Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 26, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 January 1877 — Page 2

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TUE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MOllNING, JANUAEY 17, 1877

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY

SENATOR M1LRJIAV We can give no good reason for it. but we have thought, in a general way, that John Sherman, senator from Ohio, was const rvative and fair, and disposed to do ahut as near right aa he knew how. He has always Lada prominent position in the radical - party, and without giving him any social attention we had come to the conclusion that he was about as "square', as a rudital ever gets in this world. We hoj-e in the "sweet evermore'' that they will all be made over again and improved, and that the devil will not get the entire part... But we unhappily find John Sherman yet in human mold, as he came from hi constituents in Ohio, plus the effects of over fifteen ears of Washington radical life. Wc believe wc have been egregiously mistaken in regard to Sherman. If he ever had any "fairness, any (what we will call) political charity, any boldness to denounce rascality in his own party, any manly qualities of the kind which manly natures never allow to be sullied with party tricks if, we say, John fherman ever had any of these qualities named he Las lost them as effectually ami thoroughly ru Wendell Phillips claims certain arts, known only to the ancients, are lot. John Sherman may have gone to WashingIon with the freshness and fairness of a provincial lawyer, with a determination to Jo hi dnty fairly and squarely to his conscience, himself, his eople and his "tlod." lie may have been successful in his dt termination so long as he remained in the lower house. But he this as it may. certain it m that John sjher:.an is a different character altogether to tlx- one we had snpposed he wa?. It is sad to contemplate a man cf fine natural abilities J-.ni a kindly nature so thorough')' den.omV'7ed by the influence of radicalism. Iii.- m at in the senate chamber L- next to McmeV. and we sometimes think that sittin;: 1 1 xt to Morten for two or more terms in the United States s nate wili demoralize any man. Kven men f or -po-ing political hotls who sit tide by sine naturally grow to pleasant familiarity wirf: ea- h other. The rough edge? of po'uth al differences are rounded off, and altogether, quite a conservathi se: tlii.g of opinion id noticeable. Hrv touch more then when two of the same political . school come together and for years sit side ,by side, et nvcre, compare opinions, repeal to each other aims and ambitions, ai.-d even take counsel concerning questionable steps and opinions. Morton we think would have a bud influence over any man that would go and .-it down by liiin, and see hint and talk with him from day to day. ' The moral philosopher Nays that no man can even re.nl anything without being influenced thereby. How much more then must a man be influenced by daily intercourse with a bold, bad man a man of tricks, plots, moves and counter moves. A mat: who has no really patriotic impulses, who is eaten up hy ambition, who is always expected to do the jueatioiiable, underhanded work of a large party, and ho is always perfectly willing tj doit such a man will demoralize any man that sits next to him for yean in daily intercourse. Oliver P. Morton is the man and John Sherman sits next to him. John Sherman has been in apt pupil, and to-day is thoroughly educated up to do any dirty work that Oliver F. Mcrtoor the radical party want Jone. 1 We base an opinion upon his recent movements iu New Orleans and his more recent Ieech in the senate. In New Orleans, as one of the committee on the part of the radicals to see that tbe four returning board scoundrels counted Mr. Tilden out, he was a pre-eminent success. He managed matters as brilliantly as a sharp fchystering attorney would conduct an assault and battery ease before Mayor Caven for a client that he Knew ought to have been in the penitentiary for years past. ' He joined in heartily witli the scheme to swindle Mr. Tilden out of his election, and we find him writing and telegraphing to Mr. Hayes as the swindle proceeds, and finally staying in New Orleans as long as a scoundrelly affidavit could 1-e bought, and then with breathless haste "on ,to Washington," arriving early in the morning, gets into the white house through the kitchen, up the back stairway into Grant's boudoir, throws the whole budget into ii:e pre-ident's arms, g asps "Put them all into your message today," and swoons. General Barlow, a republican and the radical candidate, for sheriff; a Mr. C'arr, of Ix Soto parish, whom the returnin.' board had counted in, but who wk mar.ly enor.sh to acknow ledge his defeat, both denounced the whole batch of rascality. Again we sve this senator of the United States, within the last few days, 1 from his seat in the st nato defend with all his power the returning