Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Volume 5, Number 45, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 May 1874 — Page 2

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Address all letters. BALLADKJKKIWON, GAZETTE, Terre Haute, Ind.

Thursday) May 7, 1874.

MORTON leadiug tho Democracy in a Presidential race would bo a sight at which tho gods might weep.

AN ex-Congressman has committed suicide, and ho hadn't been investigated either, during his official life. We may be happy yet.

BROOKS and Baxter hnvo commenced telling stories about each other and against their confreres in the Senate, and in Congress. It to altogether an uncanny kettle of

THE Cincinuati Euyuircr commending Morton, and the Indianapolis Journal, Pendleton, constitutes one of tho most remarkable fourliorae teams that ever smashed a stage.

TIIK Cincinnati Enquirer is authority for the sentiment that if the President was so set against inflation, he might have begun his opposition by vetoing the bill which inflated hi« salary. We think so too.

WHAT Boutwell knew about the Hanborn contract before the Investigating Committee last week, was not of such a full, thorough and accurate nature as to make Richardson blush at mention of his own ignorance. tssass^^rs^seaa

THE coolness with which tho Inflationists claim the people outdoes all conception of arctic and antarctic. Thcro is not or.o iota of proof but goes to show that the people are overwhelmingly In favor of a return to specie payments.

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FOR some reason or other dlanapolls Journal lias "let its denunciation of tho 10th of June farmers' convention. The moccasin tracks all point toward the probability of that occasion being a grand Huccess.

Tim article in to-day's GAZETTE from the Kvansville Courier would appear to indicate chango of heart in that erstwhile Democratio organ. Verily, except old time Democratic sheets are born again to Independence of action, as tho Courier has been, thoy shall not see length of days and prosperity. Wo congratulate the Courier upon Its imitation of the conduct of the old gray maro, who, to lively music In tho song, came out of tho wilderness.

INFLATION means repudiatHTn". Nothing else can be made out of it. Repudiation means dishonor, and that in a purely worldly, moral and commercial point of view, means Irreparable Ions. To be without credit and to bo discreditable are one and the same thing, and they are the fruit of violation of contract. Alroady we are paying dearly for tho wore wild talk upon tho subject. AU our bonds sold abroad are shaved from 10 to 20 per cent, on account of It. The last thing wo can afford is the luxury of defrauding our creditors.

THE Journal's Idea of supplanting National bank currency with greenbacks, Is a good one, which Is more than can bo said of tho proposition to continually base that currency on bonds. Bonds are evidences of the Government's indebtedness, not of Its wealth, and are about as appropriate things to base a Government currency on, as a mortgage would be for the mortgagee to r&lsQ ijftoney Government owes {or Its bonds, and It owes for its greoiAbacksl and the former is about as appropriate and good a basis for the latter as tho latter is for tho former, Debt is not the proper hauls for credit, and never was nor never Will bo.

As PLKASANT reading as hi\8 come under our eye for many a day, is the printed howl of rage and fear emitted by the Indiauapolis Journal, this morning, in denouncing the caricature upon tho Senatorial Inflationists, in the current number of Harper's Weekly. The Journal don't like l,t because Morton Is represented, as trampling under fvot. nationhonor ami Wnest trade, thinks the picture is brutal. Never a wtowl did (tie Journal havQ ^o. s&y except of exultation and praise when this samo Nasi on the pictured page made out as a tricky, trading politician, a sort of immoral monster, that Horace Greely in comparison with whom, as an honest man, this Morton is not to be mentioned in the same breath. Curses are indeed like chickens, as the Spanish proverb runs, and always

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CoRie \iovne to roost.

IT IS unfortunate that the State of Indiana, could not by a longer prosequi lou keepin the penetcntlary, Mrs. Clem, whose release Is announced today. The Prosecuting Attorney entered a nolle prosequi in the case some time ago, and yesterday the Judge rendered his decision liberating her. The reasous assiguod for dropping the case as given by the Prosecuting Attorney, are that the most Important witnesses have Mattered all over the habitable globe, there being two in California, oue in Texas, one iu Michigan, oue iu Chicago, and one dead. Besides, he alleges that Mariou county, where the murder was committed, refused to contribute funds for the further conduct of the case. It is greatly to be deplored that a person whom the evidence, as published during the whole length of the tedious trial, and as read by thousands all over this

oold-blobded, cruel

State,

oonviots beyond all peradventure, of having been found guilty l-blo6ded, cruel and

of a most deliberate

murdor should thus, through tho action of the Prosecutor, and finally be released. Major Gordon and his assistants, in a legal point of view, deserve high praise for their skill and and perseverance in the management of tho case, but without this unexpected and wrongful abandonment of the prosecution, she could, as she should never have, breathed outside of tho four walls of a prison. 'iff"

