Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 30, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1876 — Page 1

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VOL. XXV NO. 30 INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MAItUH 8 1876 WHOLE NUMBER 1,842

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COXGItESSIOXAL. srMMABY. In the Senate, Monday, order was taken, aa the technical pbraee 1, in the BalEnap Impeachment matter. The vote appropriating a nm ol money to oomrlete the St. Louis, custom boas was reconsidered, and was amended by adding provisions s to the manner In which the money hall befpent. Senator Sherman made a long speech in favor of the resumption act, having called op tue resolutions oflhe Ne York Chamber of Commerce in rtlatlon thereto. Senator Bogy called up his resolutions authorizing the payment of the Import duties., in legal -tenders, and also made an elaborate address In support of them and In favor of the repeal of the resumption act lie explained his plan of resumption. He closed by declaring: "However Important I believed it to be for the prosperity of this country that we ihould at some day or othe.', no matter how distant, resume specie payments, nevertheless, between the evils of making no provision looking to that end and the continuance or this law, I would unhesitatingly say, repsal the law 1 mined iattly. Without any law for providing for resumption, we could get alonr. But If this law remains unrepealed, I believe the country will be driven Into universal, wldt-spread bankruptcy." Senator Eaton urged his objections to the resumption act and declared his inte ntion of offering a substitute therefor. Inthellousialarge number of bills vt re presented and notice of the action of the Senate upon the Impeachment waa received. The Hawaiian reciprocity treaty waa discussed In the committee of the whole, Kelley and Morrison opposing It for very different reasons, and Wood and Burchard supporting it. Mr. Banning made a personal explanation at the expense of Mr. Woodworth, relative to a ce.-tain bounty or pension bill, wblcb he bad been charged with mothering. Iavestlgitlous by the appropriate commltteess were ordered Into the safe burglary and into the charges against Pierrepont, arising from Babccck'a acquittal. An adjournment was effected Just as Page was about to bring up tuetnbjectof the escape to Canada of the witness Marsh, and the gentleman from California was very wroth, demanding yeas and nays and charging Unfair treatment of tbe republican party upon the speaker. FRONTIER TRADING. SOME REVELATIONS ON THE SUBJECT THE FIRM OF BELKNAP AND OR ANT TESTIMONY OF ONE WHO HAS BEEN THERE St. Louis, Mo., March 5. The Tlmts to-morrow will publish, on tbe authority of a gentleman who has been engaged in frontier trading for the past eljhteen years, some very itterestlng facta connected with that bus -cess, lie state that Orville Grant, the brother of tbe president, baa been interested with Bellet ap in disposing ol tbe trading: potts lorrnorwy. Grant, shortly after the appointment o: Belknap as secretary of war, visited u-ost ot tbe posts on the frostier and cancelled all tbe licenses Issued by Secretary Kiwlln. Dortee A Peck, extensive government freighters and merchants on the frontier, held the priaciral sutlerships at this time and were astonished at this unexpected change. Mr. Peck investigated tbe matter and found to.at Orviilo Gnnt bad lull authority from tbe secret ry of war to dispose of all tbe trading posts as be thought fin. Peck applied to Grant for authority to retain certain posts, where his firm had invested large sums of money in buildings and goods and he would agree to It only on terms o so much cash down and a ceitiln share of the profits, practically the same arrangement that existed between Marsh and Evans & Co. at Fort Sill. Peck refused to comply with the terms: and others received the . appointments at Fort Buford and Fort Peck. A. C. Lelghton. was appointed sutler! upon the terms proposed by Orville Grant, but the bonus required was so large that be lot money, and subsequently offered to Durfee & Peck. The latter agreed to buy, but Le'ghton had first to obtain permission to sell from Grant. This Grant refused, and made easier terms with Lelghton. The