Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 42, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 June 1875 — Page 4
THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. THURSDAY JUNE 10 1875
THURSDAY. JUNK 10.
The editorial copied in another column roui the New York Evening Post, shows that some of the most thocghtlul of the people are awakening to a sense of the awlul injustice with which the nation is treating the Indians. Among Grant's wor3t failures may be classed the contemptible flake which he made la regard to the peace policy. It is more disgraceful than the defeat of civil service reform.
Charles Nordhoff says that the ruling class in Mississippi has some curiou9 representatives. The treasurer of Hinds county, In which the capital of the state is located, was a negro who could neither read nor write, and he was shot by another colored man on account of a disgraceful intrigue. The republican city ticket in Vicksburg last summer consisted of a white man who was under indictment lor twenty-thxee offenses, lor mayor, seven negroes, of low character, for aldermen, and a while man who could neitner read or write aa the eighth city father. To add another s&ade to the picture it may be remarked that the president of the board and two supervisors
of the county in which V icksburs is euu
ated, can not read or write. This is a pretty
good showicg for the party of intelligence
and moral ideas.
The notorious Peter Crosby, Sheriff of
Warren County, Mississippi, has ccme be
fore the public again. lie was shot and prob
ably mortally wounded Monday, in a Vicks
burg drinking saloon, by Gilmer, his chief
deputy. The telegraphic report does no
rir thfl ransa of the auarrel. It will be
- remembered that the riots in Vicksburg la3t fall were occasioned partly by the efforts to
oust Crosby from the shrievalty oa account
et tha insufficiency of his bonds, and that his life was only saved by a resort to the
protection of the jail walls. After the trouble was over, tJilmer, who is a young
white man ol considerable shrewdness came from another part ol the state and
went into a sort of partnership with the
sheriff. That is he made Crosby's bond good, accepted the position of deputy under him, did all the work of the office and received halt the profits. But it seems that
the prosperity oi the firm has at last come
to an end by the permanent retirement of
the senior partner. Crosby was a handsome
mulatto of about thirty-five, tall and
straight, but ignorant and weak minded.
The Ripley County Journal asks: "Will
the Indianapolis Sentinel be kind enough to
inform us where it finds authority for de
daring that gold and silver for a circulating
medium is one of the cardinal principles of
democracy?" The question is evidently not
asked for information, as the questioner intimates that the answer will not be regarded as orthodox. The Sentinel will therefore remark casually that "gold and silver as a circulating medium is not a cardinal principle with any body at the present time. People of our day have found that paper is a much cheaper and more convenient medium of exchange than coin, and to legislate it out of use would be impossible. The function of gold is merely to form the basis ol a currency. It serves as a guarantee, and the convertibility of paper currency checks over issue. Inconvertible paper, if issued by private corporations, with only their honesty to restrain excessive i3sue, would not be esteemed very trustworthy. Inconvertible paper put in circulation by the government is a very good medium of exchange, but it is dangerous, because, in dull times, the public always insist on Inflation, and inflation inevitably leads to the deterioration of
the money.
who visited Washington to negotiate concerning the sale of their reservation. Men can not but pause to Inquire why, if the negroes and Chinese are tobe esteemed fit for the highest privileges of American citiiinsbip, and every nerve is strained to elevate them, it should still be held perfectly proper to cheat, plunder and exterminate the Indians, who certainly are as fine a type of manhood, physically and mentally, aa any savage race on the globe. Have the abo
rigines no lights which the white people
are bound to respect at all? Is it because thev are too strong and independent in
character for philanthropists to pet, or poll
ticians to make tools of. that they are to
be smitten hip and thigh, even to the going down of the sun? Is the murderous policy
which began with the landing at
Plymouth, and has never since ceased, to be
still continued? It is said that men forgive those who have injured them much more readily than they forgive those whom they
have injured. It must be this Inveterate
hatred cf the wrong doer for his victim that actuates the nation in its coarse toward :the Indians. The Chicago Times puts the matter strongly and fairly:
"The government of a nation whicn
boasts of a Christian civilization can not af-
ford to pursue Indefinitely a policy which ij 1'ffla otaa than niraov nndpr a verv thin
. 3 li.Vj V V - W J ' .
