Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1874 — Page 2

TtWday, February 16,1874,

Tm Pufmtki Guard —volume one } | number one, published \r'eftly at hrancesvilte* Indiana, by Winegar4pn * Sfomridgfej subscription prioo ♦l.4© a mt-b« readied on# tabfe We extend h friendly greeting to the infant, and wish its parent* much currency. W* believe there i* more news, general Information and j»lensure to be found In, and derived from reading, thccohimiis of the Indianapolis Sun end Sunday Herald, (both Weekly and each $2 a year, without chrotnoo, Jews-harps, or handorgans,) than in any other two pajtera of equal opportunities that come into our post-office box.— Long may they exist for bustling humanity — and pantry shelves. Mb. John T. Mussulman lives at Loganvport. A few years since his son-in-law, wife and some of his neighbors had him arrested, tried for sanity and sent to the Asylum for Insane at Indianapolis. A t that trial it was elicited in testimony that he was possessed of property which is valued at $135,000. Not long ago Mrs. Musselman obtained from the courts a decree of divorce with 130,000 alimony, basing her complaint upon the plea of cruel treatment. After paying this judgment, the costs of litigation and other similarly expensive luxuries, Uncle Johnny will probably be worth a smooth SIOO,OOO, which he desires to share, together with his board and couch, “with some fair lady,” and advertises for proposals for such an alliance. Does any of onr female friends want the “eateh?” A domestic poet writing for the Winamac Democrat tells about a time in the history of that wilderness When (be terrible shriek es the fierce panther Filled mile# of silent space, Caosing the pioneer’s heart to throb, And <fc eply blanching his face ! : When the reptile's hiss and the weasel’s snarl Mingled with the boll-frog’s croak, And the cricket and katydid their-'cymbals —-—■ imd . ■■■■ With the iocnst’a in the oak! The Democrat people should carefull foster tlteir sweet 6inger and not let him fade away and die as the fragrant violet and beautiful buckeye begins to bloom in spring, when ham and eggs are ripe, and the dulcet voice of the festive potato bag is heard in ike land. Oh, no! Such a fate would be too sad!— With proper care,%enius of a high order will certainly be developed. Nobody bnt a natural genius or an Irishman would conceive of the shriek ol a fierce panther filling miles of “silent” space, when the reptile's hiss, and the weasel's snarl, and the bull-frog’s croak, and the cricket and katydid and locust toned their cymbals all at the same time and in the same section of country; especially as he informs us that at that time “the howling wolf and the savage bear” were stalking about in the vicinity, while “happy birds sang and chirped in glee.”— The “silence” of that space must have been very oppressive—nearly 86 much so as that of a traveling menagerie, or a political caucus. Ob the fourth page of this paper is the declaration of the principles and aims of the Patrons of Husbandry as announced by tbe National Grange at its recent session in St. Lonis. They are most admirable and elicit warmest expressions of commendation from every source, Sor the lofty patriotism, broa statesmanship, clear discrimination of right, pet feet propriety, and pure democracy there expressed. The author of that platform is a person of more than ordinary ability, and is capable—whoever it may be—of filling a high position among those who make laws to govern men. With such opinions held by any considerable number of people there is little danger to be aprebended for the perpetuation of our republican institutions. The Inter-Ocean, which has ever looked suspiciously upon the Order, an* frequently accused it of a tendawey to Communism and International iatnv says: “The clear and altogether admirable platform of principles adopted by the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, at St. Louis, will attract wide attention. It is seldom that a more able document is submitted to the public, li is earnest without being abusive, eloquent without bombast, and comprehensive without being tedious. It not only clearly indicates the policy and designs of tbe Patrons, but it says what it has to say in such • manner as to call for universal admiration and respect.'” The New York livening Pott says that it reads something like a new Sermon on the Mount, The Cin-

gg-11 t K!HJ u«"!”ggg«! cinnati Enquirer thinks the ‘*creed is good enough for a church, and mi orthodox church at that.”

WHO FOR CONGRESS?

