Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 44, Number 2, 25 March 1874 — Page 2

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Publts!..''", .-very Wednesday, tl.50 per year. UU II ; l. IXIc.. MABTH 9S. IM74. KEPi nnciX TATEI'XVCXTI!. i Th Oarlal Call. T1i' i:. : ,;iHans of Indiana are invito li ru.-.-l in J vlegatetXmvmttton, ia lti City ! 1 i i t ; . i l..i. at the AnwJi'lu ,f Music, at ID o'r'r-cfi on Wednesday, thu ITU) day or June, IKl, to nive expression to their political liutti unit parpow. and to notutnate riiiilul:i( for Meeretury, Auditor and Treasurer of K:tie, Attorney Oeneral, one Judge of the (Supreme Court ami Muperintendeitt of P.mli.i lu-.irooti.in, to be chosen at the ttfxi gf n. Tiil electlou. The I! f.ul.llonn party, ha vine heen formfit on to.- i.ttof the Inuuortul Oeciaratlon ot l:n:i:Hinl-nwt und avowing Itself the r.arl.v einllty, Jiixtlv nnd progress, aide to n-rit y Its errors, aa w!I aa to correct tli wrotut of ts adverniie; liavltiK necwrully f.i-:jt,t the batlii-s of human llU-rty, and U-iU4 tlie only pnrtv of known principles, .!. nnd wllllni; to meet any emergen t'7 oi'i .t nnit-nt, invltea all fcood rum who hvhim.iI in these prlnclpl.i to parTiclj.ittf in it deliberations and assist In Its victory .- f p ii !)! htvNla adopted by the State f'-ii-trul l'oi!,s.i;', tho representation fixed at one ! k ito lor cacti one hundred vote, u.id one tf cwb fraction over nftv vote, east In the xevernl counties for W. 'V. furry for Hi crctiiry of Htut, at Ihe iccnerul election In Octolier, Itfii. Huiicm Lfvaruorn county Ik entitled to 21 del-uatea. , i rnurmaii of ( ounty onuuitu-e are reuii'iet u that County Conventions are held, aiitl da-legates appointed on the above basis, with the vtew of having a full representation. Chairmen of ("onicresslonal Districts will arrange for meetings of their delegates at some mittHltie time before the hour of the liuellnr ot the (Jonvention, to name their Commit tte-men and other representatives, ByoriKof the Htate Central Committee. ' India n.'ij.'illM, March 12, 1H7." V Os to Vletoryl Since cur last publication, oar women have been persistent in their peruoisfj persuasive influence to wards tlic saloon keepers of the city, and marked sncct-ss has accompa nied their efforts. We noticed the surremkr of August Woo&te. Tho ladies got liim up a supper, the proceeds of v liich were given to him, as an indemnification for the loss niisf ainfcil by him in his bod venture, and as encouragement for him to do ri l;t in future. Charles McCoy, after (standing a protracted siege, surrendered signed the pledge, and quit. This is in deed end truth ft tiiuniuu, tind every good J man nnd woman tihonld thank God, ' that n laan possensing such sterling good qualities as Charles McCoy, is saved from so degrading and mean a Lnsine s as liquor selling. Weleorn that Mr. McCoy, purposes, with the substantial aid, furnished by his new friends, to engage in tho butflioring business. 'We1 be speak f r Lim tho liberal patronage of every temperance man and woman in the city. The meeting on Wednesday night lust, vans the largest yet held, and the movement evidently meets with the heartiest approbation of a large majority of our citizens. A fund of 8130 per month was guarenteed by responsible subscription. If the committee will start a subscription for a guarentee fund live per cent of which only should bo called for a month, if found necessary no donbt $50,000 could and should be raised. There is scarcely one of our substantial citizens, but would put down from $100 tg $500 for a fund to put down intemperance in our city. As poor as we are, we will devote $100 to this object The citizens again hold a temperance meeting to-night at Lyeenm Hall, when we hope this plan will be adopted to raise a temperance fund. For our encouragement, wo notice our friends at Rushville raised a fund of over $53,000. Come to the meeting, to-night, friends, and show your faith by your vroiks. Let moral suasion and regal suasion go hand in hand. Theobold, vs. P. C. & 6t L. R. R. Co., fer injuries sustained by him $6,000 was awarded him by the Jury. William Parker, recently of Nordyke, Marmon & Co.', has purchased an interest in a flouring Bill at Arba, Randolph co., Ind. We wish him success in the milling busiaeaa. J ohn W. Ross, of Connersville, has been appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for this district, vice Gen. Wm. G roe, of New Castle. General Grose hold the position for several years. ' " V - On Monday evening last, between five and six o'clock, an unusually large vclume of smoke was noticed, issuing faom the extensive smoke house of George W, Barnes, on Pearl street, South of Main. An alarm was given, which brought the engines to the scene, and very soon prevented, what, by a little delay, might have proved a disastrous fire. The damage sustained is about $600. The ladies presented a petition to the Council, Tuesday ' night of last week, reminding that body that sever al saloons in the city, were selling without license, an4 asking the enforcement of the law, against them. The Council referred the petition to the Finance Committee-Tery appropriate, we think; for should they report it the duty of the Mayor to order the Marshal and Police to enforce the law, every one of thsx dens will have to "dry up.' and the "Saving to our beer and whbky-enutlers, would build them up financially, and they would then be enabled to help our sober cirisens to liquidate the city debt On the other hand, iftkey should report the duty cT the CotuicU to grant licence, the city authorities wnld be bound to protect them against the efforts of the women to put them down by ainging and praying, and, of course that would be expensive to the city . and sober citisens. It is a great financial question any way it is looked nil

