Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 April 1876 — Page 4

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THE INDIANA 8TATEI SENTINEL. "WEDNESDAY APEIL 5 1876

WEDNESDAY, APRIL f. The resident' friends now claim that be is poor in purse. They will next pre pose a donation party. ' Grant is unloading his real estate at i nacrifie?. it Is said. Ilia sacrifices sem most profitable to him. On the 19th of the present month the Democratic party in convention will name the next governor of Indiana. The best mttnod or treeing the country from official corruption ia to turn tbe cartv out under which the rascals haye been protected. Six hundred millions of dollars per year of taxation is about what the people of this country have to pay under Republl can rul. Ia it not time to nave a more economical government? Gen. Grant's father never thougLt that Ulysses would make a horse trader, but it the old man wes alive be could but rejoice in his f on's reputatloa as a poet trader. There were millions in it. The Republicacs are cut off from claim ing any glory for exposing the rascals in their pirty, by reason of thair falling to do 80 while tbeir tarty Lad control of the House of Rpr santati vea. Senator Morton wanted aa opportunity to finish up the last half of his old speech on Mississippi affairs, Monday, but the sight of tbe bloody shirt was not grateful to the friends of Conklicg, and our sena tor was not permitted to wave. At last it has been dlsoqvered that Mor ton has at least one supporter lor the presi dency, the Cincinnati Times. That paper denies the charge and is loud for Hayes, but the Commercial says that its true inwardness and its secret maneuverlngs are for Morton. Tbe policy now Be etc 9 to be not to prosecute witnesses who are exposing Republican officials but to attack them with a cane. This was the plan resorted to with C. S. Bell, who gave testimony before tbe investigation committee at Washington Saturday. ' It the Journal will undertake to clear tbe fikhts of Orth of his Know-nothing reccrJ, and show just when and where he recanted his oath of hatred to foreign born citizen?, the Sentinel promises to say nothing about the 6th Indana reports for a while at least. Now that the Republican is dead, the candidate for governor on tbe Republican ticket has no delender a", the state capital. Tbe Journal devotes its gubernatorial spice to twaddle upoa the Democratic candidates. Perhaps Orth is better off without tbe Journal's Influence. Custar'a charges ot corruption in the war department can't be credited now. He actually had the heads of some soldier thieves shaved in Texas. A man that would enforce such humiliating punishment upon thieves is unworthy of credence from the Radical standpoint. In former yeais poor Ban. Butler was ter.ibly lampooned on all sides for stealing spoons and things.whica was a terrible weight for the party ot moral Ideas to carry. In looking out for a candidate now the Republicans will be fortunate if they cm fit.d a man who has only stolen spoons. If the khedlve of Egypt bad given the Fitch diamonds to one of President Grant's family, does anybody supp se that they would lay in the custom house six months on aocoBLt oi tbe custom dees not being piid? There Is tome jealously doubtless governing this cae. The permission to accept tbe gltt surely implied a freedom from custom dues. As might have been expected the R:publicans laughed derisively at tbe attempt of the Democrats to enforce prison regulatiocs la the case of Ilalltt Kilbourne, tbe recusant ring real estate pool witness. Nobody doubted that their sympathies were with the witness. To force him to feed as his fellow prisoner?, might drive him to divulge tbe Becrets ot the ring and expose some of them. I: really don't make much difference to the country which one of the Republican candidates are chosen at Cincinnati. If the Republican party ia successful next lall It is simply a perpetuation of rascality, and It don't matter much who does the stealing. The only way to break the power of tbe ring thieves is to relieve the party ot power. No Republican president, however pare he might be, could contend with his party and purify things. Willis Record, the former clerk of Morgan county, thinks the Sentinel has damaged bis reputation to a certain amount ot actual dollars, and he has asked the courts to cause tbe same to be paid. The matter which he claims so damaged him was a special dispatch from Martinsville, giving an account of tbe firing of tbe records ot that county. Tbe Sentinel gave what appeared to be creditable re pert concerning tbe casualty of the burning of th county records, and also gave Mr. ReccrdV denial of the current rumors about town. The Sentinel Is not alarmed. Aa the Chicago Times published about the same ma'ter, we presume that paper, too, will come ander fire. That any one acquaint! with the history . . m of Mr. Morton's acts in the National Leg islature should claim for him anything like patriotic nobility in his purposes is aupremely ridlcu'OiiS. If he bas ever been

tbe champion of any measure that was not strictly a partisan movement, the records do not show it. There is really less of the catiotal and more of the partisan in Senator Morton than attaches to the reputation of any man of prominence In the whole country. Any scheme that would redound to the Interest of the party meets his approval but on other things he Is silent. The Mississippi Solution of which the Journal soeaka la most Intensely partisan, and entirely after the bloody shirt style.

