memwhib tbe Jlev. K. P. Smita hd boon made commitvsiouer ot Iudian af fairs. Mr. D Uno had discovered bis merit an Iodiau K-ut, and knew he vs the r;ght man for tho niac9. lie hid hard blm prjiy pur naps, and bad eeitainly read some of his pious corresponde ace. In this posi tion, c.ueoi n a nrsi autits was ta shaudon his friend Wilder and to approve tbe hecond Kut contract which wa t-iinei on th9 Cth of Fcjhruary, lS7-i. But he was eqnal to tbe c-cca!on, aua NViider was willing to be sxcrifli.'ed for the pre lent. And to has 1.66U will rawardexl for his submission, as tha report of contrails made wiih hicu by Smith sbow?. Oi worse the fact t-bat Rust bad lirtit tude a contract for S.'iO.COO in Octobur, and tuen raided to f 123,000 in February foltowing, looitea ug y on the record. CiarK, who had Mzneu o.jth, was in A aehinztou when the oep?iitment was obl".ed to coniront inis anew um. ine l;sv. C-cmuiisioner fc?iaith tenderly invoked his aid to extricate aTi concerned in this touching epistle to the inui&n agent : Dapaktmkntof the Intkriob. Offick of Indian Affairs, WfA.saixcrox, D. C, March J, 1S7.1. PE4a Major: Gen. Cowen ia writing an swer to letter to you at Metropolitan before he close a the pine contract. He wants von to stole be tacts as to the Indians and totdr propvr;ynd projpttts?, that will appear oa record as" a reason for tha additional con tract. ours, K. e. S. It was it happy thought on tha part of Mr. Drlano's a i-tanl secretary to hv a roah .ii fr the atd-tfonal oo.itrct to appear on tie record," a nd jusuhes THK WLSt'OMOP TU 2 SECHST AKT in brlpin him from Ohio to serve during Lis absence half year. No doubt the "reaiona" were abundant, for everything boon after made ovely In this way: Department 0." thr iNTKaioR. Office of Indian Affairs, April J7, 1S73. The within contract il reipectfully ub-

yon are estopped from larm r neKunjwi I 8uc;ft that von draw a ot intract and i(U t. fAurar,V it ti Wilder : or betters. HI.

piovi.ie. funds for their needs tor ten year certain, and I think for fifteen or twenty, at Lie Court d'Oreille.?. I bhile3 this ia tbe fir. and sif.?s.tform of sa! whero neither

rnitted to tlw Honorable S?oretary of the Interior, with tbe recommendation that the eaine be approved. Edwaud I. Sx:rn. CoinmK3kner Dapartuient of Icteric r. ArniL. 18, 1S73. Tho within contract is hereby approved. B. It. cowen, Atting Secretary. 'A FIT AOEJT. To fictek tb'.a baainess, tbe con?at of t ndiana w3 still waiting, and a fit agent was selected in tbe person of one E. E. IIr.Jerscin. Tbo band was called together, and he n&ade them Trea-

cntJ. which, as appear, were charged to their aecouct. When tha contract was explained by an interpreter, the IndWos denied its correct ne. , and pt-odnced a -copy rcrrdshed tn there, interlined with the condition that the money was to i.e paid to them in band on the reser ration and not to their acent.as stiDUlataJ in tbe eo::tract on ai3 instead ot denouncinc and -exp8lur. this shameful fraud n tbe spot, Henderson pro posed to send a petition to Delano and Smit, wko, of course, woald give thea redrew, in thv wv tbe Indians wera induced to ien awav their rights" ;or a mes of