Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 44, Number 9, 13 May 1874 — Page 2

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Phlh.l every Wednesday, flJSO per year. MICMMAKat. IS.. SAT , 174. EdiforiA m aCTOp, is sparse Ibis wtek, in oonMqQetioe of th oonaeWBfM of corporeal .derange ment of ilie editor..- Pilla.-&, , had to be taken. Try And do dnt next wek.,ri " ' ' y .1 - - - -iff) -ga, " " ' j'1 ' .'nr.': "'' f ' -Dops 'the payment of "siecial tax" on a liquor seller, to the Gen era! Government, entitle him to the . protection of the Government, in 1 the traffic in which he is engaged '. State Laws and municipal regula- , lavas 1o the contrary not withstand : ; ing? la a question that ia pertinent jnst now, and we shouM like to see it answered.'; . . , TkaOatXaak.. - . " t. We have carfully examined, the' election returns from different parts ' of the State, and we arrive at the same conclusion that a correspond ent of the Inter Ocean does, below, . that there is much to encourage the advocate of temperance, in the out look presented by the results of the election. The remark be makes of onr city going into the hands of the democracy, and, ergo, whisky, we do not concur in. In the First Ward, John .Pttercou, independent .Democrat, .beat the pronounced whisky candidate so that on the question of temperance, he would feel it bis duty to act independent of . his party, : if a majority of his fellow members took the whisky - shoot; but we do not believe that any legislation detrimental to the . temperance cause could possibly pan our council, even as it is con stitut?d, with all the appb'ances ", , that might be brought to bear by , the "whisky ring." ; ..". At Richmond, for instance, a eity . which has always been regarded among th mnst temnerata in thu Mt,ii ami boasts of being the home of the lion. "I William liaxter, the author of the celebrated Baxter liquor law, the IeMwats gain one councilman and tho get oontrolof municipal affairs. At .Muncie, a town of 4,000 or 5.000 inhabitants, on the "Bee Line Kailway, sixty miles east of this city, the anti-crusade ticket was also elected'by a large majority. Heretofore the tem- ' perance people have controlled both of these places, and the defeat is a surprise to every one. But, while free whisky has succeeded in capturing thooe temperance strongholds, the news from othr citiou unA tnsm nr. ' roboratcs the belief thai a majority of I . tlie people ot Indiana are beginning to regard whisty selling and drinking a crime, ami are aetermineu to control theft? by proper legislation. Crawfordsville, Goshen, Wabash, Madison, Blooinington, Anderson, Franklin, New Albany, and scores of other . towns, have planted themselves emDhatically on the side of temperance. Many oi these places have heretofore been Democratic, and if the present . change means anrthiugit is that the temperance people are mighty and will prevail. ' Apropos to this showing are a few facts recently gathered by a clerk in the office of the Secretary of State, in regard to the number of petitions filed for "liquor permits," and the number granted and rejected at the March term of the Commissioners' Court. Ninety one counties were heard from. Tn thirty of them no petitions were tiled, and in twenty-ono -ethers all that were filed were defeated. In the remaining forty counties 171 petitions were granted .out of 310 applied for. Considering the fact that the March term f the Commissioners' Court has heretofore been principally devoted to ' the granting oi liquor licenses in nearly all the counties in the State, this snowing is a very significant one. At all events the temperance people of Indiana hare no cause to feel discouraged. y , , - r , . Caaflaa-ratiaaa. At Oshkosh, Wis., May 9, a terriblo conflagration broke out, which proved in extent the most disaotrous that has visited that city for years. The fire burned a .. distance of four blocks, through one of the finest dwelling lo- ' calities of the city. Leas heavy. John Fox's cotton mill and four dwelling houses, near Madea, Pa., : were burned en the eight of the Pth. 1 A fire broke out in Pekin, 111., (Saturday, and burned several buildings. Loss about 5,000 dollars. ' At Aurora, 111., May 9, a fire broke out in the engine house of N. S. Bouton's foundry, in the railway shops. , A slate roof saved the main building. Datboit, May 9. Fires are raging in the woods ia many parts of the State. Heavy fires are reported near Grand Haven, and along the line of the D. and M. R. R between Ionia and Grand Haven. Fires on the F. and P. M. R. R., have cut off all communication north of Evarts, and on the J. L. and S. R. R., north of We- - aona. -; .. 'At Baltimore, Md., the fivo story brick, chair and furniture warehouse, " ' of Geo. Beck, was completely burned. Loss between 65,000 and 75,000 dol- - Jan.". . . ... n . i i CrsrcisrsATi April 27. The Constitational Convention today, af- - ter sereral daya debate, engrossed a proposition to Buhmit to a seper ate to to of the people for adoption in the constitution the clause "li cense to traffio in intoxicaiincr lia - UOTS OUT be CTaiitfvl Hnt thia uv. tion ahull not be construed as to prewyt the Legialature from mak- . t sag iswa u restrain, and regulate - tu weaiut compensation for inr. J" "wng therefrom,'! The V, moUva ox the clause ia no luvmnA. ; and its sueeaw before the people . would carry the prohibition ol the traffic and TejfttMLegialalure tree to make laws to restrain the ale and require compensation for ? 1 1 A 7i . tiry revuiraay uvm its aajcv