' disguise. It can not afford to continue the
policy Of exterminating an entire race ol men a race not Inferior in many respects to several of the races that combine to make ud our nationality. And this means
' that it can not afford to continue its treat-
' ment of the aboriginal inhabitants of
the country as alien enemies foreign ' nations dwelling by sufferance in
' a land which they have possessed
from a period that is lost in the mists of
pre-hiatoric time. They are Americans by
' a better title than the rest of us can boast
Why are they still treated as persona not entitled to the rights of American citizens?
'Inhabitants ot a land whose sovereignty
Prison business might be instanced. The Journal defended the management of that institution and the attempt to capture the board of directors with a degree of falsehood and dishonesty amazing to contemplate. The Sentinel and Its representatives were belied, and what is a matter of more serious importance, the public officers who persisted in doing their duty were slandered and abused. To protect a few diahonest men the governor himself was subjected to the vilest misrepresentation. The only conso
lation for having to go through such a fight is that it was succeslful, and every one will now acknowledge that no other result should have been tolerated by the people of the state. Ia the same way the recent movement to reduce municipal salaries illustrates tbe Inevitable trouble which
a paper may expect to encounter which advocates a relorm. The Journal and the News attributed to the Sentinel the meanes: motives, and defended the payment of such exorbitant fees ss $16,000 to a?ngle officers. The politicians to be affected by the measure, with some honorable exceptions, were busy behind their organs and for a while it looked as if a healthy retorm were in danger or defeat from corrnpt influences, but it was happily carried, and its opponents now do homage to success and praise the measure which they
attempted to defeat. Even in matters which
are not properly political in any sense.
Buch as the stationery question and the con
solid at ion of the boards of trustees of the
benevolent institutions, the Sentinel ha
had to face and overcome the same oppo
eition. Behind this newspaper antagonism
anu pernaps responsioie ior it, mere are
various cliques in the community sure to
be affected by the agitatiou of any publi
question, and their silent but powerful in
fluence is felt when a paper infringes upon
the outside circle of any ring. After
a Ions series of triumphs during the past
twelve months, the Sentinel feels less hesi
tation in speaking of the difficulties which
business would be carried on to perfection.
Agricultural societies should see this, farmers should wake up to it and dog shows' should be instituted with good premiums. They would be of vastly more use than poultry shows. The Importer of good and finely bred dogs is a public benefactor who should be encouraged. It i3 perhaps no cause for surprise that the
CJucago Tribune should fling calumnies at the late National Temperance Convention in that city. That convention aimed to do a work for which tbe Tribune has no ardent Sympathie?, having some wholesome fears regardivg the effect of any temperance agitation cn the success of its own party, "it is well, however, for a journal which lays Bome claim to dignity and fairness, to keep truth on its side even in criticising persons whom it dislikes. It says that "a resolution was offered providing that the workdone by the organizations of reformed drnnkards, known a3tbeReformCluXsof New England
aDa Illinois, abundantlyjustifies the eddi-
THOSB AFFIDAVITS.
Tri ti
iiiNJ:L STILL SUSTAINED
rJii illKlli PüßLICATION. THK SENTINEL IS WELL SUSTAINED. IFrom the Columbus City Post.
-uuuuju, oeuunei is wen scs f 1 1 - tA . . . .
mIuugDDQi me state by the press in
uomg up the alleged abuses in nnI?faaiaDd1?umb Asylam- Th9 Pr3 peCUllarlV th rmaxA . i .
v..u.lu,MiU, nwoiTO; public attention
rV"ias uoel M very lame and
GRATITUDE TO THE SEXTESEL EXPRESSED. From the Cannelton Knnni.o
The Indianapolis Sentinel ha
by the superintendent of the Deaf and Dumb
Asy.um, Thomas Mclntire, because that n.
per published the charges preferred against bim by Mr. Fawkiser of criminal intimacy with the patients of the asylum. Now if it has come to this, that when such grieVoaa
nra maue ana
I? Lfhat thIs democratic state onght to cTthJUe iD llf demnck for office. Or. litter v, Dcei?s&d gentlemen has compiled a Iittl- tabular list, which shows how strongly 13 hia täte .in some of the best
as follows Frasier, ci
erty ui
ciptnred and V I i r. r. mi.,.
,.mmUslon"ro' intern! rev ew. treasurer r I'niti
Orth, ruinier t"o "aus lZZZZ
fc, Htpaxy commissioner nf "7177
revenue Yn' ch!ef of alviion"7"7nWraal' revenue uwnii luwruu
Premium on rjoid. f 16xo P.C. Shanks, flit rr h.. ü !!TT7""
MteiMr irn', ;, ""u expenses
abandoned nrrc.
on, secretary's olHee in rm
venue... .!
