Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 46, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 July 1875 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. THURSDAY JTJLY 8 1875

THURSDAY, JULY $.

The London Standard, tne great panjandrum ol the conservative party, does not approve of the United States at all, and characterizes the little unpleasantness of one hundred years ago as "the most unprovoked rebellion In history" and an "insane rebellion." It is too bad that the poor Standard fellow feels so badly about it and unless he will come over to the centennial and taka a little something on it, one does not see exactly what can be done to relieve him. His talents -would fit him admirably for the bloody shirt editor on an administration organ, but unfortunately that branch of industry is sadly depressed at the present time.

i That fruitful theme, the English style cl railway carriages, has been the cause ol nother sensation. It will be remembered that not many years ago c gentleman was murder d and robbed in one of these carriages, nd the fact was not discovered until a station was reached and the guard came

around, the murderer having in the meantime escaped. This time the circumstances were not so tragical but far more scandalous. Col. Valentine Baker, commander of

the Prince of Wales' own Hussar regimen

has been arrested, charged by a young lady

-who chanced to be alone in the same car

risse with his magnificence, with making

a aggravated assault upon her. She con

trlved to get out of the dcor and stood upon

fhAtntfn hoard outside, in the meantime

clinging to the window casement and

screaming for help. Thus she rode for five miles, -when the train stopped, assistance arrived and the distinguished warrior, who

had loved not wisely but too well, was taken under the guardianship of the func

tionaries. He was afterward dragged be

for a tribunal and placed under five hundred pounds bail. These carriages have freouentlv been made a means of levying

til ai-lc m all. but this case appears different

and it looks as if the gallant warrler was In

a very bad fix.

If men desire to give their estates to other parties than their legal heirs, the only sure

way to do it is to make the transfer ana an

aAiA thnmofllvfts while living. A case di

rectly in poin. has lately occurred just over

the state line in .Vermilion county, Illinois,

. Stephen Griffith, one of the three pioneers of

Indiana and Illinois, a regular old

bush-rider, and in his early days

a pretty hard case, as the saying is, finally settled down in the county above named and secured large amounts of the best lands and became quite wealthy. Among other good things which he got in his later years one was religion. He became very pious, and like Ahab of old, be developed a vast amount ot zeal for the Lord. His piety did not, however, prevent his quarreling like an old bear with his cbilIren and all his relations. He disinherited the whole crowd and provided by will for Ae distribution of bis esUte to various ecclesiastical and charitahl concerns. which while it

helped to settle up the old scores of youthlul delinquencies, cheated hia heirs oat of his property, and also gave him the name and reputation of a philanthropic, thcs killing three birds with one stone. Stephen passed away, and now lies in a condition very similar to that of Old John Brown, but his plans and purposes while living are not marching on. They hive been suddenly thwarted. Last Saturday the United States court at Spiingield, Illinois, decided that the wl'l of Stephen Griffith was not good in law, and that the estate should go o the rightful Jiirs. Judge E1U3 S. Terry, formerly of Daviess county in this state and one of the best lawyers Indiana ever permitted to get out of the state, conducted this successful j.ioce of litigation.

pie die for want of breath, so the Evansville Herald died for want of money, which is the breath of life to a newspaper. Within a few years past the business of journalism has become very attractive, and crowds of people, both men and women, desire to rush into it. The recognition given to the press by all callings, the undeniable part which it bears in determining the welfare of society, the absolute necessity of it to the times and methods of a generation when . information Is

required to be simultaneous and universal

all these have established the journalist in a place as honorable, useful and fascinating as anv of the learned professions. The result

is a great many efforts under disadvantages,

iust the same as in other professions. One

or two principles in regard to starting news

papers may be carefully studied with profit. First, it is a bad chance to attempt to build the foundations

of a journal on any single idea or hobby.

The Herald laid its first stone on the individual idea of a labor element. It makes

no difference what the hobby is, labor,

temperance, fraternity, the base is too nar

row. Before the journal gets up very high

it 'will topple over. Even religious and

agricultural specialties are insufficient

to ensure life without widening the

range into the field of general

topics. Another fallacy is to start in on the

outer edge of a well defined and well occu

pied newspaper field, ind undertake to cut

a way to the center without sufficient forces,

It is a fight, and however able the generalship may be, it is a hopeless undertaking

without the sinews of war. This fact is be

ing rapidly developed by experiments which

sav the trouble of any other argument.