loard rascality in set phrase and speech, an-1 indorse as proper and correct ail the logu affidavits, statement anil accounts made by the hired tools of radicalism in Louisiana. Kven Miza Finkston was defended, and her husband jaraded as a radical martyr, w hen the "facts warrant us in saying that he was a democrat, killed by radical negroes, and ishe a bold, bad woman, a prostitute and totally incapable of telling the truth. As to the value of affidavits made by Louisiana radicals, no one know better than Sherman. He heard Senator Carpenter tell the United States wenate how one "little rascal" made fifteen hundred in one day, and on being asked if he rould pet any more, said yes. that Le could "get up four or five hundred more 'by the next morning before 9 o'clock.'- Has Senator Sherman forgotten the humiliation of the radical group clustering around" the jstmsips tod, e( vhich te

formed one, produced by Stoughton's "cleri'cal errors?" Why, too, in his recent speech, does he feign such wonderful patriotic surprise ( ?) at the idea of congress excluding the electoral vote of any state, and at the same time he and his party, with nearly all the radical organs, clamoring for a stt; oward revolution by insisting upon giving to one man and he the mere tool, the mere clerk of congress the very power that he refuses to the representatives of the people? Sherman and Morton are gotten up on pretty nearly the same general pattern. Sherman, at long intervals, is occasionally decent. Morton never is. And if he ever has that appearance, or gives out that impression, then look out for hint he needs watching as never before, Sherman, in his last'effort before the senate of the United States on the Ixmisiana question, so deluged that body with Kliza Pinkston's and other bogus testimony, that there was only one thing to be done declare the state in barbarism and set her afloat. As Senator P-ogy said, she was a disgrace to herself and to the nation, if Sherman was telling the truth, nut he charged that the senator from Ohio had offered affidavits made by villains and terjurers. The truth is that Sherman's speech vas made to neutralize the effects of the great gathering of the Xth of January. It looks so much like one of Morton's ponderous diplomatic tricks, that we feel as if he ought to have had the credit for it. It was a fizzle an v how.

UTA. W. Jl'MAS AXI THE JOlltXAL. The Journal, true to its instincts, continues to bark and snap at the heels of the Hon. Geo. W. Julian. But the Journal hat no teeth, no claws, no sense, no conscience, no honesty. It is an organ of the great national thief party. The lackey of O. P. Morton, it has the privilege of a louse in the conspirator's wig, or that of a Ilea on one of his dead legs. The Journal is a sort of wart on the nose of its party, a sty in its eye, a goiter in its throat, and an ague cake in its side. The dem-xratic house stopped a good deal of radical stealing, a good many radical official.- have been sent to the penitentiary, and tbe Journal, seeing its friends around it fall like rotten apples in a N"ovcmler blast, got sick at the stomach, lost its appetite has had the cholic and clrolera. Its llatulency has l?tn terrible, and the speeches of the Hop. George W. Julian hae added to its infirmities, conniption fits, St. Vitus' dar.ee and spasms. If the Journal was a horse we should say it had the botts, but being an ass, brou-ing on Julian thistles and thorns, its brajing is natural enough, and a inoffensive as natural. The Journal is thick skinned and scaley, but one of Julian's speeches pretty near kills it. Prof. Pergh, if he was in Indiana, would hardly permit Mr. Julian to be so cruel on Morton's as-s. But then, the Journal has no business to be Morton's ass. If it consents to distribute Morton's filth, it must he content to receive Julian's lash; kick it may, the mere the better, kick high or low, or straight out, but as long as it pulls in the radical harness and indorses radical scoundrel ism, it will be likely to feel Julian's cat-o'-nine-tails when he excoriates radicalism. For our part we enjoy the fun exceedingly. We like to see the Journal squirm; we like to hear it howl. Its bark is not objectionable. There is a depth of belly in its grunt that would please a pork paeker, and its bray would attract attention at a donkey show. The Journal hales Mr. Julian. We congratulate the great Indiana orator. It is the highest compliment the Journal could pay him. Its praise would be equal to an attack of leprosy. Its encomiums would be ax objectionable as small-pox scabs, and the victim of its eulogies might be taken for a pest house patient. The Journal has no remote conception of honesty in politics, and, therefore, is unable to appreciate Geo. W. Julian. This is not to be wondered at. The Journal is a small fry organ of a party that proposes to succeed by fraud and perjury and by force. Geo. W. Julian, with a firmness that adorns and dignifies his brilliant abilities, denounces the Journal's creed