Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 26, Number 43, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 June 1877 — Page 1

r VOL. XXVI, NO 43. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, WHOLE NO. 1Ö08.

TOGETHER. Babes that on a morn of May, laughing, In the unshine play; Haben to whom the longest day Seems to fly! Ribes to whom alt things are toys, Life a sweet that never cloys. Home a fonnt of simple Joys, Never dry. , Babes so bright, so blest, so fair. With dimpled cheeks and golden hair; Can they be that happy pair! You and IT Babes no loner, now they stray, ;irl and boy, besld-j the bay On a sunshine holtdsy . Fond but shy. Smiles are manj , words are few, Hearts are light when Hie is new And eyes are bluer than the blue Of the sky. Laughing schoolboy brave and free. Little maiden fair to see Oath 'ring seeweed can they be You and 17 Boy and girl are man and wife; Hand In hand they walk for life; Peace and Joy be theirs, and strife , Come not nigh! Wand'rers by the Eternal Deep "Whose shores are Time, so may they keep Together, n"d together sleep By and by! Pleep In death when day Is done, Wake to life oeyond the sun ; One on earth. In Heaven one You and I ! All the Year Round.

For the Sunday Sentinel. THE ENVIED AND THE ENVIOUS. BY MRS. SALLIE A. RAMAGE. . The idea seems to be gaining ground, especially among women, that home life is tedious, home duties irksome, home seclusion isolation, and that happiness and pleasure can be found only by those who work for wages or a salary at a trade or a profession. The thought seems to be deep set in the brains of many women that the old ways of life are all wrong, and that a radical change must be made before they can hope for the perfection of living, the highest type of womanhood. The hard earned success of other women who have struggled and toiled for the iame or fortune they have won is ever before them, and wUhout carefully considering the difficulties, the chances for failure, the diversity of talents, education and training, they despise the home life they have been forced to live and venture out into the unknown way they imagine will lead them to renown and wealth. They do not count the wrecks of happiness and lives that are thickly strewn on either side this long, hard path; they do not note the tears, the groans of pain, the agony of those who were compelled by necessity to walk therein, but they see only the laurel crowns perchance woTn with thorns of experience that await them at the goal. They see other women independent and nntrammeled by care, and, weighing their own home burdens, they long for the ease that like a mirage exists when all is most dreary and lonely, and stretch out pleading hands to grasp the phantom of happiness when they already possess the substance. These women, who from morning until night pursue the ven tenor of a home life, in their ignorance of other cares and troubles, imagine that their sisters who are engaged professionally in other work never know the weariness, the languor, the petty vexations that sometimes threaten to bear them to the ground. They think such a life is one grand, long sunny holiday, a perpetual pay day, a time of recompense and reward for which no labor or struggling has been given. They grow dissatisfied with their present surroundings, their modest income, and fret and sigh over the fate that, could they but know the fact, is so flower-laden, so gentle and tender to them that it bears no relation to the iron hand that presses other women out into the conflict for bread. Count over upon your fingers the women who have been famous for "talents," for artistic or intellectual strength, who have now fame as writer?, speakers, actresses, musicians, artists, teach ers, professors of any branch of learning, and then compare them with the wives, mothers, daughters, sisters who have never been forced beyond their home threshold, and tell the happiness of each. And yet few women will do this. They declare their whole object in life is to be useful and happy, and yet they covet the position which, unless they are fitted for it, will abound with disappointment, chagrin and ultimate failure. They can not believe that the fingers that hold a pen, the brain working to its utmost power, the eyes constantly on the alert to correct faults before others see them can grow as weary as theit's occupied with home duties. They do not know the anxiety, the incessant strain upon every nerve and niuscla. the untiring application of the actress, the artist, the student or the professional worker, and, therefore, they conclude that only their own lots are hard. We know well how tired the wife and mother is after a bard day's work. How irksome the duties that have kept her busy from early dawn until late at night. How her hngen are weary and her head aching, and as she finishes her labor in the dusk of the evening it is scarcely a wonder that she vies the on whose duties seem to her so light, pleasant and remunerative. As she .yields up even her evenings to her children, striving to iuum and interest them, she compares her lot with that of the woman who is free to follow her own inclinations, -whose money is her own, whose time is not touched upon by home cares or children's demands, and she resolves that though she is thus bound down she will give her daughten such training that they will be able to make their own homes, that they will be independent, She is now comparing the successful woman with herself; she refuses to see anything but clouds for her and sunshine .for them.

