Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 43, Number 43, 3 January 1874 — Page 2

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THE PALLADIUM.

Published ovcy BotaitiAy, at J1.50 per year. RICHMOND, IB., J AX. S, 1874. Our old (partner, Hon. D. P. Holloway, is still laboring, heart and soul, in the glorious oaunc of tvtaperaneein Washington City. A Couribhiag Lodge of Good Templars, in honcr of him, U called Holloway Lodge. Tho Ttrgialm ban Gone Dtwu. ' She eank, hows first, in .eight fathoms of water, -'off Cape Fear, at 4.17 p. m., on the 26th ult It took five trips to take all the officers and men off the sinking vessel. , Sec ofS cial report in another column. We ask the reader's attention to an article, "Bishop Randall," iu an other column. Can an order, which has men of so great piety, such unblemished life, and gifted talents, for its advocates and supporters? be an institution injurious to the best interests of our country, the church, or our fellow-man? M cither the President nor Cabinet officers offered intoxioating drinks to callers on the 1st of Jan. Those of our citizens who kept "open house" on that day, left off the abominable practice of having intoxicating liquor on their side-boards in lieu thereof coffee, oysters, and everything good to eat, were plentifully supplied. The better-day has already dawned, and sociality is improving. V. 8. MlsUater to Spain. Hon. Caleb Cushing, of Massachusetts, has accepted an appoint ment as Minister to Spain, to take theplace of Gen. Sickles, resigned. JIr. Cushing is about seventy-four years of age and has been a public man for more than forty years, during which time he has served as Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, Commissioner to China and Attorney General of the United Slates. His name has of late frequently been mentioned in connection with the office of Chief Justice. The Workings of the tow. In another part of our paper, we give articles from the Rushville and Shelbyvillc papers, in regard to Wm. Baxter's Lectures on Temperance, and the approval of the law by the people, in unanimously passing resolutions to stand by the law and see that it is duly executed. We have been an attentive observer . of the course .our neighbor of the Telegram was taking, and rejoiced greatly that it was lending its influence to promote the prompt execution of that law, and that much good would be the result; but from the last number, in reply to a correspondent, the Telegram blows hot and cold in the same breath. He first refutes the position taken by a correspondent, "Sly -go," that the permits under the Baxter law, were outnumbering the licences under the old law in different counties, by instancing that two of those who had been granted permission here refrained from continuing from the fact that it was a risky business, and feared to in volve bondsmen, and the same might result there. The editor further thinks that its main efficiency consists in the fact "whether the restrictions under which permits are granted shall be enforced or not. -" Then he adds, with a grave shake of his head, "if they be not, we are ready to admit that the "local option" feature of the new law is a failure and that the whole enactment had better . be repealed!" His luke-warmness in creases to the end of the article, con eluding "that a large per cent, of the people probably a majority do not want the liquor traffic suppressed;" and recommends, as the next best "thiDg to be done, will be to regulate the traffic" (try to take the kinks out of a whirlwind, as the people have been endeavoring to do since the days of Noah,) and then our neighbor gives his readers a taste of his tern perancc mixture of probabilities "the enactment of a law that shall recog nize a difference between the sale of beer, ale, &c." (what that "&c.' means, deponeth sayeth not) "and other intoxicating liquors," or, that all legislation should be done away and intemperance left as "a subject I for moral and intellectual treatment J alone!" "Sligo," claims to be a "friend" to William Baxter, and the editor of the Telegram swears he's a friend to the Baxter law! Our old friend Baxter, might well exclaim, "Save me from such friends!" The only thing that troubles our neighbor, is, that HE is in favor of the Baxter law, but opposed to its enforcement! The fact is, there is no cause of discouragement to any heal bona fide friend of temperance and the Baxter law, except, it may be, from such efforts as the Telegram has put forth; and that speci men of luke-warmness should only i nerve all workers in the good cause to redouble their labor to make the i law a success, by each constituting himself and ' herself a committee to give every violation of the provia ions of the law that comes under their cognizance, their personal attention and see that the law is rigidly and firmly enforced. We trust there is no temperance man or woman in our State that is prepared to follow the example of our neighbor of the Tele gram and cry "peccavi" in his advocacy of the Baxter Bill, and surrender the ''cause of all mankind" to the care of Capt. Whisky and his minions. m.. i.a Mnoiwl a nnmnlete susion of traffic on the Miami Canal.

