Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 27, Number 33, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1878 — Page 4

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MOBXING, AP11IL ,', 1878.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3. DKM OC RATI C STATE TICKET FOB 1S7H. For Secretary of .State, J. U. HHANKLIN of Vanderburgh County - For Auditor of State, M. HlON D. MAXSOX of Montgomery Co. For Treasure r of Mat, WILLIAM FLKMINU of Allen County. ' For Attorney General, THOMAS W. WOOLLEN of Johnson County. For Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. 11. SMART of Allen county. POLITICAL AMNOlNCEMEJiTt. COUNTY TICKET. FOR SHERIFF- , .,. R.J. BlUUHT. JOHN J. PIFFLEY will Ihj candidate for auditor of Marion county, ubjot to tbe decision of the democratic nominating convention, June 1, lsT. N A IN) LEON It. T A Y IA.R will ben rud 1I it te for the nomination for treasurer oi .Marion county, subject to the decislou of Wte Ue moratic convention IIE DEN a. EIGIIAM will be a eandidate for the orticu of auditor of Marlon county, subject, of cour. to the democratic nomlnatluir eonvei tioti.to be held buturd:iy, June 1. I'll AHLKS X. METCALF, M. 11., is a cnndld.kt'j tor coront-r, subject to the decision of the democratic A"ouv'nuon. WOOD t. TO U HEY will be a candidate for MherifT, subject to the decision of the democratic couventUvi. DR. C. H. EUELL will be a candidate for sheriff of Marioa county, fcubject to tho deciMon of the democratic nominating convention, ou tha one term principle." . SA-MUEL B COKBALEY will be a candidate for the. oiSe of auditor oi Marion county, subject to the democratic convention. SAMUEL FECK will Imj a eandidate for ouuty treasurer, subject to the decision of the democratic coauty convention. OOKYIWN R HHIMF.ILa rtslctent of Warren township for over J years, will be a eandldtt eforo the democratic convention cf Mai ion couutv for the otUce of shei-iil. Ii. J. CONNER will tx ft candidate for the nomination of clerk, subject to the decision of the democratic county convention. THOS. F. RYAX wlU be a candidate for the nomination of county clerk, subject to the der lioa of the democratic county convention. CniUSTlAX PUNNMEVKR will 1 a candidate fonsherin of Marlon county before the democratic convention. AMOS SELLKR4 will le a candidate for herirTof Marion county, tti-UJect to the iecllon cf the democratic county convention. WILL.! AM LOVE will be a candidate for the nomination for hheriiT of Marlon county, before th democratic nominating convention. , EI. I KEINY, of Perry township, U a candidate lor treasurer of Marlon county, subject to tli- decision of tie democratic nominating onveutlon. . . DM. S. LOFTIN Is a candidate for treasurer of Marlon county, fmbjtct to tho decision of the democratic nominating convention. J. M. YOITART is a candidate for FherifT of M n i.'ia county, subject to the democratic convention. IR. W. M. DUXN will be a candidate for oorouer, subject to the Jwision of the democratic county convention of Marion county, llutT Hartk, with refreshing frankness, arty as a journalist he 13 a failure. M ains merchants are botcered with eoun--tcrfeit dime, made of lead and heavily ailvu-ed. Palm Scnday will this year come on the anniversary of the assassination of President Lincoln. Since the 21st of June, 177, fifteen Mollie Jfaires have been handed for murder in Penusylv&ira. "The Heroic in Common Life" is Grace. Greenwood's new lecture, soon to be deliv-' ereil in Washington city. A rt.AY, to Le introduced soon to the public by a representation at a Boston theater, ha- a strange title, "Tho O.d Bible." A ft result of the work of bloody and Sankey in Eagland and Scotland, several thousand persona b:tve joined the church. . A CoNXb Ti' i T town has a population of J,0".ti a-li.lts. of these all but 02 are church member?. No need for Moody there. Tub legislature of Rhode Lsl&nd has passed ft bill which nukes the p?nalty for indecent intoxication thirty days' imprisonment. Tii r. small pox has disappeared from Louisville. It Is the first time in months that the allT have been free from the loathsome discafe. Kf.vrvrKV has a new county made from slices of the territory of Perry. Harlan and Clav counties. The new corner was named Leslie. Thk widow cf ex President Tyler has re cently joined the. Roman Catholic church. Archbishop Gibson confirmed her last week at Georgetown. Mrs. Van Cott, the evangelist, is speaking on temperance to audiences in New York city. She attracts great numbers, and is very successful in the work. Tom Thumb is going to the Paris exposition, and ii having a carriage manufactured at New Havu to ride about France iu. He will take his wife and sister-in-law with him. Tke Massachusetts legislature is now considering the Moffett bell pun.h. The only trouble in that elato is the women don't drink, and there are not erkng men to pay for