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.EKLY EXPIIBSS

-TERSE HAUTE, IND. ,jJ

Wjrinrefl i.T Morning, .Tan. IS, 1871.

••S'.'.-S'K'rors okin^j Rtr&n^crs" terrify IL.Iayelie.

'niijLir 1-1111.1. will tflpgat Evansville to-morrow ni^ht—if "iiij throat

Win

t:g

iiack on-him.'V „•.

"•^.liciTGLAits made an unsuccessful attempt to rob the ofiict- of the Treasurer of Tippecanoe comity on Saturday night.

"•'"The Fukb

Tuaokk"

(rKOROK

cornea to us on

yeUcw-tinteA paper—a melancholy indi

cation of biliousri^s.

Evinokk,

-.t

resjiecie-'i citizen

of Floyd county, wa* found dead, in the road, a few" days ago, under circumstances

indicating foul play.

"When President Okant named Si-M-hkkV friends for the.San Dplf.ifigo Coni-

•isskvn, he efiectuairy spiked agnn for iJ om Massachusetts.

Slale, gPres notice that the Cleveland Lightning Rod Insurance Company has no authority for transacting business in

this State.

An advertising curtain is to he hung in liso Evnnsville Opera House. The next

move will be to rent the pant-Is in front of pulpits for the display of advertising

cards, and to induce the clerjiy to sandwich nice little puffs between (he heads

of their sermons.

Tiik

Stale Supreme Court has decided

that the mode of amending laws is to set out the act as ami tided, and make the amended act valid. It is not necessary to

net out the original act or section.

A vuTE is to be taken in Richland town

ship, Fountain county, to-day, on proposition lo aid the I/ifayette, Hockvilie & Terre Haute Kailroad. Advices from that

locality indicate that the a| propiiation will be carried by a handsome majority.

(iov. Afs'riN', of Minnesota, following

the general spirit of reloi which is gr(twiii:.r, reeommends the I.t ^i.- !ature lo

reform I lie manner of elec". ion, so that minorities shall have a fair voice in the

Stale government.

Tkuki-: IIai'TK

once in the telegraphic columns and again in "1 ndiana News."

Tin: newspapers report Mrs. lii.AN't'llK

Bt'Ti.KR A Mi:s, wile of the young Mississippi Senator, among the recent converts

to Woman Suflrage. The victorious

Wooihum.i,

nati llar.ctte is compelled by the facts of the case to acknowledge that President Oka.N'T, in selecting the gentlemen named as San Domingo Commissioners, has

done a thing "universally commended as

showing entire fairness."

Tin: Indianapolis Journal learns that a

company consisting of Rev. I!. F.

Fostkr,

John Ukynoi.ds and Rev. T. O. ReiiauliHl., have purchar-ed the Odd Fellows' Taliman, and that it will arpear this week considerably enlarged and improved, with Rev. li. F.

Fustkk

as the editor.

The editor of the F.vansville Courier savs the Sunday caucus, at the Rates 1 louse, which slaughtered all aspirants for ollice hailing from the ''Pocket,'' was held, not in llrmiKs apartments, but "Up in the lmck rimin, Ijoys, lip in tho back room!"

Al'i'KU sundry changes, and a ileal of "backing and filling," the San Domingo

Commission is complete.

Wade

are the other members. Hon. Ai.i.en O. lk'UTON, of Kentucky, is Secretary. The expedition sailed yesterday.

The

Chicago /W wickedly suggests to

Sanator Yates, while he is contending

for an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, recognizing the existence and omnipotence of Ood, that it will

be quite as important to him lo recognize the divinity that is in the human consti

tution.

the one juryman who couldn't

agree with those"eleven obstinate fellows,'' the critics of the Indianapolis press fail to agree with all the best musical experts of Europe and America in regard to

Xilsson's voice. Those London, Paris Berlin, New York, Boston, Philadelphia Chicago and St. Louis critics, who lauded Nu.sso.v so highly, will leel badly when

thev find how sadly they were mistaken.

The

examination of Wii.i.iam 11.

Wai.i.ace, of Mitcheltree township, Mar tin county, was concluded at Evansville, cm Friday. lie was prosecui-jd on behalf of the Government bv General eatcii, Collector, on charge of illicit distilling and kindred ollenscs. and held appear and answer before the District Court, to be held at Evansville, in February, 1871. The amount of bond. Sl,o00, was given.

Here is a statement, which, it true, will revolutionize an important branch of manufactures: A Yernionter has just invented a knitting and weaving loom which, it is said, v.*ill produce "00 yards of cloth a dav, and that ot auv given weight and texture, llie swif.nes with which this work is done can be better appreciated bv remembering that the best loom now in common use tu:n oil but twentv yards in the same time.

Tin: financial prosperity of Missouri is

not all that could be. desired, and Governor Mc.Ci.VKi:, in his recent message, savs that with prudent legislation alone will the State be able to sustain its cred-

^lt with any prospect of reducing the rate of taxation prior to the ISii. At the close of 1S0S the State debt was $18,654,000 at the close of lSOiO it was •?L«,"»05,000, and at llie closc of 1S70 it is $17,-

7S8.000, showing a rcdiiciion of only

$7S£,000 within two years.

Oxe of our exchanges has been pestered bv a hast of practical people all over the country, asking in wondering, logical

and eloquent letters what earthly good

the scientific party, perched on the top of Mount Washington, can do to promote the cause cf human knowledge or welfare?

And our cotemporary can only answer

that the shivering savans on the peak of Washington re, after much suffering, the positions

teresting feature of leading dailies at out

State Capital while the orita's that city are lecturing on "The World before the Flood."

GOV.

Faiuchild,

to EO ,, V. buds ar^ all killed, say J°

vertbelc."* an average

C. Oak j,e gatheredjiext unin

ill

-iciiicic DouohASij in a late issue nis pa per," TAe New National Era," has

a lengthy editorial on the turill, in which he hikes the ground thai a hiyh tariff is

a necessity.

Majok

Joiix

of Wisconsin, in his

annual message, declares for civil service reform in emphatic terms. lie recom

mends the Legislature to send a memorial to Congress, asking for such laws a*

will correct the present system of farming out the offices.

The

New Hampshire Democracy hav

ing smoothed over their troubles, arc

looking forwrrd rather hopefully to the March election. Their candidates on the State ticket are James A.

