Terre Haute Daily Gazette, Volume 1, Number 57, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 August 1870 — Page 2

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1870.

TfiEjDcmocracy are heavy everywhere on the public debt. Notwithstanding it is being rapidly paid, ail^the country is prosperous, money plenty, and the people more generally out of debt than tbe ever were, the democracy

still complain.

The Chicago Tribune says the patrio IC genius who edits the

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must be the same who explained to Mark Twain how to make out his income return so as to bring the government in debt to him on the tax question. The Enquirer figures the actual debi at $1,-

200,000,000only,

because, it says, at the

time it was incurred the government was only able to borrow fifty cents by giving a bond for a dollar, and hence it ought only to pay what it borrowed. Having paid this already in seven year's interest, the Enquirer thinks the bondholders ought now to surrender the bonds and cancel the debt. Had the Enguircr and its friends had their way, the bonds would not even have sold for 25 per cent, and, consequently, if the government had beek saved at all, the debt would have been twice as great as it ever was. The Enquirer is like the thief who complains of the Sheriff for the expenses incurred in arresting him. "Had you deputed me to make this arrest, I could have done it at halfthecost." "That," remarks the Sheriff, "is not a question for you to settle. In this issue you are on one side and The People on the other." '•No knave e'er felt the halter draw

With good opinion of the law."

THE London Economist estimates the financial loss occasioned by the declaration of war, which was followed by a depreciation of all classes of public and corporate securities, at the enormous sum of £500,000,000, and goes into detail to show it does not exaggerate. The daily actual expenditures of France and Prussia during this gigantic struggle, will be enormous and then what a country will be ruined and desolated. The region along the Rhine, from Cologne to Strasburg, densely populated with cities and villages almost as near neighbors as farms in Hamilton county, is the garden of Europe. The eye cannot gaze on a fairer scene, or one giving better evidence of accumulated wealth and general industry and all to be trampled over and under by the feet of destroying armies. A day's march of a great army through such a country would bo more destructive than that of Sherman's army from Atlanta to Savannah. But then, whoever wins, it will be a "glorious victory," and as long as the people consent to cut each other's throats for Kings and Emperors, who believe they rule by divine right and would be absolute despots if they dared, we suppose wars will continue to be, as they have been, inevitable consequences of the jealousies and ambitions of rulers. The people suffer and in the end pay the score.

Rev. George B. Jooelyn and family are in tho city on a visit to their relatives and friends, and will remain until after tho session of the Supreme Council of Templars of Honor and Temperance, close. The many friends of Dr. Jocelyn will be gratified to learn that his health, which some time ago was feeble, is greatly improved.—N. A. Ledger.

We would like first rate to see the pleasing face of George over this way. Come over and see us, my old friend—see our beautiful city—our general prosperity—our new Opera House—our two artesian wells—our prospective water works —our Normal School building, the great admiration of the Ledger man—our Wabash river and undulating prairie. And after you have 8£en aU &ese, we will take you to our home, give you a good dinner, and show you three of the best looking children in the State, whose mother, in days gone by, received her first lesson in the spelling book/row you.

The reduction of the debt during the month just closed exceeded $17,000,000 The exact sum is $17,034,123. The total amount of indebtedness now outstandin, less amount in the Treasury, but exclu sive of the Pacific Railroad bonds, is $2, 369,324,476. The coin in the Treasury makes a total of $102,930,206, against which must be placed the sum due on ac count of gold certificates issued to depos itors—$38,780,480 leaving, net, $64,149, 726, gold. This portion of the Secretary resoreces cannot be husbanded too care fully. To what extent the war will affect the Customs' revenue or the export of gold, time alone can tell and it is Bout well's duty so to guard tho means at his command that he may be prepared for every contingency.

THE Democratic candidates have decided upon a canvass of the county, and we hope the Republican candidates will now go to work. It is high time. If (hey did not intend to work earnestly and hard they ought not to have asked to be nominated. A thorough canvas ought to be made of the county by our local candidates. Let them go to every neighborhood, talk with the people, and get the Republicans everywhere to work. Gentlemen, you had better wake up on this matter.

TIIE Paris Figaro having started the story that General Phil Sheridan had tendered his services to the French Government, and that they had been declined, the Chicago Post says that General Sherman, on hearing this, observed that General Sheridan had made no such offer, and, moreover, would be much more like to join the Prussian army than the French. The Figaro is a paper devoted to comedy and sensation, and hence the absurd roporfr

GOLDSMITH'S Natural History, at one time a very popular school-book, contains many am using errors. Thus it states that the ostrich lays her eggs in the sand and leaves them to be hatched by the heat of the sun. The Acclimatiza tion Society, of Australia, however, alleges that this statement is untrue. A flock of ostriches was sent up the country, by the society,

ed nests, fn one of which twelve young birds were hatched. Durinir the period of incubation, about six weeks, the male *raii and female sit upon the nest by turns, both being seldom absent at the same fc ,i time. The nest is built in a sandy hollow, without grass or rubbish, and the eggs are entirely without cover.

o' hi HABRISBUBG, PA. has a colored candidate for Mayor.

EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE.

Editor

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and placed'under the charge of an iuqui's- large and sweet, and the flesh is as firm itive and zoological squatter. The guar- and hard as an apple. The strawberries dian reports that the ostriches have form- are very unlike the same kind of fruit with us, and nothing like so good. They are small, and instead of being juicy, are mealy. I believe they have no raspberries in Switzerland, and there are but few peaches raised in Europe. Some in

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As I wroteyou before, Ragatz is on the direct road to Italy, when one goes by the Splugen Pass, and lies 1600 feet above the sea. The scenery is wonderfully grand and beautiful. We found Ragatz a small village built in a plain', five miles long by about three wide, surrounded with high mountains. On the Tyrol side these mountains are barren rocks to their summits upon the other side they are covered with verdure, and upon one of them is the picturesque ruin of a feudal castle. We found at Ragatz one large splendid hotel and several smaller ones Also the dullest place with the fewest comforts and the highest prices of any place that we have yet visited. We remained there but eight days, and I took only four baths, when I found that they were not suited to my case. But the baths are very agreeable and the bathing arrangements pleasant. For every bath you pay two francs, but have no attendants to rub you. The rooms are light and well ventilated. The baths are made of white porcelain and are very large, and are sunk three steps down in the floor. You take the bath at the natural temperature of the water, which is warm. The water is constantly running in and out of the bath. The grounds are abundantly supplied with fountains, and the patients drink the water to some extent, although its* warmth makes it disagreeable. It is devoid of taste or smell. Some one who bathed in it, and thoroughly tested it, declares that it presents as much healing virtue as any other common soft water heated to the same temperature, and that although the baths were very agreeable, the air, the rent which was imposed upon the patients, and the diet had more to do with the cure of the disease than the water, I think, however, in case of rheumatism, nervousness and dyspepsia that the baths would be very beneficial, provided the patient had not been previously exhausted by any other disease, and could bear a weakening process of cure. The spring that supplies these baths is very wonderful as well as the road that leads to it. This spring has been known and resorted to for a thousand years, and its history is remarkable. It is called the Bath of Pfaffers, and its waters are now carried to Ragatz in pipes two and a half miles from the spring, although there is a bathing establishment at Pfaffers within a quarter of a mile of the spring, nothing could be built nearer than this in the shape of a house, for the way to the spring leads through one of the most remarkable gorges in the world, and encloses a bit of scenery which for grandeur is very celebrated. This gorge is at no place wider than forty feet, and in some places not so broad. There dashes through, a river called the Tarnina which further along empties into the Rhine which also lias its source in the Alps, The waters of this miniature river are rushing and foaming over their rocky bed and its color is drab all the way. There is laid ten feet above the river and upon a foundation of rock a wooden foot-path which leads to tho spring. Upon each side of this gorge, which is a quarter of a mile long, the mountains rise above one a solid mass of block dripping stone and at the top they come almost together, so near that the gorge is very dark and the air very unhealthy. At the end of the gorge is a small plot of ground completely hemmed in by mountains and at one side there is a wooden shed which cover the spring. Persons going into this enclosure can remain but a few minutes, as the heat from the water is so intense as to render it uncomfortable. As for myself, I did not see very much of this fine scenery, for upon going into the Gorge the atmosphere was so heavy that it produced a sudden and violent attack of illness, and they had to hasten with me out of it. For a few minutes I thought that I should die, and I think this has something to do with my present prostration. They bought you a stereoscopic view of the Gorge, and I also bought you two at Baden, intending to send them by mail, but it costs too much, and it is not safe to send them in newspapers.

Ragatz to Pfaf­

fers is grand in scenery, and seems frightful to ride over. One is all the time going up hill. Upon one side is the foaming river, with high mountains rising perpendicularly from one side. On the other is the narrow road, in some places so narrow that one can hardly perceive that there is room for the carriage wheels The mountains from the roadside are in many places not so steep, and are covered with verdure. The ascent is toilsome, but in coming down, it is accomplished soon enough.

On Friday, the third of June, as Mrs. Iventlee and I decided that we were not benefitted by the baths, we left for St. Gall, where there is a fine old church, the interior of which is said to be rich in paintings, carvings and sculpture also, where there are many "valuable ancient manuscripts. At St. Gall, also, are the factories where they make Swiss muslins, jaconets, nainsooks, fine embroideries, and also those beautiful lace curtains which are so largely imported into our country. These goods are all sent either to the United States, France or England. From St. Gall we had intended to have gone into the Canton of Appenzell, where fine needlework is carried on to such perfection as to become invested with the dignity of a fine art. Some of this work is brought into the United States, but none of the finest and handsomest.