In the Ten tit District tbe pcospect is that General Packard’s name will not be presented to the rota vention. Cause: reoord on the ‘‘salary grab.” The hUtues 90 ft* are; Major W. H. Calkins, of Lapovte; Capt. W. Q. George, Col.. Humphreys and Hon. W. W. Lutterworth, or St. Joseph; Lansing, of Porter; Turner, of Lake, and Hammond. of Jasper. There is some quiet talk about Colfax, but it Is believed he will be a candidate. Tbe Republican majority in tbe Jpistrict is over 1,600. The Democrats are said to be looking for a “Granger,” and Anson Wolcott, a vain and disappointed Republican who Greeley lied last year, is working like a beaver for the race, but his chances are doubtful, and the race will be a hopeless one at the best. Thus writes a correspondent to the Cincinnati Gazette; buthe writes at random and is not posted in the political affairs of our District. If Mr. Lansing is to be a candidate it is not probable that he -will be nominated by the Republicans, but it is more likely he would prefer an election by the “people,” independent of present party organizations. He is a prominent man in the Grange Movement in this State, fold is recognized among its members as a leader. Mr. Wolcott may aspire pire to represent this District in Congress, or Le may not have such aspirations—we do not know how this is—but there would be no particular harm done if he was elected. The people in the counties which now compose the District have voted for men of less ability and far less honesty. Bitt it is not true that Mr. Wolcott “Greeleyized last year,” nor is it at all probable that be is now working for a Democratic nomination, either on his personal merits alone, or as a “Granger.”— “Hammond, of Jasper,” is not a candidate for Congress, though his neighbors think he would prove a discreet, upright andfaithful representative, and probably there is not a man living in the ten counties of the District who would receive as many votes in Jasper and Newton counties as Col. Hammond would if he was nominated. But his aspirations do not point in that direction* At present he is Judge of the 30th Circuit, and, having been elected last fall, has a “dead sure thing” for nearly six years to come; and although it is a position not quite as prominent nor paying as much as a seat in Congress yet he will not be likely to throw it away for the wrangling and uncertainties of a Congressional race at a time When the most striking feature of politics is a tendency to disintegration in existing parties, and the recrystalization of their elements around new issues.

Chicago & South Atlantic Railroad.

While the recent financial disturbance arrested for a time the building of many new lines of railroad, and has shown the impolicy of constructing gigantic schemes thro’ deserts and uninhabited regions, it has not in the least discouraged the building of new competing trunk lineß to the Atlantic seaboard. The acknowledged deficiency of transportation facilities between the great West and the sea-board, as well the general necessities of commerce, demand the opening of new arteries of trade. It has been conclusively shown that the products of the great West have, during the last ten years, increased far greater ratio than the transportation facilities in the direction of the Atlantic. This has led to much inconvenience, to higher rates, and delay in shipments. Had the money that was squandered in building railroads out to haunts of buflalo, and to regions untenanted except by Indians, been applied to the building of trunk lines of railway to the several great sea ports upon the Atlantic, the great producing region of the Northwest, as Well as the whole country, would have been in a much more prosperous condition than at present. No panic would have occurred, and probably no serious complaint would have been made against the management of railroads. Among the gigantic schemes lately projected, and which are attracting public attention, none seem to be more favorably regarded or more likely to succeed than the proposed Chicago & South Atlantic Railroad. This will be almost a direct air-line from Chieago to Charleston, and will have for objective points the several important harbors upon the South Atlantic coast, viz: Wilmington, Port Royal, and Savannah. If the road is built through Cumberland Gap and the French Broad Pass, as cow seems likely, it will be the shortest railway line that has yet been, of can be, constructed between Chicago and the Atlantic.—

