Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1875 — Page 2

RENSSELAER UNION. JIIIS * HEiLEY, Proprietor*. RENSSELAER, INDIANA.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

TOBUGN. Certain prominent members of the British Anti-Slavery Society waited on Lord Derby on the l*t with a demand that England should interfere to stop the Cuban war and secure the abolition of slavery in the Antilles. The Duke d’Audilftet Bosquicr has been reelected President of the French National Assembly. The specie ($300,000) on-Aboard of the wrecked steamer Schiller had been undiscovered up to the morning of June 2. The German Government had announced that it reserves the right of inquiring into the circumstances attending the logi} of the Schiller, in addition to the inquiry now in progress at Greenwich. The International Telegraphic Conference was opened at St. Petersburg, Russia, on the 2d. The condition of affairs between the British Government and Burmali is said to be extremely critical. Sixty persons were recently drowned by the capsizing of a lighter on the Tagus, hear Lisbon. The Emperor of Germany has conferred the order of civil merit on Geo. Bancroft, the historian, and H. W. Longfellow, the poet. A terrible hurricane visited the town of Macao, China, on the 2d, destroying a large porlion of the property on the island and causing the loss of several lives. DOMESTIC. The Secretary of the Treasury has called in for payment $10,000,000 of 5-20 coupon bonds dated May 1,1862, and announces that interest thereon Will cease on the Ist of September. The internail revenue receipts for the current fiscal year up to the Ist were $101,245,000. A grand and imposing Masonic demonstra tion was had in New York on the 2d, bn the occasion of the dedication of the new Masonic Temple at Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue, said to be the most magnificent structure of the kind in America and, probably, second to none in the world. Thousands of Knights Templar and members of other Masonic bodies participated in the ceremonies. The foil owing is the report of the conditio of the public debt on the Ist inst.: Six per cent, bonds Five per cent- bonds 590, 682,1 50 Total coin bonds $1,722,149,250 Lawful money debt $14,678,000 Matured debt- 7.870,150 Legal-tender notes - 377-185,. .- Certificates of deposit 55,845,000 Fractional currency ...-.■ - 48,615, Coin certificates 18.910.600 Interest 38,864.580 Total debt. $2,274,074,685 WUMJM Currency 4,358,10. Special deposits held for the redemption of certificates of as provided by law ...... 55,345,000 Total in Treasury $143,954,709 Debt less cash in Treasury $2,130,119,975 Decrease during May 1.189.456 Bonds issued to the Pacific Railway Companies, interest payable in lawful money, principal outstanding $64,628,512 Interest accrued and not yet paid.... 1,615.587 Interest paid by the United-States.. &>,264,1u2 'merest repaid'by the transportation of mails, etc....... 6,116,596 Balance of interest paid by United States 20,147,505 Much, excitement was caused in the Treasury building in Washington on the 3d by the mysterious disappearance of a package containing $47,500 in greenbacks. No clew could be obtained as to how or by whom it had been purloined. a proclamation has been signed by the President continuing the existence of the Alabama Claims Commission for six months from the Ist of June. Secretary Delano oas concluded to suspend the sale of Indiau lands in Kansas till Jan. 1,3*78Charles H. Landis, of y ineland, N. J., who 6hot and seriously wounded Uri Carrutli, the editor of the Journal, of that place, in March last, has been released on $50,000 bail. Another outbreak occurred among strikingminsrs at Mahanoy City, Fa., and vicinity ou the Sd, 2,000 armed men assailing men at work in the collieries, compelling them to desist from labor. In one case a Sheriff and posse of men who attempted to disperse the rioters were fired upon, and a general scrimmage ensued, a few being killed and several wounded on both sides. Military aid had been called for liy the authorities. In Boston, a few days ago, a Mrs. Thomas Baaford.took a pistol which she supposed to be unloaded and playfully pointed it at the head-of a young lady friend of hers —Miss Bell Whittier—and, with the intention of giving her axnomentary fright, pulled the trigger. The weapen proved to be loaded and the bullet penetrated the young lady’s brain, producing instant death. An extensive coal-heavers’ strike occurred in Chicago on the Sd, large numbers of union men visiting the different coal yards in the city and driving non-union men who were engaged in unloading vessels from their work. The trouble grew out of the refusal of the «>oal-dealers to pay last year’s prices —five dollars per day for wheelers and seven dollars for &horders —the non-union men being at work for three dollars. Force was used by the strikers in many instances, and a general riot was threatened.