Fort 'Sully tradership was taken from Durfee & Peck and given to John T. Ataey. Atbay paid ALL THE MONET BE HAD to get tbe port and wäs obliged to make terms with Dur lee & Peck to run it. The latter firm lees.d from him and carried on tbe business for a year, when tbe profits accruing to Atbey enabled him to run the business himself. Durfee A Peck bad the tradership at Fort Sil), but it was given to Evans & Co. Dorfes Peck-attempted to carry on business In opposition to Evans fc Co., but the olft -era of the post were forbidden to give the soldiers orders on any Arm but Evans & Co., an A they were forced to abandon the pjst. Orville Grant went so far in bis opposition to Durfee & Peck thai be forb-ide; tbosa to whom h.9 gave appointments to ' purchase the goods or buildings belongtngjto tht firm. -Grant also had an arrangement with the Interior department by which be controlled many of tbe Indian trading posts. These be disposed of in the same mannt r as tbe sutlershtpr, to tbe highest bidder. Grant was In the habit of visiting the military posts and tbe Indian trading stations every year to collect tbe money due him and his pirtner, Belknap, and lor this purpose he had authority from Secretary Belknap to draw upon any military posts .for ambu lances, teams and such aid as he might re nal ri. Ills authority was generally recog nized and he wa? grtaMy feared all along the frontier. Tbe au thority tor these statements is' Doctor Terry, fcr many yiars past 'actively connected with the firm ot Durfle & Beck, and who has spent much of bid lite on tbe frontier. He bsvj the congressional com mlttee will open up a rich lead if tbey will investigate affairs at Fort Buford. SUPPRESSING EVIDENCE. . AKSULr Or THE ADMINISTRATION 'a POLICY. St.' Loots, March Tbe Republican ays editorially, speaking of tbe report that tbe president ha j ordered the prosetlon ot Marsb, Tomlinson and all others connected with the post traJership bribery business, that there era persons in St. Louis, who, three days ag", were ready to give evidence against Belknap, buc nrow refuse to do so lor fear tbev will" be prje cuted for buyinar tie tradersblrs, which

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CHARGES AQAINST PIERREPON r. A Damaging Accusation that ho Played the People False in the Babcock Trial. GONE TO MEET BELKNAP. THE CASE AGAINST THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DID III BETRAY DYER SOLICITOR WIL80N'S DEFENSE JEALOUSY TOWARDS BR13TOW A SERIOUS MATTER. Sr. Loci, March 4. Tbe Times tomorrow will publish a somewhat lengthy statement of what purports to be a part of the eecret history of tbe whisky ring prosecutions here, and especially the Babcock trial. It ai sarts that although Gen. Pierrepott wa very active and jealous In the prosecution uttil Bat cock was indicted when his ardor cooled, and be txgn to use his influence and the power of bis office to save that gentleman. With this view, it is asserted, the attorney general sTit for District Attorney Dyer to come to Washington. Dyer went, and while thera Fierrepont, on tbe plea that it was vety important, and even necessary, that Le, as tbe head of tbe department of Justice, should know what the prosecution would be In tbe Babcock case, obtained from, him by tbe grcsvst and most Inexcusable hypocrisy, a detailed tatement of all, the cral testimony against Babcock, the whole plan ot tbe prosecution, what be intended to prove by each witness, the order in which he intended to present be evidence, etc. This information, it Is alleged, Fierrepont made over for the nse of Babcock'a counsel, in order to defeat the prosecution, and tbia too with tbe president's knowledge and consent, Storrs, the senior counsel fcr Bibcock, remained In Washington, and whttever Pierepott obtained from Dyer in regard to tbe ce he first repeated to the president, and, sf er a consult Ulon with him, Stons got tbe benefit of all be bad learned. Ibe attornty general's private office was tbe place where the rlana to defeat tbe govern tnett In tbe case agalnft Bibcock were matured. Every night preceding tb time set f. r Babccck's trial, Bibcock and Gen. Horace Porter met Pierrt poet in his i lli:e and clcsely STUDIED EVERY POINT contained in tbe evidence for the government, and prepared to overcome