Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 28, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 February 1876 — Page 4

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THE INDIANA STATE , SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 23 1876,

THEINDIANAP0LISSEN1INEL We desire to place in the band of every dem

erat In the state the WEEKLY STATE SENTINEL Itlii a large eight page paper, complete In all U department, and second to no paper In the täte. Its circulation la rapidly Increasing, and la arger than evr before. This la the Centennial rear, the Presidential year, the year of the na.Ion's rejoicing, and every democrat should zeep posted In all the affairs of the government and country, The Sentinel will contain full market reports, agricultural news mltoellany, and fuU and complete political Information. It will be thoroughly democratic, and as the democratlo party Is on the high road to suecees, we want every democrat In the state to rejolca with us In ocr final triumph. Lt the democracy then assist us In Irculationof the Sentinel, In connection with the local papers. Every democrat should have at leat two papers, his county paper and a papei from the capital. We ask every one who seen this advertisement to Hond for specimen copies of the paper, and for.speclal terms to agents. If you can't g-et us cp a club, send In your name. Our terms are as follows : single copy II 5o Clubs of five, each-.- 1 3b Club of ten.. .......... 1 25 DAILY SESnrAEL. One copy per annum... , ,. .110 00 . 6 00 . 260 One copy six months.. One copy three months. CI a be ef ten, each . 8 00 To anyone who will take the trouble to get ua up a club we will allow them 15 per cent, commission. Bpoclal terms by mall on application, Sfeclmen copies sent live to any address. Address INDIANAPOLIS 8E5TIKLL CO Indianapolls, Ind. "Weekly newspaper In this state denf an exchange with the Iaily Hentlnel for 1878 will please publish the above at their regular advertising rates, lew the amount of their own subscriptions. Bend marked copies to insure placing your names on our aubHcrlptlou book, to I U. Matthews, Manager. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23. A committee ol tba Louisiana legislature recommends the Impeachment of Qovercor Keltogg. That mall carrier's story took off the edge of all the telegracti that Bibcock received and aent. It is no wouderthat Williams is found assisting Babcock to escape. He knows how it la himself. One more letter irom Naples this morning will repay a careful raadicg. It treat) ot therms o: living irtarett. The hair harvest on the plains will soon begin again by the redskins .under the fostering policy of the party In power. If Grant hps determined to secure the acquittal o1 Bdbcock, why not stop expenses as ccce, an1 let the guilty man escape? The test vote on the Pinchback case Wednesday indicates a very close vote on the tiual issue, with the chances In favor o? P.tichba?k. What little circumstances will save a man. Kid gloves did it for Brownlee. A mail carrier's convenient memory is likely to save Babcock. Some ot our Radical friends complain that we charged them for working for Orth'a nomica ion. They say thy could not vote fur Lim il nominated. Som? time ago Grant said It was time for the Republican party to unload, and yet he eeems willing to carry Bibcock, a terribly heavy and dead weight though he be. All is not lovely in the ranks of the Republican party to-day. Those courting the Independents rail out a', all talk about Orth because he voted tcr the resumption bill. The poetical coLtributions ol i&r. Harris to the Sunday Sentinel are something better than average newspaper verges. "Withered Flowers," In this number, possesses mer.t woitby of note. The story about that letter carrier's memory, a; St. Louis, who suddenly recollected about Joyce taking the Babcock letter from the letter box alter it had been mailed, is elightly attenuated. It lacks thickness. In his testimony In the interest of his ainucus secretary, the president says that they were very lntima'e. This Is somewhat superfluous, as the country has had sufficient evidence ol their intimacy already. The Republicans have been courting the Independents diligently since they came beie, and now it will be terribly unkind it tbey wheel about and nominate Orth lor governor who voted for the resumption bill. A fellow has not a bit of the milk ol cumaa K naueaa in mm woo can not eee that all tbofce telegram in which Babcock flgared wereneiely bosh, alter tLe letter carriet'a convenient memory was brought In io court. It Is ah'guttna'. precisely accords with tt eteit-t! il".i.ü ,ä cl tLiuei tu betoliiudaulet Williams defending Bibcock for defrauding the government, for did not Babcock and he often ride out in that fifteen hundred dollar landaulet stolen from tbe government. Elm lumber may be expected to rise 'on the market. The famous "old elm" on Boston common, over 250 year old, decided

not t- survive the Centennial year and weat down ander an easy gutt a few day ago.

