Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 27, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 February 1876 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY IG 1876.

CEOOKED COSULATES.

THE SPANISH WINE RING. ' Its Main Support in the White House aa Usual. - - UNCLE SAM'S SINUOUS SERVANTS. XHK STORY Ol AN HOSEST CON3UI WHO WAS REMOVED Br QRAKT FOR PREVENTrWQ FRAUD THE tSFLCKS-CE OP IHB ' KCUSO The Washington correspondent of the New York Sun contributed the following to Taesday'a tssue: Tue facta whteh were deTeloped daring the examination oi Rhoderick F. Farrell befOTe the committee od expenditure hi the stete department in regard to the extetenca "ef a wine ring, which has been systematically defrauding the government out of many millions of dollars by . the undervaluation- of wine, have--ere-ted a -decided sensation here. Persons who are familiar with . the trade have long been aware of the fart that certain grades ct wine have been selling on the market at leas than it would cost to Import It, but tbey'were not aware of tbe manner In which the easterns does were avoided Tte explanation of Mr. Farrell throws a flood ot light on tbe subject, and it la said that rich develop men is will be made it the matter 13 probed to the bottom. Mr, Farrell is indoi89d by some o! the best men in New York aa a man of tbe strictest integrity and undoubted -veracity. The manner in which be was treated by the president when be persisted in having a thorough investiga tion Into the OPERATIONS OF THE WLSGi RLSB is significant, because it is well known that -General Dent, who secured the appointment of DufaeYFarreins ''successor; was on terms ot the clesest Intimacy with persons here who were -supposed to be interested in operations of this kind. It is also a well known l&ct that parties here who enjoyed close rela tions with Dent and Bibcock had peculiar facilities afforded them for getting goods through tbe custom house. The story aa told by 'Farrell of his experiences while con sul at Cadiz, Spain, with the wine ring, is so interesting that I condense from the report of his examination tbe following out line thereof, wnicn emoracea an the roost important facta as detailed by him: He was eprointed consul to Cadiz, Spain, on ' the-10th of -August, 1SG5, and took charge of the consulate January 1, 18(36, where be re mained till January 30, 1SG9. He bad trav eled extensively in Spain, Jtaly, France, England and Ireland, and It was bis judg ment that our consular service was filled with very inferior men, that they were, as a rule, very inefficient, and the majority of them are either NEGLIGENT, IGNORANT, OE CORRUPT, Frequent changes in this service are very prejudicial to it. The merchants take ad' -vantage of tbe Inexperience of tbe consuls, and in his opinion not le.s than $10,000,000 had been stolen south of the English chan nel since 1SG1 by false Invoices. In 1866 there was over tUO,000 worth of wine seized In this country ar. hia eugg'.ion. He had discovered shortly alter bis arrival at Cadiz tbet the merchants there bad a plan of defrauding ship-owners by making their -quarter casks large enough to hold 40 gallons of wine, instead of tbe legal measure of .32 gallons. The freight was charged by the ton of wine, and eight quarter casks of tbe Tegular size would make a ton. The lowpriced wine shippers would put in eight of their 40-gallou . casks, and in this' way tbey got -320 .gallons per ton ins'.eacl or J&Ö gallons, the legal quantity. On every 20 tons tbe wine merchant gained -one-fifth in qoantity, and the shipowners lost one-fifth lu freight. The geodn were in voicsd pimply as quarter casks, without specifying the number of gallons, and the price waa fixed at so mac! per quarter. Mr. Farr6ll, by accident, dssovered this trick. Tbe principal fraud wa In sherry wine. This wine was undervalued for tbe purpose -ot bringing it to the United (States custom house a$ less than the duty Csei by law. It was to escape paying either tne fifty cents jergallocdutyortbejl per gallon duty, but generally the fifty cents duty. If the wioe was worth fitly cents per gallon the merchants would put it at eighteencents, and thereby escape a difference ot thirty-two cents a gallon doty, wine costing over fifty cents payiag a duty of fi ty cents a gallon and mine -crating less than fifty cents pay ing only twenty cents. In an invoice of J 0,000 gallons ttls made a tig dlf?3rence In .favor of ihenerchaat. Mx. Farrell HAD .HI9 SUaPICIOIta AROC6BD xj his own experience In Cadiz. Be saw so mach sherry Invoiced at less than 50 cents that be was very much surprised when 'he found he oould not bisy even cornea on table abecry at Chat price. He communicated bis suspicions' to Secretary .