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J.eter Wwmmm artava Camacjr aUlla4 ska WLi O . IMA Ji J: sir: xasre aMwaie IO be misapprehension in a portion of the press in regard to the provisions ol the Finance Bill which lately passed the two Houbrcs of Congress, but from which the l'reudent withheld his approval. ; The bill is criticised as if it author ized a new emission of United States , notes, wkiclt would increase the : diffi culty of a return to specie payments. .and thereby iavolve breach of he national faith pledged for the redemption of those notes in coin. i ( The first section of the bill, and the only one whieh -. relates to . United States notes, ia in these words: "The maximum amount of United States notes shall be four hundred millions of dollars." T , , To understand the effect of this provision, reference mast be had to Previous legislation. : By the aet of une 30, 1S64, it was declared that the United States notes in circulation or to be circulated, should not exceed the sum of tour hundred millions. Bv the act of April 12th, 1SCG, it was provided that "of ' United States notes not more than ten millions of dollars may be retired and canceled within six months of the passage oi this aet, and , thereafter not more than four millions of dollars in any one month." On the 4th of March, 1SGS, another act was passed forbidding any further reduction of United States notes. At that time the amount eatstanding was 350,000,000, and that is the limit below which the United ' States notes cannot be reduced without Congressional enactment. Under . the operation of these statutes, successive Secretaries of the Treasury have assumed the right to re-insue at their discretion forty-four million of dollars, that ' is, the difference betweeu $tt56U00,00 and f400,000.000 and to withdraw the same agaiu from circulation. Under this asserted "power, about a million and a half of dollars ; of these notes were issued in September, 1869, and ' afterwards withdrawn, and a like sum iisued in the full of 1871, and afterwards withdrawn. Since the firs-1 of October last, there have been issued of these notes by the Secretary of the Treasury $20,000,000, making tho ! whole circulation of United States notes $382,000,000. The right of the Secretary to reissue aay part of this forty-four millions, or to increase the circulation of the.e notes above three hundred and fifty-six millions, has been continually denied by many lawyers, in' Congress and out of it, and a lagge portion of the press; and the question can not be said to be free from doubt. At the last session of Congress, a majority of the Finance, Committee of the Senate, through the chairman,- Mr. Sherman, reported to the Senate, for its adoption, the following resolution: , Resolved. That, in the ooinion of the Sfcnate, the Secretary of the Treasury has not the power under the existing laws to issue United States notes for any portion of the forty-tour . million dollars retired and canceled nndcr the several laws on that subject. My first impression had been against the existence of the power, ' but en further examination, I thought it fairly dedueible from a comparison of statistics, and personally urged . upon the President and Secretary the tree use of the forty-four million re&errc to check the progress of the panic and alleviate its disasters. In his veto message, and in his let ter to Messrs. Claflinand Anthony on the 28th of September last, the President treats the forty-four millions as . being an existing reserve, a sum of money already in tlie Treasury, as much so as a like sum received from taxes, to be used at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury for certain purposes. He regards the maximum amount of United States notes as $400,000,000, and treat the $44,000.000 as in actual existence. The first section of the bill declares the law to be what the President and Secretary have assumed it to be. It declares that the maximum amount of United Stales notes shall be $400,000, 000, that is. the amount beyond which the issue shall not be extended. The word "maximum" means the greatest. It does not mean the piecise amount, but simply the amount beyond which the issue cannot go, , 1 t The sectiou relieved the Government from the exercise of a doubtful power, which had teea the occasion of severe animadversion. The Secretary of the Treasury in his last report, thought it important that Congress should remove the doubt hanging over the issue of this $41,000,000, and used the following language: - But the law authorising the issue of the maximum of $400,000,000 has never been repeated, and has uniformly been held by the Treasury Department and the law officers thereof to be in full force. In view of the uncertainty which exists in public sentiment as to the right of the Secretary of the Treasury to issue United States notes in excess of the minimum, and the conflict of opinion as to the policy of doing so, conceding that he has that right under the law, I respectfully recommend that Congress shall set these questions at rest by a distinct enactment. It was the wish and expectation of the friends of the bill that the Secretary should put into circulation the remaining $18,000,000 of the $44,000,-: 000, and it was proposed by some that the language of the section should be 60 changed as to require that amount to be put into circulation and kept outstanding. But it was determined otherwise, and that the bill should simply declare the maximum amount of circulation, and leave the power and discretion of the Secretary what they had been claimed to be. Had Congress taken from the Secretary the enormous power to put the circulation cf United States notes up te $400,000,000, or reduce it to $356,000,000, by fixing it at $466.00.000. the act would have met the approbation of a large part ot tbe people, who believe that a power so vast should sot lie reposed in any public officer. Bat that was not done, and the whole effect of the section was to establish the legality of the power which had been claimed, and the exereise of which had been declared by many to be a gross usurpation. . . The other section of the bill author ires the inerease of bank note circulation to the amount of $46,000,000 to be distributed among the States having less than their . proportio upon the basis of the act of 1865, the new batiks to be established upon the terms, liabilities nd restrictions im nosed npon existing banks, being required to secure their bilk by deposits of bonds redeem them in United States notes , upon demand over their own counters or in one of the redemption cities, asd with the additional 'restriction that all banks, old and new, shall keep one fourth of the coin interest they receive . upon xaoir ooaus ueposttea tor the security of their notes. This provision looked forward to the resumption of specie payments, and was the first step that had been taken in that direction by Congress. The $46,000,000 provided for came

