Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 27, Number 24, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1878 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL; -A1EDNESDAY MORNING, JANUABY 30, 1878.

WEDNESDAY, JAN WARY 23. The Africans call Stanley "the little man with much lace." - Ik two states, Kentucky and Tennessee, the state librarians are ladies. 05 Saturday gold reached 101 9-16, the lowest point it has reached since 1SG2. rcBLic opinion compelled the radical council to disgorge the $500 funeral grab. Barsum says that he has sold, since he began his life as a showman, $33,000,000 worth of tickets. . IIXtea will not dare to veto the silver bill, notwithstanding the Journal's" adTOcacyof the measure. Tub average salary paid to school teachers in Chicago is $G35, while the common council pays the police force from $300 to $1,000. Three are forty thousand Italians, more than one hundred and fifty thousand Germans 'and two hundred thousand Irish in Hew York city. Last week a pensioner of the war of 1312 was a happy bridegroom. " The ceremony took place in North Carolina. Mr. Lord started the fashion. At last the obelisk, Cleopatra's needle, has "been safely moored in the Thames off GraveBend. The journey was accomplished with--out injury to the obelisk. Tni conviction is very general that Sena--tor Voorhees fills the place occupied by the late Senator Morton'. He has won not only national fame but national gratitude. EviavBODY asks, How much did the Jour; rial get for going over to the Shylocks? "We do not knowif as much as six bits the Shylocks Were cheated out of 75 cents. A convict sentenced to 15 years' confinemen) in the Massachusetti state prison in 1872 was recently pardoned by the governor. JBut two hours before the pardon reached the jmson he died. Tni Erjglish language is gradually taking the place of the Irish in Ireland. In whole schools there are not half a dozen children -who can speak Irish correctly, but all prefer the English for ordinary use. A prominent publisher states that Longfellow and Tennyson can command $10 a line, in gold, for all they write. The public amply repay the publishers for their outlay by quickly purchasing all poems offered. Tna demand for the speech of Senator 'Voorhees is still increasing. There is no telling how many of them it will be necessary to print. The presses work steadily. The speech is "powerful" good reading. A coxr-AXY has been formed at Iowa City for the manufacture of potoline, an illuminating oil made from potatoes. It is said to be non-explosive, and cheaper than kerosine. 21 ow all the potato bags will have "to turn into moths. "Tijk Journal continues to advocate the "veto power to crush the people.. When the Shylocks issue their orders the hinges of the Journal's knees bend, and it is willing to prostrate itself before the money power for such considerations as it may offer. Two mebcuams, partners, in a large store in Michigan City, have been pronounced insane, and have been sent to an asylum. The cause of the insanity in each case was the same excitement, about religion, and a religious revival in which they had participated. ' St. Locis has a sensation in the shape of a will case that will make as much stir in that city as the Vanderbilt trial is making in New York. The will is that of James Clemens, Jr., and the amount involved is $0,000,000. The document was signed in 1SG7, and by it two daughters and a son are disinherited. It has been supposed that this paper n&d been destroyed, and much surprise was created when it was understood that it had been sent anonymously to a judge of the city. The air is full of rumors, and the relatives and friends are about equally divided in regard to the authenticity of the paper. TREASURY BOOK-KEEFIX G. A Washington speci.il to the Cincinnati Enquirer says: Senator Davis committee, which is making in examination of the system of keeping the book of th treasury, has secured a ittatemeut f the premium pall, expanse of national loans and the cot of refunding the debt. It am .nnut to tbe vnormou sum of tUj.'ffSA OM Of this amount 9,7J8,ih7.73 were premiums pal J, 4E2K7 were for expenses f national lousa and II,! HiA'Kj.w, for refunding tbe public debt. Sine J8i there ho bon a net Increase of the deb: of 12,815,51! V173.87, and a net decrease of " 10, 44,581 77, wnlle the total Interest ac count from that time to the present hu been Sl.UUHt&ji)(U9 W-xoeellnc by ui-re thn onbalf tbe principal of thedaot T e total debt at the clone of 1877 aino'tnled to t2Xi;V)lJ3!& l'l showing a nut Increase during that yoar of M,9W,324.il6. Here are startling facts well calculated still further to emphasize the demand to relieve John Sherman and men of his ilk from the control of the finances of the coun try. Tbe figures are simply astounding, end will force upon the minds of the people tbe conviction that the treas ury department of the government is a den of corruption. Nothing will now satisfy the country but tbe most thorough ana exhaustire investigation of the rottenness of tbe finaucial affairs of the govern xnent The management and system of book-keeping must be fully ex posed, until the country n fully advised in regard to the extent of the frauds that have so far escaped publicity. In fact, all the de partments of the government must be over hauled. Only a small fraction o the stealings of radical . officials liava as yet come - to light.