-Seward, who turned er it be information te Secretary AIoCul loch, who aont out W. B-iFarwell aa a special agent ot too treasury, lie came to CadLz, reported to Mr. Juarrell, And togetber they worked up a case by which over aix handred thousasd dollars worth of wine wae eiaed at New York and Boston, whicti had been invoiced at .20 eents per galkn. Immediately was am effort made to secure Mr. Farrell'a . jreaaoval. . Senator . Foxceroy called far . his confidential communi cations to the Ute department, in whleh he bad given information Jn regard to tbecoaduct of some or tte euliz saesctants at tbe tinae the Alabama was lying jn tba port. Tneee fetters were printed in New York and sent out .to Spain, and translated and pcbliabed in Che Spanish papers. -Petition after petition was pre ented to Secretary Seward by New York sad Boton merchanr interested In tne Cadiz wine tcade asking for his removal, bo they bad no effect. Tkey charged that he bad been collecting more than his legal feea fcr signing and sealing lavoloas. . This failiig, the Cadiz merchants .instated that the Spanish m i&iater of state ahouid Interfere, which he did, but still Mr.. tie ward stood by tbe conaol, ai did also Secretary McCuKoch. From 1866 to 1869 Mr. 'arrell refused to sign invoices which, entered aberry wine at less than fifty cents per gallon. Wien be would call the merckanU' Attention to tbe fact that - JM HEBET WETS OOCLD BR B0COHT at the prices at which, they had Invoiced it, tbey replied that . It was not a berry wine, bat a common white wine, which was xzwZe from grapea growing on low lands. Then why not involee it aswhlte ; wines?, he asked, bat they would cot explaiooThe consul could not see iie goods being shipped, becaoae the vessels 'lay off Id the bay and the -wine was sent out on lighters;. By 'giving bonds lor double th9 amount ot- the Invoice tbey were enabled to clear tbe goods for American ports, notwithstanding hi refusal to sign and seal their Invoice?. How tbey managed to get through our custom bomeä Mr. Farrell did not know, but until a very recent period it wa3 tot a very dimcult matter to accomplish a feat of that kind. The wine whicu was solzst? in New York and Boston, on Information communicated by Farrell; was not confiscated. Suits were Instituted by tbe government against the parties to whom it was confeigned, but on the trial tbe jury disagreed, and the cases were compromised, tbe importers agreeing to pay an additional duty ? eljght cents per gallon, and two and a calf

per cent, on the amount of this additional duty. By this arrangement the government

realized the handsome sum ot ? 102,500. Mr. Farrell read letters from Secretary McCulloch and - Solicitor Jordon, complimenting him In the highest terms for his efficiency in this matter, and from Secretary Seward. He tad applied for a leave of absence, and it had been - granted, but just a boot the time be was ready to leave lor tbe United States an insurrection broke out In Cadiz, and be remained to look after tbe interests of bis countrymen there. He rendered such efficient services not only to Americans, but to people of other countries, whese LIVES AND PROPERTY WERE THREATENED during the turmoil that Mr. , Seward wrote specially commending- blm therefor. Almost as Boon as President Grant was Inaugurated the efforts to secure his removal were renewed, and this time ' with success. He was summarily 'dismissed, and his first intimation of it was the arrival of. his successor with a letter of recall. He gave Mr. Duffle, who is a naturalized American of French birth, all tbe information he could, and was very particular to Inform blm ot the methods by which tbe wine ring had been seeking to defraud the government of the United States. On this point Duffie assured him that he did not propose to give tbe wine merchants any unnecessary trouble. Since that time tne consulate has been practically run by an Englishman named Chas. H. Younger, who is also consul for Turkey, and who ia himself a merchant. This man Duffie, Mr. Farrell said, was appointed on the recommendation of Gen. Fred. Dent. PRISON PRATTLE. IDLENESS OF THE CONVICTS AND FEARS OF ITS INFLUENCE. THE . CROOKED " WHISKY. . MEN NOT Ü8ED TO THE NEW LIFE THE EXCELLENCE . OF THE PRISON AND 1 ITS FARE AND SPIRITUAL AFFAIRS NOT NEGLECTED. The New Albany Ledger-Standard sent a reporter to tbe State Prison South, who report: The Indiana Prison South ia attracting considerable attention at present. There