She presses her hands hard down upon the

thorns and nersuades herself that others clasp only roses. Could she only know, could all women in happy homes only know the hunger of hundreds and thousands of women for such homes, prayers of thanks giving would ascend a? a perpetual incense to heaven. Scores of women, envied by their own sex, reverenced, admired, praised, by men, are laboring and longing for home nothing more. They anticipate with joy the day when they may lay by at. their own threshold the armor of the battle field and enter into the enjoyment of their one trophy of victory the home peace and tranquility. There is no sickly sentimentality in this. Women must work or starve; they recognize the fact, and with heart and hand push poverty from them and their loved ones. If they can do this best professionally, as writers, artists or actresses, they accept the chance for success and the struggle begins. If they become bookkeepers, clerks, dress makers or labor at other trades they know the fight before them and they enter the lists prepared for a long conflict. There is always a reward for honest labor, and the woman who works in her home or outside of it is sure of a recompense, if it comes only in the growth of mind and soul, the result of exerting the powers of thought and re flection. There are blessings and gains for workers, but they are no more foi the professional than for the home laborers, they differ only in kind and degree. It is quite a common remark that girls are getting too independent now to get married; that having once earned their own money they will not be willing to accept a pittance from a husband. Mothers say with pride, "My daughters take care of themselves, and have no need to marry for a home." Women clutch their bank books and their hearts in the same grasp, and declare that the power of money is stronger than that of love. God help them if this be so. Do they think of days of sickness? of years of old age? of hours of loneliness, when dollars and cents will hire a nurse, a physician, but can not buy a single loving kiss or attention? Do they know what it is for a woman to be homeless, except in so far as she shares that of a relative, a friend?. Do they expect to stand alone when heart and head grow faint, and the only desire is for rest and love? No. They are strong and well now; they have money now; they have youth, beauty, vivacity, business energy now. But what of the future? A woman needs a home, a trust and children; love to satisfy her nature and establish her firmly in her kingdom. Well for her if having these she also has peculiar talents God given that will make her renowned and help her to benefit others. Women who look out upon the world from the safe shelter of a father's or husband's love and name, do not, can not know the difficulties the pain, the perplexities, the sorrow that are before those who are trying all alone without the strong arm of love about them to push their way on to success. To the ignorant the dangers of such a life do not exist; to the experienced they are only too well known. To the sheltered the beating of the storm is but a part of nature's grand anthem; to the exposed it is a pitiless blast that chills and beats upon them until they are glad that they bear it alone. The men of the present day are not cruel task masters; they are not brutal or unkind any more than were those who lived a hua dred years ago, and I doubt if they are as much so. Our fathers and brothers are as chivalric, as tender, as loving as any that ever lived. Then as these are the ones from whom husbands are to be chosen, why all this hue and cry about tyrants? The chil dren whose tiny arms cling to us, and whose lips press kisses upon ours are as pure, as gentle, as precious as those blessed by the Savior; then why despise them? Why are they not welcomed as the greatest treasure of life, as the link that Unites us with the great future, upon which through our chil dren we will leave an impress that books, pictures or statues created by our brains or hands could never equal. The mother in her home, teaching, directing, educating morally and mentally her children has a perpetually increasing rewardthe growth of their bodies and minds. Encircled by her husband's love and protected by his care and labor from want, blessed with the devotion and respect of her children, a home becomes to a true woman her kingdom, and she the reverenced queen. God has never given a talent to a woman that will not make her a better wife- and mother, a surer companion for her husband, a more competent instructor for her children. The busiest women at home have yet found time to exercise their entire ability, and from the nursery, the sick room, the sewing room of such mothers have been sent precious books, beautiful pictures, sweet creations of genius and art How longingly many a woman who has worked all day in a studio, office, or store, looked in upon home scenes as shewearily made her way to her one room in a boarding house, or to ber place In somebody else's family. She might drop out of the world to-morrow ' and who would miss her. If her fingers were to be stopped in their Work by death, if her brain was to be quieted and her lips frozen dumb the world would pause a moment to look upon her face, strangers' hands would robe her for the tomb, a few admirers of her genius or old comrades in her struggles would watch the clods fall upon her breast, and that would be the end. But the wife and mother would be lovingly watched and soothed in her suffering by her devoted ones. Bereaved tender hearts would ache when the last kiss was given, and mourn for

