Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 39, Number 9, 4 May 1869 — Page 2

R.OHMO.MD, INO. MAY 4th, 1869. v Co- Te,5n- Infested with an organized baud at h!hwTiuen, which the civil author ittss are powsiless to suppre&Bo) . At a recent New Hampshire wedding the groom weighed on hundred and thirty-thrc. and the bride four hundred pounds. Madne Bismark acts as private secretary to tie I rima Minister, her illustrious husband. On Friday night a man named Whit-side, driving bund horse, lost his way, white leaving ludinnapods, and drove into White River. Tbe ma a and horse were drowned. Whiteside was intoxicate J. The Persian melon which Bayard Taylor brought from the Caspian Sea is said to be a graat addition to the melon tribe. A notice posted on a bridge near Athens, Georgia, imposes a fine for driving over it faster than a walk; if a nefjro, twenty. Qve lashes on the bare back. N. B. Half the above reward will be given to the informant.' Hon George Holland, of this city, was appointed by the Governor on Tuesday last as Judge of the Wayne Criminal Court, in place of Nimrod H. Johnson deceased. Frine Louis da Bourbon, whose romantic rare vrxr iwo continents ior nta wile was a fruitful source first papers as an American citizen, to free himself frnm ,k 1a-I .( !m t. .k:A u J - 1. : : ..wm. . .V MMUM WIIWII IWUtUS I1U, UiSI 1 llltJW. i. a i . . m . .... - r; umm neeo orougni torwara as a candidate for the throne of Spam. John Whitney, supposed to have been one of thoso who disposed of Morgan, the Masonic apostate, died, in Chicago, on the 2d, aged seventy four. At the time of the Morgan excitement, Whitney was several times incarcerated in jail on suspicion. Cokjt Planting. Our farmers are now bnsily planting corn, and, by the 12th of this month, they will be thiough, provided the 'Clerk of the Weather' will hold the sun level, and regulate the showers between times. Bevival op Religion. The revival, noticed in oar columns two or three weeks ago, still continaes in the differ ent churches in our city, with more or less conversions and convictions at each meeting. ' 3The Ward question was decided in favor of the division oa 7th street, and it is presumed the Council will take action on the predion of a Fifth Ward, as soon as that body shall organize; so as to. bold another election for Councilmen there at the same time the race tvill bo run over In the Fourth Ward. Velocipede j. Oa Tuesday last, the delegation of Indianapolis VelocipotUats, were escorted into our city by a committeo of our citizens, duly mounted on bicycles. The passage between the two places was matlo in two days, stopping the fiist night at ICnightstown. As they all rolled through 2Iain street on to their hotel, they attracted considerable attention, and the riders appeared to be more tireJ thau the wheels of their vehi tUs. iJusGHKG Wokk The Reid-Juliaa contest, is still dragging its one hundred and twenty days to a close. Many persons have been, by and through the bungling of our distinguished M. C's attorney, required to make their appearance, swear, etc., no less than three times to their own identity, the manner in which they had handled tho ballot, and whom the fortunate individual was that they voted for, to represent the 4th district in Congress. Whilst time and tide wait for no man' A. Bbbd takes pleasure in waiting on all who desire any article in his Drug-store.-whether Medicines, Toilet Soaps, Brushes, Perfumery, or anything else he may have for sale -at the old Plummer eorner. Go and see him. Ben Butler thinks' that Sprague is honest and earnest; that his aim is to build up a new party to lead the Wotkingmen's party. The Workingmen's serenade of Sprague is significant on this point. Probably Chief Justice Chase is at the bottom of it To become President himself would gratify him, or to make, his son-in-law President would be another 'big thing in the family. A man 60 years old committed suicide iu Indianapolis on Monday. It would cem as if when a man had 'worried along for sixty years through this 'beggarly vale of tears, he might 'stand it' a few years more. Spite ought to be sufficient to keep one np for ten years after his three score are passed. ' The National Intelligencer says that Sprague paid his respects to tho President, and received from him frank consideration and encouragement; and also to the Secretary of War, and 'General Rawlings took great interest iu the Senator's explanations, with a mutual prom ise of co-operation in carrying into effect measures tending to the public good.' Horace Greeley is to be one of the Commissioners to examino the Paciffc Rail way, at ten dollars a day and mileage the whole netting him twenty dollars a Uy. This will help Greeley through anoUter year without called on Lis friends. Nsw Oklkans, May 4. The members of the American Medical Association, who have been arriving for several days met this morning at Mechanics' Institnte.with a lage attcrndance and thercgnlwr officers at their posts. - Disgraceful Hanging Spectacle. Dowry, who was executed in Charlottetown, P. E. I" spent twenty minutes iu reading his confession on the gibbt t. The sbcriffhaving cat the rope, the felon fell to the ground, about aizteen feet, the rope having broken. He soon roae on bia knees and attempted to unloosen tba cord around bia neck, and the excited multitude began to surge in toward the gallows, but the soldiery were faced about with fixed bayonets, and tha populace among wbcm were many women were kept back. Dowey was again borne to tbe platform and launched off tbe drop This time he fell so that hi Isst touched the ground. Here several of the bTaiaadera aeiaed tbe rope and drew tbe criminal np boot eight fret, where he dlsd vf singulation.

