Terre Haute Daily Gazette, Volume 1, Number 30, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 July 1870 — Page 2

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1870.

Hon. D. W. Yoorhees.

The political record of

any

belongs equally to his

himself. What he does as a

In the beginning of the rebellion, the gentleman who~e name heads this column, was a member of Congress

He defended Cook and Cook was hung, and John Brown was hung, and old Virginia, and all old. Virginians rejoiced at the act. Voorhees too rejoiced and was) exceeding glad, that the only man in America who was willing to lay down his life, that an oppressed, and enslaved, and brutalized people's shackels should be broken and they made free, had been, choked to death like a felon. Virginian hospitality cajoled him, Virginians patted him on the back, and caught him in the meshes of their trap. He was soon after invited to address an institution of learning in Virginia, and in that address took occasion to laud and uphold the institutions of the South, and defame the North. There was a singularity about this address, which is a peculiar' characteristic^ of fthis distinguished gentleman's public course since. There were two editions of it published. In one edition he upheld slavery -r 11— spoke dispairingly of the North. This edition was intended for Southern readers and Southern consumption. In the other edition these things were left out, and this was circulated among his friends in the North. How he sued this course of. conduot, and in keeping this act of his is, With his

subsequent acts, we hope to be able to show to our readers, during the progic5« or the coming campaign. The feasting and cajoling he received while in Virginia turned his head. He came home strutting like a peacock, and shortly afterwards permitted his hair to hang down on his shoulders, and was a full-fledged cavalier. This was Mr. Voorhee's starting point in the wrong direction. Soon afterwards he was eleeted to Congress, and the Southern States attempted to withdraw from the Union. Our representative was wide awake to this movement. His mind was made up, for when the telegraphic dispatch announced the 'secession of the first State, at that very moment, in company with some three or four other gentlemen who were drinking at a public bar in not a far off city, he raised his glass and drank to the State of South Carolina, as 0»c State in the Uniont thank God, that would not submit to be governed by Abolitionist x." i?

Does not Mr. Voorhees recollect how one gentleman then present, who afterwards became a loyal soldier, refusing to drink, dashed his glass on the floor, denounced the sentiment as treason, and the utterer of it as a traitor? This was away back at the commencement of our difficulties. No gun had yet been fired. No troops had been called into the field. The loyal North, taken by surprise, was unprepared to act, and, like a man astonished, remained silent. But few had come to any conclusion about the matter. The whole popular mind was in confused state of excitement, and only now and then one person come to any definite conclusion as to what ought to be doue.

It seems, however^ that this was not the case with the man Who now represents this districtin Congress. His mind was made up. He knew exactly what he would do, and where he would go He drank to the health of the incipient' confederacy, and he went into full sympathy with the rebels. He was in free conference with them all the time in Washington. He visited the headquarters of representatives and senators, beand after they had resigned their seats and were-making preparations {o go home and light for the overthrow of the government. His room at the Capitol was a favorite resort of these men. He was, at the time about which we are now Writing regarded by traitors as one of them, and by loyal men as their enemy. Mr. Voorhees or his friends cannot deny this. It was known to be the fact, not only in Washington, but throughout the whole country. .3* a*.**

So warmly did he sympathize with the rebellion, and the leading rebels who were then in Washington, but who were preparing to take up arms against the Federal Government, that, controlled by

public man,

constituents,

and

representa-

tm of the people is a matter ot ~q

concern, and subject to be anin —,, upon, at any time and by an person. The position that all citizens occupy during a great war, is also a public matter and not for one moment to be regarded by any one, even the citizen himself, as private. But the position of the- representative and the citizen combiued during a war for the preservation of the government, is a matter of legitimate comment, at all times, and by any one.

from

this

district. He represented, in the main, a loyal constituency. He lived beyond the influence of that God-accursed institution, which was the cause of the war. He had always lived in a free State, and surrounded by men opposed to slavery in all its forms and phases. Being thus circumstanced, it was reasonable to suppose he would have been loyal, with the men with whom he lived. That he would have been true to the Government, a part of whose loyal people he represented. But was he? In answering this question, we propose to, in a series of articles, review the course Mr. Voorhees saw proper to pursue, during the whole five years of war.

