Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 39, Number 11, 18 May 1869 — Page 2

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RlCHMONDIND, MAY 20th, 1869. '"Moroax Bn' Bill. Kvil U very often over-ruled for good,' and this Bill to Indemnify individuals who suffered from the depredations of John Morgan and his raiders, la our ' view, is one of those unmitfgateil eviUrthKt comes with" in the meaning of the above quotation. We will admit that many deserving:, patriotic men, in the track that John Mor ' aa took through onr State, lost property of all kinds; but wo never could see the jC3Ticof demanding 'indemnity txom the State of-Indiana, for losses n-:aintd, notwithstanding our Govern or s (Morton and Baker) have recommended it. -; There is just as much sense, reason and ju&lice in a similar demand from the people of Georgia io their Legislature, for payment for all the property destroyed by the loyal army of Gen. Sherman, in : its .'march , to the sea as tor our people to ask the Legislature of Indiana for payment of losses incurred from the Morgan Raid. ''' . J '',:' During the session of the last Legislatuie, a bill was introduced to indemnify those whose claims for losses had been passed upon and recommended by committee raised by the Legislature two years ago. It was passed by both Houses; bat the Senate amended the bill as it came from the House, by providing for the payment of the indemnities in yearly instalments so as to make It easier on the State of Indiana., It only needed the concurrence of the House, in the amendment of the Senate, to fasten this nefarions measure on the people ; but thanks to the suspicious democracy, (who were all in favor of this pet measure in both Houses,) who feared that under cover of concurring with the Senate, the 15th Amendment would be introduced and ' passed, before they could resign to defeat it they broke the quorum on tho Morgan Raid Bill, and thus defeated its -passage 'over-ruled We trust this will be the last attempt on the pari of the Legislature of Indiana, In this direction, and wo call upon the people, to see to it that members of the Legislature shall bo selected hereafter and instructed to vote against the assumption on the part of the State of any claims of citizens on the F'ate Treasury, for one cent of damages, said to have been caused by John command. Morgan and his The Amendment in IndianaThe Chicago Tribune, in the course of an able article on the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment by the Legis lature srjCH' "" - The Speaker decided and announced that the Fifteenth Amendment had been duly ratified by the State of Indiana, it having received a majority of the votes of both houses . of tho Legislature of that Slr.to. The Senate of Indiana consists of fifty members of whom twentyseven voted to ratify the amendment. The House consists of one hundred members, of whom fiftyrfive voted for the amendment. It is thus indisputable that it received a clear majority of each honse.nor can it be disputed that a quorum was present when the resolution passed the Senate,and the only question that can possibly be raised is, whether tho action of tLe" House Ms legal and binding. -This question must be determined by Congress, and there is but little doubt that Congress will declare the amendment duly ratified by the State of Indiana, in spite of the revolutionary action of the minority of the House This is the firm opinion of Senator Morton of that State." There is some obscurity in the language of the Constitution of Indiana as to what number of members constitute a quorum. Some of the ablest lawyers of the State hold that a quorum consists of two-thirds of all the members of each house claiming eeate providing that number is a majority of the r whole number who can be elected. If a member resigns, or dies, or leaves the State, he should not count in making or breaking a quorum, because to do that places it in the power of one-third of the members elect to either house, virtually, to destroy the government of the State by resignation, and, so long as a majorityof their constituents would support them in such, revo lutionary conduct, no laws or appropriation-bill could be passed. Thus onethird of one house, backed by a niajority of one-third of the people of Indiana being one-sixth of the whole have it in their power to dissolve their State Government, if the Democratic interpretation is to be placed on the consti tution of the State. Fsmalb Suffrage. The Committee of the Massachusetts Senate, appointed to examine into the claims of females to vote, has reported an amendment to the Constitution, which reads as follows:"The word.male' is hereby stricken from the third article of the Constitution. Hereafter the women of this Commonwealth shall have the right of vot ing at elections, and be eligible to of fine on the same terms.: relations and qualifications, and subject , to the same restrictions and disabilities as male cit , izens of this Commonwealth now are, and no tnt".' 'The report is signed by nine out of the ten, members of the committee, i The friends of this measnre are very sanguine as to its success vt.;j :r ' 1 i in . . ;V 'i The Nary Department is making extensive arrangements for observing the eelipeeof the sun in Angnst. Two parr ties are to go to points near Des Moines, Iowa,' with a complete outfit. Another party ia to go to San . Francisco, and another to Alaaka or Siberia, as may.be deemed ' advisable.- - Photographers are to attend for the purpose of taking 'Old SoY in all the phases be may assume 6p ht ocsaaicn, j