the punches. Ms.s. .Vict r: Woouhulu and her sister are to reside permanently in England, and certain New Yorkers, breathing easier! want communication between the old world and th'j new at once to ceaie. Ay Insptctur of meat in Buffalo tells tho trusting world how bogs that are diseased are .utilized. "They are fried into lard, the bad smell of which is deodorized by chemical means. The lard is then sold for pare leaf.' - Des Moir-Kf, Iowa, Is to hava a grand blue ribbon procession in June. It is expected that tif ty th und persons will be in the procession. Why would it not be a good idea for Iiidiaiaoclis to emulate Des Moints? A conver.itorj an.l parade, a regular gala diy affair, could be gotu-n up easily. The musical treatment for insane patients ftt the New York asylum is being continued, and is prod active ot much good. The patients are less restive, and are very attentive to the playing and singing In fact, three or four of them sia the choruses t variou familiar Bund ly school songs at the last entertainment. The experimen's. will be conducted until some scientinJ conclusions Can be reached, wnich will then be used as

a part of the regular treatment, as embodied in the practice by the best physicians. Waltzes and lively songs are invariably preferred by the patients to airs In minor tones and slow measure. The beggars who throng the Vatican have reason to deplore the death of Pio No no. Pjope Leo, when various requests tow alms were brought to him, said: "It is God's will 'that man should earn his bread by the sweat 'of his brow." I Ak imported pony belonging to an aristocratic lady nt ErcoKlyn died recently. She, believing in the immortality of the brute creation, read at the grave the solemn service for the dead of the Kpiscopal church. A few days after her poodle was killed, and she prosecuted the man who killed it, and forced him to pay a heavy fine. It is said by those who know best that Biccher's popularity as a lecturer is about exhausted, lie has done well in some of the cities, but there has been a marked decrease in the receipts. It is not believed that his engagements for next year will be numerous, nor his salary as large. His managers

I will hardly venture another season on .the I rates of this. EniKox, the wonderful inventor, has something new ready to surprise the world. It has just been patented, and is far in advance of anything he has yet given to the world He himself fays, "It is as far ahoad of the 'phonograph as that is ahead of a toy whis'tie." The nature of the invention is not known beyond that it is almost superhuman in its power and ingenuity. Ukseral Grant, his wife and son were presented to the pope on Saturday. They were received with every mark of distlnc-' tion, and made a favorable impression on all about the Vatican. Cardinal McCloskey presented them, receiving them at the door of the pope's apartments, to which they were conducted by M. Chatard, rector of the American college. At Lord Koseberry's marriage the attention of all present was drawn to a beautiful woman magnificently dressed. She scanned the nuptial pair through an opera glass. She was observed to be very pale, but when Lord Iloseberry repeated the vows she became ghastly white and trembled as if she would have fallen. Her eyes filled with tears, and as if to hide from further observation she drew a heavy veil over her face. A little gossiping has been indulged in by those who imagine they recognize the woman as one who once was known to be sought by the lord. Indeed, it is more than whispered that hc came from France to witness the ceremony, and without exchanging a word or a glance with her whilom lover went aain to her retreat. II YES AM TIIK KAIIICAl. PARTY. The recent speech of Senator Howe, of Wisconsin, has again brought to. the front evidences that the inexorable decree has gor.c forth that radicalism Is oa ils last legs and must soon hand in ils checks. The general tone of the speech of the Wisconsin senator was low and vulgar as full of venom ns a cobra's fang. Its purpose was to revive sectional hates, and impossible re-instate the bloody shirt as the eymbol'of bis party. We do not epplaud such tucs, though we regard them as eminently consistent when in ployed by radical leaders to retain power and further their nefarious designs. The only feature of Howe's speech which attracts attention is the violence of the attack upon Haves, the radical presidential fraud, and this attack would never have been made if government swill had been distributed to radical swine as radical conspirators desired. The Chicago InterOCean, with Its bate of the south and love of the swag combined, is very emphatic in its indorsement of Howe, and exclaims: It Is obvious that In the republican heart rf the country tbeiV Is pent a deep feeling fermenting to ecape through the lips of lt honored leaders. C'onklini! t Rochester (.oke a speech