Unfortunately, perhaps, for Daniel W. Voorhees, he was employed as one of the attorneys to defend Cook, one of the men engaged with "old John Brown" in the invasion of the State of Virginia. He went to Virginia to discharge this professional duty. He plead for Cook, and attacked, in a most furious manner, the motives and intentions of John Brown. How strange it seems, even at this day, that any man could be found living, with a sense of justice so perverted that he could attack the motives of "old John Brown." Why, his name and his fame will live and be written of by historians, and sung by poets, long after his traducers ure forgotten, and the last vestage of their history is lost forever in the oblivion of the past.

his great love, he followed JohnC. BrecB*'

enridge oh his way to Kentucky, as far as Baltimore, and stood by him when that bold and defiant:, traitor announced that he was on his w*y to his native State to join the rebel ranks. Pitty Mr. Voorhees "did not go all the way with him, and display manly courage in lighting for a cause for which he was in full and complete sympathy, and which he pretended

be]ieve to right

True men every-

where, and in all ages, admire that man, who, believing he is right, has the courage to take tip arms find defend it and detest and despise the fellow who encourages others to fight in a cause he advocates, but refuses to fight himself. [TO UK CONTINUED.

Only a Hog.

Once upon a time, an old gent had five daughters, who were married, respectively, to a Mr. Poor, Mr. Little, Mr. Short, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Hog. At the last wedding all the girls were present the ceremonies ended, the happy father made them a little speech, saying:

Well, girls, I have taken great pains to raise and educate you, my five daughters, and now all you amount .to is a poor, little, short, brown hog."

An Old Acquaintance.

Many years ago, in England, there was a band of freebooters, all quite young men. One of them abandoned it, reformed, studied law, and rose to the rank of Judge. While sitting to try one of the band, whom he recognised, but not in the least thinking the prisoner would know him, and feeling some curiosity to learn something concerning them, asked his old chum what had become of them. The prisoner, heaving a sigh, replied:

They were all hanged but your lordship and I." ijiir.

Let lis have a full explanation of this broad accusation of fraud in the contemplated removal of the Mission Indians of California. It seems, from the brief debate in the House yesterday, that an appropriation of $7,500,000 for the removal of "the peaceful, industrious, civilzed Mission Indians, who are citizens and voters, to a reservation in San Diego county," (we quote Mr. Axtell, Dem., California), was introduced some weeks ago into the House Indian Appropriation bill. The Senate increased it to $10,000,000, and the Conference Committee recommended the House to concur in that amendment/ But Mr. Axtell represent ed the movement as "a speculative one to secure the farms of those Mission Indians," and Mr. Sargent, a Republican I representative from the same State, in dorsed these remarks. Thereupon the House non-concurred in the amendment. Important as it is that the Indian Appropriation bill should be passed, we hope that it will not be until these wrongs are righted. Whose speculation is this? Who smuggled the amendment into the bill? Who voted for it? Who lobbied it? Will not those members of Congress and the Executive officials who have been so commendably jealous in carrying out the President's wise policy of .simple justice to the Indians, see to it that this great fraud is notconsummated, and that those who contemplated it are exposed. K. Y. Tribune.

Ungoverned Passion.

A notable example of the evil results of giving way to passion was: witnessed at the Court of Quarter Sessions on Tuesday. A married woman, the wife of an industrious mechanic, and the mother of two infant children, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, for an attempt to revenge a fancied injury to her husband, by burning out the eyes of an^ another ampltTof the evil of ungovernable passion a marked instance of the mischief done by listening to idle rumor and gossip, for the man who was supposed to have done the injury was inhocent and a most distressing one in every particular, for the husband of the unfortunate woman was pur- I jth her, vainly trying to comfort her in how! her fearful affliction, and she with her little children clinging to her knees, as the two years' doom of imprisonment was pronounced by the Judge. We make particular note of this, whilst we are aware that it is almost fruitless to talk to many of those who give way to passion, there are Some upoh whom such a severe example must have its effects.

Passion and strong drink populate our prisons. In thi«L case it was nothing but passion arid a blind seai*jli for revenge.— Philadelphia Ledger.