are 516 convicts imprisoned there, about 65 oi whom are negroes. In age tbe convicts range from boys of fifteen to men past seventy. It ia a sad sight to look upon any human being when deprived of his liberty, but it is particularly so to witness smoothfaced, half-grown boys and aged, whitehaired, decrepid men wearing prison stripes and shut ofl from tbe outside world in a word, buried alive. There are a few boys under eighteen years of age at this prison, and quite a number of old men. Since tbe contract between tbe state and tbe Ohio Falls Car Works Company ceased, the convicts have been idle, with a few exceptions. Such a state of affairs has never occurred before within tbe history ol the institution. It is a matter to be regretted by all, yet it can not be remedied. Tbe cir company is bankrupt and powerless to fill Its part of the contrac, and the state can not agree to furnish labor without pay and security. Some ot tbe convicts express a desire for work, while the great majority are satisfied with the present condition ot affairs, and would not complain it matters remained so during their term of service. IDLENESS IS THE DEVIL' MAKE-SHIFT, and the hours of leisure enjoyed at the prison, it is feared, may result in harm. The prisoners are kept separate, as well as can be, and are divided off in different department's and portions of tbe premises. Some are in the car Bhops,in tbe blacksmith shops, in tbe coot hous?, In the balls, etc., and no fear is anticipated by the officers of an insurrection. Tbe meet despe.ate characters are kept In their cells and closely watched. Kodifer is kept chained in his dungeon constantly, and others of like character have no opportunity of plotting with and demoralizing others. The crooked whiaky men teem very lonely, huddle together and appear very much out of plac9, and are doubtless very awkward In their present predicament. Tbey have nothing to do with other prisoners, and while tbey fully realiza their situation, they cau not reconcile themselves to their fate. Their clothing is new, clean, warm, but of a rougher texture than they have been accustomed to. And the black and white stripes are so much less honorable and patriotic than the atars and stripes of our glorious union. These men watch clopely every visitor that passes within their new home, and seem very much humiliated and dishonored. They feel as though tbe eyes of the world were upon them and that tbe verdict of tbe commonwealth is "guilty, and served them right.' As our reporter passed in the direction where these men were, Hill, tbe ex-deputy collector, calling him by came, sid, "Is that you? please come over this way when you get time." Complying with the request, quite a con versation ensued, in whicu HILL PROTESTED HIS IXNOCENCE and complained at bis treatment by the United States authorities and "the witnesses who swore to lies, especially John W. Bing ham." "Why," said he, "I. too hard that I should be disgraced and deprived ot my freedom, when I did more than any man in my district to ferret out the whisky fraads. I was working for the government In good faith, cever took a cent of money unlaw fully, and thla ia all the thanks I get lor for it. Politics bad a great deal to do with the matter, and fust at this time when the republican party wants votes aad tbe approbation ot the public, tbey mut do something to make an hon est appearance. I was In the way of these croaked men, ana tbey took the means they aia to get even, veat tneir epieen ana crush me. I mujt make up my mini to serve my time, hut I tell yea it la terrible. Things will come even yet ana somebody will get their deserts." THE OOKDITIOir OF THE FRISOJT. Since Capt. A. J. Howard assumed the wardenshJp of the institution there baa been quite a hange is the condition of the prison and prisoners. The sanitary coadl tion Is much improved, and more care is paid to the health of. the convict. The vards. walks and cur bin have been nut in better shape: the drainage is much better; the bedding and the cloUiing ia aa clean as tbe circumstances and Ute old rattle-trap building will allow: there seems to be lew of the sickening prison odor than heretofore. and every precaution , Is Uken to Insure health and necessary comforie. As a result bat few are la the hospital, and those - are chronic cases. KITCHEN, DINING ROOM AND BLL.L OF FAKE. Our reporter visited the kitchen, and dining room the Other day, and was surprised to fiad the quantity and quality of the food erred at regular meals. The bill of fare Is, for breakfast, bread, meat, bash and coffee; dinter, bean soup, water, bread, potatoes, onions, sour krout, and occasionally other vegetabiep; supper, beai soup, bread nd water. The bread, cofiae and vegetables are, in quality, as wholesome as any in th ? market. Everything about the kltcr.cn and dining-room la as clean aa a well-regulated hotel, and, In fact, much cleaner thau some can boast of. The dining-room will accommodate about 400 persons, and It ia a sight enjoyed by a few to witness that number of hungry men - in prison.uniform, marching In in single file, keeping the lock step, each man with his right hand on his leader's shoulder, Aa the march in they take their