There are two things that it is unwise for a

man to attempt merely because be would be

glad to achieve them. One is to start an opposition postoffice in a town which has one, and the other to foist a newspaper upon a public which is already well sup

plied with a better article than the new en terprise is able to offer.

draw the illustrations of their rhetoric, and

the names of men with which to point their

morals and adorn their tales.

After every agency outside of the law has been exhausted ta avert the sentence of the court against the boy, Jesse Harding Pomeroy, the law Is to be 'executed. Governor Gaston and the Executive Council decided almost, If not entirely, unanimously to reject the petitions for a commutation of the death penalty, and the day of execution will soon be announced by the governor. Every

well balanced mind will endorse this action and pay the tribute of a profound respect to the majesty of law, while vicious murderers will feel the salutary Influence. It Is not necessary to comment with seventy upon the terrific

crimes of Pomeroy. His case has been fairly investigated by the proper tribunal and the award ot justice has been made. So there

is no place for passion and no cause for ap

peal to sympathy. Yet it may not be out of place to give a succinct statement of his

career as published in the Boston Poet:

About three rears ago a number of small eh 11

dren In Chelsea and Charleston suffered terrible cruelties, consisting of wounds from knives

and other weapons, but the perpetrator was not tnen discovered. A short time after these

occurrences a little boy residing in Chelsea, named Balch, ws found In a shed on Powder

Horn Ulli ilea to a beam, dives lea or bis cloth

ing, and bleeding from several wounds In his body. The little fellow stated that his wounds

were Inflicted by a large boy. A vigilance com

mitiee 01 citizens was loruiea lor tne purpose

or investigating tne matter, adoui one Hundred lads were brought by the committee before

tne Baten cniia ana otners wno ümi suffered

similar cruelties at the hands of the then

unknown torturer, but the little victims failed

to identify any of those as being the "big boy" who beat and cut tnem. A rewatd of ioOO

onerea Dy tne city or Chelsea lor

tne discovery 01 tne wretcn, dui witnoat

. L- A 9 ...

mo times in wmcn we live. A review

of the address at this time would

rccupy too much space, but in it the speakei

handled nv;uy questions which are vital in

their rela.vc;;s to a Tree government. He as

serts that there Is no department in which

the principle of honor is so much needed as in politics, and also that there is none other

in which it is 0 much missed

ne deprecates the effect of the

prevailing idea that honoris ignored in polit ical life, which effect is to repel from partici

pation in active politics all such as prefer

being good themselves to doing good for the country, and who have learned to believe that the latter is incompatible with the former. He enquires whether tree honor

can flourish , in democratic institutions.

and answers in the affirmative, claiming

nowever mat true honor can not snhaUt

without morality also. This is a point

which some may dispute, but one of im

mense practical Importance in selecting

public men. Dr. Woolsey argues with great force and beauty that educated men are to be trusted, . if anybody,

acd mat If the United States are

not destined to premature decay, the

class of educated men can be trusted to carry the principle of honor to as high a

standard as the world has ever known! There is here a suggsstion fjr the American l?ople. In the past when a choice to the

highest positions has been pending, the

question of education has never been seriously asked, and several presidents.

even In modern times, have not

been up to a lair standard

or scholarship. it is ahont tim

Bat these summer days will soon ha

and, as we shiver around the grate, we shall

oe again complaining: O, that it were summer! I can't stand this cold weather. No man who has ever sat in a jury can fail to be impressed with the mischievous

and ridiculous provision which proposes to force an agreement. To reach this point it

no1 uncommon to have the case In hand a.l tried over again in the jury room, the law and the evidence argued and reargued in order to change the opinions which a portion of the jury have formed denng the progress of the trial, and bring them around to a different view. Within certain limits this jury room discussion is well enough. Points of Importance, which some merabers have not, even by the clear statements of

counsel, fully comprehended, need explanation, and arguments may require repetitVon.

uui wnen these means have been x-

hausted, and still a portion of the

Jury are unconvinced, standinir

hnrnlv Ktr tct ....

j j -jii uymitvus, wuit COmeS I XV a K - ' - "wi wuuutu

next? All sorts of appeals and pressure to wUMn lm Pf rsonally,

make

ROBERT DALE OWEN'S INSANITY. HIS HESIDXJJCB AT A SRW YORK WATEK CTRST THB KATIE KI?fO BCSISEUS A LETTER FROM DANSVIIXE FIRST SYMPTOMS OF WAXDEBIJfQ KEASOS THE CACSE. In connection with the disclosure of the sad fact that Robert Dale Owen had become Insane, the following from the New York Evening Post will prove of interest: Mr.