To-day,

Evans,

Auditor o-

Weston,

Manchester, for Governor, and

Gh.CIIKIST, of Franklin, for Railroad

Commissioner.

is stated, on good authority, that ten

of the cities of Massachusetts owe an aggregate debt of §33,0G7,021 but there is a shadow of comfort to '.lie debtors under this heavy pecuniary a(Hic ion, which is

found in the fact that the bonds of most of the cities in question sell at a premium, and none of them below par.

General JVtiN A. Logan wil^

undoubtedly be elected to the Uni'ed Stages Senate by the Legislature of Illinois, he having been duly nominated by

the Republican Legislative Caucus. Our sister State has better Senatorial timber than General Loo an, but he will

be an active and useful Senator, and has fairly earned the long-coveted prize.

A Piiii.o.soriti'.' vi, wkitkii rema.ks that the first few hundred tilts for the

billiard mastery were well enough, but now that the business is running up in'o the thousands, it is growing monotonous, even to enthusiastic billiard players,

An 1 it is advisable for those who control this championship now to have a pitched

battle for the leadership at stated intervals, sav once in livcyraia.

Mai.N'E. New (lamp hire and Ma-sa-chuselts find their prisons .-ources of profit, the-e in-titmioiis netting the States a ca.ih surplii" over and above all expert ses. What is to be done with the balance is a question upon which tlis people of those States dillcf—the majority in-i-ting that it should be placed lo the credit of the prisoner.- the minority maintaining that it should revert to the Slate treasury, which furni.-hes llie capital on which llie prisons are conducted.

The

items are in such de-

lii md, at Indianapolis, that one of the leading journals of that city habitually serves (hem tip in two successive issues,

is extending her conquests in

a wav that astonishes the old fogies.

Kvi:n the correspondent of llie Cincin

Dihectors

of the Massachusetts

Horticultural School for Women report

the institution to be prosperous, and that the expei inient of educating women to horticultural pursuit?! has been in every

way a success. The pupils have, while enjoying a greater degree of health than most of them experienced in former avo

cations, been also employed with fair recompense to themselves. After awhile, if such experiments as this arc continu

ed, the problem of work for Wotuen will be solved.

Articles

St. Louis Railroad. Capital stock live millions. The western terminus of this

road is fixed nt Crawfordsville, there

to connect with the Bloomington road, and making a continuous line from Toledo to St. Louis.

It will run through Montgomery, Clinton, Tipton, Grant, Huntington, Wells and Decatur countic.*, a distance of about

one hundred and sevcntv-live miles.

There

is too much truth in the asser

tion of a well-informed cotemporary, that

the National Military Academy is a disreputable place, inhabited by a disorderly rabble of rather inferior human speci

mens, who have got the upper-hand of the weak anil timid faculty, without the capacity to govern themselves. The oldest class, which graduates this year, seems to

have profited well by its institutional advantages, and to have outdone the most

of its predecessors in the multitude of its indecencies.

1'ne authorities of Harvard College have issued a circular announcing that in 1872 the requisites for admission

Chairman, and Professor White, of Cornell University and Dr. llnwi:, of Roston,

into the Freshman class will be considerably increased. Applicants will be obliged to pass an examination either

in additional Latin and Greek studies, or in additional mathematical studies, us they mav elect and certain further attainments are recommended, which will entitle tho-e who possr.-s them to an advanced standing. The evident purpose

of the change is to raise the standard of scholarship of the institution, and to ex

clude incompetent or imperfectly prepared students.

Rkv. J. W. T. McMri.LKN, late pastor of Strange Chapel, has withdrawn from the Methodist Episcopal Church, and united with the Congregational Methodist Church. Inrf. Jonrnit.

What sort of a mongrel is that unto

which our many-initialed friend has joinel himself? We have "read up" on your "Church of the Holy /cbra, and your "Church of the Perfumed Programme,"

etc., etc., but this last invention stumps lis. If the Reverend gentleman will give

us a concise definition of his new arrangement, we will consent to his placing the balance of the alphabet before his euphonious patronymic.

The

cently published an order severely re

flecting on the disorderly conduct of certain military companies that visited Portland. General

perseverance and expense, discovered servants who ought to he got nil oi a. le

"asnowflakc of heretofore undescribed form." This announcement may or may not satisfy the practical correspondents.

Chamhkr!.

earliest moment possible.

the facts—or tion.

Discussions upon the character ol Sc- I Our Eastern Mcbing*, taking lime INDIANAPOLIS LETTER- ^A.^r™.!**. CRATES anil his cotemporarias are an in- by the firelock, are talking a great (ieal

about the proposed centennial celebration of American Independence, which, of

cour.-e, will occur in 187G. We concede that the proper place for Mich a glorin*Mtion is Philadelphia! In that beautiful city the Declaraiton of Independence wa. prepared, adopted, and announced to the

world aftd Where, but in its natal place, can the one hundreth anniversary of the nation's birth be littingly celebrated To Philadelphia will go tens of thousands of Americans from all parts of the country

to look upon Independence Hall to med itate in its shadow* on the wondrou-" growth of Our highly favorel land, and to take part in fornial ceremonials a- may

dis'.ing r-h the day.

David

The

Indianapo'is Journal agrees witli

us sa to the cause of Cade'.

Smith's

troubles at West Point: "There Is no room for question that ^mith has been subjected to possible in-digni:ic-s since his entry into West Point simplv because of a little tinge of color in his skin and we hope the Secretary of War may invent some plan t0_ bring it about, that '.he 'biter shall be bit' in the end."

A better and lasting remedy would be for Congress to abolish the Military Academy or cut it off the appropriation list. Tl:e country doesn't need it, and it hasn't merited a continuation of its un

profitable life. As a nursery of ar'slocrats and traitors, it has achieved succe-s. But most of the West Pointers who made any

reputation in the Union army, during the la'e war, had resigned their commissions and been out of the service long enough before the rebellion broke out, to get rid

of West Point notions. There isn't another place in these United states where a youth can be sent with so good a prospect of spoiling him, as that same Milita

ry Academy.

Aknoi.d,

although lie didn't uc •'cd in

betraying the place into the hands of llie British, must have iiifused a great deal of his spirit into its atmosphere.