Ot coune everybody will have a pleca of tLe identical liberty ir?e within the next six months. - , i . , , iMorton si is aublituely in his seat at Washington and tells five or Rix handred men, who come here at great expense from all parts of the stat?, just what to do when they ccms together In convention. It is kind in Morton, but some how the pressure will go hard with the grange. Those who believe that the president's subordinates will, sgalnst his wishes, secure the conviction of Babcock, need only notice the dispatches about the doirgsol the United States district attorney, Roger B. Sherman, who. Instead of securing evidence to convict Battcock, is discovered to be aiding Williams in securing hisacqu't'al. The Journal is rather hard on Senator Morton. It says that the resumption act la "banging like a mil'stoue about the neck ot the country ," while it knows very well that Morton h id something to do In the preparation of tLe act, and bad labored for six years to secure tlie paFa2 of an act embraclrg Its main feature fixing a day for resumption. Great stress U put upon the avowed be lief of Mr. Grint in the innocence of Batcock. It Is very singular that great weight should be given to such an opinion. The president must have had confidence In all the other whisky tbioves or he would not have appointed them to office. He believed in Joyee and McDonald and all the rest. Why bis belief in Bibcock' Innocence should cnt any special figure In the Cfse is hard to tell. The fact that one five hundred dollar note in a letter to Bibcock was not Bent, after it bad been'mailed, is deemed to be a weighty exculpating circumstance. How this ap pears does not readily occur to the ordinary observer. Those engaged in the whisky ring received their bribes regularly. If Babcock waa guilty there must have been twenty such remittance at v axons times. But because one bill is withdrawn after be ing duly enclosed and addressed, therefore Babcock is not guilty. It Is a notable tact that in this Centennial year this people are less guided by politicians than ever before. Party leaders are in the situation of one O.hello their occupation is gone. This being the fact it will bs very hard for the delegates to the Re publican convention fresh from thepeople to sit and abjectly vote to ratify the edict irom tbe officeholders at Washington. The demind is for Orth by the officeholders. Tbe officeholders are under the shadow of tbe money power, Oith voted for resumption, and, therefore, they must swallow him, the "widow's deed" and all. Tboma A. Hendricks. The current of political opinion indicates beyond a doubt that Ihomas A. Hendricks will be tbe Democratic candidate for tbe pres'dency. The signs ol the times further clearly promise that tbe Democratic nominee will be elected. Observation that leads to these conclusions has not been hastily made, nor dictated by personal prejudice or state pride. Tbo politlcaL situation of the country at the present day is such that the movements and actions of political parties should be extremely cautious. Tbe people realize this, and in looking forward to the coming political canvass, there appears an imperative necessity that no mistakes shall be made. Tbe results of the war of the rebellion entailed upon tbe country new responsibilities and obligations hitherto unknown to our political history. The party in power has proven Itself Incompetent to meet the exigency. It has failed in wisdom and tUusoaanshlp. It has lacked foresight i d d;s:retbp. It has engendered and feste ".d corruption and dishonesty. Born of passion and prejudicp, nursed into life amid the clash of arirs, when peace came and financial burdens oppressed, it became powerless to conserve the true ends of government, and inttaad of rdtrenchment and eco'-ony to meet the demands of tbe hour, plunder and p'llage raided the treasury, and la wit si hate guided in political action. There now comes a cris's, a turning p iLt, in which the vlitae, intelligence and true patriotism ol the country is to be t sted. The times point to a loltler devotion to the lns itutions cf our country, even in the martyr spirit of '76, or, on the other hand, to the succers of centralization, the invitation to tbe grasping band of ambition, and the controllng domination of that wort of tj rannies, thj money power. Tbe people regard tbe situation with solicitude and