and the Journal's party. As his terrible invective goes crashing through the army of thieves and conspirators the country is treated to a succession of howls, moans and curt es. His words cut like lances. The infamous ulcer of radicalism is pierced, and a How of puss, gangrenous and fetid, comes from the Journal. We congratulate Mr. Julian. The Journal's wrath is indicative of his exalted elevation. It is an assurance that Morton is hit, that the rust of conspirators has been disturbed, that light is penetrating their dark dens and that their damnable deeds and purposes are understood. Touch Morton and the Journal barks, and when the organ of the great national thief party comes to the rocue it may be understood that Morton has given the command. It is a fact worthy of note that the distinguished republicans who gave character to the party when It had the confidence of the people, are no hanger the advocates of its policy or the defenders of its infamies. It is not surprising, therefore, that the ladicaldcen nel is aroused when Julian speaks. He sees clearly the drift of events, and his clarion voice points out the danger. Loving his country more than party, he identities his name with patriots rather.than with thieves, perjurers and conspirators. With such men the Journal seems to have little sympathy, and there is satisfaction in knowing that its feeble bark is an evidence that Julian has pretty nearly whipped the life out of its party in Indiana. English officers in the army of Turkey are credited with bringing the Pasha up to the sticking point of fighting Russia. Midhat has got four or five million men to slice up, and proposes to sacrifice the entire lot rather than submit.

THE THREATENING OITLOOK. Would it not be well for conspirator; and usurpers to ponder seriously their programme and hesitate in their purposes? That there are dangers of a.formidable character ahead no longer admits of question or doubt. They are advancing like a cyclone and the courtry already begins to tremble in their grasp. The New York Sun in a recent is.-ue says that "if Hayes should be put into the white 'house by the means which have been pre'pared and announced for the purose, by 'making the president of the senate the sole 'arbiter of the electoral votes, and by put'ting down the house of representatives with 'military force, one of the early results 'would be the failure of more than half the 'business firms in the country, with the 'stopiage of all kinds of industry, the 'puujerism of laboring l-eople, a universal 'panic, and misery incalculable among every 'class of the population.' It is stated that already the damage tustained to business by the unholy purposes of the radical conspirators exceeds one thousand millions of dollars, and this has been accomplished by movements preliminary to the grand climax of fraud and villainy. When that is reached and lieturning Board Hayes is placed in the presidential chair by federal bayonets, the crash of failures as predicted by the Sun will come a? certain us effect follows cause. Put this is by no means the only threatening feature in the political outlook. Industries stopped, the number of idle men increased, pauperism extending throughout the land, chaos instead of nler and anarchy in the place of law, are some of the consequences likely to follow if the conspirators, disregarding constitution and law an-1 the will of the American people, succeed by fraud and force in inaugurating Hayes. The Albany Argus, in commenting upon the prospect, says that " Hayes can only 'become president of a subjugated people. 'The republic ceases to exist if his pretentions are recognized. He has lawful right 'to but two votes from Oregon. His legal 'title to the vote of South Carolina has never 'been completed. He has no equitable 'right to the vote of Florida. And he has 'neither legal nor equitable title to the vote 'of Ixjui.-iana. He may be p-x7o'i"' president, and bayonets may hold him upon his 'stolen seat, but he will be a traitor never'theless." If Hayes "can only become president of 'a subjugated people," then it may as well be understood that he will not be president at all. for Grant might as well attempt to fetter the ocean or arrest the trump of an earthquake as to stay the indignation of an outraged and indignant people who are intent upon preserving their institutions. The indications are that the people see the dangers that environ them; they are watching with most intense solicitude the movements of the conspirators; they are nerving themselves for the ordeal which it is possible for fate to compel them to undergo. There is no mistaking the ominous character of the outlook. The people want peace; the supremacy of constitutions, law and order. They demand that right and justice shall prevail, and their determinations in these regards are steadily gaining solidity. The people. will not be subjugated, and if the conspirators contemplate success in that direction disappointment and disaster will overwhelm them.