The Coroner’s jury in the Holyoke disaster rendered a verdict on the 4th. They find that no blame is to be attached to any person in immediate connection With, the fire, but they cannot too strongly condemn the almostcriminal carelessness shown in the construction of the galleries and means of egress therefrom. The jury declare .that the parties who built and suffered such a death-trap to stand should receive the unmeasured censure of the community. The jury further find that the direct cause of the fire, with its terrible sacrifice of human life, is attributable to the trimmings of laces, paper, etc., about the altar, and to the fact that the buildiqg was sheathed with pine sheeting instead of being plastered. They strongly deprecate the use of such adornment and use of such finish in places of pnblle resort

Considerable damage was done by the recent severe wind and rain storms in Central Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. The Cheyenne and Sioux Indian delegations left Washington on the sth for their homes, all attempts to negotiate for the transfer of the Black Hills region to the Government having proved a failure. Before they left Bad Cloud demanded compensation in the wnyttf presents, etc., for Hie interpreters

and other Indiana who had accompanied the regular delegates, which was with one or two exceptiohe refused by the Commissioner. A demand was also made for horses, equipments and guns, to which Commissioner Smith replied thathe would not give them guns if he could, and as to horses and saddles he would give them had he the power to do so, but he had not. Au Associated Press dispatch of the 6th says us the Indians left Washington much dissatisfied difficulties arc apprehended between them and whites who oiaybnter their country for the purpose of seeking for gold. Ilia estimated by the agents that the Sioux can muster from 3,000 to \OOO warriors, about half armed with rifles and the remainder with bows and arrows. The Government, meantime, will endcuvor to prevent adventurers from going to that country, still having some hope through the medium of commissions to effect a treaty with the Sioux. A Pottsville (Pa.) dispatch of the oth says the military had made preparation to secure protection to all working miners iii the collieries at Mahanoy CKy and vicinity, and to insure a continuance of work. *MERSONAL. Mr. Wadsworth, Internal Revenue Collector at Chicago, has refused to resign his office at the request of the Government, preferred through the Commissioner of internal Revenue, insisting that there shall be distinct and specific charges made against him, and that he shall be heard in self-defense. Licut.-Gen. P. H. Sheridan was married in Chicago on the evening of the 3d to Miss Irene Rucker, daughter of Bvt. MaJ.-Gcn. Rucker. Washington dispatches of the 4th announce that Postmaster-Gen. Jewell was about to start on a tour of inspection, visiting the principal cities of the West in order to observe the workings of tbe postal service and to devise reforms wherc possible. President Grant and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Sartoris, Mrs. Cal. Fred. Grant and Gen. Bab. cock arrived at Loug Branch on the 3d. POLITICAL. The New Hampshire Legislature met at Concord on the 2d. The twelve Senators elected appeared in the Senate and were qualified. A formal protest agglnst the right, of Senators Priest and Proctor to their scats was presented and ordered on file. J. W. Sanborn was chosen President by seven Democratic votes, the Republicans not voting. The live Republican Senators then withdrew and met in another room, where they effected a temporary organization. In the House Chas. B. Sanborn (Rep.) was elected Speaker, receiving 190 votes to 179 for Hatch (Dem.). The protest of the five Republican Senators was received, stating that they had refused to act with the body as long as Messrs. Priest and Proctor were allowed seats. The Ohio Republican State Convention met at Columbus on the 2d and nominated: For Governor, Rutherford B. Hayes,of Sandusky; Lieutenant-Governor, Thomas L. Young, of Hamilton; Supreme Judge, George W. Mcllwaine; Auditor, James Williams, of Franklin; Attorney-General, John Little, of Green; Treasurer, J. Minor Milliken, of Butler; member of the Board of Public Works, Peter Thatcher, of Cuyahoga. Among the resolutions adopted was one declaring President Grant entitled to the gratitude of his countrymen because of the distinguished success of his Administration. Another resolution reads as follows: “The observance of Washington’s example in retiring at the close of a second Presidential term will be in the future, as it has been in the past, regarded as a fundamental rule in the unwritteu law of the Republic.” The Minnesota Democratic Btate Convention is to be held on the 7th of July. The United States District Court at Galveston, Tex.,has quashed an indictment against an opera-house manager for ' violating the Civil-Rights law on the ground of the act being unconstitutional and the indictment not alleging that the complainant was a citizen of the United States. The New Hampshire House of Representatives has unanimously adopted resolutions instructing the Speaker to request the Supreme Court to name as early a day as possible for the hearing of the Senatorial question; also to allow both sides to be represented by counsel with briefs and arguments. The Wisconsin Democratic State Convention is to be held at Milwaukee on the Sth of September.