A tMkr Meeting and Sword Presentation Fanaticism and Folly A Farce If II were net so Serious. Under the above head, the Ma sonic Review has an editorial, giving its view of tho extraordinary incident that took place during the "revival" at Friends ("Orthodox") Meeting House, that was noticed at the time of its occurrence in our paper. "Wo give sufficient of the articlo to show that others beside . ourself, and the Masonic brethren hereabouts, treat it as a gross public insult to the Order. The "Review" says: Our neighboring little city of Richmond, Indiana, is largely populated by the followers of George Fox, otherwise called Friends, or Quakers. : There are several kinds of Quakers: some are known as "Hicksites" and . others as "Orthodox." The Hicksites are the followers of Elias Hicks, a noted Quaker preacher of thirty or forty years ago, who advocated some peculiar doctrines deemed antagonistic to the pure, old fashioned George Fox Quakerism. Mr. Hicks, we may here remark, added to his heterodoxy in the church, the crime of being a Freemason, and was at one time Master of a lodge an association on which the Quakers have placed the ban of their condemnation. Now WE believe in the Quakers, the pure, old fashioned, broad brimmed, plain bonnet tod Quakers, as we remember them jn the days of our boyhood. We do not agree with some of their peculiar tenets, especially in relation to marriage and Masonry; but their silent charity, their simple purity of life, and their practical Christianity won our respect in early life and, to a certain extent, still retains it. In the city of Richmond the Quakers seem to be of two kinds, divided in sentiment as to the progressiveness of their religion: the one party taid and sober and quiet, following the old style in conducting their religious meetings in silence, or only when "moved by the spirit." The other believes in tho modern energetic movements, sincine hvmns. havinsr re

vivals, and encouraging spasmodic ex- ! citemcnts in securing converts to their church. The Review then succinctly details what took place at Friends' ("Orthodox") Meeting House, with which our readers are familiar. In alluding to the offerings made at that meeting) the editor of the Review, very justly says: "So long as only the individuals making the offerings were interested, 'twas all very well; but when the act involved an implied charge of wickendess against others, then the act ceased to be harmless. If ladies placed so In; hi an estimate upon the emblems, of their marriage vows. a3 to deliberately part with them, it was no one's business but their own, unless it was their husband's. 1 f a young lady saw proper to part with a little keepsake, the last token of affection from a dying parent, brother, or sister, it was none of the public's business, and certainly none of ours; but there was one case, at least, (the sword presentation) which involved a reflection upon others, and was a downright insult, to a large body of men in that city, and elsewhere." . . . . . . The'edit'or continues, "Wc are personally, acquainted with but one or two of the Knights Templar of Richmond, but will venture to assert that as men and citizens, ia all the relations of life, they are as respectable and honorable as any other men of that city. Association with them, therefore, would not injure or degrade, in any sense." ...... The editor of the Review, concludes his article with the course to be pursued to get rid of Ma sonic and Templar affiliation, by rela ting the following incident: "A brother of good standing became a convert to the Catholic Church which does not permit its members to belong to any secret society. In due time he paid his dues and requested an honorable discharge from member ship, lie frankly stated that he had united with the Catholic Church, and desired to conform to its rules, which prohibited his holding a membership in any secret society. He held the Order of Masonry in high esteem, and felt a warm personal regard for the members with whom he had been associated, but he regarded his duty to the church as paramount. The result was that he received an honorable dismissal, and he went out with the regards and best wishes of the mem bers." . : Hon. J. M. Wilson. Writing from Washington City, un der date Dec. 23d, to the Connersville Times, we notice that Samuel Lit tle, the old anti-slavery wheel-horse of Fayette county, thus alludes to the worthy and. efficient representative iu Congress from this district: "Judee Wilson is busilv eneaeed in preparing for a trip to New Orleans. where he and Eldndge, as a sub-corn-mittce are appointed to go on a tour of investigation in the case of Judge Durell, of Louisiana. He was anxious to 6cnd some othar Republican in his stead, but Louisiana Republicans in sisted on his going, as he had a na tional reputation for ability in investigation, candor and impartiality in statements, which would give more weight to his findings than any other Republican on the Judiciary Commit tee. Shrinking from no toil and dodging no responsibility he consented to co. His renly to Hale, of New York. on the salary bill was made the day before my arrival, and I was pleased at the complimentary expressions be stowed on him, trom men ot botn parties, both before his face and be hind his back. As I had honestly doubted his capacity and freely ex pressed my convictions, l was agree ablv surprised at the evidences of his influence in the halls of our National Legislature. Inauguration Day In Ohio. lne Democrats of umo are ma king great preparations for the in augoration of their Governor. It has been so long since they had a Democratic Governor, they will pretty much all attend on the 12th. According to the will of the late Miss Bcttie Bates, one hundred thou sand dollars are given to the poor of Indianapolis. A mumncent bequest a fitting close to a life of unostentatious charity and good works. Indianapolis Journal.