THE PEOPLE. The theory of our government is that the people are sovereign, hence we have heard much in the past about the "sovereignty of 'the people," the "sovereign people," the "will of the people" and so on, iudeflinitcly. The theory is cotemjoraneous with the theory of "state sovereignty," "state 'rights," etc. Evidently for these theories there is a solid foundation somewhere: the bottom facts we conclude sustain the theory. The foundation rock of the government is the inalienable soverignity of of the eople this gone, and the government sinks out of sight. It is this right, existing before the constitution was made, and which the constitution exalts and affirms, that the radical party proposes to destroy. It was this right that "brought the people to the ballot-box in November for it is through the ballot-box that the sovereign right of the people to change their servants can be constitutionally proclaimed. The radical party have at last attacked the ballot-box "Christless whelps," they for the sake of power wouldJI bury the constitution ? beneath the cinders of a poj-ular volcano. The simple prot-osi-tion-of the people is to protect and preserve their rights. It will be well for the conspirators not to mistake this purpose. It is as fixed as a decree of Jehovah. It is adamantine in its ingredients. It will confront dangers without regard to their character or consequences. The people of the United States have walked too long in the high places of freedom to consent to skulk beneath -the shadows of usurped power. There are millions of children to whom their fathers are to bequeath independence or servitude, liberty or subjection to the rule of despots. If they are recreant to the sacred truth now, it had been better if an hundred years ago every womb had been, by the fiat of the Almighty, decreed barren, and the edict for man to multiply and replenish the earth revoked. But the people are not likely to submit to the mandates of conspirators, or sell their liberties and the liberties of their children' for a price of less dignity than life. In this crisis the people demand leaders. Timid men will not do. The jeople in their terrible awakening are trusting the? men who in other days led them on to glorious victory. These are invited again to the front. If they come languidly, or not at all, the people will appoint others. Prudence is

will, if combined with courage and a lofty purpose Washington was the embodiment of prudence, but he was always in the van w ith the men who hrtted tyranny and had pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honors for independence. The present is not the time for hesitating statesmanship. It is not the time to consult doubts and fears. The people is the party at interest in the contest. Their rights are invaded. Politicians and office seekers can no longer meet the demands of the times with glittering generalities, or platitudes that create no ripple upon the great ocean of thought. The purpose of the people is to save the country, its constitution and all of theirgarnered rights, and actuated by the sublimest considerations that ever stirred the hearts of men, they demand leaders who arc in full accord with them.

