Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 40, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 May 1875 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. THURSDAY MAY 27 1875

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THURSDAY, MAY 27.

The democratic legislature cut down fAh salaries of democratic state officers. "Vhy should a democratic council hesitate y cut down the salaries ot republican offl aia? i i' - m President Grant has pardoned Oscar F. Waynwright, convicted of perjury last February. It might be remarked ln;tbls connection hat 03car Is reliably reported to be an ardecl advocate ot the third term theory, barring its application to convicts. xn Seven ctmpanieaot the twenty-second InTaatrv left New Orleans yesterday for their former posts in the north. So it would eem tkat üove-eyed peace is brooding over the Cnraceut Cty. Bat there is no election immlEent tbore in which the administration' H Interested. Ttose eminently pure papers, the Herald, Pecple, and Cincinnati Enquirer, were greatly s aocked by the publication ot the charges against the management ot the Dear and Dumb Institution. The immorality of the matter was tco much for their delicate sensibilities. They iorget that im -morally is measured by motive. The Cose was a vrv strong one, but it waa adminis tered with the best intentions, and should a like necessity ver occurfcgain, the Sentinel will not besitate to do it3 duty as boldly as before. Thte paper has-not sought pruriency or personality for their own sake, and will never tlo so, but it was deter mined that the affairs at the asylum should be investigated, and took the only courss to isree investigation. The public had ta ba -actually shocked into attention, and tfcetreetees startled into the portomance of tb-ir duty. If the charges made are tru?, thee the gtod work accomplished in push ine on their investigation is of ach im portanco that all minor considerations in reesrd to any offense committed agate rnrl trv.v m f.f little account. The Sentinel 4s of opinion that the sworn com plaints cf five heZpless women, declaring that they have been Insulted and wronged by those whose duty it was to watch over tkem, are not to ba flung aside, no matter how high m:iy bo the social standing ol those whom t hey accuse, and this paper will rtflver. hroui rh fear or favor, shrink from demanding a bearing for them. TTie Den f anö Dumb Institution The Sentin jl publishes this morning two complaints im suita begun by Thomas Mc Intire and Ezra G. Valentine, charging libel upon the Sentinel Company and John E. Fawkner, and 4!eneanding the sum cf $Ö0,0C9 damages in each suit. There i3 one -curious circunatanca about this procedure, cencarn Ini? which a word of comment will not be out cf place. Tneoupling of Fawkc er and the Sentlafci is altogether gratuitous.. That gentleman baa bad nothinjr to do "with the course of this paper, and certainly t he. paper Las had nothing to do with bis coo ise. Ee Las prob ably ccted in self-defense in presenting hi j charges against Mr. Meli ttire, and things have coma to rjrettv tass i f a man can not lodge chargesjagainst a pu blic oScor In the hands of the trustees of a j ublic institution without risking loss of fort .une, The Sentinel has proceeded es it I ccame an honest and fearless newspaper to i roeeod , and it is certainly a strange thing to maintain that a paper can not print accus itions placed in the hands of'tbe trustees of a public institu tion, without subjecting it self to a suit for Ilad the .first asykim been paper would each a mass ot conspiracy and libel, investigation of the open and thorough, this not perhaps have publi3hed disagreeable matter, but, as the ease -stood, the forcing of the issue was t v painful duty, and the Sentinel calmly assut oedlbat duty. It acted simply and solely w itb an eye to the public good and consulted nobody out side ol its own management Ba -e ieg&i counsel. It has become a matter of pa ramount. importance to know whether th s people of Indiana have got a safe ard pur a home lor their deaf and damb, and it is i eentlal, in ase they find that home foal, to cleanse it. This is a matter that should connern every man in the state to whom Go i h as given a heart less hard than ston " i rad th :Sontinel has, In good filth, taken up the cause of the afflicted and the halplss, There seemed to be only ose way to same a hewing, and it adopted that way. ill ia the hutable opinion of this paper that the true course for parties accused to the trustee, w ould be to vindicate themselves from tte chargos brought against them oScial ly, by disproving the allegations made, ralbor than by commencing libel suits. The Sentinel considers it du- Cm its own character to prevent this insidu ous attempt to confuse its cause with that o Fawkner. It wishes i: to be distinctly understood that it assumes the rwtpocsibity of the publication of the official charges, and is willing to face the consequences of its act. This ia said In no pirit of bravado, but after matnra. deliberation, for the publication waa not rashly or hastily undertaken, but was determined upon alt much thonght and consultation, so that its InVifiratJort msy b3 regarded ts a foregone CuUC'.üäiOJ. Let it be remembered that this is 'no hwty or malicious attack on private character, but the reproduction of sworn official papers affecting the manaserSant oi a great jaUte institution. If the ßentinel be open, '