ENGINEERS' STRIKE RESULTS, ETC ETC.

There has never been a difference of views between employers and the employed, in this or any other country, the effeeta of which have been so disastrous to the established intercourse, travel and inter-communication between the different and distant portions of the couutry as that which now unfortunitely exists between the railroad magnates and their engineers, extending, as it eventually must, if long continued, into all the different ramifications of business interests, and even of social life. The organization of the '"Engineer Brotherhood" is the most extensive and formidable, embracing the whole United States and Canadas, of any that ever existed iu this, or perhaps in any other nation, consisting solely of the employed belonging to one branch of business, numbering many thousands, with a more thorough organization, perhap3, than ever before existed in any similar "Brotherhood." The power with which they aro contending is the most formidable money power in the nation, directed or not directed a3 the case may be, by an equivalent brain power. Both pirties at present seem determined to fight it out to "the bitter eud" on the line that each has chosen, if it takes all winter to do it. , The strike of the cngineers.a3 everybody now knows, was caused by the managers of the railroads having made a reduction of ten per cent, on the wages and salaries paid all their men, as we understand it, from President down including all grades or classes of labor. This, of course, they had a right to do, and the men had an equal Tight to refuse to work at the reduced prices, which they have done, though many of the engineers, it ia said, were opposed - to the strike. All men have a right to do as they please, provided they please to do right, and do not intarfere with the rights of others. Whenever they attempt, by force or violence, to prevent others from taking their places at the reduced, or any other wages they evidently not Only interfere with the rights of others, but lay themselves amenable to the laws of the land, and enlist a feeling of opposition against them throughout all the better portions of community. Several acts of violence have already been committed. At Indianapolis. last Saturday night, Mr. Hervey Vance, a bill clerk in the Central office, violunteered to act a3 engineer, having had some experience a?, such. J ust as he was in the act of starting the engine, a man by the name of Jer ry isusn, that was standing in the crowd that surrounded the engine, drew a revolver from his pocket and fired at Mr. Vance, the ball entering the fleshy part of his left arm. Bush immediately dropped his pistol to the ground and put on an air of assumed innocence, but 'an officer that was standing near and witnessed the performance, immediately arrested hint. Two or three engines were thrown off the track and ditched before getting beyond the limits of the city. A train consisting of a baggago car, two passenger and one sleeping coach, with about seventy-five passengers, left the Union Depot, engineered by Superintendent Miller we believe it was on Sunday last. Before passing the city limits it was twice boarded by a party of roughs, who each time set up the brakes and brought the train to a standstill, and it was not till the aid of the police was brought to bear upon them, that they were induced to leave the train. They had detached the sleeping eoach and let it run back some distance. The Indianapolis Journal of Monday last says: "After getting the train together again all right, the engine left East street with a policeman on each platform, at the end of three hours de lay in running seven squares through the heart of the city." Bradford Junction for a time was in the possession of a mob. Superin tendent Miller called upon the Sheriff of Miami county, Ohio, for assistance, who came in company with the Prosecuting Attorney. A company of mili tia was pressed into the service at Covington. Upon their arrival at the Junction, matters qpieted down con siderably. At menmond mere nas been no disturbance. At Logansport it was found that all the engines in the round house had been tampered with. One that was started on the road was found to contain soap, and other substances in the boiler, which had to be emptied and refilled one, after being taken out of the round house, would run only back ward. Gen. MacCaulcy, of Indianapolis, was sent by the Governor to Logan sport, with a force, to keep matters quiet. It is but justice to say that the en gineers disclaim all participation m the acts of violence that have been committed since the trouble com menced. The local division of the Brotherhood at Indianapolis publish ed a card dated December 30, 1S73, in which they say, "Many acts of violence have been reported through the press, which acts we emphatically deprecate no matter by whom perpetrated. We are aware that many reports of unlawful proceedings have been set afloat reports without the least foundation in anything that even assimilates to the truth and attributed to the locomotive engineers and firemen connected with the controversy pending on the various lines of the road in question." New York, December 31. The engineers of the Eastern Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad have been in session in Jersey City, and passed three hours endeavoring to decide whether or not they will strike tomorrow. The engineers, pilots, and ether ferry hands of the company, re