The demoralizing effect ot the delay in the Impeachment of Belknap can not be overestimated. Here we have a case of high crimes and misdemeancra by an officer in one of tbe chief positions of the nation so plain and well authenticated that not a man in America doubts bis guilt, and jet he is su flared to remain un tried by tbe high court that baa Jurisdio" tion in such cases. II it Is a lack of legal evidence that causes the delay, then there is evidently need of legislation that will i r ovlde for Büch cases a speedy trial and punishment. If Belknap si all escape with ail his numerous crimes, what is the use of pretending that any responsibility pertains to those in bigb places under our government. His immunity from punish merit is a direct license to crimes like be has committed. Every guilty office holder in the land gatheis courage every day that Belkosp goes unpunished. The Old Spirit. Sectionalism had its origin in the North ern states. The Republican party drove the first wedge that finally rent asunder for a time the feelings of national sym patby between the North and the South. The sad result of that tplrit were de veloped in tbe lonr, disastrous war be tween the states. There was no necessity for stirring up strife, and there was no necessity for inaugurating a war as was done by the South in retaliation. It was all contrary to the genius and spirit of our institutions, and the contest of arms, while it decided the question of the integrity of the nation, showed also the utter folly and criminal recklessness that arrayed the different portions of the Union against each other. The North felt this in the grievous burden ot taxation left as a legacy. The South felt it in an exhausted country and the humiliation of defeat; and tbe common country felt it in hundreds of thousands ol families, made desolate by the calamities of war. This common misfortune could never have occurred but Sot tbe sectional spirit. It ia well known that in tbe formation ot the Republican party it was built up out of material that was inimical to the Union. Tbe prime movers were tbe original disunWnlsts. They hated the Union. They believed theconstitu'ion bound together the states ia perpetuity, and hence they pronounced t a- league with bell and a cove nant with death. At a later date. when secession was declared by a number of the states, some of the leading newspapers of the- country were n favor of letting the Union slide. The Journal of this city, thought It could neve be classed among the prominent or influ ential papers of the land, took its cue from other papers anc favored the idea advocated by the New York Tribune, of letting tbe So-ih go to themselves. Tbe doctrine ! of an irresistable conflict, as taught by the Radicals, suggested the separation, but bappily the conservative element of the country prevailed, and the Union was preserved. This doctrine of a conflict in sentiment averse to the Union, was the pernicious progenitor of all the miseries - of war and tbe financial distress that has followed. Tnls being acknowledged, one would think ttat the cation bad experience enough of thia fell spirit. But it appeara that the old spirit of hatred is to be engendered again, if the course of some of the leaders of the Republican party is to be followed. A few of their state conventions have been held, In which, instead of overtures of fraternal feeling, the doctrine of eternal bate is shadowed forth. Tbe Journal of this city, Friday, in a leading editorial cf shallow platitudes, winds up with a declaration of sectionalism that would have passed muster in the palmiest of abol.tlon days. Making Republicanism ".he bed-rock," doubtless, of its Idea of truth, the Journal says: There is no substantial unity between North and Bouth, because nie two sections have not felt the powerfal assimilation of common principles. Truth la tbe only bed rock on which a strong and permanent union can be f unded. There most b an agreement as to fundamental things, and so long as one section believes In confederacy and tbe other la union there la no solid unity, and can not be until It is cemented by t ue conealve power oi a common theory of government. In other words, because Republicanism does not prevail at the South there can be no union, and hence there ia an irresittable conflict, and there must per consequence be perpetual strife and warfare. Tbe threat la thus thrown out to the South that the Republican party mutt be indorsed and sustained, or they must expect to rest under an eternal ban. No words are too severe by which to chat" acterize such declarations. They breathe the spirit of disunion of tbe most objectionable kind. To engender bate between different sections of tbe country ha been the mission of the Republican party, and to perpetuate that hatred seems to be the amDltlon of certain of its leaders now. The carnage of battle smells at a distance most savory to them, and ghoul-llke, they rejoice in every story of blood that will feed the devilish spirit they seek to engender. Tb declaration that there can be no unity between tbe - an a a lh North and the South but upon Republi can principles Is an atrocious libel upon the American people. Tbe unionism of the Republican party ia only a union ce-

men ted with blood, but tbe true unity designed in tbe Constitution la a unity of ' common respect to the equal rights and I tbe gen. ral equality of all tbe states. The conservative, and indeed tbe Christian element of the American population must frreyer eschew such a spirit; and though passions may be aroused for a day, yet in