her when the grave Bhould hide her from

them. It seems to me that women may be too in dependent, too careless of human companionship and love, too indifferent of home life and home pleasures. I would educate a daughter thoroughly if I could. I would have her learn a trade or study a profession, so that if she remained single, or was forced to make her own living she would not be helpless. But I would never say to her "Under no circumstances marry." I recog nize the worth, the value of a married life, and I would not change the whole nature of a young woman and advise her against that in which, if she is wise, she will find her chief joy and comfort for life. I would not urge marriage upon her, I would try to teach her the worth and value of true manhood, of of integrity, honesty, sobriety, truth, indus try and the disgrace of idleness, dissipation and false living, and having thus done all I could I would trust the providence of God and the love of her own heart in choosing her husband. I would magnify the glory of maternity, the crowning beauty and holiness of motherhood, the purity and sacredness of true womanhood. I would try to reveal the pleasure and happi ness of domestic life, hiding none of its du ties and cares, but striving to show to her the best way of meeting the common lot of humanity. And if she never married, if she should be an "old maid," a single woman, naught of this would harm her. If she should cheose, or be compelled to walk life's pathway alone, the advice and precepts of her girlhood's training would only keep her heart gentle and responsive to every call upon her sympathy and patience. But it is a hard thing for a woman to never receive aught but friendship, be it ever so lasting or true, for this must not be trenched on too far lest it be shattered and lost, while the love of a husband or child grows by constant demand. The more it is needed the more it is given. The woman who rejects marriage simply for a selfish ambition to become famous or rich may gather money in her purse and be known for her genius in many lands, but as certainly as she is a woman the day will come when she would give all to have the arm of a loving husband to lean upon. Her lips will be hot with the fevered desire for childish kisses, and her heart, the true womanly nature, will long for the sweet "mother" called by youthful voices. She will sigh for the home she might have made and would not. The women who are motherless and wives need not envy those who are neither, but who are out in the battle with none to shield or strengthen them. There is no talent that can not be developed at home if the desire for education and culture be firmly implanted. Simpler, plainer living, less frivolity, less attention to the silly demands of varying fashion would give every woman in the country an hour a day for mental culture, for brain or skilled hand work. The time given to ruffles and puffs to trim the children's clothes would be ample for mother and child to take long strides together up the mount of knowledge, and in after years the pride of the boy or girl would be that "raother" taught this or that lesson. There would be time for a book in the evening with the husband, and while he was advancing with the world the wife would not be in ignorance of what the great thinkers and writers of the day were doing. It is worth while to long for talent and culture, but as none are without these in some degree, steady work to educate and to improve those possessed is much more sensible than a vague longing for those of others. There is ample work for all; there need be no conflict of workers, no clash of duties. The hu; ablest labor well performed is as worthy, as honorable, as that done in the broad glare of the world, criticized, praised or condemned by the multitude. The Position Indorsed. To the Editor of the Sentinel: Sir I am glad to see you come out and define your position on the most important of all questions to the people, viz. the financial question. It is the duty of newspaper editors to enlighten the people on matters of such vital importance. I don't see why it is that every newspaper in the land does not denounce the Hayes and Sherman suicidal financial policy when everybody can see that it is paralyzing business, bankrupting thousands of honest business men, throwing millions of men out of employment and driving thousands to want, beggary and crime. Laborers, skilled and unskilled abound, varily seeking to sell their labor to pay for food and clothing for their wives and children. Thousands of millions of capital invested in coal mines, iron works, factories and railroads are idle, yielding nothing to their owners. Every where mortgages are being forclosed, and the unfortunate debtor turned adrift, seeks in vain for lodging for either wife or child. And all this to furnish a few cormorants and idle aristocrats with facilities to rob the people, and prosper and grow fat on the labor of others; our government converted, our free money, our life blood, our tools of trade and production, into a gold interest bearing debt, and suspended it to. our necks. By this we are stripped of the means of producing wealth; our property is depreciated in value, and our energies and industries crippled, while all the profits of our shops and farms are absorbed in paying interest upon a debt created through treachery and rascality, and not from necessity. For my part I have firmly resolved to support no newspaper that does not honestly and earnestly defend the greenback, the people's money; and if the editors will come into the country and talk with the farmers and the people generally, they will find hundreds of others who have formed similar resolutions. It's my opinion that the hard money organs of the country will have to change yeir tactics soon or go to the wall, for if the people find they are working against their interest they should not, and will not patronize them. t Yours for the right, AKTI RK8CMITI05I8T, Windfall, Tipton county, Jane 9.

