Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 45, Number 9, 12 May 1875 — Page 2

THE PALLADIUM.

Published every Wednesday, tl.50 peryear RICHMOND. IMD., MAT IS. 1875. Gov. Toin. Hendricks is riiid to hare been worse defeated than was Mayor Mitchell the latter was only defeated for Major, whilst the former's calculations were blasted for the Presidency. So! Dave Gooding's mission to unite the democracy on the city ticket here, proved a failure he didn't succeed in stopping tho Hibbcrdous grafting on the Elder stock, entirely. "Woodhull & Claflin are to open their broker's shop in New York again, says an ' exchange. If they "strike oil" this time, we hope the "wonderful child," Tinney, will not fail to remit us about thirty-five dollars she owe9 us for advertising her wonderful healing qualities some twenty years ago. State KJfrblM "Ktate Sovereignity. To the teaching and practice of this damnable doctrine of "State sovereignty" may be traced the terrible tronbles the disunion senti ments the treason that eventuated in the butchery of thousands of pa triots, and brought such universal desolation on the Southern portion of our country. In the course of a conversation the other day, at Indianapolis, Senator Morton hit the preposterousness of there existing such a "wheel within a wheel,'' in at least twenty-three of the present States of the Union, and that if it had no existence there it had no exirtence anywhere. Congress had given them State governments, organized from their terri torial condition, and thus conferred on them all the powers 4hey pos sessed. Senator Morton remarked that the only tie that will effectually hold pur country together, is the fact that the States are composed Of OXE PEOPLE OSE GOVEKh mest and not thirty six sovereignties and thirty -six petty govern ments, having divided interests and divided aims. Republican Candidate for Governor of Onto. The Springfield Republic has this to say of the prospective candidate for Governor in our neighboring State and, from our observation, the opinion expressed by the Republic, seems to he the prevailing senti ment of all the loading Republican papers in the Buckeye State : "Our present opinion is that Judge Taft is not only the strongest man, but the best yet mentioned in connection with the Governorship, and that he would carry both Hamilton and Lorain counties the homes of the German and the Yankee upon the common platform of a pure, honest and capable man, and that a new era would be inaugurated in the State of Ohio. If, however, a better man is discovered, we shall be glad to support him." Catholics and Free Schools. We quote the following paragraph from the Sandusky Register : The Cleveland Herald ventured to remark a few days since that it knew of a number oi Catholics in Cleveland who are the staunchest advocates ol the public schools. Bishop Gilmour's paper, the Catholic Universe, quoted what the Herald said, and remarked that. "11 such Cat holies exist their knowledge 'is not to sobriety.' They are not wise, 'as it behooveth them to be wise.' Their place is not in the Catholic Church." To this the Register adds : We know a number of such Catholics in this city. Why! we have a devout Catholic on the School Board. He is a sober man, is reputed to be a wise man, and certainly cannot be willing to remain on the Board if he is an enemy of the public schools, for then he would be a sneaking traitor and a cowardly spy. Then one of Bishop Gilmour's priests, Father Smyth, is on the Cleveland School Board. Where does he belong, if not in the Church of Rome? Is he a traitor and a spy? The Bishop should look after Doctor Duohue and Father Smith. But seriously we agree with the Catholic Universe. No man friendly to the public school system, in favor of a free press, an admirer of Republican institutions, has any place in the Church of Rome unless he repudiates the Papal; pretensions that the Pope is infallible,, and that the Priesthood are the keepers of human conscience, and the guards at the gate or heaven. The Gazette says there are fifteen Roman Catholics in the Cincinnati School Board, and adds : Now, all these men, according to the Cleveland p.iper, are degenerate sons of the church, it they are friends of the public schools. If they are not friends of the schools they are not worthy of seats in the Board of Education. We call upon the Telegraph for information. The Russian civil service is described in the London Times a arbitrary, idle, selfish, and even in the highest ranks corrupt. Its members seek nothing but their own advancement, they disregard all laws which control their own will, and they are gpeciallj hostile to all municipal authority. They do not take small bribes, as they did, owing to better pay; but they take large bribes from nn-inioii. nr.d nsfi their information to gamble on the 6tock exchange. They hate subordinates of principle, and in the higher ranks completely seclude themselves from the people. Postage Statistics. During January last the postage collected on newspapers and periodicals sent to subscribers from the principal cities of this country was : New York, $26,310: Boston, o,5o7; Chicago, $5,476; Philadelphia, $4,489; Cincinnati, $3,216; St. Louis, $2,92o; Detroit, f 1,511; San Francisco, f 1,141, Pittsburg, $1,098. Wheat and fruit prospects in Kan- 1 sas are good.