it. Gen. Babcock was admitted to tbe conferences between tbe president and Piere poet when tbe plan was flrs arranged, and whenever Dyer sent any additional evidence to Washington, Storrs was eect lor, and when tLe plan of prosecution was lolly matured be was as familiar with it as tbe attorney general bims Those familiar with all toe circumstances absolve Col. Df er from all censure. Dyer had reposed Implicit confidence In tbe Integrity ot Pierrepont, and had been deceived. Dj6r coo la net be made to believe that one of tbe chief officers ot tbe government wonld violate his oath of office and disregard bis duty. Hence be accepted Pierrepont's pretended interest In a vigorous prosecution as sincere, and even relied upon him as bis superior officer fcr aid and counsel. It is then asserted that, while Pierrepont ws at tbe outeet very earnest In prosecuting tbe whisky ring,believlng It would redound to his credit as the chief law officer of the government, be soon found he was overshadowed by Secretary Bristow, tbe people and the prosecuting officers giving that gentleman credit for every blow struck against tbe rinsr. This filled Pierrepont with envy. He became Jeal ous of Bristol's popularity and joined heart and soul with the Grant faction a?? anti-Bristow combination. This gave him a firm bold on tbe regard of the president, but enabled him to aid in defeating Bristoft'a plans and thus. weakening Bristow among tbe people with tie whole administration, ao be bad a double purpose in joining In the move to save Babcock from conviction, tie would establish, his y sttton In the Grant ptrly for the prescht and future to weaken Bristow by msking it appear that the indictment of Babcock wa? a cscheme to Injure Grant and advance Bristow's political interests. As to why Solicitor Wilson did not warn Dyer of Pierrepont's plan to defeat bim it is ex plained, as coming from Wilson himself, that be (Wilson) had already been represented a5 scheming against tbe president and Babcock. Every act be bad performed in the furtherance of bis duty was distorted and borne to Grant's ears as a part ot Bristow'B plan to obtain tbe nrmlnatlon for the presidency. Solicitor Wilson bad for sev eral montba devoted his time almost exclusively to working op tbe evidence against and preparing to convict toe leaaeis or THE CHICAGO WHISKY RING. He bad acquired knowledge and arranged plans to -this end, - which' made it impossible for any other man to step into his position and carry this on. He knew that a great pressure was being brought, to bear to secure bis removal and this be wished to avoid, , until tbe Chicago ringleaders were convicted. Just at this juncture when a warning to the St. Louis prosecution 1 agaics the scheme of the attorney general would have proved valuable, he dared not interp-jse' lett it might result in his removal and tbe escape of the whisky thieves in Chicago. The secretary regat Jed bim as a necessity to a successful prosecution of the ring, and, bad be undertaken to have exposed Pierrepont's planr, his t removal - wonld certainly have followed the discovery by Pierrepont of the act. Besides Coi. Dyer placed tbe most implicit faith in tbe professions of Pierrepont, and any suggestions as to tbe attorney general's scheme against the prosecution might have ' been- resented Considerations of this kind prompted Solicitor Wilson to refrain from giving advice that might have nndone all - bis plans. Wilson did not forget that he wrote Henderson '.a letter .- advising him to keep a detective on Bibcock's track daring bis visit In the fall of 1875, and that a ccpy of that letter was ent to tbe president. Henderson losi tbe letter, and by some means a copy found its way to tbe white house. Col. Dver and his assistants are fully aware of Pierrepont's treachery now. Tbe day Babcock was acquitted, Col. Dyer said publicly tht he had contended against an

element which was bound to defeat bim. At tbe time he declined to give any explanation, but tbe lact that his eyes had just been opened to this element ot opposition was apparent. The article also acsuses Pierrepont with maneuvering for tbe removal of Gen. Henderson, the special counsel lor the government here, bnt there is nothing said on tb!s point that has not already been published. THE FALLEN SECRETARY.