long waiting behind the lips ot hundreds of thousands of wroth and aggrieved citizen). There is no republic)! desire to humiliate the president, but a keen solicitude to rejcue him from coursesiin which ho receives the contempt of the democratic chie:s, who only rin a- lie Kiiftiees their appetue for patronage, and who Impudently claim that he became president bv their sultetauce alone. All of thls'"fermenting" of pent up deep fueling has no other cause or explanation than that rulicals designated by radical congressmen and senators are not in ofiice. It would be safe to bet all the bottom dollars in all the pockets of America that but fora II ayes' determination to follow Grant's example and teed hid friends the pent up feelings of Howe, Conkllng cf al. would still be fermenting, or would have long since escaped without damage to Haves. But there are some things eald by Howe designed to obscure the real purpose of his attack upon Hayes, and yet no attack upon the presidential fraud would have beeu considered effective without introducing the Louisiana returning board villainy, and in thia Howe evidently makes a point, the force of which the people generally acknowledge. Hone says: If Mr. Packard was not elected governor of Iyoul.-luim nothing ran be more certain toan that Mr. Hyes wan not elected president of the United Htatea. vA ltuout the elector 1 vote of Louisiana the whole world knows that .Mr. Jtayett liad not the-votes iu the electoral C'dlege necessary to couuluute an election ; and If Ioal -iana aid not vote lor Packard, the whole world knowHlhat Louisiana did now vote lor llaye. Packard received ueiirly t wo llioub Lid votes more, than home ol th Hayes electors. . I can cm concede how an apt politician, with handy conviction, trained to follow hi wtshe a tne.tldm follow the moon, nilgUt faucy he believed cither that Louisiana vwied for Tildeu and Xlchollsor for Hay and Packard; but no rjun.au opicion 1m numcleutiy pliant to believe that Hayes received the vote of Louisiana and Packard did not. That result la imply impossible. Howe states the case well enough. The country is satisfied that the people of Louisiana did not elect Packard governor, nor cast a majority of votes for Hayes As a consequence, as Howe puts it, Iayes is a usurper. Mr! Howe confesses there was but oneway for Hayes to" have aided Packard in usurping the office of governor, the employment of the army, and says: Bectngthe dlfficnlti-s by. which the prpsldent wan environed, that the army was shrunkeu to a atceleton, th t It wa.yxhiumed in its conflict with savages In the north west, an I that a democratic houehad ael.brately relused to approprlale mcney for its Hunport eiCfptouioii me condition that It should not be eoiplol ed In delense of the government f I)Ul-i na, I Ml no dUponltion to complain of h a ji fjlect. But when that neglect Is paraded, not x a rifce-'Hity but a4 a policy, aud when I am lequlred, upon my l!t-?iunc, rot merely to excuse but to applaud it, I inu.it decline. In this declaration Howe brings to the

front the fact that the democratic party In the national house of representatives terminated the infamous military despotism in' the south, and that the troops were removed because of the inevitable created by democrats. The'demand was, Remove the troops or j ou shall have no troops to remove; the army shall tumble to pieces rather than be employed in the subjugation of states and Hayes had to yield. No one ever credited Hayes with a patriotic pulsation toward the south, or an honest intention of any sort

He would have sustained Packard if he had i dared ' to have done so. He would have maintained carpetbag rule, in obedience to the , wish of the leader of his party; but the triumphs of the democratic party had deprived him of the power, and he was compelled to submit, and the south thereby escaped, one of the most Infamous and intolerable curses that was ever visited upon any land or people. But the gist of the whole matter is this: Hayes' title to the ofUce he . holds was obtained by fraud, and the fact will be.forever forcing j itself upon the attention of the people, and it is a perfectly righteous retribution that the radical leaders should be Hayes' execu tors, and in politically killing him, till themselves and their party. KEXATOK VOOKIIEES. The llip-tlop Journal is not pleased with Senator Yoorhees'. speech at Terre Haute; in fact, the tHp-Uop Shylock concern is never pleased with Mr. Yoorhee' ' utterances, at home or abroad. It was not pleased with his appointment as United States senator, to till the place made vacant by the death of Oliver P. Morton, and it has grown more restless and vindictive as the fame of Mr. Yoorhees tilled the land. It has been compelled to hear the applause of the people as they listened to his matchless eloquence and argument?, when arraigning the republican party for pursuing a financial policy