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tk basia-of the rt rf 18C5. Uader that act l&s Hew JCagfand Urates were entitled to less than $40,000,000, but received $110,000,000, and the other Eastern States had an excess of nearly $12,000,000. fr, , The most of the friends of the bill desired free banking, that is, the re striction taken off as to tho amount and locality of the circulation of National banks, so that people should t be left free in every part of the United O. . - 1 i - , V I 1 , ciaies io esiaoiitin ltsuonai Dants wherever and whenever their local wants and necessities demanded them The Trofit mon the currenev of Na tionai banks is lees than two per cent and they will not be established and maintained anywhere, unless there be a local demand which will give to them a liberal line of deposits. But the purpose of this letter is not to. enter into any defense ot the second section of the bill, but to remove a misappre hension that apjieara to prevail in re eard to the first. Whether the volume of the currency is sufficient for the business of the couutry, is a Question of fact about which men may honestly differ. During the fuur years preceding the panic. there bad been an actual contraction of the currency, and a niueh larger comparative , contraction resuum from the growth of population and business." A majority of( .Congress were of the opinion that to produce a restoration of confidence, a speedy revival of business and a return to the prositerity, which was so suddenly de stroyed by the panic, seine addition should be made to the volume of the currency. I That the bill which has failed to be come a law would have produced some contraction is undoubtedly true; but it would have been almost entirely in .1 a r w . me stock uiarcet in - ew lorK. it is a well understood fact that the reserves of the Western and Southern bank kept in New York have been loaned by the New York banks almost exclusively - npou call, to' dealers in stocks, and have thus contributed to stimulate unwholesome speculation, and nave been of very Iittic benefit to the mercantile or manulscturing community. The evil resulting from this tact was strikingly illustrated daring the pauic last fall. The stock-holders who had borrowed the money were not able to repay the New York banks and they iu turn were unable to pay the country banks from which the money had been received, and thus the disaster of the panic was greatly aggravated. This bill in effect required the banks outside of the redemption cities to keep three-fourths of their reserve at home, and would have with drawn some millions from the stock market in New York, which would streDethen the banks ; to which they belonged, and would have produced contraction in a quarter where it is pretty well understood that contraction would uo no harm. " The aet of 182, to "strengthen the public credit, declares that "the United States solemnly pledged its faith to make provision at the earliest prac ticable period for the redemption of the United States notes in coin." In the debate upon this bill nobody has denied the eharactcr or binding lorce of that pledge, but the question as to the "practicable period" for its per lormance remains sjs open as it was upon the day it was passed. Very few members of either house of Congress Lave agreed upon any method for the resumption of specie payments. A few are in favor of hoarding the gold in the Treasury until enough has been acquired to begin the redemption of the notes. Others have proposed to acquire the requisite amount o!go!d by selling onr bonds in Europe; others to fund a portion . ol the legal tender notes in bonds bearing five per cent., interest, and retire thcni ia that way, to bring the rest to par by contraction; others to fund them into a bond bearing five per cent, interest, to be reissued and agaiu funded. While the Government is pledged to redeem the legal tender notes in coin, at the earliest practicable period while the purpose to do ?o should ever be kept in view, yet that period is by many not deemed to be practicable when there is great stagnation of business, much labor unemployed, the revenues largely fallen off, and much distress and suffering iu every part of the country. 1 Very truly your:, O. P. Morton. . Everybody has heard of the man who stole a saw-mill and went back after the mill-pond, when he was discovered and arrested. Doubts have been entertained of the truthfulness of the story, but it grows more probable in the light of a recent occurrence at Des Moines. Iowa. A house on one of the principal streets f the city has been robbed within a few days of all .he furniture, with the exception of a cook-stove and some kifcben chairs. J he thieves took, also, the clothing of the owner and his wife, who were temporarily absent. The Journal is reuiind'd by this occurrence of a robberv that took place $m this erty a few years ago, when ibei furnitturc of a houe w&s not only stoleu duriug the owner's .absence, but the houe itself removed and so completely disguised as never to be reeogeiee4. This beats the mill-pond story. na fairly discounts Aldrich's man who stole the meeting-house. Inter Ocean. -; A model duel recently came off at Ottawa, Canada. Two journeymen tailors having indulged in an excess of what Mr. Dick Swiveller poetically calls "the. rosy," quarreled, and caused their employer considerable ' annoy, auee. After he had tried ia vain to reconcile them, he procured a pair of rusty pistols and persuaded the bellifsrents to fiht itout 'like gentlemen.' laving got the knights of the shears out in the yard, he placed them back to back, capped the pistols, and told them they must walk ten paces, then ituru and fire. The couple proceeded io pace, hut the courage of one . oozed out se rapidly that he never turned round at all. YV hen last seen, he was Still keeping straight on iu a frightened couditien. - - - The associated banks of Eastern Pennsylvania met at Bethlehem, 1'a., on the Jijth . ult, to express their views on the currency question. The association comprises about 100 national banks, located east of the Alleghecies, asd this is a copy of the resolafion which was adopted:. . Ifeselved. That this association farora a modification of the national currency , act se as to authorise free banking under reasonable restrictions allowing circulating notes equal to the current market value of the bonds pledged for their redemption, not exceeding their value, and such . change in the law relating to reserves as will render the same flexible and available for use ia times ef great stringency. ' People who propose to explore "Africa ought to xnow that it takes a whole month to dry a dead explorer so that he can be shipped home.