ported this morning that they accede to reduction of ten per cent, in their salaries. At two o'clock a committee from the engineers of the Pennsylvania Railroad waited on Mr. Barker, Assistant, Superintendent iu .Jersey City, 'and reported that the engineers of the New York Division, numbering 13G, had decided to accept the proEosed reduction and would not strike, ut would present a remonstrance to President Thompson, asking that when business improves tho present rates be restored. It is said that the Central Railroad of New Jersey is about to reduce the pay of its employes fifteen per cent. Indianapol is, December 31 The only apparent change in the engineers' strike is a general quieting down, The engineers held a very large meeting to day, but nothing is known of their proceedings. They piesent the same determined front, and claim they are bound to win. The roads affected by the strike seem totiad engineers enough to get along with most of their trains, an J claim they can run all their trains regularly if not interfered with. There has been a marked decrease in tho number of strikers about the Union Depot, and trains arrive and depart without the excitement of the past few days. Pittsbuiut, December, 31. The engineers' strike on the Pittsburg, l'ort Wayne nnd Chicago and the Clevland and Pittsburg Railroads is over. The men went to work under the reduction this morning. All passenger and freight trains on these roads are now running regularly. FROM DIFFERENT TOIXTS.' The engineers' strike on the railroads has delayed the arrival of mails nt Washington City, to an extent that has seriously diminished the internal revenue statement for December, though the certificates of deposits are on the road to the Department, and will show in the report for this month. Pittsburg, Dec. 31. The strike of the Pittsburg, Fortwayne and Chicago Railroads is over. The men went to work under the reduction this morning. All passenger and freight trains are now running regularly. A reduction of ten per cent, will also take effect on the Pennsylvania Central and Alleghany Valley Road, January,!. ' Columbus. Dec. 31. Tho excitement is subsiding as the railroad authorities demonstrate their ability to procure engineers sufficient to run their regular trains. To-day all passenger trains got away on time, and two freight trains leave for the West this afternoon A guard, of police are on duty at the freight yards to see that no trouble occurs. As two freight trains were about to start west, the two conductors, at the last moment, refused to go,sayingthey would not go over the road with strange engineers. They were dieharged at once, and the trains sent in charge of other men. THE REAL REMEDY. Chicago, Dee. 31. The officials of the various railroads running into Chicago have, with the exception of

the Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, and the Cincinnati and Pittsburg, on both of which the engineers have already struck, and the Michigan Southern, decided not to make any reduction iu the wages of their engineers and firemen. From the latest reports it appears that excitement in regard to the strike is dying out; that the railroad officials are gradually filling up the vacancies; but the engineers still maintain a determined front, and claim tint the men who have been put in their places are incompetent. Hnilruti'l Accident. Indianapolis, December 31. The C, H. and I. train, due here at eight o'clock p. m., run over a broken rail about a half mile west of Brownsville, throwing the rear coach of the train down a small trestle, about ten feet in hieht, overturning the coach, killing Mrs. Chester and child, of Middletown, Ohio, and John Lyons, of Connersville, and injuring eight or ten others. Two of the injured were left at a farm-house near the scene of the disaster, and four at Connersville, none seriously injured. Every thing possible for the comfort of the injured was done by the railroad company. Physicians were at Connersville Station on arrival of the train to attend those that were on the train, and other physicians were dispatched to attend those left at the wreck. Last accounts report all doing well. . ANOTHER ACCIDENT Is reported to. have happened on the I. B. & M. road, near Crawfordsville. The mail, baggage and smoking cars were thrown from the track, owing to a broken wheel, but fortunately no one was hurt. COLLISION ON THE C. H. & D. R. R. Night before last, when the Cincinnati and Indianapolis train on the C. H. & D. road, due in Cincinnati at 10:30, was leaving Winton Place on time, under Conductor John Barber, the Richmond and Chicago, due in Cincinnati at 9:25, but an hour behind time, ran at full speed into the Indianapolis, or rear passenger car of the Toledo train. The passenger and baggage car ahead of it telescoped; Every car on tlje train was more or less smashed. With twenty or more passengers in the car, with one or two exceptions, the injuries were slight " Mr. G. A. Carnahan, principal of the Frst Intermediate School, Cincinnati, suffered a compound fracture of the right arm; some bruises and cuts compose the other injuries. It is reported that Wm. Moore, the engineer of the Chicago train, jumped from his engine at the moment of collision, and broke his leg. A party of three or four ladies got , on the train at Winton Place, on the ; rear of the car directly in front of the Indianapolis baggage car. Before reaching the door, a boy who accompanied them to the station screamed at the top of his voice, "Jump! jump! a train is running into you! Quick!" And the ladies jumped. Had they not done so, they might have lost their lives, or at least have sustained serious injury. KTrTo OM. And now comes Dr. John Treon, of Miamisburg, aged 84, one of the oldest citizens and pioneers of tho Miami Valley, and takes to the hymenial alter the blushing and buxom widow, Elizabeth Black, aged 45. They went up to Dayton in a special train on the evening of the 11th and had the interesting cere mony performed there, accompanied with a magnificent banquet, and on the following morning the rosy couple left for the West on their bridal tour. Eaton Register! V

Hon. Milton B. Hopkins, Super intendent of Public Destruction, in a recent speachtook ground against the Baxter law beeause it is of no practical benefit , in i the waj of keeping men sober, nnd deprives the school fund of the revenue heretofore derived from licensing the traffic. It is estimated that the fund loses $100,000 annually by the law-.' - -: - " " We take the above from a democratic paper, as the opinion of our democratic Superintendent of Pub lie Instruction. He kiiows the assertion that the Baxter law is of no practical benefit in keeping men sober, to be false ; but that is not his real object, for, he also knows that the whiskey plack is the only one that will ever enable the dem ocracy in this State to gain the ascendency and controal the State entire and that's what's the matter. Could not Our moral Superintendent, for tho sake of a revenue tj educate our children, advocate tho licensing of gambling hells, bawdy houses, and other acknowledged evils to society, as well as licensing drunkard manufactories for tho same purpose? A Question or Caliber. The efforts of a certain or rather uncertain city paper to decry Senator Morton are quite amusing, its malevolence towards him being in exact ratio to the drubbings ho has at various times administered to the Democracy, aud to the disagree able obstinacy with which he has stood in its way. Doubtless it is very witty to call him "Oliver," as the paper referred to does a good many times each day ; but as he is not responsible for his Christin name, it is rather illogical to make that a cause of offense against him. After all, it is not a bad sounding name, and answers the purpose of identification very well. As the Senator is satisfied with it, and rather too far advanced in life to think of changing if , he will probably hold on to it in spite of the cruelly witty thrusts at "Oliver." But to charge him with being a "political adventurer," as tho same paper did yesterday, is at least a different if not more dignified style of attack. Without pausing further than to remark that Senator Morton has lived in the State fifty years while his youthful assailant has hardly been here one, and that the