Well, as upon the Swiss raiiway, there are many changes, and, as 1 was not well, we chartered a special car to come through to Lucerne without change, a ride of five hours. For this car we had to pay $50—$10 an hour—and besides this we had to pay extra for the baggage, and buy an extra ticket for Laura's dog. There is a specimen of the cheapness of things in Europe.

I feel so weak and am so thin and miserable that it seems a dull chance to think of ever getting much better. Still the warm weather is in my favor, and all symptoms for recovery are more favorable. I am, of course, very much disappointed in not being able to go around and see and enjoy many of the beautiful places in this enchanting country. In traveling I am often struck with the wonderful compensations of nature. In the most beautiful part of the world, where the scenery is perfectly enchanting to the tourist and artist, the soil is so poor and barren that, the agriculturist and political economist would be driven to despair. Upon the contrary, in our country where it is mostly flat and fertile, and there is not a superfluity of scenery that is particularly grand and imposing, and which would not repay artists for making very extensive travels, the far mer's heart would be rejoiced, and the poor man would see unsold beauties in fertility of the soil. There is nothing like so much of a variety in fruits and vegetables in Europe as in the United States, but there is one fruit here that they do have to perfection, and that is the cherry. They ripen the first of June, and last all summer, and it is the same

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with strawberries. The cherries are

the south of France that are said te be exceedingly fine and dear, and also some in French Switzerland. Apricots take their place and are also ripe in June and are veiy good, although not a perfectly mtisfSnctoiy substitute for peaches.

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INDIANA NEWS.

Teams are fording the Wabash at Vincenne*. fp The Sullivan county Fair wmmences on the 29th of August.

The wheat crop in Spencer countyjis less than an average. Potato bugs are making sad havoc in the vicinity of Bowlingreen.

Half the amount to build the proposed Rink at LaFayette has been subscribed. Evansville is having more additions. will need all it can get before the Democ racy get through with it.

A sad accident occurred one day last week, near Madison. On Thursday last three little children were walking in the woods, during a storm, when a limb fell and struck them. One was killed instantly, and the others so badly injured that their recovery is a matter of doubt. The mother of the little ones was so much affected that she, too, is lying in a very critical condition.

The New Albany Ledger says: We understand that a party ot thirty gentlemen have signed an agreement to organize a row-boat association, to be known as the "New Albany Row-boat Club." The club will meet in a few days to organize by the election of officers and the adoption of a constitution and by-laws. We also learn that the club will build six row-boats at once, one six-oared outrigger, one fouroared outrigger, one two-oared outrigger, one double and one single skull, and a skiff. The club expects to be ready to give the Louisville club a test of the aquatie within a month.

The Mitchell Commercial says "Hon. Moses F. Dunn addressed a large crowd at Owensburg on Saturday afternoon. He just came in on Saturday evening from a tour over Owen and Greene counties. At each of his appointments he was warmly met by large crowds. Much larger than could be expected at this season of the year—all enthusiastic for the Republican party, and each determined to secure the election of the "boy," instead oftheprincely land-grabbist, not-another-man-nor-dollar, Voorhees, who now misrepresents this District in Congress. The papers wherever he has spoken, speak in most flattering terms of his efforts, and all unite in applauding the manner in which he deals out the unvarnished truths of D. W. V's record.

The Louisville Commercial^ New Albany correspondent says: We have got more heroes than most persons imagine. Charley Cottam, Esq., proved himself one in a dog fight yesterday. The dog, a stout cur, belonging to Frank Dishman, at six o'clock yesterday morning rushed into Mr. Cottam's place in apparently a great rage. Providentially the children, who had been sitting in the door in a rocking chair, had gone inside. The dog sprang at the rocking-chair and tore it to pieces. Mr. Cottam drew a revolver and tired three balls into the head of the dog. This seemed to derange its ideas, and it ran into a chicken coop, where Mr. Cottam slipped a rope around its neck and drew it securely. He then smashed in the head of the dog with an ax and threw the animal into the street. He went about his business, but going back soon afterward, found that the dog, with his head knocked off, had actually got up and gone away. He made a second raid, and was shot dead by officer Smith.