anxiety. Liberty is really at stake, property Is imperiled aDd absolute slavery of tbe masses threatened. Tbe prosepect and hope of change alone restrains irom open prctstt to the ruinous tendencies produced by the policy of the Republican party. Tbe people demand a change. They look for it, and they mean to labor for it. They are stirred by a mightier spirit than party prejudice. They fear more the consequences of unwlso political action Lthan they do tbe party lash. There is a silent undercurrent of political thought (hat will be earnestly active when the hour of action arrives. The times demand men for the occasion. The people seek in a candidate for the presldenoy representative of tLe current thought and determination for reform. Tbev fiod in Thomas A. Hendricks that representative. Tbe character of the mail, as honest and capable, Is unimpeacbed. With a political history, not unknown to the whole country, he stands out toJay as the bett representative of the true ideas of reform that will bring back tbe government to it i ancient moorings. With a well cultured mind, with broad and comprobensive views of political economy, with a mental grasp that realizes tbe true situation, and with that courage and patriotism that rises above the mere man of ambition, to the conscientious itatesman, he at once challenges criticism and constrains admlra tlon, and these qualities point him out as the most fit leader of the people in the re form that must come. Small men have misconceived Mr, flen

d ricks' discretion, and called him timid.

Tney have not been ab!e, wit ü him, to sur vey all the surroundings of a question, and because he does net rush to the frort of radi cal clamor, over every subject of popular in uren, toey claim that he stands on neutral sround, and wanting in the courage that tseerti boldly his own convictions. Tbl is but a sop n filial view of the character Of Mr. Hendricks. In affairs of state, experienced wisdom la bttr than dashing effrontery that some call courage. Upon what occasion and upon what subject of pablie Intarett baa ever Mr. Hendricks lalleJ t expresi earnest and decided views when properly called upon to express them? During the era of lawless legislation in congress, when the ioundatlot h of our government seemed t be moved, Mr. Hendricks occupied no eqilvocal position. He Is no ranting demagogue. The typo of h's mind req'iir as deliberation.' The natjre of that in bora dignity which he possesses, forbids him to offer crude and indigested views when great mtaieit j are at stke. We may not o an inatauce when the carpings of the envious and narrow minded have ni"srepresented Mr. Hendricks. Darin tbe late political canvass in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, when injudicious men put forth views cn the finance questions in tho Wett liable to mislnt Arpretratlon,knd in the East i s dangerous to tho commercial prosperity ol the country, and do one suggesting any plan of relief, Mr Hendrick, In advance of all the rjst, when e ailed into the Ohio canvass, gave forth to the country tbe first exhaustive discussion of thelcjur.ous effects of the resumption bill, pointed out its deiects'aod demanded its rapeal, and to-day, tbe leading men of both political p:r'.ies have come to tbe same conclusion that Mr. Hendricks then pointed our, as the best relief at hand, tbe repeal of the bill. His views were clear and sound, and there was no sort of evasion of tbe real issue, though be deemed it no parfM of true statemanehip to encourage inflation, or denounce gold and silver ai a medium of exchange, convenient, sound and desirable. If the critics of Mr. Hendricks will read honestly his record, they will find that he has never failed at tbe proper time to give forth bis opinions upon every subject ot popular Interest. The opinion?, wisely uttered and in due season, have given him an enviable record before the whole country. There is no other man in the Democratic party at tbe present time who will be so likely to tarmonize tbe extreme sentiments ot different sections of the country as Mr. Hendricks. Local Interests in New York may be represented ably and exactly by Governor Tilden. Sectional pride might be gratified by tbe selection of Bayard. The farming interests might find a closer allegiance to Davis, of Illinois, and a faction of a sate might center with enthusiasm upon Tnurman or