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By the politcnrt ef oar brother Masons of the K,P4fc on Friday night last, in company with quite number of invited guests, oureelf and better-half attended the annual festi al given by the Sir Knights at their Lodge Room. Sir Knight Beafutt cave a brief history of the origin of the order, after which .the entire company, about 130 Ladies and Ge tlcmcn, sat down, and feasted on the good things of this world, which were t-pread in profusion before them on the tables. It wes a season of social enjoyment, by a social band of broth era and listers, in the true sense of thorns terms. Delightful music was in rMished for the occasion, and, whilst some ol the guents were enjoying a renewal of "aold acquaintance," oth era were dancing, as though their fcoLES were in it. We never atten ded a party where there was so iuu:h unaloyed satisfaction as at this Sir Knights annual re-union. Bros Dougan and Githens are most glorious htewards. rir at Iaalaaaplla. On Sunday night last, the capital was visited with a devastating fire, that is pronounced the largest and most destructive that ever occurred there. The loss is estimated at $300,000. The Journal buildiDg barely escaped destruction it was not quite "red hot" but very worm. The water-works there, are pro nonnced a miserable failnre. The grand total of damages, ac cording to estimate, figures up 2 1 7,500, and the total amount of insurance, $75,000; leaving a dif ference to be charged the side of loss, of $202,300. It is quite probable that the loss, when a detailed statement shall have been made, will be found to fall littlo short of $300,000, and may possibly go beyond that sum. Indianapolis has Lad several fair sized fires, but nothing to compare with this. for the Palladium Editob Palladicm. You have f-olaccd yourself, no doubt with the idea that I had forgotten you. Have the kindness to disabuse your mind of that erronious conception. I am rejoiced at tho efforts being made to bring the liquor dealers to terms by the ladies. May their pluck aud f aithfulness, be the means of infusing a trifle of stamina into us of the sterner sex, who have heretofore not had the courage to do anything to abate or check the monstrous evil. We have already got a little of the right spirit infused into us, so that we can stand afar off and cheer them on In their self-imposed labor of reform; and if they should succeed in their undertakings, we may possibly advance in the spirrit of our duty in the temperance cause to become acJors, instead of lookers on. I would suggest that the ladies when they meet with an obstinate case, that they commence their meeting at six in the morning and continue until twelve at night and follow it up day after day until they vomplish their ends. Of course they will have to be relieved at tegular intervals during the day and evening, but they can do that, and success will be sure; give copious and frequent closes of "moral suasion" until the cry comes out of "the depths' "hold, enough." 8. For the Palladium. - Citjr rawk. Mr. Editor: There is a proposition before the Common Council and referred to a committee, to purchase forty aeres of the "Ruby farm" on the West aide of the Liberty Pike for a Public Park. The proximity of the land to the City is admirable, but the idea, of purchasing only forty acres is ridiculous in the extreme. I am really surprised to even think, , let alone the fact that such men as John Vary an and George Barnes and other "old citisens" of Richmond would sign such a petition. Why, less than C40 acres for a Park in a city of the magnitude of Richmond with ao small a debt is absurd. Here is a proposition of some magnitude; and will certainly command the respect of the City Council, as of vast importance; and will fully meet the wants of the honest tax payers of Richmond, I allude to the purchasing of Johnathan and : Nathan Hawkins' farms. The two farms contain jointly G40 acres. Less than this , amount of land for a Public Park for Richmond would be ridiculous indeed. Then, this land is so beautifully situated on both sides of the "classic white water,' with her grand "old hills" and beautiful bottoms, ' with innumerable springs, of pure crystal water gurgling from the sides and base of every hill and flowing into this beautiful stream. Then, again, it will afford employment for the City Civil Engineer. He can spill more brains in the same time, in beautifying it than on any other piece of land around the city; which will be of great advantage to the tax payers of Richmond, 'i ; The land no doubt can be bought for 1300,00 per acre, which ought to be considered cheap as dirt:. This would make the whole tract coat $192,000,00. Thia amount at 6 percent inteiest a year, a small amount for such a city as Richmond to pay for such a magnificent concern ia which every citizen would have an interest in maintaining. The bonds could be issued for twenty years, which would bear 6 per cent interest, and became due after all other I debts of the city are paid. More Anoa. ; Vl3 " ,V. i ! Since, the ladies of Ohio hare begun, their raids upon the harrooms some plagiarist baa remarked that Solomon in all his glory no a nua uxe one of tneee.