the calmer times when tbe victories of peace prevail the spirit of true patriotism will drown the voice of anger and the Goisy clamor of these apostles of hate. The Enforcement Act. The last chance of carrying a single Southern state for the nominee of the Republican National Convention !s gone. The recent decision of tbe Supreme Court ot the United States on the enforcement act is tbe death-knell of such a hope. There never has been a day since the passage of the reconstruction meamras that any Southern state, with possibly the ex ception of Mississippi and South Carolina, would have voted to sustain the Republican party, bad its people been left free to cast their ballots as they pleased. This they were not allowed to do, for deputy United S'ates marshals rode over the country, and, under threats of arreat and im prisonment, deterred the men of substance and of property from goirjg to the polls. If they attempted to exercise the right) of freemen, they risked their liberty and took their chances of imprisonment. In crier to harass them and make th6lr arret ts nvre painful, they were taken hundreds of miles from their homes and in carcerated in prsons located among strangers. This, was done to make tbe giving of bail difficult, if net impossible, for tbe object of these p3tty officers was not to insure the appearance of their vic tims for trial bnt to punish them before they were tried. Thia system of attemptng to carry elections by the appointment of deputy marshals and vesting in them tbe power of arrest without warrant was not confined to the Southern states. It was once practiced In the great commercial city of the country, and although not suc cessful in that case, was none the less reprehensible. Hundreds of deputy marshals were sworn into office in the city of New York a few years ago, and a large army, under command of the most desperate and unscrupulous officer which the war pro duced, was sent to that city to force her people to vote tbe Republican ticket. Notwithstanding this pressure her voters stood firm and cast their ballots for tbe men of their choice. Dad tbe people re belled against this interference with tbe rights of citizenship and arrested these deputy marshals as disturbers of tbe peace, an unscrupulous military chieftan was ready to enforce obedience to an unconsti tutional law with his bayonets. Happily for the country the freemen of New York bore this aitack upon their liberties and this Insult to their manhood with a patience worthy of their ancestry, and answered the Jibes and taunts of the Radi cal leaders with ballots Instead of blows, so the hero of Fort Fisher bad to take bis army away without an opportunity of adding to bis military laurels. Now, bad this occurred in a Southern city, it would have resulted in over-awing tbe-people and making the election a farce, but happening as-it did among a people who bad not been accustomed to feel tbe hand of military power, It failed of its object. By such means as these were the Southern states kept nnder tbe control of men alien to their Boil and strangers to their people. All of theui save one are now freed irom the rule of the vampires who have been sucking their life blood for years, and this one will soon take her stand with her sitter states on the platform of self government. This is assured by the recent decision ot tbe Supreme Court on the enforcement act. It was this law which made these things possible. It was under this law that men were arretted at their homes, taken hundreds of miles away and tried for alleged offensss before courts created to convict. It was nnder this law that free American citizens were banished from their homes and sentenced to imprisonmen in dlttaat b tat es, and made to put or the felon's garb. Tbe men who were instrumental in breaking up families and Imprisoning their heads that states might be coerced in keeping the Repuplican party in power must pay tbe penalty. in The Currency Question. It Is manifest that the people take a practical view of the currency question, and after all a practical view is more sen sible generally than fine spun theories that have not been tested by experience. The greenback currency was created by a publio necessity. The government not having tbe ready money in coin to pay the current expenses accruing, promlaed to pay the money at some future time, and as a pledge issued the greenback currency, and to give it confidence with tbe people, and to avoid depreciation that would result from an extensive issue without any promised date for its redemption 'in gold, by an act of Congress such currency was made a legal tender tor debts. The legal tender quality was in the nature of a guarantee that would give it circulation almost as readily as if it had been made payable at a certain date. Since its first Issue this currency has constantly grown in favor with the masses of tbe people. Some circulating medium was necessary. Tbe greenbacks were more convenient than gold. The government could not conveniently pay without increasing tbe bonded debt of the nation, and thus in crease the Interest to be paid annually. The people, therefore, have been satisfied to hold and use those representatives of the government's Indebtedness as money, and for its use forgo the interest. This is a simple and plain view of the case. The

people are satisfied with tbe situation in