HARPER'S WEEKLY. The action of the returning boards In Louisiana and Klorkta has undoubtedly covered t lie declared vote of those states with suspicion. Harper's Weekly. We ar- inking U'publfcftns whether they sup(Mse the party could survive the inauguration of a president upon whose title should rest a grave moral doubt. Harper's Weekly. Both of the alove extracts are from Harer's Weekly, and we confess that they have an invigorating effect uion us, living, as we do, surrounded by the influence of radical organs and influential radical leaders, indorsing the whole batch of returning board rascality. The leaders of the party here with its organ; the Cincinnati radical press entire, with all the Ohio radical leaders, including the late radical candidate for the presidency; Illinois, with its influential Chicago Jacobin press, and her Pob Ingersolls and Jack Logans; the Cleveland, St. Louis, Detroit and any quantity of radical provincial organs; all around us endeavoring to satisfy .their readers and their consciences with excuses, arguments and palliations for the greatest piece of political roguery of the century. Now, Harper's Weekly is as radical as a paper ought to be, and its editors and publishers enjoy good health. With Curtis as its chief in the editorial room, and Nast whittling out "taking" iolitical woodcuts, Harper's Weekly was one of the ponderous organs of the radical combination. It "took" among all clashes. A man, woman or child who could not read could "figure" out, with a little aid, any kind of a looking monstrosity that Nast's genius decided to call a democrat, or a quiet, genteel, angelic-looking, blueeyed treasury ripper, that this same genius concluded would do for a spotless republican. Then the man of letters and cultivation would turn to the "leader" on the editorial page and find one of Curtis' 3 best compositions, which arc always good, and w Inch are always readable and interesting. All the good that was in Hayes or the radical party was fully and convincingly brought out. All the weak points and positions of Mr. Tilden and his followers were magnified, and at times misrepresented, with alj the force of a clear brain and a facile pen. Sometimes the ajer would even stoop down to as mean campaign tricks as the Cincinnati Gazette or our Journal, and with ten times the-abilitr. Now then we find this great and influential radical machine actually ashamed of itself and the position into which the radical party leaders had well nigh betrayed it. Therefore, like old Solomon, when he had about run to the end of his string and was about ready to lie down and die, he iu slAirt and sad language put it 01 record that he thought he had made a great fool of Iii m self. Mr. Curtis puts it very mild when he speaks of tbe action of the radical returning boards as being "covered with suspicion." He might have put it more truthfully by using one of George W. Julian's sentences when he is in good condition and out gunning for rads, viz: "Thatched all ovrr with infamy" That is the condition of the radical returning boards. IMPIIEXCE." The Cincinnati Gazette dares to talk about the "impudence" of the Sentinel. Look at it This Gazette has indorsed all the radical rascalities for years past, and iu recent issues writes elaborate defenses of that crowning infamy of the century, that natural and perfectly legitimate outgrowth of radicalism, viz: the southern returning boards. This Gazette dares to claim a title to decency and resj-ectability, and talk about the "impudence" of any paper. Only recently one of the more prominent of the Louisiana returning board rascals visited Cincinnati. He had recently swindled a corporation of which he was president out of eighty thousand dollars, and now, laying claims to some decency, gravitated naturally to the Gazette ottice. Smith, the editor, was overjoyed to see him. Nothing would do but he must see Halstead slso. Well, we hae spoken of this before. It only illustrates the "brass" and "cheek" of the Cincinnati Gazette when it talks al)out the "impudence" of the Sentinel and "fraud" in the democratic party, while its chief receives with distinguislted consideration one of the'emlodiments of the greatest and most infanous pieces of political rascality ever perpetrated. It is proposed to have one hundred thousand freemen in f asb.ugton on the 4th of March to witness the inauguration o rilden and Hendricks. Commodore Vanderbilt's end seemed all tliat could be desired from an evangelical point of view. Twelve 'hours before his death his wife spoke to him concerning the grounds for Ins faith, and he expressed hintself deliberately and decidedly. Among other things lie said: "No, I shall never ceaso to trust Jesus. How could 1 ever let that go?" He sjKike also tI a consciousness of his ignorance in regard to spiritual things, as, for instance, of the work of thfe Hoi' Ghost. He said that his ignorance did not stand in the way of Lis faith. He declared that he trusted in the Bible and tried to understand it, and whatever the Bible said iie firmly believed .

PERPETUAL MOTION.