PRESIDENT AND CABINET. ROBKfON AT THE WAR OFFICE CABINET MEETING BELKNAP AND OTHERS 10 BR ThIED NO NEWS AS TO HIS SUCCESSOR. Washington, March 3. Bilknap has not left bis house since yesterday, and meantime has been called on by a few intimate friends. Secretary Robeson this morning entered upon bis additional duties as acting secretary of war. lie will merely attend to routine business urtil tbe vacancy shall be filled. His houra t tbe war department lor th9 reception of members of congress are from 9:30 to 10:30, and at tbe navy department from half prst ten to noon. The cabinet met at noon to-day, with all tbe memtx r present, and remained in session until after 3 o'clock. The subjects that received consideration were tbe Institution of crim inal proceedings against Sacretary Belknap, and thoe who were associated with him, in tbe practices ot bribery and corruption that has just been officially dlscov ered, and the selection of a new secretary of war. The president stated to tbe cabinet tbat, while be could take no steps which migtt look like the persecution of any one, he had determined not to shrink from the responsibility tbt.t rcs'.ed upon bim, and he therefore asked tbe attorney general to t ke immediate sttpi to proceed with criminal charges against G3n. Bdknap, and Measrr. Marsh and Tomlinson and others sbown by any evidencs tbat st all be adduced to have bad part in tbe fraudulent transactions that were tbe subjects of attention. On the determination ot the president tte;e were lull and thorough expressions of opinion, favoring such action as the president bad determined upon without delay. The peculiar cbarat3rof the cas?, gen. belknap's offense, difisring in many respects as it does from an crdinary case of bribery, was a subj?c of comment and discussion, the result of which was' tbe reference of tbe entire matter to tbe attorney general, who will take tbe necessary steps to enter criminal proceedings just as soon as tbe facts can be put 'in shape to be sworn to as a part of the discussion. It Is mentioned that there should be no delay in tbe proceedings because ol tbe prognsi ot an impeachment trial. Tbe two trials will be entirely independent. 'Judge Pierrepont remained at tbe executive mansion for a short time alter the other cabinet officers had gone to their rep?ctlve departments for the purpose of getting what facts the president might te possessed of, in accordance with his determination to commence immediately tbe proceedings under bis charge. Tte discussion relative to the appointment of a successor to Secretary Beianap was of considerable length, but no decision was arrived at and there will probably be another cabinet sssion about it. The assurance is given tbat the person who will be appointed to tbe office will be a man of high cbaractsr and known pjsition. Secretary Bristow was not, as waa at first believed, one of the company wita Gsn. Balknap when the latter presented bis letter of resignation y ester Jay. Mr. Brielow waa at the white bouse at tbe time, but was on a. mission tbat referred altogether to basinets in bis own department. FIERY FAVORS. DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY IN CASEYVILLE, KY., AND EVAN3VILLE THE LOSS AND INSURANCE. EtrANsviiXE, Ind., Feb. 21 A fire at Casey ville, Ky., yesterday morning destroyed 21 houses, chiefly unoccupied. Tbe loss is Inconsiderable. A fire here tbis morning; totally des'royed a large warehouse owned by nodspeth Sc. Co., and occupied by Georgo H. Star;, It wasiün of hay, flour, corn and lima. The losa on the uullalng is $2,000; insurance f 1,500. The loss on the comet t is probably f 9,000; Insurance f 1.C00. The Ingles ice bouse was damaged to the amount ot 12,000; insurance ?4,000. Lindenschmldb's foundry waa slightly damaged. I THE END OF CARLISM. THE BÜRSTED BUBBLE THE ALFONSISTS SENDING TO PARIS FOR NEWS OF THEIR ENEMY. , LoNDOiff, Feb. 24. A Paris dispatch to tbe Tunes says that the Spanish ambasI aor has left tor the Spanish frontier to meet King Alfonso. The Moniteur states that . the Carlists are so utterly dispersed that the Alfonsists have been obliged to telegraph to Paris fcr news of their whereabouts, .The Moniteur believes that the Carlists, s sein a: tbe hopelessness of tbe struggle, have disbanded and re lumed their peaceful avocations. HENDRICKS AT MONTGOMERY. RECEPTION BY THE ALABAMA LEGISLATURE . J AND CITIZENS. . Montgomery, Ala., March 3 Governor Hendricks, of Indiana, reached tbis city last night. To-day he was received by tbe Senate and -House of Representatives. Many ladies and gentlemen called on him at his hotel this evening. He leaves' lor home to-morrow mcrning. . ' I . There is a farm near Princeton, Ind., owned by Mr. Agr, upon which sin gular natural phenomenon is at present observable, and which has attracted con alderable attention in that neighborhood. Upon the side or a long sloping hill in a field, the ground began to sick slowly last Sunday week, and op to latt Monday it bad sunk fifteen feet below the usual surface. 1 The extent of tbe depression is about a quarter cf an acre, although slml lar aligbt depressions era noticeable in three-or lour aJjaceLt acres. Tnere is no accounting for tbe andden change in tbe eurface, .unless it conceals the reservoir ol a large suote-rranean spring, wnicn nas undermined the earth. .Höge tresgrew upon tbe earth; and all has punk together. lue p round wass'iu siuwiy foiling on Monday. Eranaville Journal.

COMMUNICATIONS.