respective seats at the table and at a given signal they commence their meals. After a reasonable time another signal is given, and the prisoners march out in the same manner they entered and proceed to their duties. Religious services are kept up daily, and there seems to bo a growing interest in tbe meeting. A number of our religious citizens attend daily ,and assist in conducting tbe services. Tbey also go from cell to cill, converse with the unfortunate men concerning their sp'ritual welfare, give them words ot encouragement and cheer, distribute tracts, religious papers, and perform other acts of kindness and Christian charity. NEW RAILROAD ROUTE

FROM THE EAST TO THE -WEST. CHEAP TRANSPORTATION SURVEY OF A ROUTE FOR A FREIGHT RAILROAD FROM NEW YORK TO THE WEST. The Harrisburg correspondent of the New Ycrk Sun of Tuesday telegraphed that sheet the subjoined special: It Is understood here that Nathaniel McConaughy, Esq., chief engineer of the People's Freight Railway Company, wbo for a year past has been engaged in surveying a route for a railroad from New York to tbe great West, and wbo within the last few weeks has completed his labors, will lay his report before the New York Cheap Transportation Association, at a meeting to be held in the association's tocm, in Pearl street, on Tues day, February 8 it is known to be the de sire ot this association to secure the con stroction of a cheap freight railway from the harbor of New York through tbe coal-pro ducing regions of Pennsylvania to the corn producing regions of the West, and this sur vey was undertaken for tbe purpeseof ascer taining whether a railroad could be made between these points with a maximum grade of fifty feet to the mile going west and forty coming east. The problem has been solved by Mr. McConaughy. He has found It to be practicable to construct a rail read with the maximum grades stated, and to reach important points in the West by a SHORTER LINK THAN ANY now in existence. The route surveyed by Mr. McConaughy after crossing tbe Dela ware passes westward through the lower part of Northampton county, Pennsylvania, and thence on through Lehigh, Berks, Leb anon, and Dauphin counties, crossing tbe Pennsylvania railroad and the Susquehanna river about five miles north .or 1J arris burg Thence it strikes up through Sherman's valley. In Perry county, at the beaa ot which, surmounting a mountain barrier, it passes into Path valley, in the extreme northern part of Franklin county. Thenca it passes by a gap through the Tuücarora mountain into the northern part of Fulton county, and crosses that county on the shed which divides certain waters that flow into tbe Suquebanna from others that flow into the Potomac Near the western border of Fulton it encounters tbe most formidable obstacle in its whole course the Sideling mountain but by means of a tunnel it gets over and through this mountain at a rise ol nity ieet to tne mne, aoout cair tne rise per mile at which the Pennsylvania railroad gets over the Allegheny above Altoona, Continuing westward through Bedford county, it strikes the Allegheny ranee climbing over which at the maximum grade mentioned, it runs through Somerset, Fay ette and Washington counties to the wett ern boundry of the sta'.e, and thence on through Ohio to tbe heait of the great West, After it reaches Franklin county, this route pursues a course PARELLEL WITH THAT OF THE PEX5SYLVA NIA and Baltimore A Ohio railroads, and about midway between them. They lie from seventy-five to one hundred miles apart. In its passage through Lehlgb Berks, Lebanon and Dauphin counties, this route fckirts the southern border of tbe great anthracite coal neld of Pennsylvania, in its passage through Fulton county it skirts the southern border ot the Bread. Top ssuaibitumiuous coal field; and in Somerset. Fayette and Washington conn ties, it pierces the center ot tbe great bituminous coal field of Southwestern Pennsylvania. It runs through valleys of great fertility, and over or