Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 49, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 July 1875 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY, JULY 29 18751

THURSDAY, JULY 2.

Within thrc weeks past there have been reported three mercantile failures In the brisk little city of Danville, Illinois. One was a seller of dry goods, another of queensware, and the last of bats and caps. In each and every case the parties failing appear to have boen honorable men, and in one case, at leafat, the Sentinel knows that both honesty and a fair business experience were forced to yield to adverse fortune. In the present condition of trade, as the Sentinel has before stated, there is but a poor chance for the merchant .who lacks ample capital of bis own to keep above water. The old methods of merchandizing will not do in these doll atd doubtful times. Profits are too small on st3pte goods, too many goods must be handled to cover expenses, the babit of retrenchment and small purchases, the distribution of patronage among numerous competitors, all combine to hamper and entangle the merchant who undertakes the credit system. Probably the only chance is to weed out the weak concerns and thus concentrate trade on a smaller nuniler of solid and careful houses. Wild merchandizing can not find its way out of the woods any more. The Purdue University has sent out lis first regular catalogue, or a3 it is called, the Purdue University Register. As the insti tution has bean in operation but one year it could not be. expected to make a great display of students and advanced classes. The matter of leading interest in the pamphlet is a showing of the courses of study and the plan of education as now decided upon. This has been a very difficult part of the task of organizing the university and a greai deal of investigation and labor hs been devoted to it. The leadiDg feature of the Purdue education is a pursuit of natural science lor which the facilities offered are designed to bo of the first order. Of these sciences, chemistry is a specialty, and, without doubt, of all places to pursue this stu.ly, Purdue University is the best in the state. There is. laid down a full and a special course in agriculture, while mathematics and engineering hold a prominent place. Industrial art and design will also receive special attention. It is not assumed that much can j et be shown of accomp'ished work under the plana adopted. Bo", as a plan is indispensable before any great pur pose is achieved, this Register is of great in. terest in showing what the institution is aiming at. Ttie standard fixed is a high one, offering a course of education such as can not be had elsewhere in the state, and one that is rapidly growing in favor. It is confidently asserted by the Evansville Courier, that Mr. William Heilinan does not propose to relinquish the pursuit' of a eseat in Congress. lie' has been beaten twice, the second time after the district bad . been gerrymandered with strict reference to bis success, and in sucn a way as was supposed to give bim a a re thing on congress. It will not do to fntimate that his method of canvassing the district was ether then strictly legitimate, for tbe Courier is sweating under a libel suit at this very time for doing that t. n r In this business Mr. Heilman's plu'k exceed.! his prudence. In aright it is hardly less creditable to be knocked down than not to know when one is fairly whipped. There is a time to stop the strife and haul off for repairs. Then, after suitable recuperation, it may do to come on and try it again. But to keep jumping up to be as surely tumbled over again shows more zeal than discretion. Tiere is an impression, derived frcm Mr, Heilman's own district, that be relies largely for success upon the influence of money, of which be has considerable. But if that has failed him on two occasions, it will be still more certain to do so on a third, for his tactics are now understood. Mr. Ileilmin should wait one or two heats and then come on tbe track in a new rig. Inflation and Contraction. Harpers' Bazaar is not an exchange that usually receives very deep study in tbe Sentinel office, tat the rather Curious figure which some of our fashionable ladies cut in the streets prompted the editor to look over the official organ of the fair sex to see what was the latest mischief they were up to in the way of wearing apparel. As Sancho Panzi very sa.jely remarks, it isn't always Santiago, and charge Spain," and therefore there are times when It is well to cease from the discussion of tbe currency, elect iors and presidential candidates, and pay a little attention to more interesting matters. The proper study of mankind just now is - woman. Consulting tbe Bazar for informatic n ha3 not been on the whole a very satisfactory process, as th9 language employed in that valuable periodical is a dialect that a man only conversant with the English classic can not readily comprehend. It is clear enough, however, that the tendency to narrow the skirts which has held away lor some years, still continues. Not long ago a woman's gown was spread abroad like a gorgeom tent. The mass of her drapery filled an omnibus or a church pew with billows of silk and muslin. "Come round in front of me," said a French lady to a gentleman who was bidding her good bye. "I ' havn't time," was the answer, "I must . catch the five o'clock train." In those days the circumference of a fashionable belle seemd a journey like the circumnavigation of the globe. Gradually, however, the ntyle changed. Tbe skirts fall Into narrower compass and drooped In graceful foils, W.oaJ of 8tanJln out over noops like tbe cbvis on an emigrant waoc. A happy eraof elegancs and beauty is t --mJrjine adornment canue about. Old Claia.e ixjtthr-lj of arranging jut and other ptcpiJa h .irupjn the head cazna inlo voue. .All the graceiul designs of basques, waists, and flowing robes that had decked the beauties of the courts of Valoia or BourIaU, or grace! tho peasant girls of France and Italy for centuries were studied, imitalei. azd combisd, ad the fertile genius of

