Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 35, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1876 — Page 4

THE INDIAMA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY APEIL 12 187G,

THE WEEKLY SENTINEL.

TO UüJilUUltATö. We send this number oi the Weekly Sentinel as a specimen to many who are not subscribers; we hope all who receive it mill Interest themselves in getting untilubs. v?e ask 3 ourold subscribers to send one nam each. The State candidates ttl soon in the field, wbe. the fight ni; begin in earnest. We shall endeavor to make the Sentinel Interesting throughout the canvass. Bales? we give terms. Sing'e-copy Fiveoople ------ Ten 'copies or more -Twoaty-flve copies or more "il 50 1 35 1 25 1 17 FBK OF POSTAGE. A commission of fifteen per cent, -will be allowed on all clubs sent in. All remittances should be made by express or postoffice money order, with the name, town, county and state in full, ard in anUin bold hand, thereby avoiding al chances of m'stakes. Address INDIAN APO US SENTINEL CO., INDIANAPOLIS, ISD. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12. It la almost certain that Eilbourn can not hurt B'alne now, tell what be may. If any man testifies anything derogatory to President Grait shoot him on the spot. There is virtue in Belknap. With resignation h9 met the charges against him. fJrmt was rieht when he said that Blaine would not be in anybody's way at CincinnatiThey de sjy that Grant is lor Wasbborne alter all. and that at the proper time he will see that be is nominated. t i g It is now definitely ascertained that Bowles, of tne Sorinefield Republican, is for Charles Francis Adams for president. The Advance Guard, tne organ of the temperance societies of this state, nominates the Hon. W. C. DePauw for governor. The New York Post says that every Democratic paper in Missouri is supporting Governor Hendricks for the presidency. The sudden Indorsement of tbe witness Bell, after lampooning him as a dead beat uggests that he migLt tell too much if tie tnot pelted a little. The Republican thieves and tribcikeis that have been pillaging the public reesury have commenced telling on each other. There Is hope in this. Why could not Ben. Butler have hl9 son-in-law, Adelbert Ames, of Mississippi, appointed to the English mission 7 Grant is capable of doing just that sort of a thing. Already the changes in the weather and the roads have effected favorably many branches of business, and country merchants are finding their way to the city for sew supplies. Considering everything, the number of tickets in tbe field and the popularity of the Republican candidate?, the victory of the Democrats in Connecticut is a triumph decidedly significant. And now Morton makes a pilgrimage to North Carolina to make a keynote speech. Let him just finish that Congressional speech, that his co-senators would not hear, ana be done with it. It seems that Robeson has been caught at last. Let the witness who exposed his Jobbery look out for his head. Blucgeocs re plenty at Washington, and Radical rowdies know how to use them. The telegraph announces tbe death of A. T. Stewart, Esq., but the intelligence is JM vague to warrant an obituary, as the announcement of another distinguished Kew Yorker's death proved premature. One-tenth ol one per cent, seems to be a .ather email commission on a subsidy, but when tbat subsidy is $4,000,000 it amounts In round numbers to 64,000, -which any congressman ought to bo satisfied with. It was rather shabby in General Grant to go back on Baboock for etealiog a single paper from the executive department while he himself was employing men to secretly steal all the testimony, against his, private secretary. The Episcopal and CathoLic Churches of the city will hold services every day during the week. Friday is the moet important day In the Roman calendar, and at jßome services in St. Peter's, conducted by the pontiff, are of the most imposing character. The Republican party of tbis state cordially indorses the administration of Mr. Grant, even after the alarming rascalities were exposed. Yet tbe Journal, that sustains and supports tbe Republican plat foxm, now indorses C. S. Bell, tbe detec-

tlve who alleges that he was employed by Grant and the Washington ring to steal the evidence In the Baboock case.