MECHANICAL AND SCIENTIFIC.

—The deepest sounding made in the Pacific by Capt. Belknap, of the United States steamship Tuscarora, was oft' Point Komato, in Japan. The sounding-line ran out 4,655 fathoms (27,030 feet) with but slight current, the touch of the lead on the bottom being plainly felt. In a previous sounding 4,643 fathoms of sounding wire were run out, but in a strong current, which snapped the wire —The plan of propelling cars, omnibuses and velocipedes by coiled springs has now for some time been resorted to in England, and, it is said, with encouraging success. The motor used is an arrangement of powerful springs incased in cylinders, like watch-springs on a very large scale. The skill of French machinist in this direction has been called into requisition, and steel bands capable of being coiled and of exerting great pressure have been made in lengths of 100 yards each. In Sheffield some of the steel manufacturers have turned out springs fifty and sixty feetJong, and said to be capable of the enormous pressure of 800 pounds. To wind up these springs requires, of course, more power tnan'is obtainable by hand, and it is therefore proposed to have them wound at certain intervals by means of stationary engines, j Some of these methods consist'of u combinationof Bpiral or helical springs.

—That the diffusion of light in our atblue color of the sky and the colors of the clouds—is dae to the presence of matter floating in the air. is the now generally-accepted theory. The assumption is, indeed, that not only is the ethereal blue color of the sky due to minute particles of matter which thus float in the air, but that, were these particles removed, the appearance of the sky would be dead black. It is reasoned in advocacy of this theory that it«is a fact in optics that exceedingly line portions of matter disperse or scatter the blue rays of light, .coarser portions scatter red rays, and still coarser portions scatter all the rays, making white light. The atmosphere is full of aqueous vapor, the particles of which diffuse white light in all directions. When these particles are enlarged they become visible in the familiar form of clouds. The vapor parti- j cles of the white clonds are supposed to be finer and thinner than those, of the dark clouds. Diffusion is the necessary law with the presence of light. <lThe Connecticut Stake Prison paid |3, - 712.17 above its expenses last year.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Goshen owes only $10,772,20. The new city of Elkhart starts out with a debt of $40,000. Tire State Woman Suffrage Association recently met at Liberty, Union County. j The wheat crop in Huntington and: Miami Counties is said to be splendid., A car-load of old boots and shoes was j shipped to New York from Indianapolis the other day. Caterpillars are reported as committing great depredations on the fruit and | forest trees of Pike County. An idiot named Heay, of Rock port, late- i |y shot a $l5O horse because it would not come to him when he said “ Cope, cope!” John Woolfor was recently fatally in- i jured at Indianapolis by falling from the* top of a building sixty-four feet to tbe ground. Ax infant child of Jacob May, of Vigo County, three days old, was found dead the other morning, having been smothered by a cat. A s witching-engine on tbe Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Railroad ran over and killed Mrs. Eliza Cox at Indianapolis a few days* ago.Thk editor of the Boonville Enquirer proposes to deliver bis paper to every Widow in tbe town when requested, and Where it is acceptable. John Shaw, of the firm of Slmw & Johnson, butchers at Richmond, absconded the other day. It is said lie H an embezzler -textile amount of-$1,(100. The State Temperance Convention will meet in Indianapolis on the 9th of June. Special arrangements have been made with the railroads for reduced fare for delegates. The crop of turtle in White River this year is immense. The Noblesville Ledget says a small colony of them loaf on every log in the river during the sunshiny hours. A few days ago Joseph Ivamy, who worked for Mrs. Healey, near Montgomery station, was kicked in the abdomen by a horse, and was so severely injured that he died next day. A young girl, named Jane Kelly, was run over at Washington the other day by a train of five cars. One leg was. cut. oil above the knee and the other one terribly mangled. She died an hour alter the accident An Evansville young lady was recently precipitated into the vault of an out-house bv the giving away of the floor. The distance was from twenty-five to thirty feet. It was with great difficulty that she was rescued. A vicious Indianapolis dog recently made himself somewhat free with James Bliane’s dinner, and was treated to a dose of shoe-leather. The enraged animal thereupon sprang upon Mr. Shane and bit off the cud of bis nose and otherwise fearfully lacerated his face and chin before he could be dragged off. The short-horn breeders closed a twodays’ session in Indianapolis on .the 20th. The follovying officers were elected: President. Dr. A. C. Stevenson, by acclamation ; Vice-President, Chas. Sawder, of Plainfield ; Secretary, Claude Matthews; Treasurer, S. F. Lackridgc; Executive Committee, W. W. Thrasher, Thomas Wilhartand T. C. Hammond.