molded by Shylocks and advocated by men who are the pliant ' tools of money, until the land was filled with ruin, and millions of willing workers were forced into idleness and poverty. The tiip-Hop Shylock organ will never b? able to tell how intense was its agony when compelled to see stalwart republicans yielding to their convictions and daring to applaud Senator Yoorhees' patriotic devotion to the welfare of the country. On such occasions it brings forth its tin whis le and baby rattle, jew'sharp and banjo, and attempts to drown the plaudits of the people in their indorsement ot the great Indiana senator. Senator Yoorhees is immovably fixed iu the affectionate regards of at least thirty-eight millionsof the American people. His statesmanship is comprehensive. He is intellectually large. His couraee is equal to any emergency. His eloquence charms all listeners, a:id his logic commands the respect of the most profound. He grasps the most subtle propositions, and illuminates them by his great powers of analysis. He has given sight to more blind republicans than any man on the continent, and they are ready to attest their gratitude by voting for him when an opportunity is afforded. These facts render the dip tlop Shylock Journal unhappy, l'oor Journal. Within the past twelve months it has earned the burning contempt of the most intelligent men of its . party who have, not hesiutel to denounce its venality, and have stood ready with uplifted foot to kick it out of the way. The Hip-hop Shylock Journal is unable to realize its littleness. It is forever attempting the feat of the fabled frog, and though unable to swell to the siz9 of an ox, gives evidence of great progress in reaching the subiime, Intellectual altitude of an as3, and by braying and kicking at men as much its superior as aneegie is superior to a bat, advertises its vanity and earns the contemptof the public Senator Yoorhees' speech at Terre Hute, which has apieared in the Sentinel, epeaks for itself. It was a plain talk to hi3 old neighbors, but every word bears the stamp of incontrovertible truth, and . those who heard, as well as those who have read the address, are more thoroughly convinced than ever that the 'good of the country demands the triumph of tho democratic party. This is enough, and no higher compliment need be paid to Mr. Yoorhees' effort at Terre Haute. TIIE OITOIIKU NWKEPSriKES. ReHoIvetl, That we are in favor o'f the one-t-rm principle in the election of all county officer, and the nominations of this convention aw made upon thedistinct ui)di-rMutdlii that the nominees are pledged by their acceptnit' of lh nomination to UlB hUPDOl't of this principle. Marion County Democratic Convention. The October election in this county is fraught with interest to the democracy ot the entire state. It will, most probably, determine whether Mr. Yoorhees is to be returned to the senate and an apportionment law passed in accordance with Justice and equity, or whether a radical destructive shall take bis place and the people of Indiana con tinuetobe disfranchised in the interest of radicalism. It the democracy succeeds in this county next October, Mr. Yoorhees will go back to the senate; if it is defeated, bis return is more than doubtful. Surely, the end sought to be reached is worthy of its best endeavors. The first thing to "do to win the race is to put & good ticket in the field." This is all important, and nothing will compensate for ils neglect. If the ticket be good, our chance for success is good; if it be bad, we will be beaten as surely as the election takes place. Not only should we have 6trong nieii ou the legislative ticket, but we should, nominate the most popular democrats we have for the several county offices; indeed, it is a prime necessity that this should be done, for the ticket will be buoyed up or pressed down by those who run, for the money offices more than it will be by those who are candidates for the legislature. The winning horse is always one which is in good condition and has no extra weights to carry. If he be a worn out racer; if he be spavined or strained; if be be' loaded down with heavy weights, he has but a fW chance to pass tbe pole in the lead. If he has run races before and come out behind those which entered the lists in the same condition with him, no prudent turfman will risk his money on him. Jockeying won't always win; it takes mettle and en. durance to succeed when tbe race is fair and blooded stock compete for tho prize. Now, the democracy of Marlon county doesn't intend enter any worn out or