The gaps in the mountains on this route foil in alignment with theu general directions of a line connecting Chicago and Charleston.— The chief intermediate points that indicate the direction of this line, are Indianapolis and Yevay, in this State; Lexington and London, Kentucky; Morristown, in East Tennessee: Asheville, N. C., and Spartanburg and Columbia, S. CBy reference to the waps it will be seen that this great trunk line of railway, when continued across the Blue Ridge, will connect with an immense net-work of railroad lines, radiating to all important points on the South Atlantic coast, and which will act as feeders to all the leading inland towns in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Eastern Georga. By making a branch of this trunk- line from London, Ky.J via Knoxville, Tenn., and through Rabun Gap to Augusta, Ga., the tour South Atlantic States, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida will be brought in close commercial connection with Chicago and the Northwest. Such a grand railroad scheme would furnish a new and direct market for Western products to an immense region of country, reaching from the Virginia line to Mobile. It is well known that this important region Is separated from the great producing West by mountains, and that noJ 4 direct channels of commerce exist between the two sections. It is well known, too, that this isolated region upon our Southern coast lies., mostly within the cotton belt, and is peculiarly adapted to a system of agriculture that is different from our own, but not antagonistic • to it.— Rice, cotton, and sugar are their products, and these can be grown more profitable there, if not cheaper, than in any other country of the world. While this is the case, corn, wheat, hay, bacon, &c, cannot be produced in these States profitably, or even in sufficient quantities for home consumption. — Gov. Smith, of Georgia, has recently stated that in the single item of corn these States import annually from the West a quantity equal m value to $50,000,000. Add to this wheat, flour, bacon, Jfcc., and we can readily see that these Southern States furnish one of the leading markets for western products.— Hence the absolute necessity of channels of direct commercial communication between the West and South. This can be accomplished in no other way than by railroads. It is useless to talk about canals 0| close water communication between Chicago and Charleston.—

Nature has cut gaps in the mountaiiis by which railway communication may be easily effected. It matters not what Congress may do to increase water facilities to the East by the lakes and ship canals, or by improving the navigation of the Mississippi; the South Atlantic States must chiefly depend upon railroads for Western supplies. At present they receive corn and other provision via New. York and Baltimore, which reach the average joints of distribution at a distance of over 1800 miles by water and rail. Here, then, we have from 1000 to 1200 miles of a surplus distance for which the products of the West have to pay heavy transportation rates to reach this important Southern market. It has been estimated that on corn alone this extra and avoidable cost of $17,000,000, which is at least that much loss to the producer. This vast sum, which would build a road from Chicago to the sea, goes into the pockets of middle-men, and is an annual loss of that much profit to the farmers of the Northwest.— Now, by the building of the Chicago & South Atlantic Railroad, our products will reach the average point of distribution at a distance of 900 miles from Chicago and 450 miles from Indianapolis. It will afford a new competing line to the seaboard, and be more towards removing the grievances that farmers have complained of than any other single measure. This great line of railroads besides giving our surplus products access to a Southern market, will likewise open anew route to foreign countries. Charleston will, in a brief time, become not only ah important entrepot to the tropical and trans-Atlantic trade, but one ol the great depots for the storage wnd shipment of grain and other products for European markets.— Such a line of railroad would never be blockaded with snow, and would command good points for the storage of grain in a region unaffected by severe freezing. The objections that have be jn urged against New Orleans and Mobile as grain depots, will not apply to the upper South Atl an tie harbors. It is unquestionably to, the inter-

est of the producers of the North- i west to encourage the building of new arteries of commerce from its great metropolis, Chicago, to every section of the country which promises to be a reliable market for their surplus produdts. Such trunk lines of trade should be built on the shortest practicable routes, in order to favof quick passage and cheapen the cost qjf transportation: To the manufacturing East, which depends largely upon the West for breadstuff's and provisions, direct channels df trade have been opened. Why not demand similar facilities to this great Southern Shall we stilj, for the want of Southern outlets for our surplus products, suffer the annual lofts of millions of dollars? Shall we still sell corn at 20 to 30 cents a bushel, which cost the consumer in the South, through the inconveniences wc complain of $1.25 to $1.50 per bushel? No further argument seems necessary to prove that the proposed Chicago & South Atlantic Railroad is one of pressing commercial necessity, and that every encouragement should be given to help it along. litis great enterprise was not projected by’speculators and capitalists, but originated among the people living along the line. Its first advocates were the business men and farmers living in the prolific valley of the Wabash and upon the banks of the Ohio River.— From the Ohio, across Kentucky and Tennessee, through the Carolines and Georgia on to the sea, the project has been greeted with enthusiasm. No scheme of such magnitude has ever before such popular favor. A strong Company (Chicago & South Atlantic) has been organized to carry the sch erne *mtb execution. The firm bf Drexel & Co., of Philadelphia j orfe of life rabst able, reliable, and houses in America, have;.agreed to become the financial agents of the Company. Drexel & Co., have large banking houses iu London and Paris, and their paper sells as high as that of the Rothschilds. If the Chicago & South Atlantic Company can secure the local aid that has been pledged along the line, with right of way, then the road will soon be commenoed in earnest and pushed forward vigor, ously. With a good financial basis and proper management on tbe part of the Company, there can be no doubt but the Drexels, with their European reputation and advantages, will be able to negotiate the bonds of the road without difficulty. The right of way into Chicago and through the city limits has been obtained, and grounds for the depot have also been secured. The time for raising stock and securing subscriptions to this great national enterprise has been extended to the first of April next.— Crown Point Register.