' Rev.' Edward Anderson, of-MiuUigan City, inakea his pastoral calls amonj his parishioners upon a velocipede. '.' The President and Secretary Bout well were early informed of the contents of the dispatch, but apart front this they had no other information. The Connecticut House of Represen tatives yesterda3' (13th inst.) ratified the 15th Amendment to the Constitution bv a vote of 126 to 104. The Senate ratified it last week. 5 , CT'P. Jenkins Is the first passenger by all rail from California ' to Chicago -Complete time in coining through, seven dajs, sis hours. Running tirae.five daj-s eighteen hours.' " ' Reports from various parts of Minnesota say. that the wheat crop never looked more promising. A much greater breadth has been sown than ever before. - The former editor and proprietor of the Albany '(Gentry county Missouri,) Ledger takes leave of the patrons of that sheet in the following style: ' "Valedictory Farewell ! No tears,no sighs, no money. 'Let us have peace. U. S. K." The mcnumcnt to Lincoln, at Springfield, III., will be about two hundred feet from the tomb. The stiitue of Lincoln, when placed upon the monument, according to the present design, will front south upon a grand avenue leading from the city avenue to the monument. - Late Arizona advices state that Indi-" an depredations are . numerous. The savages murdered Milton S. Hadley, pioneer citizen in the Territory, April 18, near Prescott, and also captured and destroyed the mail from California, near Tucson, The mail rider barely escaped. ' The Montgomery, Alabama, papers contain a call, signed by many of the most prominent business men and planters of the city and county, for a convention, on the 1st of June, to organize, an immigration company. Colonel Lee Chandler has been canvassing the State in favor of the plan, and it is meeting with great success. f A Colorado paper says immigration is very lively this spring and promises fair for the season. Letters of inquiry from parties in the East who profess a desire

to emigrate to Colorado would indicate that Colorado will receive a greater immigration this year than ever before. The commission appointed to audit the claims of settlers for losses sustained by Indian depredations on the West cm frontier in the years 1867 and 1868 hrve made their report. Tho whole number of claims allowed up to this time is ninety-nine, ' amounting to 943,431 C4. . The Philadelphia Press speaks of 'the rare sons of the iron horse.' Horse singing is generally rude; and an iron horse is not likely to be so very harmo nious; but this song is 'heard on a con tinual line of rail from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. Such a horse laush was never before gotten up except by a newspaper ass. : JndianapoLs, May 12. Special Agent Colonel P. M. Penn, of the Post-office Department, arrested Eli3ha A. Sanders,' Assistant door-keeper of the House of 1 Representatives, on a charge or robbing the mail at Williamsport, Indiana. San ders has been previously acting as mail messenger between " the post.office and denot at WilliarasDort. lie was held to bail in the sum of 82,000 fcr his appear ance on the 21st of May. ' Tub Tribune Sensation. No infor mation concerning the alliance against the United States has been received at the Spanish, French or English Lega tions. If for no other reason, it is not customary to communicate information of initial treaty movements to foreign representatives. The London telegram at first occasioned general and spirited comments, but to-night no one appears to attach full credit to the announce ment. - - , . - - , .... The New York Times, of Saturday, says: ' . "You can start from New York City this morniner. and be in San Francisco next Saturday ; night. In other words you can now cross the American continent by rail in eight days. A man was in this place yesterday who was iu 'San Francisco on Thursday of las,t week.; During his journey he Las slept every nio-M. and eaten three 'enuare meals everv day. The Pacific Railroad is com nlete. What next? All hall hereaf ter i" When General Sherman was at Fortress Monroe, the other day, he visited the ensine house where the steam fire engine is kept. Here was a portly spec imon of the New York fireman, who officiates as engineer. "What is the name of your engine?' asked the Oeu eral. The name is B. F. Butler. ' -"Humph, an odd enough name lor a lire engine," returned onerman. "ie warn to change the name, General,? said the engineer, "can't you suggest a name for it?? "No, no," answered -Sherman; let him squirt." Vice President Colfa visited the Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment on yesterday, making brief speeches at each. At the meeting of the Grand Lodge, a handsome gold headed cain was presented to him by the Grand Master, Samuel L. Adams. The reception given him in the evening, at the residence of Mr. Haughey, was quite largely attended. He leaves to day, accompanied by his wife, for Springfield IHinois State Journal, May 18. -A- Trinidad letter of the 2tst ult., states that the Spanish troops attacked a body of patriots ' near there, on the 18th, but were routed. A Spanish convoy was captured near Los Tumas on the 15th, several of the troops retreating to that town, from whence they rai; lied to attack the patriots again. The patriots, however, made a detour and entered the town, capturing the garison. They immediately took possession of the city, . and found some artillerj-, among the rest two fine field-pieces, with which they armed two fortifications which were immediately erected, and were reinforced by 250, men whom the Spaniards had held in confinement.. On the 17th the Spanish troops presented themselves before the city, but were soon put to flight by the artillery of the Cubans.