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After the dread battle comes the J'carful reckoning. 1 1 is then we at tain an appreciable idea of the ex lent of our loss. Although it can scarcely be said the floods have be gan to abate, still their destructive paths are now .seen, anil we begin to see tlie - ravages - mtuctod upon our unfortunate and suffering peo ple. or has its hardships, it is true, and 1 to individuals it often brings the direst distress and suf fering, yet philosophers and states men allege that in the meat after proerress and development of civil ization, the rending of fossilated prejudices and obsolete customs which operate to manacle the links of progress, there is secured some compensation. But in a 1 ; WAK WITH THE XLX3CENTS There is no after compensation All is wreck, ruin and waste which marks the path of mich dread mon sters JNot until there nas been a complete subsidence of the waters, can there be a full measurement of the damages sustained, bnt a sur s vey of the vast plane of water, which sti-etches from the border of Arkansas to the gulf, with an aver age width of say fifty miles, we may at least approximately estimate the calamity. Predicating our estimates on the befct lights now before us, the loss, direct and conseqnen tial to the people of this State must largely exceed TEN MHXIOXS OF DOIXAES. "When the flood shall have entirely passed away, and absolute facts are ascertained, the estimate stated may be largely increased, but can not be" diminished, and not until then will it be possible to deter mine what the individual suffering lias been. . The area now under water is variously estimated at from 2,500,000 to 3,000,000 acres. The estimates of damage must include the labor previously expended in the crops, the loss of fences, cattle, mules. poultry, and every variety and kind ot chattel property, houses, dam aged machinery, stores of food and clothing, loss of prospective crops. also the prospective damages for a season of unemployed time until the sufferers can again find remu nerative employment, tho time, la bor and expense of restoriner tho wasted hinds, fences and habita tions. Involved in all these esti mates is a population fairly esti ' mated at ONE ECVDRED ASD TWENTY THOUSAND, Without considering tho large com mercial interests of New Orleans, which are to be affected by the overflow, not only for the present year, but until these damages can be repaired. We have desired to be reasonable in these calculations, and to found them on ascertained and appreciative facts, for in that way only will they have any value in the public mind. Suppose we begin with the loss of the cotton ckop. In making these estimates concerning cotton, we consider the entire product of Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. Should the flood subside by the middle of the present month, there would yet be time to obtain some recompense for the loss in this crop; but it is well known that late planting of cotton is never safe for any yield, and can not be counted on under the most favorable circumstances for more than half a crop. Well informed planters, and good judges with whom we have conversed, consider that there will be a loss of 250,000 bales of cotton on the crop of this year, even under the most favorable circumstances. ' Should the overflow continue longer than the 15th instant, the loss will be largely enhanced, and exceed 300,000 bales. THE SUOAB LOSS. ' The loss in this community is al most total and absolute, not only for the present year, but will attend that industry for two more years besides the present. Cane can not be brought to a productive capacity under threo years, and its restoration will only be accomplished gradually. It will be fair to count in the loss not only for tlie present year, but the consequential loss of succeeding years. The loss on this year s crop is variously estimated at from 30,000 to 40,000 hhds., but we are persuaded that the former figures, 30,000 hhda, is within the margin of certainty. That would be $3,000,000. Next year 20,000 hhds., 82,000.000, and the year following that. 10,000 hhds., or $1,000,000. The sugar loss then, di rectly and consequential, must be Bet down at $6,000,000. THE HICK CHOP. Some overstrong estimates have been made of the loss in this crop, and we have endeavored to reach indisputable conclusions. The rice crop of the State is written, down in the statistics at 52,206 barrels of 230 pounds each- The producing parishes are: St. James, 435 barrels, not overflowed; St. John, 1,250 barrels, one quarter overflowed, loss 315 barrels; St, Charles, :5,20"2 barrels, loss one fourth or 1,320 barrels; Jefferson,308 barrels, not overflowed; Orleans, 12 barrels, not overflowed;' St. Bernard, 117 barrels, not overflowed; Plaquemines, 30,254 barrels, loss one third or 10,000 barrels ; Terrebone,ll,741, loss four-fifths or 9,312 Larrels; Lafourche, 1,224 barrels, loss twothirds or 816 barrels; Vermilion, 884 barrels, not overflowed; Lafay ettei 579 barrels, not overflowed. We have here a certain , loss of 5,031,940 pounds, which, estimated at 6c, aggregates $311,996. .,. 3 - A' ,': .:-:--- ; ; 5 . . TBS TOBACCO OOP. , There may be some loss in the crop of tobacco, but diligent inquiry ha3 failed to discover that it is material The crop, at best, is