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thru tun ' JTrienaune js your master even Christ, and all ye (or we) are brethren." Matth. xxiii. 8. So said our Lord when Dersonallv on earth, aud it remains a truth to-day just as much as it was eighteen centuries ago. when it was spoken- And again, Matth. xxii. 37. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all tby mind, verse 3W, and . thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Our Lord said, "on these two commandments hang all the law and tho prophets." ' ,' "t . Will our German christian whisky and beer sellers tell us how they can fulfill the last commandment in carrying on a business which compels their neighbors who do not drink to pay to support their business in the addition of increased taxes to pay lor criminal prosecutions caused by strong drink taxes to support the pauters induced by drunken husbands not to speak torther of the cost of penitentiaries, jails, hospitals and asylums. How can the priest or minister act the true pastor to his flock, and defend the selling or drinking of beer or whUky, when he can not help seeing the misery it causes? - How can the pastor defend whisky and beer selling and drinking, when he sees it renders his neighbor's life and property less securer JJoes ne love a is ncigunor half as well as he docs his strong drink? , How can he pray "lead mo not into temotation." when his "bibu lous brother, the Bishop, in a city of New York, is suspended for his inebriety? Are there to be two church rules in the Catholic church one for Irish Catholics of total abstmance. but allow the German Catholic to drink all he wants? And wilt the same liberal rule apply also to some of our German Lutheran congregations? And, lastlv, as the rope has bestowed , his apostolic benediction on the Cath olic temperance movement, will our resnected friend. Father Hundt. tell ns how or why Pope Pius IX is infallible in every thing till it comes to beer and whisky? HONEST riXQt'IRER. FROM CRAWFORDSVILLE. CllAWlOKUSVILI-r, MOSTGOMKRY CO., 3d Mo. 14, 1874. Ep. Palladium: Since my last I have addressed very full houses at lebanon. Thorntown, Lafayette, Dayton, Transit ville, and Darlington. The tidal wave of temperance seems to be reaching all these points. People are eager to hear everywhere. Men and women who would not go near a temperance meeting two years ago, ore now eagerly crowding into the thickest of the work. One respectable and influential citizen of Lafaj-ette, said tome yesterday, "Why, Baxter, a year ago I did not care to hear anything said on tho temperance question, but now I see it is the ques tion of the hour, and demands the ino.-t earnest attention and active sup port of every lover of his race. The fact is, this whieky traffic must be put down or our young men will be ruined, and our country will be made a great moral and politic il wreck a monument of the curt and blight of the whLsky traffic. I etj it is a grand and awful struggle for life on the part of the nation. The hydra-headed mon ster, whisky, is seeking to strangle this republic, and without a persistent and desperate effort on the part of the people, we shall be engulfed in this great rualstroiu of iniquity." And such is tho cry I hear on every hand. where a year ago men would not open their mouths on the subject. At Lafayette, where just a year ago this question of temperance was made a square issue in the municipal election, the whisky ring carried every thing with a whoop and a yell, now the tide has completely changed. Sev enteen petitions for a permit to sell whisky were this week refused by the Commissioners. Not a single petition granted. Among the petitioners was trie keeper ot tne most elegant and fashionable saloon in town, who had a two thousand dollar organ con-" tinually playing, and magnificent biliard tables running, the proprietor of whom claims to have great influence ; yet even this man was defeated in his application for permit Such is the revolution of public sentiment there. I spoke in the Opera House, which seats about 1500 persons. It was literally packed; every foot of standing room being taken. For two hours that vast audience listened with the most intense earnestness, showing their wonderful interest on this sub ject. Every day woman's devotional and business meetings are being held in Lafayette. They have divided the city InlA I? sliaviita viTWilnta,t andvmliA committees over each. Pledges for druggists and saloonkeepers aro in I vigorous circulation, and papers are f presented to voters to sign, to the ( names to any petitions asking for a permit. As I move along from county to county, the most cheering news follow me. At Tipton, where I spoke two weeks ago, the people went vigorously to work the women taking the lead. The result is, that every saloonkeeper i is now preparing to quit the business. I At Delphi, in Carroll county, and f Frankfort in Clinton county, the J pressure on the saloonkeepers since I visited there, has become so great that ' their business is ruined. The women of Frankfort in their first visit round to the voters of that city, succeeded ,' in getting 393 to sign a paper declaring that they will not put their names on , a petition for a permit. Only 1 oi all the voters ia that town refused to sign said paper. What a glorious resuit is thisl Great however, as are the achiev- ; meats already, made, we must not v slacken our efforts, but rather increase - them. The enemy, is hard at work. I They are organizing all through the State for the direct purpose of carry- f ing our next legislature, and repealing the present temperance : law. We l, must stand by the law at til hazzsrds. 1 Instead of having it repealed, it most be made stronger ! Our final success ' depends upon this. W. B. '