Worth seemed to have attained perfection in the art of dress, and his masterpieces were imitated in all quarters. It was no nncom mOa thing to see a shop girl moving along in drapery that suggested some old picture of Mary Stuart or Margaret of Navarre. There was withal an Infinite variety of striking costumes, which is never possible when a particular style is pushed to an extreme. All the time, however, the skirts grew 'scantier in circumference, following the inevitable law of fashion, which drives a mode Into absurdity and then retreats to, a style directly opposite. The limit in narrowness of skirt has at last been attained. The Bazaar remarks: "Dresses'so scanty ' that one can neither walk nor sit down in them, and so long that it is impassible to raise them in walking such is the most 'striking leature of the present fashion. 'Corsages longer and longer, and which would divide the wearer into two equal parts were it not for the length of tbe skirts such is the detail that differs most from the fashion of last season. The corsage, indeed, no longer stops at the waist, but descends to the hips, which it irnpris1 ons. .Never baa a lady so closely resembled

J an U 111 urtrlla Hl.uijr iu;c37V4 au m - at the present time." walking in sucn a costume is a good deal like racing m a sack, and instead of a graceful, gliding motion, ladies will soon hava to go jumping along the street like kangaroos. Inaeed.even now they march like FalstafTa recruits, "as if they wore gyves." The humorist of the Rochester Democrat sagely suggests that they should have trowsers with two legs instead of one; but the better way would be to give up the p.ull-back style of dress and adopt a costume which suggests rather than reveals their charms. To see a damsel creeping along at a snail's pace with her drapery cllncrinir back as if she -.J C3 C3 were rushing ahead against an adverse wind with the speed of Aurorais an incongruous Bicht. It is this suggestion of spedd in the pull-back skirt which makes it so popular with fast girls. The Bazaar remarks that "the cuirass waist till continues its success," which is a very gratifying piece of information as no more effective armor in the contests of Cupid was ever devised. There is something whimsically attractive in these gorgeously colored pieces of apparel, which suggest in their shape the steel body armor of the fierce trooper that sacked Magdeburg.orof the grim Puritan pikeman who charged across the ravine at Danbar, and through.the breach of rr.-!rhla. and alonz the sandy reach at Dunkirk. Ah, well, the old cuirass oi heavy iron was meant as a defense against sword stroke and lance thrust, while tbe modern cuirass of crimson yelvet Is any thing tut a piece ot defensive armor, and inflicts wounds rather than wards them off, and this very element of contrast clothes the wearer with new interest. Sae 6taud3 forth the representative of peace and beauty, and the old emblem of war and brutality becomes to her an adornment. It is probably due to the iact ol this tendency to warlike forms that tbe fashion writer announces that "we shall returnto belts with buckles." And what can be more neat and useless for a woman than a belt witb a buckle? Let the tongue of the buckle be studied, however, as an example of discreetness and silence, and a valuable lesson may be drawn from the new style. Ina curious and unintelligible description of a breakfast costume, a very interesting piece of information is given among such barbarous terms as "watteau wrapper," "white batiste," "pink foulard," "immense plastron," etc. This gleam of good sense through a cloud of absurdity says: "An Italian veil, of white lace, worn square, is thrown over the head." This is welL The Sentinel is strongly biased in favor of things worn on the square. For this reason "a square tablier of ijouisine" ought to be a prime article. Not knowing what it may be, however, it is, perhaps, as ise not to recommend it. In glancing over the accounts of rare and costly garments given in the Bazar, one thing is deeply impressed upon the masculine mind, and it is, without doubt, the only valuable conclusion that can be put forward in this article. There are many strange and outlandish stuffs and styles mentioned in tbe technical explanation of dress architecture.such as "chenille," "shirring," "fichus," "ruches," "ecru linen," and like words, as barbarous to the ordinary editior as noun and verb were to Jack Cade. But one particular substance denominated "faille" predominates In all myBterious and mischevious combinations. There is "noisette faille," "pink faille," "black laille," and faille pi every other variety. From its frequent recurrence under suspicious circumstances, the Sentinel is inclined to remark nearly In the language of Mr. Bulwer's Cardinal Richelieu: "In the bright lexicon