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matecf tte loo, fUdive an it 100.000. With be This brinsrs us to the consldera tion of the most diffieult"part of this subject, the loss of . - . CHATTIXROIEBTTJ Such as cattle, mules, hogs, poultry, farming tools,) fence; etc Neces sarily we are much at sea here, and however objectionable li may be to present estimates itli no better foundation than guessing, it is for the present all that is allowed us. The population, as above stated, involved in the overflow is about 120,000 people,:, white i and black, implying from six to ten thousand plantations, large and small. The question .is how-much has each plantation lost by the flood in cattle, mules, fences and . other chattel interests? It can not be less than $100 to each place, and there are many persona who would unhesitatingly write it down at $200 to each place, and yet others who would with as little hesitation estimate the loss at double that amount : We prefer to take a moderate view and calculate from the basis of six thousand places at $20O each, which would give a loss of $1,200,000. CXCONSIPEHtD 1NTSTS. , There remains many other matters whieh have not yet been considered, and which legitimately enter into tho estimates of, the losses to which this State has been subjected by the great overflow. When the State shall be able to weigh her misfortunes, it may yet appear that our calculations are far too short When considered a connection with our other misfortunes, they are indeed sufficiently appalling. Our purpose has been to underestimate rather than overestimate. Whatever may be onr approximation to the real facts, the losses are such as oali into requisition whatever of hope and energy remain tot! to peo pie of this State amid all th ir sufferings. It is no time to indulge ' IDLE LAMENT ATIOKS. We must deal' with facts as they are, and- gii d up our loins for a stalwart struggle for life. We con fess the outlook is gloomy, but a resolute people may accomplish as ' founding results. Let us not forget how bravely France overcame the greater misfortunes of her recent war with ! Prussia; what ar. enormous sum of money was product d in a few brief years through the industry of her people. Siie is now in a most flourishing condi--tion, her exports largely in excess of her imports, and every branch of productive industry prosperous. The patience and tndnrance of our people have bf cn uied m the cruci bio. In every instance they haver proven themselves equal to tlie emergencies presented. Once again we are put to the test, and we have every confidence that in tho future, as in the past, they will becomevictors. Providence has blest el us with the most genial ciime, with responsive soil and resolute hearts. Let the words be forward and onward as we grapple a new with the results of onr great calamities. N. O. Times, May 4. Tlie current.number of Harper's Weekly contains one of tho taoet infamous and brutal caricatnres ever publisl el. - The subject being; the President's veto of the currency bill. Senators Morton, Logan, Cameron, and two or three . other leading friends of the bill, are rep resented in the guise of bullies and plunderers, making a cor&biaed assault on the President Senator Morton is made to appear like a drunken ruflian, with open shirt collar, pontaloons tucked in his boots, a heavy bludgeon in hi hand,, and in all respects the picture v a bully and cutthroat Over his head is a banner inscribed "down with national honor," "death to -hoc est trade," emblazoned with the skull and cross-bones, etc., and his attitude is that of a murderous assassin. Harper's Weekly sees fit to do this because Senator Mortod has argued in favor of an increase of the currency, and has done w hat be could in a legitimate way to carry out the wishes of the West ed South in this regard. ' This is the Eastern idea of: wit and decency, this brutal treatment of distinguished men. . Perhaps the Harp era can aflord to engage in this sort of business; but it is barley possible they may find ' such seed will bring forth unprofitable fruit in the Western States, which have a good many school books. It is possible such caricatures as this' will not attract Western purchrsers for Harpers' school-books, nor add largely to the list of subscribers for their periodicals. The cartoon is simply disgraceful and degrading, and tho sections of the country it outrages and insults should see to it that the concern publishing it is made to suffer for its insolence and brutality. All the saloon keepers of Keokuk have signed the following pledge : -We, tbe undersigned saloon keepers of Keokuk, hereby pledge ourselves not to sell ale, wine, beer, or any other drinks to minors or persons injured by the abuse from the use of intoxicating liquors; and we solicit notification in writ ing from parents,' guardians, wives or relatives to aid us in carrying out the above pledge, and will take it as a great favor to have the aid of all parties personally interested. And we, furthermore, will discountenance any persons or persons engaged in our business that will rot unite with us in carrying out this practicable temperance reform. This is good so far as it goes; but how much better would it have been had the saloon keepers pledged themselves also, in addition to those named, not to sell to sober ' meal Ed. Pai. The Ohio Falls Car Works are employing 200 men.

t?3 Forty-nine students are in attend 'hce af Vincianea t'triversity. rr The Terre Haute nail works resumed operations Thursday of last week. The population of Clay count v was, in 1S30. 1,616. It is now over 20,000. Aeamp"of the Order of Enlisted men has beeu organized in Danville. The Tincennes High School will give its first diplomas this year. r The Terro Haute hominy mills recently shipped 5U0 barrels ef hominy to Atlanta, Ga.