-JOURNAL-ISM A SPECIMEN SHEET. A HBOBT LESSON IN GRAMMAR FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE PROFESSOR OF JOURNALISM IN THE 8IUB-TAIL TOWER ON THE CIRCLE THE ORTH CASE. To tbe Editor of tbe Sentinel. Sir: As regards literary merit, tbe editorial - matter of tbe Indianapolis Journal, under its present management, is far inferior to what it has been at any time since it assumed to be tbe leading organ of tbe republican party In the great ktate of Indiana. It murders the grammar ot the English language indiscriminate!?, cripples rbetoriff, Ignores log'o and main tains a state of profound ignorance of philosophy, though at times it discovers in tbe writings of a political opponent the use of a plural verb for a tingle eubfect, when such use ttands out so plainly thtt there 1 net tbe shadow of a doubt that tbe error is a typographical one. As for reserve, or a disposition to mind bis own bofcioest, or a determination to keep L s paper clean of offensive personalities, cr within the bounds of legitimate or progrtsiive journalism, which would commend him to all tbatf wuh to 83e cur newspapers in the uanfs of self-retpecting gentlemen who believe tbat tbe amenities cf social life are not ont of place in the conductor acTally journa, the writ3r of these long, foolisn articles tbat occupy the fourth p ige cf tbe Indianapolis Journal is blissfully ignorant. Though of the opinion wbich be wishes to elucidate t tne - satisfaction of bis readeis-, tbat it Is not grammatically proper to use a plural verb a the preaicat9ofa single noon, te has cot yet progressed sufficiently to know that there 1 euch a thitg as A FIGURE OF IPEECH; that Eometlmts an instance wholly imaginary or .a fac: of absolute similarity, is us?d to Illustrate and make more obvl us the one under coLslJeration. ' A cateoi this kind occurred in yesterday's Journal Judge Pettit had written a letter to the Journal explaining bis connection witb the Peter and Wright cts which seems to be troubling tbe elumlxri of that papr to an alarming ext?nt. The. Journal refosed to publish tbis letter, and it was sent tbe next day, with an accompanying note cf explanation, to tbe Sentinel for publication, in which pe per it appeared day before yesterday mornins. The Journal Faid: ''If democratic editors really want to know whether Mr. Orth bad been guilty of anything Improper in that case, they should ask Judge Pettit, for be knew." And 'lurtbir, on insisting tbat tiae Judge shared in . the f polls, or was to share, in tbtm, ot tangibly for. tbe purpose of injuring Judge Ptttit in tbe es-' timfction of tbe people, at be is a member of the Supreme Court and a democrat, but forgetting that tbe insinuation tbat tbe judge vys to receive a share of tbe spoils included also tbe idea taat there must have been spoils to share or to be divided. Judge Pettit, in rep'y, said; "Tbe .transcript of that case is on file in tbe Supreme , Court clerk's cilice, and can be sie n by aoypeissn desirous of knowing what n contains. Mr a. Peter had a suit pending agalns7. Wright, Ortb, Brocket, Brand, and other?, charging them . with fraud in procuring a conveyance ot ht r land. Orth and Brocket, being lawyers, defended themselves. Brand employed Mr. Baird to defend him, and Wrlgbtemployed Ptttit and Huff, to defend him." Judge Pettir, then, was simply the attorney cf Wright, with Huff as ' AN ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY IN THE SAME CASE. Was anything of e qua, supreme lUtlonees and insignificance as this nonsensical chattering of the Journal ever be'ore pet in print? Speak-; ing of tbe judge's letter the Journal aaldi "IK;n and Wright Were guilty of uuu in tneir reiawuus to airs, jreier. Judge Pettit, as the attorney forWriglt, used his ability to further and foster a fraud upon a defenseless widow, and certainly Is as guilty as either of the principals." More ignorance than ever. Was it ever equalled t ii an attorney aeienas a man gunty of any crime, then the attorney is as guilty as bis, client. Sach silliness is provoking, and makes a man blush for tbe editor. When Wright sought to engage tbe services of Juflge Pettit as an attorney be, with Orth, denied tbe charge and declared bis innocence, bnt the trial develop tbe ' fact that tbey were both guilty. (6 Ind, p 134.) At the mention of the name o? J. W.Gordon tbe Journal flies off the handle, beginning: as follows: "We have only to say further that the allusion in Judge PettU'j letter to Msj. Gordon . is a par,- for courteous ness, with his