The

thi-

New York Thnc-i ha

our divorce laws: Not bv any means too soon, the Ci )v-,|

All right and may we hope that New York will "vwef'p away" the Oneida Com

munity—an uistitutioii incalculably worse

than Indiana divorces? When the Empire State will do that, and some other things equally important, her press may

be able to preach without appearing ridiculous.

Both

of association were filed on

Saturday, of the Toledo, Thorntown and

in public and private life he was

eminently successful, and, dying in the early maturity of all his mental and physical powers, his sudden death will cause wide-spread regret, for the country could easier have spared many men than "Honest John Covotte."—Philadelphia Inquirer.

Yes, it wouldn't be a difficult task to

mention twenty pioniinent Pennsylvania politicians who might make their final exit en »m.w, without taking from thin world so much of what is most needed

here, as did ''Honest Joiin

wn says

very plainly that the unruly soldiers were intoxicated, and gives as his opinion that no man should disgrace the uniform of Maine bv getting drunk while wearing it.

All of which is very much to the point. But, as a Philadelphia journal poiniedly suggests, "Maine has a prohibitory liquor

law, and as Governor

ambkri.ain was

the proper person to execute that statute the question arises whose fault was it that

the troops became the worse for liquor the Governor's or the soldiers' and the Maine militia may with propriety issue a

counter order disapproving cf Governors who fail to execute the 'Maine laws,' and thereby permit men who 'wear the uniform,'Ac., to disgrace themselves."

As it is now, many Senators and Congressmen make thedisiribution of Federal patronage among personal friends the chief business of their official lives.— Ltd. Journal.

That is a very grave charge, involving

the personal and official dishonor of "tnany Senators and Congressmen." We do not believe that facts warrant such a general statement. If our Indianapolis

cotenipotarv will give the names of the officials thus accused and will furnish specifications showing that iliev have ,• (r,i„.i, and wishes to fro through bankruptcy, made "the distribution of lederal pa.ron-

age among pasonal friends the chirr bu

ness of their official lives," we shall be

placed under serious obligations for vain able information, and the public wiii know whom to despise as men disgracing thev hold—as unfaithful

Covode."

True, "lie ^orreii't no sanit," only an honest, faithful man, of whom it may be

honestly and truly said, that wherever in public or private life he was called to

act— "ilo ?ceii his duty, a dead sure thini— And went for it thar mid then."

And

yet another chapter, in the Strange

Chapel controversy, comes to us in the

Indianapolis Aciivj: The Strange Chapel difficulty was this morning adjusted by llie purchase of the site and remains of Strange Chapel edi lice, by the membeis of Rev. Mr. McMullen's chinch, now worshipping in the Universalis! Church. They have signed a paper withdrawing in a body l'rotli the Methodist Episcopal Church, and will hereafter bo known as Congregational Methodists. They will rebuild the damaged edifice as soon as possible, and will continue to worship, in the Incahtiine, in the Universalis! Church building, under the mini-trations of Rev. Mr. Mc.Mtillen.

Tiie

editor of the Indianapolis AVus is

a devout believer in llie beneficent effects of capital punishment, and prefers the barbarous mode—which is employed in this country, to the disgrace of

our boasted civilization—of executing convicts by hanging. Hence, in the issue of his paper for last Saturday, we

find this jubilant exclamation: "At last wc have the cheerful intelligence that a Governor has refused to commute the death penalty, and that a man is to be hung at Lina, Uliio, next week. The number of men hung in this country is growing frightfully smail in proporlion to the numberof murders committed. If there was more hanging we should have fewer murders.''

Ai.t.UDiNG to the confirmation of

Pou

ter the Cincinnati Ujzclle nays:

If, with the prom.i'iun of this individual, shall come something of the spirit, and manliness, and self-denying patriotism of his predecessor, the reason of his promotion will perhaps be manifest.

When we encounter a pismire as Lug as

an elephant, wc shall expect to see''this individual" showing "something of the

spirit, and manliness, and self-denying patriotism of his predecessor."

Savs

retiring Governor of Maine re

(he Cleveland Herald noticing

Yal's Wooster speech: "In one of Yallandigham's bursts of enthusiasm he exclaimed, 'O! for an hour of Old Hickory now!' An hour of Old Hickory would have sen Vallaiidigham into a wanner climate than the Confederate lines, with instructions to say to the arch-rebel of creation, '1 sent thee hither.'"

Here is an item of thrilling interest in literary circles. The Indianapolis Journal says:

Martin Farquhar Tupper, jr., is about to publish in book form his "Proverbial Philosophy," which has been mining as a serial for some lime in the local columns of the SeniineJ.

The

Evansville Journal tells this story

of an ink-slinger in that city: The niyb.t editor of a daily paper wrote this head line to one of his cable dispatches. "The British lion shaking his mane." He woke up the baby with his "eloquence" next morning when he found the printers' version of the matter staring him in the face thus: "The British lion skating in Maine."

We presume Terre Haute could fill all the other offices, if afforded an opportuniIy.—Ernnsvilie Journal.

Of course she could, and have plenty

of first-class materia left ovei. Terre Halite's capacity for tif..ng offices is one of 'ier strong jKints.

The

Cardiff Giant, or the imitation

thereof, which the same he was here a few days since, is reported as insolvent,

ourvu

It is rumored that

Hughes

is going to

worn in as ijenator, thinking

the peer 'ot

Elliott.

3• „!ltri,t trtlio put rid of at the dollar the same in amount as in the pre- have not even the right of a respectable

vimH

veinont

nt possible. Lst i. profit has been quite as good, though more

a retraction of the accusa- volumes have been sold to bring in the

the balance of

WKjJflgjMUt"

LvihaxATOM*, J«n. 14.

The House tiot ins^-siotl to-day, and the Senate^ by spctia! brdir yesterday, is doing Slothing but reading up bills. Ev

erything is dry but the weather, ?nd that i= wet aa it can be. The streets are sloppy, ladies dresses draggled, street cars

crowded, and hackmen happy. The only matter of legislation that requires notice I forgot yesterday—the report on the CjntKitd seat from Tippecanoe county.