spavined nag in the races this fall. It dosn't intend to enter one which has to carry extra weights. It doesn't intend to enter one which once tlew the track and threw its 'rider. It doesn't intend to enter one which has agreed not to make the race. In a word, it intends to keep faith with tke people, and it will see that those it champions do the same whether they will it or no. The nags whiph'the democracy will enter for the October sweep stakes must be clean in limb and sound in bottom. They must not be weighed down by violated faith and broken promises. They must trust for success to superior wind and mettle and not to superior jockeying. If they win, it must be by virtue of their ability to outrun their competitors and not by practicing any of the tricks of the jockey trade. Another thing that the democracy expects to see: When the race is ended, and the winner is groomed and taken to his stable, he will not call in his enemies and share his provender with them. He will divide his oats with his friend., and his contributions to his enemies will be his heels. The nag which keeps in his sta'l, high stepping colts of u different strain, is not the one which the democracy proposes to ester In the

grand sweepstakes next October. POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE. ST ATE iior.sr, Tho Sentinel has at no time discussed the state house enterprise from a partisan standpoint. We have been of the opinion that the whole business should be removed from all partisan considerations. We have failed to see any reason why one party more than another 5hould be benefited or injured by building a state house. It will belong.when completed, to the people of the state, who will pay the bills. Democrats and republicans alike will be taxed. The responsibility necessary to inaugurate the enterprise was non-partisan. The legislature that passed the .state house bill was neither democratic nor republican though more republican than democratic. Members of both parties, wisoly we think, advocated and voted for the measure. Here, then, we have the foundation facts, which ought in all reason and fairness to silence those who seek to make partisan political capital out of the state house question. Again, in the next move, to meet the will of the people of Indiana we . see a purpose to avoid everything upon which partisan demagogues could by any possibility truthfully found a charge of a purpose to make the state house question partisan. The law provides for the-appointment by the governor of four commissioners; of these, twoare democrats and two republicans. The fact that Governor Williams acta with the commissioners grows out of the law, which, as we have shown, owes its paternity to both parties. Still further: Tbe law made it necessary to employ experts for the purpose of examining plans. Of these tro were republicans and one a democrat. Thus it is ?3t-n that partisan politics has had nothing to do with the state Louse question up to this writing, nor is there any reason for believing that this policy will be changed. Here and there a driveling demagogue may seek to ernbarr&sa the great undertaking by vulgar appeals to men's prejudices and by falsifyirg the record. Bat we incline to the opinion tbat the honest intelligence of the people will rebuke wjth becoming eiaphasis all such efforts. As the caee now stands, the state is without a stab; house, and for several years great inconvenience will be the result. To embarrass the enterprise or place it in jeopardy is not prudent. On the contrary, uch a proceeding is warring against the best interest of the people. There are fortunately in state and national affairs some questions that are nonpartisan, and it should be the ambition of all good citizens to see that the state house measure is kept free from the taint of partisan politics; to see that the law iu letter and spirit is faithfully carried out, and the building completed at the earliest practicable period. Tbe font of Staking Plsr Iraa In Indiana. By E. T. Cox, State Geologist ef Indiana. While there is much ere in Indiana that will answer for making iron, it is either lean or containsso much sulphur and phosphorus that it is useless for good grades of metal atid Bessemer steel, or so situated, with reference to fuel, that the cost of transporting one or the other will place its cost beyond what the present price cf iron will justify. It if ns'lf ss, in my opinion, to base any calculation upon an advance in the metal. If anything iron will be lower, rather than higher, within any reasonable space of time. In looking then for a location where irvn smelting can be made prolitable under the existing condition cf the market. and to meet the present wants of the trade, the very first thing to be taken into codsideration if, where to find a suitable fuel and existing railroad communication with the surrounding world. There can be no question as to What kind of fuel is required. It must be mineral coal. The days of charcoal furnaces are numbered, and they will soon be of the things that we read of in history. The fossil fuel according to quality must be used iq its natural condition as anthracite, dry burning bituminous or block coal, or as coke road by charring