Eighty years ago Georg Washington proposed to unite the Atlantic Ocean with the Mississippi J. Valley J by canals, connecting the navigable waters of;the .James, the Kanawha and the; Ohio. ""It is tiow proposed to make this connection -by rail, and thu3 bring St., Louis 400 miles ;tneaier the, Atlantic than by way of New York. A bill was introduced into Congress at its late session to authorize the Norfolk, Louisville" and St." Louis Railway Company to construct a road by way of Louisville to St. Louis. The bill ia expected to pass at the next session. It provides that work shall be commenced oe the line within twelve months, and the road be completed with in six jTear. Saint Louis is counting largely upon this road, In Michigan there are 264 Baptist churches, with 17,062 members. One church has over 4 JO members, three over 300,

four over 200, and forty over 100 each. ———<>——— SHORT SERMON.—Owe no man anything. Keep out of debt. Hate it with a perfect hatred. Abhor it with an entire and absolute abhorrence. Dig potatoes, break stones, peddle tin-ware, do anything that is honest and useful, rather than run in debt. As you value good digestion, a healthy appetite, a placid temper, a smooth pillow, pleasant dreams and happy wakings, keep out of debt. Debt is the hardest of all task masters, the most cruel of all oppressors. It is a millstone about the neck. It is an incubus on the heart. It spreads a cloud over the firmament of man's being. It furrows the forehead with premature wrinkles; it plucks the eye of its light; it drags all nobleness and kindness out of the port and bearing of a man. The number of Baptists in Philadelphia, in 1850, was 7,000 while the present number is over 14,000. ———<>——— LOUISVILLE, May 12.—As General G. H. Thomas speedily departs for his new command on the Pacific coast, a number of his friends repaired to his headquarters this morning, with the intention of presenting the General with a handsome silver service. As soon as the object of their calling became known the General informed them that he had made it a rule of his life, from which he knew no varying, never to accept of a present under any circumstance, and therefore declined the proffered gift, and his friends were compelled to retire. — The present consisted of a magnificent breakfast service, each piece ornamented with a <fac simile> of the badge of the Cumberland, and inscribed to Major General George H. Thomas, from his Nashville companions in arms. ———<>——— HAVANA, May 12.—News from Mexico to the 5th has been received. The revolutionists in Simaloa [sic] have been routed and have fled to the mountains. The appointment of Skelton as American Consul at Mexico was well received. Mexican journals represent the Prussian Minister as a mere commercial agent. The proposition to issue greenbacks meets great opposition. The idea of the establishment of a protectionate by the United States, causes much excitement among Mexicans. ———<>——— The New York Tribune, of the 12th inst., publishes the following telegram, dated London, May 11: "Initial steps have been taken for an alliance, offensive and defensive, betwean England, France and Spain against the United States. The rejection of the Alabama treaty, the tone of Sumner's speech, the alleged filibustering tendencies of General Grant's administration, and the reported connivance at expeditions from the United States against Cuba, being made the pretexts for a necessily for such alliance. Apropos of the anecdote of the dog who amused himself by coasting down hill, a contemporary mentions a cat, one year old, that every morning wipes his paws upon the hall mat before entering his mistress's bedroom. If his feet leave a mark on the white coverlet of the bed, he is told of the fact, and again resorts to the mat, and then if not satisfied that his paws are clean, he dries them by the stove. A sermon recently delivered in Readwell, Pa., was from a text which the preacher found in Job, which runs as follows: 'Though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh I shall see God.' This he divided into three parts, as follows: 'Fust, skin worms; 2d. What they done; 3d. What the man seen after he was eat up!' The Union Pacific Railroad bridge over the Missouri at Omaha will cost $2,000,000.. It will be elevated on eleven piers 260 feet apart, seven feet above low water mark. The enormous pier cylinders which are sunk by the pneumatic process, are eight and a half feet in diameter, and three-fourths inches thick, and cast in sections ten feet long. Sumner's speech was just in time. It has depressed the price of our bonds in London, and Secretary Boutwell is in the market for a million this week as the first installment of the twenty or more millions he desires to purchase. He had better strike while the iron is hot, and get the twenty millions soon as possible. Gen. Grant desired the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department, but Congress refused. He has accomplished his purpose by placing an army officer at the head of the bureau, and detailing army officers as Indian agents. The debt has been reduced over six and a half millions in the two months of Grant's administration, and it is expected to be reduced more during the present month than it has been since the first of March. The allowance to the Governor of Indiana for house-rent has been cut down from $5,000 to $2,500. The dusky potent of Hayti feels himself as good as white sovereigns, and takes the sending of a black representative from this country as a personal insult!