Butler on the Alabama BusinessMr. Butler, of the House, is preparing to correct what he considers an error in Mr. Sumner's Alabama speech, to wit: the denial to England of the benefit of a doctrine which we have ever avowed and acted upon, to-wit: the right of na tions to sympathize, as ours has done, with revolutionary efforts. Butler thinks Sumner's theory would embarrass us in any future aid we may desire to extend to revolutionists. He, however, concurs with Sumner a3 to atonement and the measure and amount of damages. Wo do not think that the United States ever

ho precipitately extcnuea aid to an insurrection as Eugland did to the American rebellion in 1SG1, to-wit: within a month after the first un wa? fired, and one day before the arrival of our minis ter. Butler thinks we need be in no hurry about a settlement, since when England gets into a war we can easily find means to sweep her commerce from the ocean! not without virtually allying ourselves with her enemy. Better have the settlement made now while it can be done in an open and fearless manner. This na tion cannot afford to 'sneak into any quarrel England may have for the sake of injuries long past. We have made all we have and are out of England when she had her hands full with other powers. We cau now afford to give her a fair chance ia any future difficulties with us. A Handsome Thing. The Delaware tribe of Indians became extinct oa the 10;h of April, 18G7, by the removal of some and their union with the Chorokees, and by the naturalization of others as cilizens of Kansas; and yet an Indian Agent for the Delawares is still drawing his salary from the Government The President, not aware of the facts, nominated a Quaker for Delaware Agent, but he was rejected by the Senate! Pomeroy knew about it, and desired to continue his friend as Agent for a tribe that has no existence, and whose salary and perquisites made it a fat situation, with nothing to do except to invest his plunder in the corner lots of Kansas citie.! It is said that the large supplies formerly drawn for the Delawares continue to be received 1oy the Agent At all events, there is an Indian Agent for a tribe that does not exist. Of course no Quaker was wanted to make peace with the Delawares. How often do we hear the complain from mother and father that their son or daughter is not well; that they have do appetite; that they are languid, that tlieir head ache3; that they are growing thin and feeble, and that they have no life or energy left. That they are low-spirited, and perfectly incapacitated to participate in any pleasures, or perform any mental or physical duty. And the question i3 often asked, what shall I do for them? or, what shall I give them? Our answer is, let them try Plantation Bitters moderately three times a day, and our word for it they will recover. Magnolia Water. Superior to the best imported Cologne, and at half the price. The speech of Senator Sumner on the Alabama claims has been received by mail in England, and to aay that it produced a sensation, is to say ouly half the truth. All the journals. Liberal and Tory, concur in declaring a settlement on the basis proposed by Senator Sumner as 'extravagant,' 'unreasonable, 'what can hardly be described in serious language, 'terms which but excite indignatioD,' 'ridiculous,' 'humiliation without a modern parallel.' The Times misrepresents Senator Sumner, saying that a settlement on the basis proposed by him would involve the payment ofjthe expenses of the war. or the payment of the present national debt and the refunding to tbe United States of so much of the principal and interest as it has already paid. The Times adds that even this might not be satisfactory, and future demands might be made to embrace tbe possible earnings of all the soldiers drawn by the war from productive fields of labor. As every American knows, this is not so. M. Sumner has made no such demand. Mr. Sumner estimated the damages, psrson. al and national, at less than 20,000,000. The Times says 422,000,000. There is evidently a misapprehension or misrepresentation of facts. The Telegraph eays that the text of Mr. Sumner's speech has not been published by the papers, and they are manufacturing opinion editorily before publishing it. In Russia women having a certain amount of property have the right to vote, though it must be done by proxy; a msle relative or friend representing them at the election. A paper in Texas says that more rain has fallen in tbe last six months than in the preceding three years. The streets of San Antonio have not been dry since lst October. Mrs. Cook, of London, England, who induced her husband to let her tie him to the bedstead, and then, with a butchet knife, mutilated in a shocking manner bis person, and tried to gouge out one of his eyes, has been sentenced to fifteen years of penal servitude by a judge who seems to have little regard for woman's rights or female progress. Lima letters say the colony of Americans in Peru are anxiously wailing to hear the decision of Secretary Fish in tbe matter of claims for damages received from Balta's troops during the revolution. Yellow fever is raging fiercely in the cities of the southern coast, where an average of forty persons die every day, though the greater portion of the population have fled to healthier regions. Tho bodies are thrown, without coffins or shrouds, into trenches. A New Orleans blind beggar recently wore that he possessed $20,000 worth of property. We are assured that among the professional beggars of New York, at least fifty are owners of considerable real estate, and that one qualified in court to the ownership of 860,000 worth of property.

Constitutional Amendment. Error engaged in a combat with truth; sophistry arrayed iu hostility to reason and conservatism, resisting tha innovations of progress, have never lacked, singly or in combination, a multitude of spacious arguments which served as a species of fortification!", behind which they might, as necessity demanded, take refuge from attack. We see this exemplified with reference to the opposition lo the proposed Fifteenth Amendment which is denounce 1 by Democrats as infamous on the plea that no authority e xists, under which our system of popular Government, to force