In pruning a plum -tree in Troy, a few days ago, a gardener found a gold ring iui beaded in one ot the limbs. An establishment for the manufac ture of machinist's tools is being start ed at South Bend. Vincennes is preparing for an oldfashioned Fourth of July celebration, and a b:g oue. It is estimated that over $15,000 worth of cattle have starved iu Jasper county in the last two months. A number of youDg girls, not over ten years old, visited a saloon in Jcffersonville, a few days ago, and held a prayer meel ing. Movements are inaugurated at Jasper, in DuBois eounty, to attract the attention of iron manufacturers to that place, and induce them to locate there. The fourteenth annual meeting of the Woman's Suffrage Association will be held at Fort Wayne on the 27th iust. t - ,- A wagon faetory with a capacity of 2,000 wagons per annum is to be started at Logansport. It is a branch of a factory in Kaeine, Wis. Since the clearing ont of dram-shops and gambling dens in Franklin, Johnson county, business there has beeu largely increased. The glass works at New Albany that ;have remained idle tor some years, have been purchased by a wealthy company, aud are to be put iu operation. Five thousand bushels of Sax seed have been sown in Grant county this summer. An average yield would produce 75,000 bushels of seed and 5,000 teas of straw. The entire peach crop ef Monroe county has been cut off by late trusts. The value of tlw tieaehes raised in the eounty usually about equal to the value of its wheat product Logan Grange, of Tippecanoe county, has passed a resolution ' that it stands decidedly opposed to anything like a political organization as opposed to both tho letter and spirit of the order." A petition i io circulation among the grangers of Lawrence county, asking an arrest of the dispensation to Mitchell Grange, ol that eouuty, on the ground that it has persons who are not eligible to membership. Henry O'Meary was put off the train near Goshen a few nights ago, and started west on foot. Getting- tired, he concluded to lie down on the track " and take a nap. Knough of him has not been picked up to start a grave yard. In two years just twenty-four jcrsons have been sent to tbe Mate prison from Grant county; but out of the number only three were residents there, the balance being rascals from abroad arrested in that county for crimes committed within its limits.; Dallas Firebnnh is in jail at Paola, Orange eounty, charged with several murders and other crimes. He belonged to the corps of engineers that surveyed the line for the railroad between Vincennes and Indianapolis, and was at that time highly esteemed. The business of the Indianapolis post office for April foots up as follows: Letters delivered. 194,177; postal cards delivered, 13,937; drop letters delivered, 13,938; newspapers deliver ed, 6G.4J9; letters collected, 124,153; pot-tal eards collected. 26,731; newspapers collected, 14,055. An ancient Miami Indian, bearing the euphonious name of White JLoon, has been visiting his f riends in Fort W ayne. He has reached the sublime age of 105 years, and remembers the events of ninety-five years ago distinctly. A reporter of the iSentinel interviewed him, but he was living at last accounts. .... , A boy was discovered a few nights ago in Terre Haute coming out of a window of a warehouse with three hams. The proprietor asked him why he was stealing, to which he replied that his mother was poor and starving. The man followed him homo and found his story to be true, and provided them with food. A brute named David Christian, of OraDge county, asked oue cf his little children a few days ago to bring him a drink of water, and the little child not moving as rapidly as the father thought it should, swore he would knock its brains out, and seizioz a club struck the child over the head killing it instantly, tnd fled. The neighbors found the murdered child on the floor, and accused the mother of the crime of killing it, and could only get a confessiou from her until the was hung to a post. Ex Congressman John Jlorrissey i? at his old tricks. Itcing worsted in an argument, Tuesday of last week, by John Fox, f the New York State Senate, he fell back on his muscle and cudgeled Mr. Fox after the old fashion. Both are members of the Tammany Hall Committee, and the fight grew out of a discussion relating to the intrigues of that honorable body. A Dubuque man has asked the courts to protect him against three widows who are trying to force him into a marriage. - Arthur Orton's wife and children are on show in England, admission ranging from six to fifty cents. Violent speeches were made during : the exhibition at Southampton, the under baliff of the town presiding. Sir Henry Thomson, the great advocate of cremation, is to take a pleasure tour through the United States. , The New York Cremation Society will doubtless receive him with open arms, and most probably give a grand exhibition cremate in his honor. Perhaps Dana, of the Sun, may permit himself to be scorched on the -occasion. We doubt not he would be glad to, do so if he were only sure of making a respectable pile! . ; Mrs. John Cockefair requested mi to say that the $2,000 with which she bought the Maj. Sim property was a present from her mother. Cambridge Tribune

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ewsof peafcaifis wll as war must b4 rntde out of- 2 earth, hence he is not to tSiR men looking about corner groceries, or talking polities in bar rooms, but ia busy getting his crops in the ground. New Castle Times. ; The St Iiouis Democrat aaya; "The House w ill da sensible thing if it puts an end absolutely to all renewals of patents applicable to sewing mad lines. Everybody eon eerned in tlie invention or manu facture has been amply rewarded, and now it ia about time to . make these neeessarv articles a little cheaper for the benefit of the mil lions of wives anil mothers and sewing girls who use them." Remember that one blossem al lowed to mature or goto seed, in jures tho plant more than a dozen new buds. Cut your flowers then, all of them, put them on your tables, send boquets to your friends who have no flowers, or exchange favors with those who have. You will sureley find that the more you cut ou the more jou wui nave. The temperance issue was the main question in most of the coun try cities. The temperance tickets wero elected in CrawfordsviHc, Go shen, Wabash, and Anderson, while the anti temperance carried Ango la, Munfie, Waterloo, Jeffersonville. Indiapolia, and Peru. In the towns where politics nad sway Hie xtepublican8 won decided victories, as in Madison, Bloomington, and Logansport The Democrats take Auburn, Ft Wayne, and Richmond and Lafayette stands as it was. In Terre Haute four citizens nominees and one workingmen's nominee were elected.