DAYTON! BUitmNG OF TURNER'S OPEX A. HOUSE AND FIVE OTHER BTJILDING3 OXE MAN KILLED AND TWO INJURED. LOSS NEARLY 300,000 SPECIAL TELEORAJt TO TUB COMMERCIAL. - Between 1 aod 2 o'clock Sun Jay morning, 16th iust Turner's Opera-house, corner ot Alain and First-sta. ,,waa discovered to ba oa fire, the flames issuing from the oriul window of the green-room in the third story and the southwest corner of the building', on Ma:a street. The alarm was instant and general, but before the engines could be pot to work the whole upper portion of the mammonth building was on fire, and when the roof fell in the flames shot up tome five hundred feet high, illuminating the city and surrounding country almost like mid -day. The building is a stately ruin, with only a portion of the ornate free-stone front standing to mark the spot where it so recently towered in grandeur high above the most pretentious edifices in the city. . . : . Tl.e strong win J from the west filled the air with Luge blazing cinders, and the fire was communicated to the rectifying establishment of W. P. Ay res A. Co., a few rods east of the Opera-house, on First-st, and to the elegant residences of Jacob Schwab, Joel Estabrook, and Augustus Kuhns, which were all . destroyed. - The residence of Charles Harris was the ouly building on the .north side of the square between Main and Jefferson streets that was saved. All tho valuable out-buildings in the rear of the burned residences were destroyed. The fire originated in the green-room, but is is not known how. . - i? The building cost $225,000 and was held at $100,000. The Oper-house will not be rebuilt, but Mr. Turner intends erecting a business block on its ru- ' ins. - The following is the estimate of the losses and insurance: ' T. -Turner's loss $100,000, insured, $43,500; McKee Jt Co. $35,000, insurance $25,000; Black A Fox $30,000 insurance $16,000; Grover & Baker $10,000 insurance $8,000; M. Ohmer 840,000 insurance $21,000; Saubeier $5,000 insurance $a 000; J. Schwab 45,000, insurance $2,500; J. Estabrook $10,000; insurance $6,000; Augustus Kuhns $S,000, insurance $8,000; F. Lange $3J,000, insurance $j,G0O; E: Rit zier $200; J. O. Davis $500. : It was altogether the most disasterous fire that ever occurred in Dayton. The supply of water gave out before the Opera-house was half destroyed, and the steamers were unable to play ou the fire for some time. Had there been a plentiful supply of water, it is more than probable that the Opera-house alone would have been destroyed! Scoundrels were detected cutting the hoee at tho fire, but they effected their escape. RATIFIED. The House yesterday, by a vote of fifty-four yeas to no nays, passed the joint resolution of the Senate ratifying the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The Democrats had re- . 8gned,but the Republicans deemed that the action of a majority would be valid under the Constitution of the United States, and disregarded the absence of the minority and the reduction it wade of the nam ber present below a quorum. That they will be sustained in this course by CJngress we have no doubt, and that they ought to be sustained and tho vote of the State set down for ratification, no rational man can doubt. That vote was cast by a majority of all the members elected in each house, all that even the State Constitution requires to enact anv measure. The only objection that can be made is, the failure of the House of Representatives to comply with a form of the Constitution of the State, which requires twothirds to be present to witness the action of the majority; We admit that this failure would invalidate any act of legislation relating exclusively to the State courts; but it cannot be admitted that it will invalidate acts affecting the United States. Congress Las a right to determine what Shall be a State, and what shall be valid State action, so far as the General Government id concerned, and it is not within the power of any State to limit that right, as our Constitution would do if it could force the forms it imposes for its own business upon that which it does for the United States. Our Constitution may prescribe that for onr business two-thirds of the Legislature must be present, but it can not say to Congress that if two-thi;ds are not present, the action shall not be accepted as that of the State. The Senate of the United States settled thi3 effectually in the memorable case ot JWse D. Bright and Graham X. Fitch, ilected Senators by joint convention of a majority of the whole number of the memberj of the Legislatures, but convened by the vote and conBent ofbutonebouse,and with but a minority of the house present. Here, there was totally lacking the form of consent to the electoral convention by one house, and totally lacking a majority of One bouse to give validity to the action of that convention. Yet the Senate held that, as a majority of the one hundred and fifty members who compose both bouses was present, there was the substance of the State authority present, end the substantial power of . the State having beeu exercised, though in disregard of forms, the Luted btates would recognize aud accept it. la the present case a majority ol both bouses, one by a full compliance tven with the foruis of the State Constitution, the other by the majority required by the State Constitution, but in disregard of a form which a Bright case decided to be unimportant, have ratified tho amendment. The substance of the State authority, and a portiou