by the side of mountains covered with valuable timber, and along its entire course through this state iron ores ot superior richness abound. Great interest was taken in this survey by tbe people along the route. The hope of being connected by a cheap freight railway with tbe great commercial metropolis of tbe country induced them to subscribe liberally to detray the exreofaea of the survey. It is be lieved that a freight railway, with low grades and wiih trains running at a uniform rate of speed, would be grandly successful The carrying capacity of a low grade road with a double track and a uniform rate ot speed all trains going west on one track and all coming esst on the other would be enormouB, and freight could be moved on it a greater distance in one day than it is now moved in tbrice that period of time. The meeting in New York on Tuesday will be attended by a number ol gentlemen from points along the route of the proposed road in this state. DUN RAVEN '3 DENIAL. THE MILD MANNERED RESPONSE AND QUAINT HUMOR OF AN IRISH LORD. The Earl of Dunraven thus responds to the report that he had eloped with tbe daughter of a doctor friend in Quebec. His card is addressed to tbe editor of tbe World : By your issue ot Saturday last I perceive that I spent the previous evening at Booth's Theater, but unless I am grievously mis taken as to my own identity and the posi tion ot my bony in space, i was listening to the excellent performance of tüe San ' Francisco minstrels during the hours supposed to ' have been devoted to "Julius Cwsar." Accord ng to the pages of certain ol ycur contempora ries, 1 have also since my arrival in New Yors. eloped with a young lady, danced at a charity ball, dined out, been present at au evening reception and lain concealed somewhere mysteriously, for no good purpose, in this city, while at tbe same time I was, to tbe best ot my own belief, lying 111 in bed at the Crevoort House. An Irish member oi the Sritish House of Commons is said to have once remarked that a man could cot be in-two places at once, barring he was a bird This occurred some time ago and the world moves last. At present it appears to be only necessary to reside under tbe shadow of the wings or tne American eagie to acqaire rom that magnanimous bird the faculty f Deing not in wo, dui in many Dlaoesat one ana tne same time, xms gut of ubiquity may be desirable, but It is Inconvenient till one gets accustomed to it.' Matters are getting ratber mixed with me. and if things go on in thla way, I shall be compelled to hire a man to tell me who I am, where I am, and what particular commandment I am . at. any . given moment breaking. It would not be easy to find the right person to fill such a responsible place, for he wonld have to be Intelligent, well informed, religious and "reliable:" but no doubt I might eventually . procure such an one from tbe ranks of tbe niws purveyors to tbe public press of this city. In the meantime I should te glad to avail myself of vour columns to asuie my friends and acquaintance?, who mny have been startled by these reports, that I have left undone all thcoe things I have done, and have done all tbost things I have not Jone; and also to InfornJ them that I am never to be found wtere 1 ro, but may be successfully sought for where I am not Your obedient Eervant, : . PCNBAYEN, i

CORRESrONDEÜCE.

WASHINGTON WICKEDNESS. The Royal Reception of the Boss of the District Ring. MISCELLANEOUS MEANNESS. THE MOKE SALIENT f INS OF OU3 NATIONS's CAPITAL SALTILY STATED BY A SENTINEL SPECI AL ON THE SPOT. Special Correspondence of the SentineL Washington, D. C, Feb. 4.-Oae of tte saddest commentaries on the times, the most discouraging symptoms oi a wide spread Immoral public sentiment, and a lamentable evidence of a debauched political conscience, is tbe apparent willingness to condone and gloss over grave cffiEce, malfeasance in office, misappropriation ol funds, disregard of cfficUl duty, a seeming InscLsibility to the requirements of common decency in meting cut even banded jnatice to big rascals, big, that li in crimical acts, and a disposition, even among the so called tiaher grades of to'ciety, to accept respect ability and wealth, no matter how obtained, as synonymous teims.'How ready we all are to visit nummary puuUbmont on some poverty stricken .vagrant, who, to appease the cravings of hungT in hluiselfor suffering dependent ones, appropriates a low vegetables or a loaf of bread, but in tbe case of a successful public plunderer, wbo, in violation of bis oath ol office, has amtsed a few hundred thousand dollars from tbe cation's