pcttaee and rjenderson returned trom bi-J minion triaruphant. But w hile hislauiels were yet pren, he received a cettlficttecf character ol this kind: Amcjucan MiasiasAUY Association, At VANCE ßtilLDIN 107 Kl F Til A V F.NTT Cuicaoo, May lti, 1S72. Major 8. N. Clark'C. B. Indian Agett, lUyfleJd, Wis. Dea3 Major: A report has reached us thtt KbanitPr K. Henderaon wrs indicted tr forgery In Mnktnffnrn county, O., Nov. 33, ISfd, nd there is little room to doubt thtst this ii the fim IIen.!er-on who l now itb y.t. Of Urse- this ret ist afiact his strolnt-aent. and nerhnr.s OTi?ht to occasion his imroediato dichara;. It ceetns he for fe-lted hi- bail. I vri'e to put yon -a your cuard. 7,'erv trulv toiiw. . C. II. IIowaep. Hendftcon united in his person twoafn-cl-;, one for the Indian Bureau anrt the nt'uer forth American Missionary Aociation. lie was qualifled to deal with In-'.liiti.-, a-J.t'.ii mU-iion f:;r tho interior prov, a-nd his czemplry pi't commecdel bkn to the other institution T ith CKiual iorce. From lielF.no to Hendaon Xhero Is only one step. Hypr.?r:.vr, knavery and corrunivon fcavo rt4!ei tha interior d;;piTtrnnt UktlX tbe firs', year of Grantii-ui. Tt-ere k net a sound spot abot it, and -fio lliastration Oi the single cu now Bbwa up in all iU: naied rascality Js but a f aaipla of the Indian nervice, of tbo land service, c! tbe patent service, and cr the pocs;on JH0r!cP, r.yliiiih hive been directed by tbcJ . . . . . I . I ' .. - f sstuie miad, and tor the same object t:ie rorsoNKD salt. TK K TAT.LK P T.TCT.XSÜM EPS OK THE COUNTRY. F.XJOY A XAUROV.- K-CAFK THE ICLT OF CUIMINALC RELi'SSNESa ASVD A1.MPi:sTUüUtf V0YA3E. The Kew York Sin has tbe following particular? ot tha salt ahipnvmt w hich waa acciJcn'JjitnpraatO'i with srssnlc: A. vk-arm discusfiisa betv? ecn .custom bouae clli:i.ils and interested importers yts-terdiy, LrongLt to litrht t!is alarming fw:t thst 2 COO sieks of English tahio &iiit imoregaafed toaauuknown extent vvlth artenic had very narowly cficapel wide-spread distribution The salt was a cargs wh!Ci arrived Aprd 4r in tho Br;th sitp Niagara (fortaurly a Cunarder,) 31acFArlant matiar Tbe freight of the Nlajara wa. rl.U Gy salt con:-ignoi to St. ,Jolan & Avtry This was stowed in the lower hold. The between dicks freight room was partly stowei w 1th barrels of w.d i ash, and tvbout mid wuy ot the bold 100 barrels of areonlc were piled in liew, completely se parattd frotn tho other irel'ut and secured RgaiLSt ehfticg by stowage that would bav9 been amply sa?e in an ordinarily calm vey2ge. It hstppeaed, how ever, that the Niagara ex perlen cod iry tcn.pestuous weather and very reo üb K.inH. A weoit out she encountered a il9 that riLEI Cr 8EA3 MOUNTAIN HIOII, trying every timber cf the ship. Oac she lif edsobih and sank iu'.o the trough to huideuly tbt a largo cstra f-p3r lai.Led to th deck wa- torn from its fastenings and horled against tbe bulwarks with terrific forc-3. At the saine lime the noise cf tee shifllcg freight, the most dreaded accident th itnurir.ci3 tccouate.