reference to the writsr in the Journal." It ij-hoteupposed by any one that Judge Ptttit mentioned the name of Mai. Gordon in the connection, bis name appears because he la a republican candidate for attorney genera!, or because be Is a republican, but because the mass of the people consider bim one of the bett criminal lawyers in tbe aUte, and because they are more familiar with tbe t :1c is in wbtch he takes a part than with those in which any other attorney In the tue is ever1 engaged,' oftentimes bringing bis guilty client out all right. NOBODY BLAMES MA J. GORDON 'i fox defending mea charged, with crime, for all of these, Including Wright and Ortb, are innocent until to.ey are found guilty, and If there are any doubts on this point, make a careful perisal of a transcript on file In the office of the cterk of the Supreme Court P.ter yp. Orth et al. j Judge Pettit said, in .bis . letter to the Journal, "that some fool or knave" in that paper was trying to connect him with Orth In tbe Peter and Wright case. Tbe Journal didn't like lt.. That is, didn't like to be called a "fool or a knave." If tbe writer knew anything, be knew wbat he was writing was fals", and wbat 1 e?ss could be be to do such a thing, short of a "knave?" If be tbougtt be was giving pure reason what else could he be but a "fool?" In graat America, .where everybody is a lawyer, tbe farmer, the mecnanic ai:d every one else, such nonsense as tbe Journal belched lorth on this subject is

looked noon, if not as knavhh, certa:nly as very foolish. J. Q. if. Indianapolis, March 3, 1876.

"ORTH'S OKGIES." THE WrDOW'8 FRIEND- AS A BINQUtTIR. , To the Fdltor of the Sentinel: Sir: If . there la any one plea?ant and profitable thing that Mr. Orth knows bette; bow to utilize than another, it is the barqaeilcg buelnts. ; He bad two, one here and ere at Washington, before be left tbe country on bis mission to Vienna, In anticipation of wbat be was expected to do as minister, and now I noticed by Ut9 telegrams tbat be has Just bad another at Vienna, in like anticipation, cf course, ol wbat great things be will accomplish ater be 19 elected governor. Without bazud lng any presump'Iou as to tbe source ot the&e baLquef , and who psjs for them, I will say that their most noticeable featurd is tbat they are operated inversely from the ordinary mode of banqueting. Heretofore It b as been customary tor rreo to be banqueted on account of some dlftinguiehed public service already accom!)lisbed, some gallant act of private herosm, cr mayhap some grast literary merit. But tbe rule seems to be reversed in the case of our grett man, who ia regularly barqueted on account of wbat be is expected to do. It has to be so, however, or they couldn't banqutt him at alL For wbtt would psople tay, and "what would Mrs. Grunoy sir," to a public banquet to tbe official head of Know-Nothing-Ism In Indiana, toe bead center of "the Peter et s," the president of the old defunct Ltuyetti Insurance Company, cr tbe hero of 'tbat fearfully Invincible war vessel, tbe rim Horntt? Neither canj tbey feed and wine bim op on account ol bis having votäd for the resumption act while incongreis, for they cow uufctimously resolve that said act ouglt to be forthwith repealed. His only chance, therefore, fcr earning his I at quels Is to make p.ople believe tuat he is going to do something wonderful in the future. May be be will do something that partakes ot nigh micdei and unselfish statesmanship in tbe future, but I rather suspect not, as it bes always been found eo exceedingly .difficult to mike a whittle out of a pig' ta. . Übet. L FAY kite, March 4, 187G. A PLEA FOR UNITY. DEMOCRATS SHOULD STOP QUARRELING ABOUT MONEY MATTERS AND SAVE THE COUNTRY FROM THE THIEVSS WHO ARE DESPOILING IT. To the Editor of the Sentinel. Sir I have been wendering' for soxe time why it is tbat democrats are quairsling and badgering each other about the financial question, while their opponents are stealing tbe government out of existence. It ceitalnly has not come to be a fact tbat democrats think more for tbe almlglty dollar than they do for liberty. I, for one, will net believe it. I have been led into this way of thinking more than ever to-day, on account of tbe zreat scandal at Washington City. Have American cit izens no prideT Can tbey look wlfb patience on tbis peculation in such high plaoes as a cabinet officer. First it is an Indian agent, then a postrr ister's brother, then a private secretary to the president, atd now tbe secretary of war. DEMOCRATS, LOOK WELL