treasury simply by a mistaken ( !) construction of law, we join in fetes to bis honor! This line of procedure bardly comports with tbe eternal fitness of tnings or with the mucn vaunted reputation for fairness in the average American. Your correspondent has been led into this train of thought, has been tempted to " point a moral" If not " adorn a tale" by ,a displavof national disgrace. Illustrative ot our subject, given in tbe following from that eminently loyal journal, the subsidized vecal Washington Chronicle ot the ist lest: PRINCELY ENTERTAINMENT. Ocrmoßt princely entertainment at the capital this seapon was er joyed last night at tbe residence of ex-Gov. Shepherd. More than a thousand invitations were extended, and yet the superb mansion was equal to the task. Tbe occasion celebrated was the birthday of the host two score years plus one. Co short a lUe: so much accomplished. There are but few horn ea in the conutry that will compare In regal appointments to tbe one throned last evening by handreds of guests. In style this republican palace is a blending of the taste of Louis XIV. with Monsieur Mansard, wbo has the honor to give so many American houses taetr French crown. Broad stairs lend to tbe lilfUd doors which open on K street. You pans he periect vestibule. To tbe right may be seen tbe grand drawing room with Us picture gallery extension. To the lelt tbe reception room of the tower with tbe library and suit of rooms b.-yond. Tbe lower story is grficed by the supper room and punch noma, and by this means the usual crush was avoided. The ex-governor received Lis hundreds of friends in tbe drawing room, assisted by his agreeable wife and her Baltimore friend. Mrs. Shepherd was attlied In white corded silk, high to tbe throat, and open sleeves. Its elegant simplicity makes It a most becoming 'ollet and stamps the wearer a person of exquisite taste. A French pink robe adorned tne lady "assistant," elaborate In detail, aad finished with the usual flowers and lace. 'o latrtr picture can be given or the republican court as it exists in 187, In Washington, and a few of the most elecant toilets are described. From the president's household Mrs. Fred Grant in white corded silk ornaments, diamond-'. Mrs. Postmaster Jewell, in a neutral tint, trimmed with the same color; ornaments, diamond. Mrs. Belknap's pale rose fllk, with point lace and diamonds. Mrs. Pierrepont, mauve Bilk, with most elaborate French trimmings. Mrs. Kllbouin,in black velvet corded with pink satin ; coral ornaments and diamonds. The toilets of tbe wives of the foreign ministers were of the most gorgeous and cobtly description. Among tbe guests mlxbl have been seen tbe president and cabinet, all the prominent foreign ministers, the Judges of tbe Supreme Court, senators and member, with all the leading citizens or the capital. DOINGS OF THE DISRICT BINO. Some ot your readers are doubtless familiar with thedoiugs of tbe "district ring," its purchase of cheap outlots in the western part ot tbe city, its vast ornamental improvements to enhance the value of these lot?, its reckless expenditure of millions of the nation's money in cutting down hills, filling valleys, building shoddy sewers, all in tbe interest of the "pool. ' In a sentence, commend us to tbe artistic performances of the "di-itrict ring" for an exhibition of the fine art of embellishing, without sut stantial improvement, for public plunder under the forms or law and in illustration oi that modern political nomenclature peculiar to the republican party, "addition, division and silence." To tbe ethical student, the "brilliant afiair" Is very suggestive. That respectable persors should be blinded to the Impropriety of accepting the hospitality of avirtoally convicted thief and condemced villain, should quad wine and eat dainty viands, kuowing them to have been purchased by embezzled money, that they should lend their presence to obliterate all distinction between honesty ' and dishonesty and thus intensify tbe political demoralization en gendered by tbe republican party, is one of those social Incongruities not easy of solution. Community of crime seems to temper Its isolated enormity. Did tbe ermined omciais attend tbe reception out of Idle curiosity? Or was it to see what other fools were there? To witness congregated shoddy, or a bevy ot villains? Dr. Johnson Boswell's John son tells us that the ether sex envies man his vices. Is it then true that man envies man his successful crimes? Or to account for tbe distinction we make regarding small and lare villains, is it, as Sir Joseph Banks is said to have remarked