The holder i.i Mr. Otho K. Weakly, a Republican, the contestant Mr. Robert L. Davidson, a Democrat. The Democratic members of :!.C Election Committee re

ported in favor of :he contestant, of course, and, of course, the Republican

minority reported the other way. The first made a case by claiming a miscount

in one precinct of one vote, and irregularities in several precincts which reduce "Weaklv's vote by thirty:' The minority

report is willing to throw out certain votes but claims that he wa.- entitled to nine votes moid than were counted for him, and he should keep his seat. The matter was deferred till Tuesday, when Mr.

Weakly will be ousted, of course. The Quakers presented a petition for the amendment of our divorce Iaw», ar

guing that adultery was the only Scriptural or admissible ground of divorce. In the canal case I have room to believe

that if provision be made for Garrett', claim no other is ever likely to be prosecuted. The only other large holder of Unsurrendered bonds is the United States. They still have sixty-nine, which were not

included in the settlement of 'G8. But the interest was paid upon these tip to'GS, and in the settlement of other claims which are held against the United States, these will be more than covcred. No other holder has enough to make it \Vortli

while to sue fo-- their payrhent. There is more than enough money in the treasury to meet Garrett's claim, so that no additional tax will be necessary, and no crippling of the general fund will result from

.iv of providing for it. This ought to silence any clamor about the cost of (laying him, leave the road clcar to :l complete

:il5(l

ernor of "Indiana recommends that S defc to lay a-ide its specialty of divorce iuadt easv." The recommendations made v. i,ih this view are plain, practical, and to .he point. Iv-pecially worthy of commendation is the Governor's strenuous objection to retaining I hat statutory ground for a divorce defined as "any otise:' cause lor which the Court shall deem it proper that a divorce should be granted. 1 his outrageous provision can baldly he charac* lerized in language strong enough lo indicate its utter want of harmony with the spirit of our inMi'.iitions on the subject of marriage, and as a legal anomaly, as well as a social abuse, it Cannot be too soon swept a way.

at of the legal operation by which the

canal holders were to get cash for their debt. Garrett's demand is §41,000, with interest since 1841. If Ibis were simple interest the amount we should owe him

could be ascertained in a moment. But the bonds are coupon bonds, and it lias been held that cach coupon is sc far a separate contract that Interest may be required upon it. This would make "in

terest upon interest," or Compound interest, and that accumulated semi-annually, too, since the coupons arc semi-annual.

The whole amount, therefore, of principal and interest, for hich provision will have to be made, will ha about 8150,000. This

is a big "pile," certainly, but if we don't pay it, we shall have lo pay §18,000,000, and that is a good deal bigger. T. T.

Indianapolis, Jan. 16th.

Neither House was in session this morning, and this afternoon lliev are both engaged in matters of little geVmrnl in

terest. The House spent the best pari of its session in debating the report of a conimittre on the number and dulies of

the clerks to be employed. Thirteen was the allowance which sohie of the ex

piriehced members contended was more than was necessary at this stage of the session. During llie rush of business toward the end, when bills are passed as

fast as they can be read, and the roll called, enrolling cleiks are in request, to prepare the final copies for the signatures

of the oJlicers and the Governor, but during the lirfit six weeks ohe or two men can enroll all the bills of both Houses. It

would be the suggestion of economy therefore, to appoint for the present chly

the slight force necessary for slender business, and authorize its increase when business increased. So too of engrossing clerks, who prepare clean bills, of those

amended or altered, for the third reading and passage or rejection though there is more reason for a large number of them. They have more to do than enrolling

clerks, for bills have to be engrossed whether passed or not, while they are only enrolled after pass

age. But tlib salub allowance is made of both classes, doubtless to give a profitable

sojourn in the enrolling department for

political friends, also can be made serviceable in outside work.

The report was extensively debated, as almost all business is by the young mem

bers, who have not experience enough to value political perspective, and think everything that is near theiu is bigger

than any thing further, away. Older members know better, anil rarely rise except when there is something to be said to llie purpose. It is curious to one who has witnessed the course of many sessions of

the Legislature, as has your correspondent, to note the difference between the

men who talk at the beginning and the men who talk at the end of a session.— The younger members, in the first glory

of their credentials, are eager to show themselves early, and debate interminably everything from the revision of a law to the purchase of new broom, and usu

ally after they have spoken are quite content to lay the whole matter on the table. But as heavy business comes in,

and parliamentary taclics begin to come into play as it becomes important to a party to pass a bill or defeat it, and strat

egy reinforces argument, the young men give place and the older heads do the moving and talking. Then is the time

when every step has to be counted, and a f.ilseone may easily embarrass or defeat a measure, or place it beyond the chance r.f defeat. Then a shrewd and experienc

ed leader is as important to a party as a good general to an army. I very much fear that the Republicans have no leader at all, and no man fit to be a leader, and

1 have yet to see occasion to think the Democrats better off. The House is rec* prctahle in appearance, very respectable. None 1 have ever seen is more so. But

it has not a single man of marked ability or effective legislative experience.

In the House on Friday, as I informed you at the time, a bill was introduced to break up the consolidated election law of last session by putting the township cctions back into April and making

tl.em annual. In the Senate, this afternoon, another party operation became

visible in a bill creating "metropolitan police districts" of every city of 20,000 or more inhabiiants. It creates three commissioners for each district, and places their appointment in the hands of

the Legislature. They appoint the police and make all regulations for their government. The effect of it is, of course, to de-troy what eastern newspapers would

call the "autftnomy" of those cities. It leaves :hem no control of the officers

whom they pay, and to whom they must look for the protection of person and property. A won bless police is beyond their reach for reform, or a good one for retention. The partisan commissioners

of a legislative majority become the virtual rulers of the cities. Men who know nothing of them, and care nothing, ex

cept as picking ground for fat things, may

The trade of the publishers and book Sellers of Huston for 1S70 was almost to a be made "masters and more" where they

iuc

",u"

same money. use of the police force for partisan

residence. The blow is aimed at Indi-

anaP°'ls-

The Democrats want to get

tie

pur-

pay three-fourths of the t4S&>, support

it. it Is senseless as a matter of policyt For there is no more occasion fOr it thah

for bonlrljissioners to tnabagfe the Clay couhty Coal mines. It is indefensible as an interfrence with the prop

er and necessary independbhee of city governments. The only argument for it i3 the example of the Republicans of the State of New York In making &

"metropolitan Police District" of the city of New York, in order to get thfe police out of the hands of the thieving managers of Tammany. The Republicans had a

real reason for what they did, for the New Y'ork police were as notorious

scoundrels as any they ever caught, and Tammany encouraged Jscoundrelism because scoundrelism strengthens Democra

cy. But reason or no reason, the exam pie of New York is no argument in Indi

ana. The idea of making a town of 20,000 inhabitants

"metropolitan"

anything, "police disirict," or potato market, is preposterous, and the idea of passing the government of a city from its people to the Legislature, from its ward to counties a hundred miles away is

Democratic, very. Self-government seems to have lost some of its charms to hat consistent party since the days of

"territorial sovereignty." The man who was eager to let "ihe territories govern themselves,'1 and refuses to let a city se

lect its own officers, is fit to be a Democrat. No cither party could accommodate such latituilinarian notibns, or make room for such dizzy whirling. Evansville and Fort Wayne will come into the

same management, but they are not the purpose, Indianapolis is the object, and the Democracy will try hard to make her sillier for her Republican majorities.