-, made the . blip's crew aware that the barrels between decks h ii slipped their JaahiDs, and were beatii. tha ship's rils at every Juich. Tb3 rouzh s.uas Irtöt'jd for many ' dayf, and when they bad subsided sufici-jatiy to matio it hifefor ti.ecre v to go between decks ic was louud that nearly all tha barrels of an-euic, and not a lew cf tboss conUlniui; r)dA ash, had been broken up, and that their cou.oi.U bad been ULtiibuttd tbroi;:ioui the hold. Thosott.il whole werj aocured as well a possible, and the ship arrived in :'ew York in safety, altboub the tempestuous weather continued to tbs fd ol the voyoge. The arfjeutg &0d sla ab wcra d..ciuarcd itnmd.a ely after rriva!. The eali was btowed In tho alter bold, and the area over which the arsenic waa distributad Cid txtcover rnorathana tew tiers ot tha fait biK3. Ai it bar. p-;md, tho ciiachariDi; was bciin attno furthest point, aft. As the mea worked for ward, Cap:. McFarlaco detected panicles of arsenic upon i-ome ot tha bug:-, and tuen noticed tat tho joiu'.s in the deck door wore ao far open that w .reat dual more arsenic than ho could octectmust fiavö beu sifted over the ult bags. He at once informed the cok.slgsees. All but a la w unndred b.us had bven delivered and receipted for as iu good condinon, and tns greater part ot tbe alt had alroaay btca soidacd delivered by tho imior:ers. What was folt whs stored ia Woodruffs Etores, and the importers txK immodiRte steps to reeull nil that they bid already shipped. Several tamplos were (submitted to Dr. uoremus tor analysis, and ho reported that h) badd.scuvered UNMIäTAKßABLR TRACES OF POISON. This started a triangular light between the owners cf the ship, the owners ot theaalt. and the collector of the pott. The latter is indisposed to allow any drawback on the duties, and the importers are unwilling to pay customs on what is litceJy to prove dead (tock. The publio owe their knowledge of tbe fact to this misunderstanding. Some ol Ibo-te who are most interested in tbe cargo are mucb dicpaiteded with Dr. Doremus's analysis, and have aubtnltied many samples to a.iotaar cbeuiLst, whose naoie ttey are unwilling to di-ctose. They are hopeful ihat at least 7 r cent, of the ait may yet Joe pronounced salable. They sav that this chemist tiitlers !r.)iu Dr. Djuiui in the rad-cil pvint ot tho deducibility ot tha arssntc. The latter hold, in common wit a most ttaodard authorities, that the volatile charac ericic of arseuio makes It readily absorbable, and how lar the poiaou may have permeated tna salt can be deter mined o'lly by auuljtis of each bag. As Bait is not very expensive, aDd evtm the poi-O'te i alt Cian ba ualely used in various tuiicjl proc saes, there seems no good reas iu why this dKtmzed lot should riot be diverted to that ue, it la certain that very '

liitle, ii ny,nf the perilous fetnfT has actually entnet into consumption. Cart. MiFarlane is couliJont that not more than a tew dozen VaH of salt were tnd.T-lae siltincrof the arsenic. He was using for shin nsumption oat of a basj that won rathor ;ore tbowioghly sprinkled than acy of its nisbbors. As be ha 1 been tain it several icys before he di.?overed itsocditlon, and !.! experienced no 111 efTects, he dtteraiind to continue to ne it, gnd clthocgh two weeks hT6 now elapsed he has pon ncthic3 to altrr hia yiw.