THE annual returns moved for by Mr. Baiues, as to the cotton, woolen, and other clothing manufactories in the United Kingdom, have just been published. The general summary shows that the total number of factories is 6,416 the number of combing machines, 11,100 number of spinning spindles, 41,117,094 number of doubling spindles, 976,207 and number of power-looms, 549,365. Of these, England has by far the largest share, the number of factories there being 5,698, in Scotland, 507, and in Ireland 211. Of spinning spindles alone, England has 37,943,414, against 2,123,946 in Scotland, and 1,049,731 in Ireland and of power-looms England has 471,381, against 51,328 in Scotland, and 16,659 in Ireland. As to persons employed, the total is 845,381, of whom 85,221, or onetenth, are children half (half male and half female) under 13 years of age 73,514 are males between 13 and 18 and 212,707 are males above 18 and no less than 473,624 are females above 13.7/ Of the three countries, England employs 669,674 persons Scotland, 111,606 ana Irelandr 63,786, making up the above total of 845,066.

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There are five springs opened at West Baden. The water is sulphurated, and said to be very healthj-.

Abel Milton, a Scott county farmer, was stopped by three highwaymen, a few nights ago, and robbed of $220, and a val uable watch.

A man in Henry county, recently caus ed the arrest of his own daughter on a charge of horse stealing. She had taken the animal to facilitate her elopement with her lover.

Three naughty girls, in DeKalb county carried off the clothes of a dozen fellows who were in the water, bathing, a few days ago. A very considerable muss in that neighborhood is the result.

Two "youngladies," in Randall county recently waylaid and soundly thrashed young man who—as they accidentally discovered—was engaged to be married to both of them. He has emigrated.

The New Albany. Ledger says: "A few days ago a German woman, living on the Turner farm near this city, was terribly gored in the breast by an infurated cow, The breast was nearly torn off by the vi cious animal. The wound was dressed by Dr. Yoyles, and the lady is getting on quite well considering the severity of her injuries.

The Lebanon Patriot says: "A man named R. B. Moore, of Marion township caught his arm in a circular saw mill last Thursday, and had it so badly mangled that amputation was necessary. Dr, Bonnel performed the operation, taking the arm off below' the elbow, and the man is now doing well.

The Lebanon Patriot says: A young lady named Garner tried to jump on the 1:20 train last Thursday while it was in motion and come near going under it Her head was sufficiently bruised to prevent any more such gymnastic exercises. The lesson is a good one.

Block coal, which is found in large quantities along the line of the Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Air-line railway, is entirely free from sulphur. It is very much like charcoal, and entirely free from cinders and clinkers. It is invariably found northwest of other coals. Its freedom from sulphur makes it very valuable for iron manufacture.

The White River Valley Times says One day last week our old friend, Aquilla Price, of Stockton township, got his leg horribly mangled in a thrsehing machjpe, making it necessary to have it amputated just below the knee. At last accounts he was suffering severely, and being seventytwo years of age, it is feared that he can not recover. Mr. P. is one of the oldest citizens of the county, and is much respected by all who know him.

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124 JIAiar TERRE HAUTE,

FOSTER BROTHERS.

That through this dull season of the year, wlien other Dry Goods' Stores are empty, and their Clerks down stairs asleep,

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WE ASK, THAT

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CHEAP GOODS AXD XO DULL TRADE!

IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE FULFILLING OUR PROMISE TO SELL

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

It is because the people have found out for themselves that our prices on many Goods are only about half those charged in other stores.

It is because our advertisements are not overdrawn, and so may be cut out and brought to our store, and the exact article be obtainetl nt ttie price mentioned. People coming from a distance do so without any fear of not getting the goods advertised.

It is because one and all of the 75,000 customers who have already traded with us bear willing testimony to the reliability of our house and the quality of our Goods. We aim to make our store the most reliable place of business in the West. We want our customers to feel that acliild can buy Goods of us just as safely as an experienced buyer.

THESE PRICES TELL THE STORY.

Good Quality Red Flannel, 20c. Extra Heavy Factory Jeans, 50c—others charge 65c. A very good Unbleached Muslin, 6 and 7c a yard. Good yard wide Muslin, 9c a yard. The very heaviest and best Unbleached Muslin, 12 l-2c a yard—others charge 16 and 18c. Look at it. It hangs at the door. Coats' best 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. OUR Prints have the tickets on them 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 Best Delaines 11c, Double-width Alpacas 22c. Elegant Percales 14c, sold until recently for 25c.

NO ADVANCE IN OUB I'llIOKS

BECAUSE OF THE RISE IN GOLD!

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

Elegant lines of Black and Colored Silks. __ Poplins. 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, Ac., &c., all new and bought with CASH since the great decline.

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NEW YORK CITY STORE, Opera House Block,

286 BLEECKER ST„ HEW TOBK CITY.

167 EIGHTH AVMUE, SEW YORK CITY*

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That in spite of all the misrepresentations of Highpriced Merchants, and their combined attempts to prejudice the public against us, why 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

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WE HAVE WRITTEN UPON OUR BANNERS,

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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

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TUELL,

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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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