I neglected to mention in Saturday's

letter the' introduction of a Senate

bill creating an additional Judge of

the Supreme Court. It was introduced by Mr. Carnalmn and has at least two good arguments in its favor. It increases the working force of the Bench and the woik increases so

rapidly that llie addition is necessary.to keep ally where hear, Or eveii reasonably behind, the appeals. Now. in case of a

divided bench, there can always be a decision without a compromuc of any

Judge's judgment. Now, if there are two on each side the judgment below stands.

A fil'ih i" •'•"(led to relieve the embarrassment, )ijr c-'rs oftener then is generlu.y supposed. The project originated here, and, I believe, athong the old

Judges, who wished to provide for Judge Rav. At'all events, the first publication in regard to the matter Came from one of the Judges. It is unnecessary to give vou the list of counties in the proposed

new district, as the bill, even if it passes, will probably be pretty well mangled in respect of these divisions. The same bill raises the salaries of the Judges to

84,000. A bill was introduced this afternoon to

regulate all railroad tariffs, whether of freight or passengers. I have not learned its provisions, but as Governor Baker once vetoed one like it, this may meet the same fate if it ever gets to him. .T,

Indianapolis, Jan. 17.

The debate on thftcanal question, which was postponed on Friday till this after

noon, was resumed at 2i o'clock, and though it is now dark, is still going on. It was opened by motion of Mr. Hughes to postpone the whole subject indefinitely. I wrote you the other day that the judi

ciary eommittee, to which the memorial of the canal holders praying either payment for the canal Or permission to sub

mit the matter to some competent court, was referred, had been discharged from its further consideration Tliis was not

forttiaiiv, though actually the fact. Mr. Hughes, chairman of that committee, had asked that, if the matter were to be

investigated, Mr. Stearns Fisher, who was familiar with the whole history of the

canal, should be appointed clerk of the committee. The Senate refused the request, and Mr. Hughes said that he re

garded that us tantamount to a discharge of the committee from further attention to the memorial. His motion, this afternoon, he said, was made for the purpose of testing the sense of the Senate as to an

jnvestigation. It was debated by several members, who traveled over pretty much

the same ground as that of the debate of which you have already been informed. Mr. Brown of Jackson reargued the Butler Bill contract, and Mr. Gray of Ran

dolph, Mr. Hooper and others argued other points of the intertangled question, and finally Mr. Harvey D. Scott, of your county, took the floor. He said in regard lo the Constitutional amendment,

which prohibited any legislation in regard to the resumption of the cana'. ex

cept that which shall be submittt '.o a vote of the people, or rray be nee. ary to protect its revenues from sequestration

—it was offered by M. Caven of this county and is understood to have been adopted by Gov. Raker or at least to express his views—that lie (Mr. Scott) was

some time ago f.ivontble to such a provision, but that he did not feel sure now that it was best. He would vote for it, if a .'ite were pressed, but bep'eterred

to hear ome discussion of its effect. It certainlv would have an effect of some

kind, aiid he wished to know what it wcuId be. If it was to divest the State all power over the canal it might be in

judicious. The people in the northeast part of the State found it a valuable ad

dition to their means of transportation, though in his region it was valueless, or as be quaintty expressed it, "a mere mark in the sand." His people were indisposed

to have the State's sovereignty destroyed, and he would like to know if that would be the effect of the proposed amendment. Mr. Hamilton, of Boone, thought it best

not to postpone indefinitely the consideration of the memorial. The English jour naU had denounced us as "repudiators"for not paying for the canal, and if we treated the memorial in this cavalier way, they

would have some pretext for saving that we were indisposed to act fairly. The better way would be to investigate the matter by the Committee and let their answer go upon the journals and to the

public as our reason for refusing the petition. The question was taken, and the memorial postponed for good and all. The ayes and noes were not called for.

!Z7iis ends the memorial business and the direct action of the legislature as to the resumption of the canal. I should have

stated at the outset that the motion of Hughes to postpone, was divided so a= to apply separately to each of the four proposition embraced in the canal question,

1st, the memorial, 2nd, the resolutions of Brown opposing the payment of all bonds_ old as well as new, and 3d, Hughes'

amendment providing for the bonds redeemed by Gov. Baker, and declaring that the old bonds of 1S33 should be p3idj and 4ih, the constitutional amendment ot Mr. Caven. The 1st only was disposed of by the vote I have noticed.

The question then came up on the sec

ond proposition, Hughes' amendments to Brown's resolution'. I gave you those on Friday. Mr. Hadley, of Morgan, offered

as amendment to these, to the effect that instead of investing half of the old bonds,

redeemed by Governor Baker from the

all

be destroyed

bonds should be paid or provided for when the Supreme Court of the Stale or Uni* ted Stat&s hast decided them a valid lien

on the publib worksof 1336. It also legal* ized Governor Baker's action in taking np a portion Of these bonds (one hundred and forty-one, I think) and paying inter

est on the remainder. Mr. Hadley said

that lie did not desire to see half the redeemed bonds invested in canal stock, as provided in tlid Hughes resolution, though the law authorized that course. He thought it best to destroy them. The

canal would soon be entirely abandoned, and the stocks would be worth nothing. Besides, he feared the bonds, if not destroyed, might be stolen, as some old cou

pons had been stolen, and there was eo use, anyhow, in lumbering our offices with such trash. He made a sharp point

against Brown as to the action of the Governor in paying the old bonds held by the United States for the Indian tducation fund, the idea apparently derived from

the suggestion of this correspondence the other day, as to the reasoh of Hughes' taking ground in favor of paying all the old bonds. He said we had, in 1867, put 88,000 of these bonds, held by the school

fund, into a consolidated bond, and thus declared them good, so far as our children were concerned, but Mr. Brown declared

that the bonds held by the United States for the education of Indian children, which Governor Baker had re^ deemed, were goSd for nothing atid the Governor should be censured for paying

them. The bonds held for our own chil

dren were good, as the Legislature had enacted in that law, but those held ir Indian children were good for nothin.,, is Mr. Brown's resolution said. If the Senate passed that resolution it would

fy its action of 1S07 in passing the School Fund bond bill. But the Senate voted Hadlev's resOlutloh on to the table and

ended that amendment.