Detroit Man Thinks He Has Discovered It at Last A Reporter VKitt the Invetitor'n Sanctum him! Publishes Ills ObrMf ion. Hetroit Free Pre. Saturday afternoon a private exhibition was given at No. lö Jefferson avenue, by William Glassey, of his so-called perpetual motion machine, an account of which was given in the Free Press Thursday last. Heside the inventor and his partner, August Miller, only four ersons were present, one of them being a representative of this paper. The machine is about five feet long, six feet high and three feet wide, is em-ased in a black walnut frame, and consists of a balance wheel, innumerable small ratchets and springs, stect belts and elbow jointed cranks. At the end of four large cranks are leaden pendulums, each weighing G5 pounds, which swing alternately, and at each swing of every pendulum the fly wheel makes eight revolutions, the forcethus obtained being, it is claimed, equal to one and one-half horse power. The machine is very complicated and is made in very tine style, the castings being admirable. I'pon the walnut frame are carved the words: "Eureka! Vttii, Vidi, lVri." The machine stood in the middle of the room, just where it was put together, and entirely open to inspection. That operation was" thoroughly lerformed before the exhibit was made, Mr. Glassey meanwhile waikinsr and pulling his pipe nervously, and repeatedly saying to himself: "Ixwk carefully, gentlemen, and its there. If you find it you will sav I lie: if you don't find it, but see it, you'll" say 1 don't lie." J At last everything was ready; the three sj-ectators stood aside with curious countenances; little Mr. Miller stood pale an. I aw e stricken on the other side of the room, w hile the great Glassey walked up to his work confidently and with genuine dignity. "This," said he, pointing to a small' iron fork, whose prongs clasped the side of the fly wheel, "is the agent. Is, I may say, death." Placing his thumb upon the handle of the fork he lifted it from the fly wheel, the ( pound pendulums below began to vibrate, the semi-circular pullevs above rocked to and fro. the snap came in, the balance-wheel clicked with regularity, the og wheels rolled round each othe'r. the elbow cranks keeled back and forth, and the machine was at work. There had been no push, not even a screw had been turned, no spring had been touched and no lever had been pulled and still the thing was in operation by the simple lifting of a piece of iron abom" eight inches l-ng, with two prongs about one-eighth of an inch thick. After the machine had been moving about five minutes, no one venturing to sav anything, Mr. Glassey said: ."As I remarked, this is death," again pointing to the fork. "As man lives so niy machine lives. Icath touches man and he stops. Death touches mv machine and it stops." At this he lowered the fork and the wheels stepped moving in about Ho seconds. Again he lifted the fork and again the machine worked, and as it worked Glassey discoursed about as follows: "It is said perpetual motion is against the fundamental principles of science."' "Who savs so?" "Man." "How does man know?" "He investigates." "Good!" "Has man carried investigation as far as tossible?" "Xo." "Good!" "Hence, I say, and my work proves that, so far as man had investigated, the fundamental principles of science, or in other words, Euclid, forbids the construction of a self-acting jiower. Euclid lived centuries ago, and Jlasey still lives. What is to forbid investigation by Glassev to disprove Euclid?" The reporter asked if equal power applied by a person's hand to any part of tbe balance wheel would not stop the machine, at which Mr. Glassey said: "Not quite, nty ly; vou're wrong." To prove his assertion, the Inventor asked ant of the spectators to try to stop the machine. A gentleman fully six feet high and weighing about :!0O pounds accepted the invitation, and putting on a pair of gloves handed him by Mr. Miller, placed his hands upon the wheel. Gradually he closed his lingers until he suddenly Hit forth all his strength, and although he stopped the machine, he did not do so until he had been nearly lifted from his feet and was fairly purple w'ith exertion. As soon as he loosened his hold the wheel again began its revolutions, and the audience looked on in amazement, 'Dh, yes, it can be stopped," said Mr. Glassey. "So can you, by a machine which has more strength than you. And when you are released your brains will start you again. So with my machine.