FROM COVING TON, X& D.; -' COVISGTOS, FOCNTAIS CO., ) r 3d Mo. 21, 1874. ) Ed. Palladicm: On First Day, the 15th inst., I addressed two very large audiences ia . Crawfordsville, Montgomery county. Although we had the largest room in town, scores could not get in. The people listened with the closest 'attention, evidently from a deep sense of the great importance of . the temperance question. Here, as elsewhere, they fully realixe that the people must rise in their

mignt and put tne arms tramc uowa They are vigorously at work raising 200,000, for the purpose of waging war against the rum traffic, until every saloon is wiped out of the county. In this city is situated Wabash College, the foundation of which was laid by Professor Hovey, many years ago. bad the pleasure of an introduction to hiui, and found him to be, as I expec ted, not only a person of great intelli gence, but also of much suavity bianner. Here also live Henry Lane, General Lewis Wallace, author of "The Fair God," and Colonel Car tington. I found the latter a very earnest worker in the cause of tem perance. He furnished me with some valuable statistics bearing upon the question of temperanee, which I hope to make good use of during my present canvass of the State. On the ICth, I addressed . a large rowd in the Court House, at Will!amport, Warren county. Here also I found the people all aglow on the temperance question. A woman's movement is on foot, working very effectively. They have now only one licensed saloon in the county. Several indictments are pending against its proprietor, which they say will idntt him up. Intemperance has decreased wonderfully here during the past six months, under the new law. On the 17th I spoke at West Lebanon, Warren county. Here, also, I fouud the temperance feeling up at fever heat. The traffic is virtually pquelched in this town. I met with Dr. J. Fleming, one of the olde?t and most respected physicians in the county a livelong temperance Doetoi? and for more than a third of a century an intimate friend of our honored townsman. Georco W. Vanneman. He speaks in the highest terms of friend Vanneman's kindness to him when he was a youth struggling to gain hie profession. ' While at tliis place, my eye fell npon the resolutions, or platform, just laid down by the AXTI-Temperaucc League of this State, and which they are now working most industriously to press upon our next legislature. For the benefit of the readers of the Palladium, I will transcribe this remarkable platform : "1. The enactment of a sensible and jnst license law, for the sale of spirituous and malt liquors, the license fees, as formerly, to go into the school fund of the State." According to these anti-iemperanee men, we had a sensible license law and fee from 1S59 to 1S73, and what did it do for the State ? Under it from 1S00 to 1S70, the consumption of alcoholics increased 305 per cent.; and as a consequence, pauperism increased 130 per ceut crime 201 per cent.; insanity and idiotcy 47i per cent. What a glorious result this to the State? What a model State, w should become in thirty years under such a "sensible" (?) license law as that! The idea of the school fund being increased from such a source as this! As Wendell Phillips says, "that to increase the school fund by money raised lor licensing grogshops, is like reaching up to heaven with one hand and down to hell with the other." - Infinitely better would it be. to shut up the whisky traffic altogether, and use the money which it costs us to support the pauperism, crime, and insanity produced by that traffic, to educate our children. By this means not only would immense suffering be prevented, but a much larger amount secured to the school fund. So much for the first plank in this platform. "2. The State shall appoint officers whose duty it shall be to examine carefully all distilled and fermented liquors, which are to. be sold. All adulterated liquors, OR SUCH AS ARE isjcrious to health, to be confiscated, aud the manufacturer, as well as dealer to be punished severely." This resolution suits me exactly, and cannot but be in accordance with the wishes of every radical temperance man and woman This is all the most ardent temperance man has ever demanded. There is not a rabid prohibitionist in the State that will not say "Amen" to this second resolution. It concedes every thing we wish, for it promises to confiscate all "Liquors injurious to health, and punish the manufacturer severely. What is there in these alcoholic liquors that is more injurious to the health than alcohol itself? Dr. Thomas Sewell, Professor of Anatomy and Physiology, in Columbia College, Washington City, 6ays : "Dyspepsia, jaundice, dropsy, ulcers, rheumatism, gout palpitation, lethargy, apoplexy and premature old age, compose but a small part of the catalogue of diseases, produced by alcoholics. Indeed, there is scarcely a morbid affection to which the human body is liable, that has not in one way or another, been produced by it, there is not a disease but it has aggravated, nor a predisposition to disease which it has not called into action; and although its effects are in'some degree modified by age and temperament yet the general and ultimate consequences are the same." .Sow, it, as tne platform of tne &atitcmperance party declares, that all drinks "injurious to health are "to be confiscated, and the manufacturer, as well as dealer, to be punished severely," then the temperance and antitemperance parties may as well strike' hands at once, and work for one grand, common object vix: the destruction of the liquor traffiic, which all experience and science proves, is fearfully "r JtFHOPS TO HXALTH !" "3. -AH negligent officers, and such as are proven corrupt and bribable, to be punished with imprisonment in the penitentiary." How terribly vindictive are these 1