upon any State, even by an Amendment of the Coo ctitution, a change in its fundamental structure, by which is meant a cbangj in the prevailing distribu tiou of political franchises among th9 community But tbia r le i finds no support of fact of theory in the articles of Union. There wo discover, in its fullest extent, that very disputed power lo force an amend ment to the Constitution upon an unwilling and re jeeting State. It is stipulated that threa-fourlhs of all the States conanrriug iu the ratification of an amendment proposed according to specific forms thereupon suoli amendment shall become an iutegral part of the orginic law, and hen: supreme overall the constituent mjaibe.-s of the Republic. If the dis senioi a sinjij state, or evea if one-fourth ol the States could co operate to defeat the ratification of any amendment, then tha constitutional provision would become not m.-re'y a nullity, but a monument of stupidity, for i t would lay down conditions that could not, by any possibility be fulfilled. Should it be averred iu answer, that the Constitution does not intend an amendment that would produce the changes mat would result from the Fiiteenth Amendment, it may be replied that this rebutter is only the original assumption, in a modified form, aud merely begging the question, as the very point in controversy is waeiuer or not tais Fit taenia Atnjn In j;ii can bi for ced upon an unwilling and dissenting State by a ratifying concurrence of three-fourths of all the States. The Fourteenth Amand:iient unquastianably has made changes in tin fundamental structure of the States of Kentucky and Missouri quite as radical as the Fifteenth could make. Will it be maintained that the Fourteenth Amendment is, on that account invalid, inasmuch as some of the States refused their sinction! Tet the Democratic argument against the validity of the Fifteenth applies with equal force to the Fourteenth. Even supposing, for the sake of illustration, that there are exceptions to the Constitution- mending power of the nature claimed, then who or what is to de. termine when .ny of these exceptions arise. If each State is sole judge for itself in deciding this issue hew each Individaat State possesses authority to defat any given am inlment, for, its prerogative of a ijudging that such amendment does or does not belong to theeseeptional class being complete and nnlimted, its adjudgment of invalidity would be suificient o prevent ratification, even though all the rest of the States should coucur ia the opposite opinion. No niitter how uiy'ust r absurd, or dogmatic the decision might bj, there would not hi according to the supposition, any way to reverse it. No appjiate or supervisory authority wculd exist to determine that the State had abused or prostituted its prerogative. Indeed, its discretion would be the sola measure of its jurisdiction, and its single action would be able, in every case of a proposed amendment to debar the action of aE its ts-States. That such a power liable to such perversions and opn to such complications forms no part or our politianl system, is so palpable that it does not require another word of exemplification . It would appear that it is a work of supererogation to thus gravely set out to prove what is almost as clear and indisputable as axiomatic truth, were it not that the argument we have reviewed is seriouslv and extensively adduced not onlv by Democratic Jour nals, but even in the halls of legislation by Deinoetttic politicians, -and .finds wide currency among men wh.i set up for profound thinkers and Wical reasoners. What is this new doctrina hnt tha ru,,r. ection, in a new form of that old political heresy which silenced the scruples of so many when secession was moving toward the abyss of civil war the heresy that it is the right of the several States, as parties to the constitutional compact, to judge, each for itself, in the last resort, aa to the extent of the powers delegated to the central Government? We fear the creed of State Sovereignty was scotched, not -killed by the overthrow of the rebellion. Chicago RepuDiican. The taw of True Mairiage. "Whenever," savs Gait Hamilton, "Man pays rev erence to a womm whenever man feels the influence Of any woman, purifying chastening, abashing, Strengthening him against tamptxtion, shielding him from evil, ministering to his self respjet, madicioing his weariness, pjopling his solitule, winning him from sordid prisas, enlivening his monotonous diya wn mirt.'i, or lancy, or wit, flashinz Ueaven uaa liia earth, and nulla wing it for spiritual fertility there is the elemjul of marriagj. Wherever woman pays reverence to m in wherever any woman rejoices ia the strength of any nun, feels it to be God's agent, upholding her weakness, confirming her purpose, and crowning her power. Whorever he reveals himself to her, just, upright, inflexible yet tolerant, merciful, benignant, not unruffled, perhaps, but not overcome by the world's turbulence, and responding to all Her gentleness, his feit on tho earth, his head among the stars, helping her to hold her soul stead fast in right to stand firm against th. encroachments ef frivol ty, vanity, impatience, and diseoura demerits, helping to preservs her good nature, to develop her energy, to consolidate her thought, to utilizj h becevolence, to exalt and illumine her life therj sr is the ossence of m image. Its love - is founded oa respect, and increases self-reapost at th very moment of merging self in another. Its love is mutaal. eou ility giving and receiving at every distaot of its action Their is neither depondencanor independence, but in terdependence. Years caa not weaken its bonis, dis tance can not sunder thina. Is U a love wai;?h van quishes the grave and transfigures death itself into life." Motley's Instructions. It has been reliably ascertained that the instructions of this Government to Minister Motley do not suggest any mode of adjusting the pending questions btweentbe Uuited States and Great Britain, nor do they require him at present to propose the reopening of negotiations for the settlement of the Alaabama and other claims. Our Government will act with tho deliberation due to this important subject and carefully avoid any cause of offense, while firmly presenting the American side of the question to her Majesty's Government when occasion shall require. No one connected with the Administration, including the President, nor docs the British Minister, apprehend injurious consequences from the almost unanimous I ejection of the Alabama claims treaty by the Senate, and this is stated on the authority of gentlemen who, fearful of serious difficulties, made special and private inquiry ia official circles and thug satisfied themselves cf the truth of this statement. Secretary Bontwell lately visited the New Fork Stock Exchange. He was seized npon, placed on the President's rostrum and asked for a speech. He gave them the following: Gentlemsk This is the first time that I have ever visited the Stock Exchange, and I am glad to meet you here. I suppose you ill expect me to say something about my financial policy. I shall use every means and influence at my command to collect the full amount of revenue due to the Government, and apply the same to the working expenses of tbe Government and the surplus to the redaction of the national debt. I shall use every prudenteconomy in the administration of my department, and its transactions shall be as plain as if written npon your very walls. I shall do nothing which will cause any gain or bring any loss on private individuals. I shall endeavor to administer the finances in such a manner as to not cast any shame or reprorch on the department, nor to embarrass the business of the country. A Lowell (Mass.) lady who kept crape on her door knob since the death of President . Iancoln, removed t on inauguration dsr.

