Terre Haute Daily Gazette, Volume 1, Number 54, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 August 1870 — Page 2

'he Evening (gazette

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1870.

Daniel W. Yoorliees.

It is a singular evidence of individual presumption, that Mr. Voorliees, who has served now almost one decade in Congress without ever having originated anything, or accomplished anything going to advance the interests of his constituents, should now ask them to elect him again. The want of respectful modesty in some men, is marvelous indeed. The self-esteem of a certain class of men, surpasses understanding. How can a man, who has served eight long years in Congress years too the most important in the history of the Republic and accomplished nothing for his constituents, have the audacity to look that constituency in the face, and ask for a continuation of its favors It must take a face as brassy as a chambermaid's jewelry, to do this.

Away back in the history of the old Greek Republic, we find an account of two aspirants for public favor, before the people asking for their votes. One had been for years a member of the State Council, and the other was a young man for the first time aspiring for a seat among that body of wise and virtuous men. They were on Mars Hill, declaiming to the people. The first said: "My fellowcitizens, you all know me. I have been for years a member of your Council. During my membership, these beautiful edifices which adorn the city have been built—the harbor which proiecis our ships has been made secure—the wails and fortifications which protect Athens have been made strong—the general intelligence of the people has been advanced—prosperity and happiness have become more common, and we have, on two signal occasions suppressed a revolt in our midst, and driven the enemy from our gates."

This speech was spolren 'Hripp'iigly on the tongue" and gesticulated i,i a presumptious and se'f reliant man tier, and appeared to carry the crowd. The speaker sat down, drew h's robe of oflk-e around him and was the admiration of the rabble, and enjoyed his fancied superiority over his opponent, greatly.

Away back in the rear of the assembly, arose the young aspirant for ihis important office. He was modest and full of blushes, and commenced his oration in this way: "My friends, am [almost an entire stranger to you. I have never enjoyed your favor, nor before asked for your votes. I am untried in your councils, and inexperienced in your Jaws. I can only ask of you that you try me. My competitor boasts of his long experience in the Council, and -what lias been done for the city and your happiness, during his membership. I admit tlin much has been done, but allow me to review' before you, what my competitor has done. He says that during liis time of service in the Council, those beautiful edifices which now so adorn the city, have been built. That is true, but he cast his ballot against their crccLion. The harbor, it is true, has been made more secure for our shipping—but he voted against the appropriations to make it thus secure. 'Tistrue the wails and fortifications have been made strong during the time my competitor has been honored with a seat in your couucils—but he protested against 1 his very work. True it is, that the general prosperity and happiness of the people have been advanced, but when these great measures were before the Council for discussion, my opponent was absent, indulging in riotous living, and speculating to increase his own riches. Most true it is, that during his membership in the Council of State, a great rebellion has been suppressed, and the enemies of our country have been driven from our gates—but my fellow citizens, my com pctitor was in full sympathy iiHitliiic rebels and the rebellion, and favored opening the gales of the ciiy and lei-ling the enemy in.1'

This speech opened the eyes of the Athenians, and they looked at each other in astonishment, and wondered how thowever could have thought of continuing such a man, as the first speaker, in office They repudiated him, and elected the untried young man, who afterwa ds be came one of the greatest and most v'rtuous men, among that age of great and virtuous men.

Can we not learn a lesson from tlr scrap of-history? Mr. Voorhees talks longhand loud of the eomm:ss'.oiis and omissions of Coo ess, but diving his membership of eight years, what has he done? Reader ask your.self—I What has he doneV1 Where is the impotaat measure he ever conceived and advocated? Where is the souvid statesmanlike sentiment'he has uttered? What enemy of his country has he assailed? AYhat rebellion Jjas he assisted to suppress? What J—iu the name of common sense tell us, what has be done, as a member of Congress, which has advanced the happiness and prosperity of tispeople? We do not know of one single act, during his entire term of olice.