Wlif Money is Tight. 1 When ft is understood clearly tnat of the transferBof property and general exchanges in thi^country, ttot more than one-hundredth part is effected by on actual payment of currency, the rest being accomplished through bills of exchange and commercial paper of all kiuds, the value of whloh depends upon the c&nfldence of tho different members of the community in each other, and of all in tho continued stability of affairs, it will be seen how small a part currency plays in commercial economy. Small, however, as is that part, it is most important. To nothing is it so fitly comparable as the keystone of an arch. It Is not the largest stone in tho urcli, usually. Its bulk and weight, In comparison with all the rest of the arch, is trifling.

Yet it must be of the best material and nicely poised, for upon it depends the stability of tho whole. It is the same with the money currency of the country. It performs, itself, actually but a small part of the world's exchanges. But it is the bey-stone of the whole financial and commercial exchange edifice. Destroy its integrity, and the whole totters to ruin. Ail exchanges, wliilo they may not really be-carried on with a money currency, are still done upon that basis and in that name. They are possible only because there Is a money which lias fixed and certain values, and which can be obtained at any time, through the Instrumentality of and for theso bills of exchange, letters of credit, checks, drafts, etc. Tills money which is a standard of value, is not obtained or used in every transaction, under a sound system, for the reason that other instruments of exchange are more convenient, and because, though they are intrinsically valueless, there is confidence that they can certainly be converted Into fixed and certain amounts of money, about tho value of which there can be no doubt. Tho key-stone of tho whole finaucial arch is a monetary standard of value as fixedly unchangeable as possible— gold and silver are such standards, and tin! price that lias been paid for them on tho mining and minting has not been too dear—and confidence. Confidence is absolutely essential in large business. Confidence is a creature born of fair dealing. Nothing kills it so quick as methods of business which have about them, never so faintly, tho odor of fraud or overroachlug. Confidence, wo make bold to assert, has been destroyed the past winter, and is injured now, by all this incendiary talk about inflation of tho currency. Why, wo sliouid like to know, should any man with money, loan it, say for one year, on no matter what security, except at gambler's interest, when, before the principal of his debt falls due, Congress may have Inflated the currency so that, while ho will bo paid back, to be sure, or can force through the law the payment of the samo number of paper dollars as he loaned, their value will tie only one-half as great?

In the name of the shades of all tho men whoever lived ami thought upon tho subject of polit al economy, we should like to know why money should not be tight—nay, more, dead drunk—when every with noy money in his pooket is arraid to loan it for fear that Congressional action will make some doubly depreciated stutl a legal tender when his debt falls due. Thus Is confidence destroyed. It is not overstepping the bounds to say that while this inflation talk, if il is successful, may enable present debtors to swindle their creditors, it has been, is S,Vy ^j)^iJl4YI-Vo" 'persons "wfio have wanted, do want, orsball want, to borrow. Men with money are, not Iambs that walk Into tho shambles, and bless thoso who cheat and defraud them. They geiwally manage to get tho worth of their money, and wlieu cheated, they generally protect themselves by greater caution and what is known by asking higher interest. This makes a tight money market, and proves the rule, that neither a man nor a nation can commit knavish actions, and still have the creditand the respectability of an honest man.

A Little Leaven.