at the conclusion of some experiments on irsects,s'Fleas are not lobsters, a tneir eouis." wnatever the explanation of the phenomenon may be. the fact remains an indelible stigma , on the administration. It seems to tbe ' writer teat the Hoosier f ranger would do well to ponder the subfect. t tbe continuance in power ot the party of plunder and robbery Is necessary to tbe preservation of free, institution", may heaven in mercy save us. THE BOSS TWEED " oi Washington, so it seems, is young in years, and, for one so Juvenile and tender, he Is a precocious villain. He Is a plumber by trade, but being an importation from the land of our yankee cousins, that fruitful reservoir of great possibilities, he has -proved himself a versatile gen ius. He is no mean civil engineer, at least when aided by that skillful tapeline measurer, tbe persecuted patriot, Babcock, the supposed "White Hou-e" end of "crooked whisky" rings. Only 41 years of agel "You'd scarce expect one of my age," etc. Or Is he like the octogenarian witness alluded to by the late Mr. Corwin In one of bis anecdotes. It seems tbe aged patriarch was asked his age, and, when answering 50 years, was reminded by the court that he was under oath and must answer truly. On being closely questioned he admitted he was over 80, but that he baa successfully, he believed, prayed tbe Almighty to cancel from hia life the 30 years be bad lived In iNorth Carolina. What part of hte criminal career, Shepherd has discounted from his. true age, la not known to your correspondent. The "bril lant affair" it may, la conclusion of tbe subject, be said, is not an auspicious opening of this Centennial year of grace. ,: CONGRESSIONAL. ' The stereotyped proceedings of republican congresses in adopting tne estimates oi

your Grant's, your Robeson's, your Christian Cret-swell's, and r mere form enacting them into law, Is u . ler a healthy arrest ust&ttbis writing, and if tbe Indianapolis Journal's "demagogue," Holman, does not save the country seventy-five millions of dollars annually the subscriber will be disappointed. If Indiana's bloody bones patriot in tbe Ux ie l States Senate bad some redeeming vices in the way of tbe "best civil service on the planer," and would plsy the "demacguo" In tbelnterest of relormand retrenchment, he would surprise people as much as an inebriate does his stomach bydriuking cold water. A certain well known party henchman from Eastern Indiana ha been teen shying around tbe lame patriot's rooms the last few days. No doubt tbe judicial tody will be home in time to help in done the patriot, the s'aiesixian, the conservator of female modesty and of public and private virtue as a tit. Centennial candidate tor Gen. Washington's place, and is this the evidence tbat be human race is improving in mind ar-d morais? We are given to felicitate ourtelvea thit there is no physical, mental or moral df generation. The theory may be, at.d it is to be hoped it is true, and if fvrtnin notable patent fac;s militate pgainst tbe hypothesis, so much worse )bt tbe facts. Our country bss eiciped many dangers, but it at last it has been saved from, all of them to be committed to the guardianship and tender mercy of a statesman (!) whose while life is A PANORAMA OF PCBL1C AND PRIVATE VICE a living monument of retributive justice, for violated nature's law 3 surviving Illustration of the missing link, morally at least the personification of unscrupulous audacitya man, as the New York Nation truly says, without convictions the very sublimated quintescence cf caricatured humanity, and who, a) tbe same Nation says, should so far respect decent society as "to take his exercise after night," far removed from public gaze. Well might we despair of the republic, 11 we are fallen on such evil times as to render possible such excresences of humanity drifting in place. While he migbt make a true representation, of his party In its present variegated condition, his elevation to the presidency would be a fearful, dreadful joke on the intelligence and virtue of the American people. The mere thought ot such a national 'calamity, the possibility of a visitation ol such divine vengeance, Is enough to chill one's blood. If the people can be diverted by bloody rag issues by improvised diversions from visiting merited destruction on the party" now in the ascendent In tbe administration tbey will deserve to be robted and plundered. We can not believe tbey can be longer cajoled or amused by broken promises, and made to fight the war over again in time of peace simply in the interest ol unhung statesmen. Sigma. JUDGE LYNCH'S COURT.

