Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 11, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 November 1875 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 4 1875

TQURSDATi. NOVEMBER 4.

Election. The returns from the states voting last Tuesday hive yroved unfavorabla to the If the estimate Is made upon the successes of the last year's elections. Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin And Minnesota go Republican, whils New York Is yet doubtful, but most likely will no Damocratio by one or two thousand, and Maryland also Jemocic, but close, wt.llo we have a triumphant Tlctory in Mississippi. In our telegraphie eolumns will be found the detail. The causes which have produced this result, so different from what wm xpected, especially in New York and Pennsylvania, nave been various, bat not of such s character ks to prevent a victory In al most every oce of thoas states a; the presi dential election. Like the Iew lor. iteuuiieaM who are working for, and to-day voting for, Morrijey against the regular Democratic nominee, the Journal speaks a Rood word for the gam bier and ex-prize fighter, and his excellence consists in the fact that "he has money, energy and determination." The Journal quotes from what the editor calls "a disreputable correspondent of the Courier-Journal," and then abuses Governor HendrWM for what the Interviewer puts Into his month. Governor Hendricks bav ing said nothing of the kind, the comments of the Journal are very unmanly. Judge Wiinoiu J.-. Otto, me predecessor ol Judg9 Bteknell, of the New Albady district, has been appointed reporter ol the Supreme Court of the United States. He had been serving as a member of the Spanish and American joint claims commissions, and was occe assistant secretary of the Interior, he new appointment has more of personal han political significance. . The Kvansville Journal sayä that "the Sentinel has friendly words lor Gov. Tilden In pursuance of some plan oo foot at the capital," while the Ligonier Banner says that the Rsntinel U abasing Gov. Tilden. The Sentinel wish:s tossy It midiy, bat It these tiro journals persist In telling un truths, it would be well if they would lie on each ether and leave the Sentiael out cf the ring. The Sentinel has neither discussed Gov. Tilden In a friendly nor unfriendly manner. TV' hen the clergy men visited the president to intercede far the Indian peace policy his excellency is reported as saying that he was going to place all money matters In the hands of the army, and with the church, in which he bad so much confidence, he pro posed to leave the rest of the management of Indian affairs. This was probably one of the president's jokes, but it was not warmly received. He must have forgotten that he was addressing Christian gentlemen, and Imagined himself In the presence of sports. Among the men who wielded the most in flaenco at the various ward polls In Phila delphia yesterday were the following earned patriots: Broken-nose Kenney, Jaali of Hearts, Doggy Doylo, Datei Jake, Mouldy Pat, Bull Dog Burke, Nosey McAdams, Reddy Dittman, Noodlea-Dowing. These classical cognomens are not so familiar to the wild Westerners as they are to the civil ized and refined citizens of the Quaker City They are there known aa ward politicians, and all that that implies. Joaquin Miller, tbe long-haired poet oi tbe Pacific slope, recently invited Gen. Grant to attend his lecture on "Literary London," and, as he sect bim a complimentary ticket, of course his excellency attended. Ho was assigned to a front seat, where he could study the bard's shape and amuse Limseli while tbe literary exetcises were In progress. There was no indication that he was not amused until be beard tLe pcetic lecturer express tbe opinion that the crying need of the country is a literary president, who should be selected for the centennial year. Then a cloud fathered about tbe executive brow and fettled down over bis flushed face. The case of Jesse Potneroy, the youthful Herod oi Maachusett?, is, in a certain sense, an issue in the election in that state to day. It will be remembered that Gov. Gaston hai neglected to sign tbe boy's death Warrant, being unable to commute the punishment without- the consent ol his council, a majority of the members of which were in favor of death. AULougL Gov. Andrew once followed a simitar course under the same circumstances, this neglect on the present governor's part has been used as a weapon against him throughout the campaign. The res a It of the contest at the ballot box will undoubtedly settle the fate of the boy. Mr, J. W. Biruttt writs toe Santloel from Cambridge. Ohio, that: "Since bis election to the Ohio legislature, tbe Itepubcan press of Oaio have hoisted the name of Private Dalzsll as candidate for tbe vicepresidency of the United State, and our word tor it, be would make aa admirable successor to Henry Wilson, or even to U. S. G. himself." Though the Sentiael is no acquainted with tbe writer, it heartily concur in the above in so far as it has reference to the relative fitness ol Dalasll and Grant for the position of president erf the United States. The one is just about as aoltable as the other, with tbe odds lo favcr of tbe private. Either would represent tbe Republican party of to-diy very creditably, but the country can d better. There are sundry mutierm in governmental circles touching a war wi:h Spiu over Cuba. If the president wishes tt divest himself of all theglory that he baa won at home, he had better steer clear of military or naval warfare In that direction. Tb American navy is not fit to enter tbe aea In contest with the navy of Spain, yoor and dilapidated as it iaf and

it would be Infamously ruinous for our government to commence building Iron clads. The exchequer of the nation could not endure a drain or that kind. As there are no corner lota to be disposed of by the Cuban Juata, we are persuaded that Mr Grant will give no definite encouragement to the project.