NATIONAL NUITIALS. URRIA(iU tP MIS IDA (IRKELCk', -TION'S WARD," TO OENKKAL 'TKK NANfHOLAS AMITU, OkT ICEXTt :iCT. Ol the nuptials oX Miss Ida 2refdy, eldest daughter of the lftt-o end lanwn:d founder of the Tribttae inXaw York, 4ba Ercoklyn Iicle of Saturday cay a: Two year ago last fall Ida Orcsley lost her lather, ber laatber, and her prior lover In one month. Tbo latter '.Tent down at eeo. The greatness of her father made her the child of the nation' regard. The frreatres of her aiBiction inade her the chill of the nation's 6ymptby. Titnc, which has brought to vindication the principles cf ber father, has planted roses whe 3 lilies grew in the cheek of tho daughter, and to-day under the orange blossoms hundreds of loving friends gave away to a new lite, on which she enters as r. bride, a-ilfe full of promisa from the gentleness acl tidf-lit?T and sweetness with which ehe hs fulfilled every daty 3 a danthter. This Ingenuous and afcr.mpllshed lady at JO o'clock tCis morninjf was united iu rr.arrlao to G?nrf 1 Nichokis Smith, of Kentucky, in the renidenceof b"r uncle Mr. J. F. Cleveland, No. 223 West Tw nly-second s-tr?e N. Y. Citr. Tha ceremony was pericrmed by the Rev. Father Farrtll, tbe pastor cl tbe MWses tfreeiey for years past, and the ld'e lor Iriend ot their lather. Tbe weJdins was murked Ly a simplicltlv. propriety :jd gocd feeling which bnefitt:d nuptli'.a th;n had to sxrrowirom display and epecta rularUy nethiLg to make them notabie. TUe ccrea.ony occurred in the parlors of tha Cleveland rcansion, and the puests crowded at ea.M and at will round tne happy pair. cone beinc; invited wuose rcrsonal intimacy with the bride's father aid hie family, did not givo taem a traditional right to l-o preset, A PE0FCSI0N OF SmiSfJ FLCWEE3 m;ide tho hall?,, the stair.-, tho reception rooms and the pirlors a very conservatory, and th9 coag'fttod-Uions of kind frwiids arrr.n jed themselves, aa 1 were, into bouquets of kindness, nurtured in the heart at:d pre rented to the bride as her best dower. Sun porting the btido wore her eister Gahriello 1 . I. . 1 I l f . , 1 J 1 ; ana tue .aussei t;ieveiaao. ner coutdns, They were escorted by Mr. Hubert, Carletan and Mr. Whitelaw lteid. Mr. J. F. C.'cveland gave t ho bride away, and Mr. Cleveland, in loco matris, was escorted by Gee. Smith. He is a fine specimen of refined, manly beauty. Our lady readera will believo this when ws say that bo is "a perfect image" of Mr. Edwin Booth. Th biide is also a biunetiecf a very pstits form, with features Grecian in their perfection of outline, but animiled and mobile in their expression. Tne white I corded silk, the white veil depending to the the orango wreath and tbe bridal bell of orirge 11 wersnder wtich tho brida and groom r.mt tho cfliciating priest stood, as well as the briiesmaidy. both statuesque and vital in purest tarnten, must bo merely siiiTphted to tbe imagination of readers whote exrerience or observation will fill out the dfcUÜH. In his words cf affectionate counsel, I'aiher Farrell exclusively address-id the bride. He told ber that as tbe worthy and respected daughter of one of " the greatest rf Amci icane and on of the noblest of iiiec," she would receiva the" blessing of the mire population of Ccristendom, and tbe benediction of the church of tte ever living God, not lessened because pronounced by the lips cd ita humblest minister, who was proud to have been the friend of her dear lather, and to have had his co-operation iu charitiep, only li tinted by his knowled,? of tha n?pis of hutnaaity. A short tin-course on the Catholic view of tha sacramontal and indissoluble charscter of marriago was thea ollowed bytb9 simplo cerexüüial cf tho church and the troop of waiting FRIENDS CAMS FORWARD WITH FELICITATION. Among ihcua were tbe venerable James Wttsoa Webb, General John B. C.chran, Mr. Etyard Tavlor, Mr. Win. Winter and wl.e, Misi Kate Field, Kev. E. H. Chapin, J l. D., Kev. O. B. Frotbing'ram, Colouel f John Hay and wife, Mr. and Mrs. John ltusfeell Young, Mr. Noah