tWDert Dale Owen' many friends in this city are aware that he went a few weeks ago to a water-cure, called the Home on the Hillside, a) Dansvllle, in Western New York, wnere he put himself under the charge, of the superintendent. Dr. James C. Jaekaon, for purely physical ailraents which had been tronbling him for They will be startled by a letter which appeared in the Rechester Express last evenSti wd ann0Qilce8 he has teen taken, !Sh0.meLnJndianaa8 in8ne- We arereluctant to believe that the inferences of the writer are correct as to the causa cf Mr

WMtAh rtll r Wl f hn mm-

cess, 'ihe matter soon passed irom the mind of I wmcu cas most 10 say about education ot the people, should look lor

their advent in that part of the city a child I learning also in those who stand at the head of

tiErSE iSS Vov! and circnrn; 18 Political Institutions. The address admits

pointing stronslv to voanar Pomeroy. he was I visible dAcllnA in th nrinMn!a nf hnt

tlon. where the boys Pratt and Balcn identlfled I kUls wuul1 ana points ous tne best modes

him as being the boy who injured them, of cure for the evil of corruption and light es Pnmm a nett liin rpfrrAtnn MnniiHnol I . . - o

Court, and after several hoars' examination,

It is a very poor business to be engaged at this period of history to stir up religious an

imosities. He who does it oannoibe regarded as a fr'end to society. With all the deplorable examples of the past on the re cord wherein men have hated and quarrelled, nations warred and slaughtered, all about some tenet of belief which is now considered of no importance, it would seem that a good Intention as well as good sense would consent to let those profitless controversies rest forever. There is no other subject about which men are so bitter in their differences, none other concerning which they sot up claims so unreasonable. .For 2,000 years men have been quarreling and killing on account of religion. It is time to stop. If it were a fact that the public safety j civil freedom, the national government, or any great interest were imperiled by the present or prospective supremacy of any religious organization, a justification of resistance might be found. Bat there is AO good ground iot apprehension on that score. General intelligence, the spirit of in-

dependence, the absolute abhorrence of in1,1 1 A4 I n a nratttnfll fr mi nrft

iUlOCAU uu-i av"v X a

-dude any danger of that description.

Why, then, should the . press or &ny party become so unscrupulous .rKMinir miarhiftf as to drag forth the

vi a, ava uAauaj the wild beasts of religious frenzy, simply for the purpose of making cheap political

capital? Doubtless it is a waste of breath to remonstrate with parties thus engaged. .But

the people ought to be fortified against these

-vicious influences. This isaiana 01 reu

(wuiAm Tt everv man enloy bis

preferences undisturbed, and every eccles

artical organization manage its own affairs.

It is too late in the afternoon of civilization . h i.',,n-iin 11 n of nirtles on mere

J Jl tun f 1 vi . prr judice. XJ

Now that the Evansviu iieraiu cm cu

i-jreed to succumb to inexorable fate, its .müoraries in that city are very

. nrHui Lo accord its merits.

mi were neither lew nor trifling.

fhfl ' Herald bore many marks . of

irri newDiDer. and the Sentinel has often

been indebted- to it for valuable Items of t -- tit mar v reo

The End at Length.

At last the Beeoner trial naa come to a

conclusion. Yesterday morning the jury

informed Judge Neilson of the absolute im possibility ot an agreement and were d:s

missed to the homes from which they have

been entirely isolated for nearly eight days,

and to their usual avocations, of which they have known little for six months. This is

the tame and impotent conclusion of a case

which has attracted the most attention o

... . . m

anv within tne memory 01 meD

now living, absorbed the greater por

tion of newspaper space irom one

end of the continent to the

other since January, packed closely a large

court room lor one hundred and twenty-one

days, been visited by English peers and United States senators, and been preached

about, talked of and even prayed over nn

til every child in the land was acquainted

with its veriest details. It had even gone a

tep beyond all this, for so long had the suit

asted that at the end few could be

found of all those who had felt a profound

interest in Its result at the time ol

its Inception and a breathless ex

citement during the days of the great defendant's examination, who could be brought to regard its conclusion with any other feeling than that of relief. Everything connected with the trial was of the same gi