former has been continually identi tied with one party for eighteen years, while the latter has belonged to two or three "within the last twelve mon hs and is looking for another now, thus rather shifting the charge of 'politic.d adventurer" from the old veteran tt the young deserter, we may say that the other charge of "lacking character and caliber" is about thft last that most persons would think of laying at Senator Mor ton's door. Whatever may b8 his faults they are not those of a small man or a weak one, and from his first appearance in the Senate his political enemies there have recognized him as facile princeps among Republican Senators. To a mind of unusual grasp, extra ordinary vigor and sleepless activ ity, he adds such stern determin ation and unconquerable will that he has been able for years to mantain the position of a leader, in spite of ill health which would have caused most men to keep their bods. Thoso who have felt his ponderous blows in" debate, or watched him push his way through the intricacies of great questions to lirm conclusions, have never questioned his character or "caliber," and the general verdict at Washington for years past has been, that the senior Senator from Indiana comes nearer filling the measure of a practical, progressive statesman than any other man there. That is also the general sentiment of the people. Ind. Journal. Christinas Present. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Times transmits these sensible remarks to that paper on Christmas Presents," and we help preserve them by copying them in the Palladium: In a family circle the intrinsic value of tho article presented is a matter of no particular moment In a familiar and loving household gifts come much often er than once a year, and unless there be a natural spirit of greed gratitude seems ready for "spontaneous combus tion'' over a collar or handkerchief, or even a pair of gloves, but there J 1 A t t m m are omers lowara wnom we leei a natural kindness,-' and to whom we uesire io give scmetum" as a 1 ' - token thereof. It is one of the promises that the poor Wo shall have always among us, and it is also a rational kind of benevolence to assist the needy at our doors rather than subscribe sums for tho relief of thoso we understand to bo afar off. At this Christmas season a gift may be made as a gift, and not a charitable donation, and our poor neighbor's heart made giad by a present given so quietly and kindly that sell respect is not inter f cred with by its acceptance. There is a great deal in tho manner of giving, and some people are ostcn t'ous over a present of a darningneedle, but the recipient is gener ally vexed over the part he or she is called upon to act in accepting it with all due thankfulness and hu mility. As a general thing people in model ate circumstances are s little averse to the general presen tation system. It is rather a cruel f hardness to place a friend under sense of personal obhgahan by giving something for which the circumstances of one who accepts it will not justify a suitable return, and unless such presents come from near and dear relations, sensi tive people would prefer not being distincnished by such tokens of regard. . ' fifci V

THE VIRGINIUS' LAST TRIP.