The discoveries already made show how the Shylocks have made money. The syndicate, by the aid of the . secretary of the treasury,

has been able to pocket nearly $100,000,000 of the people's - money, and that, too, at a time when business of every description was depressed to the last degree of endurance. We are glad that the facts are coming to the surface. By aUmeaus, let the investigations go forward. THE DEMOCRATIC JPABTT. It has often been said that "republics are ungrateful," but we are inclined to the opinion that ' the republic of the United States of America is profoundly thankful for the existence c' the democratic party. At any rate such should be the case. Tbe fact is incontrovertible that tho radical party, which .came Into power some seventeen years since, has pretty nearly succeeded in destroying the country. It saw sovereign states loyal to .the constitution, when it set its devilish sectional forces in operation abrogated the law of attraction, and the shining constellation felt the shock and states were driven from their orbits. The radieal party saw the country peaceful, obedient to law; order enthroned everywhere, and prosperity universal. Then it massed its hates and sharpened its fangs, and suddenly, war changed the scene. The war closed with the radical party supreme in state and nation al governments. It had the purse, the army and the navy. It had every material resource of the countiy at its command. It controlled all the patronage of the gov eminent Its word was law. It was boastful, arrogant and defiant.' ' It had secured grand opportunities to do good But it betrayed every trust. On tbe altar of peace it kindled anew the fires of fanaticism and was never more happy than when it viewed the curling smoke rising from the torments of its victims. In the madness of power it murdered liberty. In the hellish ferocity of its hates it struck down constitutions and bayoneted legislatures. It saw the south, as England saw Ireland, "created 'in all the prodigality of nature with a soil 'that anticipates the husbandman's desires, with harbors courting the commerce of the world, and with a people 'brave, generous and intellectual," and t determined to make her prostration available for robbery and inaugurate universal bankruptcy. ' To accomplish this purpose the south wai overrun with radical carpetbaggers, and the work of plunder went forward to an extent that almost paralyzes belief. This worm eating process by radical vermin the most . loathesome that ever a fee ted any land went oa for years, and until tbe resources of tbe south wiere well n:gh exhausted. But this is not all. Not content with robbing the 'south, the radical party was equally industrious and zealous .in its work of robbing the people of all . the states, and . to accomplish this thieves were appointed to office and retained in office. Grant, the standard bearer of the part, a mercenary creature in whose eye the high office of president represented nothing but money, set the example which his appointees were quick to follow, and the reign of bribery and theft commenced. Every department of the government was debauched. Honor and integrity were exiled. Oaths were disre garded, and a wild carnival of crime was in augurated. The people at last were aroused, and in their hour of peril they turned to the democratic party to eave them from the overwhelming curses of radicalism. The democratic party responded and the national house of representatives was redeemed from the grasp of radicalism The event was in all regards auspicious. It dated a new era in the affairs of the country. Thieves began to tremble. Deep and dark dens of villainy were explored. Monsters of iniquity were exposed. Grant was more cautious about bribe taking. Cabinet officers resigned and retired to private life, Branded as villains; and the people rejoiced. It is not surprising, therefore, thj : the democratic party is regarded as dangerous to radicalism. It is still exposing radical villainy, which may account