The Ute of morals among the average appointments or General Grant may be interred from the tact mat oi mree imn selected to fill the vacancy in the office of treasurer of the United States, neither of tbem could file the requisite bond. No parties could be found to esjume a mil Ron dollar risk over Mr. Grant's favorite .Since the resignation of Mr. New the office goes begging'. The old famous 'quadrilateral" has been drawing its sides together again, it appears, in a meeting at the Brevoort House, New "York. They have Brlstow In the center. Uow BDwles caa take pari without Charles Francis is a little sur prising, and it will be a sensation to the countrv If it shall turn out that the chief of the Courier-Journal la found conspiring for the election of a genuine Republican It is now verv well established that while Grant baa the credit of saying, with reference to plundering tbe government by the 8t. Louis thieve?, "Let no guilty man escape," he was at the same time se cretly conniving at the overthrow of tbe prosecution in some of those trials there, The evidence of Henderson before tbe committee sustains tbe theory that Grant took a hand personally in screening the wblaky thieves. The Governorship. Ths Democracy of Indiana have their future in their own hands. If they will be guided by reason and not passion, success this fall is certain. Tbey are a majority of the voters of the etate, and if tbey do not win, it will be because they throw tbe op portunity away. Tbey have the prize of success within reach of their grasp; tbey have but to extend tbeir bands and take It. ' If they do it not, they will throw away a golden opportunity, and commit a pollti cal crime. For the first time, Indiana presents to tbe country a Democratic candidate for tbe presidency with a prospect of having him accepted by h's party. Twice before have tbe Democracv of the state favored the nomination of one of tbemsslvep, but in both these cases their candidate bad little or no strength outsiae ms.Biate. firsr, General Jo. Lane, a veteran of the Ma il can war. then Jesse D. Bright, a leader of great ability, were put forward by tbe Democracy of Indiana as presidential can didate?, but neither of these gentlemen was able to command any strength out side the itate in which he lived. Tbis year Indiana will appear at tbe Democratic National Convention under very different circumstances from those under which she eer appeared before. Indiana will present, as a candidate for the highesWtffice in tbe gift of the people, a man wbo is favored for the .place in every section of tbe country. Ills reputation is national, and his friends are not limited to the people of 6ingle state, but are to be found in large numbers in all ptrts of tbe Union. It is almost reedless to state that tbis man is Thomas A. Hendricks. On him the Democracy of tbe state are united, and nothing should b9 permitted to disturb this unity. It is well known that there is divis ion in the party on governorship. Many oi the counties favor the candi dacy of Mr. Landers, of this city, and many others support tbat of Mr. Holman, while there are some who name Judge Ni black, General Manson and Judge Turpie for tbe place. It may be that the friends of the former of these gentlemen will become so earnest in the support of tbeir favorite that bad blood will be engendered and bitter words be used. This is not unnatural, and may be expected. At present tbe contest seems to be between Messrs. Landers and Holman. Both these gentle men are men of abyity, and Democrats of tried fealty to their party. Tbey remained Democrats when to do so required no small amount of moral furage. Mr. Landers in the Senate of tbe state, and Mr. Holman in tbe House at Washington, maintained their party fidelity and tbeir manhood at a time when timid Democrats eft tbeir party and went in to tbe Repubican ranks. Theiefore, they have teen tried as with fire, and It ill beomea a Democrat to question tbe loyalty of either to his party. An effort is being made to create tbe impression, by the Republican press, that Governor Hendricks has actively espoused tbe candidacy of one of these gentlemen. This Is both unjust to the governor and to tbe candidate be is said to oppose. They are Doth Democrats; are both the political and personal friends of tbe governor, and while tbe latter may have a preference for one of them over the other, tbe nomination of either, no doubt, would causa him no regret. When tbe convention meets it will canvass tbe claims of tbe candidates, and ought to nominate the one who caa obtain tbe most votes from tbe people. Tbis Is Important to Mr. Hendricks, as well as to the Democracy eenerally, for should he be our nominee at St. Louis, it is of the very first importance that we should carry Indiana in October py a rousing majority. His friends who are discreet will not seek to connect him with the fortunes of any of the candidates for governor. If it is believed tbat he is using his great influence to further the nomination of a particular candidate, it will have the effect to cool tbe ardor of some of his warmest supporters. There is ro division among Democrats in Indiana as to him, and no one professing to be bis friend should be so Indiscreet as to quote him as desiring the nomination of any particular person for governor. We want no difference of opinion in our state convention, nor at

St. Louis upon any matter affecting him.