bituminous coals. The coal must contain the smallest possible quantity of sulphur, phosphorus and ash, since these impurities will be imparted to the iron and thereby reduce its market value. If bituminous coal is used raw, or without being coked, then its physical properties must oe such as will cause it to coke and burn in the furnace without mtltiug and forming a cake, since caking coals obstruct the draft of the furnace and iuterfere with ready combustion. Tbe proper fuel having been found, the next joint to be settled ia tbe location of an abundance of iron ore; that is, rich in metal and poor in sulphur and phosphorus. In the west there are at present only two districts known where ores can be found that answer these requirements in the fullest possible manner the Like Superior iron regious, and the iron Mountain, juissoun. At neither of these cekbrated districts can coal be found, and charcoal furnaces can no longer be made to pay. The question of freight now settles the point, witu regard to the fact tbat the ore must, be transported to tbe fuel, sinco it will require twice as much coal by weight as ore w produce a ton of metal. There are. In my opinion, only three districts where coal . can bo fonnd that will enter Into competition for the rueltiog of these ores Youngstown, Ohio, and Pittsburg, Ta., and their vicinities, and Clay county, Ind. The two former localities and , their capabilities are well known, so that it will not be nfc?ssary for me at-this time to make further mention of them, but will confino mysfll to bringing more prominently before the public the facilities afforded by Indiana f r toe production of Bessemer p g Inn profliaMy at the present low rates if iron and steel. There ar tbre Beams of block coal In Clay

county, and they are designated by the miners as upper, riiddle and lower block coal seams, i t is rarely that the three seams can all be worked od the same property in this county. Tbe glacial drift covers the land to a depth varying from 2D to GO feet, and the lower seam of coal seldom lies more than 80 feet below the surface, so that the upper coal is often ebj-ent,and when present is seldom found with any roof more than gravel and sand of the drift, which makes it costly and dillicalt to mine. The middle and lower seams are often present and worked on the same property from a single shaft. The three seams are respectively from J0 to 40 fett apart, and each average from : feet : inches to 1 feet G inches. The lower seam is comidered the best lumacs coal, but even this is at some localities unOt for such use ' on account of the sulphur it contains, while at others it is as free from sulphur as wood charcoal. It contains 50 to GO per cent, of fixed carbon and only one to two and a half per cent of white ashes. ' This coal burns freely without caking, and in grates or furnaces never leaves any cinders. Charred in ovens it makes a steelgrained, hard coke, resembling in shape the raw'blockof coal 'from which it was made. I desire to ssy here that many writers who have compared the block coal of Indiana with toal of other districts have either selected specimens from the grate and steam coal or have extracted from my reports the analysis of coals that axe not used or fitted for smelting iron. Indeed In some instance?, men eminent as geologists and chemists hive selected from my tables of analyses as a typical specimen, with which to compare the coals they are writing up, coals that aie not block coals at all, and it is so stated in the body of my report I do not pretend to deny that we have in Clay county, caking coals and block coals, tbat are totally unsuited for enieltin; iron, and 1 want it particularly understood tbat I am now writing of none but the best, and of these we can find plenty in the state and district of which I am speaking. " Since the blast furnaces were built in Clay county, there has been something learned in regard to the best form of furnace to run with raw coal, an 1 especially with regard to the necessary amount of blast and ihe best mode of heating it, so that it will be safe to say tbat a furnace may now be built that will materially lessen the consumption of fuel and increase its monthly product. .We propose then to build a modern blast furnace in Clay county, Ind., which shall be moderate in dimensions and supplied with Whitwell's hot air ovens, and to give from this the cost of making the very best grade of pig iron, such as will be suited for Bessemer steel. Before commencing its construction we will have to consider the place where it is possible to have: 1. Suitable coal close at hand;. '2. Abundant supply of water; 3. Railroad facilities to reach the ores and iron markets. We will now Huppose the furnace, to be built say GO feet high, l.s feet wide at the boshes, and supplied with three benches of Whitwell's hot air ovens. Ihe cost will be about I'iO.uOO. , With regard to the property upon which to place the furnace, 1 will take a coal lease which I have in my mind where good block coal maybe had by paying a' royalty of ten cents per long ton (2,1U0 lb.) of screened coal. The nut coal does not have to be paid for, and is a clear gain. The mine is to be opened by shaft 70 feet deep, and supplied with every convenience for; hoisting and preparing the coal for market. This property will cost, with lease to run more than i0 years, $J,0D0. Furnace ; JOO.fldO 1'oal property 6,tvu We riuarut add to this for tho construction of coking ovens 2,(00