even of the non-essen tial S;ate forms, were present and exercised in the act. If the Uriiht and Fitch election was valid, this ratification is a fortiori valid. It will be accepted ty Congress, we have no doubt, and we don't think any reasonable and candid man has aDy doubt about it. The amendment is a settled thing. It is sure of twenty-nine States, and the long agony is over Indianapolis Journal, May lb. Just Issued. The June Xamber of I.ip pincott's Magazine. With a full-page Illus tratioil. Containing I. Beyond the Breakers: A jfOTeLpart "VI. By lion. Robert Dale Owen. II. Dies Iras. Two New-versions. III. The English man on the Continent. By George M. Towle. IV, Our Possession. Uv Mrs. .Annie S. Downs. Y. Harneyhow's Hummock: A Tale. By Mrs. Ja-Se G. Austin. VI. On expression in Aicbiteeture. By Hurh Davids. VII. The Maiden Soldier: A true story. -Bv Mrs. Ellet. VIII. Dedication : A Poem By E. B. Johnson. IX. Only No Love s A tale Parti. Alter the German, by Mrs. A. L. Wister, translator of "The Old Mam'selle's Secret," elc. X. On Using Strength With Economy. By Walter Wells. XL The New World Exile in Italy : a Poem. By Howard Glyndon. XII. The Prospects of Trade. By Hon. Amasa Walker. - XIII. A .Lost Chapter of History. By X. S. Dodge. XIV. Rubbish at the Patent Office. By Joseph Harrison, Jr. XV. Our Monthly Gossip. XVI. Literature of , the Day.,.,; . . . . . . : A correspondent says that the statement that the Cumberland Presbyterians North and South have reunited is a mistake, as they never divided. Their communicants number 130,000 and ministers 1,30).. A little girl five years of age, on being askal what ia faith, artlessly replied: "It ia doing ust what God wants as to do, and asking no questions about it." This corers the whole field; perfect trust, combined with implicit obedience. -s i " The aqueous augmentation of the lacteal fluid is hereafter to be accounted a finable offence in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Milk is good and water is good, but pray, gentlemen, keep the milk pail away from the pump. The Mayor of Portland has asked to have his salary reduced. -

DISASTEROUS FIRE IN

EDITORS' CON VENTlOiV. " -

Tho Editors and Publishers' Union of Indiana met in the Council Chamber at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, r . S'f S "'- ' The Convention! was . called ; to order by T . H. B . McCain, the President, and Ji ! Scarce was appoint ed becretaff wo tem; --.-;. u. The minutes of last meeting were read and approved. Mr. McCala, from the Committee to Memorialize the Legislature, made verbal report, stating that they had been unable to accomplish anything. The resolutions submitted byj the " committee were read and a length v and rather spicy discussion fo! lowed. w...,.. Oa motion of Mr. Tingley; e committee of three was appointed to prepare and present a circular letter to the Convention to-morrow morning. Messrs. Sabin, Tingley and Chamberlain were appointed. air. jueuui, entering uie room at this time, was in) troduced to the Convention by Colonel Ilolloway. if. r i . . ..... arious matters of interest to the craft were dis cussed, and questions presented for discussion to morrow morning, which every editor and publisher should be present and hear. - . Col. Holloway announced the programme for the evening lo be a lecture by Mr.MediU, of the Chicago Tribune, at Morrison's Upera Hall. Convention then adjourned to neet at the Council Chamber this morning at 10 o'clock. --. ' Editors' Convention. SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. The Convention met at 10 a. m. The minutes were read and approved.. The Committee on Circular Letters made a verbal report, which was accepted. The Secretary read an invitation from II. L. Hall. Assistant Superintendent of the Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Fafayette Railroad, extending a free ride to the members of the Association to Cincinnati and return. The invitation was accepted, and the thauks of the Convention tendered the Company for the courtesy. . : . On motion of Colonel Holloway, the thanks of the Convention were tendered Hr. Morrison for the use of Morrison's Opera Hall; also to the City Council for the use of the Council Chamber. Mr. Lucas moved the thanks of the Convention be tendered Mr. Medill for his able and interesting address. Adopted. On motion of Mr. Reed, a committee of three were appointed to revise the Bon rd ot Directors, and if necessary, to ameud the Constitution. Messrs. Reed, Thomas and Lucas were appointed. The office of Permanent Secretary being declared vacant, the matter of selecting a new one was referred to the above committee. , . Mr. Bender moved tiiat tho Constitution and ByLaws of the Union, also a list of its oilier s and members, he published, and copies sent every editor and publisher in the State., Carried. A Committee of Three, consisting of W. R. Holloway, J. B. Edmonds and X. A. Chamberlain, were appointed to procure a suitable silver medal to be awarded the county weekly paper presenting the best mechanical appearance for six months, the award to be made at the January meeting, 1870. .The Committee on Revision o( Officers, Ac, made the following report: That the Board of Directors remain the eame, except in the Seventh District, where D. E. Caldwell, Lebanon Patriot, and in the Ninth. Mr. E. Please, Newcastle Courier, be appointed, that J. N. Scearce be elected Secretary, and recommend an additional section to the Constitution as follows: Section VII. The officers of this Union shall be elected annually at the regular meeting in January. On motion of Colonel Dennis the report was accepted and adopted. On motion of Mr. Caldwell, a committee of three were appointed to prepare a digest of all the laws of Indiana and decisions of the Supreme Court, which in any way affect the interests of the publishers of the State, and that the same be published in the In dianapolis Journal and Sentinel. The chair appointed Messrs. Caldwell, Dennis and Simpson. - -. . The Secretary was instructed to furnish copies o the proceedings of the ''Union" to publishers of Prin ters' Circulars, with the request that they publish the same. : Convention adjourned till 2 o'clock. Afternoon Session. Convention met at 2 o'clock r. u. A promiscuous discussion, nnder the head of the good of the order, was engaged in by the members, and much valuable information elicited. It was pretty generally urged tehat the old molasses roller was after all the best in use. Some had tried the patent composition and found it satisfactory. On the sub ject of advertising, there was a unity of opinion that all foreign advertisements should be paid for in ad' vance at regular rates, and it was suggested that, at the noxt meeting, an executive committee be appoint ed, who should make contracts with foreign adver tisers, requiring bond for the fulfillment of their con' tracts when not paid for in advance. The Secretary was instructed, to write to S. H. Parvin, Cincinnati ; Cook, Coburn & Co., Chicago, and S. M. Pettiogill A Co., of New York, and request their atten lance at our next meeting. Convention adjourned subjeci to the call of the President. T. B. McCain, President. J. N. Sciabck, Secretary. Governor Baker has ordered a suit to be commenced at once again3t W.II Talbott, Esq., late President of the Sinking Fund, on his official bond, for the recovery of the balance of money remaining unpaid by the firm of H. J. Lvons & Co.. of New York. This it will be recollected.is a part of the Schoo Fund deposited with Lyons & Co., (of gold gambling notoriety,) who failed in 1865. Hon. II. C. Newcomb, Attorney General and G. II.'Vos3 will appear for the State. Siile Jout nal. The ports of the United States have a copious leakage toward Uaba, and tbe Govexnment cannot or does not desire to discover it. The Spanish Minister has presented a list of ail the Cuban re cruiting stations in the country, and has received our loud promises to do the ut most in preventing the infraction of the laws of neutrality. It is well known that several vessels have sailed from New York and Boston loaded .with men and munitions ot war, and that some are being fitted out at Southern ports. The Friendly Islands, in the Western Ocean, are of considerable importance. One of them is as large as the State of New York. . The natives are gigantic the King being six feet and seven inches tall, and weighing 350 pounds, though considered rather spare than otherwise. They desire the protectorate of the United States. Of course they can have it wouldn't we give it to them ? . .. i . . The Mt. Vernon estate is to be sold at auction this week all except the two hundred ;acres purchased by the ladies, with the aid of Edward Everelte. One thousand acres are to be sold. If it shall bring ten purchasers who will become actual settlers, there will be fifty independent people on a tract that has hitherto contained no independent peo ple. Would it nt he a beneficial change?.

Mayor Young's Message.

'.To the Tlonorahle, the Common i Council of 4 the City of RicJimond: f' Gentlemen: I have tbe honor ta submit to you my second annual; message. iThe Treasurer and Clerks a Reports having already been laid before'yonV esr amincd and disposed of, demands no further notice from me in this connection." The 'unfinished business of last year, among which where some matters of importance to the interestof our city has all been satisfactorily disposedf - "Theroost imporlankitem.,of,this un: finished business, was the passage of the bill authorizing the subscription by the city-of one hundred and twenty thou sand dollars to the capital stocK of tne Cincinnati, Richmond and Fort Wayne Rail Road, and the issuing city bonds therefor, which subscription bids fair to secure the completion of the road, an obiect of substantial interest to our city snd esneciallv so if the provisions of the bill are fullv comolied with on the part of the company. . A united ef fort upon the part of all the friends of the road, will be necessarr to secure its completion, and it is hoped and be believed that onr CitvCouncil will foster the enterprise and secure to our city all the local advantages which can re oerived from the location of the principal machine shons connected with the road. From the report of the committee oi Ways and Means, it is found tnat tne bonded debt of the city has been ma terially reduced durinar the past year notwithstanding1 an Unprecedented am't of street work baa been done, oesiae the amount exnended in the ereetion of Public School House building ana ao nation for charitable and other purposes r. ..... . . The o-reat demand for more suitable school room in our city, will be partial ly supplied by the boose now in course nf prpptinn nn t.hfi nnhllfi SOUare. QUS will fall far short of meeting the demand; and I would recommend and urge upon the Council the propriety ot secur ing at an early dav, somewhere within the confines of the Fourth "Ward, a suitable