for the Journal's editorial yes terday, captioned the "Dangers of Democracy," in which, among other things, we find the following: Neglecting the true Interests of the country. we Uud the democratic party intent only on the acquiHition of political power, and to this end It is btxiving to keep separated not only the six tee a stales that were allied to slavery and rebellion, but to draw into the whirlpool of sectloual Mtrlfe the great producing Maten of tbe Mississippi valley, all to be organized Into Akinalearmy corps, to be wielded and commanded In the In ie rust of the party which ha. hi town itw-lf utterly void of devotion to or love for the union of states. It should be remembered that thu is said by a Sbylock organ that is daily playing traitor to the people of Indiana, and Licb, in the interest of ' Shylocks, aivocates the reto power . to arrest legislation calculated to relieve the people from the grinding curse of contraction. Tbe democratic party now as ever is not only the party of the people, but tbe hope of the people. It is grandly battling for their rights, and the people recognize the fact. Tbe Journal, though never charged with having an undue portion of brains, bas sense enough to see the drift of events, and to realize that its treason to the people of Indiana can not be obscured by its stupid mendacity when referring to the democratic party. ' Tbe fol lowing pretty conclusively indicates its agony f The laboring and producing daws, who are snnerinz aioue irora me result or tne war and the debt it entailed upon tbe nation, a war In augurated and carried ou by ih democratic paity are told that their Huffrilng la the remit of legUlatlon unfriendly to their Interests; tutu in teguuaiion oy eongre nan Deen atone In tbe Interest o' the eatl and of the creditors of the nation, and that tbe present depression and sulTerlng throughout tbe laud is the renull or irngencv in money wntch ha open brought about for the malicious Durnone of en. slaving labor and enrich nz the homers of tbe government bon-is. The icmocntlo party today la the spoevbtn of their leaders lu and o-t oi coogreM are ignoring ait reason and alt precHlont, aud appeal! ug f the passions and premdtce of the oeoole of the wwt. This is a very aa lous matter, nd If pwLsted In in Ukly to produce bitter if not bloo-iy fruits la tlu near rat u re. in mis way in democratic party aatn threatens tbe peace of the nation, again It throws luto the arena the apples of alsoord. again It Jnoalcatee those doctrines that bios

Km Into war, and more than ever the party appears to be Incapable of any good. . The 'Shylocks ought not to be compelled to pay for such twaddle. . It evidences complete exhaustion of argument. The country has had no war to speak of for twelve year j. From a condition of wonderful prosperity the country has descended by rapid strides to bankruptcy, poverty and widespread ruin. Contraction of the currency to reach specie payments has been the underlying cause and curse. " The ' laboring and producing classes know it. Tbe democratic party asks that it shall cease. . The Journal opposes the measure, and demands that if it can not otherwise be killed Hayes ehonld veto it. The democratic party demands the passage of the. Bland bill. It believes that silver dollars . of 412H gralDs will contribute mightilj to lift the country out of its business grave. Tbe Journal, in obedience to the order of its masters, the Shylocks, opposes the measure and again demands that tbe will of the'peopie shall be crushed by a .veto. The blood and thunder idea of the Journal will not frighten the people. Their representatives are in congress asxing for judicious measures of relief, and they will push their demands to the remotest limit of their sovereign and constitutional power. The' democratic party will be found in tbe future, as in the past, dangerous to any party that refuses to advocate measures calculated to arrest the sweeping curses that have filled the land with bankruptcy, idleness and poverty.