Ox the 26tli the Grand Lodge F. and A. M. of the State, in session at Indianapolis, elected the following officers: Deputy Grand Master, Frank S. Duvall, of New Albany; G. S. W., Andrew J. Hay; J. G. W., Robert Van Yalzak; 8. G. D., Win. Kimble, of Lake County; G. G. D. J., G. W. Harey, of Bloomington; G. M., Jno. 11. Beebe, of Rochester. The other officers were unchanged. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction op the 24th made an apportionment of the! common-school revenue for tuition, 1 showing the number of children in the State (between the ages of six and twenty-one ; years to be 664.602; total amount collected and ready for apportionment. $1,013,000.82; total amount apportioned, $1,163,853.90; leaving a balance in the Treasury of $-1,973.09; per capita, $1.74. The Danville Union makes the following argument for voting aid to the railroad : “ Twenty years ago eggs sold for three to eight cents a dozen, butter five to ten cents a pound, chickens seventy-live cents a dozen, bacon one and a half cents per pound, etc. Those who desire a return of those good old days should vote against railroads,for, without the facilities they afford, such prices would still prevail” % Dr. Milton Lane, of Rcelsvilldf, Putnam 1 County, has been found guilty of breaking a promise of marriage with Miss Nanuie Smock, and has been adjudged to 1 pay the sum of $2,300 to the broken- l hearted damsel, who sued originally for ' $30,000. The doctor produced a letter ! from the fair one in which she tendered him “ his freedom” on condition that he J would “come out like a man and own ; that he had ceased to love her.” This, | she says, he did- not do, and held him to the contract.

The Supreme Court has overruled thepetition 1 of Gordon et al., attorneys for plaintiff in the Carey-Carter case, asking for a rehearing. The facts in the case have already beeh published at length, but may be restated briefly, as follows; The children of Corey, colored, were denied the right of attending the public schools in their district and, as no separate school was provided for them, suit was brought against the Carter Township Trustee for the,purpose of compelling him to allow the children of colored parents to attend white schools. Corey won the suit I before Judge Howland, of the Circuit Court, and the appealed to the Supreme Court, who reversed th§ decision, and now, as shown above, reaffirm it. Maj. Gordon will now appeal to the United Stales Supreme Court.

A Woman’s Stratagem.