The question then recurred upon Hughes' amendment, and as an amendment to that. Mr. Dwiggins, of Jasper,

offered a substitute tor the whole affair, with a preamble of a half dozen clauses,

ternoon ousted him and gave place to his contestant, Mr. Davidson, by a strict par

ty vole. Some thirty Fayette and Union Republicans are here, with a document signed

by ()00 others, to set Mr. Elliott, their Senator, right, or to make him resign. He professes a willingness to do right, and claims that he did not vote against Bur-

son. lie did not, directly, but he dodged the test vote, which gave two majority for the intrigue,and if he had voted right, from the start, Burson could not have

been expelled without at least a formal compliance with the constitution. His

constituents have no faith iii liita. I know that. T. T.

The President and Viec President.

The following extract from a Washington letter to the Brooklyn Union, affords genuinesatisfaction in reading: In atleast one other respect Mr. Colfax is the most unique of Vice Presidents that was ever known. At the outset of his term of office, he avowed his determination to be the supporter and not the rival, of the President, and faithfully does he stand by his word. It is the most natural thing imaginable for the Vice President, like the heir apparent to a crown, to form a little court of envy and competition. Every Vice President since John Adams has, to some extent, done this. From Washington to Lincoln every President lias had some reason to feel that the officer next to him was a nucleus for opposition. Not so in the present case. Many persons, perhaps, will not consider it a very lofty kind of merit but thus far, through thick and thin, Colfax stands tip for Grant. As might be expected, Grant appreciates thi^, and thoroughly likes Colfax for it, and makes him his confidential counsellor. They are much together.

LITERATURE AND AitT.

Mark Twain contemplates writing half a dozen humorous books in the next six years.

Mr. Samuel Bowles has retired from the editorial chair of the Springfield Republican.

James Parton expects to complete his life of Voltaire in about a year from this time.

'Saratoga" is said to be he most hand-somely-dressed modern play ever put on the boards.

A Boston publishing house has in press The ls C'i nsmner's Guide." It purports to be a hand-book of instruction.

'Valeric AyimSr'' ha* passed through five editions, over one hundred thousand copies having been olu .lrCady.

It is stated that Jaine« T. Fields will publish before long a new volume of poems, written during the past ten years.

'Howard Glvndon" of the New York Mail, is Miss Laura C. Bredden, not Mary Clemer Ames, as lnw been recently stated.

Some one asserts that George II. Boker and Charles G. Leland are the only literary Philadelphians who have ever been heard of.

Victor Hugo employ* his leisure hours, in writing a new epic on the present siege of Paris, which he calls (he "gre*'. city of the free."

A Western wisearce has discovered that Ralph Waldo Emerson is to be Henry Ward Batcher's successor in Plymouth Church.

The College Couraitl i.-- publi-hing a series of learned articles criticising Richard Grant While's criticisms upon Words and Their Uses."

Not less than six literary hacks in London have completed Dickens' "Edwin Drood" accordirg to I heir own, but not lo the public's liking.

It is s'ated that Miss Sallie A. Brock's book of "Favorite Poems' will be ready in February. This is lo contain those poems of Bryant, Longfellow, Dana, Lowell, Stoddard, Stedman, Whit'ier, Hayne, Saxe, Simm«, Emerson and other American poets, which are respective favorites of the poets themselves.

TELEGRAPHIC BKEVETIES.

I tl i'

Som

Wednesday, Jan. 18.

The steamship Tennessee sailed yester day afternoon with the San Domingo Commission on board.

Pintow, the self-accused murderer of Rogers, in New Y'ork, turns out to be onIv playing a trick to be relieved from a dark cell to which he had been assigned. He was a prisoner in the Tombs at the time of the murder.

The Virginia Senate by almost a strict party vote appropriated S600 for the purchase of a picture of Gen. Lee, and by the same vote refused an appropriation for the purchase of a picture of Gen. George H. Thomas.

Hon. Henry Wilson was re-elected United States Senator by the Massachusetts Legislature yesterday.

Both Houses of the Missouri Legislature voted separately yesterday for United States Senator, with the following result: Senate—Blair 13, Henderson 17, absent 2. House—Blair 87, Hender^'n 43. Total for Blair 99. Henderson GO To-day a vote will be taken in joint session when it

United States, in canal s'ocks, they should is expected Blair will receive three more

and

ibat all the old votes, thwe of

absentees.

j- and Object.

•'m

Fu 1"

Notcs, u:e

For several years thereafter, he wandered, preaching from village to village, his new doctrine that the "Kingdom of Iletivcn was at hand and that he was about to rSCcristmci the religious and social fabric of society, rind establish the "new heaven and the new earth," wherein should reign supremely, domestic felicity, lie defied the most sacred laws of God and man he trampled under his feet the marriage institution, with all its most vjred associalions,and propounded anew

reciting the facts, and resolving, 1st, thai and repulsive theory of sexual freedom. no legislation should be adopted as to the

canal, without approval by the people, except such as should be necessary to protect its revenues from sequestration :j,

that the Governor's action be appmved 3d, that the old bonds should be provided for when held void by the courts. That Lj now under debate, but I suppose will be laid on the table.

The House debated the report on the contested seat of Mr. Weakley, of Tippecanoe, most of the morning, and this af

Noyes' fundamental idea was, lhat, in the

,i "Kino'dom of God," eve man would oc

married to every woman and, rieevcrza or, as he had it, thr.t "every di-sh would be free to every guesl."