gantic proportions. The defendant was the greatest pi eacher of his age. The plaintiff

was a man of no mean abilities as a versifier,

during which a large nnmtjer of the lads who

suffered from i'omeioy's bru'aiitles werepres ent and recognized him as belüg the porpetra

tor thereof. Judge r orsaltb sentenced him to

confinement In the State Reform School during

his minority, fie remained at this intituUon a

little more than one year, when, through

me e Lions 01 Home persons, lie

was pardoned and returned to his

nome In tiouth Boston, (soon after his

liberation several little children In Bouth Boston made complaint to their parents that a

srreat large boy" bad beaten and otherwise

maltreated them. Though fomeroy was stron&ly

suspected of belnz the author of these crimes,

yet ne managed to escape detection until the murdered body of little Horace Milien was

found on the cow-pssture marsh, near Dor

chester, on Wednesday altern on. April 2. 187-1

Pomeroy was at once suspected of the crime and

arrested. Iiis trial Mon followed. nd he was convicted and sentenced to be hanged. Some

days previous to the finding of the Millen boy' body on the marsh a little girl named Katie Cur ran suddenly disappeared from her parent's

uonse in twain jsosiou, ana at ler a long Bearcn by the police it was thought that the child had

ben abducted by some of her falht-r s friends,

This theory was accepted by the public as satisfactorily accounting for the little girl's dlsap. peaiance. Mrs. Foraeroy, mother of Jesse H.

Pouieroy, at that time carried on the business

of dressmaklnz and millinery at No. 312

Broadway, bou in Boston, having her residence

on the north side and nearly opposite to her store. Her family consisted of herself and two eons. Jesse assisted his brother in carry log newspapers, and it was his custom to open the st ere lor his mother in the morning and remain in charge until she came. During the latter part of the summer of 1874 Mrs. Pomeroy vacated the Broadwav store, the buildine beinic sola. A

short time subsequent some workmen who were engaged In altering the lower part of the prem

ises found the remains of Katie Curran buried in an ash-heap between a wooden partition and the

timates of honor. In the following eloquent passage be criticises and instructs at the same time when he

j .

juai. iu rare oi pouuo&l evils mnat ctvmt.

not from any measures or influences affecting large masses at once, but from sentiments that

grow up in individual minds. Honor, indenend.

ence, con- age, sensibility of conscience, admira

tion or what is noble In character these are

personal reeiiDgs that belonetothe man and

make blm a renter of power. But our political training is all o' another kind. We move in

masses, we ooey oraers w noni to vote for. we ex

erclRe our passive natures as tbouzh wa wr

Mohammedans In politics: and th Oil wa nraka

the modern system of state order, because It

wacnes us mat tne s'ate is made for thn inrii

viauai, not tne individual lor the state.

bui wnat is me rrenst. etat a vnrth

If It only provides for oar per

sonal uoeriies or various kinds while by its

insuiuiions it neglects or belittles our character? Vecondenun the feudal times and lustlv.

becanse it broke nn nations into fragments mH

ws built on seridom : but oh. for mnrft f that

spirU that glowed in the breadth of those Christian knights, loyal, courageous and faithful ! We magnify the power of concentrated action, no

we haVe a rieht to do. but are we not. ant tn for.

get that an honest conviction, an Impulse irom

wumn.even li man nas to work alone ail his

life. Is a nobler thing, than to be one of a million Who follow tee inmuises of annlhcrf Wn.hAo,t

of the Intellectual power and trlnmnhs ovt-r na

ture of our own age, but is it not la danger of

uwuuiiuj uioraiiy inner

It may be wholly unnecessary to com

ment upon the temperature of yesterday, which was fully up to regulation nitch

for celebration purposes. But when it is so

cellar wall. The evidence taken before the coron- I infernally hot that one can not thick of anyer's jury pointed to Jesse as being the murderer Lux i i ,u i . . ,

of the Curran child . and he mbsequently con- 0,00 UUk luo luerB 1S some excuse,

lessea to chief of Foi ice havage that he was if not an absolute neceesity.for tslkine about

it. The fact is,it requires a trood deal of for

mality of the crime. In his coniesslon It will be

remembered that he said, af er enticing the little girl intohi8 mother's shop, he toot her

down cellar and cut her throat with a small

pocket-knlie and then hid the body In the placu where it was found.