If the Express is right in its state* ment, marie this morning, that the GAZMTK is the only paper, in. fchi£ Congressional district lu^i believes hi and advocates a ret ma to specie payments, it only ImUwMeii one of two things, viz: EUfeer that the editors of tlii.i disiqivt aye greater "flopptrs" than Jienty Cruncher's wife or el^e tin\t they, are the most unmitigated jSvt iha'hitans ami scamps that 'remain unhung, to have hypocritically advocated, fought for and argued in favor of a return to specie payments, until they succeeded In committing tho country to It, and then to have leturned liko dogs to their vomit, and by an unparalleled act of perfidy proposed to deliberately rob all those who were inveigled by their fair promises and. apparent unanimity Into giving them credit*

We sincerely and earnestly believe that the annual loss to the farmers and laborers of the country, through the fluctuations incident to, connected with, and the curse of our irredeemable currency is almost tqual to the National debt, so that it is the wisest, safest and best economy to get back at ouceto a solid finaucial tasi», which ia ouly attained by burying forever all this pernicious talk about inllatlou and repudiation but if it beggared every man in this couutry, anil made every foreigner rich, we would not the less insist that as the forfeit of redeemed National houoiy tho price was uot too high. We are too poor to be able to afford to be dishonored aud dis graced, our erciiit ruined and our good name crushed. We are too good a people, our history is too glorious, to sneak out of our obligations. Above all, we are too wise to repeat the folly of saving at thespiggot and losing at the bunghole. Our reputation for preserving inviolable the sanctity of contracts is better than the few dollars the policy will attempt to grasp, but only to lose, as tho greedy dog iu the fable lost the meat he had by Knapping for its shadow also.

As to the fact of the GAZETTB.being the only paper in the district that favors specie payments, we are not worried. If what we advooate is right, it will, in tho fullness of time, come uppermost, la .-If it is not, our wish is that it may sink to perdition. Butitia right, aud it will win. A little leaven leaveneth lump.

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One of the first accessions we expect to the ranks of the advocates of specie payments, is the Express itself. Not afraid to investigate, or to admit a change when a change has come, we look forward with coufldonce to a return of the Express to an advocacy of that sound doctrine which it was once so able a champion of, before the evii days' came.and it started off after strange gods, and began worshiping at the idolatrous shrines of brokeu promises, whose king is paper. 1

Democracy's Cbanee.

Advice is ebeap, it is said, though it has not seldom, when rightly followed, proven to be an invaluable gift. Cheap or dear, however, it shows an interest on the part of the advisor in the person or party advised, a matter of moment always as the times run. Now, here Is the Democratic party within a few weeks of the convening of the Couuty Convention. Success, it may be supposed, is not less precious to it than to any other organization. Believers in certain distinctive priucipies of government, Democrats desire to see those principles triumph Just as believers in other principles shape their action to win success. In no sense a partlzau, as parties now are, aud believing that out of the ruins of the past, sometime in the future, a new party must be born, unless, perchunee, either oue of (he existing parties shall let the dead past bury Its dead, and, putting itself enrap port with the present aud the future, do away with the necessity for such other organization, by beitig itself that other, the GAZETTE always is anxious to see the very best candidates put in the field by all sides, so that whichever side wins, tho public busfuess shall be honestly and efficiently cared for and attended to. That is the advice the GAZETTE has now to give the Democratic party The great mass of the people want good men in official places, irrespective of party predilections. What is more, if the election this fall lies between Democracy aud Republicanism, with no third party in the field— and the way to keep a third party out Is to make one or the other of the two, or perhaps both, so good in the pcrsorme/of the candidates as to smother all dissatisfaction—the election will turn upon the candidates themselves. In this connection we should say that the

Democratic party could do no better than to select Col. R. N. Hudsou as its candidate for Congress. To Democrats of the old school he could not bo objectionable, for upon the issues of the past three years he has been shoulder to shoulder with them. lie could hardly fail to carry with him in thW district a numerous following of Republicans who havo become disgusted with tiie faults and follies of that once powerful, but now debauched and crumbling,organization, lie lias the confidence of those who know him best, and indeed of the whole community iu which lie lias lived. His career has alway been straightforward. He is honest and honoraole. A good speaker, he would mako a fine canvass. An excellent business man, and a conoientious one, lie would bestow upon the affairs of the country, delegated to him as the representative of this district, the Mime cure he has given to his own, and which lias made him one of the substantial citizens of Terre Haute. Moreover, he can beat Hunter, If that Is any object to Democrats. Plainly, from an Independent stand point,the thing for Democracy to do to win success in the Congressional race, is to de serve it, and his nomination la a way to deserve it.