THEORY SEDUCED TO PUACTICB. This was the theory 1 a few years later he established, at l'u ney, Yt., a community wherein !.e openly prac'.iccd his vile r\n :-.pulsive I lite.'". In due time, liouever, the fto ,d peopie of Putnev hccani" incensed nt such vile practices, trid Noyes, thie.uenid by mob violence, icuated the place and "turned '.tp," nlon'.hs !a cr, near (ho village of

ONEIDA."

in Madi- county. New \ork where, notwith: i-ading sumerous skirmishes with his neighbors, I has, ihus far, held his own. In the fall of U-'(7, hovTerer,thev calm very near cleaning out the Oneida Community, and their dispersion is now simplv a question of lime. THE II.VKEM—now IT-S I' i\ VII ,K( KS APvE

It EG L' I. AT E D.

The social advantages of the Oitorda Community are not at all equally divided. Noyes is extremely selfish. Out of one hundred men in the oommunity, Noyes is the only one lhat has "full swing" among the women, arid especially among the young girls. Hugging them is liis best "bold! No "social freedom" is permitted without N-.iyes' cpnsent. He is the great head-center. His word Is law, and no one dare resist him. If one has what they call a "community spirit," ire., is attentive to "social freedom" with the elder women, but not with the young and handsome ones. Novcs reserves those for his own private use! If one is lazy and discontented, "social freedom" is withheld, and the offender criticised, and held up to the scorn and contempt of his companions: so that it generally pays to behave well. Some men, however, have lived in the Community for years with* out scarcely touching a woman. "Social freedom does not always depend upon one's loyalty and business habits, but more upen Noyes' favor.

DESPOTIC ItL'I.E.

Beyond and above mere "social freedom," or the lack ol it, is the great fact that the Oneida. Community is a despotism of the worst kind, and herein is the cause of its success.

It isonly on the ground I lint the Oneida Community is a despotism, in which one man rules the rest, lhat the Community exists at all. No one would live there if they were not induced to believe that ihey would be damned if they went awav. This is the spirit that holds the Oneida Community together. It a spirit of dc-poti.-m. [t destroys free agency. It makes one a slave, ft paralyzes ambition, and paps manhood and virtue. It destroys all accountability to God ot man. The inmates of the Oneida Community know no law—neither the laws which came by .Moses nor those enacted at Albany or Washington. They are not under law but under Noyes. No one there dare resist him. He rules them soul and body. 1 have heard po deluded fools confess lhat Noyes owned them— soul, body, and spirit. Thev "move and live, and have iheir beiiij,'," under his magnetism. They have. Noyes on I he brain.

ISOLATION.

Isolated as the Community Sre from the rest of society, with no opposing religious or moral influence, it is not strai.go lhat such a man as Noyes should ink tiicm. Thev areas isolated from the rest of the world as the inmates

HiA COMMUNITY. A BATTLE NEAR iiELFOHT.

of the American

Its Origin

(tstiriousiiess and Libertinism.

Priest of Lust and Iiiccst.

The Testimony of one Who fans Btm There.

To the Editor of the Chicago Republican: Having noticed in your paper several articles on the Oneida Commnditr, I herewith present an account of its origin, history, and object. I have had a long acquaintance with that Community, and kuow them well. The Oneida Commonniiv had its origin in the inventive genius of its founder, John H. Noyes. This re markable individual came into this mundane existence in the Green Mountain State, which also has the honor of yielding his prototype in religious and social fanaticism the irreprefsible Brigham Young, Noyes was born about the yeflr 1S11, of intelligent and respectable parents. His father at one time represented his district in Congress, and was a man of wealth and influence in society. The junior Noyes graduated at Dartmouth College nt nineteen, studied law a year, became religious, studied theology at Andover, and finally graduated a Perfectionist at the Yale Theological Seminary in 1834. From this time forward Noyes' career presents a curious mixture of esotism, fanaticism, and licentiousness. His Perfectionism Caused his expulsion from the Seminary, amid the cheers atid scoffs of the faculty and students. Great excitement pervaded the usually tranquil city of N•'*' Ilnvcn, as it was currently reported that "Noyes was c'rar.y." rilEACHIXC. THE NEW GOSPEL.

(he Sing

Sing or Auburn. Tlicy do not attend church or Sunday-school, or anything of that kind. They are taught that it is a sin lo have anything to do with th.ir worldly friends and relatives.

PROPAGATING FANATICISM. The Oneida Community is a world within itself. Noyes is a great talker and writer, and lie discourses by the hour. Night after night, day aftu- day, week after week, for .n lis and years. Noyes has filled their mind with a cursed fanaticism, by evolving new religious and social theories, and by claiming special intimacy with the Almighty, until he has completely overcome their natural sense of manhood and wr.manly virtue, and actually made them believe that it is right to violate the. n:o sncrel social laws of God and man.

Afier one becomes thoroughly magnetised by Noyes, leaving the Oneida Com mnnity is like walking out of the gates of Ileaven. The doctrine there is, that there is but one God. and that John H. Noves is his prophet. Submit to Noyes, and yo will be saved. Resist him anil you will be damned. Fatal delusion! but his followers hug it with terrible tenacity hence his power.

A LUSTFUL AN!) INCESTUOUS BEAST. The result is that Noyes has established in this, the nineteenth century of the world's progress, in this land of free America, and in the heart of the great Erapire State, a spiritual and social despotism that has scarcely a parallel in ancient or modem times. Noye-^uses hi. power to gratify his lust. "If it iiad not been for my ainativeness,' he said on one occasion, "the Oneida Community would never have existedand herein is the real object of that Community.

This* Noyes has probably ruined more innocent voting women than any man in this broad America, to say nothing of his reported experience with hi- own sisters and nieces nay more, with his own 1 le gitimate daughter! Nichtly, these poor women ere sacrified to his damnable passion. If Noyes had bad his dues he would Lave been in the State Prison years ago and he may go there yet.

Startling as are some of the abovestatements, they are nevertheless true, and can be proved.

The Oneio'a Community i3 located in Madison county, N. Y., with a branch at Wallingford, Conn.

Veritas.

The Overland Muuthhj and a New York pa per speak of the famous French for-tune-teller, Adelaide Lenormand, as still alive. She may be but her friends were unkind enough to bury her in Paris more than 27 years sgo.

NILSSON CONCEitT.

Indianapolis,

her first and only concert in this city tonight. Every scat in the Academy of Music W33 full.