THE ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN TS THE JOl'KNAL. Itvis a matter of . wonderful significance that the people of Indiana were never more intensely aroused than at - present. This earnestness is serious and deep seated. It is defiaut and aggressive. Having its source in every cottage, farm house, hamlet, village, town and city, it finds its way, like tbe trib utaries of the Mississippi, until in a mighty stream of thought it rolls along, sweeping away every obstacle by its resistless force. Those who can not see the current are blind, those who can not hear its voice are deaf, and those who refuse to heed its warnings are fools. The currents of trade have been blockaded, the sources of wealth have been dried up. Some doubly damned fiend bas touched tbe industries of the country, and they have been hushed as if struck by thunderbolts, and have disappeared as if swept away by a lava tide. Men of wealth and enterprise, who sought to develop the grand resources of the country by giving employment to laboring men, have seen their fortunes and their business slip from their grasp, while they have been pushed along tbe highways, by unseen forces, to a bankrupt court, to join the wrecks that line the business strand as monuments of the curse of contraction and other - vicious measures enacted in the interest of the money power. From scenes of labor and thrift, contentment and abundance when millions of busy bands vied with each other in making merry music, when the plowman's song blended with the ring of the anvil, the click of the shuttle and the roar of the forge made grander music than was ever extracted from the exalted composition of tbe masters there came a silence so profound that every one recognized it as the tranquillity of business death. .There was food, but no employ ment. Starvation came, and its victims suf fered In full sight of boundless abundance. Homes once full of light and joy became desolate and abandoned ,and the demand for work and bread deepened in its solemnity until it rose to the cruel accents of a wail and went circling over the land. While such scenes .wers transpiring among the masses the Shylocks were demanding their pound of flesh, and with the cruelty of tigers were sighing at the very heart of the people and bleeding the country to death. Strange to say the Shylocks entered the national halls of legislation, and representatives and senators bowed down like slaves in their presence and did their bidding. Specie resumption was demanded and enacted, and then came the eiracco curse of contraction. The bondholders demanded a revocation of. their contract with the government, and in obedience to the demand new burdens were added to a suffering, bowed and' a pleading people. Not conten t with inaugurating these curses, the demonetization of the silver dollar, the coin of the fathers, and the dollar of the contract, was demanded, and the measure, was swindled through congress. While theso measures were being perfected the agonies of the people were increasing. Failures increased, idlers multiplied, poverty .occupied a wider domain, the currents of business flowed more sluggishly, confidence fled the marts of trade, crime increased everywhere, and prisons overflowed with. felons. Notwithstanding these curses, the Shylocks would not recede from theiradvanced positions and their strongholds, and the night of business grew blacker. Now, then, what? One of tl grand issues of the campaign in Indiana is the repeal of the resumption law, that contraction may cease and a foothold be obtained which will enabe the people, in some measure at least, to toll back the tide of adversity. This the Sbylock Journal opposes. It pleads for more business graves. As sexton ot the bankrupt court it is ready to dig them for a fee. Another issue of the campaign is the remonetlzation of silver, the passage of the Bland bill, free coinage. and uplimit ed legal tender. This measure, it is believed, will aid business to rise from its proitration, and Indiana demands its passage. Tho Journal, true to Its allegiance to the 8by locks, opposes the measure, and demands that the will of the people shall be reversed by a veto. It has massed its jackass power and kicked at the people continuously for weeks past It has brayed in the interest of Shylocks, but it has not hushed tbe voice of the people. Oa the contrary, the more it kicks and brays the more rapidly do . the people come flocking to the democratic . party. . At last, driven

from every position where it has exhibited its venality, mendacity, duplicity and folly, It seeks to regain its lost ground by again dragging forth the "bloody shirt," a nasty symbol of dead radicalism, with the hope of deflecting the people from their purpose in changing the business and financial legislation of congress. In the wealth of its flatulency it prates of the war and of sectionalism. . In its stupidity it believes (bat the people of Indiana will turn from their high