to atta & for such a publication, tte liberty of tb press is a mere mockery, and the right of the people to scrutinize the conduct of .heir public servants is a farce. In this case

tbe independence of every newspaper in the United Stes is staked upon the success of the Sentinel. It JB MB WlktllWVvu - J w lenged to the lists, that thi3 paper has never been forward in defending or committing depredations upon the rights of private cit izens, and that It is now the champion of the principles of tree speech and public crltl cisra, which lie at the foundation of republican institutions. The cause is a good one and the strife welcome. As gentle and aa Jocund as to Jest. Go I to fight. Truth hath a quiet breast. t- i ' Opening; Fire on Sherman. The enemies ot General Sherman, who have long dissembled their malicious hatred, have at last come forward for another attack upon bis lair fame. His book is the excuse for this onslaught, as his estimate of the magnitude of the war, his repute cf the Massachusetts recruiting commissioner?, and the terms granted to Johnston were the pretexts for former attacks. Thus far he has been triumphant, and it is probable that he stands In less danger to-day than ever before. It is natural that a man so bold, truthful and independent as he has been one who has done his duty under the most trying circumstances without fear or favor, should have hosts of fees among the hypocrites, the pretenders, the potty politicians tte selfish officials and the multitudinous rascals cast up by the war. They fawn upon him in his prosperity, but they will never forgive him for his manliness nd success, and he may look for their intense hostility whenever thev 'thick they can work his ruin. They imagine that their opportunity has now come. The Cincinnati Gazette confined itself yes terday to the defamation of Sherrtau's character as a soldier, end undertook ta show that his career was one series of blun dera, followed by fortznate results. The task of establishing this remarkable theory is confided to the, Washington correspon dent, and he has labored with t great deal of zeal and discre tion. but the work ot proving black white is not by any means -very easy, even for one of tbo favorite Bohemians of the administration, with all the secrets of the different departments at his service The Chicago Tribune has chosec Sherman's political career as a more vulnerable point of attack, end has taken -sp the terms of capitulation granted by him to all the rebel armies on the 18th daycf April, 1S65, which, although military lnf'ts character. m'ght be considered as political in its re suits. The Tribune summarizes the terms as follows: 1. Huspensioa of hostilities ii order to submit the agreement for ratification. 2. The confederate armies to be disbanded to be conducted to their state capitals, and their arms to be ihero deposited. 3. Tbe recognition by th president of the TJolted States of the several state governments, InrlmJin? ltriKiaturef. 4. lte-establlshment of Federal Courts lu the 5. The peopJ-3 of the states tobe guaranteed their political rights and franchises, and rights of person ana property as uoaaea oy suiie con stitutions. The Tribune does not doubt Sherman's honesty and patriotism in accepting such a capitulation, but is grieved to think "that he 1 did not then see that his terms would haye been deplorable for the country, aud that ' in the experience of the ten years that have passed he does not now feel disposed as a patriot to rejoice that bis 'terms' were rejected." The only vital objection to Sherman's terms was that no direct provision was made for the abolition of Blavery, and he himself declared in bis defense that he considered that the result lot the war had made the emancipation proclamation effective, aud that all the negroes were consequently free, and doubtless the apparent inconsistency between that opinion and the fifth provision of the treaty is due to the Tribune's method of presenting the terms. Granting Sherman's own interpretation cf his terms, and what is there in them that he should now bo ashamed ol? Iiis plan was to restore the Southern