THE INDIANS. Caicaoo, May S.

SURRENDER OF ONB HUNDBRD LOIXJIS OF INDIAN TO OBNBRAI. OBIKR80.V BIS TKLEGRAM TO GBNIRAL SHERIDAN. i. i he following military dispatch was received at Lienteaant General Sheridan's headquarters to-day : "General B. H. Grierson, writing from Camp Wachita, YYachita Mountains, April 10th, reports the unconditional surrender at that place of one hundred lodges of Arapaboes, and only a part of the tribe are still out. It is under Feathered Bear or Spotted Wolf.'? He proceeds to say s March 81st I reported the arrival of these Cheyennes on the 29th, and their statement that the whole tribe was coming in the leading band, under Little Kobe, expecting to arrive here in six or eight days from that time. On the 7th instant Red Moon, one of the principal men of Little Kobe's band, arrived here with eighteen other Cheyennes, stating that these men, who left here on the 31st, had reached their band, and the 1st ter had moved this way and camped on Striking Creek They remained over night and went out on the 8th to request the chiefs and bead m en of tbe band in to see me. They came yesterday a party of twenty-five Little Robe, Bald Eagle, Red Moon, Grey Eyes and Dead White Log being the best known. They expressed a desire to cease all hostilities, and go upon their reservation, and their willingness to come in and join the Arapahoes, and, witbtheir consent, move with tbem to their reservation, and remain there quie.ly unt'l the terms of their surrender shall be made known to them by the Department Commander. I granted them food and protection. In the meanwhile this band numbers sixty-seven lodges, aud their camp is at tho head of the Cache Creek. The 20th inst., is the time set for the Arapahoes to start for their camp supplies. A band of Cheyennes, numbering about four hundred, will start at the same time. Food is scarce with the Indians, and these bands will have to be supplied temporarily with subsistence." Writing under date of March 28th, from Fort Sully, Goneral D. F. Stanley, after recounting the murder of a soldier at Fort Randall, says ; "Everything that has been done to make poace with the Sioux as a nation is in entire failure. The Indians are just as far from peace to-day is they were two years ago. The Indians boasted while at this place of having killed white men this winter over ou the Platte and stealing horses. I believe there are war parties out now to depredate on the line of the Pacific Railroad. Their hostility may run on in the same way without showing itself only by an occasional report, though I fear it may develop in a jgworse for m. in the way of heavy attacks oa the frontier. Unfortunately for the ideas of our peace advocates these Indians say they do not want peace, that the whites are afraid, which is the reason we send so much fur them to eat ; that they will make U3 leave this country, and will stop the boats tn the Missouri liver. The position of the Sioux that were friendly two years ago have continued so, and are friendly to-day; that they have gained none in numbers, and all reports to the contrary that have been circulated through the country and asserted at Washington, are false. General Terry has ordered Major Wm. A. Temning Captain of a Corps of Engineers and Chief Engineer of the Department to proceed as soon as tho season permits to Fort Tal on, and from that post, as a starting point, to make a careful and thorough reconnoisance of the couutry lying between Cheyenne river, or South of 49 parallel, to North Red river on the East. MalakofT, the Paris correspondent of the Times, speaks as follows of the esti in at ion in which Mr. Lincoln is he'd abroad: - If 3'ou have not j'et awakened to the fact in America, you will soon do so, that Lincoln is hereafter to take a stand as one of the great landmarks in history. If 3-ou do not j'et comprehend the immensity of the role he played in the political progress of mankind, these people do. While you are still embarrassed with certain crudities in his character, these people see nothing but his grandeur, and desire to see nothing more. They have elevated for him in their hearts and memories a pedestal as high as Washington's. The few ambitious men who started the slavery rebellion have had many humiliations to swallow, but none will be so bitter as to be condemned to see placed in 'he highest row of niches in the world's pantheon the statue f the man their limited intellects eoal.l find no better name lor than baboon. Warning to Young Men. A correspondent of the Gazette writes from LewMville: t?eoro;e D. rrenttce is nominally em ployed on tbe Courier Journal at 840 per week, but he does not work, and nothing. I believe, is expected of him. Thirty years ago Walter N. flakletnm, then a boy, entered tho office of t!.c Journal n a clerk. IVentiee was then at the head cf the Journal, and was a power in Louisville as ia th3 natioi. Now this otic-i great, influential and really brilliant man is a.i employe of Mr. IlalJem&n, and is incapable of work, being a mere wrtrek it i sad to look upon George D. 1'rentico Lt young men take warning 0.it3il? tho paths of temperance and virtue tlnrre i no safety, while the vices load surely to destruction. Washington, May 3 3 P. 51. The President to day informed a lead ing member of the House Committee on Foreign Relations that in every case where our Government had requested the Cuban authorities to release persons unjustly arrested, our requests had invariably been promptly acceded to, and he could see no good reason for interference in the affairs of that island at present. He said the Spauish authori ties had assured our Government of their ability to suppress the Cuban insurrcctic a in a short time, and it was best to wait before recognizing the insurgents. A delegation of colored Methodist preachers headed by Bishops Janes and r.Ioo.-e, called on the President Satur day morning and tendered their con granulations. He repled briefly, saying he would endeavor to administer, the laws so as to secure peace at home and abroad, and justice lo all races and col ors, and if he failed it would not be from any want of good intention on his part. He then shook hands with each member of the delegation and they departed. A Philadelphia drayman has invented a machine for feeding a quadruped in a hurry. To eat a peck of oats occupies his mule about three quarters of an hour. The machine in question turns with a crank. The mule sits npon his haunches and straitens out his neck. A peck of oats are then slung into him at a single revolution of the cylinder, inside of a minute and a quarter. The inventor terms the apparatus an 'oatmeter.' A Hong Kong letter says that the English have burned three Chinese villages near Swaltow, and killed fifty five Chinamen.