20,OU) 4 JVII
2.000 S.500 2,"xW
estimated per acnum.
Total.-..
- 7,000
....$o2,500
fiPfYimnaniAH
by the affidavits of the victim thv
ujusi De kept a
I r 1 1 r II T na wnKtüs "-.
B:uy iw ciipauj upiTtt- cyuianou vi eucna vuuin as he Is, If guilty,
uve mine temperance cause, and that we Jren, ine people need some protection. If
nearmy recommend the organization of f JVrti r uumo jriria from the Uiflerent
se-
has decreed that "all men are equal before lie in the path of a fair minded newspaper,
'the law," why are they not our equals be
fore the law? "Why are they held and treated as outlaws by men who
can assert only the title of usurpers ?"
If some remnant of this race be not saved
from destruction the utter wreck of it will
be a disgrace to the American name. The
hiitoryof the French settlements on this
continent, and the story of Mexico and
South America proves that the Indians may
be preserved, and let it be the triumph of
thin country to show that they may be pre
served without the degeneracy of the white
race.
Ilaving been almost urlformly successful it
sees no cause for dissatisfaction with its own
career even laimre in a good cause
would have been preferable to victory in a
bad one.
It appears that the labor lock in South Wales is about to end. As all such contests of hostile coercion must result, so this has terminated In favor of the employers. Tbe reason why sucn must be the outcome is this: The employer's capital is staked against the laborer's life. The former may be unwilling to lose his fortune, the latter can not do without subsistence. He can not starve nor see his family starve. It i3 always an unequal contest, though very powerful forces may be engaged on both sides. In the case of the English miners, the latest issue was not a strike of the laborers, but a lock out of the employers by a concerted and well organized combination to reduce wages. A slight concession was made by the employers, although the overtures for a settlement tirat proceeded from ihe workmen. The attempt was to reduce wages fifteen per cent., but a compromise was finally reached on a redaction of twelve and a half per cent., and tbe miners have gladly gone to work with the last vestige of insubordination subdued. Terrible has been the suffering from this obstinate warfare, and now that it is ended, there is little prospect of another strike or lockout for a long time to come. It is to be hoped that this will prove the last disturbance of the kind. A like termination of the strike Id Pennsylvania is near at hand. Were it not for the ictiaaidation exercised by the paid leaders and a crowd of their followers, the miners would resume work immediately. As it is, the event can not be long delayed. It ia barely possible that after these last two great lessons, injurious to both parties and also the business world, some better plan of adjusting differences between employers and laborers will be devised and adopted. The resort to brute force has signally failed to vindicate the laborer.
Although there is no political advantaje to be gained by insisting that justice be accorded to the Indians, the recent open and infamous eutrsge which the administration attempted to intllct on the Sioux, has provoked a great deal of indignant comment. Ttcxe aie plenty ot people in the country who have never thought of the fate of the Indians before, who have been staitled into a consciousness of all that they have suffered by the brutal and tbe illogical language in which the president a-id secretary Delano addressed the chiefs
It is a pleasant thing for a paper which is
doing honest work in the public interest to
be so fairly and generously sustained as tbe
Ssntinel has been by the state press in re
gard to th) investigation ot tbe Deaf and
Dumb institution, meir support more
than counterbalances the mean and malig
nant animosity of rival papers in the capi
tal, (or the opposition of the Journal and the
News is something which the Sentinel
now calculates upon when undertaking any
reform. Of course a CDnscientious journal
like a conscientious man can go forward
n the performance of its work against every
sort of influence. It will neither be bullied,
eoaxed nor bribed into the neglect of its duty. But the temptation to leave guilt
unassailed ia very powerful, and often
newspapers, aware of evils in public or
private that should be redressed, shrink back
from the work of reform, discouraged by
tbe amount of opposition which they know
they are to encounter If they undertake the
task; and they are not to be severely
blamed, when, after two or three bitter con
teats, they adopt the policy of a judicious
tolerance of the evils that exist in the com
munity. They are not so easily forgiven, however, when they undertake to thwart others who are less studious of ease and selfintere&t and enter upon a good fight,and the
Sentinel, finding that,' in accordance with
tha cut-throat system practised by the pa