Total ..J'j8,(HXJ In order to convey a better idea of the cost of running the furnace it will be necessary to quote fom the accounts of the Brazil furnace, which went out of blast last winter. In this furnace it required to make a ton of Bessemer pig: 114 totis best Lal;e Superior ore. which t'ost t l-:sc!inat.- er ton . . T.n0 rreltf ht via Mlcaljjan Liiy to Brazil a.co 4 'M lo. raw cu?l 'vV lb. coke ........... lliiio lb. lime.stot v .- At the new furnace bunt on the coai seam we will get the coal at a cost not to exceed ninety cetits per ton, including royalty, delivered at the furnace. The account will then, stand at this furnace:' 1,'i tons bt Pxcular ore. at So . S7.50 re cht to furnace via Michigan City a.tw 150 lb, coal, at Mc per ton. 1.5U uVi lb. coke ut II r-r t n . 1.H0 lb. liitK'Mtoile.at toe gross Um.. 4ri libor, alxiut lxUonalrsand incldentnls............. 'St Cot pT ton of Bessemer pig .. ....JSloMti The run wiil be about 1.G00 tons per month and the pig will be worth about $19 per ton, at the furnace, for consumption in Bessemer ! plants. In this calculation the consumption j of fuel is based upon the amount required j in the Brazil furnace, but with the Whitwell j hot air ovens it is reasonable to suppose that j the consumption of fuel may be reduced as j well as the cost of labor, which is just as much per day or month whether the furnace J makes 25 or f) tons of pigs per diem, and it j must be adrniUed at the present low price of labor that in our new furnace the cost per tort of iron should not exceed $1.25 per ton of make, and ought to fall below this figure. With the advantage which Clay county unquestionably possesses for the manufacture of Bessemer pig, tho ironmaster csn not doubt for a moment that the Bessemt r plant should be placed here, and by the side cf tbe blast furnsce, and the melted iron run direct from the furnace in tbe converters. This will secure a:i enormous savingon the cost of making steel rails There are already furnaces enough in the United State if ail were in blast, and a material rise in iron would soon put them Id, to supply, not only the wants of this country, but leave a large surplus for exportation. Europe is, also, overstocked with idle furnaces read xo rush into blast with the first symptoms of an improved market for iron. Such a blowing in, it is easy to foresee, would soon cause the market to tumble. Consequently "the day is close at hand when blast iurnaces and Bessemer plants must be brought together and located on tbe coal. Coal can be mined as cheaply ia Indiana as in any other coal, field. ' The shafts are shallow and inexnenjive, the roof - is good and cheaply secured against danger from falling, and the mines are free from noxious gases. Tbe coal itself is as free as possible troru deleterious impurities, rich in carbon, and from physical structure and the peculiar arrangement of its proximate constituents is peculiarly adapted for fuel and metallur gical purpows. The field is accessible from j all points . by railroads, and lies in the very center of wsteru commercial prosperity and progress. With soch advantages eau any one doubt for a momerjt that Bessemer pig and Bessemer sseel can be made here at a less cost than in plants located where neither the' coal or ore are to be bad without being brought from a distance? In the struggle for existence now goicg on those aloue can live that hive the most favorable locations with regard to the cost of fuel and ore. It is the questku of the survival of the fittest and they who look lor any material advance in the price of iron to save them will look in vain. Far be tt-JT will it be to Beek for furnace locations wLere a ton of steel can be produced with profi1; under the most depressed condition that taay arise in the 'market. After a study of the western coal fields extending over a period of more than 30 years, I can point with confidence to the block coal field of Indiat.aas the locality in which to solve the probjem of the lowest cost of production. Cheapfr iron may be prod need elsewhere, but it Is of Bessemer pig and Uesvmer steel I speak, and fur which I comnieud tnis field to the attention, of ironmaster. Thebmsesof parliament In London have eunk over two inches during the past year.

DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE.