McPherson County. Kansas.

Sittle Valley, Kansas, 1 February 7tb, 1874. J Editors UiiipN:— The first settlements made by white men in this county wera-«on Smoky river and Sharps iii 1864 or 1865. Notwithstanding the attempts of predatory bands of hostile Indians to drive these people .from their homes, they did not suceed, and well-improved farms are existing landmarks which attest the toil and energy of those bold pioneers.— McPherson county was organized m 1870, since when immigration has poured in very fast, and at the election last fall abont six hundred votes were polled. Estimating the population at the usual rate of four persons for every voter, the inhabitants will exceed two thousand five hundred, and represent nearly every State in the Union. As at present constituted, the county is thirty miles Square. It is among the last counties organized in western Kansas, and is situated about one hundred milts west of Topeka, the capital of the State, and fifty miles west of EmpOria. The county seat is McPherson, located in the - geographical center of the county, and is in the midst of one of the most beautiful regions of country in the State. As yet the town is quite small, but it is growing and in a thriving condition. Our climate is mild and pleasant, being to a great degree exempt from the extremes of heat and cold. During the summer season, (as I am told by thosiS ’who have passed the summer hero), Winds blow almost continually, tempering the heat and rendering the nights pleasantly cool, while at the same time they refresh and invigorate the human system. The air is pure, dry and clear. Its dryness makes colds almost unknown. The clearness x)f the atmosphere is auoh

that perilous coming here from other States find themselves utterly unable to judge of distances, and, consequently, they are apt to greatly underestimate The surface of the country is rolling prairie, in many places nearly level, but rolling enough to drain well. Abrupt, rocky bluffs are found only on Smoky river, and but for a short distance in the county. There is no waste land here; almost the whole area can be made valuable for agricultural purposes. There are no swamps or other accumulations of stagnant water in the county. The soil is deep and rich, and is adapted to the growth of almost every variety of grain and fruit— Everything thrives here that can be grown in this latitude. Corn on the sod yields fitteen to twenty-five bushels to the acre, and on old ground from forty to sixty bushels. All sorts ot vegetables and vines do well and are easily raised on sod. Wheat succeeds well on old ground. Good water is obtained anywhere in the county, by digging a moderate depth, say fifty feet.— Good springs abound in many places. In the streams the water is clear, pure and sparkling. Good timber is not found in the county, notwithstanding the streams are nearly all skirted with brushwood. Wild fruit, such as plums and grapes, are quite plentiful in many places. The prairie is sodded with blue joint sage and buffalo grass, both nutritious, and the latter of which remains green all winter. The settlers are, as a class, intelligent, energetic and industrious.— No saloons or gambling houses have yet been established in the county, and the people are opposed to everything of an immoral character. Churches and schools are fostered and encouraged in the highest degree.

THOMAS E. ANTRIM.

Uniform Usury Laws.