Indiann Legislature.

Thtsdit, April 29. In the Senate, Mr. Carton (Democrat) introduced a resolution to censure Governor Baker for the aetttement of the old internal im provement bonds, held by the General Government as detailed in his biennial message. T he discussion ot it consumed tbe entire morning session, and the vote ou its indefinite postponement was not taken until afternoon. : It resulted as follows : Yeas Messrs. Andrew, Beardsley, Bellamy, C&ren, unurcu. Cravens, Elliott, Fisher, Fosdick, Hadley, Hamilton, Hess, Hooper, Jaquess, Johnson, of Spencer, Morgan, Reynolds, Stem, Wolcott, Wood 20. Messrs. Carson, Hauna, Henderson, Howk, Huey, Hoffman, Humphreys, Johnson, of Montgomery, Lee, Montgomery. Robinson, of Madison, Robinson, of Decatur, Scott, Sherrod, Smith, Taggart, Turner 17. The House bill to authorize foreign guardians to take possession of ths property of tbeir wards in this State was passed by a vote of 35 to 1. The Senate bi'l to exempt burial grounda from Iiena or sale on execution waa passed. Also, the Senate bill to change the name of the Widows' and Orphans' Asylum to the Indianapoli. Orphans' Borne. Several unimportant bills, of purely local interest, were passed. In the House, the two Senate divorce bills were reported back by the Judiciary Committee. One of these requires that parties plaintiff shall be residents of tbe State twelve months before commencing action, and residents of the county three months, and they must file the affidavits of two creditable witnesses to this fact. It also provides for service of process, So. As it now stands, there U no saving clause for pending suits, and in case of its passage, they would have to be commenced anew, though this may be provided for hereafter. Tho committee recommend its pas. sige. The other bill, making it a felony for an atoruey to violate the provisions of this law, they recommend be indefinitely postponed. the discussion of tha House bill to provide for the assessment find collection of taxes for municipal purposes on tbe shares owned in banks and bankipg associations doing business in thi3 State consumed the most of the morning and all of the afternoon session. It was finally passed by a vote of 55 to 29. Friday, April 30. In the Senate, the Senate bill to provide that, for pood cause shown, the Court may grant until the end oi the succeeding term to amend bills of exceptions, was passed. The Senate bill toexempt from municipal taxation lands when exceeding forty acres, within the eorporsftion, when used exclusively for agricultural purposes, was rejected by a vote cf 7 to 32. The Senate bill to provide for the sale of certain lands in Clay county belonging to the Staff, was passed. The Senate Reform Prison bill was discussed at length, occupying much of the day, and several amendments made to it. It waa then tassed bv a vote of 9 to 8. Mr. Montgomery, from the Select Committee on the Gubernatorial Mansion, reported in favor of pur chasing tho residence of Mr. Hanselman. and sub mitted a bill appropriating $70,000 for its purchase. This is the same proposition which was made at the last session, and which met with such a rebuff. It wss stated then, and not denied, that the residence could be purchased at a much lower figure, and the Chairman of the committee must have an exceedingly hard cheek to favor it again at this session. There may not be any fee dependent upon working it through, but the committee must either be exceeding ly innocent and very easily swindled, or they have no desire to work for the interest of tha State. Mr. Johnson, of Montgomery, immediately upon the presentation of his report, laid before the Senate a prop osition, made by three responsible men of this city, to duplicate tbe building on the vacant square north of the Blind Asylum for $12,500. The report and proposition were laid on the table, but if the swindle is again attempted, tbe rebuke should be one that would be felt. The bill which passed the House in the morning, authorizing the President of the State Board of Agriculture to fill vacancies in the office of Secretary, Treasurer or Superintendent, was passed by the Senate. A proposition from the Board of Commissioners, cf Marion connty, offering to $75,000 in addition to the $U 0,000 heretofore proposed, for the location of tbe Agricultural College, was laid before the Senate. A resolution was adopted making the consideration of the whole question the special order for Tuesday next at ten oclock. The Senate adjourned until Monday at 2 o'clock. In the House, Mr. McBride, Democrat, offered a resolution reciting the report of the Prison Investigation Committee, and for the removal of F. M. Meredith as Director of the Southern Prison. It waa laid I over until the report should be considered. 1 he Morgan Raid bill was referred to a special committee of ono from each Congressional district. A motion to reconsider tho vote of the House on Wednesday, upon the location of the Agricultural College was entered. Mr. Gilham's House bill for the amendment of the Assessment law, was passed by a vote of 69 to 12. It is taken from the Ohio law, and provides "taat if any such person shall have converted moneys, credits or other personal property, ia tbe year preceding tbe first of Januiry of tho current year, into bonds or other securities of the United States, and shall hold or control said bonds or other securities when he is required to list his preperty, be shall list the iaouihly average value of such moneys, credits or f.ther property tus converted while such moneys, credits or other property were held or controlled by him ; aud, provided further, that any indebtedness of sich person or persons, represented by him, created by investment in said bonds or other securities, shall not be deducted from the amount of credits in making up his list of taxation." The House bi'l to provide for proceedings supplementary to execution before Justices of tha Peace was pissed. Tho Committee on the Morgan Raid bill was an nounced to consist of Messrs. Welborn, Davis, of Flovd; Monroe, Bowen, Stanton, Johnson, of Parke; Gordon, McFadin, Bobo, Coffroth and Pierce, of Porter. Tho several bills for the amendment or repeal of the liquor law, and the swamp land bill were made the special order for Wednesday next. The Savings Uauk bill, and the Gravel Road bill, were made the special order for Tuesday next. Indianapolis, May 3. In the Senate, Mr. Kinley introduced a bi.l to legalize cei tain proceedings of the Wayne Cir euit Court. hiuh was passed to the Qnal reading under a dispensation of the con stittitioual provision, aud passed -66 to 0. On motion of Mr. Hadley, the bill to legalize the acts of Justices of the Peace, certified to have been done after thtir commissions have expired, was read the third time and passed by yeas 32, nays 4. air. otein s Dili to make an appropria tion to pay money advanced out the sinking fund to build the State officer's building, coming up in the regular or der, was read the third time and passed. Yeas 33 ; nays 1. There was no quorum present in the House, and the day was passed in dis cussing miscellaneous business. Mumler, the New York spiritual pho tographer charged with fraud, has been discharged, the Judge deciding that the prosecution had failed to make out a case. Gen. Lee called upon President Grant on Satutday by previous appointment Grant had to invite certain dignitaries who were present to leave, and it is given out that some of them growled at being compelled to retire before an advancing rebel ! The interview lasted about fifteen minutes.