Utes to their position in the Union at once. Has anything been gained. by postponing their restoration Icr ten years? The rebel states have been, with the exception of South .Carolina and Mississippi, -regained by the men who would have held control at the time of Johnston's capitulation, and if we conteuplate ferrying on the government of thiocuntry on American principles, allowing to the people, tho control of their own affairs, no otbr result is possible. Had hefmcn'u policy been adopted, the states would have been restored and represented aa they must bo eventually by their own people. The awful era of plunder, bbodshsJ, and tyranny, called reconstruction, wotdd never have passed over the country. The er.ormous debta that have boeti heaped npon the South would never have been incurred; the reign of the carpetbsgger would have been unknown; the triumph of ignorance and vice would never kave.bsen celebrated, and th9 general lapse of the South towards anarchy -would not bttve taken place. Sazh statesmen as Moses, liellogg. Spencer, Brooks and Aooea would Dver have Ji&ured cn our annuls. The main fauit with Sherrtan's echenae, In the eyes of politicians, waa .that it would have prevented the capture ol the rebel states by republican thieces, aad would have endangered the supremacy of the Prty, before giving it an opportunity to rot and Call to pieces of its own corruption. The terms of capitulation were open to criticisei, but their author would be a strange man, indeed, if, aa the Tribune says, "in the light of the expe"rience ot the last ten-years, he rejoice that hi agreement with Johnston and Breckin'j id -o was promptly repudiated by the gcv"er.nment." In the faceof the miserable failure of the re coEStruction policy of the republican party, and the monstrous corruption of the organization, no honest man can rejoice that political events did not take another turn al

ter the war. The Union! might have been

restorod and slavery abolished without pay ing sucn an enormous price in the way of plunder and; demoralization. The Sentinel is not of o.sinion that Sherman's policy would have been the proper one to bring about sach results, but it could net have been more disastrous than that which was put In operation. The Deaf and Damb Instltntfon. The Sentinel this morning contains charge preferred by John E. Fawkner, of this city, against Thomas Mclntire, Superintendent of the State Deaf and Dumb Institution and the documents upon which these charee are based. The matter U of such a character that this paper regrets the necessity of publishing it; but the management Of this institution Is an affair of such importance to the community that no mere newspaper prudery should prevent the people from knowing exactly what frightful accusations are brought against the Superintendent and the evidence supporting those accusations. The Sentinel has determined that the institution shall have a thorough examination in open daylight, so that if guilt exists within its walls it may be detected and punished, and with this design this journal has taken the responsibility of throwing open the whole subject to the public. There has been one vindication, after a secret and careless examination, and It would be well, if another vindication i3 sought, that it should fce the result of such a public and searching invest!gation as will convince all classes of tl purity of the institution. The present cnarges oi xaws may be said to spring ? rectly from tho investigation or Jered last winter on the basis of an anonjnous letter signed "W. Brown." The com? niasion appointed by the governor to make this investigation, took up Brown's charge Ä against Superintendent Mclntire, which were clas sified under three heads: "Improper intimacy with female pupil?," "Mi application of funds," and "Cruelty to inr .nates." On each ol these counts tho com'aiissioners declared the Superintendent gui itless, and they endorsed his management through ard through. Their report waa published in the Sentinel of April 12th, a ad it may not be inappropriate to remark n regard to it, that the gentlemen of the commission were evidently averse to pushing their Investigations into details, believing in Mr. Mclntlre's Innocence from the beginning. In the course of their examination, however, the fact came out that one of tbe senior class in the institution Ida K. Fawkner bad been seduced and was made the victim of an abortion. The commission on the testimony of the girl exonerated every body at the asylum and charged the guilt upon her uncle John E. Fawkner. The Sentinel published the full particulars of the case at the time and expressed the opinion that tbe girl's story looked dubious and inconsistent. After her dismissal from the institution, she denied her former statement