On trial his defence was conducted with the

greatest ability, and the science of mind iris

orator and journalist. The counsel embraced ransacked with all the evidence to palliaiu

the two leading advocates of the American

bar, a cro?s-examiner of extraordinary skill

in the arts of verbal fence and a lawyer with

a most singular history as a politician and a

soldier in other days and under Southern suns. The witnesses numbered among them

people of national repute, princely mer

chants of the metropolis, and well known

men of letters, as well as a motley array ol

spiritualists, free lovers, communist, men

of long hair, and women with queer notions

and queerer manners. The records of the

case would nil out an ordinary iiDrary.

Finally the jury deliberated over the ver

dict for an unprecedented length of time and

wore themselves out In vain in their efforts

to avoid what almost every one else felt was

te be the inevitabla result.

There is no apparent recompense for ail

this prodigious outlay of time, talent and

money, but they go, like the wealth con

sumed in the great fires of late years, to swell the volume of wasted capi

tal. Still it may be said that no one would have been satisfied if the trial had not taken place

and added that no one Is now that It has.

The mouse to which the mountains have giv

en birth is a very small mouse indeed. As for the disagreement little need be said. It will do just what a verdict would have done at this stage of the game, and that is nothing at all. It may even be doubted whether a verdict within half an hour after the close of Judge Neilson's charge, would have changed, by a hair's breadth, the opinion of any one. The people of the United States are divided into two vast factions, which are known, in the barbarous argon of the day, as Beecberites and Tiltonians. The members ot each had held their views too long to be shaken by the mere opinion of twelve men who bad no facilities for Inditing which were superior to their own. The disagreement will be claimed by the members of each party as a victory for themselves, by the friends of Mr. Tilton wits the more 'reason, since his opponents had allowed themselves of late to be deluded into the belief that there was no case' against their champion. On some accounts, the failure of the Jury to arrive at a verdict is even better than success would have been, always

provided that no movemant la made lor a

ew trial. Neither side can exult with

much justice over the other, and perhaps

the greatest blessing that cai come out of the trial is that the public shall now see and hear no more of the scandal or any of its parties. It destiny should be allowed to re main as a cause celebre, tobe reviewed at long intervals by the newspapers o future generations, and as a eouroe from, which the orators of our children's children shall

the horrible deed. The court, however, decided that the enormity of his crimes was not an excuse against the penalty of law, and held him a murderer. Here came in tue remarkable passage in the history of the case. As soon as the sentence was pro

nounced all Massachusetts divided into two parties. One was in favor of respecting tne

constituted authorities, and magnifying the law even at the expense of a

wild beast in human form. The other

party, and it was not weak, came in with all the moral pressure which could be made available, and laid siege to the executive for his interference with the course of law. He gave a full hearing to the petitioners and the

process amounted almost to a second trial of the cause. Testimony and counsel were

brought, and the means of influence were exhausted in this wholly unjustifiable man

ner, to practically reopen the case. The

most valuable lesson

case is the deleat or

attempt to avert the when fairly administered.

of the whole this irregular for'.-e of law No figures nor

words could measure the mischief which would grow out of a successful effort of this kind.- If the decision of law explicitly made be not final, n against popular remonstrance, then its force is all gone. Pomeroy's case, important as it was, becomes of secondary moment In this position of affairs. A great clamor is not stronger

than the government of Massachusetts, and

society, from the East to the West, may re

joice in the reaffirmation ot that fact.

When a man has stood so long and so

honorably before the public as Dr. Theodore Woolsey, ex president of Yale College, a singular importance attaches to his declarations. This great thinker is now 74 years old. He has stood for halt a century a profound philosophical spectator of the national history, and-contrary to the habit of many literary nie in similar positions, he has ever studied politics as one of the highest pursuits of the patriot and christian. Now, each of his formal addresses falls upon the ears of his sincere adr mirers with the solemnity of parting words, and the last recorded Judgments of a truly great man. With this Impression his lat9 address before the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge, is receiving a wide circulation by the press. It is reasonable to presume that Dr. Woolsey himself in comlDg before one of the most dignified and learned organizations of the country, would select a topic which was, in hi' mind,- of supreme import, ne chose to speak of "Honor In Political Life," and his profound philosophical discussion of the subject contains a lesson exceedingly opportune, as it was, no doubt, suggested by

bearance to live in this world anvhow.