When the state convention meets let it seiect the best and strongest man, and In tbe meantime, let all good Democrat refrain from crimination and recrimination, and be prepared to accept willingly and Bupport heartily the choice of the convention, whoever he may he. It this is done, a Democratic gbv ernor will be elected In October, and in November Indiana will cast her vote for tbe St. Louts nominee. Our psople hope and expect that nominee to be on r fello citizen and distinguished governor, Thomas A. Hendricks. Tbe Prospect of Beform. Under specious cover of superlative patriotism the leaders of the Republican party have been robbing the nation for years. It is too l.te for tbe defenders the party to cry out tbat tbe rascals of the party are to be exposed and punished, Tbe fact is tbe brains, leadership and strength of the party Is corrupt, Infa mously corrupt, wben we say tbis we mean exactly what we say. We mean that the leaders of the putv hold their positions, and have secured a triumph before tbe people from year to year, cot by their advocacy of principle, but by the corrupting Influence of money Btolen from the government. The party leaders are privy to this, have connived at it and approved it. Belknap is caught, but hun areas oi others as guuty as ne cover np their tracks and claim to be free from such crimes. Take an example. Senator Morton, of this state, is claimed by bis friends to be free from bribery and corruption. Let ns see. .How does be hold his present pc sit ion? Was it by the fair expression of the voice of the people? Everybody knows it was not. Everybody knows that an infamous reconstruction of tbe sanatorlal and representative district) did it, with the aid of money brought Id to the state. Where did tbis money come from? It was expanded under the direction of Senator Morton, and put where it would do the most good, and he must know where be got it. He doubtless knows, too, that it came not out of the pockets of honett men. This U but a sample and type of the gene-ral demoralization tbat ex ists among the party leaders. By bribery and corruption the Republican party has been sustained. From the proceeds of venal appointments and dishonest con tracts, vast corruption funds have been ready for the demand. Laws in the in terest cf dishonesty have been enacted for tbe express purpose of gain, and like tbe whisky law, made to minister to the avence and greed and ambition of tbe eaders of the party. The astounding fact is made known and confessed by tbe Chicago Tribune that one half of the federal officials in Illinois are under ban for dishonesty or delinquency in some irectlon. It is so everywhere. Effete rottenness properly charaoterZ99 the civil service under Grant. Yet this party that has nurtured and fostered crime presumes to claim a continuation of favor, forsooth, because there was a war between the states fifteen years ago. What is the value of a sacred union tbat is to be forever robbed and plundered by tbe pretended defenders? Grant has done more harm In permitting tbe nation to be robbed and the public morals debauched than if he had turned traitor to the Union and helped the South to go free. His administration has been, on tbe whole, In the interest of public plunder, and tbe leaders of the Republican paity have taken advantage of it. It seems passing strange that tbe people should longer tolerate a party covered all over with dishonor. Yet some half dozen men are clamoring for the Republican nomination for the presidency. The Bfashvllle Convention. The proceedings of tbe convention of tbe colored men which met in Nashville lsst Wednesday Indicates tbat tbe Southern question is near a solution. When the war ended and the negroes were In vested with the right of suffrage, they banded together as one man and became the ruling element In most of the Southern states. Under the tutelage and direction of tbe freed mau's bureau, the colored peo ple or the South became as clannish as were the Highlanders of Scotland. Through the machinations of unscrupulous men from the North they were made believe that their liberty and lives depended upon tbeir assumption of a position antagonistic to their former masters. They were told that tbe Democratic party favored tbeir relnslavement, and would accomplish it should it ever be restored to power. heir ears were open only to the ambitious men of their own race, and the despicable carpet-baggers who overrun the fairest portion of our land that tbey might fatten off a people who loathed and despised them. No white man, unless he was identified with the freedman's bureau, bad any Influence with the colored people of tbe South, and consequently the negroes of that section as well as of the whole country, voted in a body the Republican ticket. It is not surprising tbat they did this, for their shackles had fallen off ander a Republican administration, and they saw around them sullen men, formerly their masters, who bitterly opposed the meas ures which made them free. It was some time before tbe white men of the South become reconciled to tbe Inevitable and accepted tbe new order of things. For a time tbey refused to participate in public uff tire, and in tbe meantime tbe negro, full of his new-born freedom, and under toe lead of adventurers from tbe Nortb. took possession of tbe governments of the Southern states, and from being a slave,' bacame a master. This arrayed gainst him the white man, and between the two was drawn an Impassible hir