pers of this city, every movement which it makes is sure to be traversed by the Journal and the News, is more ready to appreciate the good opinion of the other papers of the
state. It is willing to stand alone in a good
cause, but it would mucn rather nave a
coolly array oi comrades on either
band. Perhapa no better illustrations could be given of the difficulties which an honest newspaper has to encounter, and the
tnumphs which reward its perseverence,
than those drawn from the experience of the Sentinel during the past year. If any
thing in the conduct of a journal's friends require criticism, what an amount of courage is required to take up the duty of censor! The clamor of - treason and desertion is instantly raised, and the luckless critic while attacked by his usual party opponents in front is assailed by those who ought to be his allies in the rear. Such a one fa for tbe time being completely girdled with foes, and it is not to be wondered at that so few papers possesi the independence necessary for assuming such a ' stand. The Sentinel looks back with something akin to a sense of the ludicrous at the tempest through which it passed last summer for an account of its repudiation of certain portions of the democratic platform, and yet most of those who assailed its opinions then would probably be willing to accept them now, with the exception of extreme Inflationists.even the Journal.which was once tbe fiercest advocate of controlling the finances of the country by government authority, has now settled down to more sensible views. But if the task of criticising friends is dangerous, the work of criticising opponents is disagreeable Tbe best intentions are misrepresented as partisan malignity, and the opposition, press rushes forward to tbe defense of the greatest of scoundrels as a mere matter of party discipline. Relorm in such a case becomes a mere political issue, and one side gets little credit for the good it undertakes, and the other acquires no bad repute from the evil which it defends. ' Among the contests of the past year in which the Sentinel has been engaged for the public good and had to overcome
this purely partisan reoislance, the Southern fine
Right here in this county of Marlon, at
Traders' Point, according to a statement of
the Indiana Farmer, about sixty sheep aud
lambs, in one flock, owned by one mao. Mr,
Thompson, were killed by vagabond Jogs,
This is a very hoavy tax on one man, as w ell
as a public loss of no trifling Importance
If it were a solitary instance, or an extraor
dinary event of the kind, comment on it
would ba very different from what is de
manded when it is known that such outrages are common. The above case is extraordi
nary in the number of animali
destroyed by a sinele raid, but similar damazes are of frequent occurrence, so lrequent, iu fact, that the annual aggregate of logs from this cause toots up into the millions of
dollars. Beside, the direct damage done by the killing of sheep, the indirect loss by preventing attempts to raise sheep is many
times greater. Altogether, the subject is
one deserving of more serious consideration
than it has yet received, notwithstanding
legislation on the subject iu nearly all the states. As the Sentinel endeavored to show
some time since, the remedy proposed by
the Farmer is useless. The Farmer
says: "The tax on dogs should be so heavy
to miRtiify the work done ami to borate the convent
says "it recommitted this resolution, aud thn adjourned sine die wittout ever recoRnlzins; jr., or calling forit3 consideration," bat devoted the remainder of the time to various absurd and wicked things, avid and among ethers to "a vigorous nd characteristic denunciation cf Ar.ra Dickinson." Now. one of two thin-ra
M11 ha and is not
ion becana it Pad.bet?-er dispense witb all our oharitahi
institution, ior our part we desire toes-
press our gratitude to the Sentinel for mak-
uS mo sworn cnargea public
TAX PAYERS 8nOCLD
From the Tipton Advtnee.1
Dark suspicions have long rested upon the management of the Indiana Deaf and Dumb
.mi, iuoiouan enunei. wparv of
FROM GRAVE TO GAY. GRAVESTONES AT AUCTION.
THK SELLIN OP A CALVARY PKMFTrDv w .
BLK YARD A SALESMAN'S PURELY BCSINFS VIEW OF MORTUARY SCCLPTUKE-WIXDINfl CP THE MUNDANE AFFAIRS OF A DEAT HSADSTOSE MtEKK. "From grave to gay, from llvelv to se
vere, was never better iMntr..i i,.
types than in tbe sut.ioinA.i
. LIT? eora tombstone manufactory, from the
ew York 8un: The twentv-fi
men and six women who githered in Mor
ton & Clancy's marble yard, at tbe north
vases,
r a iv I Amnf an
seated themAf; iXJLl'" .Vr'?a
. " " juiusioaes ana
is certain, either the Trikine wrote thus calmly pleading for an invebtigitioc, re
confidently in utter ignorance ol the facts, cently published a brace of affidavits from or else it lied. Such a resolution was offered, female nnte of the institution, which
and there was in the convention no single criminate Superintendent Mclntira and a
voice or condemnation of the work done at """"cner namea valentine of lewd and
tbeee club3. There was a
male teacher named
n . i . .