the main. To further avoid a depreciation, the government has kept the quantity of these legal tender notes within certain legal limits. Hence the actual value of these notes in coin ranges along with the value of a note of band payable a year after date, or in ether words, bearing no Interest they are at a discount to the amount of ordinary yearly interest. In times of panic this government paper J varies as all other evidences of debt, or stocks and bonds. Now, while the people are satisfied with holding so much of tbe publio debt, and while ' the government can't pay the debt without inconvenience, what is the use of creating distress and money pressure by promising to pay, aa tbe Sherman resumption act does, in 1S79, when that can only be done by a disastrous contraction and a continued monetary distress. It is utterly impossible for the government to save up from custom revenues enough gold to pay off tbe greenbacks at that time. If bonds are to be said and tbe interest bearing debt inci eased three or tour hundred millions, w by not do it at once and let the matter end. Bat no party will dare to increase the annual ex penses of tbe government twenty millions of dollars, when there is no necessity lor it. These simple views oi this subject ob tain among tbe pscplo, and hence they demand that the currency be let alone for the present, and that there shall be re trenchment and reform, actual economy in the expanses of the government as tbe only way for tbe nation to get out of debt. When tbe government is placed in economical hands and legitimate expenses alone are taxed up in the appropriation bills, then, with the revenues of the gov ernment prcparly husbanded, we may be able to return to tbe good old hard money times, when the Democracy bore rule in the land. Xxnlbltlns; Education. It can not have failed to strike most minds that the making ot an educational exhibit by which to represent the intellectual status of a commonwealth to strangers is not tbe easiest thing in the world to do. It is true there are many ways by which to present the thoughts of genius and philosophy. Tbe products of an Individual mind give a pretty clear Idea to others of w'jat that mind is. But to show effectively the educational work of a state is an undertaking that is novel if not diffi cult. The Centennial exhibition, however, promises to solve that problem. Something bas been attempted and done before in Europe and this country. At Paris and Vienna models of school bouses and some thing in the line of school work were shown. Feeble attempts have been made at state fairs and expositions in this country to disseminate among tbe people ideas of modern school work in certain branches, chiefly in tbe departments ot penmanship, drawing and painting. Bat the competi tion ot different states at the great exposition ot this year is destined to put tbe exhibition of education on an entirely new basis. Ingenuity will exhaust itself in devising expedients by which to express tbe condition of mind, tbe modes and results of Its culture as pursued especially in the great Systems of public free schools, which are bo much tbe pride and care of tbe states of the Union. Statistics are always at band and always valuable to thoughtful people. But they do not greatly impress the careless and casual thinking ot tbe multitudes. Tbe visible products of tbe intellect in some form are necessary for this. . To show the achievements of the farmer, tbe breeder, tbe me chanic, the inventor is a comparatively easy task. But to present the results of the state's expenditures and tbe teacher s work so as to strike the popular sense is a nice undertaking. Hitherto it has been considered a hopeless one, if, in fact, it has been thought of at all. The teacher deprecates the failure of bis most exacting life work becauss its results can not be made to appear, at Irast until the genera tion of children which be bas trained shall reveal It after he is dead. There will be quite a revolution in this matter. It is only neccesiry to see what has been done by the superintendent and teachers o schools in this state in preparation for tbe Centennial exhibition to discover that mental growth, action, progress and pro duct are susceptible of being measured weighed, photographed and revealed vialbly and tangibly as well as the grosser operations of industry. It is wonderful and instructive to Inspect tbe devices by which tbe process of the thought factories, so to speak, are to be illustrated In the Indiana Educational Department. They are too extensive and complicated for a description. To be appreciated they will have to be seen when in full display at Philadelphia. But the idea is not destined to stop here. Rather, this year will only give it a fair start. Hereafter no ex hibition of a state's resources, wealth, power and condition will be fonnd where the display of ita educational appliances and progress does not form a prominent feature. And herein lies the promise of vafct good to the country. Education Is fundamental to publio prosperity and tbe good of the race. This statement is too trite to be discussed, but of too much im portance to be forgotten. The main value of these educational exhibits is in tbeir reflex Influence on the general work. Not only do they it struct and disseminate the best ideas, but they also inspire. No teacher can go through an inspection ol the fine school work contributed from certain quarters without being aroused to ( new and higher purposes of noble emulation. No citizen can contemplate the masterly triumphs of the schools in one neighborhood without receiving an