THE IMPENDING bTORM.

What a New York Business Man Thinks of the Outlook. The Tevlllsbnes or Sherman and the Infamy of Contraction A National , iiauk Swindle Exposed. The Cincinnati Enquirer of Monday pub lished a letter under date of New York, June 8. in which the financial outlook was referred to and the damages that threaten the country pointed out. Referring to a gigantic national bank swindle, the correspondent says: Coming out of the Chickering hall meeting while Purdy was blowing his trumpet, we met a gentleman named Stewart, who, since the passage of that infamous act of March 14, 1809, making the national debt ymyabie in gold, and which robbed the people of this country of at least a thousand millions, has been right on the currency question, and laughed at the calf worshipers who have predicted again and again brilliant outlooks and reviving trade. Mr. Stewart is a dealer in real estate, and has the business acquaintance of the best men in our city. He is a clear thinker and a man of brains, living, however, much in his brains, as he is afflicted with deafness. "What do you think of the outlook, Mr. Stewart? Where is all this business prosperity that they talk about? Did you ever see New York so listlessly dull, or the country so stagnantly prostrate?" "1 view the situation," be replied, "with the greatest concern and anxiety. We have not yet seen the worst of it under the resumption programme of Mr. Secretary Sherman. The banks have entered into a gigan tic conspiracy to aid Mr. Sherman in his re sumption scheme, and make a tight money market. I bey see that be can not get any gold to redeem the legal tenders, so they are bent on carrying out a bare-faced fraud to help him board the legal tenders." "How are they going to do it?" we asked. "The fraud on the people," he replied, "is this, and it threatens another panic worse than that of 1873: Under the resumption act a bank can send a hundred thousand of bonds to Washington and receive back national bank notes, and thereupon the secretary is authorized to retire 80 per cent in greenbacks. As soon as the bank receives the notes and the secretary retires the greenbacks it sends the bills back to Washington and the bonds are returned by the treasury department. This is a measure of contraction, and defeats the working of the resumption bill entirely as to expansion of the currency, and therefore such action on the part of the banks and the secretary is in bad faith.. The resumption bill was considered a compromise measure at the time of its passage. Mr. Sherman will continue on with his policy ef forced contraction till the country is on the verge of another panic, and bread riots are imminent and thousands are perishing for food and clothing, and then he will suddenly release his fifty millions of legal tenders and play the Lord Bountiful to Ihe. admiring plaudits of a lot öTWall street speculators. You remember, in 1825, when England was in a state of revolution, and thousands were starving, bread riots raged at Manchester, London and Liverpool, and newspaper offices and banks were sacked. Sir Robert Peel played the same role, and stopped the panic and riots by letting out a bundle of old rags Bank of England notes that be found in the vaults of that institution." "Then you"think, Mr. Stewart, that Secretary Sherman will not be able to resume, even if he gets in the $90,000,000 of legal tenders?" "He can not resume without at least $200,000,000 of gold. The bank of France has as much gold and silver as she has notes out, and yet she does not resume. Why does she not resume? you ask. The reson is that Germany is coining gold, and the bank of France does not wish to aid Germany in that and at the same time lose her coin. I tell.you, sir, if the people only knew what they have got to go through in .the next 18 months, they would gather up what little they had and emigrate to come other land. Oar sufferings are but commenced; but courage, courage! "People who have bonds or receive regular salaries have not yet felt the pressure. They laugh at us yet as croakers, and they have laughed at us during the last ten years." "But, Mr. Stewart, people appear prosper- . ous, and you see very few peo- le in trade or business who show signs of pc srty." "Our people are a brave people and a proud one; there is one word in their lexicon that they bate to part with, and that word is success. They will spend their last dollar to keep up appearances and go hungry. There are thousands in New York who are doing that. I go among the tradesteople just to mark the course of events, hey are courageous, but are growing poorer every day." "Well, Mr. Stewart, if a man like General Ewing comes before the people and shows them how they can get relief, do you think they will listen to him?" "Yes, sir; the people see that there is something rotten in Denmark, and as General Ewing demands the repeal of the re sumption act he is likely to become a very prominent leader. By-tbe-by, where can I see the Enquirer? I admire that paper; it is large-hearted and warm in the cause of the people. It is indeed a friend of the people." - We told Mr. Stewart that he could see the Enquirer at most any of the hotels, and bade him good evening. Here was a man who, t ' now, was able to make a handsome livi, in buying and selling real estate on commission, but who had not made a transaction for ;. :Miy months, and most of whose friends who wad real estate were either bankrupt or od the verge of bankruptcy. We know many men now (infatuated fools!) who are dancing attendance on John Sherman, and waiting, waiting, for the grand inflation of the national bank certificates of indebtedness. WAIT1ÄO FOB, SWEET BT ASD IT. Our financial pyramid of three thousand millions of bonus, greenbacks and national bank note certificates of bank debts has a gold basis at last accounts of $10,700,000 in the United States treasury, that being the amount held by the secretary of the treasury free from all claims. The statement of the secretary of the treasury, in answer to the resolution calling for it of Mr. Speaker Sayler, represented the amount so held to be $18,000,000. So since that time it has been growing beautifully less. The New York Times begins to show signs of uneasiness, and can not make out bow Shermn is going to resume. The banks, howaver, say to financial John: "You tickle us iü we'll tickle you. Don't resume in gold. Wj now a trick worth two of that. You ma v greenbacks scarce by retiring them as