Conncil TLast Night. The lobby of the Council Chamber was crowded to witness the inauguration of the officers elect. The Mayor, Dr. J. F. Hibberd, delivered a brief address, in which he congratulates the city on its debt-paying situation, and hopes to be enabled by judicious management, and the practice of enlightened economy, to continue wiping out the city debt and bring down the taxes to one per cent. He concluded his address thus : I have further only to express the hope that we shall each strive to emulate all the others in the performance of duty, that we shall progress in harmony and with good will each for the others, and that when our service shall be ended, we shall have the clear consciousness that we have, each for himself, and all collectively, striven with a oneness of purpose to deserve the ineed of praise conveyed in the quotation 'well done, good and faithful servants." Isaac G. Dougan was re-elected Chief Fire Engineer, unanimously. Street Commissioner E. D. Palmer. City Attorney John L. Rune. Wood Measurer Peter P. Kirn. City Measurer James M. King. Board of Health Dr. T. H. Davis, F. Pruyn and C. R. Johnson. Board of Public Improvements Nye, Zeller and Rosa. Board of Police The Mayor, Nye and Watt. The following standing committees were announced: Finance Nestor, Rosa and Mclntyre. Claims Land, Nestor and Peterson. Streets and Alleys Rosa, Nye and Zeller. Fire Department and Public Cisterns Nye, Watt and Bishop. Public Schools Dulin, Land and Mclntyre. Markets and Public Buildings Bishop, Zeller and Rosa. Gas Light Peterson, Nestor and Dulin. Printing and Stationery Land, Mclntyre and Bishop. Railroads Watt, Peterson and Dulin. Two car loads of machinery were shipped to Texas this week, by the Robinson Machine Works.

I. B Case's Nursery. In company with our wife, we visited L. B. Case's extensive Greenhouse on the corner of 12th and Noble, and found his stock of Flowers, Geraniums, and every species of ornamental plants, in superabundance, and calculated to suit the taste of the most fastidious of customers. The season has been too backward to draw on Mr. Case's abundant supplies, and there is the place to get the very article you may want the pick from the finest varieties. His prices are remarkably cheap for his beauties. Go and see. District Convention. The Third District Convention of Young Men's Christian Associations for tho Fourth District will be held in Richmond, May 14th, 15th, and 16th, 1875. Several members of the State Executive Committee will be present, and other prominent Association workers. The first meeting will be held Friday evening, May 14th, 1875, commenting at quarter to eight o'clock. On Saturday evening there will be a Gospel and Praise Meeting at Lyceum Hall. Sunday afternoon, at half past three o'clock, a Young Men's Mass Meeting will be held; and in tho evening there will be a Union Farewell Meeting at Lyceum Hall. Who is Responsible? "The disastrous financial news which reaches us from Louisiana of the practical bankruptcy of the second commercial city of the United States cannot be said to have been uncxiected. The whole impolicy of the United States Government having been directed for ten years past to bringing about this result, it would be strance indeed if it had not been reached." "For ten years past the United States by President Grant and the radical party have undertaken to mauage the State of Louisiaua and the city of New Orleans. New 1 ork AVrorld. This would be a pretty strong indictment against the President and the Republican party if it were true. It happens to be absolutely false. The debt of the city of New Orleans is about $28,000,000, a sum equal to the entire State debt "of Louisiana. This debt has been almost entirely incurred under' Democratie management. New Orleans is a Democratic city. If the municipality has been plundered, the robbery has been perpetrated by Democrats. If it is now reduced to bankruptcy, Democrats must answer to their constituency and to the creditors of the city. When reform commenced in New Orleans, it was at the instance of Governor Kellogg. lie it was who recommended retrenchment, and it was at his Tecommendation and through tke action of a Republican Legislature that a constitutional amendment was adopted limiting the debt of the city of New Orleans and prohibiting any city government from incurring further indebtedness. Governor Kellogg also submitted to the Legislature a bill reducing the extortionate fees of the Criminal Sheriff of the city of New Orleans, but the bill was defeated by the influence of Democratic office-holders. We repeat: the bankruptcy of the city of New Orleans must be charged to Democratic thieving and mismanagement. Prince Bismarck boasted, and not without reason, that the superiority of the German soldiers to their French opponents was largely attributable to the better education of the former. This advantage will not exist much longer, unless the Prussian school teachers are better paid. Though the cost of living has greatly increased, 250 per annum is a maximum salary enjoyed by comparitively itw. In consequence of these low wages, the supply of teachers is running out. Some days ago a band of Western Indians, visiting the Treasury Department, were taken into the Secret Service division, where there are numerous photographs of thieves, counterfeiters, etc., men, women and boys, of all nations and colors, but no Indians. After looking over the entire lot, the chief, turning to his white escorr,drew himself up proudly, and with a wave of the hand toward the group of pictures, said, "Ugh! no Injun there!"

FROM NEBRASKA.