Pendleton, but neither of these wortby and distinguished men would so ably represent the common sentiment of the people in the present situation as Mr. Hendricks. His candidature is not seconded by the favor of his own state alone. The Weit?ra states nearly all name him as their choice. The South approves his candidature, while the Middle and Eastern'states will accept him with enthusiasm if nominated. He should be nominated because he is tbe etrongett man. He should be nominated because he is capable and honest. He should be nominated because, above all other men, he would enlist the enthusiastic support of Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylva nia and New York. He should be named to lead tbe democratlo hosts, because of his unflinching democracy. He should receive the indorsement of the national convention as standard bearer of tbe party as a true and fitting representative ol that which the people now desire, which tbe necessities ot tbe country demand, able, honest, conscientious manhood at the head of the government. He is a true and tried man. His character is unspotted, his politics sound, his views conservative, bis ability eminent, his record a fair as that of any statesman that has been named in either party In connection with the high office. And he can be elected. He would cairy Indiana against any man. He.would carry Ohio. Tbe political revolution going on in Illinois leads us to conclude without doubt that that state would epeak with Indiana at the polls, Pennsylvania would follow in approval, and New York would settle the matter. It the best counsels shall prevail Tbomas A. Hendricks will be nominated and will be elected over any man that the Republican party can name for the race against him. A Diversify ef Pursuit The Tine Source or Wealth. The state that, by a diversity ot pursuits, first supplies its own wants and necessities and then experts its surplus to supply others less enterprising or who may not be so advantageously situated, can not fail to lead in all that pertains to true prosperity and solid permanent wealth. None are so independent under all circumstances as those who, by a diversity of pursuit?, com mand a tribute from others, and none so dependent as those who, failing to supply their own wants, are compelled to pay this tribute, this self-imposed tax upon their necessities, to tbe more enterprising. Especially is this true where a ttata has within her own borders all tbe means for diversifying her pursuit) and productions advantageously and profitably, and yet fails to pursue a policy of development which alone can make ber independent and self-reliant. This is truly an age of steam, and that state which avails itself of this power to the largest extent in its application to laborsaving machinery in the production of new values, thereby supplying the necessities o her own people, and thus keeping at home millions of dollars that must otherwise be sent abroad, never to return, has struck tbe true source of wealth. No other policy can be adopted without eerious detriment to all interests. A state having an abundance of coal of a superior quality, and from the want of en terprise on her part, or a proper apprecia tion of its amazing wealth producing power, permits others who caa only avail themselves of tbe same by Importing it over long lines of railway; that

state, wbc, under theso circum

stance, rermits herself to become a m r dependence, a per sione r, as it were, upon tb touny of the mora enterpr Ing state a tboc sind mils away, cead look no furtbr for a solution of tbe question of her dependence. Tbe mera statement of the fact that Mssicbcs)t1s Imparls bVr coal with which to manufacture and supply tbe actual necessities of Indiana, and that she s?nds the produc'.s of her Imported coal even Into tbe coal fields of this s'ate fcr a market, is a fact pte nt to the most crlts ots rver; and, while thJs fact f a high com pliment to he r, it is a me st s?athIog rabuke and era 'y comment upon our want of enterpr s?. Ccsly, because tbess very goofs could be mora chesp'y produced in Indianepilis from toe pjwer drawn from our own coal fields. So, too, a state like Indlaca, having an abundance of iron ore within ber bcrler., and yet p rmits Oaio end Pennsylvania to supp'y her with iron in its various fi rais, need not look be-yjnd this sin pie fct for an answer to tb