dltV - I J v. u A. u 1 o 19 UUI.U10SC h TftTl P"
- - .....v'. -j vmiDU i au
BE OKATEFUL TO THE
and impatiently awaited the arrival of an
urm. bieh b done
Hit I - a - " lime, WM
u ivc-u inv months a-jo bv tbe death
nrnnortv u . '"Ji '"o
t v.. . . wiuk B'.i;i I) V nrt nn c
ciai workmen were still
sfVo"eUJidiDg- ne rddy-faced youne-
HnÄ hZ- F . DO cniseiied on tbe line "bacred to th mnrn K.fn
whistled, oh IU1J
mmenl to ymphii with his
. : " irrew protane
ier the resolution was sent to a committee raised for that purpose, and within an hour reoffered to the convention
and adopted without a dissenting vcte. There is a sentiment among temperance peo
ple that it is a kind oi hopeless task
nror
round taTSM.nnmh..ln. . v. ...
, , , - j iwuw wit n
tuaiK: ana ai.er tn
i
I - w.vv. uu I . c - - . . . uiuuu TT LOU OS
ui"u,uu wui. vuv uame wmcn mese organ- wer in a rouna sum ior lihei, but it la pass- vuivcu uu too mucn or the wing ol a stone
iauuus buuuiu uear, ana to settle tnat mat- mat me paper snould receive I proprietor basied himlf
in.MNr man rrnrirmfA . i z . . . x rY.ii nn t r- a . .
- uou Li.lHUUO IUI lO Ln TVArTV
1. . i . .. " c -
pie and iax-payers ti the commonwealth.
facts that tr tnem nn nsfltr utnnr. t
f J wavuiL V J
uope, in common w e expect with a maioritv
vT. xcaucic, iuat me gentlemen
through a risid lnvesti?at on wil snwpfid
in establishing their innocence; but even if
" Kuui-y, aa cnargea according to the
frtherinr hcA
waited an hour in the scorching sun, the jolly auctioneer mounted a tombstone. Tb terras, he said, wer tn -X?. "V f . e
. , " AJ b UMlUa LflM remainder on approved nnta at
all eoods to be
fore" tne 1st of An,; P ".V
- I A 1 . - ' O w - 43 a
to De ioreverre;ormmg men whom the liquor U BUUJf) nu newspapers, too, toe Ti, , WJ,"'WU,'S nanor ornament: business has in their opinion unmanned m?ln of 8fcrecy should have been let fall, the auctioneer asked. "When you debauched, and ruined, but it i a wnrt nJ l?? u?"- cremate tour hother-in.law
f - - a&aa V ay a a aa h a. aa aa u viitm s iihmii ann t c. a to t- t- a i
which every advocate of temperance is more
than willing to engage in. Their most
direct opponent never deny them that virtue. So much for the Tribune's critichm
this point. Anna Dickinson was introduced to the convection, and listened to
with not only respectful, but enthusiastic
attention. Demonstrations of applause were frtqui-nt and often long continued,and.
although some in the convention did not approve all that she said, some of them putting prayer higher in the scale of agencies
and the ballot lower than Miss Dickinson
did, yet to say that the convention denounced her, is as bald a misstatement as any newspaper was ever guilty of. The Tribune says
thi3 convention from first to last howled.
begged, implored and demanded politics as the panacea lor intemperauce." This
sounds rather strange beside tbe fact that, after a long and earnest debate, the convention almost unanimously it is renortpd
that there was but one dissenting
vote resolved against the formation of a
politico-temperance party, and the few
mou wuu weni mere wnn axes
of that sort to grind, went home with their axes duller than ever. This is not written with an idea, of converting
auv prim mat goes ahead and tears thn
mask from corruption fulfills the mission
oi journalism and dees societv a service.
JUSTIFIK8 THE ACTION OF THE SEXTTXEI..