Correspondence ol the Palladium. Co zap, Dawson Co., Neb., May 6, 1875. Perhaps a short letter from the Garden Slate would not be uninter esting to jour many readers. We are located on the great thoroughfare of the Union Pacific Railroad, 247 miles west of Omaha. Wo have here the wildest as well as the most beautiful part of the great Platte valley. When we arrived tt this point, about fourteen montha ago, there was hardly a house to be seen, and antelope, deer and elk did roam to and fro; but to-day we look around and see hundreds of houses dotted here and there, on almost every quarter section for miles around. There will probably be about three thousand acres of crops put out in our vicinity this spring. Farmers are quite busy planting corn. "Wheat, oats and barley are doing finely; and just here a word in honor to Mr. J. J. Cozad, who very cheerfully donated to our people one car load of seed wheat, which was gladly received, and soon deposited in mother earth that we might await a bountiful harvest. Our climate can not be spoken of too highly. It is milder than in the same latitude in the Eastern States, and the atmosphere is dry and pure. The summer heat is tempered by prairie breezes, and the nights are cool and comforta ble. The autumns are like a long Indian summer, reaching into the latter part of December. The winters are short; the fall of Know light; no sleet and rain during the winter months. We have had four splendid rains within the last five weeks. Have no sloughs or stag naut water, hence, fever and ague, so common in many parts of the west, is entirely unknown here. The high altitude, the dry and bracing atmosphere, and Ihe purity of water, renders this country delightful. Provisions are as cheap here as inthe East; labor about Eastern prices ; business firm. Mr. E. Goodyear keeps constantly on hand a good stock of lumber, and sells at the lowest prices. Mr. Goodyear has also contracted to build a first class school house, in contemplation of our future city, to cost $5,000 to be built of brick. Mrs. Gate wood, one of our first settlers, keeps the hotel, and spares no efforts fo make her guests comfortable. Mr. Stevens runs a first class boarding house. Mr. A. Mclntyre carries a heavy stock of hardware and groceries, and does a fair business. Mr. S. L. Bingham, groceries and provisions, and you will always find the old man alive to business." Russell & Co., general merchandise. Mr. Parson, first class shoemaker, docs business south of the track. Mr. R. Williams can fit you up with a neat boot or shoe. He is now erecting a new building, where he will always be found awaitirg his matiy custom ers. W. P. Ross does a large share of the harness making business. Brickmaking is carried on by Mr. Cczad, and he will soon commence molding. Mr. John Yaryan does the blacksmi thing, and is a first class workman. We have a good depot, conducted by Mr. E. Sanderson, agent. Well, my letter is already grow ing longer than I anticipated. I have only to say to those who mean to look up a home in the West, now is your time. We invite one and all to come and see for themselves before locating elsewhere, as free land for the landless will soon be only a record of the past. Yours, E. M. Russell. Illnc.i, Bnc Ilnll and Milliards. It is painful' to the industrious and moral portion of our people to nee so many loungers about the Btreets, and such a multitude whose highest aspirations seem to be to waste their time in idleness, or at base ball, billiards, etc. No person needs to be unemployed who is not over fastidious about the kind of occupation. There are too many soft hands (nnd heads) waiting for light work and heavy pay. Better work for half a loaf than beg or steal a whole one. Mother earth is always near by, and ready to re spond to reasonable drafts on her never failing treasury. A patch cf potatoes raised on shares is prefer able to a poulticed pate earned in a whisky scrimmage. Some modern Micawbers stand with folded hands waiting for the panic to pass, as the foolish man waited for the river to run dry and allow him to walk over. The soil is the foundation of Amer ican prosperity. When multitudes of our consumers become produc ers; when fashion teaches economy, instead of expending for a gaudy dress what would comfortably clothe the family; when people can learn to walk until they can afford to ride; when the poor man ceases to expend more for tobacco than for bread; when those who complain of panics learn that we cannot eat our cake and keep it; that a sieve will not hold water; that we must rely on our own exertions, and earn before we expend, then will panics cease and prosperity re The Grangers of Indiana have sent to the grasshopper sufferers of the West, over $11 000.

Tlie New Callolic Movement. From the Springfield (O.) Republic. It is not only important but absolutely necessary that we should use discrimination in forming our judgments of social or political features. Much wrong was done to good men and women engaged in a good cause, last Winter, because people who were no doubt honest were indisciiminate in their criticisms and denunciations. A careful scrutiny would have shown many very uselul and wholesome things in the crusade movement which greatly overbalanced whatever might have occurred that was neither useful nor wholesome. No movement is ever wholly unmixed with evil. Even great revivals of religion at certain times and in certain circumstances carry with them features that it would be well to avoid, if it were possible that they could be avoided. Honest, well-meauing men rant about hell lire and preach the funeral sermons of tho sinners who are to die thereafter, when they ought to confine themselves to the presentation of the plan of salvaticyi, in manner so direct and plain and forcible that no man, however ignorant or even wilful, could mistake its provisions. Just now we need to understand that there are two elements in the Roman Catholic Church in America, each of which should be judg.vl'on its own merits or demerits. There are Roman Catholics who aic so in sentiment and spirit truly relisiious and devotional who use their efforts -to make men purer, better, happier and such persons must, have the STTv pathie3 and well wishes of all truly religious people. They do not use their church as a means for acquiring political promotion or power, and thereby prostitute that which should be pure and holy to base uses. Those composing this portion of the mass of Roman Catholics are good citizens, loyal to the United States Government, and acknowledge no superior civil power in the Universe. Furthermore they are at once with those engaged in genuine and wholesome reform movements, and they not only