resolves to discuss over again bloody shirt heracies. The Shylock organ will find out its mistake in due time. Its treason i3 understood, and as the days come and go it will find itself carrying an ever increasing load of the people's contempt WHAT OP T1IE DELEUATTS? In less than a month from to-day the democratic party will be in counsel in this city. The convention will be in all regards a notable event Its utterances wilj be potential. Indiana stands in the front rank of democratic states. She is expected to be bold. The curse of radical legislation has fallen with terrible effect upon the business interests of Indiana. Measures of relief are now pending in the senate of the United Stater, and still other measures will be introduced, designed to aid the people in their efforts to' inaugurate an era of prosperity. When the democratic state convention meets in thts city on the 20 ih cf February it is expected to make a platform for the campaign of 1&78. The delegates sent up from the ninety-one counties in the state will be charged with this responsibility with this great trust There is no mistaking the temper ef the people, and sinco their wishes are well understood, will it not be well to take the tide at its flood and float on to victory? To do this the views of delegates should be known and harmony secured. The p'atform should be in strict accord with the demands of the people of the state. A New England platform would irrevocably sink any party that should be eo foolhardy as to attempt to float upon it Shylocks are doomed to de feat as certain as election day comes.' The eastern money power has bad its day. East ern banks may organize as they will, but they have not money enough to deflect the people from their advocacy of measures of re lief. The west is bound down beneath intolerable burdens. The people have toiled, tbe land has been fruitful, and harvests abundant, still each year has seen them sinking lower in insolvency. They will stand it no longer if relief can be obtained by legislation. They arc studying the business and financial problems with intense earnestness. They believe that relief is possible. They believe there should be no mistaking the voice of Indiana, and they expect that the platform sent forth on tbe 20th of February will be such that every honest man in the state can indorse and advocate. Under such circumstances, it will be well for the county conventions to know tbe position of the delegates upon such matters. The speech of Senator Voorhees is having 'unexampled circulation. It is sinking down into the hearts of men like lead into still waters. The. more it is read tbe firmer becomes the conviction that the senator is right The time has come for the west and south, the southwest and northwest to rule; and that Indiana may be in full accord with 'the mighty hosts that are marching on to victory, the 20th of Feb ruary platform must be bold and outspoken for the right as the people understand it. To this end it will be well to know tbe opinions of the delegates who will make the -plat form. FINANCIAL. TOPICS. Tbe Tneorles of tbe Gold Basra Refilled Tbe Question of Values Practically Considered. To the Editor of tbe Hon tlnel: Sir If in order, I would like to offer a few suggestions to the voters of our great state as well as to the thousands of readers throughout' the country. The Journal, News and organs of tbe republican party generally are whining and growling over a little gold like a -puppy over a dry bone; they tug and twist at it as if their entire existence depends upon it A full grown dog of ordinary Independence would scorn the one as the people will the advice and teaching of the others. These journals are suppose 1 to be published for the benefit and edification of tbe business men of all classes, manufacturers, merchant, miners, niecban: ics, farmers, stock dealers, tradesmen and laborers, and in fact the great mass ot producers and consumers are tni patrons of these mouthpieces of tbe worst element that the country has to contend with.bondholders and money gamblers. The teact ing of all these organs is directly in the interest of the few non-producers and against the rest ot the entire population; contraction and eternal debt is the universal theme of their discussions, obscured, however, trom tbe- detection of the careless reader by the dazzling beauty of gold, which they so earnestly press forward to attract the attention from tbe real questions. Let us put aside this golden calf for amoment and and examine the theories they anvanced and urge tbe unfortunate debtor or business man to accept, viz: 1. There is abundant money in tbe country to meet the demands of all ' legitimate business," etc If there is, then the only lcitimate business we have in this country is banking, as no other class.of business men are supplied. 2. We dou't want the dollar of onr daddies, (412$ grain) as it is not worth within 7 per cent, cf 25.8 grains of gold. ' Well, now, why not? If not, it is because there id not enough gold to meet the demand. It is only worth to the people of the world just what it owners can force them to pay for 'it, and if - the demand in other countries is bf coming so great by the manipulation of tt e It gal wires by tbe money lords, it will be a very unreliable "basis" for us, with all our rich resources vet undeveloped Then suppose 412JS grains of silver are not iu as great demand as 25 8 groins of gold; is that any reason why we should abolish our silver douaisT ibe same reasoning would Or s troy almost every projective interest in our country. For instance, to" day, perhaps, a rxmn i of corn is not worth a pound of cot ton, or wheat or lead; does it follow, that corn oagnt to be forced tntoutauser uae clay 412K grains of silver were more valuable than 23 8 grains of gold; and from the fact that It is not to day it Is evident that II we want any stability to the basis of values (if coin la conceded to be the basis) we must uvt