irquiry wly it is that otners are outstr'pping us in the ract for developmeet, wealth and power. Indiana hides can ba intra cheap1' tanned and converted iuto FDOCs in Indianapolis than in Massachusetts with tan-berk imported from CanaJ. We would at leas: have two thousand miles less of tranp rtation in our favor. Indiana lumber is transported from five hundred to one thousand miles east, manulactur 3d into lurnlture and agricultural implements with machinery propelled with inr por ed coal, and returned to us. These could be more cheaply manufac'nred in Indianapolis, and the money kept at home. Indiana kaolin is transported to New Jersey and tt tamed to us in the shsps of queensware. A careful examination of tbe s abject develops tbe fact that although we have great natural advantages for supplying our own watts, and thrss ot the great Wtst and Noithwest, thfct we are even more dependent ttan the stitts west of us, and that tey have outstripped us in a dlveis'.tyof pursuits and consequent wealth. The population of Indiana in 1S70 was J ,680,637, and tbe true value of her real and personal estate was fl, 268,180,543, cr an average of ?754 68 per head. The sime year Illinois cont lined a population of 2,539,891, with a trae value of real and personal estits of f2,121,680,759, an average ot $S35 33 p.r head, cr ?S0 77 par bead inexcesi of Indiana. Missouri con tained a populatlan of 1,721,295, and her true value wts Sl.284,922,897. cr an average of $746 55 per head, or only ?3 03 p r head less than Indiana. But we nld that the average production ol values was preat.r in Missouri than in this state. For 1870, the agricultural productions of Indiana were valued at $122,914,302, and her manufactures $108,617,278, a tr.tal ot (231,531,580, or an average of only ?137 76 per head; while the agricultural product of Missouri were valued at f 103,035,759, and her manufactures at (206,213,429, making a total production ot $309,249,188, cran average of $179 66 p'r head, an excess of (41 90 per head overt oat of Indiana, showing very conclusively that ber lct rettj tre mere diversified, and consequently mere productive than our, cr in other words, that with a population numbering only 40,658 mere tiian Indiana, ehe produced (77,716,608 mora new values, and that too w.th a . large p'r centige of her peo ple but recently Uber tad from slavery. In 1S70, Illinois coLtalned a ppaltt'on of 2,539,S91, whose agricu'taral product r were valued at (210,S60,5S5, and manufactures amounting to (205,620,672, making a t;til production of (116,481,257, an average of (263 97 par head, or (126 81 psr head over Indiana. Looking East, we find that In 1S70, Ohio with a population of 2,065,260, with agricultural product i valued at (198,256,907, and manufactures 269,713,610, maklcg a tc til of (467,970,000, an average of (226 59 p jr head, or (S9 21 per head more than Indiana. The same year Ma'sicbuse'.ti with a population of 1,457,351, produced new values amouLticg to (086,105,475, an; average of (402 18 per head, or an excess over Indiana of (264 41 per bead. Theso tt.tlstlc3 demomtratetliat with all our grett natural advantages, that we have not sufficiently diversified our industries, and that we are paying dearly for our neglect of so inpmant a matter; and that as a state hav ing failed to prcporly develop our resources, that we era loosing tbe rank that our cen tral position should command lor us. So too, with cities. Let usapp'y the test. In 187 Cleveland, Ohio, had a population ol 92,829, had 1,149 manufactories representing 11,383 horse power, whicb, with her labor-savlrg machinery represented the equivalent of 240,760 able-bodied men. Her cash capital invested, was (13,645,018, number of hands employed, 12 000; wages paid, (4,539,065; raw material consumed, f 16,863,357, and tbe value of her products, (27,049,012. In 1875 the populatioi had increased to 160,000, and hermanufactvresto (67,000,000. In 1870 Cincinnati bad a population of 216,239, with 2,469 manufactories, with 13,885 horse power, which, with her labor-saving machinery, represented 760,000 able-bodied men. Her capital invested was (42,646,152; hands employed, 38,000; wages paid, (15,601,289; raw material consumed, (44,876,148, and the value of her manufacture, (78,905,980. In 1875 her population had Increased about 30 per ceLt., and the value of her manufac tures to (187,000,000, he