favor but foster and assist in maintaining our public schools the schools of the people, and of the whole people ! There are, however, Roman Catholics who seek to acquire political power and to cripple or overthrow our most valued free and popular in stitutions. These persons act in a purely partisan manner, and the Tweedism ot New York was the appropriate fruit of suc h action. What Kew York was under the Boss Thief of the Century the whole country will be when the Roman Catholic partisan politicians get the reins of government in their hands. They made an important point in thc Cincinnati municipal elections, a few weeks since, when the Roman Catholic organ formally accepted the fatherly and fostering management and control of the Democratic party and urccd all Roman Catholics to vote the Democratic ticket. This important service was most readily and slavishly accepted, and the lesult is well known throughout the land. Cincinnati is under the control ol the Roman Catholic politicians, and those who do not acknowledge the authority ot the Pope of Rome are helpless. There now exists a formal and actual alliance between these partisan and scheming politicians of the Roman Catholic church and the managers of the Democratic party of Ohio. When you hit the aspiring, intriguing political Romanists you hit the Ohio Democracy, and when you hit the Ohio Democracy you hit the political pretensions of the Pope of Rome. This opens to the Republicans of Ohio and to the" masses of honest voters of tho State a fair, open field, and an honest, substantial grievance. This unholy, unwholesome alliance must be broken. The Democratic narty has burdened its already strain ed back with another load, too heavy and too disgusting tp be borne. It was bad enough before, wilh its unpatriotic and even disloyal war record, and with its mountain of corruption, but now that it has voluntarily ac ccpted Political Romanism as the apex of its pyramid of infamy, the people should arise in their might and utterly destroy it! Tenth of Slay, 177.. We are fairly in the Centennial era. It was mst a hundred years ago to day, on the 10th of May, 1775, tha the second Continental Congress, pre si Jed over by Peyton Randolph and John Hancock, assembled in Phila delphia the Congress which made Washinefon commander-in-chief of the American army. And it was on the same day that Colonel Ethan Al len demanded and received the sur render of Fort Ticonderoga "in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress." This -bril liant achievement, coming as it did at the very beginning ot the war, had a gre it effect in rousing the enthusiasm of the colonists, and was of real mil itary importance besides, rort li 1 1 ! . 1 . eonderog tiaa neen Duut ty t lie French long before to keep the English out ot Canada, and afterwards captured and remodeled by the British. Hoth countries had spent large sums ot money in the construction ot the fortress, and it was deemed by the British authorities almost im pregnable. Colonel Allen's attack. with about eighty men, was a complete surprise and as completely successful. I in me nee stores of wi r material were secured and the colonists greatly en . couraged by the result. The one hundreth anniversary of the event was celebrated at the fcene of its enactment by a grand military parade and review, a procession, addresses, and other interesting ceremonies Indianapolis Journal. The funeral of Mrs. Elizi Ford, a lady who weighed between 500 and (KX) pounds, took place the other day from her residence. "Eighteenth and Hamilton streets, Philadelphia. Her history has been very peculiar. Seventeen years ago last thanksgiving day 3Irs. Ford, who then resided at Darby, was engaged in pouring out tea for some guests, who had been spending the afternoon with her. suddenly sne ceasea, ner armsj dropped to her side, and from that time to the present she has been powerless. She then took to her bed, and has remained there until she died, requiring as much attention and care as an infant. To make matters worse, she began to become exceedingly stout, and her weight increased until her arms and extremities were said to be double those of an ordinary person in good health. She weighed at least 500 pounds, and it required tour men to lift h.jr from her bed. With extreme difficulty the corpse was brought down stairs, and laid out in a case measuring thirty-six inches across. There being no supports sufficiently strong to bear its weight, it was laid upon the floor, and at the funeral the case was placed sideways on rollers, and taken out through the front door.

From the Indianapolis Journal. 'Beast' Butler. "A most interesting case to the entire community closed to-day, in which Gen. Butler volunteered in behalf of two orphan girls, whose uncle has I cen trying to wrest their home stead from them. The title was defective, and the father, on his deathbed, called his brother, who had the title, and the latter promised that the daughters should never be disturbed. When the uncle sought in the courts to dispossess the orphans, Mr. Butler volunteered to defend them, expect ing the oase to occupy but a few days. It has run five weeks instead, and Mr. Butler stuck to it to the end, and closed the case with one of the most eloquent speeches heard in the District Court for a long time." Washington Dispatch. No American now living, perhaps none that ever lived, has been so fiercely and persistently abused as General Butler. lie has been accused of every crime in the calendar, and new words and phrases have been invented to characterize what his enemies suppose to be the downright devilishness of his character. His saturnine face and generally defiant conduct have given a sort of color to these attacks, while the extreme rarity with which he has deigned to notice them has only rendered their authors more furious and persistent. So it happens that he is the best abused man living, and probably thousands of people who never saw him and who know nothing about him, except what