During a recent debate in the British Rouse of Commons on the Irish HomeRule bill Maj. O’Gorman related an incident to tljow Uiat tbe reports of lawlessness in liis county were without foundation. “ A gentleman living in the county of Westmeath,” Maj. O’Gormnn said, “and very fond of field sports, had a daughter who was very anxious not to live in the country; she found the country very stupid and dull, and repeatedly asked her father to remove to Dublin, where be bad a house. He refused to do so, as he was very fond of his field sports, and was much beloved by bis neighlxirs. Soon afterward lie received a threatening letter. A few days later he received another, but he thought little of either. Spme days afterward there came another threatening letter, and not only that but one in which his coffin was delineated. He then became alarmed and sent for the stipendiary magistrate, the county dry-nurse, lie attended at the gentleman’s house, saw the; letters and placed himself in communication with that sink of iniquity, Dublin Castle. Scores of detectives were sent down to the district, and domiciliary visits were paid to the houses of the poor people, who were most roughly treated by the stipendiary, and his myrmidons.. But nothing could be detected. t?till these letters came pouring in. Nobody knew anything about them, however, and the gentleman became seriously alarmed. He gave up bis establishment in the country and removed into Dublin. His daughter was a very beautiful girl —just such a girl as could only be produced in bis own Green Isle —a girl all blood, bone and beauty, and plenty of it. She was universally admired, and bad not been long in Dlibliu before proposals of marriage were made to her by a man who was fit for her. The wedding came off, and after breakfast, when the young lady came down to take her departure, she threw her arms round her father’s neck and said to him: ‘Go down to the. country, father; nobody will touch a hair of your head. You are beloved by everybody around you. Nobody wrote those letters but one per.-on, and that was I. I found the country dull and wanted to go to Dublin, and, as it was fashionable, I thought I would adopt the ribbon scheme, and it completely succeeded.”

How They Met.

We witnessed a pathetic scene on a street-car going to the 1 Union Depot, Besides ourself there was only one passenger, a handsome lady, well dressed, and just in the prime of life and matronly maturity. About mid waybet ween Main street and the depot a genteel, good-looking man stopped the car and got aboard. As he stepped into the car the lady jumped to meet him, with the exclamation: “Oh, Harry, is it yrm?” Answering “Yes, Jennie,” lie caught her to his bosom in an impassioned embrace, his face the very picture of happiness, while the lady looked the impersonation of contentment and joy. Mutual explanations ensued, in tlie course of which we learned that the twain had separated from each other during the war, aud had not met since. “Harry” said that lie had wandered over the earth in sadness and sorrow, a yearning for his first love always tugging at his heart, making him resUess and causing him to constantly lie on the move. He had been to California, and in t lie mines of Nevada and the Territories. With plenty of money at his command, he had been in Brazil and .other South American states, and was now on a tour through liis owu country. “Jennie” had never forgotten him, but had nightly prayed for his safety and welfare, and for his return: she had wept, bitter tears over his absence, and had even searched for him at different places. She had forgotten all misunderstandings and bickerings between them that so enveloped her life in misery, and “Oh, Harry,” she said, “if you will just take pie back to your heart and love again I will be the happiest, little woman in all the world.” The tears were in “Harry's” eyes as he took her in liis strong arms, and, kissing her, swore that she was his forever. He said he had “plenty of money to keep you, Jennie, and the babies in style, and though I was going the other way 1 will buy a ticket for St. Louis and we’ll go home.” We could not ourself repress a tear of sympathy, and sincerely rejoice that these loving hearts are again united. Let us trust no darkness may ever again fall upon their lives, but that they may go down together through the vale of life in happiness. —Houston Telegraph.

A Big Balloon.