Official Iteport of the Ulcer In barre Detail or tlie Biokinit of the Ship. New york, Dec. 30. ' Lieutenant David C. Woodrow, who was in command of the Virginius at'the time of her sinking, says in his official report that when he took command on the 17th, at Dry Tortngas, the vessel had water "in all her compartments. Stores wore received on board, nnd a work ing party from Ossipee coaled tho ship all night Next morning, when they stopped coaling, they put the hands to work pumping and hading, the water having gained two feet during the night. At tight in the morning the water was up to tho giate bars in both fire rooms. The forward compartment had a depth of four feet and the after compartment two feet sixinches. The water at four in the afternoon in tho boilers. Captain WhitiDg expressed himself satisfied that the Virginias was in fit condition to start north, and about two o'clock the went to sea in tow of the Ossipee. As long as the sea was smooth every thing progressed favorably, but a storm arising the vessel leaked so badly that they had to plug up the timber holds in the forward bulh heads to keep the fire rooms clear. On the 22d they thi ew overboard part of the lower anchor and all heavy weights in the hold, and shifted the coal to lighten her forward. On the afternoon of the 22d there waa from eight to ten feet of water in the forward compartments. The men were worn out, the bunks drenched, and had no place to sleep. Under these circumstances Woodrow, advised the commander of the Ossipee not to go further north, but to take the Virginius into Charleston, where there was a dock. On the 24th the boilers were in such a wretched condition that it was impossible to carry more than five pounds of steam. At 5 a. m. on the 26th, tho water gained so fast as to put oitt the tires, and Woodrow signalled the Ossipee to take the crow off the Virginius im mediately. At this timo the forward compartment was full of water to withtn a foot and a half of the spar deck, five feet of water in the bold, water over the grate bars and in the fire rooms, and the alter compartment dry. The sea was very rough, and it was blowing a gale when the boat from the Ossipee came under the Virginius' bow. the landsmen were the first. It took five trips to take all the of ficers and men off the sinking vessel. At 4 :17 p. m. the Virginius sank, bows first, in eight fathoms of water. The cross trees were above water for four days. The men in the fire room worked in water up to their knees, and at the time they left the ship were nearly exhausted. Ind. Journal. The Dead of 1873. The death roll of 1873 is a long one. and embraces the names of many em inent men and women of both hemis pberes. Among distinguished foreigners who have died, and whose names are faailiar the world over, the following aie the most prominent; The Emperor Napoleon; Sir Ed ward Bulwer Lytton; Adam Sedgwick, the English geologist; Macready, the great tragedian; John Stuart Mill, the economist; Ratazzi, the prominent Italian statesman; Clara Mundt, the novelist, better known as Louisa Muhlbach; Sir Edward Laudseer, the renouned 3rtist;King J ohn of Saxony, and Henri liochelort, the Red llepub lican leader of France. In our own country we number among the prominent dead Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania: Chief Justice Chase, Oakes Ames, James Brooks, William Whiting, members of congress: Mansfield T. Walworth, the novelist, killed by his own son; Horace F. Clark, the railway operator; Hiram Powers, the sculptor; Jessie R. Grant, father of the President; Frederick Dent, tather-in law ot the President John P. liale, so well known in the political history of the country; Gener al JVlcUook, killed at lankotn, Dak Laura Keene, the eminent actress Geueral Hardee, author of "Hardee's Military Tactics;" Richard Yates, of Illinois; Louis Agassiz; Samuel Nel son, ex-Justice of the Supreme Court and others ot less renown. Death has been particularly busy among prominent clerevmen in America. Iu the list we find the name ot Joel Parker, D. D., a prominent x re nyterian clergyman 01 iew lorK; the Rev. George Atwood, of New Hampshire, who was ruled out, of the Democratic party in 1850 for writing an anti-slavory letter; Jiishop Mell vaine; R. S. Storris, D. D., ot Massa chusetts; and Gardener Spring, o INew lork;the Rev. John I odd, oi Solomon Howard, D. D. cx -President of the Ohio University, and Bishop Armitage, of the Episcopal Diocese of viconsin. It isTsaid by those who have com pared the list of prominent dead for 1S73 with those of 1832 of 1S7, that though the mortality among distin guished men has been very great, it not so lart'e as in those years, am: perhaps not so great as in others that might be mentioned. However thu may be, the roll is a long and painfu one, ana contains many names who: owners have won not only the nlaud its of their own countrymen, but the admiration ot the world. Inter Ocean. An English working man recently addressed a letter to John .Bright on the subject of drunkenness in the large towns of the couutry. The great reidrnier thinks that the only solu tion of the problem lies in a duly reg uiated license system, Koverned by public opinion and the control excr eised through municipal representation. With all his boldness in dealing with every evil which presents itself in his path, he cannot as a practical man, accept total prohibition as a remedy for evils which "teem too vast for any remedy." Strongly as he condemns drunkenness, this in the only solution he can offer for the difficulty. The President of the Machinists and Blacksmiths' International Union is in Indianapolis, endeavoring to bring about a compromise between the strikers and the railway companies, s . Baxter'8 Lwcture on Pyra, to-night.

As all the papers, as usual, fail to inform us of the fact, we will men tion that the old year is gone, and the new one is here, with the wish that it may prove a joyous and happy ono. to all who read this pa per, to all the world, "and the rest of mankind."