i , - unreasonable to bope that the practice of exhibiting school work and educational results, to be to nobly inaugurated this year, will begin a new era in tbe history of public school systems, an era which shall develrp greater zerd and grander success than bas ever been known or conceived ot n the past. Is Grant a Candidate? There is notbirg yet developed in the plans of the Republican party for tbe next presidential content that precludes absolutely tbB nomination ot Qrant as their candidate lor another term. The opposi tion to that patty bas generally concluded that It will not be policy for tbe Republl cana to nominate him, because of tbe recent exposure of frauds in bis administra tion. But while this would be deemed a sufficient reason for laying him permanettly upon the shelf, with the average political party, yet with the Republican party . such things as Grant and bis subordinates have been guilty of, make Eoeortol difference with them. The Sentinel remembers but a single case where a leader of the Republican party, charged with fraud and corruption, bas been laid cslde on account of such a reputation. The leaders in the Sinthern states lor nearly a deren years Lave rioted incorrupt scl ernes, debauching elections, squandering the public funds and bribing tbeir way to places of power and profit, and when these men have claimed the rewards of their evil doings, they have Invariably received the support of a Republican Congress. Partisan zeal has not scrupled to shut its eyes and go for tbe party right or wrong. Disreputable carpet-baggers in tbe South whose residence there was but an exile from Justice in the Northern states, by ignominious schemes and frauds claimed elections to tbe positions of governors, congressmen and judges, and at their demand were recognized by Congress and their actions indorsed, no matter bow villainous, by the bayonet, when necessary. If we briefly review the past we can find no where North or South that bad men were cast out of the party or disgraced for malfeasance in office. Was Boss Shepherd disgraced? Was Harlan read out of the party? Did Simon Cameron lose bis Influence? Is Ben Butler without power? Does Har.ranft govern Pennsylvania? Was Delano impeached? Was Williams made to disgorge? Is tbe party now trying to convict Belknap? Did they not try to screen Baboock? When and where havedishonesty and corruption been a cause for removal from office? The fact is, euch men have been exsrsed throngh circumstact'al developments, but this was no bar to political preferment, no ground for political disgrace. It Grant chooses to run again, if the party is consistent, they will ignore all these disgraceful frauds by bis official?, all tbe testimony that bas inculpated him, and simply resolve that the Republican party is necessary to the perpetuity of the government, that Grant is necessary to the success of the party, and then go it blind. This they may yet do. If they do not take him they must take bis man, and what will te the differ ence? He will continue to provide for bis friends, and tbe ring rascals will bold on as tbey have ever done in the past. In any event Grantism will be perpetuated in tbe election of a Republican president. The only way for the people to repudiate rascality and secure reform ia in the suc cess of tbe Democracy. The Hon. Franklin Laadtr. There are a few Democratic pa pers in tne state, we are persuaded, which are pursuing a very unwise course that they may have cause to regret. We refer to these journals which are disturbed at the probability of tbe nomination of Mr. Landers for gov ernor. They assume mat tne nomination will bring defeat upon the party in Indi ans. In our opinion tbe assumption is not well founded. Mr. Landers is a strong man with the people and his patt career proves it. He never ran lor an office that he didn't get, and he never held an effice which he did not fill to the satisfaction of those who elected him. He represented Morgan and Johnson counties in the Sen ate of Indiana, during tbe most crititlcal period of his history, and did it well. He was a Democrat when it cost something to be one, and maintained bis party fealty at a time when some of those who now doubt it were shy of tbe Democratic camp. He is a positive man, and never hesitates to speak bis sentiments when called upon to do so. Because bis views on one of the questions of the day meet the approval of many voters outside the Democratio party, Is no good reason why hia party friends should distrust him. If he is nominated by the Democratic convention for governor, and without compromising his Democratic principles, can command tbe support of an element which would other wise be lost to tbe party, It seems to us that the offense might be forgiven him. If the object of nominating a candidate 1b to elect him, there is no good reason for repelling any votes which may be offered him. Neither is there wisdom in belaboring a candidate because he can obtain these votes. Without espousing t re candidacy of Mr. Landers, we will say to our brethren of the Democratic press that should be be nominated, tbe honor will have been conferred upon a good Democrat and one who will make an effective canvaes. Vol. J. P. Balrd. One of the saddest spectacles presented in Indianapolis for years was witnessed at tbe Union Depot yesterday morning Col. John P. Balrd on bis way to the state 1 asylum tor the insane. He was brought ' up from Terre Haute, on the morning