It was rumored some days ago, that a number of the Indian Commissioners appointed by the President were Indian Agents disguised in broad brims and drab coats so as to pass for Friends, and later developments give a color of truth to the rumor. The President ought to make sure that he has the genuine article. Cm. Com

There is a blind printer at Gosport, whose average day's work is five thousand ems, although en several occasions he has set from seven to nine thousand. His letter is distributed for him, and bis copy is read by his partner, his memory being so perfect that be can retain from four to a x lines; whea this is finish, ed, he cries the last word 'sef,' when another sentence is read, and thus continues during the day. Planters in all parts of Texas are actively engaged. Corn is generally planted and a great deal of it is already up. A larger breadth of land will be put in cotton than any year since the war. The fretdmen bavo generally gone to work, and there is less complaint of their idleness than nsual. The African Judge. Alexander of Macedonia came one day to a distant province in Africa rich in gold. The inhabitants went to meet him carrying baskets full of fruit and gold . "Do you eat these fruits?" said Alexander. "I am not come to view your riches, but to learn your customs." So they led him to the market, where their chief Judge held his court. Just then a cit sen stepped forth and said: "O Judge! I bought of this man a sack full of chaff, and have found in it a considerable treasure. The chaff is mine, but not the gold; and this man will not take it back. Speak to him, O Judge, for it is his." II i3 adversary, also a citizen of the p!ac, answered: "Thou art a' raid lest thou shouldst retain something wrong, and I fear to take it from thco. 1 sold the sack including all that it contains. Keep thine own. Speak to him to this effect, O Jud-el" Te Judge asked the first if he bad a son. He answered, "Yes." He asked the other if ha had a daughter; ani be also answered, :'Yes." "Friends," said the Judge, "you are both' honest people; unite your children to each other, and give them the newlyfound treasure for a marriage dower. This is my decision." Alexander was astonished when he heard this sen tence. "Have I judged unrighteously," said the Judge of the distant laud, "that thou art thus astonished? ' "By no means," answered Alexander; "but in Our eountry it would have been otherwise." "And how?" inquired the African Judge. "The disputants," answered Alexander, would bare lost their heads, anl the treasure would have gone into the bands of the king. The judge smote bis hands together, and said: Does the sun shine with you, aud does heaven drop rain upon you?" Alexander an-iwired, "Yes." "Then must it be," he pursued, "on account of the jnnocent animals that dwell in your land; for over such men ought no sun to shine, no heaven to rain. Death of Judge Johnson, At a called meeting of the Wayne County Bar, to take into consideration the death of Hon. Nimrod H. Johnson, late Judge of the Wayne Criminal Circuit Court, held in the Court Room at Centreville, April 29th, '69. Hon. J. F. Kibbev was appointed Chairman, and D. W. Comstock, Secretary. On motion, C. H. Burchena!, W. A. Peelte and W. S. Ballenger were appointed a committee to draft appropriate resolutions expressive of the feelings of tbe Bar. James Perry, George Holland, Jacob B. Julian, W. A. Bickle, Jesse P. Siddall, Thomas Means, Lafe Develin and John F. Kibhey were appointed pall bearers to the deceased. The members of the Bar, officers of the Court and Connty officers were requested to attend the funeral of the deceased in a body, and to wear crape in the left button hole of tbe coat as a badge of mourning. C. H. Burchenal in behalf of committee on resolutions read the following, which were adopted: Whereas, By an inscrutable dispensation of Divine Providence the Hon. Nimrod H.Johnson, Judge of the Wayne Criminal Circuit Court and for many years a prominent member of tbe Bar of this county, has been removed by death from amongst na and from the sphere of his labors and usefulness. Uetolvrd, That the sudden and untimely death of our friend and brother has produced in as tbe profoundest feelir.gs of sorrow and concern. We feel that by his death a great vacancy has been caused in our ranks, and that the public has sustained the loss of one of its ablest and most successful servants i We will ever cherish bis memory and mourn hia loss, Retolved, That we sincerely condole with the fami ly ot the deceased in this tbeir great bereavement. Iieolved, That we will attend the funeral in a body Jiesoltxd, That these resolutions be presented to tne courts ot the county to be spread upon their minutes, and a copy be presented to the family of the de ceased. C. n. Bcrchskal, W. A. Perls, W. S. Ballbxgkb. J. P. Siddall introduced the following resolutions which were adopted : RemtJeed, That the Wavne Common Pleas Court adjourn until Satnrd-iy morniag at S o'clock, and at mat time the Chairman or the committee on resolu tions present them to the Court accompanied bv t motion to enter them on the records of said Court and that the proceedings cf this meeting be published ni me papers oi toe couniy. F. Kibbkt, Chairman. D. YV . Comstock, Sec'y. RICHMOND MARKETS.