oi woman there should be no such word as faille." A Tory Theorist. A very curious English pamphlet, called "The Great Game," has been republished in Toronto. It is a scheme for the federation of the British Empire, giving mlntf.e details in regard to the formaticn of an Imperial parliament in London, in hieb tbe representatives of thoce various dominions on which the sun never sets shall sit and legislate for tbe good ot the whole, each colony, in tbe meanwhile, regulating its home affairs in whatsoever manner seems beat to its people, so long as it is consistent with the interests of the nation. The Sentinel touched upon, this theme some time ago, and suggested then many of tbe strongest argumenta in favor ot it. Theoretically, such a federation would be tbe most perfect and powerful system which the British Empire could adopt, in order to foster tbe growth of distant possessions, and at t-j? anue time cherish the spirit of national l.-ylty. Perseverance in the present policy ot Ecgland renders tbe final severance o Canada, Australia and India merely a question f time. They will drop off as America did, and Great Britain will remain weak and poor like Spain, after the loss of her dependencies. It the people of England become convinced that such a future is In store for them, they will grapple

the practical difficulties of the project for federation, which it is not worth while to consider at the present staue of theqrestion. The author of "The Great Game," I i advocating the federal form of govern raent, seems to be fully aware of the capacity which It possesses for embracing new conquests, and its chief value, in his eyes, lies in the tact that the consolidated empire would be the largest and etrongest on the globe.and ought to become the most aggressive. By a curious freak of prejudice, however, while Indulging in magnificent visions of British domination, and arguing for tbe closer union of Great Britain and all that have sprung from her loins, he proposes to cut off Canada, her best colony, and open tbe new era by attacking the United States. Such a policy would divide tbe English speaking people of the world in almost equal parts, and would inaugurate disunion and strife, Instead of peace and Btrength. A man gravely considering what is best lor England and her colonies talks in this lunatic fashion about the Dominion: Any one who has conversed with many Canadians and made a practice of reading Canadian newspapers, can nee that tbe people of the Dominion are already more Yankee thau British. They have formally adopted the Yankee carrency, and their speech is so fall of Yankee phrases and idiems as to show that they look at most things through Yankee spectacles from a Yankee point of view. 1 believe with Sir A. T. Gait that the proposal

of a British Ft deration comes too late for Canada. And Icon less that I am not at ail sorry. She would necessitate such an ad ditlon of colonial members to tbe Federal Legis lature as would frighten Jealous Englishmen into rejection of tbe entire proposal, bhe Is a chUd too big and wilful for paternal amend ment of her evil republican ways, and the elevaiing effect of the Indirect influences of British connection is far too slight to Justify an enormous eacnnceor liritisn imperialem ciency. While she remains nominally a part ot tne umisn empire, she is the pieoee or itainrai dorn to her indent neighbor, the rowdy reEubllc is formidable to England, only because Isgland is trammelled by the fear of bringing a Butler or a Sherman to acquaint helpless Cana dians with the horrors or American wan are. She is dow thoroughly tired of being tauced, fleeced, and Kicked by Yankee bullies, and ought to bail with rapture the prosy eel of deliv t rance from the source bf her weakness and bu initiation. When liberated, she may obtain compensation for the loss of Canada by taking more manageable territory in warmer lati tudes. The territory to be acquired In warmer latitudes is afterward described in detail and it would seem that the stomach of the pamphleteer's imagination is a large and strong one. lie contemplates taking Borneo and Papua from the Dutch, the an nezation of Madagascar and Tonga, the con trol of Guinea and Siam, a protectorate over Egypt, Persia and Arabia, the conquest of the Portuguese possessions In Southern Africa, and the acquisition of Cuba, San Do mingo, Central America and Mexico. Tbe writer fails to explain why it is, that if Canada is to be relinquished In order to be clear ol possible complications with the United States, Mexico is to be sought for but he concludes by some mysterious process that when once England's neck is freed from the Canadian mill stone the Yankees "will think occe, twice, and even thrice belore ' tbey allow their insolent and touchy ranity to carry them into a war which ' must be entirely naval on their part, and 4 in which, therefore, they cojld net fail to get that jolly good thrashing which tbey have needed so much ever since they began to flaunt the star-spangled banner.' Indeed, the author of "The Great Game" has he hatred of a genuine tory for everything American, and, after calling the country a slipshod paroay of orderly and enlightened England," he lets Into it in the following style: Its so-called government is nothm government is nothing but a gat bering up of all the loliy, paltriness .uiruness and roguery of the country into a position of predominance over Its sweetness and light the supremacy of the nouvelles