Brooks. Mr. Ivory I Chamberlain and wife and daughter, .Miss j Nelbe llhtcbinaon, Mrs. Lydia Calhoun j Uunkl?, Uol. U. B. .Dwyer, Mrs. Ann S. Stephens and daughter, Mr. Gordon L. Ford, Mr. St. Clair McKtlway, Cherles M. Storrs, E q., Mr. Satmirl Sinclair, Mr. D. G. Croly, C-i gresarnan Will?, Mtj.ir Bandy, Mr. J.fc"n S.ocuton, T. N. Booker and wile, Mr. Clarence C-Xik, Mr, Thoraaä Mcllratb, Henry J. land and not a low otbers. A peclitriiy of the occavioa was that there wjs hardly ay one pree:it who was not either a parsons! lrietui cf Horace Orectey or not rf.mot'ly conceded with the literarv cud', and n ;arly all o them in tho field ef j mrtialfaa. Th? , press at s w era Faid to be ve; numerou?, t aud exquii'Q nf! cos-tly. By tho csp.OM ! command or the bride they were net d:piayed, piece of good taste whlc'a was very much commended by all present. The redding breakf ttt at r.oon was succeeded ly the departure of the married pair on a tour of Europe, at 1 p. ai., in the good bip Abys&lrd3. They will bo absent for about fix moothp, atter whlh thy will make thoir residence in New York City. The varieties of expressing grief are numerous.The Chinese imagine that it is tiecessary to raise an imas9nsa row aud wear white clothes to show how protundly they feel tbe Ioös of a relative or dear lrlend, while Europeans are Ies3 demonstrative and wear black. But it has been reserved for a Philadelohla merchant to originate a touching testimonial to tbe dead. His wife had died, and a day or two after the funeral there was a grand opening at bis store, which was made to serve the purpose of mourning. All the goods wero arranged tetUfuliy, and draped with black in a sort of sober-cheerful manner. For instace, a beautiful bem-stitzbed handkerchief would nave neatly laid upon it a piir of black kid gloves. Tnis and other ingenious devices were resorted to. A B-istoa lady whlio ia Paris, two years ago, sent a letter to her sweetheart, a ship captain, addres-ing it to St. Uedena. It missed tl wanderer and followed him about the world, finally returning to Paris, where tha captain's banker forwarded it to Boston. )t reached him one evening as be was bouncing: afclx-weeks-old baby ou hia keep. he having married the writer of the letter a ear . That letter cou da't have lolThat letter couldn't have 1 med him mora oeraktentlv If It had Ijenn a dun.

iayn:rtnöi)f .ilr.uayarJ laylor.Mr.Isaac ti. B.om'ey .W. d J'ir? '-dlbemer, Mrs. E.izabeth Hardin? IYu" üt K. M. Cleve

COUNTY SUPERINTENDED.

SUPERIOT12IiDENT SMITH'S REPORT. AN'AUGUMCXT FOR HIS OFFICIO. FACTS AND FIQUBES. The following is a synopsis of tbe report Mdj by Courety Superintendent Smith, Saturday, to tbe county board of edacation, wtiich sums up tbe work of his ofSeo for the paottwo years: 35ith? Urion County Biard of Education, la -Kc-skiou i4atarday. May 1, 1S75. Cbntuejikn of thk Couktt Board: The la-w ol oar stats bids us to assemble ta-day, aa we have often assembled beretcfoe, ia tbo interests of oar public schools. It is a fit occasion for a glance backward. A month roiu to-iay the fcrtt term of our existence as a board will bo ended, and it i time for us to k now whotber we have done well or ill. It mattera not what uninformed critics may iyf us, even tbovgh we are declared a nuisance in certain dark localities, and thocgh the legislature votes down our wasres to a point Lwdow that of the common hod carrier'a pay yet wo may see and leol that, duriug the two years of trial, our schools .have been aaiore than doubled in their usiulnss. Tbe legislature was mistake a ia its vtrdicf, simply because it could not wast a reasonable time for results. It iVi unlairand uaki-:d to condemn a cause bet 10 it ha had a trial. To say an ecU rprise Las laiuxi ueiore ita plans rave been carried out, i. e., beiore its natural term has esplrod, is V be impolitely and boorishly hasty. As weiM might one coadomn tbe design of an arCiUiec cciore ua has reaehed tbo root of bis building. The edifice is not apt to bo handsome while