THIS G'blcugo"Tribune publishes list of German newspapers in the country, giving their position on the currency question. With „two or three trifling txceptions, all the Ger man papers In the country are in favor of a resumption of specie payment. This, to be sure, doeonot Indicate that the Germau voto is carried around in Schurx'a breeches pocket, as Morton tauntingly accused Schura of believing, but it does certainly show that our Germau fellowcltizenaare in tho habit before malt ing up their mind.-,, of meditating, upon and studying a mljeet in all its bearings and lights, as Schurz does, and. as it if* evident that Senator Mor tou, dines not always.

A CURIOIFS feature of our tariff laws is now beiug shown up before the Ways and Means Committee of Con-are.-s. The iron und steel association are trying to badger Congress into increasing thedutles of steel and to prevent competition with foreign pauper labor. At the same time manufactureiH who use steel in their bu.Miiess are making that the duty on the raw steel be reduced, sayiug that if it Is they can sell their manafac* lures all over the world. Perhaps we have protected ourselves all to pilCeS. mmmmmm

OUR national windmill is exercised greatly over the question of whether its morals will not be couUmiuated by admittlug to their august presence us a member, delegate Cameron, of Utah, who is so unfortunate as to bave two wives, aud to .live with both In accordance with the polygamic rule of the Mormon faith. We move that the question be referred to thoso twin Senatorial stallious, Matt. Carpenter aud Hippie Mitchell, for settlement.

A VERY large portion of Schurz's masterly oration on Sumner, is said to iiavo been composed in Boston during the few hours he was there, aud it was ouly completed very short time before its delivery, the sheets as written beiug taken from his desk to th eprioter and there set iu type. Verily, Schurz is Sunauer'ssuccessor in the Senate and throughout the country.

I/AUKA RKAM, in a letter from Indianapolis, to the Cincinnati Commercial, says that public sentiment Is so much against Mrs. Clem, that her life in Indianapolie must ueees-

thie'whole sarlly be butlittleless uhpleasant than •f flfV it was passed ip tbe penitentiary. Navy, as our man I M- £.

Editorial Notes.

INFLATION is collapsed in Congress* THK report that Mrs. Clem ^wHl lec ture lacks confirmation, f§

TUB Khedive of Egypt HAS take military possession of tbe Suez canal. It is bis last ditch.

BBOOKS and bis Supreme Court, are ckeckmating Baxter and his little Legislature, by convening first.

IT is claimed by the Atlornoy General that under tbe laws of Indiana estates left without heirs, escheats to tbe State.

THE Governor of Wisconsin has appointed as Railroad Commissioners for tbe Slate, a Granger, a scientist, and an editor.

ST. LOUIS city his ttfegotiated a loan of a half million dollars, at 6 percent, interest, and St. Louis county a loan of owe hundred thousand dollars at 7 per cent.

TUB Ellsworth postoffice, In this county, is to be discontinued beeaase nobody will act as postmaster. Has the stock of Presidential brothers-in-law run out?

WHEN a candidate uses the poople's money and prostitutes bis position to securo votes, it behooves all good citizens, without regard to party, to vote tor bis opponent.

this year foot up f872.07 more than for April of last year—the result of tbe veto, tbe crusado, aud otber blights on our country's prosperity.

THK Cincinnati Commercial was acquitted of the charge of aiding and abetting a lottery by publishing an advertisement of ono, The Stata failed to mako out a case.

A CHICAGO court holds that tugs are not liable as carriers iu oases wliero they are to tow vossels. This rule will probably hold good where steamboats on tho Wabash transport barges.

A BATTLK between tho Brooks-Bax-ter belligerents is reported in our Arkuusus dispatches. Tho GAZETTE predicted bloodshed when tbe Akansaw travelers should become guunted.

EVANSVH.LE is to have an elevator, and is correspondingly elevated, notwithstanding tho fact that tbe E. A C. 11. It. Company will boar the expense, the stock of whloh company is largely held in this city.

THK old Bender who was capturod at Salt Lako City proves to be the one wanted. He has boon taken to Kansas for trial. Though quite old, and growing infirm, it is thought that ho is yet ablo to pull hemp.

UNOKK proper circumstances, "old Andy," as be is called by the b'hoys, will bo a candidate for tho United States yonato, from bis native Stato, but in no ovent will he bo a candidalo for Congress. So ho says.