- - " ...!-, . ,' NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. REG ULATING INTERMENTS. Set. L K' iturduineii by the Common (mi ctlf tue city of Ktrhmond, Tliat it shall tM tne ouiy r tety utiurt kt, or otnt-r IMTsoii, t'iir reuiAvvtii& nuy ooriao fur burnt I. tu obtain from th- oitv clerk a ix-ratit so to , tMfer obtaining aiw t-riif, hrmuill ov-rwwtttt wtvli the rity ctterfc imUtlcaieslMiiK forth, u ueariy ws cnu lie ocrT;mird.he nnnie. aBf.mhir.spx. whether rimrriI or KiiglTlub f lrRlli. and rau Uieiwf, tutkuM, um1 tOuut mill date or lntertiieti lntom lit, lilrli rerfiacnte unu iH'ntmiwI bjrt(n rhym-!af ftr tmrrm la atteudaac t the tfm ot dealn. Iu nan nu 4i vaii'ian was lu alU n-luin-v tlw et-rUn-cat sn ill be Mtgnt-d liy acting relative or attendant. In onm a axmwf'i intiw.t kUiiU 1m Ueld.Uiat (uciHltaU be atated anl the eomtM-r shnU he leuuired to certify thw fnrts to the rtt' elerk. If any wnrfi plivxlcuin, surgeon, relative, or attendant, rehi-sw to sipn xii.'li certificate, auelt uudertuker, or other person, shall rejKirt the aanie to thu eity clerk, wlioahalt forthwith InveMtitale tbe tae ur r-ort it to tlte hotted ot health. Sko. 2. It Kliall bo tho duty of the city clerk to make m monthly report to the iHwrd of health .of all burial penuila iacued by htm. KkC S. It Khntl be the drrf ? of the board of health to report totheOltv i'Minrtl, otolith, ly klatfim-nu of all death occurring l.tli in the t-rty liniM. Hkv. 4. ThHt any person violating hit of tho provision ol thin udinanre, or ahull lull or refuae. to petlorua any of the dutiea herein required, xhall.oa conrictlon before the Mayor, lie fined in any aum not eCeedlu fifty dollara. Hko. 5. Thin ordinance vhaU be Jn fore fron and after ft pomace and pnhllraiioa for two consecutive week ia tlie Kieliwond L'ultaditiui ne-wpaper. Passed mid nrproved. this &th day of May, A. !., JK71. . .IAS. KLPER, Mayor. Attest; P. P. KI IIN , City Clerk. -2w gll EBI Fn BALE. By virtna of a decree and execution to me directed from the Wayne Circuit Court, I will expnae at Public Hale, at tlie Court llouHe- door in tlie city of ttieliiuoncl,WiJ iie .onnly, Indiana, on the fit h dnv Bf June, IK7-I, belwwa the hoar of 10 o'clock A. M and 4, o'clock. P. il., oa aaid day, Uut lullvwtne property, to wit: . fietne: a part of tlie aontheant qnorfer of aeotion nuuaber thirty-four tt sownxhip nuinber seventeen (17) rniie uuiuber fourteen (It) east, and bounded as follows, to wit: ISettumlni; at a marked stone In the south liueof said mcUuu, aud uut hundred and twenty-etiiht hundredths (IU1 a-ltMij ls wet of tlto sumheaKt orner of said seetion; tltenee north otie hundred and nine (IOJi rodn und tweuty-tureetSij links: ttenco east forty two and ids-tenth 12 ft-lfr) rod to a stone at l bo beud invito Kubmond and WUliamsburg turnpibo road; llieuoe south one hundred and uiue and niuety-two htmdnHh (HU) '..'J-li)()) rods to the somh line of tuiid M-ction; tticm-west forty-two audaix icmiuM-il i-iu)rou4 to the place ol U xinniz. containiiisr twenly-ntne (2!t) ncren and forty -two irir rods; situate la Wayne count ; aud i-tute of .a liani , . To le sohl a the property of Panic! C Rioh and Esther A. Hich, to aatbdy said decree and ex ;outin ia my bands ia favor of Wnshineton 1. lirdiu. Said wile without reftef from valuation or appraiaenient laws. . , . WM. II. STUDY, fyiertfr of Wayne County. Tj. I. Knbt, Attorney for Plaintiff. l-3w r fee 1 L. . . . , , , i WoaW aot a Wltbaat run tics times its curir. : Tlie i?n at beueat I received lrouv kht use of vegetine, induces tue to give my testimony in itslavor. I believe it to be not onlr of great value for restoring the betlth, but a preveMttve of disease peculiar to the spring and summer seasons. I would uot be wltiiout it for tea limes its eofcU EDWIN TIIJiEN. , Attorney, and neral Ajtent or jrajHachusetts of tite Craftsmen I4fe Assurance "onjpany, o 19 Hear building, Boton, Mass. VEGETINE PURIFIES THE EIOOD ASD RESTORER , THE HEALTH. . WHAT IS VEUETINEr It is a compound extracted from barks, roots and !icn. It ia JSatuiea Kemedy. It fw rerfe-Uy harmieas from anv bad effect upon tbe system. It la Boofudung at d strengUieniiu;. It acta directly upon the blood. . It juiets tbe nervous system. - It gives yon guod.swbet sleep at night. It Is a great panacea for our aged fathers and mothers, for it gives them strength, quiet their nerves, and gives them Nature's sweet sleep, as has been proved by many an aeed person. It is tlie great Blood Purifier. It is a soothing re.uu.-dy for our children. It has relieved and cored thousands.' It Is very pleasapt to take; every child likes it. MARVELLOUS EFFECT. , Mr. H. R. Strveusi Dear Mir I bar nsed the tcreat Blood Remedy, Vegetiiie, and feel It a duty to acknowledge the great benefit it has done me. I a tae aprins; ot the year ivri. I waasick from general debility caused by overwork, want of sleep and proper rest. I was very weak and much emaciated. I tried many remedies without read viae any benefit from any of them, until I was persuaded to try Vegetine. Before I bad taken this one week, my improved condition gave me renewed hope ami -courage. I .continued to take it every day. gaining more strength, until I was completely restored to health. The effect of this remedy, ia case of general debiiitr. is indeed marvellous. ELIZABETH A. FOLEY. 21 Webster., May Sd, 1971. Chariest own, Ifaas. A PERFECT CUBE. ". j - f . -1 CHAKUSBawiri Junta 1L13SL Mr. H. B. Stevemn Dear Kir Tula Is to certify that Vegretine made a perfect cure of me when my attending physician has prcnoanotd my ease crmaum ptioc , and amid I could not survive many days. Mrs. LKDHTON, Si Cnok Street. . The facts stated by Mrs. ledatoa are personally known to me, and they are true. A. D. HAYSE8. VEGETINE IS SOLD BY A LL DRUGG ISTS