A balloon of immense size is now in the Exposition Building, having been brought to Chicago for an experimental trip before crossing the Atlantic. The balloon, which is newly constructed and is not yet finished in all its appurtenances, is sixty feet j in diameter and seventy feet transversely l and will hold 100,000 cubic feet of gas. j The bag is made from a cloth composed lof linen and cotton and has been made with the greatest care, so as to be gastight,. In its construction 1,100 yards of good wide cloth were used. The cost was 1,700 exclusive of the ear to he used iu the transatlantic trip. The balloon, when inflated with pure hydrogen gas, which will be used on the transatlantic trip, will sustain three tous; with the common coal gas over two tons. "When ,it is fitteil up for the transatlantic voyage a full-rigged boat will be attached, thirty-two feet long, eight feet beam and four feet depth of hull, constructed of cedar ami paper, in which the aeronauts can make land if the balloon fails them. Mr. Jolm 11. Steiner, a well-known aeronaut, aud who has made 315 ascensions, giving him a large amount of practical experience, is iu charge of the preparations, but the cost of the enterprise is borne by a party of scientific gentlemen. The party in the balloon during the transa‘! Hie trip Will include an officer of the United States navy and a scientific gentleman of Philadelphia. The names age withheld, as it is desired to avoid notoriety. Tiie purpose in bringing the” balloon from Philadelphia to this city is to make a preliminary trip as far as the Atlantic coast to test its construction. A start will he made June 19 and 23, and sometime ia August the transatlantic expedition will start from New York. There will be some preliminary ascensions iu this city in two smaller balloons —one containing 20.000 feet, the other 30,000 feet of gas. It is stated that the enterprise is a bona-fide one, and that the attempt to cross the Atlantic will certainly be made. —Chicago Tribune. The Allentown (Pa. ) Chronicle and2irm says: “Jacob Ginter was a farmer and a manufacturer of millstones in the Mini-; sink Valley, and one da/swhen out hunting deer he discovered the first specimen of anthracite coal. His son still carries on the old business at the old place, and, while in comfortable circumstances, he has not profited apparently from his father's great discovery, which hiis enriched so many men and created such a vast business interest in this State.” #

Resolutions Adopted by the National Temperance Convention.