rier. The negro, unued to governing

himself, was totally unfit to govern . a sute, and his attempt to do it resulted In wide-spread disaster. It took him years to learn that be was being used by the Repabllcaa party to keep itself in power, and tbat it bad no use for him except as he had served its ends. But at last he has discovered this fact, and proposes in tbe future to act for himself. In tbe Nasb villa convention, last Saturday, Mr. Pincb back declared "that the colored people were beginning to think for themselves, and would never again vote the Rqpubli can ticket in a solid column, as heretofore." Mr. Smitb, a state Senator from Alabama went even further than the ex-go verncr of Louisiana, and "advised tbe blacks no longer to remain in tne Republican party but make terms . with their white South era friends, and bercafter to vote for honest and competent men without reference to party." These two men are leaders of their rw, and tbeir advice will be received with lavcr by those to whom it wai addressed. Wben the negro Is pre pared to act, ss Bhould au American citf z m, and vote as he pleases and for whom be pleases witbout regard to race or color, the color lines in the South will disappear and the Southern question be solved Heretofore if a man of color voted tbe Democratic ticket, he waso6tracizd by bis raco and became a social outlaw. In this c ty, colored men, for voting with the Democracy, have been assaulted arid driven from tbe polls. No one could do it and maintain any social standing among those of h!s own color. Tbis tyranny was one of the most potent weapons used to maintain political unity among the blacks. But the Nashville convention ha broken down tbis state of affairs, and hereafter a npro can vote for a Democrat or a Repub Hoho 6s he may elect. Should he choose to cast his vote for a man identified with the Democracy in future he will net forfeit his social standing nor tbe right to be con sidered true to his race. The consequence will be that colored men, like whito men, will divide their votes between tbe differ ent parties, and tbe success of a particular ticket will not depend upon the vote of tbe negro. He will then cease to be a disturb ing element in politics, and his vote will be canvassed and sought like that of aoy other man entitled to give it. Should this stae of affairs speedily come, tbe people will thank tbe men who inaugurated the new departure at Nashville. Nobodies. The drift of politics Indicates that in tbe Republican current B. H. Bristow, tbe present secretary of tbe treasury, stands a fair chance of carrying off tbe prize at Cincinnati. This is not indicated by his own sttengtb, but by virtue of the divis ion on Conkling, Blaine and Morton. Mr. Bristow has suddenly come to the front, through one of Grant's customary freaks of surprising tbe country, calling unknown and unheard of men to places of high trust. There was such an mprovement on Richardson in the ap pointment of Bristow that tbe country applauded him witbout knowing why. Since tbe organization of the government until the incumbency of Grant, it has been the universal custom for occupants of the White House to invite as counselors statesmen of experience and ability known to tbe country. But Grant, coming out of obscurity himself into sudden military fame, he has elevated more mere nobodies to high places than all the otber presidents put together. This has proven very disastrous to his reputation as an executive officer, and has marked out his administrative terms as dis tinguished failures In the history of tbe country. The catalogue of Grant's cabi net officers In tbe main is enough to cause a universal snicker, were it not tbat tbe consequences have been so disastrous to tbe nation. Rollins, Jewell, Akerman, Bristow, Williams, Stewart, Bjrie, Bel knap, Robeson, Richardson were liter ally unknown to political fame until Mr. Grant found tbem out. With the possible exception of two of them they have proven to be unqaestioned failures, while many of tbem were not only incapable ut corrupt. Boutwell was better known than any of tbem, but he could scarcely be named as a leading man of the party up to the time of his being called to tbe cabinet. Fish and Hoar and Washburn were the onky men of tolerable respectability that Grant called to his cabinet. Cox was a better man tban,either of them, but he did not suit Grant. It must be evident to the country by this time tbat whatever may be said in favor of new men, still, statesmen of ex-1 perlence have ever proven more efficient and trustworthy than obscure men, such as tbe present Incumbent of tbe White House has called to his aid, and f we mistake not, the American people are tired of such experiments. Necessity seems to be laid upon the Republican arty to take up some new man again, and thus separate the party from the odium that attaches to the present administration, but the Sentinel thinks that there is great risk in their making a selection of Bristow. He is untried. His brief term n tbe cabinet, though coming into tbe offloe with a general acquiescence of commendation, does not In any sense warrant so costly an experiment as placing him in the presidential chair would be. While it Is true, that as to distinguished men in tbe party, they have not many to choose from, yet Edmunds, of Ver mont, or Dawes, of Massachusetts, would ba every way a more fit nomination to be made than Bristow, and would give the country every way a better guarantee of a respectable administration than the Kentucky candidate who was unheard of out of his own state before he got into the cabinet, and when the real merit of his accomplishments as a statesman la. prop