Promoted. We are pleased to learn that Thomas Price, formerly a Route Mail agent on the Ft Wayne read, has been promoted to the position of Postal Clerk and transferred to the Cincinnati and Chicago Route, via Richmond. We are always glad to hear of the Buccese of our .Randolph Countv boys, and espec ially of those as deserving as Mr. rice. We are also glad to learn hat the voting genUeman has fair prospects of another promotion in tho service. Success to him. Winchester Journal. Gen. Tom Browne was the hap py recipient of a fine gold headed ebony cane, on Christmas last lhe inscription reads, "To Gen. om. Browne, from his friends. The Gen. is in blissful ignorance of the scorce from whence it came, beyond the fact that the express mark showed that it came from Indianapolis. Winchester Journal. There is now and then a South erner who learns wisdom by expe rience. Roger A. Pryor, formerly ol Virginia, and a radical member of the ologarchy, whose aim it was to perpetuate human bondage as the ideal of social system, but now of New York City, recently delivered a lecture on "The Negro Quesion," before the Brooklyn Histo rical Society. That he is thorough ly cured of his folly, is shown by the following extract from his ecture: When emancipation came it found him the nrgro ignorant, idle, and improvident, and totally unfit for the change m his condition. Sud denly ushered upon the arena of lfe to struggle for existence with the strongest nation in the world. he was looked upon with but little favor by the ono-half who had come to grief'in the contest and with but little more by the other to whom he owd his freedom. It was confidently predicted that under the new order of things he would go from bad to worse, and at last become extinct, but he has 'shown an inherent strength of character not to be despised; and as a Southerner I say it lie is erraduallv making himself competent to the highest achievement of civilization. This is an acceptance of the sit uation in a frank and manly way, and is a just tribute to the despised negro. A single sentence, however, does injustice to the North. Mr. Pryor says the negro "waa looked upon with little favor by tho onohalf who had come to prrief in the contest, and with but little more by tho other, to whom he owed his freedom."' This is palpably untrue. No.' freed people" on earth ever received such prompt recognition and admission into the body politic as did the negroes of the South. The Republican party of the nation kept its faith with the negro with marvelous promptitude, and com pleteness. A Mr. Mayfield, living near Raglersville, Daviess county, became en raged at one of his cows, and having a very vicious dog, went to take the vent of his wrath on the cow: he dogged and beat the cow to death, and by her bellowing and his loud curses, a very fine horse, belonging to one of his neighbors,became frightened, reared and plunged into the stable, strik ing his head against a projecting log. killing himself instantly. Whether the man, dog, or cow killed the horse is the question for the jury. The Rev. T. K. Beacher Tdelivcred a lecture'at Goshen.recently, and'after its conclusion ordered, among other articles of refreshments, a glass of ale sent to his room. The landlord refused, informing him of the ordinance forbidding its sale after 9 p. m., whereat, according to the Democrat of that place, the reverend gentleman indignantly declared he had never heard of such fanatical fools as they had there in Indiana. It is now thought by the Couvniittiee of Ways and Means that the total deficit for the year will not be eo largo as at first feared. What is most encouraging in thia connection is, that Mr. Commissioner Douglass should report the internal revenue receipts to increase fast and largely. He has arrived at the opinion that, for the fiscal year, they will exceed the estimates probably by several millions of dollars. This is good news for the tax-payers in these hard times, There seems to be serious trouble brewing in Mississippi The State election of last November has always been considered illegal by the faction opposed to General Ames, and Governor Powers, the present incumbent, threatens to refuse to hand over the executive chair to his successor. It is also said that as a majority of the Supreme Court sustain this view, Governor Powers intends to recognize the old Legislature in January, and arrest the men elected last November as conspirators if they should try to organize The library of Congress now contains 259,000 volumes and 48,000 pamphlets. The increase during the year ending with the present month, was 12,407 volues. At this rate of increase the library will have half a million volumes on its shelves within twenty years. A parson once prefaced his sermon with "My friends, let us say a few words before we begin." This is about equal to the man who took a short nap before he went to sleep.

- This f is what Theadore Tilton says of Ben Butler: ' "General Buller, since he became a Congressman, never looked fresher, younger, or rosier than now, He takes life cheerily, enjoys himself thoroughly, works hard, makes friends and: enemies, and ia grow ing more and more a unique and original man. Defeat stimulates and criticism ripens him. He is worth more and more to the country every year."

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