The following resolutions were adopted by tin* National Temperance Convention recently in session in Chicago: Whiskka*. The divine blessing has rested upon the efforts of tbe friends of temperance in the past: that under that blessing we are here ueseiutied in the National Convention, and we deem it our (Tiny and privilege to gratefully acknowledge the hand of the Almighty iu guiding this cause on toward a final triumph; therefore. Resolved, That we hereby acknowledge our dependence on the divine guidance, and call upon all friends of the temperance reform to supplicate the uid of the Almighty in securing the blessing of temperance to our entire nation and the world. Whereas. Alcohol is generally recognized as a narcotic irritant poison, procuring by its general use crime, poverty and death; and Vhekkas, The use of it by many of the medical profession so generally in their practice is antagonistic to the cause of total abstinence; therefore. Resolved. That we hereby express our hearty disapproval of a practice so fraught with evil, and, as science has brought to light other remedies which can be substituted, we urge th« medical profession to banish this enemy of temperance entirely front their practice. * Resolved, That wc call ttpon-all friends of temperance to sustain tbe endeavors of physicians to bring about this healthful reform. Resolved. That if is the sense of this convention that an important part of the work of the C hristian men and women of this laud is to use the power of their influence, individual and combined, to create a public sentiment that shall make the use of intoxicating liquors in the kitchen, on the family board, in the social circle, in the sick-room, anywhere and everywhere, so odious that none will be willing to be known as favoring its use. Resolved. That it is also their duty to use the right of petition patiently and perseveringly through all the grades of authority and power, from the fami.v to the National Government, until we obtain our desire even though wearying the unjust Judge. Resolved. That we consider the most important work of the temperance relorm.au:! especially of the Christian men and women, to educate the children into thorough temperance principles, gathering them into total abstinence societies in all the Sabbath and day schools, if possible, and outside these, reaching all the children of the land, instilling into their minds an intense hatred of intemperance in ail its forms and places. Ilf tolled. That as all experience iu the temperanon movement has shown that, in an important sense, money is one of the sinews of our warfare, we recommend to all temperance organizations that firstly they seek for themselves the best possible money basis; and secondly, that they make a judicious use of their funds, expending them in prosecuting the battle rather than in costly dressparade. and we further recommend that all churches be respectfully requested to take collections from time to time for the National Temperance Society's treasury, and for such other-organizations -as are co-operating with the churches iu seeking to make men sober and lead them into the Kingdom of Christ. Resolved. That the Sabbath-school is an efficient auxiliary for the suppression of the traffic and use of intoxicating liquors, and that to this end every teacher work by principles of total abstinence upon their scholars; that juvenile temperance societies should be formed in every Sabbath-school. and that well-selected temperance libraries should form a part of every Sabbath-school library. Resolved.Thtit we hereby reaffirm the action of the National Temperance Convention of 1868, held at Cleveland. That the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth, is by its constitution and covenant a Imngjprotest against intemperance, the use of and traffic in intoxicating drinks being incompatible with true piety; and its members and ministers are true to their sacred obligations only as they do their utmost to exterminate this evil from the land; and, also, we recommend the discontinuance of the use of alcoholic stimulants at the sacramental board. Resolved, That we charge the liqnor traffic with a deliberate purpose to desecrate and destroy our American Christiau Sabbath, hallowed by the law of God. and sacred to all our hearts. Resolved. That the history of the whisky frauds should alarm good citizen, demonstrating, us it does, the unscrupulous, law-defying character of those engaged in the demoralizing traffic, and we heartily approve quid rejoice in the firm, decided action of the United States authorities to bring to punishment every offender. Resolved. That the penalties for the prohibition and suppression of the sale of intoxicating drinks are generally inadequate and disprpportioned to the offense; that we earnestly urge the necessity of more severe penalties for prohibitory laws, including imprisonment for repeated offenses. Resolved, That we reaffirm the resolution of the National Temperance Convention of 1868, declaring “ that the press have always proved one of the most useful ageucies for the enlightenment of the public mind In the principles and duties of temperance;'we hail with pleasure tbe establishment of temperance newspapers and periodicals, and the frequent publication of temperance articles in the religious and secular journals of the country, as indicative of the substantial progress of the cause, and we especial rejoice in the establishing of the National Temperance Society and Publication House, whose purpose is to supply a sound temperance literature.” The numerous and valuable publications of this society found upon its catalogue supply a pressing want., and for the healthy progress of the cause should be widely spread among the people. We recommend this society and its publications to the cordial sympathy and active support of all friends of temperance throughout the country. Resolved. That we recommend all citizens to take the temperance issue without concealment, without compromise,” to the caucus and tlicpolls; to nominate and vote for such candidates only. State and National, as will unqualifiedly indorse and sustain the prohibition of the liquor traffic; that in every State, county, town and Congressional district in tbe United States Prohibition Leagues be organized; also, whenever suitable nominations are not otherwise made, that independent prohibition candidates be nominated for the suffrages of all thoughtful citizens, and that the Prohibition party should have the undivided support of all temperance votes in each State and Territory where, in their judgment, sttch political action is the best method of securing the enactment and enforcement of efficient prohibitory laws. Resolved. That the time lias arrived more fully to consider the relations of the National Government to its responsibility for the alcoholic liquor traffic; that we herein- ask the’ Forty-fourth Congress to prohibit me manufacture and sale of all alcoholic beverages in the District of Columbia and in the Territories of the United States, and lo prohibit their importation from foreign countries: to require total abstinence from all alcoholic beverages on the part of'all officials and subordinates in the civil, military and naval service, and to initiate and adopt for ratification-by tbe several States of the Union a constitutional amendment, which shall make the traffic iu alcoholic beverages illegal throughout our national domain. Resolved. That the next National Convention shall be called by the National Temperance Society whenever, iu the judgment of its officers, the need of such a convention becomes apparent. Resolved. That *the work accomplished by the organization among the reformed men in New England. Illinois and other parts of the country abundantly justifies the addition of this agency to those already operative in the temperance cause, and that we ’ heartily recommend the formation of similar societies in every State and Territory.

RELIGIOUS AND

—Two hundred and fifty thouand Polish Roman Catholics have submitted a memorandum to the Russian Government, stating that they are ready to abandon the Roman Church and accept the Greek, since they cannot accept the dogma of Papal infallibility. —To avoid controversy and bad feeling the School Committee of Troy, 2s. Y., have passed a resolution recommending the banishment off all devotional exercises from the public schools, and the movement originated with the Protestants. • —The past year of the American Home Missionary Society was one of financial success. The aggregate cash receipts | were $308.89,6.83, or $14,329.96 in advance of the highest aggregate ever reached by the society in any year of its history, even when the Presbyterian churches were giving their money to its treasury. —The fifty-third anniversary of the Baptist Convention of Georgia was recently held at Milledgeville, the former capital of the State. The statistics show about 50,000 communicants, being near one-eighth of the entire population of the State. Nearly one-half are colored, and they gratefully receive the aid that is proffered them by their while brethren. —The seventh conference of the Young Men's Christian Associations of all lands will meet in Hamburg, Germany, Aug. 14 to 18. A very attractive programme has been prepared, and every effort will be put forth to insure the complete Success of the conference. It will open wijh a social welcome meeting at the Association building on the evening of the- first day, Saturday.