- It can be stopped, and when released its brains ointing to the semi-circular pulleys will start it again." The exhibition continued for an hour or more, and before dismissing his friends Mr. ( Masse' said he should invite a committee of scientists and mechanics to examine the machine, after which it should be allowed to start itself and that the committee could time with watches and if it lost a second of time during its movement of one week, he would acknowledge that it was wrongly constructed, and would begin over again in the hope of remedying the defect. THE TUNNEL, SPECTRE. An Underground Railrowd in Baltimore llannteil by Ghostly Train-. lialtlmore has a long railroad tunnel running under a considerable portion of the city, which, according to a New York S'un correspondent, has been the scene of some strange events. He gives the stories of several tunnel employes who were frightened at various times by the apparation. of trains rushing by with greas noise aid lights plainly visible at a tiaie when it was impossible that real trains should be there. But the most graphic account of tie wonder is the following bv tw a tramps wio entered the tunnel to sleep. Early in the morning of November 2S however, a couple of tramps came into th northwestern iolicc station with every r-j-learance of horror and disivuvy painted in their countenances, and told jbe lieutenant in charge a wonderffal story. The night was cold, thev said, anl having o money, ahey had sought to ga t sleep en the bank of a large lime-kiln near the Calvertou cat tle scales. Taev wer driven away from there, however, &nd, toward midnight, it cotting on to raia, they agreed to try ie tunnel It would be shelter for thenv anyhow, and the place was warm, though damp. They were m hoj-es. lesidc, of tiAding sotne nook in it where they might go to sleep undisturbed till morning. Eluding the watchmen they descended tbe steep bank of the ojen cut, and lenerrated into the tunnel, stumbling along, and hogging the arched sides of the wall. In ejua train should come along, if they cc.:iil not be sure of which side it was coming on, they were to lie down in the gutter a.t the side of the track, by means of which the tunnel is kept drained. hen they had i?ot so deep in the tunnel that they could see no light to mark the aditand were about to scrape a match to inspect the vault, they

suddenly heard the roar and rush of aborning train. It came so rapidly that they had scarcely time to lie down ere it was unon them, with eartl.shaking rush and rumble, bell tolling, wheels rattling, with rod and green.signa! lights Hashing, but no engine, no headlights. Strangest thing of all, though it came so rapidly and rushed by so rapidly, it did not pass, but continued to come, and kept on coming, until it seemed to fill all the tunnel an endless train of cars rushing onward with indescribable momentum and velocitv. One of tbe tramps said that he lifted his"bead to look up and see if the train would ever be done passing, w hen he caught such a glimr of pale faces staring down at him out of dim windows faintly lighted by a straneevlare faces ghastly themselves and set in ghastiv frames that he shut his eves and shrieked aloud in horror. Then the phantom train passed on like a wraith, and the two belated wanderers, frightened half to death, seizing one another by the hand, ran, stumbling headlong out of the terrible vault. It was such a sense uf relief to them, they aid, to see the stars once more overhead, and to feel that they were surely out of the bloodfreezing windage of the phantom train,, that they shed tears, dusty, dirty, half-starved ruiHansas they were. Of course, the tile of the tramps was not believed, out their manner of telling it was so impressive that the captain of police detained them until he could send to inquire if anything unusual had occurred in the tunnel section referred to. Nothing hed occurred of a noticeable character, and the men were discharged.