The Chicago Tribune is authority for tbe announcement that the report ot tbe Osage commission whitewashed agent Gibson at tbe expense of the Indian commlssioaers. The commission made use of a most miserable technical qaibble in saying that the government bad net lost anything through Gibson, when the Indians were the losers. Such a subterfuge may serve its purpose for a brief time, but it can not deceive an investigating public. That Gibson had robbed the nation's wards Instead of the govern ment, doea not mitigate the enormity of the crime, rather the reverse. But the general result of Investigations into Indian affairs does not differ materially from this case All of them should be summed up in the one word "farce." Even the administration organs like the Tribune admit this fact. If the Sentinel knew just how to discuss a doisn subjects in a single article of moderate length, soma reply might b3 ventured in answer to a coin rnn leader in the Evansville Journal ol yesterday. But to review the previous reoord of the Sentinel, discuss the platform of tbe Democracy last year, overhaul the Democratic contest over the election of senator, restate the position of the Sentinel on the finance question, prognosticate what the next congress will do with the Sherman bill, determine tbe question of speakership, tell why Allen was defeated in Ohio, and then finally tackle "the logio of commercial events" by way of peroration, would be a strain upon human nature that hardly a sausage grinder could endure. We would rather endure the Journal's charge of being "cheeky," and leave it riht tbere. About the coolest tniug, ana tne most im pudent, that has appeared in the newspa pers lately, Is that of the Philadel phia Press talking about tbe election frauds in Baltimore. Never since the days ol plug uglies have had we a very deep Interest ia Baltimore as a place Of political purity, but for Philadelphia to put in any sort of reproof upon an place in the dominions of Uncle Sam, for illegal vot lng, is very like Sitan reproving sin. They have had their arms to the. elbows in the ballot-box at every election, etufUcg in iho votes like a cook dressing a fowl, and never stop till all the mountain counties of the West are heard from, In order that they may know just bow densely the box must be packed. Alter a sccoi d thought, we rather conclude that the Press article was Intended as a little bit of sar casm. In tie November number of Harper's Mag azine, we have a most delightful article upon "Barny Cornwall and his Friends," frem the pen of James L. Fields. The scenes aie splendidly sketched, the people and inci dents kindly gossiped abont, and tbe whole is woven Into a pleasant narrative of hours spent with the old man and bis illustrious companions. Perhaps there is nothing that he tells that we enjoy more than his briet description of Adelaide Proctor, "who a shy, beautiful girl," was even thus full of the promise of the genius that in after years so fully assured her a permanent place among English authors. For quite a while she used a feigned name, as a contributor to the columns of Dickens' Household Words, but after some time her mother revealed the secret, so delighted was she at the high commendations ot Dickens upon his unknown correspondent. The whole article abounds with personal reminiscences blending with historical facts in a simple, unaffected manner. We see that Mr. Fields la soon to deliver lectures out West, his subjects being drawn from the best authors and their works. A Century Of Trial. It is a happy thought that amid all the exigencies of national existence the Ameri can government baa had a century of trial, and that the ship of state bath outridden every storm. Toe old staunch vessel has at times been very badly manned, tbe pilots have often lost their boarlngs, tbe sea has beeu'iougb, and tbe rolling waves have caused her to labor as on tbe verge of found ering, and yet she has always advanced betöre the gale and regularly come into a haven ol calmness and peace. Neither rebellion in Rhode Iäland, secession in Mass achusetts, nur nullification in South Carolina impaired the foundations of tbe gov ernment. Nor did foreign war check in any considerable degree our general prosperity. The most perilous era of all our history, during tbe last fifteen years, was dangerous because it divided, instead of combining, the strength of the nation. When the Southern states, with misguided sectional spirit, elected to leave the Union there was a sentiment in the North that bid them go. Then tbere was daogerof