comparative small increase of her population being due to the fact that her operatives have been compelled to seek homes In tbe adjoining towns. In 1870 Chicago bad a population of 298,977, with 1,440 manufactories, with an aggregate of 16,587 horse-power, which, wita her labor-3avir)g machinery, represented the labor of 622,100 operatives. Her capital lnvestsd was (39,372,276, employing 31,105 men, whose wages amountsd to (13, 045,286, raw material consumed (0,362,188, and value of her products was (92,518,74J, In 1875, her manufactures were valued at (205,000,000, with a proportionate increase of population. Her ataam power and labor-saving machinery combined represent at this time largely over 1,000,000 able-bodied men ; that is to say, her 60,000 operatives, with steam and machinery to aid them, represent

the productive power of 1,000,000 men with

out 6team and labor-saving machinery, and therln lies tbe secret of Ler great power. This diversity of pursuits, which enables her to levy a tax or contribution of (205,000,000 upon ethers less enterprising ti an herself, is a sufficient explaai tlon of her wonderful growth. To those who ar pleased to predict her callar.s, she has only to point to her amual production of (200,000,000 oi the actual necessities of life to silence them. In 1S70, Indianapolis had a prpalation of 43,244, with 740 manufactories wita an aggregata of 4,747 horso power, employed 6,167 band, which, will her labor saving machinery, represent sd a productive power equal t 123,310 able-bodied men. Her cajital invented In manufactures was 1X8,303.00; wages paid, (2,972,911; raw imtrrlal consumed, 19,776,656, and ber manulac tares were valued at (16,642,105. In 1S75, we had increased our manufactures to (30,000,000, and our population had more than doubled In 1870, our valuation wa .(30,000,000, and in 1875 it bad increased to (70,000,000. This, then, is the direct result of diversifying our pursuits of manuka 'tirer, tte scrat source of a city's wealtb. To tbe reflecting mind these facti and figures are a suflicient argument for foe immediate construction of oar proposed coal road. None ether are needed. The Kepabllcau Convention. Tbe Republican State Convention on Tuesday bids fair to be largely attended. Tbe hotels are full of politician?, anxiously awaiting tbe meeting of tbe body which is to decide upon the claims of themselves and tbelr friends for tbe nominations tbey seek. Button-holing, caucusing and bargaining are lively, and tbe visitors at the Bates, tbe Grand or the Occidental will see a number of patriots working hard to convince the delegales of the peculiar fitness tbey possess for tbe cfüces which are to be filled next fall. "Ear;y birds catch the worms" is the motto of these candidates, hence tbey are here several days in advance of tbe convention, in hopes, by extra efforts, of being able to pick np the grubs which a Republican con vention is supposed to hold in its hsnd. There is a lively contest going on for tbe chairmanship of the State Central Committee. The Hon. Georze W. Friedlev. ot Law rence, is here working hard for tbe place, and in the opinion of many is likely to get it. His tall form is to be seen at the Bates, mov ing about among tbe crowd, stopping here and there while heeaj-sa word or two to this man and that one, in support of his claims. Col. Nick Ruckle, ot this city, championed by the late editor of the Jour nal, John D. Nicholas, is patting In efltfctive work tor the coveted priz, and is under stood to have won the delegates from this city to his suppoit. In the background, but near enough to be eesn and felt, is Jaaies A. Wildman, formerly auditor of state. Mr. Wildman is a cautious man and moves slowly, but if tbe plum falls near him he will catch it. He knows how to keep his own counsel and when to act, and should the chairmanship be given him it need cccasion no surprise. But behind these gentlemen comes a war horse from Washington, armed with the thunder of Jove, .and bringing to the convention the commands ot one whose authority can not be ques tioned. It is the Hon. John C. New, treas urer of the United States, and the man whose commission be bears Is no less a per sonage than Sana'or Morton. It is understood that Mr. New has become tired ot being second in authority in tbe treasury building at Washington, and aspires to the first place in that