incriaiina;iug l.er uncle and charged the parentage of her child and the responsibility of the abortion upon a teacher in the asylum named E. G. Valentine, aliening that she made her former declaration under duress. A struggle took place at once between Fawkner and tbe authorities of the asylum. The former was determined to vindicate himself from the cruel charge originally made by his niece, and the latter were resolved, as a matter of self defeuse, to fasten the guilt irrevocably upon Fawkner. There was a protracted contest before the grand jury, each party aiming at securing an indictment. The result was that Fawkmr was indicted for abortion. lie then turned, to the courts for a vindication and demanded an immediate trial; but the prosecution, represented by some of the leading firms in the city, bad the affair postponed until the 8th cf June. Not to be beaten in this way, Fawkner assumed the offensive, and placed in the bands of the trustees of the asylum the charges published in another column, with some of the evidence which he bad gathered in making investigations looking to his own exculpation. The charges and the accompanying affidavits need no comment. They are easily understood and their truth or falsehood is a matter for the gravest consideration. It can not be said, as formerly urged, that they are made anonymously, as they are presented by Fawkner, and vouched for by five women who swear to their truth. It can not be said that their investigation threatens the peace -of lnuocsnt women as the women in question appear as accusers. The charge of criminal solicitation is made in the cases ot Marietta Enochs and Candice F. Johnson. The charge of criminal intercourse is made In the cases of Adelina Davis and Annie Carey. The charge of criminal connivance and conspiracy is made in tbe case of Ida K. Fawkner. The Seatinel demands in the interest of public polity that these awful accusations be thoroughly tested. The peculiar nature of the Deaf and Dumb Institution would render the presence of an inJpure superintendent an outrage upon the helpless pupils under his charge and a disgrace to the people of the state. It is worthy of note that the husbands of two of tbe affiants appaar as witnesses, and that tbe most serious charges are made by a girl, Mias Carey, of whom Mr. Mclntire said in his evidence before the commission: "The fifth young lady men- ' tioned in sale statement, entered the instl- ' tution in 1800 and left it in 1S6S. She grad- ' nated and has since taught for some five 'years in the Catholic Deaf and Dumb Asyjjlunt "t St. Louis. She is accomplished and much of a lady." Tbe cause or offentte In this Instance, is aremark yetterda, tbat we understool tbe charges against Mr. Mclntire had not ben laid before the board of trustees. We did so understand, and r.ave no knowledge to the contrary yet, bat the fentmel says It is "deliberate lying." Kvenluj; .News. ' The Sentinel stated on Thursday morning tbat the charges had been placed in the hands of the trustees, and when tbe News' persists in ignoring that simple fact, and endeavors to couple the Sentinel with Fawkcer'a attorneys, by 1

maintaining that the Sentinel published the charges as their agent, It does something that the moderate command of language enjoyed by the editor ot this paper only enables

him to characterize r.s "deliberate lyin4 That term is rather weak, to be sure, t; hen it is taken into account that the accused paiiy has sued the Sentinel for conspiracy with Fawkner, and the He which the Jfews spreads belore its readers is deir ned to work up a false impression In t'J6 public mlud to the perversion of justice. During a short visit to the Fbu, office on Monday J udge Holman c oTersed freely on the political prospects. Ia hls opinion the only hope for the cou jtex isin economy as the national and loc A governments are now the most extrava t in tbe world It is idle to talk ol any improvement in the condition of affairs atu tha burdens of taxation are Ughf It will be the duty of the next cone cut down tbe ordI. nary expenses ,q tbo government, at least forty millior bich reduction can be brought abo tt without hampering the admlnistratlr A in the subtest degree. The task of tb t majority during the coming winter will jis to secure this retrenchment, and at the t ice time make it plain that the end sougl- x ts simply the publis cood and not the emb iras8ment of political opponents. If Bri äow, Pratt and Jewell continue their l'T .sent reforms honestly and pereeveringly r it, Ilolman thinks it will not be necessary f or conirress to devote itself verv aasidu(oasly ta investigation. If those gentlemen make the work of reformation tnorougn. mere would be only one purpose gained by exposing all the past ras c?lilies of their department?,4iame!y, the