TUB Suproino Court holds that when liquor is sold to a drunkard, tho soller is uot liable, under the law, unless it is proven by tho prosecution that lie had knowledge, eltbor direct or Indirect, of the weakuess of the applicant.

A Bii.ii has beon introduced into Con gress wbieli provides that honorably discharged soldiers, or their heirs, shall have a homestead without entering the land in person—that is, they can cutor tho land without locating thereon.

ONE hundred and fifty-six marriage licenses woro taken from tho Marion County Clerk's ofllco last month. One hundred and fifty six allies of McKernan, tbe man who estimates the population of Indianapolis at one hundred and seven thousand.

STANLEY, the same whom Living stone discovered in the wilds of Africa, has been made an honorary member of' tho London Geographical Society, and Stanley is again iullated. Tho country is in danger of another Iccturo tour from the great discovered geographer.

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A CONVERK&CE of the magna'e.- of the four great through routes between the East aud West, via the New York and Pennsylvania Central, and the Erie aud Baltimore & Ohio, was held Friday, in New York, to devise ways and ineaua for preventing disastrous competition among themselves, during the coming summer. It would be good news to tho conntry to learn that they had so far disagreed as to insure the liveliest competition, and a very great cutting of rates.

GAZETTE

to announce

tho name of B. F. Havens as a candidate for Representative for Vigo county, subject to tho Democratic nominating convontion. Mr. Havens would woll represent the prosperous county

tivosof tbe State of Indiana. OH, for a switch such as tho Mexican women grow, sigh the belles of our American society. Tbey (the switches grown by Mexlcau woman) trail tbe ground. Give a fashionable woman a trailing dress and a trailing switch grown on her own bead, and then, come weal come woe, sho will be gay and bappy still.

THE CoDgroBslonal Committee on Ways and Means, has reported in favor of expending |25,000 in improving tho Wabash. This is an insult to that noble stream, and all Who are interested iu navigating it. That amount would not cover tbe expense of extricating one of every dozen snagslurkiogin Us broad bosom.'

WAI.TZ, the inan who will be bauged at Albany, at an early date for the murder of a scissor grinder, has ionfessed lo the killing of three organ grinders. The fellow ovideuily labored under tbo hallucination that ho was performing a service for a loug buffering people when ho went for tho organ grinders. Ho must bo satisfied by this time that tho end attained does not always justify the means used.

Now THAT Mr. J. J. H. MeKernan, a real estate speculator of Indianapolis, has estimated tho population ot tho city of concentric circles at 107,000, ho should go to Chicago, and his fortune would be made. He has a capacity for multiplying tbo population of a rlty that would meet a maguificent reward 'n Chicago, now tbat St. Louis has found a man of mor® than ordinary ability in that line, ih

THE associate editor of the Journal— who, by the way, is a bachelor—can't understand how it is that tho Miss Early, of whom so much has been written in connection with rank rebellion, and au officer of the Federal navy, can be a daughter of General Jubal Early, as reported, for tho reason that the gallant General was never married. Possibly that is "one of those things which no man can flud out." If such be the vase, turn it over to the ancient aunties, and they will work up tbe young lady's paternity to perfection*

THK nautical writer of the Journal Insists on hi9 amendment of "approached away," to our original phrxse of "arrived out," as applied to tho do parture of steamers. Hear hira 4

Our idea of tho matter is tbat «be phrase in question is properly applied only to the arrival of ocean steamers "out" in a harbor, where they are denoted as. cbstinp anchor and not corn ing lo wharf.

Now, we would not discuss the question further, it not being one ot allabsorbing interest, were It not for the manifest disposition of the writer alluded to above, to maguify the importance of oceafl steamers, to the prejudice of tho public mind against tbose that ply tbo noble Wabash, the every movement of which ho,himself, reports with scrupulous exactness. If we are correctly informed by our river reporter, tbe Wabash steamers to which bo alluded aa arriving out, are thoso tbat cast anchor, but do not come ashore. But for final settlement of the vexed question we are willing to submit it to the arbitrament Of three old tars, each of us to select one, and tbey to select the third. We now havo the honor of naming Secretary Robeson, of the 1

THE DELPflE.

As Observed by a Osteite

O* THE FATHKB OF WATKKS.