a disruption of the government, but tbe policy advocated by the lead ing Republican papers of tbe land did not prevail, nor would the North assent to the mad spirit of the South. Then tbere was another period of danger when American Abolitionists went to Eogland and there concerted plana with English manufacturers to secure from the English government rec ognltlon on the basis of tbe abolition of slavery, pledging tbe anti-slavery element ol the North to binder tte prosecution of tbe war. There was great danger tbei . But, happily, the agents ol tbe S mtbern Confederacy were euspiclous and demanded guarantees that were not readily given, and the negotiations were brought to en end. The war progressed, and, though tbe Integrity of tbe Union was impaired tnd yet groans unJer the burdens by it imposed, Beveral occurrences since the close of the war have been perilous, notably tbe attempt to displace Andrew Johnson from tbe presidential chair by Impeachment, and the dispersion of the Louisiana legislature by force of arms. But for the failure of the former, and tbe forbearance of

the American people in the latter, these oc-J

curences might have initiated a party war fare, which would doubtless bate proven more detrimental to tbe safety of tbe nation than the contest of sections. Happily there has been virtue enough lo the American people to overcome all theee dangers, and we approach tbe Centennial year with all the organisms of government in at least formal working order, and tbe authority of the law pr6va'ls. There is still danger, it ia trne, but the corrections are in the near future. Corruptions la office will be rectified by the displacements cf the dishonest and incompetent, and righted up, with sails spread,tbe old ship will move on, through tbe decades ot the second century, to greater and more perfect national Ufa. One Step Store, Day by day the Journal takes a step backward upon the usance question, and tbe Sentinel congratulates itself on the fact that the Journal has come very near tbe position of the Sentinel, and yet, notwithstanding our labors with it, and the general advice that we gratuitously gave about It getting down on our side of tbe fence, it la ungrateful enough to try to shove the Sentinel off the ground where it has stood from tbe first. The advice we gave the Journal last week was to avoid inflation, and now having been taught by the sound doctrine of tbe Sentinel the true position to assume, It has come thus far, and charges upon the Sentinel tbe ad vocacy of inflation. If the Journal backs down as fast in tbe next three weeks, as It has since the Oülo election, lrom the dcctrlüe of its party, it will be a worse inflationist than the Evansville Journal or tbe Chicago Inter-Ocean. The Journal has unwittingly used tbe very language of the Sentinel in stating its own position. No line or word of the Sentinel has gone further to ward inflation than tbe Journal uttered In its Saturday article. The entire West will, we doubt not, approve tbe position of tbe Sentinel as tbe only safe ground in the pres ent financial distress. Mr. Morton sees it, and be is shaping tbe policy of tbe Journal to meet it. If now we believed that there was any stability or firmness in the Repub lican party, and that they would abide by tbe doctrine advocated by the organ of Mr. Morton, the question of finance might cease to be a political question between par tie.', and the whole sutject might be referred to the wisdom ot Congress to act upon when legislation was necessary. But tbe trouble is that tbe party has no stability or honesty in its political actings. It will promise the people one thing, and then do tbe very con trary. It la the vasciilation of Grant and Morton and other leaders that alarms the people. They can not be trusted on this question. It is, as tbe Journal truly say 8, their "continual seesawing be tween these extremes (inflation and contraction) that has unsettled the com merce of the country. Tbe Journal draws a strong indictment against its party, in tbe justice of which we heartily agree. The country has been alarmed, and the resump tion bill is one of those alarming measures. It was a strict party measure from which they gave notice that they would not recede. They have receded; they are now receding, and there is no security that they will not, 11 they should secure the power, before 18TÖ pass inflation measures as utterly ruinous as tbe resumption biintself. Tbe Sentinel raises, therelore, a note ot warning to honest Republicans who do want rest from iniquitous legislation