The Third-Term Question—Letter from President Grant.

Washington, May SO. President Grant has written tbe ing letter to Gen. Harry White. President of the recent Pennsylvania Republican State Convention: kxECUTivz Mansion, Washington. D. C., I *■ ' * May 29, 1-75. ( - Dear Sir: A short time subsequent to the Presidential election of 1872, the press, a portion.of it lio6tile to the Republican party, and particularly so to the Administration, started the cry of “Csesarism” and the “ Third term,” calling lustily for me to define mv position on the latter subject. I believed it to be beneath the dignity of the office which I have been twice called upon to fill to answer such a question before the subject should be presented by competent authority to make a nomination, or by a body of such dignity and authority as not to make 1 reply* a fair subject of ridicule. In fact, I have been surprised that so many sensible persons in the Republican party should permit their enemy to force upon them and their party an issue which cannot add strength to the party, no matter how {net. But, a body of the dignity and party authority of a convention to nuke nominations for the State officers of the Second State in the Union having considered this question, I deem it not improper that I should now speak. In the first place, I never sought the office for a second, nor even for a first nomination. To the first I was called from a life position, one created by Congress expressly for me for supposed rendered to the Republic. The position vacated 1 liked. It would have been most agreeable to me to have retained it until such time as -Congress might have consented to my retirement with the rank and a portion of the emoluments, which I so much needed, to a home where the balance of my days might be spent in peace and the of domestic quiet, relieved from cares which have oppressed me so constantly now for fourteen years, but I was made to believe thatthe public good called me to make the sacrifice. Without seeking the office for the “second term” the nomination was tendered to me by a unanimous vote of the delegation of all the States and Territories selected by the Republicans of each to represent their whole number for the purpose of making their nomination. I cannot say that l was not pleased at this and at tbe overwhelming indorsement which their action received at -the election following. But it must be remembered that all the sacrifices except that of comfort Had been made in accepting the “ first term.” Then, too, such a lireoi personal abuse and slander had been kept up lor four-years, notwithstanding the conscientious performance of my duties to the best of my understanding, though I admit, in the light, of subsequent events, many times subject to fair criticism, that an indorsement from the people, who aione govern republics, was a gratification that it is only human to have appreciated and enjoyed. Now, for tbe “ third term,” I do not want it any more than I did the first. I would not write or utter a word to change the will of the people in expressing and -having their choice. The question of the number of terms allowed to any one Executive can only come up fairly iu the shape of a proposition to amend the Constitution —a shape in which all political parties can participate —deliuiug the length of time or the number of terms lor whitn any one person shall be eligible for the office of President. Until such an amendment is adopted the people cannot be restricted in their choice by resolution further than they are now restricted, as to age, nationality, etc. It may happen in the future history of the country that to change an Executive because he uas been eight years in office will prove unfortunate if not disastrous. The idea that any man could elect himself President or even renominate himself is preposterous. It is a reflection upon the intelligence and patriotism of the people to suppose such a tiling possible. Any man can destroy His chances for the office, out no one can force an election or even nomination. To recapitulate, I am not, nor have I ever been, a candidate for a renominatiou. I would not accept a nomination if it were tendered unless it should come under sucli circumstances as to make it an imperative duty—circumstances not likely to arise. I congratu- i late the convention over which you presided for the harmony which prevailed and for the excellent ticket put in the field, aud which I hope may be triumphantly elected. With great respect, your obedient servant,

Policemen are forever being abused,, but now, putting all prejudices aside, did you ever know one that was not a. man of a-billet-eh'?

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