IFrom the Eloomfleld Democrat.
you want a stone behind the hall door to remember her by; and there's just the slab you want. Number 51 that nlaln whlt
slab how much am I offered?" TT
The Fawkner, Mclntire, Valentine, Sen- offed f7; and in a minute or two, after re-
that only responsible owners could pay the Tribune from its conviction ot the po
' it and only valuable animals be allowed to
can be reached by excessive taxation. The
irresponsible owners of worthless cum
are such as would fail to pay even moderate tax. Suppose a heavy
tax be assessed and the poor man
who owns several villainous dogs fails to
pay his tax. What is to be done?. He goes
upon the delinquent list and stays there,
being proof against all legal remedies. The best suggestion on this point was lately
published in the Farmers' Home Journal of
Lexington, Ky., which was that a moder
ately heavy tax be assessea, and that
tne penalty of non-payment be the
death of the dog. The principal difficulty in
tbe way of such a statute, granting that it
should be held constitutional, would be its
execution. It would require not only a pubic tax collector but also a public deg
killer. As the Sentinel contended in a for
mer article, there is but one way
which promises relief, and that is rather slow. An effort must
be made io improve tbe race of dogs. There
was lately held in Scotland a dog exhibi
tion, not a new thing in Europe by any
means, in which the greatest interest was
taken. A couple of weeks since the first
page of Moore's Rural was adorned with portraits of priza takers at
that .show. Agricultural fairs could do as valuable a service to tbe country by
encouraging well-bred dojrs as well-bred
horses, cattle, sheep, and bogs. The deg is a domestic animal so naturally and prop
erly esteemed by mankind, that extermina
tion is simply impossible If It were ad
visable to work in that direction. But
when the noble qualities ot this most
intelligent of all dumb animals is consid
ered, it is aa unreascnatle to make war upon
the race because low bred curs kill sheep
sometimes, as it would be to desire the extermination of mankind because some barbarians are cannibals. No, the true idea, and one that is worthy the most earnest attention of all, is to
improve the dog race. It ia a
mcst noble field of exertion oi far more
practical value than tbe development of
speed in horses. The direct effect would be to save millions of money to sheep Lus-
bandry, while the real value of fine bred
doS becomes as remarkable as that of aristocratic short horns which some
times represent a fortune in a single individual. Legislation Is needed. All that cau be done by vigorous taxation and by restraininghe propagation of vile cure should be done. Public welfare demands it. But a better thing is the Improvement of tbe animal. Onco the
furor is raised in that direction and
dogs become fashionable, the
litical dangers of a temperance alliance, but
in answer to its travesty upon the doings oi a convention which was not certainly above
criticism in all respects, but which was conspicuous for doing just exactly the opposite of what this paper charges against it.
A mild-mannered Missourian named Uezekiah Inman attained the age of 73 years last week, and might have become a centenarian had he not accused his nephew of having abducted a neighbor's chicken. Without waiting to see whether prayer would drive the grasshoppers out ol his native state, he took to his bed with a broken nose and a mangled anatomy generally, and before set of sun he had passed hurriedly beyond the border. PERSONAL. Sypher Isn't worth 0. Butler thinks a S25.000feeto small to di
vide.
Miss Rucker was absorbed in Phil. Sher
idan yesterday. We wish them many little
banditti. St. Louis Times.
Gustave Dore is said to look thin and over
worked, having been verv hard at his labor
of late. He is meditating new and grand enterprises.
J. E. -Owens, the comedian, has pur
chased the Academy of Music, in Charleston, South Carolina, and it will be conducted
in future under his auspces.
Any attempt on the part of George W.
Chiids to decline the honor of being tbe poet laureate of America should be firmly
met and defeated by the public press.
Just at this particular season it is far bet
ter to be a door keeper in Dan Rice's circus
than to be a manufacturer o! crooked whisky
wun an income oi ?o,wu per month.
Mayor Barnum, of Bridgeport, whose tem
perance proclivities are well known, has be-
f;un his administration in that place by takng active measures to enforce the Sunday liquor law.
Mr. James Lick, of San Francisco, has so
far recovered his health as to be able to take
occasional rides about the city. He swears
witb something of tbe old fluency wbencoc-
lempiaung ms doctors diu.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner, the Boston artist,
now in Paris, has clear-cut, strong features,
lit up by a pleasing smile of intelligence, and wears her dark brown hair short. She
Is said to resemble Anna Dickinson.