we get bills on bonds, which we won't use. and that will make money scarce, so that we will get seven per cent, again. Money is now too cheap." "Cheap money!" Yes money is too cheap, Messieurs Bankers. You are the advocates and abettors of a financial policy which has destroyed the uses for the only money there is viz: the legal-tenders or for even your debt certificates, called national bank notes. You have influenced all the legislation of the land to nlnV Intt fh ViarKla rf RriHc), mao-

I j " - -W V. "J" ui.gnates and aristocrats, the bankers of Lombard street, and the money sharps of Wall street. You have sought to increase the money-buying power of British gold by shrinking all the values of your own country. and bv the imnoveriahment of the masses. Your time of reckoning, however, is close at hand. Loaded yourtfanks have so lost the confidence of the rtArtniA thaf vnn. Kant sliKf s.a.: ? 1 1 vuo. jvyui uau& UU, LCIUUWICB Will be nowerleaa to. rniaa valuoa nnnr that w have depressed them. Your scoop game of gathering in all the property of the country at low nrioe und then lpfHntr nnt tha norm of your insolvent banks will not work. a uu uctTO gui IAJ 1UIU 11UU1UBUOQ line BVerV One eis who ia in rieht Tka mmt - v w mmm www. A ..W tVW that can be done to save you now is the re peal oi me resumption act, wnicn will stop the further shrinkae-e of the spciiritip (?i with which you are loaded, and save your customers from bankruptcy. B. Bis. LOUISVILLE LETTER. Business Outlook Crime and Criminals In Kentucky The International Typ trapnlcal Union The Called States Senatorsbln Indiana Han In Trouble Bon-Ten Wedding New German Pa per Political Personalities, Etc. Special Correspondence of the Sentinel. Louisville, June 9. If there is any business being transacted in Louisville at present outside of the divorce courts it would re3uire the services of an astute detective to iscover it It is true the ubiquitous "straw bureeze" man wakes the slumbering town long before the matutinal hash hour, with his dulcet notes, and the wild warble of the Tyrolean rag gatherer falls upon the ear in sweet and tender cadence. But I. fear that even these romantic merchants I, are not scooping in the wealth that their actions betoken; that even here there is deception he who sings the loudest in praise of his wares not reaping the richest harvest. I believe that not only in these, but in every other employment, there is more bustle than business. The Louisvillians were up to their eyes in congenial business for a short time, being deeply immersed in the mysterious workings of the can-can at the varieties, but the highly moral police, after watching the antics of the nymphs for over a week, concluded it should be "modified." Whether this means that the premier danseunc should kick the ballet leader -in the left or right eye is . not known. So this avenue of trade was closed. We, have had two international conventions ' this week, the printers and the Y. M. C. A., but thier presencs does not dispel the Sabbath quiet of the city. The typos evidently mean 'business," especially when you see a crowd of union delegates coming out of a sample room (where they had been to see a man) wearing badges of the Y. M. C. A. These examples of fraternal kindness, bearing one another's burdens, on, the part of the printers, is very commendable in the craft But if there is anything the Louisvillian has a contempt for, it is seeking trade. If it comes, all right; if it don't, all right It is come day, go day, God send Sunday, with him. I inquired of a business man yesterday the state of trade, when he replied, "Oh, d n trade, I've trouble enough now," and he darted behind a screen for a iulip. There is considerable busines talk about the next year's races, the