What of the Bow In the Cloud*

Correspondence of the Evening Qasetle. YICKSBUBG, Miss., April 20,1874. To give yon anything like an adequate idea of the tremendous rain and,. the fearful rise of tbe mighty river,™ during the past six weeks, is, I fear, far beyond the pewer of my feeble pen. Early in March tbe rain began to fall, and with the exception of six or seven days, when tbe snn was visible a while, It has ruined—yes poured down—almost unceasingly, nntil yesterday evening. To gii{8 yon some Idea of the amount of rainfall, I bave tbe figures from the report of the signal officer stationed here. On Wednesday, tbe 16tb, it eame down by the barrel, to tbe tune of 4.26 inches, let up a little then—didn't stop ralnlog, but not so heavy—nntil on Friday night and Saturday morning, when we bad another shower of 4K inches. I bave no report previous to April 6 but from that date to April 19, 12 days, tbe total rainfall here in Vicksburg was 17 20 inches. This beats anything within the recollection of tbe "oldest inhabltant" of this snnay climo (or most any.other, I expect). As stated above,

TUB revenue receipts for April of the Mississippi has been steadily and during tbe past six

rapidly rising, weeks, causing littlo or no apprehonsion to the planters, who deemed themselves safe behind the bigb levees. Some throo weeks ago rumors of crevasses, from above here, In tho vicin ity of Lako Providenco, La., began to come in. Tho rumors wero followed, and only too soon, by proof positive. In a week all the low country west of here, between this city and Monroo, La., was covered with wator for a distance of at least thirty mile?. The two cities are connected by the North Louisiana fe Toxas Railroad. Tbe track of this road i3 now covered with water two feet deep for some forty miles Tbe entire road is only eighty-five mllOB in length. The locomotives wero withdrawn two weeks ago, since which time passongers and mails are transported by what is termed tbo "Hand Car Boat Road." Thirty-five miles of the distance is made in a fleet of skiffs, the bulance of the distance by hand cars, all propelled by negroes, under the direction of the regular train conductors. Time for making tho trin of eighty-five miles is four days. The damage to this railroad cannot be estimated now. It will take months after the waters subsldo to repair it. Send Tom Scolt down bore to buy itthink I10 could get It cheap now—for an eastern outlet to his Texas Pucitic Railroad.

The writer of this inado ono of a Bmall exploring party, this afternoon, over to Do Soto and Delta, La. The formor is a small hamlet of scattered houses, situated directly west of here, 011 what is called tbo "Ponlnsnla," while Delta, the county soat of Madison parish, is situated three miles below, on the neck of the peninsula. We wont iu a boat (skiff), of course. Coasting along leisurely past Do Soto, wo found all the houses, with one exception,vacated by the formor oocupants and in full possession of the migbty Father of Waters, thp water being up as high as tho windows in many instances, and the habitations ready, appearautly, to launch out into tho mighty deep at any moment.

As wo floated along, occasionally a norrow strip ot land would project above the water's surfaco. On one such strip, which was about seveuty-flve yards long by five yards wide, we saw a horso, a cow, and two hogs making the best of their shaky situations, nibbling at the little grass in their narrow pastures. On wo went to Delta, which we found as yet free of water, but it Is vet In serious and imminent danger of bidng overflowed they have a pretty good levee, and for a week past have been working almost day and night, strengthening tbe embankment, hut to-day, in some places, it lacks but an inch or two of being overflowed, and by to morrow the inhabitants of that thriving town may havo to go front liouso to house in boats. Here at Delta our party coucluded to row across tho peninsula, this being tno narrowest point into the river beyond. A sharp light with the oars against the mighty current through a small crevasse, where there was a fall of some two or three foet, and wo were in tho Mississippi rlvor still, but instead of being at Delta, throe miles below Vicksburg. wo wore now west of Delta one-half mile, and tou miles above Vloksburg, though wo had oomo but one-half a a mile west across tho neck. Strange apparent contradictions, but any ouo who knows tho tremendous bend the river makes here, will easily undor-