Within the short space ol three or four months one is required to adapt himself to a

variation of between 75 and 100 degrees of temperature, and all the time to keep his

equanimity of temper. You are tempted and tried at every point. If you put on a clean collar, in half an hour all you can boaat of is a wet string around your neck; if you dine at the hotel the perspiration falls like a summer shower from the nose and chin of the darkey who brings your order, and you feel certain that the odoriferous

drops sprinkle the roast, flavor the coffee and salt the ice cream. You call at the door

of lady friends Btrictly on business, and knock. From within issues a little screech,

there is a rustle, and, after duly waiting, the door i3 opened by one wearing a wrapper

which evidently does service for a whole suit, just in time to give a glimpse of white drapery vanishing through the opposite door. It is ' absolutely unsafe to go anywhere or look in any direction. Faith in the Bible, which declares that you were created from the dust of the earth, is undermined by the palpable fact that the chief constituent of the human system is juice, which escapes from every pore, threatening to leave nothing in a few hours except bones and a covering of skin. Strength oozes out at the fingers' ends, the mind seems to evaporate carried away on wreaths of perspiratory vapor, the will leaves the throne of authority and its power becomes the sport of every conceit. Besides all these evils you are tormented with troops of desires. You want something though you can scarcely tell what. You want to go awsy a thousand miles, to escape from yourself and everybody else. Yon want cooling drinks and ices, you long to swim in a reservoir of lemonade and to suck straws Inserted in barrels of mint juleps; you want ice creams and all other ices; finally you conclude that you want nothing at all but to be let alone, so you can hide away in some sale corner where the flies can't find yon. And so the day, which is interminably long, wears away at last, to bring a night in which you begin by going to bed, only to get up in twenty minutes disgusted with the heat to try for a nap on the sofa. This don't suit more than ten minutes, and then with a pillow on the floor; that is tried and proves a little too hard. Sit up awhile in the rocking chair and swing the fan That is too much like work ; then stick your head out ot the window and wish you had a hammock under a tree. Thus the night wears away, until' near morning you get asleep for an hour to be waked up again by the leive fly, who is on duty at daylight and "paying 'particular attention to your nose while another tickles your bare toes. Such is life, and such the programme ' in these sweltering times, when people think they are having fun. Happy are they who have sense enough to seek comfort by avoiding the discomfort of undertaking anything.

Owens mental disturbance, it the allega-

comes I xv w " "7 -' eu loonoea.

als and pressure to wilbfn a tVB?l

a man cnango his action without ving Dus.ness." and the imnnatnr htw

1 I a I nfia I j ... w " v

cuanging eis opinion. There is plausibility ""icea onnira with regard to it,, and

m urging that if ten men are agreed In their 1 Xmi St - Ä . tal.k wilh Judgment that they are probably correct as fflSfit ÄiSSÄÄ!.?!!2f

against two who think differently. It is al- servation in his experiments in Philadelphia, most invftriablv th a mu that 0rr.-i. I and his earnest oeslre to mrrt tha 47

- .v.m uiuura mi uasea " us or us acceDtsnce by anybody But on reasons, but who take their positions on ?, , ,8Kme tIme he earnestly avowed that prejudice, in accordance with a certain in- Sot imr7a hildtriDM 01 Ritualism was nateenssedness with which a considerable afietaia .T

portion of the human family are afflicted. bm; moderate and reasonable, and was conBut that makes little difference with the fit en4-wLlhLthe deva tenor of his charac-

it it.ii mess lew nM a nni

THE LETTER.,

which bears date at Dansvllle, June 30: "For

some time past Danville has been the stopping place of a distinguished visitor, Robert Dale Owen, the well known writer and

splritnaliat. He came here boplnir, bv freedom from care and trouble to reenoerat

and repair his shattered energies, and to enable him to continue his literary labors. Occupying his time mainly with recreation.

Two or three obstinate ieilows stick by their his conduct, and he was intrfnn72. i

stakes for twenty-four or forty eight hours. rtDer eccentric old gentleman. An upholder After looking at the issue, involved in every SUwEÄÄSt T

thv Inalnt that I .hl. ' .T ' ouga

j I auu um wu vtjrsanons

principle or forcing an agreement. A man's

position may be palpably erroneous, yet there is but one legitimate way

for him to change it, and that is by the conviction . of of his reason. To insist on his endorsing the

opinions of somebody else for any other rea

son is an awful imposition on the name and forms of justice. What more ridiculous

spectacle is there among reasoning: men than this: A jury eo out and can't ao-yee.

light over and over

fcuojr can not reacn any other con

clusion man the one first arrived

at. But confinement becomes more

were coherent

and instructive. Invitations

occasionally accepted, and some of vonr

reaaers win no doubt remember the lectura

Ml UrvitHf ft J . .

more tedious. Their fellows arcrue. beseech lone since in vonr Ht it .n u.