Mershon, of BloomLcgton, Pays the Penalty öf a Crime Committed in 1871. SHOT IN HIS CELL. AN ALLEGED MURDERER OF A STRANGER IN BLOOMIKQTON SHOT TO 8AVE EXPENSE, AND HIS BODY SURRENDERED TO HIS WIFE FOR INTERMENT. Special Correspondence of the SentineLl Bloojonoton, Ind., Feb. 8, 1376. C. A. MerBhon, one of the Turtles charged with tbe murdt r of a stranger, wbo gave his name as John Moore, in April, 1871, was shot and killed in his cell in the jail here, about 2 o'clock this morning, by' a vigilance committee. So silent and swift were their movements, tbat although the moon was shining bright, with the exception ot night watchman, John Sears and Sheriff McKInney, no one knew or their presence until the deed wan done, and the vigiJants had gone. Then the citizens were arroused by the fire, alarm. It will be remembered tbat the disappear ance of the man Moore, at the time it is thought he was murdered, caused great ex citement in this community, and has eugaged the attention of every grand jury since until last March, 1875, when true bills were returned against C. A. Mershon, C. N. Mershon and F. . M. Williams, and afterwards against Peter Wehner and Mat. James, The Mere bona bad their trials, and were found guilty and SENTENCED TO THE STATES PRISON FOR LIFE. Williams was cleared, and Jamea and Wehner are to have their trials hereafter. Wehner took a change of venue to Lawrence county. James is to be tried at this term of court, which convened yesterday. Tbe attorneys lor tne Alersnons took their cases up to the Supreme Court, and succeeded in getting their case reversed and sent back for a new trial, and tbey were re turned from the southern irison, some two months ago, to the county jail here for that purpose, isigbt watchman, John Sears, says, near two o'clock, he was suddenly surrounded, whilst on his beat near, but not In sight; of the jail, by masked men, and ordered to hold up his hands. He at first thought it was parties attempting to play a joke upon hfm, but the close proximity of a cocked revolver and double-barreled shot gun soon dispelled tbat error, and be immediately did as he was bldded, when HE WAS QUICKLY BOUND and pushed in front of the crowd to the Jail door. One of the party then knocked upon the outside door, and when Sheriff McKInney appeared to see what was wanting, be was seized, gagged and bound in a moment, and thrown face downward upon the floor. McKinney not shaving the keys upon his person, tbe vigilants proceeded to search the dwelling part ot the jail. Until tbey entered tbe room where McKInney had been sleeping and where bis wire was still In bed, not comprehending what was taking plaoe, where tbey found the keys to the cells lying upon a table. With these they soon made their way to the door of the cell in which C. A. Mershon was confined, and calling him by name, said tbey had come tor . blm, and that this was- his last. The only one wbo beard what took place at the cell was C. N. Mershon, brother or tbe one killed. He says tbat when they called his brother and told him tbat they bad come for bim, bis brother said be was ready for them, but wished to make a statement, but that the shooting immediately Degan and his brother bad no time to make a statement. He . says, also tbat his brother told him early in the evening tbat he bad a presentment something was going to happen, and was nervous snd startled at every sound on the outside of tbe jail, and when the vigilants were coming toward the jail he heard them and WANTED HIM. TO CRT MURDER, which he refused to do, but concealed him self under his cot. However, it does not seem that they wanted him, as they could have found him as well aa his brother. But they made no search for him, leaving quietly and hastily after shooting four balls into the person of the victimthree In his breast and one in his bead. The watchman and sheriff think there were about fifty ot the vigilante, and tbat they ,

first intended to bang Mershon, as they were supplied with a rope with a hangman's noose atone end. They left a letter with tbe sheriff, ssying that some judges might be bribed but that Judge Lynch, wbo was now on the tench, could pot he, that he meant business; tbat tbe Mersbloos must leave, giving the thirty days in which to depart, intimating that certain parties bad deieated justice by trickery and manufactured evidence, and saylDg that all the THIEVES AND SWINDLERS WOULD EE ATTENDED TO Eoon in this county; that the Mershon family had cost this county f30,000, and that they should not cost it 1,000 more. Signed "Vigilance." The writing Is In a large, told band, and looks aa though disguised. Tbe spelling is bad, but this is also thought to be a sham. At this writing there is no clue as to who composed the vigilants; or If there is there are no public expressions as to who they were. It is Bald a great many strangers were seen on tbe streets yesterday; tbat Is all. It remains to be seen whether the grand jury, now in session, can develop anything, or evea attempt it, as their efforts to find out who shot Jacobs last fall, a similar affair, did not meet with that success which would cause any greu hopes in this affair. An inquest wa? held over the body of Mershon tfciä morning and a verdict foucd in accordance with tbe above facts, after whic'i his body was delivered to bis wife.

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