location with the necessary grounds for a site for another and similar school house to the one now being erected on the public square. - Some improvement in the conrtition oi our side walks has been made in the last year, and it is to be regretted that there was not more, and I cannot too strongly urge t pon the Council the propriety of adopting such measures as will speedily and surely put the side-walks of our city in proper condition. I would again call the attention of the Council to tho Main street sewerage, a project well worthy their caretul consideration; of such magnitude, however, that its undertaking should be well considered and properly estimated, in order to avoid an over taxation or financial embarrassment. In view of the efficient manner in which the Board of Health have conduc ted the sanitary department of the city, diirino the oast two years, I reel war ranted in recommending that some al lowance be made to the Board for their services, and especially to Dr. T. H. Davis, the President of the Board, who has been prompt, energetic and faithful. From the report of the Chief of Po lice, it is found that the number of arrests duriner the past year, falls short of the previous year one hundred and fifty six. showinsr conclusively that if the po lice force did their whole duty faithfully, the condition of our city in a moral point Of view, has been improved. There has been but one change in the police force rlnrinc the vear. and' with" few ex ceptions, the department has been satisfactorily managed. The efficiency of our Fire Department, is unimpaired, and the promptness with which every alarm of fire ia met by the different companies, is a sure guarantee to our citizens that our firemen are wide awake and ready at all times to meet the destroying element. My thanks are tendered to each member of your honorable body for the kindness and courtesy extended to me during my administration. The Treasurer. Clerk, City Attorney and Marshal will also accept my thanks for their courtesies. THOMAS YOUNG, Richmond, Miy 4, 1869 Mayor. Hagan's Magnolia Balm. This article is fbeTrue Secret of Beauty. It is what Fashionable Ladies.Actressesand Opera Singers use to produce that cultirated duttingut appearance so much admired in the Circles of Fashion. It removes all unsightly Blotches, Redness, Freckles, Tan, Sunburn and Effects of Spring Winds, and gires lo the Complexion a Blooming Purity of transparent delicacy and power. No lady who Talues a fine Complexion can do without the Magnolia Balm. 75 cents will buy it of any of our respectable dealers. Lyon's Katbairon is a very delightful Hair Dressing. . . G. P.R. fc Co.I0-lm. Tax Accommodntion. The plan adopted last year, to hare Taxes collected, accruing from citizens residing on the east side of the county, at the Citizens Bank, worked so satisfactorily that the Treasurer has again adopted it. All those having Taxes to pay, and who reside in this city and vicinity, can save themselves the expense ot a trip to the County Seal by going to the Citizens Bank and pay the amount of their 'i axes and get receipts forthe same. Masonic. Any one having odd nunv hers of Sloore's ' Freemason Monthly Magazine for sale-can hear ol a purch , aser by addressing P. O. Box 569, Richmond, Ind. Our Centerville friends are putting an iron fence around the new jail, court house and public buildings. This will prevent their being moved from the seat for a fovir days." The man office from country. who didn't want any the Council, lives in city the Oa Saturday afternooa last, quite a hail-storm occurred about three miles West from onr City and the consequence was that a fire was very pleasant on Sunday. Iay put on the "airs" of March. It sprinkled slightly here whilst the hail was coming down on Jerry Brown. ,. , Jocob D. Enoa (colored) haa been appointed Postmaster at Valadosta, Georgia. This is the town which the Kuklux tried to blow up. -, C emetry Organization: y; THE Citizens of Boston and vicinity, are hereby notified to meet at the Universaliat Church in Boston, on Friday afternoon. May 28th, at 1 o'clock, r. ., for th J purpose of organizing a Cemetry As sociation. The citizens generally are invited to at tend. " Hoston.Mav 18. 1S. ' - 1102.

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iter brief HIomi,; oa "ihe mth of Februarr last, t SaHpcl If Aftnrri oldest ,n of Wilfiam f&rrerof the ricinity of thia city, aged S3 year, and about 5"" Boatna. ;.. r DEATH OFMK. J. P. II L CUES. Our community was sud prised on Wednesdar morning last, to hear of the sudden death of Mr. J. P. Ilaghea, saddler...-He had been ailing for, months . spast, the symptoms indicating aneurism.' On Teesday he was unwell all df , towards nfgbt being con- 5 scions that death was near at hand, and died at 9 o'clock that night. "Mr. flugbes first eame to ' these Islands a bo Tit sixteen years ago, and commenced the ... . saddlery and upholstering business with a Mr. Rob- . inaon, under the firm name of Hughes 3c Robinson, at . the same stand which be occupied at his death. ' Af- ' ter a time, in 1853 we believe, he went to Oregon . with a Mr. Ohlson, where thef remained about two, years. Returning in 1&6D to these Islands with Mr. . O. he bought Mr. Robinson out, continuing the business as Hughes A Ohlson for , a little over a J ear, when Mr. 11, bought oat his partner's interest and continued the business alone up to bis death. Mr. Hughes early won, and has maintained a reputation for strict integrity. In