po litical disgrace ol republi&tiiism. As far the currency question, Mr. llolmau considers the sentiment of the people of the West and South very fctrongly in favcr of green backs in preference to nationel bank notes, and he is of the opinion that a majority of th8 representatives in congress are inclined to the same view, lie holds firmly to tbe greenback., theory himself, although unwil ling to contcmnlate an inflitiouof tbe cur rency, as tending to public and private extravagacco. The resumption of specie payments he regards as an impossibility with a circulating medium of over ?50O,O0O. On the whole, this Issue is tbe one most dangerous to party unity which tho next congress will be called upon to handle, but as the Senate holds the power cf defeating any ac tion which the Ilousa may take, the matter may not be pushed to a definite contest. As for the speakership, Mr. Ilolman considers it piobafcle that the contest will narrow down to Kfrr and Randall, with the prospect in lavor of tbe former. Randall's chief claim to recognition is his gallant fight against the force bill, which Sam enjoyed, partly because he wa fighting wrong, and partly because he loved fiilibusterlng for its own sake. The success of congress depends mainly, ii Mr. Holman's opinion, upon the construction cf four or five of the principal committees. Without serious blunder on the part of the democracy during the winter, the triumph of the party at the neit presidential election is a foregone conclusion. Mr. Ilolman makes this declaration notwithstanding the fact that he is fully convinced that tho republicans will put their best candidate, Minister Washburne, in the field. Tbat gentleman can unite in his support, as no other nominee can, the whole1 power of tbe administration, as well as all the independent newspapers, from the SpriDgfield Republican to tbe Chicago Tribune. If the third t2rm project fails Washburne will fctep to the front with this solid support, and with a good personal record. Even in that event tbe prospect of success for the democracy is unclouded. L 1 The Sentinel tries to appear anxtons for an investigation of the institution . It Is no more so than the News, and all good citizens. An immediate atidthoroueh investigation, both by the board of trustees and by the courts. Is what is desired by those who believe Mr Mclntire to be foully slandered, fully as much as it can bi by those who are Busplcloiis of wrong. This matter must be probed to the bottom, and th charges must be proven or Mr. Mclntire vindicated, and the matter forever put at r.st. Xothing short of this will answer, and the gentleman accused will be the first to demand it. The Sentinel may rest assured of tsat, and if It expects to make capital by trying to appear as a reiormer In tbis matter, it Is likely to be disappointed. Evening News. This is from an article In which the News claims that truthfulness is its distinguishing characteristic. The fact is that the News has been persistent in its advocacy of ie policy of smothering up the whole matter, and the Sentinel has endured its abuse for arguing that the Ida K. Fawkner case made thorough Investigation necessary. The News wanted the whole business hushed up a few weeks ago, and now it wants it probed to the bottom. That is the first result of the Sentinel's publication. PERSONAL. Judge Porter talks with his fist. Strauas's"Q.ueeuIndiEo',has wallzad into immense popularity In Paris. An interviewer saj-sof Jeff. Davis: "He has lost the tbin, cadaverous look about his face, and has a more robust appearance generally than when I saw him last five or six years ago." Red Cloud said he came to Wasbington to learn the truth! Queer place to visit for such a purpose. In addition (o his other qualifications Hon. Mr. McDonald, tbe new governor 01 Ontario, has "three cbarmiDg daughters." Miss Tillie, Col. Forney's youngest daughter, aged 18, is writing bright letters from London to tbe Philadelphia Press. New Hampshire Republicans should hurry up those "extreme measures" threatened, and let us know who is to be killed while mourning goods are cheap. Lone Horn, the big Injun, didn't overaw the president In the least. TJ. S. O. never yet quailed before a lone horn, or a social one. Worcester Press. One of the Dants has just been killed in the British service in India, aud his widow is to hare a pension, which the papers say is "double the amount usually given for officers of his rank." It is a terrible family lor gettSDg more than it is entith d to. A fellow with a red nose and blind in one eye is selling the negroes down South a pill warranted to make tbem white, and about fifteen minutes aRer they awollow it they lean across sawbuck and turn themselves Inside out, but the white is all in t aeir eves. I I

piLfULIC OPINION.