Of the $700,000, which, by the treaty of November, 1858, the Government of China placed in the hands ot' the United States Government for the settlement of claims of citizens of the United States against China, there still remains about $400,000, currency, unexpended. This balance Mr. Sumner proposes to refund to the Chinese, and has introduced into the Senate a joint resolution to that effect. Let the resolution be passed promptly, by all means. Honesty and good policy alike demand it. It is a wonder that the money should have been kept safe so long, and paying it back to its real owners would crown the reputation of the country with a blaze of glory. ,'!

Alas! how the times have changed, and not for the better. How many girls of the present period are there who would ever think of making shirts for the men they love Instead of the joy of the last stitch, we fear they would tliink,only of the toil and trouble of all the stitches. Men's wives, too, no longer think of makings their hysbaud's shirt#. They have sewing'niaCfiines to facilitate the'labor but all the sentiment is gone, and instead of making the shirts, they send the poor fellows out to buy them. The world seems to be growing no better very fast*!

The Oijjest Inhabitant.—The venerable relic of hum&nrt^ extant is the skeleton of one of the earlier Pharaohs, encased in its original'burial robes, ana in a good state of preservation. It was added to the treasures of the British Museum awafW8'• S"halfagor °"Thelid of the coftin ^that cohtains this regal mummy bears an inscription which shows him to iiitve been the Pharaoh who succeeded the heir of the builder of the Great Pyramid, about a thousand years before Christ,^ before the,birth pf Solomon.

One who knows, says it behooves every one to take unusual precaution against sunstroke, and first of all to avoid the use of stimulating liquors, and avoid the excessive use of iced driuks when over-hoated. Bear in mind that sunstroke, when not fatal, leaves the brain in a Vefry feeniitivi state,(dnd for.ytfari after render the victim more liable to a recurrence. .»iwa

"Mother,^liaidwa.lUtlegirl, who was engaged it* making her doll an apron, "I believe Shlall be a duchess Wheh grow up." "How do you ever expect to-be-come a ducheesi my daughter?" "Why, by marrying a Dutchman, to be sure," the girl replied.

"How did you spend Good Friday—in mortification as required?" said a 7irenchman to hisfriend. "Yes," replied the latter, with a sigh, "I remained at nome with my wife the whole day.'k^

INDIANA

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Thelast crib in the west pier of the Michigan City harbor was sunk last week. This finishes up the pier extension lor the present. .M

A most remarkable gathering, or reunion, took place at McCutchensville, near Evansville, a few days since. Fif-ty-two years ago a company of eight came over from England the eight were all present, the oldest being in his 83d year. Such a circumstance will not probably occur in the next century.

A mau employed at the gravel pit on the Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad, about seven miles west of Greencastle, was killed 011 Friday last by the caving in of the bank, throwing him against a train of care and crushing the life out of him instantly. His body was taken to Greencastle, and an inquest was held, the jury returning a verdict in accordance with the facts. The name of the deceased was Patrick Kearney.

A correspondent of the New Albany Ledger, writing from Salem, Washington county, gives the following account of a bloody affray: "Some three or four days since a terrible and bloody fight occurred at Delaney's Creek, about 12 miles eastof this place, between two young men named Beck and Lane. They had been at work all day in the harvest field together, and, after supper, got on their horses and rode some four miles to get a jug of whisky. After obtaining the whisky they started back. It was night. They had gone but a short distance when some altercation took place. They dismounted, drew their pocket knives and bloody work began. One received seven stabs and the other four. They had been life-long friends and no one knows the cause of the difficulty. They are both reported dead."

The New Albany correspondent of the Louisville Commercial says A curious legal case, involving the jurisdiction of the courts of Indiana and Kentucky, was commenced Saturday. A handsome and accomplished widow, who formerly belonged to New Albany, has been giving music lessons in Louisville and other places, and her two children have been under the care and protection of their guardian, appointed by the Indiana court but recently she got hold of both the children and carried them off. The suit is brought to recover them, and to sustain the demand, it is said that imputations will be made against the reputation of the widow. The scandal excites great interest, especially as the names of several prominent gentleman on both sides of the river are expected to figure in the trial.