department. Hence he comes to Indianapolis for the purpose of securing tbe chairmanship of tbe Stat a Central Committee, with the understanding that if his friend and patron becomes president the seals of the treasury will be placed in Lis lands. Many of the delegates are disposed to rebel against this inter-1 ference from Washington, but as Senator Morton Is the autocrat of the party his com mands will be obeyed, and the re'ractory members forced Into submission. The delegates seem to be at sea in relation to a candidate tcr governor. Tbcra 6 re several pais or s rpoken of, but neither ot them as yet has developed much strength. General Harrison would be nominated if he would accept the place, but, as he has re peatedly declined to be considered a candidate, the convention will be forced to look elsawbere. The News of Saturday had a double leaded leader in favcr of tbe Hon. A. G. Porter, of th!s city, but the article seems to have fallen s ill-born, for no one can be found among tbe delegat 98 advocating h's nomination. Judge Denny is also spoken of, but his decision In tbe Aughinbaugh case "cooked his goose," and be may be considered out of the ring. Admiral Orth, of tbe gun-boat Hornet, es his friends, and considering the eternal fitness of things he would probably best represent tbe average Republican officeholder. The Sentinel gave something of his record in the de cision of the Supreme Court on Satnrday that makes some of tbe faithful warm toward him; besides, he voted squarely for the resumption bill. There are sundry other records also that with some would be considered weakening, but if the Washington office holding ring has decided the matter, the convention will have to consider his claims. Next to him comes Leonid as Sexton, the present lieutenant governor. His friends here are doing their level beet, and they claim that the convention will bs competent to decide the matter of the governorship without the aid of the treasury clerks, at Washington. Major J. W. Gordon, of this city, is also earned for the gubernatorial race, ani his ability as an orator and cultured scholar recommends him an one of the best selections that could be made. But s one will urge his name lor attorney general, for which position he is no lefss qualified. In deed, there il no man In the party who would, in point of ability, scholarship and general culture, bo dignify the gubernatorial chair aa Major Gordon. The only remaining candidate to be no tlced is David C. Branbe.m, ol Jefferson. Mr. Branbam is a man ot large physiqe, good common sense aad no cultivation. He once reposed to clean out the "August"

stables, but whether with pitchfork or shovel, be did not ssy. He was first nominJed for the legUTatora in 1852, on tbe ticket with A. W. Hendricks. Eq., of this city, but was beaten by a Dtmocrat, although Mr. Hendricks was elected. Twer yearatterarJ he waa nominated again and then elected, and we believe has serred in every legislature siuce but the last, wltb a single exception. He was the leader of tbe Republican bolt in 1863, and accompanied tbe holten to Madison, where they remained until tbe session expired I y limitation. At the -session of 1872 he opposed the Jnltjultioas spportlonnoent law, lor which hedeserves credit, but the pmy managersInaiiy whipped hin into the tracer, and he voted for the law. He was active in the support of the Morgan Riid Bill, but did njlsucceed in having it become a law. He may have been personally interested in the passage of this bill, for he wa a soldier in the Morgan war and may have lost a horse or

two in tnat celebrated raid. As eu plain of a company of borne guards he did valiant ser vice in purs ling the confederate guerrilla at a sfo distance, and did not call off his followers until th9 nose ol bis Rosinacte nufftl the breezes of tbe lti&lev count v fiats. We make mention of his military carter in crJer that the nival glory of Gun Boat Orth may cot take the convention by storm and obscura by its eßa'geoca the modest claims of the Jeffer?on county classic Mr. Branbam Is the candidate of Colonel Garter, a veteran of the Indiana prts and his pretet sions ara not to be sneeaad at. For auditor ot state, W- M. Hess, of Hendricks-county, seems to have the inside track. He has been both auditor and treasurer of hia county, and hws lair qualifi cations for the place he seeks. But Mr. uuney, oi