tney nave reau in uemocrauc uews-n.-mers or heard from ex-rebels, be lieve him to be a perfect monster of j iniquity. Well, Ben is not an angel, and does not claim to be. He does not possess the quality when one cheek is smitten of turning the other, and it may be added that both cheeks arc of full avcrage development. lie does uot t bless those that persecute him, nor is j it a fixed rule oi his to return good j for evil. He is a bold, ambitious, dc- i fiant, self-confident man of creat abil- r ity and resouices, and not altogether i free from the human quality of selfish iius. jjui ne is jar nuui iii-uie sum a i monster as his enemies paint him. He may not be a paragon of political puri ty, but when it comes to personal vir t tues he can "double discount" most , of his revi'lers, snd then beat them easily. He is charitable, chaste aud temperate, lie does not boast of gen erous acts, but often does them. He never gambles, rarely takes a glass of wine, and only swears on considera- . ble provocation. In his domestic relations few men are happier or more . exemplary. II is house is a model home, and he is a model host. There are not many lawyers who would ren- ' der gratuitous services in such a case as the above, and there are few whose time is worth as much as his. Ben i not a saint, but compared with some of his detainers he is Hyperion to a . satyre. Moody and Kan key. London, May 5, 1875. The Christian Convention met today in the Haymarket Theater. D. L. Moody, the American revivalist, was chosen Chairman; Canon Batcrs by, of the See of Carlisle; Canon Freemantle, Chaplain to the Arch bishop of Canterbury; Lord Chalmondeley, the Rev. Mr. Aiken, and many hundreds of other delegates, representing the principal towns in the kingdom, were present. The RevlMr. Kelman, of Edinburgh, in an address stated that the resul's of the work of Messrs. Moody and Sankey in that city were truly marvelous. Three thousand persons had been converted, and the number of drunk- ' ards and theater-goers who had been reclaimed was remarkable. The stamp of civilization the postal stamp. The largest mixed college in the country is Oberlin. Of its 1,330 students 033 are women. As the result of a meeting of representatives of both companies at Indianapolis, Monday, the Great Western Dispatch and Erie & Pacific Dispatch companies, freight lines, were consolidated and officered. The antecedent germination of the original Woodhull scandal is now described thus: Tilton told it to Sam. Wilkeson; Sam. told his wile; she told her sister. Elizabeth Cady Stan ton; Elizabeth told it to Woodhull and Andrews, who published it, and so raised all the rumpus. The crusade has broken out in New York. It it has a political effect there, as it had here, it will make the Empire State Democratic by a hundred thousand majority. Nothing has ap peared equal to the crusade for depleting the Republican ranks. What shall be done with an Indian who kills another Indian, there beinp no law for the punishment of that crime, is a painful inquiry made by the Christian Commission. The New' York Herald answers : "Give l.im a fun, quart of whisky, a string of cads, and $5." France reconsiders and gives adhesion to the International Postal Treaty, with some conditions that can be easily arranged. One point is that she wants a uniform system of weights. II the other nations had been wise they would have been using the French decimal system of weights and measures long since. .""The case in a nutshell : A lady entered a street car in Richmond, Va., not long since. The only vacant scat was by a matronly-looking col ored woman. The latter politely drew away her skirts and made all the room possible. The I rue born she-Southern declined the seat with a scornful toss of the head and a tip ol the nose more than nature had given it. JiOr bless ye, honey, said the colored woman, smilingly, "ef ye owned me you'd sit in my lap." Prof. Tbe, the meteorologist, states that from the 5th of June next until about July 15th will be a season of hich electric tension in the atmosphere, many and severe thunderstorms, possibly heavy rainfalls and cyclones, such as water-spouts and tornadoes. Again in October a like condition of the atmosphere will occur. The Professor maintains that the cauinox of Venus will produce these disturbances, and that they may be looked for either twenty or twentyfive days preceding that event. . Tho Vnlleio (California) Chronicle relates the following incident of the revival now in proeress at that place. conducted by the Rev. Mr. Hammond: Last Thursday evening JIr. Hammond preacnea irom inc text, iaui. baul, why persecutest thou me; in the audience there was an engineer named Saul, who was accompanied by his wife and little girl. The reverend gentleman repeated his text several times, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?" At last the little one, who thought that the text had a personal application, looked up into the face of her parent, and said, "Father, don't mind him: he's drunk."

Mr. Robert Dale Owen, in spite of his humiliating experience with the Holmes family, still avows his belief in their power of materializ-it'ion. He says he knows they have the power, and that they supplement their power with fraud, but he docs not know where one leaves off and the other begins. This speaks badly for the moral principles of the spirits who use the Holmeses as their "mediums." Mr. Owen gave these views to a reporter of the Rochester Democrat, after delivering a lecture in that city the other niaht, in which he related