depend upon a thing for that basis that is so fluctuating, and is in such ereat demand abroad that its value can increase so greatly

at uuiue. 3." A greater issue cf government currency would unsettle values, and destroy confl uence at nome ana aorof o. Values of what? It would enable the people to sell their productions, possessions and services, is tbat what U meant? It would decrease the demand for this pold and silver. Would that be unsettling values? It would increase the demand for laborers )common and skilled) and enable them to feed and clothe their families. Is that unsettling values and destroying confidence? It would enable the producer to own and hold the production of hit bands. Is tbat it? II issued in sufficient quantities to meet all business demands it woald destroy the prospects of tbe legitimate (bankioz) business. Is that why the Journal et aL are lighting to prevent it? . 4. The people who labor, atove all others, want, when they receive a dollar, it to be a dollar. - . That is true, but not in the sense the Journal would indicate. They want a dollar that will pass for just what it costs them to obtain, it no more, no less. It makes no difference to any honest man what bis do'kir will purchase compared with 25.8 grains of gold, eo he loses nothirigwhen he pays it out above What it cost him. In this connection I assert tbat a dollar of to day costs the laboring man far more than he can purchase with it which I will prove, and leave it to the good sense of nine-tenths of our laboring men and mechanics. To-day, owing to the contraction of the currency, brought about by the passage of tbe resumption act the demonetization of silver, and the schemes advocated by the hard money or bondholders' organs, the people are out of employment But few are engaged, and thoss tbat are are making but a scant living; whereas, wben money was plenty, all men were employed at good wages, and were enabled to .live better and lay aside enough to make a payment on a little home. Some few had paid for their homes (not many.) and those who haj not have long since lost all tbey put into it Those wbo had paid out have, as a general thing, been forced to place a mortgage upon it, to enable tbem to live since the hard times set in, and will soon be on a level with their more unfortunate brothers. Now for the proof: a greenback. 25.8 grains of gold, and 412K grains of silver are very close to par with each otber. on I v. a if w cents dif ference between them; or, in other words, m little greater p.essure can be brought to bear on the gold than the silver, or government currency; and in order for a man to get a dollar (cl either . sort) today be must lint spend from six to thirty days looking for a job, and then wort hard a day or two . after he finds it before it is given to him. This is the abso lute cost to bim of a dollar tbat is a dollar. How much does be get for it when be spends it? and bow much better off is he than wben a government dollar would . not buy more than 15 to 20 grains or gold? Merchant you who are still waiting. for the sheriff to call don't you . think you would do a more satisfactory business if the people could all patronize you as they once did? Mechanic, don't you think yon could better afford to work 300 days in a year, at from $3 50 to $6 per day, as j ou once did, than to ppend so much idle time trying to get a dollar tbat Is a dollar? Msnufacturer, don't yon think it would afford you a more prosperous business to put all the consumers at work at good wages, in order tbat tbe farmer could find a market for his products at a good price, and patronize yoa as he once did? Laborer, would you not be willing to take your snivel and heave the la-t grain of poll into the ocean, and agree never to look npon another gold dollar, if you could find employment six days in a week at good wsges, and receive your pay in greenbac ks or silver? In fact, I believe tbe old dry clods in the the long since abandoned cornfield are ready to lift up their voices and cry out for more money, in order that they may again have their dry tides turned over to the moist earth and be fed with an old fashioned fat grain of corn. The question for the business men of this country to consider is, not the value of what we call a dollar in the markets of other countries, but what means shall we adopt to open up our great resources, put our honest mechanics aud laborers to work, and by the