Corrected weekly by Thos. Nestor. . Wholesale. Retail. Flour,perbbl. ........ $6 75 7 00 " per 100 lbs 3 25 3 65 Corn, per bushel............... 50 ' 69 Wheat, per bushel 1 25 Corn Meal, per cwt. I 30 160 Oats, per bushel 50 Potatoes 50 65 H itter, per lb 45 45 Kgs. per doz.. dull It) BIS Bacon, clearsides 13 20 Hams 13 20 l.ard 18 20 Cheese 25 30

CINCINNATI MARKETS. Cincinnati, May, 5,1869. Flonrdull sales of Familv at 6 0(a6 25. Wheat is dull Sales at $1 30C31 40. Corn is dull sales of ear at 6263c. Rye doll, at l 39. Oats firm, at 6-:c. Brley S00. Whisky firm at 00c. Cotton dull at 27c. -Clover seed is dull at 16c. Timorthy is dull, at $3 75. Proviisions The market is dull. Mesa pork sold at $31. Lard is dull at 13c. Bulk meats are dull at 12Jc. for a houlders; A aiues i?4c. Linseed oil is dull sales at $1 04gl 05. Lard oil firm, at 1 , 50 Butter firm 3638cGold 1 35 buying. Exchange firm at 1 10 premium selling.