this astounding anecdote: "A phys.cian on Statcn island a most reli able man had told the speaker that in his younger days he was connected with a hospital on the bank of Lake Constance, in Switzerland. One of the patients, who was subject to epileptic fits, was also a confirmed somnambulist. When under this influence she would prophesy with perfect correctness. On one occasion she said that the next day she was to walk on the water. She was, therefore, closely watched. She arose in a somnambulistic state and, going down to a bank, waded thirty jards out on the water from shore, and returned, stepping off of it as off of a platform." Franrc and Ciermany. Letters received from Europe by the State Department and other officers of the government, who have more than the ordinary facilities for obtaining accurate information, are of a similar tenor with late cable dispatches, viz. : To the effect that France and Germany are fast drifting toward another war, which will involve the other great nations of Europe. These writers say that the statesmen in France who direct the policy of that nation fully realize the danger which they will soon have to encounter, ssnd are accordingly preparing themselves for it by rapidly strengthening their military. One writer says it has become known to the French Govirnment that Gcr- . looking threateningly toward French territory, and that the knowledge that many is increasing its armies, ana this information was correct created alarm in Paris, and caused the authorities there to redouble their efforts to place the French army on ?war footing. The outlook for coninued peace throughout Europe, in the opinion of these persons, who are thre studying and watching events closely, is very discouraging. A Catholic statistician claims that out of the 40,000.000 ol souls in the United States, 5,701,242 are Roman Catholics. They occupy 0,920 stations, chapels, and rhurches; they have the service of 4,873 priests, six apostolic vicars, forty-nine bishops, nine archbishops, and one cardininal. Th;it they are increasing rapidly is quite obvious. They already have eighteen theological schools, or seminaries, with nearly 1,500 students; over 2 000 schools, of all grades and more than 300 asylums and hospitals. The jurisdiction of these prelates has a very wide range, from 2,000 souls in the diocese of Little Rock, Arkansas, to 300,000 in that of Chicago, and from the archbishopric of Oregon, comprising 20.000, to that of New York, rated 70,000. These figures are stupendous. The Vicksburg correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial pronounces the state of that city under Demo cratic rule worse than it was when under the control of the Republicans. mat nas been about the experience of every city in whic h the experiment Has been tried. lBtlTIlS HALL May 14 and 15. BLACK CROOK 78 First Class Artists. Reserve'! Sats now on sale at Dickinson's Jewelry Store. Wee l,lIls of the day. 9-lt Board of Equalization.To the Tax Payers or Wayne County, Indiana. "YTOT1CE is hereby k I veil that the Eonrd of Equalization 'of said county, con sisting or mo. Hoard or county loin mis. sioners and the County Auditor, will meet at the Commissioner's Court Koom. in the city of Richmond, Waynecounty, Indiana, On MonJaj, Jnne 7, 1S75, As required by section 119 of the Assess ment Uvr, approved December 21, 1872. Said Board will meet at the time and place alove mentioned, (or the purose of hearing and determining grievances, and to equalize the Assessment of Real and Per sonal lTopertv. And ill order to expedite the business of said Board, all complaints for increase or decrease; in the assessment of either Real or Personal Property must be bv petition signed by the owner tlieieof, or the agent mereior, and nied on or letore the 7 111 Uay of June, as aforesaid. Hlank Petitions can be obtained by calling at the Auditor's otlice, or by addressing me by letter. "Witness my name nnd official seal, this;th dav of Mav, 1875. EL1IIU M. PARKER, Auditor. seal. -td riTons nam: of PERSONAL STATK. The undersigned will offer at public sale, on Saturday, the 5th day of June, 1875, at 11 o'clock, of said day, at the late residence of Keziah llenton, on South Pearl street, in the city of Richmond, Wayne county Indiana, Hoi'.oEHot,n An KirriiKTV nil.MTI'HKOF FVKItV KIXI ANI OESCRIPTIOX. A credit of six months on all sums over 3 will be given to the purchaser on the execution of a note with approved seeuretj, waving valuation and appiasement laws. MORTON" C. MEEK. Executor of Thomas lienton. May ll,lii75. STATE OF JOHX A. IIOKXEY. Dc censed. Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of John A. Homey, late of Wayne county, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. Sam pson ISooxk, Administrator. lUIIMSTRATOR'S SALE. Notion Is hereby given, that I will sell at public auction, on Thursday the 'JTth day of May 175, at the residence of John A. Ilorney, late of Wayne county, deceased, near Ijarsh's mill, on the IJberty pike, one mile south of Richmond, ail his personal property, consisting of horses, cattle, hogs, farming utensils, household goods etc. A credit of seven months will be given on all sums over three dollars, the purchaser giving his notewith approved securety, waving valuation and appraisement laws and bearing interest, from date. Sala to commence at nine o'clock A. M. Samson IIoxe, Administrator. May 4, lui. 8-3w. For Sale or Exchange. Chicago Property! acres Grove Lot, 6) acres on Fourth and Fifth avenues. Seventy -two lots, brick House and barn, 2 acres orchard and small Jrujt, in Richmond, Indiana. 210 acre larm south of reensbnrg, on turnpike, tn Ripley county; H) acres in 1 ipton county; bio inStark county, Indiana. 8000 acres of land In six of the Western States. Address J. W. FREE, Agent, 5-tf 179 Warren avenue, Chicago, 111.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T,"1ROM ROSS BROS.' ADVERTISING 1 AtiEXCY, No. 3 North Fifth street,