exposition and whether Grant will be a candidate in 1880. But it is curious the discussion of these momentous questions has not as yet caused any changgj i .i : . : t... .1 1 111 uur uiii&iii;itti vuuuniuu. xui luauKS to Providence and the state constitution there will be an election in a couple of months, and as strawberries are cheap and water melon time is drawing on apace we will be able to pull through as usual, whether there is any business or not THE EXITED STATES SENATORSHIP. Candidates for legislative honors are looming up all over the state, and in some of the districts, including this city, the contest is very spirited. There are reaily no issues of importance before the people (except the periodical howl of demagogues for reform), and it is understood that the great majority of the candidates are being rubbed down and groomed by the aspirants for the position of United States senator, which will be made vacant by the expiration of the term of John W. Stevenson. The name of nearly every democratic politician of note in the state (the rads are not in the race) is mentioned in this connection, and if the next legislature does not make a judicious selection it will not be for any lack of distinguished victims who are ready and willing to offer themselves upon the sacrificial altar of their country. Prominently among the names brought forward are those of Isaac Caldwell, who stands at the head of the Louisville bar, and who did good service during the presidential campaign as a Tilden elector. (he friends of Governor McCreery are pushing his claims in that direction while southern Kentucky is backing Proctor Knott General Williams (Cerre Gordo), Judge Lindsay, Governor Carlisle and others have an eye on the place, while the knowing ones confidently assert that the present senator, Stevenson, will stand for a re-election. It is thought the fight will narrow down between Caldwell and McCreery. The former has a solid, unwavering strength, which is rendered doubly effective from the f :ct that he has never be fore been a candidate for office, and that in years past he has done noble work in behalf of democracy. Governor McCreery, however, is a young man of great energy, clearheaded and far seeing, who has risen rapidly from one position to another, and what is better than all, ia extremely lucky in putting in his claims just at the time when they will do the most good. Both these gentlemen, however, will have no easy work in beating down the formidable option of Williams, who is a power among the grangers and yeomanry generally, to say nothing of Knott and Lindsay, who will show a front that no influence can shake. CKIMK AND CKIM1XALS. 'I once heard a celebrated lawyer of national reputation say that he did not understand bow a criminal could be consistently convicted of a capital offense under the existing laws of Kentucky. This sweeping assertion may have been somewhat farfetched, but the occasion of its o iterance (he had just succeeded in clearing a murderer) certainly bore him nut and there can be no doubt 01 its truthfulness in a general sense. Under the statutory law of Kervicky there is really no such crime as mure .t, the long

line of reported decisions having to all intents and purposes abolished the distinction between that beinious crime and manslaughter. I would not be understood as easting reflections upon the judiciary, as no- doubt the ermine is as unsullied as oar democratic institutions will permit: but there is no gajnaaying the fact that the lax administration of justice, consequenton the abrogation of the clearly defined term of murder, has cheated the gallows in too many instances of its jnst dues. Following close upon the farcical trial of Dent Whips for the murder Of John Stockton (in vhloh . ;