TJie Fi'cncli Repulsed.

A 1IGUT AT BRIARE.

Clianzy'a Army Reinforcea

Dispatch from King William.

ENGLAND.

London,

THE FIGHT AT OIEN*.

Jan. 16— 5:30 p. m.—A dis

patch from Bordeaux says in the fight at Gien the enemy were driven from that place, and several Prussian officers were killed. Chanzy announces the appearance of the enemy's column in the vicinity of his forces on Sunday night and that a fight took place with their vanguard.

ORDER OF THE DAY.

The General has issued an order of the day to the army explanatory of the recent disaster, and calling for a display of all their soldierly qualities in an effort for its reparation. He attributes ihe abandonment of LeMans by the army today to the inexplicable panic among some of the troops, and the loss of important positions which compromised the safety of the entire array, and the failure to execute certain orders given by himself. He says nevertheless that a supreme eflort on the part of the army may yet save the country, and appeals in strong terms to the soldiers to rally to his support nnd to fight with renewed vigor for liberty and the Republic.

DISPATCH FROM KING WILLIAM.

London, Jan. 17, 1:2:30 a. m.—King William telegraphs to the t^ueen from Versailles on the iOili, that the number of prisoners captured in and since the battles of LeMans has increased to fully 20,000. Four locomotives and 400 wagons are among the spoils.

A FIGHT.

A dispatch from Versailles says a Ger man detachment was attacked at Briare on the lGtli, by a superior French force, but succeeeded in escaping by cutting its wav through the enemy.

KKINFOIU'ir.MKN'lS l-'.Ut OEK. ClIANZY.

Advices from Laval on the ltiiii, mate that the anuy ot Gen. Chanzy retreated in excellent order. 50,000 French troops bad left Cherbourg to reinforce Gen. Chanzv, and others were to be sent at once to the front.

PURSUIT OF GUN. CHANZY.

London.

Jan. 17.—a. M.—A dispatch

THE ALAUAMA fJUKSTIO.f.

The Right lion. W. E Forster delivered an address Ittst evening, in which he alluded lo the Alabama question. He said he had good reason to hope that the new Minister from the United states, Mr. Sehenck, would be a powerful agent in the removal of the fceliri" of estrangement which at present divides lh» people of England and America.

FHANCE. A BATTLE.

Versailles, Jan. J('!.—Gen. Von Werder was seriously attacked yesterday by four French corps in position south of Belfort. The battle lasted nine hours, and was victoriously repelled at all points. German loss 200.

UN AS KI- ATTKUI KS.

The French to day unmasked some fresh batteries on llie soiith side of Paris. Their fire was immediately encountered by German batteries and quickly silenced.

MEMPHIS.

Disaster on the Mississippi.

The Steamer McGill Burned.

tiiirtylives lost

Mi mimiis, Jan. 15.—The sleamer T. L. McGill, from St. Louis to New Orleans, was burned at Shoo Fly Bar at 9 o'clock last night. Fire broke out aft, and owing to the gale prevailing, such was I he rapidity of the flames that the passengers had barely time to rush to the bow lo plunge into the waier before the fire was upon them. To add to llie horrors of the scene the weather was intensely cold. Many who plunged inio the river were chilled and sunk to rise no more. The survivors give but imperfect conflicting reports.

The boat had been aground for two days, and had unloaded Iwo bundled tons of her freight order to get over the bar. She was laden with nino hundred tons of general merchandise, including pork and coal oil. Just as the passengers were preparing to let ire the alarm of lire was raised, and a general stampede ensued. Eleven bales o! cotton, added here, were thrown overboard and saved. Nearly every one was saved. The steamers St. Francis and While, which had passed, weie several miles above but seeing the file turned hick and rived in lime to render valuable assistance. The 11. C. Yeager lying near by also rendered assistance. The While brought up a number of persons picked up along the shores. It was hoped lhat Cap:. Tompkins, and Win. C. McFai land, lirst clei k, were saved, but ihe ariival of the St Francis to-night, leaves little hope of either. So confuted are ihe reports that it iB impossible lo form an accurate estimate of ihe number lost, which is probably o".

UNITED STATUS SENATOR.

A t'dCSTAj

Me.,

Jan. 17.—Hon. Lot M.

Morrill, was re-elected United Slates Senator to-day, receiving in the Senate twenty-one votes to one for Abraham Souborn. In the House the vote was

(J9

for Morrill, '27 for Souborn, for Governor Chamberlain.

(OS S F(TI4TI(l U.

I) E JI X' A TIC NOMINATIONS'. II artfoku, Conn. Jan. 17.—Th^R-m-ocratic State Convention lo day renominated the present State officers by acclamation. For Governor, James li. English Lieut. Governor, Julius Hotchkiss Secretary of Stale, Tho?. M. Waller Treasurer, Chas. Pond Comptroller,Setli H. Logan.

PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia, Jan. 17.—Daniel Moffincton's cotton mill at the Falls of the Schuylkill were burned this morningLoss $2-5,000 insurance $20,000.

MILWAUKEE.

WJ:K.

Milwaukee,

Jan. 14.—Judge Byron

Pavue, of the Supreme Court of W isconain", died to day after a painful illness of some weeks.

|EMOVAL.

Jan. 16.—Nilsson gave

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Cincinnati, .Jan. l(i.—Fire broke out in Lima, Ohio, at 10 o'clock last night, in a large bu.-iness hou.-e on the public square, that at last accounts was spreading fearfully, and had only one small fire engine, and were unable lo check the con flauration. The heavy losers are A. Wheeler, drug store, Moore & Co., dry goods, King Parknm, hardware, Jackson's book store, Kiauss' photographic gallery and Gus Frei-he's clothing store, goods mostly saved in a damaged condition.

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on very easy terms thus enabling an industrious mnn with small capital to pay for liis land with morey earned Irom it

Missouri is not too far est to boat (rreafdistance frotn tnafTtcts its Kailroad facilitiesare Kreat and constantly increasing: the e.inmate is splendid. and coml Crops are almost* a certainty while the numerous thrivma towns and cities sprin(.-inK up off /"v"ry linncl attest beyond doubt that. the blight cf sja-v-erf has been effectually dissipated, an.'l that Eastern men and Eastern capital are ilr'iwf their perfect work

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