Richmond, Indiana. 1-tf F1 'RANK VAN I'XEJI, ARC WXTSCT. 373 Main Street, Klebmond, Indiana. Coi respondence solicited. 5-3ni It. MCLLER, Wholesale and Retail DEUG-GIST. S. E. Corner Main and Marion Streets, RICHMOND, INDIANA. 4-3m. F, HOMANN, Manufacturer of all kinosof CARRIAGE & BUGGY BODIESo. 0 Son til I 'ear I St., RICHMOND, INDIANA: First class Work guaranteed, and orders solicited. 4-8w M. W. HOBBS, M. D., Makes the treatment of the lErsriHJ .A-isrzD ieir, A specialty. Office and residence, No. 'Zi South Fifth street, Richmond, Ind. 2-ly roir VAX Bl'Y A roOKISG STOVE OK TV. S. IiEBDS CO., Fall trimmed, for EIGHTEEN DOLLARS, that will Bake, Roast. Roil or Heat, as well as a SIXTY-FIVE DOLLAR Stove. Our stock Is full and varied. Call and ex amine new styles at 373 Main St.. Richmond, Indiana. 2-3m jtf ILLISEBY AM) XOHOSS, MRS. N.J. MENDENHALL. 114 North Fifth street, 2 squares from Main. Ladies of Richmond and neighboring lowus will do well to call and see her goods betore purchasing. Her stock ot Notions is complete, she lias all that is new in Collars and Cutis, Ties, Ruchings, I if Its, et?. Embroidery very cheap. Ladies white and colored "suits. 52-3m. S. S. STRATTAN, f ANUFACTURER OF CARRIAGES, No. 158 and 100 Ft. Wayne avenue, Richmond, Indiana. All desiring really first class work, please call and see me. The best is the cheapest In the end. A good assortment of second hand work. JOHN M WINSLOW, 306 Main Street, Richmond, ind. Watches and Jewelry 52 -3m B I V TOl'R ITBHTI BE OF 3IESSICK & DUNHAM, 315 Main Street, Richmond, Indiana. The largest stock and lowest prices to be found in the city. All work warfauted. 52-3m Adams, DeWitt & Co., DEALERS IN Btiftsr ail Leather Selliag, Hose, Paefcinr, I.aee Eeather, Lubricating Oils, Ac, Ac. " ALSO, a targe stock of supplies of every description. A trial ordersolicited. l'lease send for circulars. Prices low. So. 15 Noble Street, 52-3m RICHMOND, IND. WE warrent every pair of boots and shoes sold, to give entire satisfaction. We sell good goods cheaper than the cheapest. Boots and Sooes made to order. Gents fancy sewed Boots and Shoess to measure. Frank Taylor, No. 260 Main streSt, - , , . Richmond Ind. NEEDLES. J. II. Stinson, No. 21 North Fifth street, Richmond, Ind., dealer in all kinds ol Sewing Machine Needles and Attachments. Best Spring Steel Needles, 12 for 75 cent-, 6 for 50 cents, 3 for 25 cents. Needles sent by mail to any address upon receipt of price. 52-3m. M ICIIIGAX LUMBER YARD. Shingles, Lath, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings, Flooring and Siding. Noble St., foot of Eighth street, llicnmona, inaiana. Lock box' 1189. All kinds of shop work promptly furnished. Having a Saw Mill in Michigan, we are prepared to fill orders lor Long stun on snort nouce. oz-oni. II. OltTOS. Main street, under Phillips Hall, Richmond, Indiana, dealer in Staple and Fancy iroeeries. Will sell as cheap as t he cheap est, and pay the highest market price for Country Produce. All are lnviieu to caii and see for themselves. 52-3m. BOOTS AND SHOES. You can'save 20 per cent, by buying your Boots and Shoes or J. m. Williams t uo., 298 Miin street. Big Boot Upside Down, Richmond, Indiana. Rubber Boots and Shoes repaired on short notice. 52 3m. WILLIAM E. BELL, Real Estate, Insurance A3S LOAN AGENCY. ESTABLISHED TWENTY YEARS. Office, southeast corner of Fifth and Main streets, Richmond, Indiana. Po'stomceBox 1472. Ixians negotiated aspeelal business. 3-3m - The Fifty Cent Store, No. North Firth Stret, Have lust received and are now offering 50 doz. 13 pin Extension Hat Racks for 50c.; Va doz. ficture Frames from be. to SI the cheapest in the citv; 10 Handkerchiefs for 5oc.: 1 set tilass 4 pieces) for 5e; 1 Box (12 cakes) Soap for iiOe., cheap for 81; Vases irom 2oc. to SI each; tilass Pitchers for 50c.; Toilet Sets for JI, worth 82 fiOj 1 large Lamp, complete, for 81, sold for 82; Dolls from 6c. to Sl;HJdoz lamp Chimneys 5c. each. Also, lest and cheapest assortment of Brackets, Towel Racks, etc., in the city. A choice variety of Jewelry, Notions, etc. Call and see ns. 52-3m JAS. MULFORD. i AGrENTS We now offer to strictly first class Agents cured for years. For particulars, call on or

5-tl Manufacturing Chemists, No. 3 North t lfth

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. TT LLKY CHIKF REAPER AND MOWER, the Celebrated South Bend Chilled now, V "Champion" and Eagle Cultivators, Horse and Hand Corn Plauters, Hoosier and Campbell Corn Drills, together with a great variety of Farm Machinery, No. lO and 13 Sonlh Fifth Street, (Rearodd Fellows' Building,) all at figures to suit the times 52-3m W. M. MITCHELL 4 CO., Richmond, Ind. WM. 'GLENN & SONS. Stead-Quarters for Groceries! Immense Stock! Great Variety! Low Prices! mPPFR-Rlo T-affuavra. Java. Mocha.