jioya county, win give him a tight race. He is a genial and clever gentleman. Sam Wright, of Harrison county, is also in the field.. Fcr treasurer of atate. there are eeveral candidates who seem to be about equal in strength. If the Republicans choose their candidates as the Israelites did their kings, D. W. Bubklrk,. of Monroe, will be nominated. He is something less than eight feet in height with a body to correspond. He has been traasurar ol his county. Robert P. Jackson, of Maditon, is also a prominent candidate for treasurer of state. He was raised on the waters of Indian Kentack, among tbe bills of Jefferson county. For many yaats he as a bank taller, and is now treasurer of his county. He has a pleasing address,, and is a good electioneer. He marrried a daughter of the late Joseph G. Marshall, one ot t ie foremos; men Indiana ever produced. Mr. Jack man's chances for the nomination are good. Major George F.. Herriott, of Johnson county, is developing much strength for the nomiratlon for tressarir of ft it?. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church, of good family, and well liked by tbesa who know him. He never held an office, and never was a candidate for offi'e before. Should Mr. Hess be nominated for auditor it is believed that Major Herriott will be defeated, for it is not probable that the convention will select two candidates for leading offices living so near each other es Mr. Hees and Major Herriott; otherwise his- chances for the nomination are good. N. W. CummlDgs ba many supporters for treasurer of slate.. He lives at Rockvile, in Park county, and hs been both sheriff and treasurer ot that county. For judge of the Suprame Court, Judge Newcomn, of this city, will, probably have no opposition. Tbe nomination is conceded to him. For the Southern district thera are several candidates. Judge vValker, of Madison, and W. K. Marshall, of Saymonr, are, however, the most prominent.. Both tbee gentlemen have crooked poll'ical records. Judge Walker once ran against a Republican nominee who had defeated him fcr the nomiratlon of Common Pleas Judge of Jefferson county, and was elected. Mr. Mar shall was originally a Whig,, then a Republi can, then for some time acted with the Democracy, and is now a Republican again. Judge Walker has a judicial mind and would make a raepectable Supreme Judge. His peisonal character is of the very highest. Mr. Marshall Is a good lawyer, but never bfcld a Judicial .office. The gentleuJsn whom we nave siteicnea are all anxious to be nominated next Tuesday for the efflces to which they aspire. If they are content with the houor of a nomination we advise them to peisavere. But if tbey only value a nomination as means of getting an office, they had better pay their hotel bills, seize their carpetbags and go home. There are now no Massachusetts soldiers in Indiana. The people are no longer deterred from voting their sentimecti by hired bullie and they are de-, termined rot to be cheated out of their, rights by ballot-box stuff era and election . thieves. Therefore, the Republican party can not succeed in Indiana the coming fall,, and the man who builds bis hopes copn such a result will find that he has builded. upon the sand. Tbe idea of October will dissipate all sach calculations, and thosewho are nominated next Tuesday wilX theni discover that they have had their laVar. for tbalr paln. Tbe Game Me u Hendrleka. The promised article of the Cincinnati Gazette on tbe lite and political record of Governor Hendricks appeared yfeteiday morn ing. It only deserve such contiaaraiion as is due to defamatory utterances. engoirUered by political Jealousy. The glaring head lines, seductive and slandr roosy fiUy iutrodoce, and very properly exhibit, the untruthful and partisan enrrity that charac terizes tbe body of tbe artiefc. Tbe coloring of fairness that tbe writer assumes, in sand wiching his erroneous statements and illegitimate conclusions with some correct data concerning Gov. Hendjick's private life and character, is a very common and disreputa blewayof hiding the political enmity and, venom that insplr d tbe article as a whole. The writer groups together a series ot subjects of congressional legislation, which, we presume, jb designed to embrace under tbe amendments to the constitution, and declares thiat Mr. Hendricks opposed them all, whevQthe real acta of Mr, Hendricks,