cm finance, this seesawing between extremes, to trust no longer the leaders of that party. And if our advice appear selfisb, tbe Sentinel then quotes tbe Evansville Journal, a tried and true party organ which upholds what tbe Sentinel here says, that the Republican party is not to be trusted on this question; that it is sold under tbo influence of tbe bondholders and tho money power. Though it may, to satisfy the people, profess to yield to their wishes for awhile, yet when a convenient time approaches for action, the party leaders will do the will ol their master, fc:e money power. The Journal needs to take one step more ia order to take tbe true ground occupied by the people of the West, and reflected by the Sentinel, the substitution of greenbacks for the national bank currency. Until it does that, we think honest Republicans may well doubt its present position. If it does not attack this gigantic monopoly in the interest of the people, it ought not to be trusted, however much it may profess to desire that tbe currency be left alone. Taking a clear view of the see sawing oi tbe Journal on tbe finance, tbe see-sawing ot Morton on this subject, we think this effort of that paper to save the integrity of the Republican party by this dodge, that we predicted would be made immediately after tbe Ohio election, will scarcely deceive honest Republicans, and that tbey will rather, with the Evansville Journal, seek relief for the distress of the country elsewhere. Cnba A. Speck of War. The dispatches from Washington this mornirg have a decidedly threatening aspect. If such utterances from the American cabinet do not raise a brerzs in Spain, and indeed among all the leading nations cf Europe, it will be very surprising. The crowned beads of Europe have locked on in wonder that a successful general like Mr. Grant, being clothed with tbe executive power, and becoming commander-in-chief of tbe army and navy, should bave been willlnz to settle down in quiet to simply rule in peace tbe nation tha bad clothed him with power. They will now conclude tust he was only awaiting to gather up strength from tbe depleiirg effects of tbe internal strife, and will row s'rikeout to achieve new honors. There will doubtless te commotion in every capital of Europe, as tbere will be concern in every state of tbe Union, until tbe situation of the Sparish question is fully understood. It may be remarked that if this issue with Spain arises simply in the American Cabinet as a matter of expedient policy, Independent of any complications that affect the honor of the country or its commercial Interests, there will be no possi

bility of the administration receiving the support ot tbe country cr ot congress. Tbere have been certain utterances lrom . the Eastern press that bave foreshadowed tbe present movement, viewing tbe independence or acquisition of Cuba frcm a point of commercial advantage. Tbe promiee cf abeap sugar, and a saving to the nation of $25.000,000 per year, are weighed in tbe balance with the possible cost of thacquisitlon. The object of thfse utterances has doubtless been to popularize the idea ol tbe acquisition In seme way. It is too late in the administration of Mr. Grant to make a popular movement in favor of a foreign war at tbe present time. Tbe country cannot and will not endure an ircreisaof public burdens et the present time. A declaration of war would be equivalent to the levying ol direct taxation, for at tbe present time our country would scarcely carry ber bonds to Eurcpa to dispose ot tbem tbere for such a purpose, and it would be equally idle to oflwr tbetn on the home market. It would scarcely be attempted to dispose of tbem here aa our bonds weYfe during tbe late

war. No specious theories of patriotism would warrant the government to surround such bonds with the advantages then offered, and American capital would now, as then, demand to be paid liberally for it patriotism. In ordinary times, and undei other circumstances, Mr. Grant might bave counted on the support of a Democratic cot. gress in initiating a war against Spain. But In the present financial condition of tbe country tbe representatives of the people woulc scarcely vote for any aggressive warlar upon a foreign power, even thou ah there were a prospect of great commercial advan tago in success. Tbe hazard of warfare would permit no risk of increasing tbe pres ent burdensome debt. Now, ifever.lt behooves tbe American peo pie to follow the principle of non-interven tion. Our tender consciences may indeed be stirred with the existence of