The resolutions offered in the North Carolina Legislature for “a law by Congress fixing a uniform rate of interest throughout the country, with such a penalty as will insure observance of the law,” indicate, on the part of jthe gentleman proposing them, such a lack of acquaintance wi th the facts relating to interest, that it is simple charity to avoid mentioning his name. He appears to bo unaware that the laws now limit the rates to be charged for loans. But, if he knows this, he would seem noF •to know that these laws have very little effect; and even if the banks obeyed them, it would not follow that money could be uniformly obtained within the limit, for there is nothing to prevent the bank funds being loaned to some broker at legal rates, while he will reloan them at such rates as he can get. Again, there is nothing to prevent a bank’s loaning to officers and directors of other banks at legal rates, while the officers or directors

of the first bank receive corresponding accommodations in return; and each man thus accommodated can, in turn, lend the funds at market rates. The heavier the penalty, too, the less likely the law is to be obeyed; and no penalty whatsoever will secure obedience to such an oppressive and improper law. The practical effect of such a restriction on the banks is simply to give immense advantages .by law to those who happen to be directors or officers, to enable the shrewder jind more influential of them to monopolize the profats which justly belong to the stockholders of the banks, and to make money .less easy to obtain, thus forcing up the price, f The truth is that the price of the nse of money is determined, like the price of everything else, by the ratio of supply to demand; and every law which operates to make the supply less, or harder to obtain, raises the price. A man who is in need of money for a short .time to meet hiß engagements —failure to meet which might involve loss of the savings of his whole life-—will have money for the necessities of the hour, no matter what the price he has to pay for its use. On the other hand, if some want to borrow his savings, he may not care to loan at all; but a -man who needs the money badly will, rather than not have it, offer him Buch terms as will induce him to lend. Now, if the law forbids this,' it works injury not to the lender but to the borrower, who is driven l)y such prohibitions, if they have any effect, into the hands of the ‘fßharkl” who lend at great risks. Men who have pioney to invest are not commonly obliged to lend it out at interest at all unless they choose to do bo. — i They can buy public stocks, shares

in railroads, insurance, or manufacturing corporations; they can themselvesgo into business partnerships, or can undertake speculations, in either of which, If their opportunities and sagacity are good, thrfjy can for a time realize more than the legal rate of interest. The real need is that lending at interest be easier and safer; and this is not assisted, but retarded, by the existence of laws that-make men less willing to lend.— M. T. Grocers Price Current.

The Grange

Those who have expected that the Patrons of Husbandry would be a short-lived and soon-exploded institution, have based their judgment mainly upon expressions made by zealous, but ill advised, members of the order, who did not themselves at all comprehend the true basis out of which the order has evolved itself. The Patrons are now passing through the initiatory stages of their existance, and all candid persons must admit that so far their work .is creditable to themselves and demonstrates their ability to maintain an organization. The crude notions of an antagonism between the farmers and towns is rapidly disappearing, and in its place a broad and enlightened view of the relations existing between the farmers, tradesmen, mechanics and manufactures is being developed, which, if properly carried to its legitimate end, will eventuate in the mutual benefit of both town and country. The farmer needs to secure other producers in as, close proximity to his granary as possible, that he may secure to himself a market for his produce with as few middlemen as possible between himself and the man who consumes his produce. The Grange, by turning its attention to this matter, can build up a market for their products at home that will be much more remunerative than the market an hundred or a thousand miles away. In this good work everybody will wish the Patfons of Husbandry success. The Patrons have succeeded* in giving the politicians of all parties a reminder that in this country the people rule, and we think all will admit that our public servants are more careful what they do, since the eye of the Grangers is upon them. Then let the members of the Grange go on and work for the best interests of themselves tor their interest is so thoroughly interwoven with the general interest that what really benefits them will benefit all.— Valaraiso ViieUe. There are ninety National Bauks in Indiana. A lady, near Thorntown,. made and sold, fast year, 81& pounds of butter, the product of three cows. She also sold 100 dozen of eggs. The prospect,for a good wheat crop is flattering so far. Air. Abner Coon informed US that lie never had wheat look better. — Francesville Guard. Lagrange comity is said to have published the smallest delinquent' tax list in the State this year; and Starke county advertised about the largest one. A large amount of hay will be shipped from Francesville, this month. Corn is now being brought there by the car-load, from Brookston and Chalmers. A woman was permitted to die of nose bleed, the other day, at Bremen, Marshall county, in the vain expectation that an old ignoramus would stop the flow by a word charm. A dealer at Winamac recently bought eleven hundred pairs of shoes of ft-Boston firm; and soon bare-footed Democracy will be a rare sight, if not an extinct animal, in that huckleberry region. Don’t go to other towns or cities to spend your money, but place it “where it will do the most good”— in circnlation at home, that business may flourish, your town build up and the value of property increased.— Valparaiso Messenger. The gentlemen appointed by Governor Hendricks to appraise the public property of Benton county at Oxford, preliminary to moving the county seat, performed that duty last week, and estimated its value at $6,000. James Cason, father of Hon. T. J. Cason, member of Congress from the Lafayette district, in this State, died at his home in Thorntown recently. Mr. Cason was one of the early setlers of Boone county, and a relation of Mr, Cason who resides in Jasper county, who is well known to our citizens.— Valparaiso Vidette. Monticello is destined, at no distant day to become the center of a large manufacturing interest. Her capitalists are liberal, shrewd and enterprising men, who have already seized upon the advantages offered, and are now reaping a good proflt upon their investment in manufactories. —Brookston Ber porter. Wheat that was drilled looks excellent, and unless there is something yet in store to damage it, the crop will be good- that which was sown broadoast is pretty badly damaged in some places, “■•but not enough to cause a “panic” in the wheat market yet, nor discourage I farmers,— Winamac Republican.