... 1 . - - - 'J' - - .r vuo iust

ana curse, ineir own affairs press more and k , " "nsiaerea mm. insane they failed to

M.owucm ioe Denent or their judgment.

day they yield and see the matter in a new tricVtTä incre

light! Thev chanee their vote, wai tent that it becanm mfntniw . ,

their scruples, agree with the rest acd t?u8 tQfttJnewLhim tbat the f?reat mind of

an hnm r,wrfn t 11..-- uwen bad lost its

" 6- - " uuuiu s I U18 Wild". OTfifjasl

mnra nnr lac. Vo . :!.. .1 i 1 . . -v, .v..a yjn

k.jau a DUUUIHSIUU IU9 U1S- ' 86 IDS KtOUDdS Ot th

jority, just what ought to be provided tor Danville Driving Park Associa-

hv law. Tn ,!.( I tlJU were clean v thoaa of an lnm

' , . v.j vaa vu wuitu ann. TWi.,1 . . f"-

inrv riAlihAratM m .i.k. 0w,., a "VU.IJ among a crowd of

""wi u ran lagus, accosting strangers and cesticn-

jriiu wr tuo eaae 01 an agreement and ) 14MUb violently, ne was a source of mnn.

a . I a r aa 4 a V. 4 a J

waive ineir own convictions in deference t z ,nenQS ana or surprise lo

swuSrs. ms son was telegraphed for immediatnlv. Ha miiKa c?, j

Conn mAn Snmct I m DO a mnTlat Kno t I nUkt - 1 rr . . -J

ujuucv ucau la i &uv, auu ua x U8SU8V mornirtr utartArf

found, descended from the asinine stock , I or hi8 home In Indiana with Mr. Owen, who will 'hang" a jury on his own resnonai- wf i9.f m.an over seventy years ol

reason.

Friday

bility to the bitter end.

fcoutrany testiiy mai tney naa to stand a

considerable pressure. In most cases they have to "give in." Why would it not be

vastly better In practice and equally subser vient ol justice to let a majority fix the ver

diet in the first place?

'1 he cigar makers of the whole country

are In a condition next door to rebellion

against the new plan for collecting revenua known as the coupon system. By this new patent job it is proposed that each cigar

shall have affixed to it a small paper stamp.

On Friday last the manufacturers ot New

York held a meeting, and unanimously adopted an address to the commissioner of

internal revenue remonstrating against the

new regulation. The address answersei

plicitly and categorically the interrogatories of the commissioner: First, whether the tax

on cigars can be more closely col

lected by this plan. The ciar makers

reply emphatically, no. They give their

decided opinion that the uncollected tax on

cigars does not exceed five per cent, and that it can not, by any other method, be more closely collected. To the f uggestion that a

compensation might be found for stamping

cigars in uelng old boxes over again, tbat is

also emphatically denied. The recovery and

See. SDnarAntlv Utmntr anA Kiilikn Kl n .

But such chaps caa especially aVV tZ " .J,' t?

. - . " " v w aaacaam J. U1B V CBI

As to the immediate cause ol his insanity we can only conjecture. Hia Ufa has hAri

one of toil, and any one who has read

HIS CHAPTERS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY

published from time to time in the Atlantic Monthly, though they are remarkably free

from offensive Individuality and egotism,

will plainly see that his life has not been

void of results. On him as a supporter of

spiritualism, the severest strictures have

been placed, and there seems somethine of

plausibility in the report now current that. the los of faith In his religion consequent.

upon the Katie King 'expose' was the immediate cause of his insanity? nrt thi.