anti-temperance men toward all others who violate the law, but the movent the bit is to be applied to their own mouths, how these men kick, and writhe, and foam. Although the words "imprisonment in the penitentiary" do not occur in the temperance law ef our State, yet how immeasurably they denounce it for its supposed oppressive features ! "With what measure ye mete, it shall be meted to yon again." ' ; "4, The drunkard aliMUi. . shall be made responsible lor the overt acts he commits, and for ell public indecency or disturbance he shall be punished severely." '-. Yes. and this is exactly the spirit in which the grogsellcr always wants to act to the poor drunkard. The drunk

ard mast be minisbcd, while the man that knowingly,' and wilfully makes him drunk, aud robs him ot bis money, must go free, and be recognized as a respectable person. . In. all other crimes before the law, the aider and abettor to the crime, must be punished equal to the criminal himself; the traffic in whisky must be the only exception The grogscller may be al lowed to make a man drunk put him into a condition to rob and murder yet he, (the grogseller), must be a privileged character; the law shall grant HiH the only exception from punishment ! All other aiders and abettors shall be punished. All we Can say is, that if the people are sensible, they will sustain laws whk-h will place the grogseller just on the same level with every other person. "5. The religious rites end ceremonies of no church or person shall be disturbed or interfered with, by noisy and unruly demonstrations of any kind, while the innocent and cheerful enioyuient of sensible and decent people shall also be respected, and not denied as long as they in no way come in conflict with the religious convictions of others, or do not disturb church service or worship.'' What a grandiloquent procuiiciamento is this! How modestly do these anti-temperance men arrogate unto themselves the hi&h and trans cendental position of the guardianship of the churches. YY hat conservators of piety and good order these men nave all at once become! It history and experience prove anything, it is that the drink traffic has led to more disorders aud disturbances of church meetings than any other. If past experience demonstrates anything, it is that the trroershon is by far the great est obstacle to the christian religion, aud to the spread of christian church es; and yet these very supporters ot the KrogshoD are wautuiif to lay the flattering miction to their souls, that they are the tutelary Gods in whose hands the jeacc and god order cf the churches is vested, verity, now lias "Satan tran?forined himself into an anrcl of luht!" If the anti-tempcranee Icaeue ex pect to hoodwink the people with such declarations aud assumptions as these, we predict that they arc reckoning without their host. If this is the best manifesto they can n.ake, how utterly barren of tenable reasons they are. If we are not very far mistaken, pecple have lived beyond such fossilized ideas as these resolutions. Ou the ISth, I spoke toalarire mass meeting at Attica, and on the 10th and 20th to very laree assemblages at Covington. Everywhere I find that the people are becoming intensely in terested in the leuiperauce movement. The "tidal wave" is rising and expan ding in every direction. : W. B. !' " , From the Inter-Ocean of March J2. Thk first number of the SemiWeekly Inter-Ocean will be issued on Monday, March 30. The con stantly-increasing demand from that large class who do not desire a daily, and who are not content with weekly installments of news, has induced this new venture. The endeavor will be to make the semi-weekly edition sueh as to contain the best features of both a daily and a weekly nwspaper. Not less than two pages will be devoted to' telegraphic news, aud one page each to editorial discussions and to commercial reports. The remaining four pages - will comprise correspondence from all parts of the world, stories,' and miscellaneous articles, a literary department, a farm and home department, and such other matter as will make the Semi-Weekly IntirOckan interesting and instructive to its readers of every condition and occupation. Advertisements and local news will occupy less spac than in the Daily, and proportionately more room will be given to reading matter. The same high standard that has obtained for the Daily and Weekly sueh an extended patronage will be main-,! tained. Let the people first subscribe for and encourage their local . papers, and then send in their remittances for the Semi-Weekly Inter-Ocean. . NC XiraolM far April. i The current number of St. Nicholas opens with an article on the invention of printing, by Donald G. Mitchell, and illustrated by a largo engraving of Gutenberg's statue at Straaburg.u An Article, entitled "Life Saving On Onr Coast" by William H. Riedinpr, gives a useful and highly interesting account, of how poor shipwrecked sailors and passengers are saved when they are thrown upon our