his dealings with those employed by him, he has always been liberal and straightforward, so much so that upon the death of -on of his employees bis gratitude found expression by makRg Mr. Hughes sole heir to his property, amounting to about four thousand dollars in money. His estate is worth some fifteen or twenty thousand dollai 8, wihch has been amassed by industry, thrift aod a strict attention to business, carried on moetly ' upon a cash basis. The deceased has relatives residing in Richmond, Indiana, whom he visited about a :T year since. His property, we understand, has been devised by will to an elder brother residing in the -above place. Pacific Cum mercial Advertiser, April 3 ; tW We take the above from the 'Advertiser,' published at Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. With Mr. Hughes, we. , were well acquainted, before be left .our city, and the words of praise bestowed upon him, in the above article from the ; Advertiser,' proves that the boy was pattern of the man he stuck to his integrity formed and fashioned in early . life. His heart was always in the right place, and not a year has elapsed since his residence has been in the Islands, but his aged parents, (the decease of one of whom,' his father, we announced lass week,) received a substantial testimony that he 'honored' them. Whilst he rests in those far off Islands, in the sleep that knows no waking, may his memory be kept ever fresh and green, by those who know and love him ! RICHMOND MARKETS. Corrected weekly by Thos. Nbstor. Wholesale. Retail. Flour, per bW -- f6 74 00 ' per 100 lbs 9 zo 60 6 80 60 85 35 15 20 20 20 30 Corn, per bushel......... 40 Wheat, per busnet a z Corn Meal, per cwt ............ .. 1 30 ' Oats, per bushel................ Potatoes o Butter, per lb.. 30 Eggs, perdoz.. dull......... 14 . Bacon, clear sides.... .... ........ 18 Hams 13 lrd 18 Cheese 25 CINCINNATI MARKETS. - Cincinnati, May, 18, 1889. Flour and wheat unchanged. - Corn in better supply and prices lower, closing at 656ftc for ear. Oats unchanged, with sales at 69(g70c tor Nos. 2 and 2. Rye dull at $1 341 35. Provisions firmer anl prices generally tending upward. Mesa pork haa advanced to f 3i, with sales of 700 bbls Bulk meats are held at 12c for shoulders and 14c lor sides. Bacon quiet, with a light demand, at 13c for shoulders and 1618&c for clear rib and clear sides ; the rate for clear sides was a shade above the views of buyers. Lard was offered at 18c, but could not have been bought to any extent at thia rate. Butter unchanged, though the supply is better ; sales of fresh at 35g37c. Cheese in good supply and fair demand at 1619c. Eggs quiet at 16($ 1 7c, the lat ter rate for recounted: bugar steady and in good demand, with sales of New Orleans at 13j15c. Molasses firm at 7580c for New Orleans. Coffee firm, ' at 2u26c. Potatoes dull 2530c per bush, and 90o $l ti per bbl on arrival. Beef cattle dull under a large supply and trices 25c lower, with sales of common at $ 50 to 5 25, medium $5 25to6, and extra 7 to7 50 per cental gross, Sheep in better supply and hardly so firm, with sales of 2,690 head at f 4to6 15 per cental gross, wool off ; lambs brought $-2106 per bead, and are in better supply. Hogs firmer and the demand good at $8to9 75 . per cental gross. Gold 141 1-2 buying. Exchange steady. Money market easy, with a good demand tor the best paper at 9tol0 per cent. SECURITY INVESTMENT 1 7 3-lOth's City Bonds! ' Any person having money to loan and "wishing to invest in Bonds of the . City of Richmond, .bearing 7 3-10 per cent, interest, payable semi anually, can have an opportunity of doing ao by calling at CITIZENS' B A.1STK, FIRST RATIONAL BANK OF RICHMOND. WILLIAM PAHSY. Richmond, Ind., 5th m . 13th, 195. ; 11-3 w (Humming Bird and Telegram copy, 3 times.) Administrator's Notice. mjOTlCE is hereby given that the undersigned baa ii taken out letters ot Administration on the estate of Duwett C Bowers, late of Wayne County Indiana, deceased. --" DEARY BOWERS. May 75,1369. . nll-tt Richmond Insurance, Beal Estate and : General Agency, Established Fifteen Years. WILLIAM B. BELL, Of the late firm of Bell i Bellif and William Bell. The above well-known Agency represents the following old and reliable Insurance Companies : Hartford Fire Insurance Company, -Capital and Assets. $2,247,209,72. Secnritv Fire Insurance Co., Nev York, Capital and Assets, $l,5OO,U00,OO. Lorillard Fire Insurance Co.. New York, Capital ana Asseis,i,9a,-u,do. Manhattan Fire Iasuanee Co.. New York Assets, l.QO;O00,00. North America Fire Ins. Co., Hartford, Assets, $500,000.00. Liverpool, London and Cilobe Insurance Co, Assets, 117,000,000,00, in Gold. Pu9':ix Fire Insurance Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., : Assets, $l,eo,000,t0. ; Secnritv life Iasurance Co.. New York. Mutual Benefit L.U Insurance Company Newark, Jew jersey. - . - . r l . T raveler's insurance su., iiaiuwiw Railway Passeaicer Assurance Company, Hartford. , Of all descriptions Bought, Sold and Exchanged. City and Suburban residences, Lots, farms, and Western Lands for sale or trade. Pirtui dM'l"'.! disposnig of Real Estate, would do well to place the ".n,sDnet"ed and collection, m" and titles trSced. Deeds, Mortgag,.nd I l othar instruments of writing executed with accuracy and dT; ofthm cje.t Western Dispatch andLiverTKrNewYork ld Philadelphia and Anchor Lina i'hinrHanies. WILLIAM E. BULL, L&T.edhBP KS at the old sund, a. E. corner of Main and Fifth eta., Richmond, Ind. 3-3m