couches sociales with a vengeance "Ignorance making a merit of its meanness, and meanness making a merit of its ignorance." Truly a nation of shop keepers, with no notion of progress beyond the multin lcation of turbulent nian-nesu and toe un scrupulous accumulation f Inelegant wealth! They have all the public vices of the clsAtlantic republicans. The same incompetence, dishonesty, and venality; in many places the same tyranny on the partof the officials. The same meanness, ignorance, corruption, Jealousy of eminence and contempt of law on tbe part of the people; a contempt not indeed very surprising, when we consider the contemptible crea tures by wbom their laws are maae ana administered. Can any good thlag come oat of a country whose ignorant roughs elect roughs not much better informed to misrule its wealth and Intelligence; where the classes socially and morally last, are politically first or everything, and the classes eoclally and moradv first are politically last or nothing? tetn a üatlonbe fit for political supervision o others when its own respectable members habitually use the word "politician" as a term of reproach? We must Judge tbem by tt e total absence of decency and good sense from the managem?ntof ther internal affairs, by their rasptng and malignant oppression of tbe conquered South, aiid b their continuous plunder and slaughter cf their K d Indian subjects; and then we can pronounce no otter sentence than that of utter unfitness for any new responsibility. Such a prolonged and vigorous bellow is worthy of quotation in full, and, coming from any other source, the remarks about the oppression ot the South and the extermination of the Indians, would be very appropriate. On tbe whole "Tbe Great Game" may be be said tobe based upon a sound and politic prejudice In favor of the advance of Great Britain in power and conquest, rather than her retreat and surrender of ber present possessions, as advocated by Gladstone- the ambition to take a lead In the affairs of the world, as in days goue by, rather than tbe quiet contentment ot an old woman by her fireside; but it is' clear that writer simply advocates this policy, which is essentially a good one, in the spirit of intense national pride, and not in the spirit of wisdom. The result is that he has cot written a broad liberal treatise on a noble scheme, but a mere wild tory rhodomontade. Such strange birds, however, are often the precursors of great storms; and even the discussion of federation advances it. Tae Angiiht Eletins. . The first of the state elections takes place in Kentucky on next Monday, and will probably result In an easy victory for the democracy. Tbe canvass has been dull and spiritless, and the Courier-Journal estimates the probable majority for McCreary at 40,000, which is not, perhaps, an extravagant figure in tbe stauncbest and most trustworthy opposition state in tbe Union. On tbe Thursday following tbe election tzkes place In North Carolina, and there a stubborn contest may be expected, for the state has never yet been completely rescued from carpet-bag control, and the republicans are making their last stand, acknowledging, according to Charles Nordhofl, "that if they are defeated iu August, their .party organ

ization will be pretty thoroughly destroyed." North Carolina is one cf tbe states in which there Is a strong preponderance of whites, the colored people numbering only 391,650

to 678,470. The colored vote numbers about"! 80,000, and J udge Tourgee, a leading carpet bagger, remarked In 1872 that out of this number not more than one thousand could read or write. The state was republican until 1S70, when the demo crats got control of the legislature, and they have managed to bold it ever Bince, although the republicans elected their gov ernor in 1S72, which preliminary victory will be remembered was hailed with the wildest iielight by tbe party, as the prelude to' the presidential triumph,. Last year the democrats carried the state by a msjorlty of; 8,000. In a letter frc m Raleigh, dated the" 18:h instant.. Nord hoff reports that the best of feeling prevails betwi&entbe two parties throughout thesta'and there is none of that bitter politicalsstrife or social ostracism complained of in other portions of the south. He say: North Carolina Is at peace. I tell you this on i ne aumoruv or tne ablest and foremost repnb licans in the state, and, indeed, there la no pre tence here to the contrary. "The democrats mean no violence, no wrong to any one, no hos tuitytotbe government, mere Is no political crime in the state, there is no intimidation bv the whites. They mean only to defeat the radicals and keep them down, and they dislike negro rule." i his was said to me by one of the nee holder, and it was confirmed by not less than a dozen others, all zealous and some bitter repuDiicans.and by leading olored men also. Those to whom I put the question unauimously said, too, that the enforcement acts are of no nse of Importance any longer In North Carolina. There Is no necessity for euch laws in the state. 