slaverj so near our borders, and our hearts thrill with patriotlo sympathy with the libsrty-loving Cubans,' who have been slaughtered without pity under our eyes for years, yet just now our consciences will have to grumble and our sympathies be bcttled up before we can afford to be philan thropic to any very great extent. Further, until we have a little better aburance that we can provide for our own states better 6e enrity in sslf-govornment, it will not be po lite to be thrusting our protecting care ovei the dominions of other nations. When the Democracy takes tbe whole reins of government in tbeir hands, and prosperous times prevail in our borders, it will then be tiu,e enough to consider tbe question of the ac quisition of Cuba. If we remember sright no very extensive appropriations were made lor tbe naval de partment by tbe last congress, and it would therefore be wise in Mr. Grant to b9 a little careful in rebottoming tbe old rotten hulks that compose what is called tbe American navy. Sowing and Eeaplng. Sowing wild oats would not be to dan gerous if tbe invariable reaping did not folliw. Young men, in seeking tbe pleasures and indulging in the intoxications of the morning of life, forget that tbey are forming and sbsping their life characters. The fixtures and framework of character are most always completed before the age cf twenty-five. All alter work of reformation ia like adding new apartments and modern styles to an old building. You can cot re duce tbe old-fashioned pile to convenience, beauty and symmetry. Principles of hon esty and integrity are formed early in life. If tbey become tbe after thought, and the new mode of life by reformation, the temptation lingers along through life, and when it comes in power the victim falls. This Islho reaping of what was sown ia eaily life. If, alter tbe period ot judging right and wrong has arrived, tbere is formed no distinct and definite detarmlnation to do tbe right and forsake the wrong, it will then take but a faw years to determine what the man will be. Every vice indulged, every impure thought, every unchaste word, every sinful deed, is bat planting for future reaping. Tbe harvest invariably ripens. It the seed is gdod the harvest will be fruitful in the higher experiences of a virtuous life. If the seed is bad, the noxious growth ei;tsiling misery and wickedness is sure to follow. If a man could transform himself and forever banish from bis memory tLe traces of sin, tho follies of yonth would be comparatively harmless, but he can not shake off tbe taint that vice leaves in the soul. Repentance and reformation may come, and a high type ol character may be attained, but yet it is only a reformed char acter after all. Tbe lormer tin has yet to do with the reformed sinner, and it sometimes finds him out wbea bo himself is treating in entire absolution from its consequences. Many a young man has had apparent Im munity from the consequences ot bis youthful follies, and attained to positions of trust and honor ia life. The early errors are forge tten and he obtains tbe respect of all, and indeed has secured that which is still better, personal self-respect. But the folly oi earlier years of lifo that formed tbe character weak in virtue has not been overcome. The reaping has not been done. Temptation assails that would not shake a character that bad been formed in tbe firut place aright, and then by a sudden and disgraceful fall, ths harvest of early ill-doing is gathered and the fruit is terribly bitter. Aside from all blher considerations, sin in any of its forms does not pay. Its pain is more grievous than its pleasure is grati fying. Sensuality leaves upon the soul a locg and bitter regret. A foul secret in the fcoul, recurring again and again to tbe memory will poison the better joys of an after lila of virtue. It will follow with a bitter sting into the sanctuar.es of purity and love, and taint its purest joys. This is reaping that follows tbe former sowing. The debauchee at the wine cup does not realize that indulgence in tbe intoxicating cup conveys Into his system seed that will produce a harvest of death. If not speedy death to bis body, yet death to many of the attributes of manhood. The sowing may