TO YOUR CONDUCT. Stop quarreling about money matter?. First, mak one pitilotio effort to get ycur government ont of the hands of the vandals, then quarrel about money matters to your hearts' dcblre. Tbe democrat in 1876 who will annoy bis friends about a nomination and growl if be does not get it, perhaps vote against the man nominated if Buch a one tber be In Indiana the scooer be goes to tbe republicans tbe better. . I repest, democrat?, let us first save America, if possible, from all re publican thieves now in power, as tbe only way to settle tbe financial quettlon, is tbe candid opinion ot B. HER RESTING PLACE. THE GRAVE OF CHARLOTTE CU8HMAN. The Boston Globe gives this descrip' ion ol the tomb of Charlotte Cushman : Thoe who were most intimately acquainted with Mits Cushman state that she often expressed a desire to be burled as near the place of her birih as circumstances would permit. With this view she visited Mount Auburn CemaUry during the latter part ot 1871 and inspected a number of lots and tombs then for sale. : Several of these occupy very prominent portions of tbe cemetsry and are rorrounded with costly monuments; but none seemed to suit tbe slrxp'e taste of Miss Cusbma, and she pleasaotly remarked to one ot tbe attendant?, "Tbey are all grand, bet haven't you a lot tor stle when one could oltiin an unobstructed view ol Bot ton?" She was informed that tbero were a few lots for sale back ' of tbe tower, whereupon she said, "Ob, well, let us look at them." While the lady and the official were on their way to the place designated, the graves of tome ot her once warmest friend were passed, and at each she paused for a momeLt and ' related gome pleasant 1 memori s t - connectedwith their lives. Palm 'avenue, situated at tbeeaetera side of tbe ground, was reached, and, itandine npon a little eminence, Miss Cushman exclaimed. "Thle Is a delightful tpjt;see, yonder lies dear old Boston." Tne lot is numbered 4236, and was at once purchased and orders given by her to have it properly cared tor. La t summer she again visited tbe place, In company with a party or other ladle, and appeared to be greatly pleased with the selection the had made. Though the lot ia quite a distance from the central part oi Mount Auburn, its location is stlklngly beautiful, being within full view oi this city and overlooking the widest part of Charles river. Tbe Paris police, while searching lately a very old house in tbe Rue Saint Honore for some stolen property, came upon a door which apparently had not been opened fo many years. The door opened on to a staircase, at the foot of whicn was found an emp y coffin, which had almott crumbled to: dust. From Inquiries which have since been made, it has been ascertained tbat this sreret chamber was a tiding placs tor several Huguenots durintr tSe massacre of 3. Bartholomew, and tbat Htrv IV. .took- refuge during that terrible 'night in the house, which ia close to tbe entrance to tbe old Louvre.;

A SHAMEFUL STORY. ALONE AND FORSAKEN A WOMAN FOUND IN A SHOCK OF FODDER ALMOST WITUOUT CLOTHING. ' The following is from the Muncie News ofthls wetk: Tbe moet fcorrible and heart-rending spectacle it bts been our lot to witness for many a day was tbat of the tolioe taking to jail a young girl last Tua -day. - The facts in regird totbeeasai they could be obtained from tbe girl herself, who, however, was very reluctant about ta.'king, are abont ss follows: Her home, Is, er was, In Lawrence, a ems I town a few miles tbis tide ot Indianapolis She has been ne?rhera lortvor three days. When foand by George Kirby, Ir.tt Tuesday, the was in a Jodler e Lock In the 'corn tfeld jut tbis siJe of tbe river. Mr. Kirbv cain to t wn in il

morning and informed tte police cf?ho facts who at once went In arth of l or but she could tot be fcuud. Abut-f o'cloct they went again ai sLe found'eroocnieg In the mlJdle oi alriv of fodder. Her appearaucs wben tt-e fodder waa removed was too ter.itle lo abcribe. Thireshe pat with ntitber p'uc or stocking on her feet, her dreh worn it -to shreds so small that they ßarce'y resembled a dress, no hat, boutes or head drees or any kind except a small, worn outoldscawl. Over her feet was thrown a ragged piece cf ca p t. Round her shoulders waa nothing sve the t".in piece of calico that was once a eras. Near her lay a amall bur.dk of what? Nothing but the waist of a former drt.s. The rs In' that miserable condition aha tal been Blnoe tbe day before i WITHOUT A MOUTHFUL TO EAT. When she first saw the Dolicemen &he be gan