'They wer once use: nl and necessary, but the time for them has passed." They are now only a reproacn to xne republican party, and a ban die for the democratic politicians. Thus it will be ;seen that the democrats have afforded no serious grounds of complaint,and the charges brought against them of gerrymandering in redisricting the state, passing a usury law and ordering a consti tutional convention are not, on the whole, very damaging, compared to the record made by their opponents. The republicans have run the debt up from ?8,372, 900 in ' I860 to ?30.000,000, issuing $12,000,000 worth ol railroad bonds in two years, for which there is nothing to show. But the general and local corruption of the party has not been the most effective cause of its unpopularity. The agitation ot the civil rights question has drawn a color line in politics, uniting the majority of the white republicans witb the democracy. The impartial observer already quoted sums up his observations with the remark that the administration party in North Car olina is a worthless organization which is happily approaching dissolution. Tbe trouble with it seems to be that there is no means by which the really honest and highminded men can assume the lead of the masses. They are too ignorant to be open to the methods so common in the North, and are handled entirely by unscrupulous partisans, who come in personal contaet with tbem. For tbe party which claims to reprDsont the intelligence oi the country the following extract will prove interesting reading: It is believed that not more than 2-5,CC0 newspapers are taken in the whole state: but of this small number seven-eighths are tak n by democrats. Bome republicans to whom 1 submitted this estimate, made by a republican for me, remarked that In their opinion the repub'lcans did not take even so many. The party has no daily newspaper in the state, and only six or seven weeklies, all small and edited with little intelligence. They tell a story here in Ka! el eh. of the owner of the official organ of tbe party two or thre years ago, a prominent republican, who determined to wind uo the Da Der. and be ing asked to cont'nue its publication, remarked, uj you luiuK i in a aamnea 1001 to print a paper for a party that can't read?" A political oartv composed so entirely of a mass of ignorance is, of course, easily deceived and misused by designing men, and It can scarcely look for the respect or the confidence and co-operation of tbe intelligent and property-holding class. A WATERSPOUT. TJIK RAIN RUNS TOGETHER A HIL.I, WASHED AWAY. The Evansville Journelof yesterday gives the following description of a remarkable flood: From West Franklin we obtain an account of a terrific water spout which burst upon the wooded summit of a high bill in tbe rear of the littie village, which nestled like a modest wild flower hid amid the verdancy of a circle of hills. On the morning of last Thursday, the same deluging rain that fell her?, s;vept ever West Franklin. For two hours the water fell in almost solid fctreams, flooding every hollow and sending the bill streams and brooklets roaring and rusnicg down tne courses to tfce river, linages were swept away as ir by magic, and every thing in the course of tbe hurrying waters disappeared before thf ir un yielding force. The strong leves on the west side of the village, protecting tbe West Franklin and Mt. "Vernon road, was washed away. Fences were not to be seen standing lor long distances, and the growing corn in the fields was washed up and ruined. Alter the rain had spent its force, a messenger came into town and reported that the hill in the rear of the village had been washed into the course of the creek. Our informant together with many other citizens, hurried to the north side of the town, which is bounded by a range ot high bills, eager to witness tbe sight. The tearful force of the waters struck all with amazement, as tbey gazed upon tte destruction wrought. I he bill In question Is quite abrupt, and the waters in tbe form of a waterspout bad struck the hill with center force and swept all tbe summit and side away as it by magic. The patbof the water was as clean swept and new as Hit had been engineer e"d by human hands. Tbe width of the waterspout, rather or the diameter oftbe pillar, mutt have been thirty yards, lor down tbe sides of tbe bill, cutting it perpendicularly to a level witn the creek, was a cut of that width, extending from the summit to the base as straight and unerring as a line. Every vestige of wooding anu undergiowth was gone with it, net a root remaining. Iluge logs that lay upon the hill side were caught up by the roaring torrents and dashed lightly as feathers upon the crest. One was burled off to the eide and left coated with mud upon tne verge of the course. Tbe depth of the waters above the cutting of the hill must have been at least eight fee t, as the signs of tbe boiling, slimy, muddy waters were left to that bright upon the trunks ot the trees standing near the brink of tbe cat. One of tbe logs so lightly tossed was measured and found to be two feet and half in diameter and sixty feet long. Tbe spectacle, grand and even sublime as it must have been, was unfortunately not witnessed by any person, the force of the preluding rain drtvingeverv body within doors. There is abundant evidence, bowever, that it was a watrspout, In the fact ol the immense force required to cut tbe hill so cleanly, the exact application of the bdy of the fluid to a central point, and the immense and drenching rains that preceded and followed its bursting, noticed more heavily at tbe little village und Its vicinity, declining in volume as it receded from that as a central point. If tl is not, there remains the hill, the dismantled monument of the waters, and a . special wonder of the West Frankllnltes,

THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.