He retains his place in the National Legislature, by the artful tricks of the most adroit char'atan, and rests h:s reputation on the cunning dodges of the experienced political vauUer. He possesses, to a degree perhaps unsurpassed by any man of his ag3 in America, the elements of a factious leader, aud the address of a coast? nate demagogue. He prates of the good he has done aud the measures he has favored, with the unwarrantable pretensions of the most skilled empiric, and endeavors to wheedle his hearers to his support by the political quackery of the practiced mountebank. Dema^ogistn loses its power to dsitingaish when applied to hhn, and "Voorheesism" must find its place iu ourlexi cons, as a more expressive appellation.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITT COUNCIL.

present

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COCNC CHAMBER,

TUESDAY EVEXING, AUG.26,1S/0.

Council

met

f...Sp-',-e

for

ON opening a box car of a tr«in Boston, a few days since, at Windsor was found that of 125 lambs confined therein, and on the way to market

four were alive. One hundred and twe!? ty-one lambs crowded into a tight car nn a hot day, had been cruelly smothered to death.

GEN. O'NEILL, convicted of violation of the neutrality laws, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment and $10 line. Col. J. H. Brown was sentenced to nine months imprisonment and $5 fine. Captain Monahan was sentenced to six jnonths imprisonment and $1 fine.

pursuant to adjournment,

His Honor Mayor Cookerly, and

Councilmen

Coats, Scudder, O'Connell,

Hager, Walsh, Dowling, Forrest, PeddJe, Rockwell and Seeburger. The minutes of the previous meeting were now read and approved, after which the following bills were allowed and ordered paid:

BILLS.

Edmunds & Jordon Hudson, Brown & Co 15 00 52 00

31 00 lf

Terre Haute Express Saturday Evcni.ig jlau Terre Haute Gas Co W. H. Stewart Police Force Fire Department 4.J Thomns Vance jG.

A petition of Mrs. Martha Random, asking the remission of certain delinquent taxes, was reared to the Committee on Taxes.

Mr. Scudder, from the Committee on Fire Department, reported that 800 feet of hose, ordered to be purchased, had arrived, and had proven satisfactory He therefore moved that an order for the sum of §1,1 GO be drawn in' payment thereof, which was agreed to.

The Committee on Streets and Bridges, by Mr. Dowling, reported the amount necessary for the repair of certain streets and bridges for the month of August to be $142. The report of the committee was concurred in.

Mr. Seeburger, f-'om the same committe3, reported in favor of an appropriation of $50 for the repair of a stone culvert on South First street. Report concur ed in.

Mr. Hager, from a select committee, made a verbal report in regard to a pest house. He said he had met one of the County Commissioners, and that body would hold a special meeting for the purpose of determining the location of the house. It was considered that the Poor House farm would be the best place.

The Treasurer submitted the following as h'sregu'ar monthly report: C. I'Y TlIEASUHIiK S

570 55 102 50 302 00

Blaclc 42 9 .fas. Cook & Son 10 00 W. Shirley 2 50 .Taincs Ac 8 00 T. B. Johns £12-3 Port.HcrJrman&Co 11G0 00

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TEIKSUAUTK, Au^. 1, 1S70. Jf

To li'« Koror the Mnyor and Common Council of jeCti of Tene I-iauto— GENTLEMEN: The following my re

port for the month of July TIECKIl'TS. 1570. jrly l...C 'sli on hand per -?J1,G33S9

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57 CO

tee

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112 15

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the

175 00

nue ."Rcor.Vs «Yo*n G. II. Pu dy, Street Commissioner

29 50

...513,00142

Total Am on it received EXrEVDITUn*-..-. Ju O le ucc: »'ed du.-iig the oo it.) .' s? -i.OVG 10 Juiy .P: id Interest on Korma School

Bonds 210 00

Aug. 1 ...Casii on ha.id 8,715 32

S!.:5,0ul 42

Ilesncctfully submitted, MARCUS SCHOMEHL, City easnrer.

The report of the Chief of Police showed that 37 arrests had been made during the month of July. The report of the Market Master showed that he had paid into the hands of the Treasurer S20S 40, since the 4th of May last.