coast; for it appears, they are . nearly awl ways saved. Four execellent illustrations accompany this article. Another useful paper is that upon "Wood Carving," illustrated by working designs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps contributes a short story called "Taken at His Word," finely illustrated by Sheppard. T. B. Aldrich has an account of the infant violinist, James Speaight, which n full of pathetic interest; there is "The Church Cock," a translation, from the Swedish of Topelius; "Mrs. Pomeroy's Page," by Mary E. Bradley; "The Wrong Bird," by Pan! Fort, a story of the trouble a little negro boy got into by going after birds' nests that were bigger than himself; and the conclusion of that "real boy story, "Wrecked at Home," by Noah Brooks.' -The po ems are by Celia Thaxter, Margaret Eythine and : Mary A. Lathbuxy. The latter her poem, which is a curious conceit showing how old 1

lother Moon goes about after her Utle stars who stay up too late. Tie three serials are increasing in iterest In "Fast Friends," there . re adventurers at a boarding house 1 1 New York; in "Nimbo s Tronb1 is," tha children get into scrapes ti a Western village, and in "What . light Have Been Expected," won- . erful schemes are concocted in the s ckwoods of Virginia. "Jack-in-t e Pulpit, unusually good this r tonth; he fairly sparkles with fun, i nd everybody, old and young, will r! e sure to have a jolly laugh with Jack" for April. The Letter Box '. id other department are full and r ite resting- as usual. Hon. Godlove S. Orth writes to friend in tho old Seventh Pis . rict as follows, whk-h shows that . e, at least has an intelligent comprehension of the demands of the .Vestern people on the currency

question: ; The people of the We6t and of be South absolutely need more - toney to carry , on their business r ilairs. ; The people will not rest satisi ed until their just demands are oinplied with, and if this Congress , tils to discharge its duty in this . aspect j the people will send a ongress ; next year, which will , Mten to their voice. We want more money, and we ant it issued directly by the Gov- , rnment and not by the banks as . ational currency. "j HE NEW FIFTH DISTRICT. How II Stand Polltirally. There is a general interest to now just how matters stood politially at the last election, in the several counties composing our present Congressional District the new Fifth. So, for the informa tion of all, we publish the subjoined statement of the vote at the lost election. In the most of the conn ties the vot6 given is that cast for Wilson and Goodincr: jssr..HI-' ..47.-i(l ..I'Jltf IV-in. 1775 7 IS yes 1U2 sisa iAa Fratiltlin... t'nkiti Fayette. , Byne. ........ Kauilolph lcarborn " Ttl 13vk.i IWtAiliiniB niftjurity 1,1"7. From the foregoing1 i& will be seen that the Republicans have a healthy majority in the District and there is no reason why it should not be maintained. Law. Press. The New Castle Courier thus sums up the situation in this Dis trie: Congressional matters are waxing warm in the Fourth Diitrict Judge Wilson, the present Repre sentativo and probably the ablest man in the district will be a candidate for renomination, although he has to suffer the odium of having voted for back pay. Rev. J. S. Tevis, of Connersville, has been mentioned as a candidate, and we suppose that Wayne County, which has a number of aspiring and able men, will furnish one or more can didate for the nomination. The Cincinnati Volksblatt styles the ladies engaged in tbo whisky war "corset dragoons." The insurrection of prayer" ia what , the Graphic ealls the operations of temperance women. : The story of Kossuth's destitute condition was entirely a bit of American-born gossip, for which there is not the slightest excuse. . One month ago whisky sold in Cincinnati at 97c. a gallon. Yesterday it was quoted at K cents. The bottom seems to have fallen out. The Democratic ; StaVe Central Committee held a love-feast at Indianapolis, Wednesday; which was not all a love-feast. Chairman Alvord resigned and Joseph B. McDonald .was elected to succeed him. It is reported that the contest for the Massachusetts Scoatorship has narrowed down to four candidates D3wcs, Adams, Hoar, and Bonks, one c f whom, it is thought will be elected. : Movements in high life. It is rumored that the lion. William M. Tweed, now residing on bis estates at Black well s Island, is desirous of changing his abode to the County Jail a distinction, it would s;-t-ni, without a difwrenee. The man who will quietly consent to be convicted, without an effort to obtain a new trial, in these United States, will be fairly entitled to a free pardon, a seat in Congress, and six inches of dry clay in Westminister Abbey. The whisky war in Ohio is damaging the wisky trade of Cincinnati about 820,000 per day. Distilleries in Cincinnati which formerly turned out four hundred barrels of whisky per day are now running but sixty. Effect of the crusade. '. - Canada com plain s that no sooner does a native grown minister show signs of ability than he receives a call from an American congregation, which he invariably accepts. The reason is very obvious: Canada was originally placed npon the map of North America for the express purpose cf raising ministers and lumber for the United States market! At Indianapolis on Saturday, the county commissioners granted two permits for licenses, makisg four obtained out of the twenty four applied for. In four days, therefore, the women of Indianapelis may be said to have closed up twenty saloons The saloon keepers are more worried than ever about this movement. They did not expect such a flank movement, and are consequently much enraged, as well as disappointed.