'LS HEFI..ECTED BY THE PRESS. CONCERNING THE CHARGES AGAINST TUE MANAGEMENT OF THE DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM. SHOULD RESIGN OR BR REMOVED. From the Indianapolis People, Ind. In view of the. serious charges preferred against Mclntire, superintendent of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, hi3 removal from the institution U forthwith imperatively de manded. A man resting undersuch charges has no busidess to be for a single hour at the head ot an institution which, if the ac cusations sre true, be has so terribly dis graced. Jttne powers that be have not suf ficient nerve to remove him. Mclntire's own sense of propriety should induce him to re sign forthwith. FORESTALLING AN INVESTIIGATION. From the Indianapolis Sunday Herald, Ind. Speaking of the Mclntire scandal, tie News says: "We are free to say that we haye full confidence in Mr. Mclntire s innocence, and believe that a full and complete exam ination will vindicate him thoroughly. His friends will not be satisfied with an invest! gation that ia not complete." The friends ot Mr. Mclntire were, a short time since, satislied with an investication that was far from complete. Indeed, there waa a general disposition to forestall an investigation, and . . . lorce an acquittal wunoui a trial. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MORALS. iFrom the Franklin Democratic Herald, Dem. The Indianapolis Sentinel of yesterday publishes the sworn statements of five deaf and dumb females who have been formerly inmates of the asylum, tbat the Rev. Thomas Mclntire, the superintendent, has been guilty of the most immoral and lascivious practices with them, run ning inrougu a lone number or years. during their stay at the institution. If fave of them will testify to their own shame, many more must there be who will keep their secret in their breasts. Thev give the minutest particulars ot thtirseduction by Mclntire, ana one of tbem details tbat one ot the male teachers seduced her. We would suggest, for tbe benefit or the morals and virtue of our land, that no more of our youth be educated for the ministry. THE CHARGES SHOULD BE SEARCHING!. Y IN VESTIGATED. From the Fort Wayne Gazette, Rep. The capital of the state has a scandalous sensation. Mr. John E. Fawkner has ad dressed a demand to the trustees of the ia stitution for the deaf and dumb for the re moval of Superintendent Thomas Mclntire, upon charges of lewdness with certain wards ofthestata. The dm jud is supported by amaavus or tun paramours ot the party charged nnd by others to whom he has made illicit advat ce. The papers were published by ibe Sentinel cf Indianapolis, and in turn the 6Ujeriuter.d3nt and an implicated teacher Diiii valentine nave brought suit against that journal and Mr. John E Fawkner for libel, and claim damages in rich sum of $100,000. Tha Sentinel of the 21st claims that it did only its doty in giving publicity to a document of tbat grave character, and tbe Journal asks a suspension of popular Judiz ment because of tbe hitherto unblemished character of Mr. Mclniira. For the honor of the state, let the charges ba promptly, thoroughly and fearlessly examined by the trustees oi ma; important cnanty. THE CHARGES SHOULD HE ANSWERED EX PLICITLY. From the Logansport Pharos, Dem. ' The Indianapolis Sentinel Company have been sued for libel in two cases, in each cf which tho sum demanded in judgment is &A0O0. The suit are brought by Mr. Mclntire, tho superintendent of the Deaf aud Damb Asylum, and Ezra Valentine, a teacher therein, and the causa of complaint is the publication of the article in releretce to the Asylum, which we referred to yesterday. Without desiring to apply the rulo in this ciae, a libel suit, before tbe truth or lalslty of the charges upen which it is based, are proven or disproven, 1, generally speaking. tne reiuge oi ine guilty, and u may turn out s- In those suits. The Sentinel, probably, belore the publication of tbe monstrous charges against Mclntire, took the precaution to aseeitain how far they were trup, and will be ready to meet the plaintiff on hU own ground. Of course Mr. Mclntire will tike his own course in thi matter; but it would seem the more sensible one would have been to have bad an investigation by the board of trustees, and then, if be had shown himself guiltless of the charges, a libel suit might bave been the proper course. If he can not show this, the bringing of the suit against the Sentinel will only render him more the subject of disgust and contempt. The charges have been made against him specifically, and he must answer them specifically, and to the satisfaction ot tho people. REQUIRES RIGID INVESTIGATION. From the Evansville Journal, Rep. . The State Sentinel of yesterday comes