The reports of the Sextons of the City and Catholic cemeteries, for t'ie month of July, showed that there had been thi I'ty-fou nter me ts.

Mr. Forrest submitted a resolution suspending the hog ordinance unt't the 15th of November, which was ado})ted.

An ordinance in regard to throwing garbage and oflfal in alleys, streets, &c., was submitted by Mr. Forrest. The ordinance was intended as an amendment to the old one en the subject, making all persons on whose premises such nuisance was found responsible for throwing the garbage there, under a penalty of from $5 to $25.

Upon this quite discussion arose, indulged in by Messrs. Dowling, O'Connell, Seeburger and the Mayor. It was atlast referred to a Select Committee, consisting ot Mess. s. Seeburger, Forrest and Dowling.

His Honor the Mayor submitted an ordinance in relation to the keeping of gunpowder, benzine, coal oil, turpentine, &c., which gives more privileges to dealers in such articles.

Upon lie's a discussion arose, but the ordiaauce Avas at last passed, all voting aye but one.

A commun'cation was presented by Mr. Hager from W. K. Edwards, denying the charges p-efened against him at the last meeting of tiie Council, in which he was charged w'-th liav:ng threatened men if they did not take their names from the petition for the opening of Ohio street, the mortgages on their property would be foreclosed. It was read.

M-. Hager moved that the communicaiii.n be received aud placed on file. Mr. O'Connell moved to amend by laying it on the table.

Mr. Dowling rose to speak, but the Mayor called his attention to the fact that a motion to lay on the table was not debatable.

Atlast, both motion, and amendment were withdrawn, and Col. Dowling took the floor. He had known Mr. Edwards for 20 years—had made some sharp remarks about him at the last meeting of the Council, upon a statement he believed to bet ue idfortnaiion, coming from Honorable gentlemen of theCou-icil. His •em arks were not the resr't of any bitter feeling toward ihatgefitJeman. Not until Mr. Edwards had i.ilei fered with members of the Council, h's relations with him had always beeu friendly. Upon one occasion E. had re ill sou to sin', endcr into the hands of the Council, a paper providing for a Radroad from this city to Bloom field. Our cifzens had order ed that $100,000 be subscribed to the enterprise, and it had been done, but Mr. Edwards pocketed the paper, and no member of the Council had since seen it. This showed a lack of confidence in the Council on the part of Mr. Edwards, and without that paper no organization coulee ejected. I thought when he did that thing, it was a direct insult to the Council, and then I ceased to have kind feelings toward Mr. Edwards. I am willing, however, that Mr. Edwards' denial shall go upon the recoids, and I think the Council had better accept the communication.

Mi. Hager did not want to be understood as the champion of Mr. Edwards, or of any one. It was a question of ve«

racity between Mr. Edwards and Mr. Dowling's informant, and ail he wanted was to know whether Mr. Edwards was guilty of the charge or not.

The Mayor requested that the communication be referred to a commiitee for investigation.

Mr. Forrest was ready to do justice to any and all who came before the Council. He hoped the communication would not be treated with contempt by laying it on the table. He favored the acceptance and filing of the communication.

The Mayor did not see how that wou'.d help Mr. Edwards. He had simply put in his denial. An investigation would determine whether the charges preferred by Mr. O'Connell were true or not.

Mr. Dowling said Mr. Edwards has not asked an investigation, and it was not necessary.

The communication was received and ordered to be filed. The resolution of Mr. O'Connell iu regard to the uniforming of police officers, which had been presented at the last meeting of the Council, was called up and referred to the Police Board.

The subject of the station house was then taken up and discussed at length, but no conclusion was arrived at.

Council then adjourned.

INDIANA Ni:\VS.

Light Guards are to

The Fort Wayne be armed. A Rink to cost £23.000 is to be put up at LaFayette.

The people of New Albany want a new market house. Huntington, Dubois county, has a population of 520.

The Texas cattle plagro has attacked the cattle at Madison. The V: accnnes S in has been enlarged and improver.

General Coburn is making a vigorous canvass of his District. The total population of Boonville, in Warrick county, is 1,050.