Joaquin Miller has been in Philadelphia
for several days incognito. He stopped at a quiet hotel, and outside of a few personal
friends his presence in th9 city was
entirely unknown. With the exception of a visit to his brother poet.Walt WhitrnaD. in
Camden, and a few private calls, his time
waj entirely aevotea to driving around the city and visiting: park and centennial
grounds. Mr. Miller is here as the represen-1 . . . . . . . . . .
ii-itb oi a uonaon lournai w write ud Jt'mia-
jeipnia ana ine centennial, bnt so dark did he keep himself that not even the officers of
tbe exhibition knew be was In the city..
jrmiauojputu. ximes.
unei case, has caused some excitement. In the name of common decency, the in
terests of the state and society, the well being of the public interests, and that of the inmates of the asylum, all demand an investigation, and that immediatelv. This way of trying to play the injured innocence dodge, to put off, retard, delay, and shrink, seemingly from, rather than to court an investigation under the circumstances seems strange. Bringing suit against the Sentinel Company for ?50,000 damages has nothing whatever to do with the case, and does not affect the superintendent's guilt or innocence in the least. We
ininK sentinel In publishing those affidavits would have done wtll to have dropped out at least one-half; yet we mstiiy the actions of the Sentiuel in giving publicity to the charges, as . a matter of
so vast importance to the public weal should not be smothered, nor whitewashed
over and kept from the public. An aper ture where smoke issues therefrom, upon
tiauiiusiwD, ure is aiwavs found to be the cause. The charges mav be found to ha in
correct, and, if incorrect, the greater reason
an investigation should be had, and that speedily, and if Mr. Mclntire and Mr. Valentine are innocent they should be restored
at once to public iavor; if euilty to the
cnarges aa published, should be punished.
not only to the full extent of the law, but
intir punishment should be increased in proportion to the hcicousnessand brutality
ui tue crime. THE JOURNAL'S IXCONSISTKNCY. fFrom the Peru.Sentinel.l
The Indianapolis Settinel published the
affidavits of a man and one or two irirls.
jfciuK Beverai ou cent bids, he snlrf th
stone to Mr. Murphy far $11. "Who's the next man that hasn't got his life Insured!" the auctioneer continued, as he stepped to the next headstone, a mnrh lar-
thicker one than the firf n-
?X i 6 want something in our line
w-vioj. a uese stones are warranted nnt tn
k U 1 ' . . v
uw iuBiiem nor run down at the toe. ÜJ" aid,wide a11 WOQl' doubl thick won't shrink or farf w, ..,:
iir. iiuuen Doueht the RtnnA fn tie
"Now, here's a stone tht any man might be proud to be buried nn.i t-
pleasure to die when you can have a slab like this over vou rubs nnt half fha l...
- . , -. "u"
. auu onagm tne rnlf to tb other world. Pdbe willing to die mvself ir 1 could afford such a stone as this. Bat I never can if you don't bid up. How much for this stone, eentlemen, with a statue of Jay trould and two angels in the middle, and a wreath of flowers on top. No, sir; no five i? Lf'blw f,Vys stone' How mcb? Bid high!" Mr. McNamara bid as high as $17 and chalked bis nameon the stone, "nere's another of this beautiful set," said the auctioneer. " What can remind ua of tbe next world more than a row nf tnmhitnn. i , i.
this? And a six dollar bid for that bandsome slab. Look at that border; look at those flowers on the corners. You'd feet ashamed all your lile to have a friend buried
UNDER A SIX DOLLAR TOMBSTONE. Now bid up." The stoce was bought by Mr. Murphy for ?H. A small, plain white marble slab, square on the corners, with n
base, was started at $3 and bouzht bv Mr
Murphy for f5. A thick oval stone. Drettilv
chiselled, standing about six feet hirh
. 'I nlfrrnTTf 1 1 . -
cnarging Mr. Mclntire with the seduction of ""u"- - or naw, was sold for ?10. A
very thick stone, about seven feet hi,
unfortunate young girls placed under his
charge as superintendent of the hospital for
deaf and dumb pupils. The charges are
monstrous and revolting, and for the sake
or omcial decency, no less than com
mon humanity, we hope that
Dr. Mclntire may be exoner
ated and vindicated by the investigation
which is promised. The Journal, strancelv
and inconsistently, calls for a suspension of
puoiic opinion ana implores mat the good Superintendent Mclntire, who has led an exemplary life before the world, shall not be condemned until his fall defense is
beard; it declares that the purs life of the
accused should count for something against
ine unsupported amdavlts of his ac
cusers; it berates and abuses the Sentinel
for publishing tbe charges, so monstrous,
against so good man. And really no paper
with self-respect would pollute its columns
with such obscenity. Can it be tbe Indian
apolis Journal that is sufficiently candid
ana unprejudiced to talk or dealinz henor
ably and justly with a good man accused of
crime? Is it tbe same paper that has so ner
Bistently rendered aid and comfort to Tiiton
and Mouiton in their infamous efforts to impeach the fair name and blacken the repu
tation or llenry Ward Bee eher? If so, is
ine journal aispoaea to say mat the previous good name of Beecber should count for nothing in nia favor? When did the Journal ask for a suspension of public opinion in his case? When has it failed to malign him, to seek to create prejudice against him, to comment unfairly on the testimony and attempt to make his defense and method of it appear, ridiculous? Can any reader of the Journal remember an editorial paragraph in its columns, commenting on tbe Beecher case, that was not partial, unfair or contemptible? It is in place to remind that very medern apostle of justice and fairplay, and defender of a good name, that the testimony against Mclntire is much more specific, credible and convincing than the testimony against Beecher; and yet it does well to ask a suspension of the popular verdict until the defense Is heard. Has the Journal secured the services of a new editor, or has the scandal editor concluded to be decent?