The Indianapolis Jourrial of this morning says: "Yesterday morning as the Bellefontaine express train was nearing LaRue, a deaf mute, named R. J. Long, standing upon the track, was struck by the cow catcher of the engine and instantly killed. The engineer, upon seeing him, gave the usual signals, but owing to his unfortunate condition, Long was unable to apprehend his danger.

Soapstone has been found in large quantities in Cass county. Ghosts continue to disturb the repose of rural citizens. Whitney county sports one of the most fearful aspect—not less than 15 feet high.

The debt of the Democratic city of VJ mm oui

not $1,500 ia her treasury. There is standing near Charleston house occupied by two octogenarians George Hester and his wife, who were once attacked by Indians, who surround ed it. On its walls and floors are seen the holes through which the brave pioneers fired out at their savage foe.

The House yesterday adopted the Funding bill of Mr. Schenck, slightly amended, as a substitute for the bill of the Senate. Between the measures of the two Houses there is a difference only in detail, not in principle. The Senate favored three issues of bonds, aggregating $1,200,000,000. at three different rates of interest. 4, 4|, and 5 per cent, and having 40 years to run, while the House inclines to a single issue of less amount ($1,000,000,000) at the lowest rate suggested by the Senate and redeemable after thirty years. The different machinery for negotiating the bonds, the agencies for the payment of the coupons, and various minor differences are not serious obsta cles to a final concurrence. The reception which the bills have met With abroad, the facts elicited in debate, and the statements of financial authorities lead us to believe that the single bond at low interest and short time can be readily negotiated. Of course, therefore, we prefer that the compromise between the House and Senate snail be upon the basis of the House bill. As some compromise is imperative, there ought to be no unnecessary delay. It is of vital importance that the Secretary shall have the author' ity he asks, and that the funding of the debt shall be at once begun. Mr. Schenck stated in the debate yesterday his belief that the whole amount of bonds provided for could be funded during 1870 and 1871. We have not a doubt of it if the bill becomes a law at the present session bf Congress. And there should be no delay and no adjournment until a bill is agreed upou and enacted.—New York Tribune.

rencounter took place at a

picnic in Washington township, this county, on last Saturday. The particulars of the case, so far as we haye been able to gather them, are as follows: It appears that a man named Wartield and two brothers named Goft'j who reside on John Hinkle's farm, took a horse to Logansport and sold him to a livery-keeper, whose name we did not learn. When he was about to mount the horse all three pitched on him and pounded him until ne was senseless, when they left him, taking the horse with them. A warrant was issued for their arrest, and Deputy Sheriff and policeman Foley went to the picnic above mentioned for the purpose of arresting them. They arrested Warfield while he was dancing, and the elder Goff started off oil a run, the officers after, him. They called on him to stop, but he not doing so, they drew their revolvers and fired fotrt" or five shots at him, two of which took ofFect, killing him almost instantly. Warfield andtheyounger GofF were secured —Delphi Journal. 1- •—-r riimM.

The first paper published in Kansas Was called tne Herald, and was printed under the shade of a large elm tree on the levee, in Leavenworth* by T. M. Adams, who is now living in Howard county, Missouri. Kansas has now 13 daily

and

84 weekly papers, and the num

ber is increasing almost weekly. -n[ 1

I'llElapsing Fever.—This disease, called in Germany hunger pest," which has appeared in Enrope in different times since, the year 1799, showed itself last winter in New York, and early this year in Philadelphia. It is not ftn absolute stranger, however, it having been noticed by Dr. Clymer, among hia

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OtJJR PRICES HAVE CREATED

"The Deserted Palace of Terre Haute!" And it Stands To-day like a Tree with Withered Leaves. II A I N

WE HAVE LONG SINCE SPIKED!

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HIGH-PRICED MERCHANTS OF TERRE HAUTE.

Heavy failures of high-priced stores! Dry Goods awfully cheap! We are slaughtering them every day. Our

only a little more than half what others charge, ur cheap goods, are playing havoc with their high priced old stocks bought with gold at $1.40.

The Crowds of Customers tell the story!

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CARPETS of all hinds away down. Thirty cts. up.

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