1 At a there is very little to boast of. His financial schemes, as est forth in his reports to Congress, never elicited a soprorte r In the Senate or in tte House, and his movement for the reform-with welch his acceptance of the portfolio of tba exchequer ww heralded' has been sadly damaged by the aco of Babcock's prosecution and tbe general auietu that followed wben the prosecutions pointed direitly to l-rge game, surrounded the White House with very unwholesome suspicions A few ragamuffins and obscure men have been sent to prison, doubtless temporarily Bingbam is roaming at large. McKee terrporizes with the courts. Tbe Chicago delinquents confess judgment without fear oi serious conequeocee, and while ttere is just at thi-t time a little tbow of severity to the poor devils Avery and Maguire, yet the promis of pardon encourages tbem to hope that tbe administration will relieve ihem as soon as it can be done without public in dignation being aroused. Tbe ending o tbe ss suits with tbe relief of Henderson by the consent of Bristow, altogether leaves Brittow with no glory from "this source, ai.d he stands before the country to-3ay as a sla'esmau without experience, occupying a mgu posuion, wunoat accomplishing therein scything that would promiss ability in the presidential office. Tte country wants ho more nobodies, . ill 1 A 1 a enuer in iao prtsiaeciiai cmce or among bis cabinet advistr?. Tbe Proposed Air Line Railway. The importance of the railroad meeting held in this city yesterday will hardly ap pear without a more careful reading of the Sentinel's very full report than is usually given by people who are not directly In terested in railroads. Tbe proposition is to build or complete an air, line narrow gauge railroad from tbe Atlantic seaboard to St. jjouls. From Baltimore west to the Ohio river there is a route already surveyed and profiled, reaching nearly to Toledo. From the latter point west to the Ohio line there is a road already built. From Mattoon east to tbe Indiana line the route is surveyed and the grade partly made. The organization yesterday de signs to supply the connection between the eastern and western Indiana lines, leaving only the few miles between Mattoon and St. Louis, and between Toledo and tbe western terminus of the surveyed route from Baltimore to be provided lor. Assurances have been received that St. Louis capitalists will build the western connection, and a company is now nearly organized to bullr a line . to fill the gap in Ohio. Thus it 111 be seen that yesterday's work practically provides for the completion of the entire , route from Baltimore to St. Louis. The statement made that this line would be 150 mile shorter than the Baltimore & Ohio road was at first received wltb Incredulity, but the gentleman who made it succeeded in convincing tbe members of tbe convention that it was correct. The discussion brought out more clearly than ever the great advantages of tbe narrow oyer the standard gauge. Heretofore these argu ments have been based on theory. In yes terday's convention tbey were based on the actual experience of the management of the line from Toledo west. That road was built and equippod for about $6,009 per mile. Its freight and passenger tariff is Just one-half of that of the itand ard gauges running through the same county, and yet its net earnings above operating expenses are considerably in excess of tbat of its rivals. Thus a much smaller Investment produces larger dividends. The reduction in its running expenses is not due wholly to the decrease of dead weight, ' though this Is tbe principal factor. Tbe absence ol accident, endangering life and property is no inconsiderable element in tbe lessen ing of expenses. The statement was made yesterday that a life bad never been lost by one of these roads, and accidents of any kind are almost unheard of. The western connection of Indianapolis . with this m port ant line of railway is provided for in the Indianapolis fc Springfield narrow gauge railroad, and, of course, our capitalists will not be slow to build a railway that will give us connection East, though that air line might be made to touch this point. A Shadow on the Border. The news from Texas is calculated to awaken the martial spirit In the old veterans who followed General Taylor across the Rio Grande. The Mexicans are not satisfied with fighting each other, but in apparent wantonness sent their stray shots over Into the camp of Uncle Sam's idle Boldiers on the border, who have had a chip lying on their soldiers for several months. The reports this morning oi actual nostlllties may prove Incorrect, but if true we have a fii et-class nucleus for another war with Mexico. A little fire kindles a great matter sometimes. What an escape it would be for Grant, if be could exchange tbe crucible of the investigators, for the rancheros of the land of the Montezumas, even during the season of galllnippers. Could it not be so arranged tbat tbe exigencies of the service would demand that Rabcock should go to tbe front. This war speck looks a little ominous just now, but unfortunately for the administration the House of Representatives will not permit Mr. Grant to rush into things witbout advice. In the light of the recent evidence against Baboock and the method by which his acquittal was secured, all thought of ascribing any merit to the administration f n trying to punish the guilty must be dismissed. By the direct effort of the administration he was screened from just punishment, and the pertinency of the question of Henderson, "What right had the president to interfere ?" now appears significantly evident.