Ground will be broken this week for a Union Depot at Richmond. A new church to be called St. Anns' is to T.e erected at LaFayette.

The new hotel project in New Albany, like in Evansviile, has fa'led. Christiau SoiellAvas killed by lightning near Lake Clear a few days ago.

The Fort Wayne Railroad is completed about 15 miles from Richmond. New Albany is infested with a gang of thieves ami gamblers at present.

There are twenty newspapers printed in the Eighth Cong.-essional District. One hundred new nouses have been erected in Jefersonviro this season.

The New Albany pork packers are already avaoging for the coming pork season.

Prof. Richard Owen will lecture in Madison on the 5th inst. Tno lecture is free to all.

Dr. Carven has accepted a call to become pastor of St. .Tom's Episcopal Church, LaFayette.

A largo number of people will go from Indianapo.'is on the excu. on to Put-in-Bay on the Sth.

There is a g'rl in ITnatington, who is feet 2 inches high, weighs ISO pounds and is but 15 years old.

The surviving members of the 29^1i Ind. Yols. will have a grand re-union at South Bend on the SOch iost.

Miss Ella Bacon of Cass county commi' ted suicide a few days ago by taking laudanum. No cause ass'gned.

The fields are full of quails in the vicinity of Vincennes, and prairie ehickeas are abundant on all the Indiana prairies.

One hundred and fitty-nine car loads of silver ore have passed over the Michigan Central railroad within t}je past month.

Mr. John Sutherland, aged 80 years, died near Indianapolis on Sunday last. He was much respected by all who knew him.

W. II. Leake, manager at the Acr.demy of Music, Indianapolis,

bnfJ

Capt. Mass, of the Junction House at Vincennes, proposes to erect his eating house at the rear crossing of the roads at that place. He has not abandoned the project as proposed.

Nineteen n^'les of track have been laid on the Indianapolis, Bioom'ngton, I1J.,

ancl Western Railroad, west of Indianapolis, and the work will now bo continued without interruption until Covington is reached. There is a large force of Chicago ca»-pente \s ac work on the Wabasli river bridge.

Miss HildaMcElroy, atiestimable young lady resid'ng in Switzerland county, was waylaid and infamously maltreated by four ru flELans,. a few wTeeks ago. The occurrence occasioned her so much agony mind that she became insane, and ended her life by suicide.

The LaPorte Herald says "TheoflPcers ot the company have secured and settled for the right of way of the ra'lroad from here to Michigan City, with all but two or three parties, who wrill p-obably have to be satis3ed by the award of commission ers. It is said that the spades and scrapers will positively be at work on the line nei.t week.

The next session of the Grand Lodge of the Indepandent Order of Odd Felknvs of the United States will bs held in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, on Monday, the 19th of Septembe?'. The representatives from the jurisdic 'on of Indiana, are William Madison French, of Indianapolis W. Gordon, of Attica John T. Sanders, of Jeffersonville and Thon^as Underwood, LaFayette.

We clip the following from the New Albany Ledger We find it impossible to make any avrangemeat w:th any of the railroads leading out ot our city, for a special train on Sunday evening, by which we would be enabled to distribute a Sunday Evening Ledger at the villages of Indianapolis, Chicago, Cincinnati St. Louis, and others North, East, South and West. Our friends will, ihe/eloie, be compelled to do withoat this valuable addition to their eading matter, unt'l wo can construct roads for this especial purpose, which w'li be as early as possible. In the meantime we shall not issue a Sunday Evening Ledger."

A CLERK in an Erie hotel has a magnificent scheme in view. It is a circular hotel, to rest on a pivot like a locomotive turn-table. The object is to give every guest ft "front room."

CSDE.

engaged Joe

.Tofforoou, uooth and the Florences lo- the coming season. Milford Williams attempted to commit suicide in Crawford county a few days ago by shooting himself in the abdomen. He will recover, it is sakl.

Miss Minnie Bradbury, Marshall county, is studying theology with the view oi becoming a preacher. She is said to be a young lady of fine intellect.