The Platform of the Party Adopted at tho State Convention. A Clear anil l ueqnivoeal Enunciation mt I-rtiiriple Neuflmvnia Which Ihe MaweM Will Indont. The democracy of the state of Indiana assembled in delegate convention declare: That national bank note shall be retired, and in lieu thereof there shall be issued by the government an'equal amount of treasury notes with ftll legal tender quality. That we are in favor of making the United States notes, commonly called greenbacks, a full legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, except such obligations only as arc by tbe terms of the original contracts under which they were issued, expressly payable in coin. That the right to issue paper money as well as coin is the exclusive prerogative of the government, and such money should be issued in such amounts as the sound business interests of the country may from time to time require. We are in favor of such legislation by congress 8s will authorize the taxation by the states of the United Slates notes in common with all other money. That we deem It unwise and inexpedient to enact any further legislation for the funding of the national debt aorcad, through the means of home syndicates or other methods; and we believe the true policy of the government and the best interests of the people would be subserved by legislating so as to distribnie said debt among onr people at home affording them tbe most favorable and practical opportunities for the investment of their savings in the funded debt of the United States. That we are in favor of such legislation which shall fix the legal rate of interest at not exceeding six per centum per annum. We demand the restoration of tie silver dollar, of 412 grains, to the coin of the country, and with full legal tender quality in the payment of all debts, both pnblic and Erivate; and that the coinage thereof shall e unlimited, and opon the same terras and conditions as may be provided for the coinage of gold. That we are in favor of the immediate and unconditional repeal cf the resumption act. We are in favor of the most rigid economy in public expenditures, and we declare tha't the fees and salaries of all public officers should bo reduced. That we are in favor of the repeal of the bankrupt act. That we sincerelydeplore the recent violent collision between labor and caoital, and to prevent the recurrence thereof and to protect the future public order and security we believe that the wages of corporations engaged in. the business of mining, manufacturing and transportatipn should be a first lien upon the property, receipts and earnings of said corporations, and that such lien should be declared, defined and enforced by appropriate legislation. ' That we favor the passage of a law for the ventilation of eoal mines one that would be just to the miner and owner. The democratic party is fhe friend of the common school system, and will in every logiU mate way labor for its success, and will oppose any attempt to divert any portion of the common school fund to any sectarian purpose. That the last apportionment of the state for legislative purposes was grossly, unjust and dishonorable, and wc demand that the next legislature, in apportioning the t-tate , for legislative purposes, as will be their imperative duty, shall have regard alone to population and contiguity of territory. That the jurisdiction claimed and exercised by the circuit courts of the United States over questions of corporate and individual rights arising under the laws of the states tends to oppress and burden litigants to such an cx--tent as to amount to a practical denial of justice in manycaes; and we consider the legislation which has conferred each jurisdiction as unwise and hurtful to the true interests of the peonle. And we demand such legislation as will restrict and limit the jurisdiction of such courts to such matters as' are clearly contemplated by the constitution and expressed in the judiciary act of 17. . ' We are opposed to class legislation, and protest against the grant of subsidies by the federal government, either In lands, bonds, money or by the pllge tJ the pnblic credit. - " That we abhor and hold np to public detestation- the leaders in tbe republican party who secretly connived, and with barefaced effrontery carried out the scheme, .by and ' through venal returning boards, whereby Saranel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks, tbe people's choice for president and vice president, wpre wrongfully kept out of the positions to which a free people had called thera. We hold it up as the monster crime of the age, a crime against free government, a crime against the elective franchise, and a crime that "can only be condoned when the malefactors who seated a fraud in the presidential chair are driven from power and consigned to everlasting infamy by the people whom they have outraged. And we denounce the act of the president of the United States in appointing to high and lucrative positions the corrupt members of the returning boards, ami condemn the acta of federal oilicers in attempting to interfere with the rights and powers of the state courts in the prosecution of these criminals. That our senators and representatives in congress be and are hereby requested to secure passage of a law giving to the soldiers of the Mexican war a pension similar to that now given to the soldiers of the war of 1812. -Action of f-oe Male House Commission rn. fSulllvan County Tru Democracy. As to the plan adopted by the commissioners, there can be but one opinion, and that can be expressed in one word of four letters good. i2r. May, the architect, estimates the cost of construction at $l,72L,41 GO, and the estimate of the experts places the cost at $1,772701.71. There can be no canse for exceeding the appropriation made by the legislature, if the experts have performed the duty assigned them. The additional costs of construction can only arise from changes which might be made hereafter; and thia should and doubtless will beprovided against by tbe commissioners. Mr. May is, without ooabt, an architect of as much ability and iaformatioa as any in tbe western country. No one could have been selected possessed f as universal and valuable information in relation to building material and the character of wArk. The statements made in reference to public buildings. of which Mr. 22y has been tbe architect could have been applied with-quite as much, if not more, force to all the contestants, of the same amount of practical experience. No one personaily acquainted with the state house commissioners, or informed of their real charater and standing as citizens, could be induced to give heed toany of the reflections now attempted to be cast upon tbern. Ackuawlerigerf. Chemists and "phjsicians say that Dr. Price's Flavoring Extracts are the purest. ThfV are daily increasing in popular favor. Housewives who desire the most dtlicious flivorin their cake, pud lings and pastry, will get it by using Dr. Paoe's Ettraota,

Augnsta Chroniclei Salvini, the great actor, thinks Shakespeare would have beea delighted with Booth's prfesentition of Hamlet. This is something like Mark Twaia'a lament at tbe grave ot Adam.