crying and kept it up until afu r tho jail' door had been locked behind her.'' Her age she said was but sixteen. Her name she would not elve. Hr rarenls are both dead, and she, poor thinr, we were about to say ' would be moca beit-.r off If Bhe, loo, were dead. Tuesday aoont noon a a what tba'l he be called? tota man certainly; a something inhuman1 form was seen to leave tbe pAe oi fodder in v wbich . tbe girl was pertmliy frozen '(her1- lcet were badly frcsn Monday nigh'), and BufleriDg tor something toett. By htr side was found a pair of woolen e'.ccklcgs. (which she said had been left her tbat city) and a pair of worn out overshoe", both of wh:eij' were half fuilot mud and grasp. Af.er' pinning np her dress with pins borrowed irom tne policemen, to mke It stay on, she started fcr the jail. Tbe details of tfca afla'r are too sickening to contemplate.' The questior," ''who and where is tb' young mn who drove this girl t Ltr, present conditior?" is too likely to be answered, "He is ' ONE OF THE BEST FAMILIES and la still moving in the txsi of society." Another girl who came here with this one is now, we are told, in one of tbe' booses of prostitution in our city. Here we draw the cuitain with tbe earnestfcspe tbstth good Lord will never bring another such a case to our knowledge. 8ince writing the above Mrs. Marsh and Mrs. Wiliiim Patte ricn have gone to tbe Jail, taken, the girl to the Mootes liouBe, had her ckanbtd, changed her clothing, and put ber in charge of tbe benevolent society. The girl's fet wire so tender from exposure and cold that she was scarcely ablo to stand it fo have them washed. JLetwo ladies meLtioned , above bad ber hair trimmed,- and are cow endeavoring to secure ber a place to work. 'ib-y txth deserve a great deal of credit lor tbe part Ibey bave taken in the matter, for bhe was truly a most deplorable lookitu sight wben first brought to towu from tbe corn Ltli. CENTENNIAL. KOUl'ES. Already it quirlcs begin about ihaxnode ot going to tbe Ceutennial exhibition. As one of tbe answers to these question, tne Sentinel publishes tbe following: Tbe great international exhibition, denned to commemorate tbe 100th anniversary of American Independence, will open May 10th and close November 10, 1S76. All tbe nations of tbe world, and all tbe states and territories of the Unior, will participate, Drlrglcg together tbe mobt comprehensive collection of art treasurer, mechanical inventions, scientific discoveries, manufacturing achievements, mineral specimens and agricultural troducts ever exhibited. The grounds devoted to tbe exhibition are situated on the line ot tbe Pennsylvania railrosd, 'and embrace 430 acres ot Fairmouot Park, all highly Improved - and ornamented, on which are erected tbe largest buildings ever cot struct ed, live of these covering; aa arcaot fifty acres, and costing 5,000,000. The total number ot buildings erec td for exhibition purposes is over one hundred. Tbe Pan Handle and Pennsylvania railroad, tbe grett Trunk Line and Fast Mail Route, will be the most direct, convenient and economical way ot reaccing Philadelphia and this grand exhibition from all parts of the country. . Its trains to and from ; Philadelphia will pass tbrough a grand Centennial depot, wbion tbe company have erected at the main entrance to the exhibition grounds fcr the accommodation of passengers who wish to step at or start from anv of the numerous targe hotels contiguous to this station, a convenience of the greatest value to visitors, and offered exclusively by tbe Pan Handle and Pennsylvania railroad, which ia the only lice running their trains direct to tbe centennial building. , William Edward Wjnne Williams, son of an ex-member of the British parliament, committed suicide in San Francisco. He was disowned eoveral years ago as a punishment for dissoluteness, but received from wealthy relatives a small money allowance. Iu California he tried to get a living as a newspaper writsr, but soon found that education, unaided by experience and natural ability, would not suffice. .He wrote a letter to his mother jnst before taking morphine, accusing her of causing his death . . The Wayne agricultural works, which bave been removed from Dublin to Richmond, bave greatly increased their capacity for manufacturing all kinds of agricultural Implements. Their specialty will bs the Indiana: walking cultivator, of which tbey expect to manufacture 6,000. They will also manufacture tbe Planet reaper and mover.

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