EI. DOIUDO. Xew and I'Mbnlonsly RIcn iM-verie in tbe Clack 11111m fining Iieclon. Custer City Letter to the Ch loago Times. The latest excitement is over the Pattle Creek discoveries, and a general stampede of miners from all parts of the Hills has already set in and threatens a depopulation of the many "cities" heretfore rejorted c standing upon mines of fabulous wealth. The new "diggin's" are located 25 miles northeast of faster, and partly in the "foot hills." an outside range tFiat have until recently been considered barren of mineral and metal deosits. The cretk is about 20 miles in length, and reported to be very rich from one extremity to the other. As yet "bed rock" has not'been readied in the creek proper, owing to its depth (CO feet) and the great amount of water, but the result of side or bank mining has been such as to throw even the oldest and most coed headen prospector into a delirium of enthusiasm. The discoveries thus far are what are known as "placer" or surface deposits the most satisfactory to the average miner, in that but little toil and exjwrse is necessary to develop them. Captain W. II. Timlin brought in a nugget w hich I mw to-day. It weighs $15.04. and was taken from near the surface. The captain reports that there are lots and lots of them, and many of greater value. A pan of dirt from the same localitv washed out $10. When it is understood that four and five cents jer pan is considered good pay in ordinary diggings, the value of this cloiin, which is owned bv a French company, may be readily estimated. Gardner t Turner's men washed seven loads of surface dirt from their dry gulch claim one day la?t week and realized $Cr) in three hours. This lirm is now buiiding a diteh 1,200 feet loifg. preparatory to working the claim on a larger scale in the snYing. There are about GO men working on the creek at present and as many more upon dry digging while an army of prospectors are scouring-the adjr.cent country. F. W. Pack fc Co., of Nebraska Csly, arrived here to-dav with a 2u-horse power steam sawmill, intended for the Rapid Creek district, but hearing of the new bonanza, they changed their minds and on the morrow'will proceed to Battle creek. I will go over with them and give the new field a personal inspection. I understand that quite a "city" has already sprung up on the creek and that Messrs. Currant fe Co. are laying out a new toll road from it to this place. At present the road are very bad. being hilly and rocky. Mining affairs in this vicinity are becoming interesting, to say the least, and the present outlook is such as to' re-affirm the assurance given a year ago that Custer is destined to be"the metropolis of tb of the hills." Its advantages over all rivals in being 25 to 100 miles nearer railroad facilities (no mean consideration in these days of high freight taritr) and its delightful and healthful location are important points in its favor. In addition, there have bet:n quartz leads discovered which, if they come up to assayed samples, eclipse anything yet reported in the hills, and equaled by few anywhere. The principal leads are the "Centennial' "De Smett" and "Wehfoot" The last named is the richest claim No. 2 (second from discovery) assaying $36,000 to the ton, the sample being taken at a depth of eight feet from the surface. Claim No. 8 is said to be still more valuable the vein producing almost a solid' mass of gold. The lead oomcences near the city and runs due north. The principal chums are held by a company of eastern capitalists who will hare a stamp mill here in time to begin work early in the spring.. Dneling In Delaware. GatU in the Graphic The duel is over and blood appeared. Another historical event in the Blue Hen. The duel between James Watson Webb and Tom Marshall having been fought in Delaware thirty-five years ago, Mr. Webb's editorial follower seems to have chown that Blue Hen state. A single trunk railroad runs iown the peninsula and throws off independent feeüers to t!e west, which run-out on the long necks to the Chesapeake. The vicinity of slaughter's is a dead level, with many worn-out nelus and a gol deal ot pire wood aa-1 black jack forest, the sickly looking peach orchards making the principal openlags to the 3ky. Mason and IHxon'Sline is surveyed right through this region, running north and south, and marked by many stoneposts. Dueling is very apt to be puni-hecL either in Delaware 02 Maryland, a the people are generally Methodists and no respecter of pessons. Aprojoof the ingenious apparatus used by our street car eorupany for keeping tir snow faoni the traaks is tho folwing frm a New York pape; ' A fresh crusade against salting the tracks- of the street cars is beingurue1. ill 4 vik ui 1 ' 1 . -v. i-Jj jr. vjii of ti numerous sanitarians and zoophilists. ill uicu ma i vivjr uuuuiiiu. lie 11:13 tivvix investigating che subject since 18G1, and ho has some chili ng evidence to pile up against tite practice, which ought to eventually reroke any exception, thui might have been made in tl city government's prohibitory statute. Dr. Havre has a formidable array of suffering from frosted feet that has resu Ited from the methods of cleaning the tracks. Not horses alone, but men and children who have had their feet -wet by the salt solution have laid firm foundations for succeeding misery. He reports the testimony of a railroad contractor who lost overeighty hoses in a single winter through salting the tracks, and bases his opposition on the evidence of many experts." Our acquisition of (Jeneral Cesndla's antiquities found at Kurium is alluded toby the London press in terms that put the tenth commandment to scorn. 1 1 u . . 1 j. it. i 1