SUGAR New Orleans, Hard and Sott Refined. SY'RUP New Orleans and Eastern. TEAS, TOBACCOS, and CIGARS. FINEST ASSORTMENT IN THE WEST. ALSO COMMISSION MERCHANTS, AND DEALERS IN Provisions, Flour, Grain, Seeds; Dried Fruit, AND OTHER PRODCfE.

68, 70, and 72 Vine 2-13w

MONEY TO LOAN On Long Time, In Sums from 81,000 to 920,000. Secured by first moxleage on productive real estate, either in town orconntry. lynni to xt used for improvements preferred. For full particulars and terms call on or address WJI. W. niHLKY, Attorney at Law, 8-3n No. 4 North Fifth st, Richmond. Ind. Agents Wanted to Sell

RigKteTCitizen, Of the United States by Theopuilus Parsons, Hi. I). Containing chapters on the Federal and State Constitutions, their history and origin, and the principle oa which, they are founded; the Kwers and duties ol Public Otlicersj the rights of the people, and the obligations incurred In every relation of life; also, parliamentary rules for deliberative bodies, and directions and l?gal forms for all business transactions, as making Wills, Peeds, Mortgages. Leases, Notes, Irafts, Contracts, etc. The most useful book ever publinhed. It mebt the wants of all classes, and sells to everybody. NATIONAL PUBLISHING X., 7-i Cincinnati, Ohio. D R. I) ARROWS REMEDIES. BALSAM OF LIFE! The old Doctor has discovered Medical Properties that will cure Consumption, Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Croup, Whooping Cough, Diseases of the Chest, Lungs, Difficult Breathing, and all the Di.sen.ses of the Pulmonary organs. For a Blood Purifier tills remedy cannot be excelled. Professor Walther.of this city Rays. "Tbe world never knew such a remedy." - One of our I irnggists says: "It is the bet raedicine on earlli." John Mackcy, a grocer In this city, says: "I always keep the Italsam of Life In my family. It saved the life of my son Charley in a case of croup." We have hundreds of testimonials equally as good. XlXl. TJAXiXlOWS UsiTersal Speedjr Helisf Lisimsni CURES Headache, Earache.Toothache, Neuralgia Sprains, Sore Throat, Rheumatism, Diarrhea and Bloody Flux, Pain in Back or Limbs, Inflammation of the Kidneys, Pal1itation of lUe Heart, Cramps and Colic 'jiiu.s. Sore and Weak. Eyes, Piles and Nasal Catarrh. William Thistlt thwalte, managing-editor and one of the proprietors of the Richmond Free Precs, says: "I have used Dr. Harrow's Speedy lielief for neuralgia, fo. the pas month, with the happiest result." Mrs. Reynolds, No. 30 North Marion street, says: "I had the rheumatism for two years, and three application of SPEEDY RELIEF cured ine." Mr. Johnson, editor of the Richmond Independent, says: "There is no lietter remedy sold, and I would not be without it." Call at our office and see home testimonials. Keep this remedy in your families. Sickness comes when least expected. SWe are now manufacturing a Fever and Ague Remedy, and any one sending us St lor a bottle, and we fail to cure, no matter how long standing, we will refund the money. Adtliess Lock Box 1221, Richmond, Indiana. These are home medicines, and if yon will give them a tair trial we will guaran tee satisfaction, and will iefund your money in case of any failure. "All Druggiwta keep t hem . Irepnred bv ARROW A ELOFF. Wholesale Depot, No. 33 South Front street, Richmond, Indiana. ROSS BROS., Wholesale Agents, 7-3 ru No.3North Fifth St., Richmond, Ind. HATS! HATS! HATS! Suflfrins, the Hatter! 337 Main Street. 337 READ ! GREAT POPULAR SALES OF GOOD CLOTHING at unprecedented LOW Prices. James Wilde, Jr., & Co., the well-known New York Clothier s, have established a branch house in Cincinnati, and are selling their Goods at prices below any thing heretofore known for Good Clothing. You can buy Mens and Boys' Clothing lower than the Retail Merchant .himself. Jas. Wilde, Jr., & Co., S. W.'Cor. Fourth andEace Sts., CINCINNATI, O. I,! C. HOPKINS OLU STAND. 4-4 it WANTED. the best chance to make money that has ocaddress HONS BROTHERS, t?9 nva nK.K, st., Richmond, Ind. Street, CINCINNATI.