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JHeetiar of the Indiana R4itora aad Pablishero' Associntioa. The regular Semi-Annual meeting and Publishers' Association of Indiana, will be b eld at Indlanapotis on Thursday, May 13th, 1839. J Mepb MediU, Esq . of the Chicago Tribune, will deliver an address upon the 'Best Method of Conducting a Country Newspaper.' A number of prominent editors from the adjoining States are expected to be in attendance. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. tJAlESMEN WANTED by a Manufacturing 9 Co. to travel and sell by sample a new line of grotd. hitaations permanent; wages good. H H. RICHARDS a CO.. 413 Chestnut St., f biladelphia. P. n9-4y ANTED, AGENTS.-" Wonder of th. World;" ia warranted to cure Rheumatism and Neuralgia. Sold on the packare St stem. 'ot to be paid for until tested. I pay 60 per month and commission to distribute packages. J. C. TII,TOV Pittsburg, Pa. n9-4w. i' 3 CIII If DE -DMK ? Is the cry of the crowds who throng IT lie UDolIar Store, 37 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO, "That every description and varietv of FANCY GOODS, CCTLERY. LEATHER GOODS. JEWELRY, BOOKS, ALBU MS, SI LVER-LATED WARE, Ac, Ac, cau be purchased at th extremely low i.ric ot ONE DOLLAR for each article, when the sa-ne goods cannot be obtained atanv other place for double the amount, and which tbe Wholesaler confesses hb cannot bct for that price ?" We reply : We have buyers constantly at the East, by whom job lots are obtained at aor?tM ditcounU, and, besiiles, a large portion of oar goodtnr iaiparted direct from European &aauractnrer. - Having, also. Kvsar ractMTT pottered ty the targ. et DoUar Sale" fi.-m of Button, we will, by means of the CLUB 8T8TE1 extend the advantages of our immense wholesale and retail trade to thoso living at a distance, thus aaviuc in Expre-s charses THKEE-F0UKTHS THE AMOUNT now paid, and giving a better .quality of Qoodt tai can be obtained of any Eattern firm. Send in yonrClnbs, or send for Circulars, ANNAND & CO., 3? lake Street, Chicago, Goods at Wholesale to the Trade. d9-4w Notice. IS HEREBY OIVEN. to the citizens of Jaskson Township. Wayne County. Indiana, tht I intend to apply to the Board of Commiinner. at thei' noxt term, commencing on the first Monday of June 1889, for a License to sell Intoxicating Liquors in less qnantitr than a quart at . time and permit tbe same to be drank on the premiss in accordance with an act approved March 5lh, 1859 The precise location in which I propose to sell said Intoxicating Liquors, is as follows: Beine the room si'ueted on Lot number thirty two (82,) Block seven, (7) on Main street, being a room now occupied in the building by Neff as a residence, with front door opening on Main street and leading into said room in East Germantown, Wayne Connty Indiana. Daniel Nrrr. Notice. THE Co-partnership heretofore existing under1 the firm name of Clifford, Clark A Co.. wm this diy dissolved by mutual consent, Edward Clifford retiring Tbe business will be continued by the remaing parties under the firm name of Clark. Mul'ord Co., who are authorized to settle all debts and accounts due to and by the late firm. Edward Clivpobp, Wk. n. Clark, Asa Mtlfobd, J as. Bark low, Richmond, Ind,' March 4, 1869. XSsecntor's Notice. ink, OTICE is hereby given that the undersigned baa 1 taken letters testamentary on the lost Will aad Testament of Elizabeth Jeans, late of Wayne County, Indiana, deceased. Persons indebted to the estate will make immediate payment; and those having claims against the estate will file th?m In the Clerk'a Office. STEPHEN SCOTTON. Executor. April 16, 1869. 3t-$t 50 STATE OF INDIANA. WAYNE COUNTY, S S. Emily J. Miller ) In the Wayne Circuit vs. f Court, August Term. John E. Miller, f A.D. 18!9. I Divorce, Xo 293. Be it known that on this 14th day of April, 1869, the above named plaintiff, bv Wm A. Pelle, Esq., Attorney, filed in tbe office ot the Clerk of the Wayne Circuit Court, her complaint against said defendant in the above entitled cause, together with the affidavit of a competent person that said defendant John E, Miller, is not a resident of tbe Stale of Indiana. Said defendant John E. Miller, therefore, is hereby notified of tbe filing and pendency of said comnlaint against him, and that unless he appears or demurs thereto, at the calling of the said cause, on tbe Second Day of the next Term of said Conrt, to be begun nd held at the Court House in Centerville, on the first Monday of August next, said enmpiaint, and the matters and things therein contained and alleged, will lie taken as true, and the said cause wlil be heard and determined in his absense. Witness, the Clerk, and the Seal of seal said Court, at Centerville, this 14th day or April, 1859. WM. W. DUDLEY. Clerk. Wm . A . Peelle, Att'y of Pl'ff. N o. 7-4w-5. Administrator's Sale: fJpHE undersigned, will offer at publio Sale oa Saturday, the 15th Day of May, 1S39, At 10 o'clock of said day, at the late residence of Bennett Sitloh, in the city of Richmond, Wayne co , and .State of In :iana, tbe following personal property, to-wit: 5 Hordes, 2 Was-ons. and Harness, 1 Spring Wagon ani Harness, Brick in tbe Yard and Brick Yard Tools, Wood in Brick Yard, 1 Plow, 1 Harrow, Household and Kitchen Furniture, and a variety of other articles too tedious to name. . TSA credit of nine months, wi.h interest from date, will be given on all sums over $3. Notes and approved security will be reqnried of each purchaser, before any propertv ia removed. GEltHARO H SCHNELLE, April 20th, 1S9. DAVID-FELTM AN. 7.-(pt 3.30 si. 1:4,30) Administrators. To Stone Masons and Brick Makers ! EAI,ED PROPOSALS, for furnishing the Stone, S9 and laying the satue lor the foundation of a School House, 30 by -0 feet, in Abiogtnn, and also, for making the brick necessary for said bail inz. which is to be two stories high, will be received op to Mondav. Mav 10th. Proposals to he left . with Andrew fiun-, in Abington. where specifications caa be seen, or with the undersigned. JOHN EISLEY, Township Trustee. April 27th, 1869. tl STATE OF INDIANA. WAYNE COUNTY. S. 8. watktn U Willi iams, 1 Sarah A. Webb. - In tbe Warns Common Edward H. Webb, J Pleas Court. September vs. 1 Term. A.D. I860. Thomas N. Williams, V Partition. No. 3300. Pefat Williams. ) Be it known, tht, on this 29th day of Aor.l. 1S69. the above named Plaintiff, by Wm. A. Peele, Esq, Attornev, filed in the office of the Clerk of the Wayne County Common Pleas Court, bia complaint agaiust said defendants in the aliove entitle! cause, together with the affidavit ol a competent po son that said defendant Peter Williams, is not a resident t the State of Indiana. Said defendant. Peter Williams, therefore, is herebv notifiai of the film? and pend ency of said complaint against him, and unless he appears and answers or demurs thereto, at tbe calling of the said ca se, on the doconJ Day o the nest term of said Court, to be began and held at the Court House in Centreville oa the second Monday of September next, said complaint, and the matters and things therein contaioe.l and alleged, will be taken as true, and the said cause will be heard and determined in hie absence. Witness, me viers, ami ton steal or !ealI aaid Court, at Ceotreviile, this 29th day L J of April, 1869. 1 WM. W. DUDLEY, Clerk. Wm. A. Peek, Att of Pl'ff. No. 8-4w-$

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