be with revelings In pleasure, but tbe reaping comes with intensity of aDguish. The seed of the drunkard's disease continues almost Invariably to bear bitter fruit to the end of Ufa. If It does cot weigh tbe sower down to an early grave it leaves acankericg desire In tbe physical mm that annoys and renders dangerous every temptation. So of all the sowing of early life. If there is sowing to the wind, there is the reaping of the whirlwind. The calamities and wretchedness of life may not always be traced to tbe date oi the sowlrjg, but the sowing has been done some time and eomewbeie along the periods of life, most likely in early years. If we could trace back the life of the defaulter, or any of tbe other forms of sin In which men are suddenly overthrown, doubtless there could be found the very period of sowing. The laws of nature In tbe moral world are no lees certain than in tbe physical world. In botb.it is true, whatsoever a man sowetb that shall he also reap. Reform la the Jury System. The Albany Law Journal, ol October 23, contains a long contributed article on tbe subject of reformation io tbe matter of trial by jury. This is one of those subjects which, like the smallpox, breaks out periodically every year or so in an animated discussion, but, unlike that malady, it leaves not the slightest impression on the body politic so far as aoy centre in tbo nature of reform is concerned. Tbe editor of this admiarable periodical dissents entirely from the contribution in tbe reform recommended, which is to substitute itjudefora jury, and he takes tbe grounds that: It would give one man too much power; it imposes too much responsibility on one man; renders bribery too easy; it would greatly increase the number of judge?; ia considering questions of fact, twelve beads are belter than one; tbe jury system is a check upon oppression and monopoly ; the jury is an educator. The opluions of some of the political Nestors are worthy of the source from which tbey come l ord John Ru?KeIl says: "It is to trial byjurv more thD even by representation, aa it at present exists, " 1 e.. In 12, "ttjal the people owe the Khare they have in the government of the country ; It is to trial by Jnry that the government mainly owes the Httnchm-nt f the people totbeliws; a consideration which ought to make our legislators very cautious how they takeaway this mode of trial by new, trifling nd venations enactments" Oe To-queville says: "It would be a very narrow view to look upon the Jury as a mere Judicial lDSil.utiou; for however great lis influence may Le upon the decisions of the couits, illSKtlll greater on the destines of socittvat. large. The Jury is, above all, apolitical institution, and it ni'-st be r garded In this light in order to be duly appreciated. In whatever manner tne jury be applied. It can not lail to exercise a powerful influet ce upon the national character; but this influence in rrodlgiously inci eased when It. is Introduced Into civil raufes. The Jury, and more especially the civil Jnry, serves o communicate the rpltit of the Judges to the minosof all the citizens; and this spirit, with the habits wbicnattmd it. Is the soundest preparation for free inst:tations It Imbues all clashes with a respect for the thing Judged and with the notion of right. It teaches men to practice equity: every roan learns to judge tats neighbor as lie would himeif be Judged. The Jury teaches

every man not to recoil before the responsibility of his own actions, and impresses him with that manly confidence without which no political vlrtne can exist. It invests each citizen with a kind of magistracy ; It makes ibem all feel the duties which theyaie bound to discharge toward society, and the part which they take in its government. By obliging men to turn their attention toother affairs than their own, it rubs off that private eel richness which is the rust of oclety. The Jury contrlbu'es powerfully to form .the Judgment snd to increase the natural Intelligence of a people; and this, in my opinion, is its greatest a-1 vantage, it may be regarded as a tratuitoes public school, always open, in which eveiy Ju'or learns htsiights, enters iniodaily communication with the most teamed and enlightened members of the upper c asses, and becomes practically acquainted with the laws, which are brought within the reach of his capacity by the eff-Tisof the bar, tbe advice of th Judge, and even by tbe passions of tbe parties. I think that the practical In ell'gence and political good seasc of the Americans are mamly attributable to the long use which they bave maJe of the Jury in civil causes." And Jefferson says : "We think, in America, that it is necessary to introduce tee people into every department of government, as far as they are capable o exercising It, ana that this is tbe only way to insure a long continued and honest administration o its powers. They are not qualified