To Wfcnm It May iWwraS I mm requested U nominate a candidate for appointment as cadet to the United States Military Academy at

West Point and for the purpose of making a selection, an examination will be held at Cambridge City on Wednesday, 22d day of April, 1ST4, which all eligible persons deairiag t compete for the nomination are. requested to attend. Applicants must reside in the Fourth Congressional District of Indiana, composed of the counties of Fayette, Franklin, Han cock ., llush,...SkelbA. Union t and Wayne. - They must between the ages of seventeen and twenty two years, exevptiug those persons who 'have .erved at lcat eno year in the ncu!r or volunteer aruiv during th Lite war. and have been honorably diseharjid, are eligible np to the age of tweatv-four rears. "No candidate less than five feet in height can le admitted." Nor can any one be admitted who has any "disorJer, deformity or infirmity which may render him unfit lor arduous military service. THE MENTAL QUALIFICATIONS required are aa follows: "The candidate is reauired by law to be proficient in Heading and Writing; in the elements of English Grammar: in Descriptive Geography, particularly of our own country, and in the History of the United States. In Arithmetic the various operations in Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Simple and Compound Proportion, and Vulgar and Decimal Fractions must be thoroughly understood and readily performed.' The successful applicant will be required to report at the Military Acad emy not later than tne Din aay oi Jlay next. t " NAVAL CADET. , I ata also requested to nominate a candidate for appointment as cadet at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, from the same district. The following extract from the "regulations" will advise person de siring to compete tor this appointment as to the requisite qualifications for admissiou: "Candidates for appointment as Mid shiptnaa must he ttweew fourteen and eighteen years of age wue examined for admission. All candidates for admission will be required to certify ou honor to their precise age to the Academic Board previous to exaniitration; and none will be examined who are under or over the prescribed age. They must be of good moral character, satisfactory testimonials of .which, from persons of good teyulo in the neighborhood of their respective residences, must be presented; and testimonials trow clergyman, instructors in colleges and high schools, will hare special weight. They mutit also pass a satisfactory examination before the Acadeniie Board in Reading, Writing Spelling, Arithmetic, Geography and Lnglish Grammar. In Reading they must read clearly nnd intelligibly from any English narrative work, as for example. Bancroft's History of the United States; in Writiug and Spelling, they must write I'.oin dictation in a legible hand, and spell with correctness, botb orally and m writing, in Arithmetic they will be examined in Numeration, and the Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and DiviKioa of Whole Numbers and Vulgar and. Decimal Fractions, and in rrajwtion. or the ituie ot three, and show a good knowledge of the subject. It is desirable that the board should ascertain the aptitude of a ' candidate in thia branch of study," which, if good should count in bis favor, iu ease of a slight deficiency ia other bra ac ben; iu Geography candidates will exam incd as- to ' the grand divisions, the continents, oceans and seas, the chief mountains aud rivers, the boundaries and populations of the chief nations, their governments, eapitols nnd' chief cities; in Knglish Grammar they will be examined as to the parts cf speech the rules connected therewith and the elementary construction of sen tences. and will be required to write such orieinal naracrauhs as will show that they have a proper knowledge of the subject. No persoa can be admitted to tho Academy unless physically sound in all. respects, well formed and of robust constitution. . ,, For the purpose of selecting a nominee for this appointment anaxamination will be held at Cambridge City on Wednesday, t be 6th- day , of May. 1874. : - i ... o.f. , , I do ar t expect to be present at either of these examinations, but will reeommend for the respective appointments above referred to, the persona respectively whom the boards of examiners shall find to be the best qualified to meet the requirements herein stated. Very Bespectfolly, 4c; , i r J. M. Wilson. ' Wmwi vs. WbHIijr. Looamsjobt, March 16 Victory perches upon onr banner! The ladlesv with their attorneys, and the assistance of the Cass county Temperance League, have defeated all of the sixteen applicants for permit a Let us all rejoice. CR-vwrosDsvrLLE, March 16. Mr. Baxter, the father of the great Baxter law, lectured hers twice yesterday, in the afternoon at the Methodist Church and in tha evening at the Presbyterian Church, to about 1,000 people, of all kinds. Hundreds went away unable to get even standing room. His lecture was interesting and full of good sound sense. He explained ; the aforesaid law very satisfactorily. They organized a committee to raise money to enforce the law and pledged themselves to do it Belxfoxtaise, O., March 16. Again victory has perched itself npon the banners of the crusaders, two more snrrendeiing today. John E. MiTJer and Joseph Mariai ty, proprietors of the Ded Fatt. . Their liquors were poured out tints 3 p. m. amid the ringing of bells and play ing of the band. They immediately sold at auction the rest of their stock at good round temperanee prices. Bobader A Stevwason still hold out. - " Wheatduli, bat OBchW?ef. at 11 4501 Corn anlet acid Mtdj, WftMlr. - - Kye In demand at SI 05. Httrley doll. tl,V.. Egg 2 M iMarebJ Flour dull am! waetMnged. Wbeat, OemmaA mm llti 1 tl lM.lt. - Corn at egGC 0t. i3tH-;e. Rye ftrm at fe5cto 7e. Barley tl 3 &!