in process or erection, and it is gross injustice to the LuildV-r to pronounce upon it thus too eariy. i propose tot-how in this paper that our work has been in a hija degree useful; and, though compelled to liuisu th9 designs ot our term ot employment at a i"u6Hdvaota.e, and in great humiliation and pain, 3 et we can show to the intelligeai, aiM), possibly, to the weak demat;cgue who wouid rath-r bavo peoplb's votes tban minuter to their gocd, tl.tit our work has contributed to the accomplishment cl the following icaclta: I. Tha improvement cf our teacher., who are quietly and yet oowtrfuüy implautirg principles ia tbe hearts of au on-coming people. 2. The bettering of pupils' l.acilitie?, io that tbe labors cf the ttachc-rs are more effective, even though the teachers bad not been im-, proved, a." Tho correcting ol the condition of school propsity, thereby stopping expenses which before had teen poured out to litt'.e purpc so. 4. The winning of the people's attention to their schools, whereby they have been induced to utilize ibonsand-j cl"dlars j by tending their child ten more regularly. 5 Tho ahoution of bruiality and filthiess; two things whica are evil atul only evi asu wnica nave exited in enr t-ohools to Rii alarming extent When we observe that the farmers are opliased to county boards oi education and coanf y supwrintendeccy, and that they demand too abolition of the tchool system, ana vrn mat their legislature has strucK its fatal blow, we are but repeating the ob servation made bv every chapter in the his tory oi man. lass system is as much TliE CA CSE OF THE FARMER as machinery is th3 boon of tho laborer. It is in fact intended ,for nobidy elso. It proposes to systematize and parity the country schools and to give them what they r.eed, what their phtrous pay for and what they ought to have. 1. Nobody except a county sup erintendent can form a correct concep'isn of tho condition in which unsystematic schools win De round. Teachers in some are incompetent atd nobody fiads it out. Good tt-achers lide hobbies and nobody cor rects tneir isnaency. lo.snonest ones caeat the children out cf their tuition and ncbod v exposes their villainy. Young teachers bsRlu their work and strug .la painfully along. oeset with inistaaee, and nobody thows them better. Months will sometimes elipsa betöre a beginner knows how to construct a programme. Insubordinate pnptla ot ea conquer tbera, because nobody counsels them in tho art ol governing. Little ones among tbo popi's are neglected and nobody pleads their cause. Who is to determine the iaaccuracies of to-chrrs when thy make erroneous statement? Iba pupils dire not; tbe parents can cot; tha trustees w.ll not, and yet it ought to bo done, 'f he re should bo a qualitiod critic, with ability and anth-rity to interpose and with maiilintes suflicieot to forbid Lis shrinking. Sonw such duties bavo been djiie in tnis county. Not loss than twentylire poor teachers nf 1873-74, failed to secure employment in '74 5. We have found a score or so again, who could not ba re-employed t ext fall. Their namss are it your service, il you wish t j know them. Oar COURSE OF INSTRUCTION which we adopted among öar first doings bras so enlarged the field and so res-lrlc'.od tbo ppe$d in each branch, that no conscientious teacher baj ioaud timo for. hotbylsm. Children have received attention in g3ogra phy aud grammir In neighborhoods whie-j, from time immemorial, bad known notnini" but spelling, reading and arithmetic. Fenmaishipaud language, too, have come io lor their portion, and the litt 1 9 ono3 all over the county can writo. In order to clea rly nndeistand tbe effeci of this course of instruction in our schools, it is necessary to seo a Bchool in charge ol an average teacher, wbo by some accident, failed to receive the instrument at tho opening of the year. , In our rounds we found one such and were astonished to sea him almost tbrongh tha Grammar text, alter two mouths' work, with a class una hie to define "Grammar." Orthography," Etymology," 