tojudire questions of law but tbey are capable of judging questions of fact. In tbe form of Jurten, th relore, tbey determine all matters or tori, leavlngto the permanent Judges to ueclde the lawresu ting from thrse facts But we all know that permanent judges acquire an esprit de corps; that being known they are liable to )m tempted by bribery; that they are misled by favor, by relationship, ty tpirlt of party, by a devotton to tbe executive or legislative rower: that it is better to leave a cause to the decision ofcroesand pile thantoajudge biased to oi)e8ide: and that the opinion ol twelve hont si jurymen gl ves still a better hope of right thar cross ana mie does, www were I called ou to decide whether the people had best be omitted in the legislative or Judiciary department, I would say it is better to leave them out of the legislative. The execution of tbe law u more important man tne matting ot them. Letter to M. L'Abbe Artoud. Babeoek. As tbe fading light of tbe third term dis appears under the dawning stars of Morten, Blaine and Conkllng, Mr. Grant seems to be following the example of the wise steward In the scriptures. It Is proposed to retire Gen. Humphreys, tbe chief of the corps ot army engineers, and place Mr. Eatcock in bis position, an office to be held for life, and one of tho most responsible in the gift of the president. One can readily understand tbe policy cf Mr. Grant In placing; Lis personal friend in such a place, and choosing jusf such a man as Babcock. Upon no other principle than that of ptrsonal advantage could such an act be accounted lor. The chief of army engineers will bave charge ol all tbe internal improvements that tbe government engages in. The improvement oi all harbors and rivers, and tbe building of all fortifications sre directly under bis charge, and these afford the most ample opportunity for jobs and rings. Now, if there Is a man in or out of Washirgton that h is the savor of rins rascalities a beut him in an undisguised forms that man Is Babcock. His first di&tingulehed operation in that line dates back to Black Friday, though be bad shown himself no slouch in engineering the Scmyra sandstone maneuver, and eeveral previous jobs. Then his record concerning the Washington City frauds was clearly exhibited in tbe investigations there. From a penniless man, not long out of tbe military academy of West Point, be has become a millionaire, and counts his blocks of fine buildings at tbe capital by the dozen, lie has been very near tbe president, on his staff, and accompanying bis person, and has indeed been tbe go-between that baa secured advantages and favors for those seeking fat Jobs and subsidies. Every body who ia acquainted with affairs

at tbe capital know that he is altogether unreliable, and not to be trusted m a man of Integrity. This man ia to be plseed in a position for life whera be mtt carry cut bis jobbing schemes to bis beait'a content. It Mr. Grant had left the army and mus.ckfcd the lobby rooms of the capital, be could rot have found a man that was, by reputation, more utterly objectionable than Babcock. There should go up from the whole country a protzt against this appointment before it is consummated. It would be a disgrace to a nation, ana Mr. Grant ought not to be permitted to ruiu what reputation be has left by any such nnflt appointment. Mr. Bab-e-ck'a personal relations to the president may have secured from him. in some unguarded moinect wken be WR l'i or bad a cold, a promisa of this place, but we are sure that after a fober, second taooght be will not do It. If Mr. Babcock must be rewarded let Mr. Grant give him a place during his own tenure of office, but be ought not to saddle on the country for life any such a man In the responsible position that is said to be designed for him. Why Official Thieving Gees od. In many of the departments of the government service there prevail schemes of fraud and peculation. This evil has grown into large proportlonsrunder Republican administrations. The exigencies of tbe war afforded Iba occasion and opportunity lor a vast amount of stealing, and aince the close of the war tbe custom has been kept up. The reason that this continues on from year to year Is that those who are detected in these crimes are not treated as criminals and punished as they should be. From the dismission of Mr. Cameron down to the dismission Delano we have no examples made that would cause the offenders to fear the punishment that was due to malfeasance In office. No cabinet officer has been dismissed with such disgrace as to prevent his being assigned to some other position of trust and profit. There is, therefore, no terror in wrong doing, and the successors follow in tbe same course of corruption without let rr hindrance. While the whole country cried cut agaisst being longer disgraced by Williams, of landtalet notoriety, tb9 president Kf es nothing to hinder his oocupancy of the thief bench in the Supreme Court. This is a specimen In the high offices. The ssms course has prevailed in the subordinate positions. After squandering millions - of