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RSlliHtlft. enm all HawaM tmm the 1 via to a c immm Blotch ar FtaaM. Jt'ivui two to six bof lie are airranki to cure Salt nkrTar, Pintle a race, Bli i:rTte1as and 1.1 vfr Cotplatitt. StK ijWw be. Kwclllnea ar.J Som and all Dili a4 moo4 lilamn. I tea .wonrterfct perioral rrT H tJt cw tt vwi ' aorcr mnt ttnewlnv Ckt in t xll Uic tin roqntred lr snv WUr iucdtrln and U pcrfecUr aale. fooM-ninff coaa. aootha Ihr trrttatloa, aad rolioviee aorerc. Sold .anin!(rrtt. B. V. PIMtCK, 51. IX. Mitct. PtplaMi, Aw for -j;M ANpicterial lart "v''niJi W Addre l,ejrcw KOEmAiMT- a art ot Wniitai b- sound new book b the of Phonic IXZSZiSZ aimp.eveHs.y.aJid ci,rrhrul, eahror io teuon triala. apt eihw,eriiioa,et. Iha UonPa PravVr s writU-n with strokes of tbe rt,,ail lai wonts per minute. The unemployed alMwilVt learu this art. Price by mail ; c?niZ AttenU wanted. AdUrvca T. W. KVAXS a CO, Lftl HuUi tC-renlii Mrevt, PbiladlptUa, V .Songs of Grace and Glory. The Try ht- Sunday School Ponr Book. By W.K.SHFRW1V and J. H. VAlU bii PrtHplrndid Hynin-s (hoiee MrnAe. Tint, ed Parn-r, Mirrerlor ninding. Price fit Boa rda t rer K. A aecimen copt ra Pain-r Wer mailed a eoon a hwued.Von reeelnt of Iwtntv-fivtt m. kiJer ailed la tuiu. lU.ly Mv 1. - . lit HtACK WATER! OV, -'" Broadway, yew YorV. Urfari,iiaa all Tkraat Oi . -. VBJ6 ... WELLS' CARBOLIC TABLETS. Pal aavly la Blae Haaea. A TUIKI) ASURl'nU RKMIDT. Kdd ly Prugirittta. a4 Jl T O ITl t OM PLirTC! Rft.UABI.EI GAZETTEER iWK. All Mule. iinnn, IwwitHhipa, eltiea, vllIukck, po6.U)ttt, moo at la, river, rakea, etc., located aud dercrifwtf , frivins ellmate. popuiatiou. airrieitlture, mwnnfettrie(, luiniiuc, (uinnK'iw, raitroada, eardtal, educuiiou, xoveraavetit, nml hlalory. Th Xariotial Nfjindunl at tha end of tlie find li years of tho KepuHiic. Mil t nil vlanae. tradea aud pnfe.Jii. Aicent wanted everywhere. A.l.lrjm JUEUKK A Miv'l KhV, The IMiorewt filing yec Humor, wa, luilow, life, fun and Innubter, SVt cumlc eutV. Tho people yenrn frwlt. It will nrll In dull tlmeat NmirMlommin aiiil he surrenders. Ills wire every time. l,nt bother with heavy hrM-kstlmt noUMly wnnta. llnmor la tho tntn that take. Airerit!, wanted, every, where. r4etl for rt r.-ularn aitd ex.tra terms U o-dy I'uh. MUIudelphta. New ork, IloKlon, or Chicago. 9-4w 1 hi-.S,-w1nK MarlilneKlvea the In-wt satlsfaetKm totlwiocr, la paid for mrwt reitdllr. and the lient rf all tn m-U. If there is lio -!Kimetlo A eiit in yonr town, apply t I)M riTIC H. M. Ill, Nrw York. lilies aend for elejiaut FohIiIoii Doolc UirmrsT.nocnnicEri : r tfi.riq6.TOIJCO ItfkHHIs) ! II Is; Beat Sfedfcal Aufkarltleaaf Ksraao say the atronseat Tonic, Purifier and iK-obslruent known to the medical world Is " JTJRTJBBB A. " It arreatsdecay of vital forces, exhaustion of the nervous system, restores vluor to the debilitated, cleanses vitiated bloor,removea vesic le obstruction, and acus d irecUy on t ha Idver and Hnleen. Price II a bottle. JOHN (. Kkl.LAM.ia, is Piatt street, M. Y. V-4 I r. rUtarp's HiMwinecure iJyppa!a, Liver Comphunl,tVnstlpaliou, Vunutitixui i.id. Hour Hroniach, wafer IirtiKh. Heartburn, Ijow eipirtu, ete. In thlrty-flvo years never failing to cure tlie most obstinate eases. Koid by ilrut-Kists generally. C. E. Potts V., agonts for Hichnmnd, Indiana. Urpot, Hi Eighth street, N. Y. Circulars mailed on application, . . - ". s, FLORENCE.Tlie long contesfed fvtt t)t th . ylMCXt l! sEWIMU HAOf I!TE I O, : Against i Wnger, Wleer A .Wilson, and Grover a Baker Companies, ivolvlng .. . over .-:: ;. $250,000, Is finally deei.led by tlie . Hnpreme nort of the I'nlfed Wales in favor of tlie FLOKRNCEwbieta alone baa Broken tbe Muuopuly of High, Prices. THE HEW rLOKKXCE. Is the OXI.Y maeaine that sews backward and forward, or te right and left,. Ml m pleat t krspeM-aVraa. . Bold for Cah only. Kpecial tenna to Claba and Dealer. . April. 1874. Florence, Mass. OID MAIDS, : " Teaclers,HtudenU. Clergy men. Post ni after and wide awake V ounn Men, and Men and M'otnen of aJl filawa-st You can easily earn a first class Sewing Machine; or Books outtlcient u slock a Ubriy;or aonw valuable Pictures to beae tify your hotuea; or a nioa r-teroaseope. or rood lluio Keeper ft lock or Watch; or a Mulc Box; or a tJold Pen; or a Photograph ic Album: or a Htand K rnwne Ijiu'P for your parlor; or a Fine Aecordr; or "J cbater's illustrated Quarto in li"nry; or K. era World-renowned Hfatuary roups; or a Keminaton Dub!e Barrel Brea. a Ixmling KliotGua.or a Cabinet Organ, worth 1A by simply working up yotir unoccupied - line In a way explain 111 the ctreulaisof rheM.H. P. Co. Perfectly intimate and t epectabSe; many wouio say puilanmropie. t!ms M. H. P.eo,ia 1J yon street, 'Sew York. ASEBT3 V A 3 Till) FOB. THE ! HISTORY OF THE (IRAKSE r.:OUEL:EtjT I AfmorS WAR AGAINST K0N0P0HES, Read what leading CraBcrs say ot tk gook: t Cotonel John Cochrane, Master at tk .icoin tatcGrange, writ: "Your copy 'i ' Historvof the Grange Movement- Is rej -ived. Your book uieets with my siuccs ' 'Jk' Ba eoi-KT, Eaq Master of the s "UiteGran2e, writes: -1 bave reei red y of r ery ezeeiient book; am mack pW satdsna Many Lhajaks lor the copy neat at. , rtze it highly." . ' Bend for speeimea page and dr" mtaiaing temis to Agents and mauy arv : ' "'adorsemeats from leading GrangenL Jf f mm NATIONAL PCBlJsmNti COjr JaUtlOXX baVe ukVn advaatffe te great demand for this History at ' J t range Movement U orks on the subject mere compt,TT i-om agricultural owpaiv I" ' mposednpoo. Hee that ibi book yon lay ( a endorsed by the L.-ading Granger.

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