'Analysis," "Parslnjr," or any other grammatical-term in which the text ideas are couched. He had no class in Geography, and paid no attention whatever to Penmanship. One half of bis pupil were without slates. A class in the spelling book, struggling over tbo lesson which commences" with tbe word "mulberry," whose azes ranged from ten to fourteen, could not write a word of tbe lesson. This was the only school in the coutty at the time which had received no attention from tbe euperlnlendeut; so we oould not tell whether others would have been to depraved uader -.like circumstances or not. Bat we hesi ate nr.t to say every dollar paid to that teacher was lost fr m the children. Tha whole relation of a supervising n-jeney to tho young teacher is for good. We persuaded several of them to attend the normal school and thus more than doubled their useiulness in a single shoit term. Wa visited them iu their troubles and kindly assisted thorn in prrjecting Iheir liueof work; and by careful inten'erence. at opportune times broke down many untoward tureateniogs and biougri about tinny reconciliations. But a more positive and more valuable improve txent than any wrought upon young or in

competent teachers has toon etfected ia tbe ranks cf mir verv iVst. Men and Kotnon may have threat abilUy and yet mav sltht tiitir duties. Indeed, il unrestrained, we are all ait t do so. 2. Two years ago there were !mot u ratny classes in eecli Inarch pursued as pupil in the branch. Two or three authorities in each reader or grammar weie no t trance occurrence, -until our Lord adopted, and we introduced, A UNIFORM PERILS in every subject. It is, perhaps, oar greatest achievement, to have reduced our texttook chaos to order, and to completely suspend the hearing of two or more clashes in tha same grado of a given branch. But it is done; and the children have thereby secured to thent the bone fits of time fäed and teaching concentrated. 3. Nctwitbstandl'i: lb sad mistake mad by the county rommJoM,rs 5n 1 V. Ai.it!... . . . .

vuhiuk uuwu ids trustees r--ments so aa to almost deplete the towmXL treasurief, a constant improvement iu school property has been progressing. Fully a third ol our school houses have recant' v irttu lo-ocuiru. nie oia DacE-ürpaKinr1 Sr piuvuiu now in regions where two years ago they wero sadly needed. There must have been a hundred blackboards in tb county where our duties commenced whio'a were unfit for use. To-day there is not one in a totally ruined condition. The cbiidrens' private accommodations have always been so meager and in o filthy a state that coarsenes of habit, thought and expression was in p. fi arfully dangerous s:at3 of cultivation. M-uiy new privien have been built and tbs .-M have mostly been repaired and cleansed. C-i!ini?9 und inner walls have be? whioWHShed and the wood work has hc-.n palcted. Many hocfces have been handsome i y ornamented by hangirgpicturesani wreaths of evergreen and noliahtu tbo t,tova?. From reports reciived tt tbe baiid of ix trustee s this yenr and of all the trustees la year, ws estimate that a very cotsid. ti Ve gain has been made in the schooi cnrcllu'ect. Perry township sho.ws an incres.? of 1-)j percent., in her school enrollnic.rvi, a:: I or.e of 13 2 6 per cent in her averagn st'ctijarco. This is not because the towr.M.in more children, she hss not to manv wa last year bv twentj-. Try tbo multiplication table on this and s e wbt-lher it is worth auvthing. As w& fo j" l lait fall, tho COST OF EDUCATING A OIIIL habcutfcS per annum, Sx4737!J !a te 1 . 1 - . . . . --- totrcship. The paper showing tho gain of mis lowcsaiD im voar ia lnt p.t in Lawrenc3 townsb'p the ga:a 9.1) per cent., and in Der-ntnr nvr ia r r 3 This interest ou the people's part ia n ac cident. It ia one legitimate result' ot the activo operation of our law, and i: is aaa whose good can not be estimated in dollar?. We may see how, m our first year, we -tidticed tho people to ntiüzs f ,0üf, and, in our second, more than P'J.OOJot their tuition money, and tnat thtre are yet two such sums annually wasted 6y irregular attendance. But if wo could ut.iize the entirs forty thousand and multiply cur gain by one hundred, we should r.ct arrive at thevalneof the real gale. TLe benefit i3 a thing not susceptible of calculation. 