- - - - WW ua.u &J Udictment, trial and complete iusti1 me oiooay aeea was had without the accused having even been arrested) enmea th rn. wm:. Sharp, who killed Henry U arris sometime Gl n na in a i' ' n .1 n . .1 . ,. "",- "i"K uiopuie auoui an equally trifling WOman Of tha tSkwn I rmrkoD4nc rendered a verdict and fixed his punishment 01 ww years imprisonment, while at the same term of the court there have been nnmerOUS Convictions nf norartna oh.imul K - w - f.v.. mm larceny who received treble the punishment iuc uiu nuu puisn w Keep soul and body together is as severely nnniahoH ha K - J V HJ imbrues his hands in the blood of a fellow Deing; tne lormer is forever banished from society and denied the means of earning an honest livelihood, while the red handed murderer is cheered and congratulated In the court room, from whence he proudly struts like a Roman general returning home in triumph, the one, however, crowned with laurel and the other with the indelible brand of Cain upon his brow. This is Kentucky justice and Kentucky chivalry. Just so long as this utter disregard is paid to the value of human life will Kentucky continue to retrograde, instead of keeping breast to breast with the tide of progressive civilization. THE TYPOGRAPHICAL CSIO.T. The twenty-fifth annual convention of the Internatiopal Typographical union has been in session in this city for several days past, with John Mc Vicar, of Detroit, as president, and M. O'Donnell, of Boston, as secretary. The address of welcome was delivered by J. D. Barfield, president of the Louisville union, which consisted of a poetical effusion very happily worded, and written by S. K. Bangs, the printer poet A. G. Hodges, Esq., the oldest compositor in Kentucky, having begun his career at the case 65 years ago, w.as introduced to the meeting and returned his thanks in a neat and appropriate speech. Thus far the convention has proved very interesting, and conducted in a manner that would reflect credit upon any disciplined parliamentary body. The meeting has developed the fact that notwithstanding silence is essential to the printer's success (financially and otherwise), when the occasion requires an expression of views he can prove equal to it, and even surpass those who are too much given to the glib and oily art It was noticeable during the discussion of various subjects that a number of delegates, rising to the dignity of the occasion, gave vent to their long slumbering eloquence that was only waiting an opportunity to burst out and soar majestically above Parnassus, holding their astonished auditory in rapt attention.and surprising themselves while in imagination carried to the dizzy heights.- I don't want any of the "rats" to imagine for a moment that these burning words, these oratoratical flights of the delegates owed their inspiration to Bacchus or any other of the heathen gods given to deep potations, for a paler-faced, more distressingly sober (as Zack Chandler would say) set of men I never saw attend a convention, the Y. M. C. A, not excepted. The labors of the convention were interspersed with pleasure excursions, visits to places of interest, etc., and I believe that all the visitors have experienced an agreeable time, for which the Louisville union deserves creditf r AS INDIANA TDEFMAV I! JAIL. O. O. West a turfman well known through the south and at present a resident of Bloomington, was lodged in the Louisville jail last Thursday on capias issued by J. E. Porter for the small sum of fifty-six dollars. West had been arrested for the same debt during race weeks and released on bond, but the money not being forthcoming he was again caught here with the above result His name has become familiar to sporting men everywhere as the man -who owned the celebrated "Courser," the horse that carried off the honors the second day of the jockey club meeting. He sold the horse after the races for $3,000, which makes his present imprisonment seem singular. A EOJJ-TÖN WEDDING. Next Monday evening Mr. John Sevier, a banker of Amsterdam, Holland, and Miss Ella Bull, daughtarof the late Dr. John Bull of patent medicine fame, will be married in this city according to the rites of the Episcopal church. It is understood that the cards of invitation have been confined to the immediate friends of the family, and that the wedding will be unattended with the usual blazonry of such affairs in high life. A NEW GERMAN WEEKLY. Theo Traumricht has issued the first number of the Southern Post a German weekly paper devoted tq the interests of that people in the sou h, with a special department for Tennessee. There is a possibility of its being successful, but it deserves to be whether it will or not POLITICAL PERSONALITIES. United States Marshal O'Neal has returned rom Washington, but is mum on the question of the recent appointment of Colonel Crittenden to succeed him. There is a strong probability that Crittenden will not be eonfirmed aid that O'Neal will still stick. Judge Ballard and his friends are still hopeful of him being appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Emmons. If this movement should succeed then some other Kentucky radical will get Ballard's snug position and the south lose another appointment Mrs. Thompson, the new postmaster, has not yet received her confirmatory documents, but it is thought that the vindictive iersecution of the Bristow faction has spent its force and the !ady will be duly installed. District Attorney Finley, who was recent ly boa need to make room tor Gabe Wharton, is raising old Harry in the radical camp. He went to headquarters and had a ttlk with his fraudulency. and it is now believed he will be reinstated. Thus the whirligig of time brings in its revenges. Rob Rot. Simpson, of the Madison Star, returns his compliments for a bouquet in the following langUHge: "We are under obligations to the nicest little lady in Madison for the prettiest and roost fragrant bouquet of the season." Fort Wayne G-tu: On Thursday a lumber merchant of Silver Lake named Mil ler was victimized out of I5o0 by three card monte men at Warsaw. One arrest was made. It is thought that one of those who escaped was a Fort Wayne man. . '