and let our boat float with tbe current around the western side of tbe peninsula, and thus back to whero wo started from, wo thus made a fifteen mile voyage, and only had to row half a mile of the entiro distance. On tbe Mississippi stde tbe railroads havo not fared so badly as in our sister States, the ground lying so much higher. Tho Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad have to transfer their pasiengers across Pearl rivor at Jackson, and over the low country adjoining for a distance of five miles, per "skiff fleet." To prevont the bridge and trestle work from being carried away by tho torrents of water, every available fiat oar that tbe company possessed was loaded heavy with stoho and irou and ih#a pusbod out on tbe trostlo work to "hold it level." If tho rain will "let up a little" the damage to thiavoad will bo speedily repaired. On tbe Mississippi Valley A Ship Island Railroadjust about such a roud as your C. Jt T. H. Railroad—cominenecd months agoj built about 26 miles, und has been iu statu quo, or "resting," ever since, tbe damage has not been very serious, and thero is not very much of it to bocome liable to damage and this, 1 presume, is tbe reason it has got off so light. In the city tho damage to bridges, streets and Sewer—not Cliffs 5X feet sewer ours is full 6 feet—will be from $25,000 to $80,000. The damage to private property. is very heavy also.

On tbe river front tbe outlook is certainly disbearteniug. It is fully three miles wide in front of this city. Many dwelling houses, occupied chiefly by negroes, situated on tbe front—Levoe street—are filled with wator to tbe depth of two or three feet. Farther down, near the Prentiss Honse, tbo merchants were forced to remove their wares from their stores into tbe second Btorv.or farther back up the bill. The water look possession of the lower floors two days ago.

We bave not been blessed with a mail from God's country for five days, and I feel as ir I wanted very much to see your most welcome GAZETTE once more. There must b.i serious damago lo ail the railroads between here and tbe Ohio, else our mails would not be so far behind. Bustness bas been almost entirely suspended here during tho past two months and tbe prospects ahead havo not been so gloomy for a long,/onetime.

The suffering already caused, and which is sure to follow this terriblo inundation, already calls for aid from abroad to assist tbo destitute and houseless, homeless wanderers in tho lower Mississippi valley. I see that Mavor Wlllz, of New Orleans has already telegraphed to the principal cities of the North for aid, and I doubt not that it will come, as it always bas heretofore,speedily from tbe generous, open-hearted peoplo of the North, could they but see and feel the situation as we do hear tho roports coming iu daily yes, hourly, almost, of new crevasses and more rich valleys flooded, houses being lost carried away, or perhaps ruined,stock lost and drowned. But no, 'twas not destined so, for, though this mighty river is a benefit to both North and Soutb, it benefits the North (or West) constantly, it (as now) proves a terrible affliction to the Soutb. The idea of raising cotton in tbe valleys now is about completely given up. while in the uplands it is very doubtfVil, as the constant rains have com pietely stopped all efforts to attend to planting interests. As timated above, destitution and femine are boldly staring the poor people of tbiS'Section squarely In the face and as for the ravages and damage already caused tbe Soutb b/ this overflow, tbey cannot be estimated tbey are as yet beyond computation.

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Tbe Terre Haute Way. From the LaAyette Journal. The Terra Haute

GAZETTB

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Secretary Richsrdson fell—fell into the

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Scenes Ju Incidents at and After the Announcement of Her Ac*

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A BAD CASE OF LUNACY DEVELOPED IN ONK OF HKB COUNSEL.

The ItmUjr Circle of tbe Clems.

*From tbe IoJ. Journal's Report. MWHT eg UUBTY. wfasa Major Gordon and Frank Clom, Mrs. Clem's husband, hastened to the room of tbe accused and communicated the decision of tbo court, when they had told her she was a free woman, Mrs. Clem, clasping the band of Mr. Gordon and her husband, said, "I want you to live long. Major, I want all my counsel to live long." She seemed quite composed and langhed heartily. To tbe Journal reporter she said, "I am innocent, and I weigh forty pounds heavier than when I was first arrested does tbat look as if I was guilty I shall go home to my house iu Indianapolis and live. I have done nothing wrong and fear nothiog." Sho said the officers bad been very kind to her. and she had nothing to say the law had been vindicated and she was satisfied.