5. Our teachers do net punish u.ueli now. Tho gad is a barbarinni, of the past. Of the five and a ball score teachers in this county, scarcely a score indulge iu recourse to the rod. We inty sav none at all have bäea guilty of vio.euc, though, one did report thirty-fie cab within two months. From the records which have been carefully kept during th entire year .cow closintr, we determine that on!y four hundred and fourteen caes of puniehmen; have been reported. The monthly reports are certified to by the teachers in languaua as facrod as tbe language of an oath, a&d wj believe them maiuly truthful. More thaa four hundred and fifty such reports have been received mentioning no pnni.-,hmeurs. Thoae who did report cases did not Elwavs mean whipping. Bat we "guess" the wb!; was used irtquectly by perhaps fitcf-n or IkVtuty teachiis asd alnaott or t-niire! ianored by the otters. This we cocaidr a grc?t improvement in TUB ELEMENT OP HUMAKIIY. and macliot it is duo to our gj iteaaof r -poitirg. It is worth something to li'now that 503 uxor. tha' teaching can be dorse iu a year la one county with no stroke of the cruel switch. We have "but four or flv. teacher.! now who are sufficiently fiUhyt.use tobacco about tbesshcKil houso.aa J cii; r styles of filthine.'s haye almost disanpearsi. rpn i . i.i i . xuo u9udii vaatiiuiy Maemfti io Iinoy ma work wotth about J a davl If a sunni mt?ndent is not woitü more moiiev tbau t:iat to is not a fit man lor such a load of repponsibility as the office ental.'s ou it bolder. If he travels among the schools Lis hor.-e and buggy are worth fJ a day. Jf he writes, it iters and receives repor:a his will swallow up the half ot t. It is a miserable and costly catch-prony for soaie man v;ho is wholly engrossed ia ether busintsa. It is a bait for some yourg aad inexierienced tyro who craves ti e small inducement to help him into basines. Many of our teachers receive more money than tiat. . There is a mockery about three dollars a day, which secure to tho incumbent of such a post the disrespect of LLa subordinates. "He's nobodv ! 1 it.a'se more mouty myself than he makoa." The newspapers make sport cf him for scceptiar a post so humiliating. "Why does ho not get a batter position?" "What i3 the real value ol a man's talent when he vti'.l assuma the responsibility lor 5200,000 woith of tnition and school properly at three hundred dollars a year?" In our foregoing repoit we have sketched only a tew thing, whoreas many more as worthy of note could be cited. And yet it mass not be ioferred that we regard onr system irlectly successful. Our schools are not perfect. But few ef tbem are even good. None of them are sofioetent for the children' needs. You are painfully reminded of this in your present enumerat loa,, wbereiu you eee in most of tha township a "falling short." This, as you have already observed, is because meu "of spirit, craving good schools lor their catldrea, novo to the city to find thcin. Unless the Supreme Court cn dermuiH that the new law Is unconstitutional (a.s -. tninkitis) we shall bo compelled t leok mourntuily upon the wrsck of our plan?, ard w.üs tivo vears for bttt?r thiss. At last Judge Pierrepout 13 attorney am oral, and we ara very glad of it. As a lawyer and a public man be is, without a Cattery, infinitely the superior oi his prcdocessor. It U a great pity be has to wait so lorg, aud that ba only comes in io as.-d jt in tuo final overthrow of the party which he was very slow to embrace. Bat it is a gret t thing to be attorney general any way. New York San.

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UMK"u way io me eiegant and decently finished school desk. New floors, new roo', new etovea. new fences, new cta ro r.ti,.r