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Alton JM Moora Mar Antett Jacob Adlal Ha ArcBicy nannia Antram BP Armour K W Mail.jr jnuaa llmton Flisa Henaoa ttoster A Nolrti Katta Norm Jaam Overman PC PtlklDgtoa Ana ' PilkinvtoB! A 1 Vuti Krania lt-MJ Jaae&n tiricser I. ana kourrta Hwrah i burton C H Robert X B llnrkt l.TtHa t-rawfcird Julia A Carartbrtl Kmraa taawanai JanjMa fnnlN-lti J R Odiu lvt I . - 1 tMrtu'y John R Cruwrl Aniw : , Klw-ood Kills KIliwiD J M Kennr Oliver Krldman MA 4 KiKhrr Mia Emma KicM Jamra Flnctlalln John tSr.s u B H Harvey K H Hi'lm KTorraO Miuonr John Keller Ooors Kroner A,Uw Kersbnor Msurale IxtKliur Jna It Ijiatuwn Jaiaea iJnnnnc Tltoa Leo Wm Lucy John I.thtlam Joseph " MctToursey W il Muhar Kail Kyon MrsU fetialfrr BO Hwaync M H Muunm Marr- ,J Htrawbrtdga C i Hamate Anna . Kliank Lenaou Maua Henry - hatauol Wolf - Scarce KJwd r riantert Aana Salthluc Katie Shelter John H Stlkelrather John Hitnond Henry Mima Felix Noott Manrnret Hrnlth Morris l Seoit Loren Scott Carolina tewrt J antra O Bteweit Wl'.lla Thomas Mary Tbomaon Mrs M W Thouuu 11 M t'ptou Lllll yltea Laura S llery a Koaera WeluiT w'l'lam Acaea, ottjr W htte UelU Wilaom John A Matthews MattJaJ SlaiterBon Via - Pvnons oalUiiK tat theas letters will aay "aJvertlmMl,' and Kir tiie date of thai list. B. W. DAVIS. P. 31. Laporte County is estimated to be the home of 600 grangers. XoreesiBBi Mall, Has by the indomitable energy Cspt. Lather Crocker, been placed 4 A Mo. 1' basis, by raiaiag the seats Has by the indomitable enei of on L IK thf imdilftriiim A K trance from Fifth-it., and enlarging and otherwise improving stage and fixturep. Sound is perceptibly improved and we can truthfully say the Captain has made a sound improvement, as well n being himself "soaed on the goose." There's not a better Hall, for its aiie. and far general purposes, now n the West. graixa axd acaiMER, isre. j. zeyeit & nno.. M2BCBAI? TuIlOH., Gent's Furnishers, Xa.Saa Malat . RICHMOND, INBUkHA. A Full Xiin of Woolens For Sprisg Wear, Jui Received. ' Kten r-a M 1 ie- staHc, or arad (want. fHe. wpnaTfiinr prrpnren jo nutuar. tneiit-t nt hTt notlee, in the latest style, anS at reaHoim 61e rut. S-tf jaji. r. HinBtnD, m. n. o.h. not-oay, v. . DBS. flTBBEBD & D0UOAV, Offirsea Sriaswsy, stear Vina at Hams asharetota occupied by D. Hibbard. rj: ; .... s HEBIFFH HALE. By vlrtueof an exeetatlon tome tffreeted from the Clerk of the Warna-ClrroM Court, I will expos at PoMie Hale, av the (Jours House door in the etty of Klcftmotnr, Wayne enmity, Indiana, os the ISttr day of April, IS74, between the hours ot 10 o4ock a. St.. nd 4 o'clock r. M-, on sattt day. the follow lug property, to-wlu and described ss follow, to-wlr: fractional seetion umolrr wBly-rour, (St Ufiiinuina at tne nooursvsi corner or township fourteen. I t of tanre number raro, (Si Wet, ronnlrattienee Westaeltaina and 111 lltika to a stake: -UieWre IMUtll Sa chains nnf 0 llnte!touiike; thence Baa 14 rlialiut emd 2D lHtk, tm.re or K"a". to a stake, on the old boundary Hue. Tbenesj Xorthw nrdly ou said boundary line t tho place of bt-AuiulmC ounlaintus riixiy A eras, ittiv. Also, the f.rfitrwln)t tract of Ji-rd known aa being a raat of t Rttfimtal aasiiao asjrober eleven ill aud two, 2) In townvbln sls teen, liln rnr fvrfrteeti, lit East, ana bounded as llows,to-wlt: MaoCantnar sA Use ?orUi"rl nr cf the sIIh lassie of AbtVUi llhl thenea Ks alowalUa-XaasT sstuKifltrrtcr to' ids S nerobes anrt -eV to a stone, la tlo oM aoaralary Uui then an North 12 decrees Kast,ua.said boundary Ua 4 perel.es and S-18 to stone; theneo West 0 perches to a stone. In the section line; theune Bouth 7 perehea and 4-UV to tbe plan- of b:tn nine eon talaln- 2 ses, and a half and SB purclies, asore or. hats. Also, tho followlns tract of htndr ftT" ntnir at the Woutbe comer uf fractional section eleven, til) in tawnship slstccn, (lCj ranee fourteen, K-? ronninir tnenee XorU) to Jsw-ph Kich's eorr,ai Uta West ilne or said named- fraction eleven, Ol); thence Eiwltotheolrt boundary line; Ibeuoa Moulhwetwardly with saad. uM Usiudary line, to the Houtheast comer of salt fraeMonal aectlen eUren. U.; trnre West, to the place or oeuinniug, conrainin awns Four 14) Acres, situate in Wayne eunay, and State of Indiana, to be aold aa the property or Abilah Kiel., to satisfy sold Ksecntion 1 nv hands In favor of J-awpb. Wsllaoa. Itw'l sale without rOwl froo sUaV on or appralsemant lawj. Hriertfr of Wayne county. ' W. A. BTcan.E, Atfy for Mtlff. -w pfslaAe S" TECL aVAIU MCaOJE TatACsU Baltimore and Ohio Rail Eoad. THE CiBEAT LUI WWmi etsjc-urxATX rexuratnoi EAST! AVIVG 87 to IU MILES, and srriTfnc , Train Ls Advance at NEW JOMK. BAVnCS MTLES. fnf.,fl,l,fn 5 Utl HOVlte Aovanee at ALTIM0BE. aiVTo B5 MILES and arrtvUkf to T WASHTJfOTOX. phila delpliitv - una Train jam Hs Are run on thia I St. Louis, Ciaeiriaati Colwmhaa, BaW timore and Waahuagtoa- City - ' WITHOUT CHAKOEI Oocatnc the Oalo river on J CLBLCSIUE. Oenl Ticket An, Baltlaaore, Md 1-tf

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