-ny esumaiea, - we pros and cons

BLAINE BEATEN.

FALLS BEFORE THE BATTLE, How "the Hyena" Pocketed Sixtyfour Thousand Dollars. MORTON'S VICTORY. THK SPURIOUS MANUFACTURER OF TEE BLOODY SHIRT SHELVED, AND THK WAR GOVERNOR WAVES THK ENSANGUINED" GARMENT ALL BY HIMSELF. Mr. J. C. Harrison, a prominent banker of this citv, is In possession of a secret tbe exposure of which will forever blast the prospects of a certain prominent candidate tor the presidency. It this: An entry tppfars in tbe mlrutes cf the executive committee of the board of directors of the Union Pacific Raüroad Company, of December 16, 1871, showing that $64,000 of the company's money found its way into the hands of some person who had no right to it. At a meeting of the board of directors in Sept 3m be r, 1872, Mr. Harrison, wbo has been a member of tbat board for a number of years through tbe influence of Senator Morton, introduced s rpsoluticn calling for a commit; ee to inve't'gate the matter and report who received tbis large sum of money and all the circumstances attending its disbUrsament. No sooner had this been done than Mr. Rollirs, the secretsry of the beard, quietly went to Mr. Harrison and said, you must withdraw tbat resolution. An investigation will involve Mr. Blaine and defeat his re-election. He got the money. The resolution was withdrawn. These facts are known to Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, who was present, at the time tbe reso lution was introduced and withdrawn, as a member of the bosrd of directors. It is proper to say tbat a lot of worthless Arkansas railroad bonds were deposited as collateral security for tbis money Mr. Harrison's testimony before a committee of Congress in connection with tbe fraud would be both interesting and startling. By all means let him be called. The cou itry is entitled to tbe disclosure. Let no guilty man escape. Nobody will be more surprised at tbe appearance of this article than Mr. Harrison. Foriy Tb a sand ( Clear Babcock. II is enough to make every honest American blush with shame for bis coun try to read the daily reports of the investigations now in progress at Washington. A cabinet officer gave his testimony yes terday, Zack Chandler, and he made known that it cost forty thousand dollars to clear Baboock, and tbat he paid one thousand dollars to the fund raised for that purpose. This testimony, if no other had been elicited sbould be sufficient to condemn the administration and sink it beneath the contempt of every honest man. Who was Baboock that he should be able to draw from these high officials checks for a thousand dollars to screen him from an infamous crime? Did Grant demand this aid from his Immediate advisers and others to shield his delinquent secretary? What honorable man would have been a party to so questionable a scheme? 4 Who that had a spark of manly dignity would not have yielded his portfolio at once rather than do such au act? If Babcock's trial cost him forty thousand dollar that - money was not spent legitimately. His only expense was tbe attorneys' fees, and the hunting up of witnesses. Tbe counsel n tbe case should be summoned forthwith and the amount of their fees made known, and Mr. Borie, tbe whilom secretary of the navy, who seems to have the disbursing of this money in charge, should be mad 3 to tell what went wltb the money. It was doubtless put where it would do tbe most good, but the country should know ju&t what disposition was made of it. The fact forces itself upon the conviction of every thinking man that this ring coterie of office-holders around Grant were all more or less Involved in swindling the government, and their own safety forced them to shield one another.- Tbe contemplation of these facts, so disgustingly glaring, must sicken the soul of the true patriot. It is rank rottenness. It exhibits a moral depravity so base and Infamous that it suggests the prostitution of all pretention to honesty and honor among these officials. How can the people think of enduring such conduct in their public servants? These revelations are the uncovered tracks.. What is concealed and can never come to ight can well be imagined. Roguery Is coming nearer and nearer the throne, and the lightning may soon strike. Morton versus Blaine, 064,000. The startling imformatlon published in another column, 'directly inculpating. Blaine in receiving an enormous earn of money from the Union Pacific railroad, on tbe evidence of one of the directors, hasbeen in the possession ot Morton for some time, and has been used secretly by his friends to kill off Blaine. It was used once too often and tbat is how it fell into the hands of a representative of the Sentinel,. Here is work lor the Washington investigators that will pan out well. Mrs. Middleton, residing on upper Third street, bss the finest collection of flowers we ever saw at this season of the year. She has 20 varieties in bloom all raised from small slips. This fine display is the result of an experiment. The plants have been kept in a room where the temperature is even, and tbe bases of tbe pots have been kept in water constantly. Madison Courier.

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