"VIEWS OF AN" OUTSIDER. A tciTEB rKOX EU ELL, OF THE REPUBLICAN PENDLETON'S LITTLE GAME DILL ALLBN S OLT SrppOKTER FOR THE PRE5I UKSCr-HALSTEAD MAD OX THE CATHOLIC QÜX3TION HENDRICKS THE KEALTAVORITB IN THE ENQCTREB OFFICE THE rBOSPECT. A. C. Bueil writes an interesting letter from Chicinnat to tho St. Louis Republican in regard to tbe political outlook in Oiir; The campaign, as you have already b9en ad vised by telegraph, opened yesterday at smalltown over near the West Virginia snore cauea uallipolis. The papers here mis morning are redundant with Columbian oratory in consequence, from tbe oleagi nous sopnisiry oi mat communistic aristocrat, rendleton. to the stentorian non committal words of our Uncle William Al len. The philosopher who said that the proper use ot language is to conceal thootrht, must have bad our Uncle William in'hls propneticeye. Thon b, perhaps, Talleyrand and the venerable Bill were boyi together. ur, iisnwrau, immuR on mis topic last even I J . . T n . . . . iur, utuiwtw mat u ncie w iiiiam had no thought to conceal, and said that the trouble was not with the speeches, but with V!d BUI himself. "Dotage" was the term used by Mr. Halstead to describe tbe condition ot Gov. Allen. Speak log ot Mr. Halstead, it may be of interest to reproduce the substance ot our interview. Ü8 was conhdent that the republicans would carry the state. lie said that tbe Commercial was the same old independent paper it always was, and that its support ot tne repuoiican ticket was not because of any desire to help Administration reoubli. ctnism on its feet again, but because of an intense longing to lay Blllallenism on its back and compose the clods of the vallev over It. Mr. Halstead said that Mr. Wawh McLean and Mr. Pendleton were merely making use of Gov. Allen's vanity and idle aspirations to kill oft Thurman with. THEIR OBJECT he intimated was to force Mr. Thurman out of tbe Democratic party, and thus get him out of their way. Some time ago, said Mr. Halstead, a proposition was conveyed to Mr. Thurman from Mr. McLean looking to the arrangement of some programme, which the former, actuated by a sense of the dicnitv of his position, repelled. Since that time. pursued Mr. U the warfare upon Thurman has been unrelenting. There is arumor.which Mr. Halstead Bays is not without foundation. to the effect that Pendleton aDd McLean intend to capture the Ohio delegation In the next national democratic convention, and cast its vote solid for Senator Bavard nf Delaware, uut an this is idle soeculat on. The folly of forecasting a year in advance the action ot.an Ohio politician long ago became apparent. In a year from now the Enquirer may be swearing by all tbe gods that the best way to the resumption of specie payments is to resume, and Pendleton may be flipping twentv-dollar gold i leces before large audiences as knockdown arguments in favor of the central plank in the national democratic platform. In the course of Mr. Halstead's conversation he branched off luto the religious aspect of the Ohio campaign, and it was instantly ap parent mat there is a chasm in ms bead on the subject of "no popery." It is grievous to hear a tentieman or Mr. Halntead's av erage good sense Indulging in such CANT AND BANT as this 'no popery" yell of the despairing unio raaicai. 11 it naa oeen some ravine Methodist from Oberlin talking to me about the scarlet woman ot Babylon I should not have thought much about It. But I did not like to have my admiration for the dashing eauor oi tne commercial wet blanketed wita that ort of inanity. All trreat men have their foibles and this is Ilaistead's, that he suffers from "no popery" on the brain In the course of tbese summer saunteringsl went up to the Enquirer establishment to see if there was any method in tbe madness of that pe cnliar organ. About all I could find out in this direction was that the con trolling mind of the Enquirer is afflicted with a mild form of communism; neither the raving lunacy of Karl Marx and George Francis Train, nor the mild asininity of Pigiron Keuey, nut something like a mean be' tween them; not a golden mean, but a green back mean, so to speak. The Enquirer people deny that they cnerisn any personal malice toward Senator Thurman; but they say and there is a large sized grain of truth In it that Thurman is utterly unfitted by nature and social tradition for a leader of the conservative democracv. Thev declare that his taste and inclinations all tend to ward the perpetration of the monf yad aris tocracy which has grown up under the tesis of radicalism, and that be is hence disquali fied lor the leadership of the popular host From all 1 could learn about tbe Enquirer otnc?, it would seem that HENDRICKS IS THE REAL FAVORITE there. There Is, indeed, a great deal of loud talk about the risipg up