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train, in rh I m - - - 'v.uC1 -aanied by the Hon. B. W. Hann-, one of his most devoted friends and admirers. His condition is Bad indeed. Once so strong and formidable, now so bowed down and perfectly helpless. A noble tree, liven and blasted by the lightning, has in all sges been regarded with auperstltious awe and reverence, but a great mind palsied by disease makes us shudder. Ttose who have known Col. Balrd, will only think of him as be seemed In tbe full vigor and splendid glow of bis great Intellectual faculties. He was one ol the bravest, knlghtliest and noblest of all tbe men who have reached tbe front rank ot the Indiana bar. A Dastardly Outrage. The order of the attorney general to his assistants to let no witness escap who brought to light the rtscallties of the whisky ring, and the command of tbe president to have Marsh prosecuted for testifying against Belknap not having had the intended effect, another, and a more efficacious remedy hat been applied. It is the bludgeon. Oa last Saturday night C. S. Bell, who bad t9stifid before a congressional committee toficts net pa'a'able to the Republican leaders, was assaulted at his hotel by a ruffian who struck him on the head with a bludgeon. Tbe Republican organs are trying; to break' down Bell's character for veracity, in order to destroy his evidence against tbe president and his satellites, and a Republican bully has tried to break h'. bead for telling the truth about those who employed him to do their dirty work. It has come to a pretty pass when a witness is (truck down with a deadly weapon within sight of tbe Capitol because be dared testify against thcs9 high In authority. Its effect mutt be to deter timid men from exposing the crookedness of the Republican leaders. This is what tbe assault on Bell was in tended to do, and what it will do unless tbe assassin is caught and made to suffer tbe extreme penalty of tbe law. Bell was a witness before a committee of Congress, and as such entitled to tbe protection of the power which called him to testify, and the bully who assaulted bim should be made to feel tbe power and authority of this body. The Republican leaders may as well understand now, as at a future time, that the Democratic House of Representatives at Washington will continue to investigate tbe thievery and rascalities of the Republican office holders, and will see that its witnesses are protected from the orders of the attorney general, tbe threat of tbe president and the bludgeons ot row dies. .The Connecticut Election. Notwithstanding tbe desperate effort made in Connecticut yesterday, that state did not pan out well lor the Republicans. They had hoped that tbe nutmeg state would give t pice to the future elections by a majority for tbeir candidate.following in tbe wake of New Hampshire. Tbe full vote was not cast, but the Democracy tal lies one in advance for future elections. Thedecreasa in the Democratic majority this year, though but slight, is accounted for by tbe fact that tbe Republican candi date for governor was a much more reputable man than they ran a year ago. It is to be regretted that tbe Hon. David A. Wells was defeated for Congress in the third district. Who Bays we have no honest statesmen? To those who are attempting to pluck the tail feathers from the national fowl by impugning the patriotism of American official?, we point with pride to Scrugg. Scruggs is United States minister to Bagota. Queen Victoria, desiring to express her admiration and esteem for this distinguished diplomat, wished bim to accept at ber bands a silver Inkstand. Tbe stern virtue of Scrnggs couldn't see it. No effete monarch could get on his blind Bide by any such weak invention. British silver could not (in such small quantities) overcome bis purity and patriotism. Scruggs didn't deoy that be would like the inkstand, but without permission of Congress it should never be known to the world that it bad been sent to him. Scruggs asked that body to relieve bim of the necessity of paying return expressige, besides it might not reach ber majesty while she is junketing on tbe continent. While we have such men as Scruggs the country U safe, and probably eo lathe inkHand. The Journal is crying aloud against Democratic Investigating committees and wants to know if t "ia not time a bait was called In this wholesale onslaught upon character through such irresponsible means." Tbe Journal, the Cincinnati Gazette and other Republican papers which claim to be respectable, have admitted Into their columns time and again lying charges against Governor Hendricks without a scintilla ot evidence to sustain them. Had these charges been worn to by any mac, no matter how depraved, there might have been some ex cuse for their circulation, but coming as they did from nowhere, and originating in nothing, tbeir publication was an cu-rage upon decency and merits the condemnation of all fair minded men. Now, when a man who has been entrusted with an important appointment under tbe federal government swears that the high priests of the Republican party employed him to do disreputable work, tbe Journal calls a bait and wants to know if "it is not time to stop this wholesale onslaught upon character." Let it answer Its own question. " A singular Incident occurred In court at Goshen last week. An old dunkard on the jury retired three times and prayed earnestly for divine help to guide him in forming his verdict upon a certain case, and it is yet more singular tbat the other eleven Jurors were finally broueht to see the case as he aaw lt. Lagrange Standard.