wealth that we may create enable us to control all the gold, silver, king?, emperors and countries in the world, and bring them down to tbe fret of' our beautiful and powerful Columbia. But one thing is left to be done, and tbat must be done at once, and before we loose our individuality, as the mass have done in other countries, vote for men tbat will do ocr bidding, men that will legislate in the interest of business and the people, and men that will appreciate tbat they are our servants and not our masters. Give them one trial, distrust tbe advocates of hard money wherever you find tbem. and tbe sun of prosperity will burst through tbe dirk clouds of hard times before you realize it H. c a Indianapolis, Jan. 20. . oir the wise. A Trip Tbroagrli Indiana and Ohio Dull . Time Everywhere SI state and Beetles In Inftranice. Occasional Correspondence of the Sen tin eL Laoramob, Ind , Jan. 20. When I last Wrote to you I was partaking of the hospitable treatment at tbe bands ot .a few Danviliiana or, I should more proper! v say, I wasgettiug my bread and butter in Hendricks county, at . Danville, and noder the roof of the Cummins house. Since then I have been on a pleasure trip through tbe state of Ohio. I say pleasure trip, for what can one otherwise call it who now undertakes the t!k of traveling through the country in quet of business? And here let me refer britfly to the state of buinesiof other ' prominent towns in comparison to that of your' own beautiiul . and thriving state capital, Indianapolis.- In visiting OolumbUs, Dayton, Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio, I could not htlp noticiug how much less busy the people seemed to be there compared with ttrone of Indianapolis. In Columbus there seemed to be a dead calm resting over that quiet city, and nothing troubled Its peacful.rcst save the arrival of trains with politicians and office seekers who had come to tackle the state house magnates at the opening or the lezis'ature for something to keep them and their friends from starving to death in the face of hard times. In conversation wita a trentleman from Oberlin,.Ohi , who went there to get In'ols work for sereeunt at-arms and failed, be stated tbat it wai given up that never before were there so nmny politicians, in.rank from Taomas Ewing down to Private Dalzcll, congregated at Columbu, and all working in that' one common causeposition. At Cleveland I can not say but there was one tt riving day there this winter, and that was in consequence ot the fall of about three inches of now, which afforded the people an opportunity of both tleascre and busioss by sleighs. ( liut as for Toledo, I am reminded of that simple yet prophetic story in McGallVy's old third reader, aud quote: "AUfc! poor Yorrick." I held a short consultation with Cbapin, the Bee man, and in response to a remark by your correspondent that' times are very dull," he

stated in his usually droll manner, "Well, I don't know." So I inferred from this that he was willing to let well enougk Bee. Mr. Cbapin was for a long time identified with a newspaper at Peru, Indians, (the Republican) but is now engaged in the apiary business to a considerable extent - But I have come near forgetting Lsgrange. This, like other places of no less prominence in Indiana, is dull; yet .there are some improvements under headway, and more promised in the near future. The sad calamity which occurred two weeks ago the burning of the Brown house has caused rather an ugly vacuum to appear in a prominent part of town. The hotel had only a short time sines been refitted with $2,000 worth of furniture, and is said to have been the leading hotel of northern Indiana, but now is naught It was a large four story brick, including the basement, snd there also perished in the mighty flames a drug store, while considerable damaga was done to tbe First National bank, which was immediately nnder the hotel apartments. All papers and books of the bank were fortunately tayed. Tbe hotel property was insured. Tbe erection of a new court house will take place next spring, or rather will be commenced. The ouly preparation tbat has thus far been made is tbe haulirg of a great quantity of 4'dornicks.M familiar to this latitude, for the foundation, and if appearances are not deceitful it certainly will be a mammoth temple of justice. ' The new jail, which stands out bold to the public-view on the west