cf William Allen, but it is t do loud. It has a hollow sound. I don't believe there is a prominent democrat in Ohio who is sincerely in favor of Old Bill as the nominee of the democracy next year except that robust valetudinarian himself. Both sides pretend to be confident of victory. But it is easy to see that all the real, earnest Kelf-confidence is on the Bide ot the democracy. There are too many mechanics out of employment in Ohio; too many iron-mills witb smokeless chimneys, too many coal mines with deserted ebalts, and too many men loafing about X-roads with nothing to do and no prospect of anything to augur well for the success of the party under whose regime all these troubles nave come about. Platforms go for very little when men are hungry and tbe rent ot tbe cottage is unpaid. Ever since the panic of 1873 the workIngmen of Ohio and Pennsylvania and every other locality have been looking an grily toward Washington as the source of all their ills. The Enqu'rerites and the Allenites and tbe Pendletonites go about telling tbes idle and desperate workmen that the republican party in power at Washington wrings every year from the tobacco "they smoke, from tbe whisky and beer they drink, rom the clothes they wear, 300,000,000 in taxes' More than two-fifths of the entire volume of . the currency," is their knock-down argument, "is annually drained from your pockets to be filtered through the treasury into the pockets of the bondholders and the ringsters ot the republican party." There is no use to deny that THIS SORT OF. ARGUMENT is telling. Tbe republicans may have a good ticket and their platform in some es si ntial reepects may be better than that of the democrats. But tbe Grant administration with its rings and all other dead weights sits astride their shoulders and the way before them is up a hill rising more than forty-five degrees from tte horizontal. The Germans are disgusted with inflationism and will not, indeed, vote tie democratic ticket. But tbey will neither swallow their detestation of Grant nor vote his ticket. Nearly all tbe Idle wotklogmen in the iron and coal regions will vote lor Allen a whooping. The only stronghold the republicans have left is the western reserve, wbere Methodism is making oneot its peculiar political pulpit fights against tha ridiculous efflgy of "popery," set up by the Cincinnati demagogues at tbe outset ot tbe campaign. All the indications now are that the vote will be light all round, and that the republi

can voters will be enough mo.' apathetic and li8tiess than the democratic to give the latter the state by a small majority. Tha campaign bid fair to be tame and FpJritless. There are 4 yet no campaign organizations on either side. The republicans are moving heaven and earth tv raise money fcr campaign purpose?, seeming to depend mainly on the national bankiDg interest tar their supplj. But I judge irotu the depondancv of their

committed that success has nof yet crowned their eflfirts ia raise the win A. Prnmrtr based and conducted, this camrwien in (Ttir might have commanded the brpathle At tention or tb nation. As it ia, there doe not seem to bo much interest take inithv any body except the nominees on tL respective tickets. TO THE SEVBOARD. THE CHICAGO ANB SOUTH ATLAVTIr KAtr.ROAD. In the Delphi Journal ot this wee tbe following spirited article will appear. Tbe Sentinel has often (riven its enrvTirrf Cjword to this enterprise, and tails the brijAt ening of its prospects. It is an importantenterprise. As the prospects for buildinx the Chicago fc South Atlantic Railroad be comes more apparent, the desire to become better acquai:t6d with its history past and prospective, increases, and wishing to satisfy that inquiry as far as posslole, we have gathered together such data as we could make available, and sharal it best we could, taking special care to select nothine but well authenticated facts, and to present them without polish or adornment. It is well known along the line of the first contemplated road between Chicago and Indianapolis, that it has not only naa open enemies, but secret foes, who have once or twice caused tbe abandonment of the project. Jealous lines and equally envicus cities upon contiguous roads nave fougbt it with a determination that is usually rewarded with success. But the last time the enterprise was resuecitated, with tbe flatteriDg prosDect of extending it to the South Atlantic seaboard. tt i - i ..... - ib awaseueu sucn a strong public interest in the several states thus to be united that seemingly the stronger acd more virulent the opposition became, the ereater aoDeared the attachments of its zealous and uncompromising lriends. They gathered around t like men who are conscious of beinz en gaged in a good work, and for more than a year they have labored without