to us with tho most damaging charge against Thomas Mclntire, the superintendent of this institutiou. The charge is preferred by John E. Fawkner, of Indianapolis, and is backed by the affidavits of four women, former inmates and pupils of tbe asylum. The charge is '-gross, immoral and criminal misconduct, running through a period of years since he baa been superintendent ot tbe Institution." The specifications are unchaste and improper solicitations ol two of the pupils, and absolute seduction and adultery with two other Inmates, and conspiracy with E. G. Valentine, a teacher In the institution, to induce one ot the pupils to cnargo on said i awttner a crime or which Valentine bitusell was guilty. It is proper to say that charges similar in character were preferred against Superintendent Mclntire last winter, and a commission was appointed by Gov. Hendricks to investigate them. In addition to the charges now made by Fawkner, the superintendent was also charged with misapplication of funds and cruelty to inmates. The commission claimed to investigate all these accusations, and pronounced tbe superintendent Innocent on every specification, heartily endorsing his management throughout. Tbe Sentinel Intimates that the commission were evidently averse to pushing tbe investigation into details, believing in Mr. Mclntire's innocenco from the beginning. The present charges are in a shape that will require a most rigid investigation, and for the credit of humanity we trust tbat the superintendent will be fully able again to establish his innocence. THS BURDEN OF KXPENSK OX' PRTVATK FARTIES. From the New Albany Ledger Standard, Dem Superintendent Mclntire, of the Indiana Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and E G. Valentine, one of his assistants, have commenced suits for libel against the Sentinel Company for the publication of the card of John E. Fawkner, and the affidavits appended thereto, in which they were charged with the seduction of the inmates of the Asylum. If mese cnarges are lalse, then the punishment of the. Sentinel and Mr. Fawkner, by the recovery of $50.000 each, damaeas claimed by them would be a just punishment, but if they prove true, what shall be the measure of punishment that should be in-1

flicted upon the truiltv? The whole matter

should bo mos; thorouhlv invest! ated. without favor or partiality, and we do not kuow out mis libel suit is one of the best means t hat could be adopted, except that it places the onus of proof and the expense upon private parties, when the state should really bear the expense of the lcveti(rtion. It it shall prove tbat tbe Sentinel's publica tion is true, ine puoiic will he rnder lasting obligations to it lor exposing the affair, and thus preventing the charitable institutions of the state from being prostituted. It is said by the friends of Mr. Mclntire tbat he has always borne a blameless life, and that there is no ground for the charges. Neither a blameless life nor any other circumstance should weigh a feather in extenuation, if ha shall to -proven guilty of tbe charges attributed to him. We trust, for the credit of the parties charged with the heinous crimes.and the credit of our state and its benevolent institutions,! hat the ch arges may pro ve wholly groundless. DEMAXPS IMMEDIATE REMOVAL. From the Lafayette Journal, Rep. Most frightful disclosures or rather charges have just been made against Mr. Thomas Mclntire, who for miny years has. been superintendent of the State Asylum for the deaf and dumb, and a teacher named Valentine, engaged in the same. It will bo ramembejed tha. some months ago there was considerable scandal in regard to the case of a young girl namd Ida K. Fawkner, an inmate of the institution, and member of the Senior class thereof. An annonymous note, charging Mcltitire with gross impurity occasioned an investigation, which was not very thorough or searching, and which resulted in a report acquitting bim entirely, and fully endorsing his administration. One fact wa3 developed In tbe course of this investigation, however that this girl Ida Fawkner had been seduced, and an abortion had been performed upon ber. The girl upon being questioned, accused her uncle, John E. Fawkner, as the guilty person. Since then tbe girl has left tha Institution. She now publishes an affidavit setting forth that her former statement was made under duress, and on the pledge that it would not bemaderublic; which pledge was violated; and she acquits her uncle, as a person fil&ely accused, and points out Mr. Valentine, a teacher in the institution, as her seducer. The affidavits of four deaf and dumb women, two of wbooi have since been married, are also published. Two of these chargt Mr. Mclntire with lewd advances and unchaste