.tH and
three wide, with fancy scroll work on ton and a border of flowers, was started at 810 agd knocked off to Mr. Mn rnhv fnr 1J
"Clerk, put down Mr. lnrny.m -
aain," eaid the auctioneer. n' .11 -ru.
I've heard the name before. Th Pra'a hum a
a frightful mortality among the Murphys lately, or else going to start a graveyard. Any wai . s a right everv man has
to own Just aWmany tombstones as he wants, and if he has the uramra t t
them he shall have tbem." Mr. Clancy explained that Mr. Murphy was a neighboring ma-Ma-
cutter, and the auctioneer went on to number 39, an extra thick headstnnp. with
image of the Saviour in the center, and an angel kneeling on each side. "How much
now, ior mis stone, statuary and all? mi
quick. It's not every day vou have a chanc
to see an ancsl. You .ce von rfnn't ha (A
go to the Saviour now a-days; if you have the stamps you can maka Him come to you. How much lor tbe ttone? .nv
grave would seem like home with such a stone. It would mov.
ouüitruiaa weep wnn jov to look at It. Give us a bid." Somebody bid 510, but Mr. Gacney settled it bv offerinj? mor n.i than
Mr. Murphy bonpbt a ntain nrfilta clot. .
V' wü,ck whit stone, with a heavy double base, surmounted hv & ay.mii
started ot S20. Mr. CI
partner, ran it un to ün an it
to mm; another, with graceful overlapping fold, aud a double marble base.
at f 25, and was bought by Mr. Murphy for
irORTOX'S MISSION
THE rTIOEST OF INDIANA INTERNAL
REVENUE OFFICE SEEKERS.
Gideon, the Washington correspondent of
the Chicago Times, telegraphs yesterday's
issue or that paper as follows: One of the reasons for Mo rton'a visit here is to secure
some new appointments for some of bis Indiana friends. The internal revenue bureau will need some twenty new special agents, until this whisky excitement is over. Pratt has given Morton early information of this, and he has come on at once, to see that Indiana gets everything. His presence will bring a I large crowd of politicians here, who begin
A VERT HIGH HEAD OF STONE.
with a scroll extending th nMrA umk .
and a wreath of flowers, was sold to Mrl f Murphy for 20. "There'- that Murphy
again," said the auctioneer. "One more
death in the Murphy family. Put it down.
f .:. MarPnT-. are any of your friends sick?" Mr. Murphy applied in the affirmative by buying the next, a plain white slab, for $15. "Now we're out 0 th heart.
stones," said the auctioneer,Mand we'll tackle the monuments. There's some pleasure in selling monuments. Any man could sell m
neadatone; but monuments are differentThere's a little beauty. Eight feet high, a foot square at the pedestal, tapering toward, the top; heavy carved base, beveled edgea and a heavy cap,' so tbe catalogue sava. How much am I offered? Just right fee a good boy who was killed at a Sunday school plcaic so innocent and whi
Give us a bid. Mr. Murphy bid $5, but Mr.S' Wade bought the slone, one of the prettiest antf plainest la theyard, for ?15. A headstona 1
eight leet nigh, with a double basa, and a large cross, undr which were the letters "L II. S.,"was started at tlO. "What tin fl
euch a stone as that!" RAid tViA traa.
"You can see that stone was made to order It was made for Mr. Isaac If. Kmith it u.
bis Initials on It. There's no sham about that stone. It's solid all tha wv t
Mr. Murray bought Mr. Smith's solid stone.