ceasing, not only in tbe impetuous current of an extended commercial and monetary panic, but against tbe complicated and multin ied ob stacles that ever intervene to impede the progress of undertakings of like character. and to-day they have the proud satisfaction ot knowing that tbeir pet scheme is assuri ng important proportions, and even its prospective influence is now troubline the acknowledged railroad magnates of our er eat eastern metropolis. In their dreams they see ne MILLIONS OF BUSHELS of cereals raised upon our boundless Western prairies, annually flowing in one continuous stream into the open lap of the southern market lor their consumption and lor reshipment to the foreign ports of the old world, without paying the accustomed tribute to New Yorkers, They also imagine they see the products of southern climes and foreign lands returning, not via N. Y., but by the great National Air Line that is to shorten tbe distance between the North and South, and which is to save to the people ol these two sections the immerse proti a that have helped to build up a palatial city and maintain an independent aristocracy. They see Chicago gaining prescige, and Indianapolis pushing ner way to take her assigned position as one ot the first cities in our confederation. These facts are patent, and no wonder tney fight this road with a zeal and determination they never before exhibited to such a distant rival. They well know that it is an enormous undertaking, but tbey also know that the genius of American industry demands the building of this mighty trade artery. They are not blind to the fact that Chicago has opened her ever generous hand, though just recovering from tbe damages received In ber passage through the fiery ordeal; they know that heavy private and public subsides have been awarded all along tbe line; tbev know that tbe legislatures of Kentucky, Tennessee and the Carlinas have made appropriation?, and as far as tbey bad tbe power, granted rights of way, and they certainly know that the citizens of the above named states, who have so long been at the mercy of the NeF York monopolists, are in earnest in tbeir unprecedented enthusiasm. No matter what faults or pn judices the Southerners may have you gentrally know WHERE TO FIND THEM. Their avowed adhesion to any measure or palicy signifies that they endorse it with their might. While they may net possee-8 superior judgment, it must be said to their credit they are strangers to deceit. They have published to the world their great faith ia the completion of the Chicago & South Atlantic railroad, and have illustrated that -faith with gen erous subscriptions and donations. As we said laet week, this road will be built; tae pressing demands of commerce between the t wo great sections, caused by the rapid development ot tbeir resources, for cheap and direct communication, have awakened an industrious people, who baveonly to agitate and work in order to insure ultimate success. We und that tbe total amount of subscriptions between Delphi and Chicago amount to one million dollars. There has been expended in construction up to date, including tbe right of way, three hundred tbousand dollars, with four hun dred and fifty thousand dollars of unexpended subsidies. The right ot way into Chicago, skirting three-quarters of a mile of. river front, is e&timttted to be wotth (as soon as the ordinance passes, of which there seems to be no doubt) one million dollars additional. We now have SO miles ot the 105 between Delphi and Chicago, graded and bridged, and ties enough on hands to keep ahead ot the track layers. Tbe directors stand ready as soon as the city ordinance passes granting the right of way Into tbe heart of Chicago, to commence laying tbe track in Illinois. All this has been accomplished within twelve months of exceedingly hard timec, and in tbe face of a dangerous and organized opposition. With such glorious results under the most discouring circumstances, what may we not expect in tbe next year, aided by tbe pres tige already gained, with the same display of energy and perseverance? The Shah, while at a London ball, said to the pespirlng Prince of Wales, '"Why co yoi not employ servants to dance for your ' M. B. Conway, in the Cincinnati Commerical surmises that dancing will actually cease ere long, es a few micciDg steps are ail a fash ionablj-dressed woman can possibly take, and a young lady was recently heard to say, with a sigh, "What with being tied around above, and tied aronnd below, I had not a good square sit down lor three months." When a large hall Is given there is an apol ogy for dancing, which ends in music and talk, and admiring each other's dresses; and so dancing bids fair to be a "survival," tbe antiquaries say.

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