money In the district government, causing the whole system of government over the capital to be changed, Mr. Grant, thought Shepnera capable and fit to be appointed administrator upon tbe bankrupt assets ol the city under a new regime. This system has pre vailed of simply letting oflenders pass down and out of one office into another. This has caused the plunder! njt to go on. Why was not Cameron publicly disgraced? Why was Delano permitted to resign with a white washed character? There was sufficient reason for bis dismissal. Great frauds were perpetrated in his department and yet be retires with the approbation of the president. Huch wss the cse also with one of his postmaster-generals, who was persuaded to get out of the way, and bore with him the most affectionate and tearful regrets of his excellency. As long as such a custom prevails, a continuation cf corruption will prevail. When men are dismissed in disgrace, or punished as criminals lor criminal acts, then, and only then, may we Iook for the pillaging to cease. LIVfc DRUGGISTS. The following, among the enterprising druggists cf our city, have received a supply of Duraug's Rheumatic Remedy, the great aLd infallible cure for rheumatism : Messrs. Browning A Sloan and Messrs. Hstkit &. Hetsel geyser. Don't fall to read advertisement In another column. Among tbe many foods t bar is none so full of noOrif hing qcallties and sofultable to young chlidrsn and Invalids as Dr. Ridge's well known "Patent Food." Cough, Cold, Consumption, Dsath! This is the order, and It Is certain to go In that order, un'.e s the proper remedy is used. Kail 'a Balsam for lhe Ludjs will cuie the first aui second, and the third, if taken in time. It is a remedy of forty years standing, and standard with the best physicians In the country to-day. fold by all druggists. Price, 1 per aottle. Prove All Things. Hold Which is Good. Fast That For the sick and suffering the observance of the above injunction is pre-eminently wise. Probably In no department of science have quacks and pretenders so Injured the reputation and success of true scientists as In znedlciae. The efforts of reformers to profit by new principles and discoveries in this branch of learning are perpetually hampered by iheir abusein taehnls of iaipudent ignorance. The proper course to take in regard to the remarkable advances which pathological science Is making, la not to reject alike all practitioners who make use of new and valu&ble agencies, but to patronize only tboe who give indubitable proof In the success of their practice, and by the testimony of the press and the people that tbeir claims are well founded. While not professing to work; miracles or cur all diseases. i M.Tarrln a Me rill do claim to reach many diseases generally deemed Incurable, and which Indeed are to by the methods and remedies ordinarily employed. Magnetism is not a new remedial agent, but tDe limits of its application and capabilities In the cure of disease haver ever as yet been determined. Prejudicsaud false pride have here tofore prevented both the great mass of regular practitioners and the publlo from availing themselves of its benefits. But "facts are stubborn things," and if His true tnat "one fact la worth a thousand theories," then the reasoning that entirely rejects magnetism as a curative agent with the cry of "humbug," Jfalls to the ground. Read and reflect on tbe following: Mrs. Ann Lewis, 222 East Market street, severe functional derangement of the heart, cured with one treatment during Dr. Darrln's vWt to Indianapolis five years ago. Has not been troubled with It since. Peter Wllklns, 261 West Michigan street. T&ralysis of arm for two years. Cured, and remains so to this day. Mrs. M. E. Bower, pharyngeal catarrh and bronchial irritation for years, loss of voice for eleven months. Entirely cure! In four weeks.. Authentic proof of this and many other cases equally striking can ba found at the office . A young man made to walk in five minutes after being afflicted with spl aal oo mplaln t e ve '

1