familiarities, while the other two charga him with actual crim. con., in one case repeated continually, during a period of several years, and until her withdrawal from the institution. Tbe statements are most disgustingly circumsfantial, and are verified by oath in due form. The affidavits accompany the following document, addressed to tte board of trustee, by Mr. Fawkner, the uncle of one of the girls, and the person formerly accused, a3 above mentioned. Here follows ths lull text of the document alluded to. E 1. Sentiuel. The thoueht that a great charitable institution like the Deaf and Damb Asylum, on whtch the s! ate has expended so much, has been for years made a nursery of crime, and th9 medium for gratifying tbe unholy lust of the man in whos care these poor sfllicfeJ creatures were placed as a sacred charge is an appalling one. But theso statements are to be taten with manv mental reservations ; nor should it be hastily concluded that the charges are true. Mr. Mclntie is a cntleruan of considerable age probably fifty or sixty years old who has heretofore held a prominent social position, and borne an unblemished reputation. There is mitter in these afflJaviii demanding the mot-t risid investigation, and Mr. Mclntire's immediate removal from tbe superintendent, at lea'st until the conclusion of tbat investigation; but he should not at once be presumed tobe guilty. We hope the matter will be immediat&lv and tinsDarinclv sifted. SWEAT AND BLED FOR GOLD. DESPERATE DOINGS IN COLORADO INDIAXIA'S FORTUNES AT STAKE. A couple of years ago a young and aristo cratic Kentuckian named J. II. MiMurdv went to the city of Lafayetta and succeeded ia organizing a mining company to work a valuable mine, of which he had obtained control, in Georgetown, Colorado. Prominent among the capitalists taking hold of it was Elihu Hoilingsworth, a rich Quaker farmer of Tippecanoe county, and a number ot the legislature of 1S73. The following from the Lafayette Courier of Monday even ing is an interesting epsode in the conflict for a vast wealth, to which the Lafavette company are justly entitled: The long PGnding and bitter contest between the Pelican Mining Companv. of Georgetown. Colorado, and the Purdue Dives Company, of the same locality, culminatc-d on Thurs day last in the shooting of Jajob Snyder, the well known banker and principal owner of the Pelican mine. Tbe facts of tbe shooting are briefly narrated In the foilowine telegram : Denver, Col., May 21. Jacob Snyder was murdered by Joshui C. Bishop, near Georgetown, yesterday afternoon. Snyder was a well known capitalist of Denver, and one of tha banking firm of Collin?, Snyder & Co., also part owner of the famous Pelican mine. Difficulties between tbe Dives and Pelican mines are constantly occurring, and out of this grew tbe murder. Snyder, while goin z to the mines on horseback, was met by Bishop. Words parsed, when Snvder turned and ran, pursued by Bishop, who overtook him, knocked him down, and deiiuemioiy bdoi mm. Uishop took to the mountains. Five thousand seven hundred dollars reward is ofiered for him, dead or alive. It is supposed that Bishop is concealed in a deep recess of the Dires mine. backed by a number of deperate rr.en. heavily armed. THE ABOVE DEMANDS AN EXPLANATION. The Purdue Mining Company, of Lafayette, own five hundred feet of the Dives lode, and were orerating about one hundred feet of it with remarkable results, when Snyder & Co.. operatine the Pellcn lode, immedi ately adjoining, broke through into their works and have lor a year or more fattened on Pardue spoils. Bills of eiectment and injunction and all tbe various legal proceedings incident to a con test involving an untold amount of money, have followed in quick succession. Some of the best legal talent of Indiana, Colorado, California, and Nevada, have roeen empioyea. xne lawyers' fees. nrft and last, will aggregate f 150.000. Mr. Iiolliogswortn, or this county, an estimable Quaker. and a stockholder in the Pardue mine, has Deen ror years superintendent or the work. Ills Quaker cuds bave been of but little avail sgainst tbe lawless violence of the Pelicans. who seem to have the weight of local sentiment in thejr favor. It bes been opsnly charged that a distinguishedjudge, who sat upon thecaSe, was personally interested with Savder and the rest in the Pelican mine. The interests involved were estimated at many millions, and the suspicion of corruption in the judiciary served to intensify the bitterness of the Btruggle for possession. Mr. IIollingsworth recently resigned aid was succeeded by Relief Jackson, of Lafayette, who entered at once upon the discharge of the trust. Meanwhile, however, THE PELICANS TOOK FORCIBLE POSSESSION of some neutral ground In the nine known.