by any I have yet seen in Indiana. To day (Sunday) I walked out to view the old camp meeting .ground?, on-half mile south of townneaaifhe Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad. Where the meetings are held are a lot of building put Up so as to form a hollow square, itside of which the meetings are held once a year. The buildings are low, each one containing one or two bunks, where families from miles around gather in to hear that place talked of which Beecher says there is not It is said that when the tjrue approaches for these camp meetings tin re is as much anxiety on the part of sinners to hail the glorious advent as there is among religionists, whose sole object is the worship of God. There ia said to be a harvest to all without consideration of previous condition, etc. A few steps west of the' camp grounds is situated the new cemetery, which is now beautifully laid out in lots for the receptacle of the dead. The old cemetery was laid out in early times, when Lagrange was in its infancy, and the rapid growth of the town spread its suburbs about the old burying grounds, when it was thought fcest to seek another place more ditUnt This was done, as I have stated, and then followed the great labor of reinternng the dead in the new cemetery, which was successfully accomplished, and now where the dead once rested there stands a magnificent fchool building, of which Lagrange or any other town could well feel proud. . POLITICS ASn r A TEES. Th'ere seems, politically, to be a prevailing tendency of many to be leaninza little greenbackward, and quite a number of cititens nave sent on to secure the late speech of the Horn D. W. Voorhees. so that they may be enabled to lift themselves unon a solid basis, financially. As far as I have beard Mr. Voorhees bas struck the key note to the general satisfaction 'of nearly all cla?ses, irrespective of parly. uur county pspers here bota present an appearance which shows tbat tbey are not forgotten, even in these hard times. The fact tbat the people of this county are a thriving, business and reading class is evidenced from the support tbey contribute to their papers. Show me a poor pper and I will how you. as a general rule, a poor, thriftless people around ft Sometimes editors are in fault The Register is the democratic paper, or, as some term it, a liberal paper, while tbe Standard is a republican paper, and as the republicans are greatly in the majority of course tbe Standard is the most prosperous paper. I should have stited, while writing about the "last hotel." that there are two others in existence,' viz., the Dodge house and the . Pomeroy house. TheDodee house has just been opened for the benefit of the traveling public, while the Pomeroy house is more patronized by the regular or working men of town. Both landlords are enterprising, and fully know the waiits and necessities of the traveling public, Mr. Dodge was the originator of the late hotel, he. having put the goods in the building when it was first built and to say the least, himself and Mrs. Dodge are fully equal to supply the wants of any person who may stop there. Your correspondent speaks from experience, and considering the present state of affairs, dull times, etc., I hope you will excura this intimation. ' UuxviUo Tbe Contribution Box. Tho Rev. David Bwlng.J There are some institutions among men which are confessed v great Time has se lected them from a large company, and has symbolized them in some word or phrase. Pronouuce the name of some of those blessed potentates. The school houe is one; thsre, in childhood, we pass from darkness into light The church is one; there tbe heart communes with God, there it is washed white by penitence and prayer. Tbe fireside is one; there tbe hctiest friendship holds sway, and makes man feel that only Heaven can atoue for the- fading of the fire on the earthly hearth. Tbe - national flag is one; for it waves In the name of a powerful patriotism, and in the name cf all the glory, of a country. The ballot box is another emblem, and oh! bow sacred, for to it the aggregate reason of an age comes and r peaks in a' voice that throws down the walls and thrones of despots. And now let us add one more symbol, long despised indeed, but really noble in the midst 'of a noble host It is the contribution box. Into the ballot box goes the intelligenca of the community, but into that worthy rival, the contribution box, goes the love of tbe benevolent Indeed this less glorified institution has. for the most fpart preceded the ballot for the ship of the missionary and the teacher sails first to make man tit to enjoy tbe blesbipgs of freedom. Charity precedes liberty. Beautiful, indeed, is the picture wheu a humble man goes with a mind full of intelligence and deposits his vote, bnt a picture so striking finds it equal in that scene whers tbe poor widow advances, and, all aglow with the light of benevolence, puts in the contribution box her two mites. "Jfo Honey, Mot Pneumonia. The widow of the late George L. Fox writes to the New York Tribune: I see In a valuable column of yours of January 7 that I have had a severe attack of pneumonia. Well, -I have hai somet ling that sounds like it, but is somewhat different in entiling. Aly -trouble .of late hw been "No njiiey' A vtry precarious eonditlon mine has br-n, lndd, but I thaulc heaveu that It has ouly sett led on my pocke book, and not on my louifs. Mr. Tony Paster Is the only physician 'who has prtfcorio! for me. Thlbftdid In giving me au eng msnt at a very good salary more tLan my services were relly worth,! know; hot he did it to give me i chance to tarn a living for my elf aad cbild Itut I am sorry to sav that I nave not naa any one prut-eabe for me sines, a nl, I assure yoa. I am well to e to accept another doee of tho above named madicin. . Yours, etc., . Mas. Gio. L. Fox, Comedienne