THE IIfTEB-OCEAW. 1873. 1874. ' —. —-— r • THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE NORTHWEST. THE INTER-OCEAN FOR. 1874. Established leas than two years since as a representative Republican paper, pledged to maintain and defend the principles and organization of the great National Republican' party, the Inter-Ocean has attained a circu- : la lion and influence with the masses of its voters everywhere to entitle it to approach the commencement of a new calendar year and to prepare for the preliminary work of the next campaign, the shadow of which W already casting itself upon the country, far the confident belief that its triends will neea no other specifio pledge for the future than hae been given in its columns from day to day during the past eighteen months. Since its first publication it lias maintained the position of THE LEADING REPUBLICAN NEWS-' PAPER IN THE NORTHWEST, to which it was assigned by universal assent, in the excited canvass which resulted iu the second and triumphant election of Presid&nt Grant. THE ENEMIES OF THE COUNTRY are vigilantly at work. Despite the overwhelming robuke administered to them in 1872, the opposition are skillfully massing their forces for a more determined onslaught upon the Republican organizational the next State and National elections. Encouraged hy the apathy of Republicans in the “offyear,” seizing the unprecedented financial stringency as a pretext, and using as a hoodwink the deep feeling among the agricultural classes for liefer aud cheaper modes of transportation than now exist, THE DEMOCRACY, under as many names as there are hungry Demagogues eager for office, is geltiug itself into readiness to become ouce more the Ruling Party of the nation. IN THE SOUTH the old Democracy of Secession and Rebellion is being warmed iuto life by Ihenppureut reverses Republicanism has suffered in the' North. Tne election of Alien iu Ohio, the triumph of Tammany iu Now York, aud the few desultory successes which have come to Ami-Republicau tickets in various portious of the VV. st and Northwest, have inspired the Sebels of 18F1 with the hope that the day is dawning when the Lost Cause is to be voted into a victory they failed to achieve by menus of the bullet aud bayonet. Already R. M. T. Hunter, a former Senator from Virginia, and a member of the Cabinet of Jeff Davis, has publish d his scheme lor the virtual payment ; of - Four Hundred Millions of Dollars for the Emancipated Slaves of the South. The Richmond rVa ) Whig and Governor Gilbert Walker are urging this plan with all pertinacity? aud there can be little doubt that a large party of Southern Representatives in the Forty-third Congress will bo prepared to advocate the payment of tiiis money by the General Government. The past history of the Democratic party gives no warrant that it will oppose this iufumous robbery of the , people of the North for the benefitof traitors; : but if the party is true to itself and Ha-in-stincts the South will find it and its representatives a subservient ally. THE PAYMENT OF THE REBEL DEBT is another scheme that is broadly hinted at In many parts of the South, and !b, without doubt, one of the projects to which the leading Democrats of that section would address themselves >f the Jime should ever coins when a majority of tho Northern States aud the General Government should be in the hands of the party which helped the rebels In their work pi destroying the Union. . 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