The Democracy of Evansviile are having a sweet old time over their candidates. There are hosts of 'em for each office. What a hungry horde they are, truly.

Bii,

FOSTEE BKOTHEES.

W I S I

Tlmt through Ibis dull season of the year, when other Dry Goods' Scores are empty, and their Clerks down stairs asleep,

W I Ja* IT!

WE ASK, THAT

FOS'TESg BSOTIIEBS'

GREAT JVEW YORK CITY STORE

IH AS CROWDED AS EVER

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That in spite of all tlie misrepresentations of Highpriced Merchants, and their combined attempts to prejudice tire public against us, vliy is it that people still come through all. the dust and heat, for more than fifty miles around, to trade at our store? It is

BECAUSE

WE HAVE WRITTEN UPON OUR BANNERS,

O W" TV W IT II HIGH 3? I E S

IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE FULFILLING OUll PROMISE TO SELL

Goods as Low in Terre Haute as in N. Y. City

It j.? becfuxso the people have found out for themselves that our prices oil many Goods are or about half those charged in other stores.

js 'teca^so onv advertisements arc not overdrawn, and so may be cut out .and brought to our stoi r- tue exact article be obtained at the price mentioned. People coming from a distance do .=0 "Wn cout any fear of notgetting the goods advertised.

IL is bcc-iUKe one and all of the 75.000 customers who have already traded with us bear willing testw, on tollie reliability of our house and the quality of our Goods. We aim to make our store tl"j most reliable place of business in tlie West. We want our customers to feel that achild ca a bu Goods of us just as salely as an experienced buyer.

THESE PRICES TELL THE STORY.

Good (^uariU Red Flannel, 20 Extra Eeayy Factory Jeans, 50c—others charge 65c. A very gool Ukbleached Muslin, 6 and 7c a yard. 6'ood yard wide Muslin, 9c a yard. The yery heaviest and best Unhleaclied Muslin, 12 l-2c a yard—others chai'ge 16 and 18c. Look at it. It hangs at the door. Coafs* hesi Six Cord and Spool Cotton, 5c a spool. Extra fine and heavy Waterproof Cloth, 90c per yard. Heavy "A" Grain Bags, FULL SIZE, only 29c. Big lot of Sprague and other Prints at 8 cts a yard. OCJB Prints have the tickets on [hem so that you can see whether they are the Best Goods or not. Beautiful Dress Goods at 12 l-2c, 15c, 18c, 20c, 25c, 30c, 40c, 50c. Lot of

i)ela 'nes 11c, Double-width Alpacas 22c.

Elegant Percales 14c, sold until recently for 25c.

WO ADVANCE IN OUB PRICES

BECAUSE OF THE EISE IN GOLD!

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

Elegant lines of Black and Colored Silks. Popiins, Grenadines, Dagmar Cloths, Shawls, Lace Points, Hosiery and Underwear, Cloths, Jeans and Cassimeres, White Marseilles, Hickory, Denims and Checks, Table Linens and Napkins, Parasols and Sun Umbrellas, fcc., &e., all new and bought with CASH since the great decline.

O S E S O E S

JVEW YORK CITY STORE, Opera House Block,

124 MAIN ST., TEBBE HAUT53, Itf®.

286 BLEECMES ST., SE1V YORK ilTY.

167 EIGHTH AVEME,»EW YORK CITY.

94 COLUMBIA ST., FOST WATUE, EO.

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LACE POINTS

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RETAIL DRY GOODS.

TUELL, RIPLEY & DEMING'S

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BLACK AND WHITE.

We have probably the Largest and Best

Assortment of these Goods in the State, and

CLOSE OUT THE ENTIRE STOCK

A I E

RIPLEY

DEMING,

Corner Main and Fifth Sts.

HEE2 & ARNOLD.

We fear NO Opposition.

We are not governed by Competition Prices.

We sell only GOOD Goods.

We buy them AS CHEAP as the next man,

And sell at prices to SUIT THE TIMES.

HERZ ARNOLD,

89 Main Street,

Between Third and Fourth Sts,

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