theory is supported by facts from his life. Prior to his embracing spiritualistic doctrine

uo Was an atneiRt. Rnrf . erara atheist

roust, became dissati&lid with hi niRAlf an rl

his position. As a relief from this unfortunate condition, he fell into a bnliAt in

spiritualism and its doctrines his whole

mind and soul became 4ni?ro8sfd. To

gether with Judge Edmonds he has for Tears teen pointed out as the great dodder of spiritualism in this country. Thoagh his position was oiten assailed, yet he defended his cause nobly, and to the time ot Katie King bad answered every objection in a mancer satisfactory to himself, if not tn

the great mass ot the reading public; and his success may be indeed of bv the lat

rapid increase of Spiritualism in this

try. But his unfortunate statements were-

not so easily explained, and it was perfectly

repairs of old boxes would cost nearlv as "i0"".1"' ms .OWD explanations never

,h w in- t i e"s&ed nimsell; he tried in vain, and could

.v4.UWiUJ. 8 nowav out of his diffimkv. RnWt

cigars, tne proposition to have stamps uaie Owen was a man who believed in

brought and sent to foreign manufacturers reasoning, and what be could explain to hia to be affixed, iti8 replied that foreign cigars .M

cm nnrnniuvi nn tliA rrr moi-l-of art1 tVila I .1 . i . . Z ... r.f

- ---v. iufc,fc was a great oiow which caused him to requiremenr of stamping cigars would shut lose faith in the belief which he has so long

up the American market. A long list ol uirncu uu ujieuueuna

formidable objections to stamping each

cigar is presented, including the following: Any system of attaching a stamp toeaeh cigar would Involve a very considerable expense, which would have to be borne alone by the manufacturer, since the prices on nearly all oifrars are generally established prices, besides it would not be practicable tost am ppresp! Hears; and, furthermore, the consamer woa'd eit her be compelled to smoke the paper stamp, injuring very seriously the flavor ol the cigar, or be re3a i red to remove the Btamp and tberet either amage the wrapper or destroy the ciarar. Firms employing a large number of hands would be entirely at the meicy of their employees, who might willfully or otherwise destroy or lose coupons, ormignt steal the coupons, and might might place cigars without coupous in the boxes. The firm could uot prevent these, as it would be Impossible to examine the interior of each box before leaving the factory to ascertain whethereach cigar had the pro er coupon attached. The requirement of every manufacturer to give bond is also a subject of well grounded remonstrance, as the business of making sigars has of late become widely extendsd, and many parties, are engaged in it who are perfectly honest and good for the revenue tax, yet they would not not be able to find bondsmen for a business that would be so liable to become involved in compli

cations with government officials.

On the whole, U does seem that the manufacturers have a clear cause of loud complaint, such as the revenue department cannot afford to disregard. It Is understood that the new plan has a )ob behind it tor which the pressure is very strong. If eo", there is the greater reason why a large and important jüdustry should be beard and relieved from unnecessary hardships. There will be nothing gained by oppressing any class engaged in legitimate business for any reason, least of all for nursing some corrupt

job In the form of a patent right.

was thereby chiefly instrumental in ri.

throning reason in his great m'od: but how

ever tbat may be, and whatever may have-

Deen bis religious belief, the world will loa.

in'him a strone mind, an abl&reasoner. and.

the purest writer of the Endish lanBruatre

which she has seen for vears."

A party of rough minors neu White. Pine, away out West, played a rather severe-

joke upon a green band,, one Perley. and

bad afterward occasion t regret their fan.. Jerley &nd the rest went to a dance, and the boys, feeling rather well,, concluded to duck Perley in a running brook. When he came out ho was shivering like a cat pulled from a wtll. Perley said little, but thought a great deal and waited. The dance over, the party camped out lor the night, and then Perley rose for reveage. Ha took the cook iot his confidence paying him for his assistance, and then did some more waiting. Mach whisky had made the miners drowsy and they were sooa all lyinar on the ground sleeping soundly. Then Perley and the eook w-ent out into the darkness. The former had matured his plan for vengeance. The design was to so turn the mountain torrent from its natural obannel that if would whelm the sleepers below. It was. no light task they had undertaken, but or was laboring for money and the other far revenge. It was nearly morning when tio dam was completed, and all ready to let the water lata the new channel. The final blows weir, given and the chafing stream escaped into the new chancel a roaring torrent. Irra;eddown upon the sleepers In the t,' and went oyer them a the water did over Pharaoh and bis hosts. Tent, provisions and tools went, and the miners, ualf drowned, escaped to land, with difficulty. When daylight came Perley and the cook were gone, and 'a band of wet miners sat upon the bank, very melancholy and full f sorrow. Perley was more than even with them.