MAJOR GORDON'S REJTOIC1NO. 'v The counsel. Major Gordon, General Knefler, and Mr. Leathers, rejoiced at tbe result, especially Major Gordon, who could hardly oontain his joy within reasonable bounds. He telegraphed bis friend Dan. Voorbees, of Terre Hante: "Mrs. Clem is discharged—free as the air. God bless you." On the train yesterday afternoon, coming to this city, he quoted Psalms and sang songs, until one pious old lady got up and said she would not ride in a car where so much rejoicing over such an event was going on. Tno Mnjor^how-

ever, never intonding to offend any one, continued his exhibitions. lie said: "I havo gone through a good doal in this case—oh! such a case! Some people at Indianapolis think us worse sinners thau Judas Iscariot for defending Mrs. Clem." (Being here opposite Cold Springs, pointing out of tho window, he said): "There is tbe place my client never saw in the world sUo never waB there." Undoing his valise, Major Gordon pulled out a volume of tbe

statutes, then a mass of mauuscrints, and said: "There's my argument No. 1, and it that does not do, there is the last argument," exhibiting a large revolver. "Oh," continued Mr. Gordou, "the morning after any scoundrel insults me, or asks me for my watch, I mean to bave a Coroner's inquest." He said be bad recently received six threatening letters, one of them two days after bis bouse and library burned down, which said "Ah, ha Major Gordon, there is tbe just reward you get for defending that murderess. God will send you more of thoni." Let 'em come," said tbe gentleman, pointing to bis revolver. "I forgive all of thein now, as I hope to bo forgiven," .WHATOTHEIT PKOPI.K DID,

Tho people of the town of Lebanon took but littlo interest in the affair until they began to roalizo tbat thov wero about to tose their celebrated guest. At little beforo 8 o'clock, Mrs. Clem, accompanied by her husband, drovo to the depot in a privato carriage, and bade good-bye to the room in tbe court bouse in which she had grown so fat. At tho depot a largo number of ladies were sitting around tho seats in tho ladies' waiting room, and it would havo been impossible for any 0110 to point outtbe ouo individual who attracted tho attention of tho throng, wero it not for tho frequent congratulations sbe received. One old gentleman, who waB evideutly a man of considerable means, for be bad an abundance of gold in the cracks of his teeth, came forward an shook hands so hoartily that ono would imagine he was quite rejoiced. "The littlo woman," as her friends called her, stood the hard work of being talked to and shaken almost to pieces very well. Tho train came along and sho took her seat among the rest, and tho gaping villagers of Lebanon saw the last of their elephant. Arriving at tho Union Dopot, she walked out on the south side, entered a cab, and quietly drove up to her residence.

Most peoplo at Lebanon were heartily glad tbo affair was over, though some pave vent to such expressions as "Burning shame," "Money makes the mare g," otc. But all Intelligent people a«reo that the course pursued by the Prosecutor and by Judge Palmer was the only ono open to Uiom nnd«» tbe cireumstances.

The decision of tho Court was considered a very able one,which, together with tho exalted character of Judge Palmer, places tbo matter above suspicion of impropriety or corruption. It will not bo out of placo to state that although tho lurgest liberty was allowed Mrs. Clem, she yvas rmver once out of night of tho vigilant Sheriff or jailor of Boone county.

AT INDIANAPOLIS.

Frank Clom and bis liberated wife drovo from tbo Union Dopot to.tho rooms occupied by Mr. Clein and Mrs. Clem's son, over the grocery store at the corner of Massachusetts avenue friends called in tbe evening and con gratulated Mrs. Clom upon her tri umpb. A reporter of tbe Journal callod about 8 o'clock and found ber alone with a lndy friend and ber busband, and as there were many wild rumors about the street as to wont sho was going to do, the reporter propounded the following questions, which sho answered without any hesitation, and the rumors vanished luto thin air.

Reporter—Mrs. Clem, it is rumored iu tbtacity tbat yon are going to sue the Commissioners of Marion county far$M0,eeo damages for maliciously and illegally furnishing funds to prosecute you.

Mrs. Clem—I never beard a word about auything or the kind, nor never thought of doing anything of tho kind. Thero is no truth whatever in the rumor.

Reporter—It is also rumored that you are going to California to live others say yon are going to Orange oouqty, New York. Is either ono of tliein true?

Mrs. Clem—There is not a word of truth in either of those rumors. Mrs. Clem wished tbe Journal to publish her sincere thanks to her many friends at Lebanon, and to ber counsel and her many friends in this city for their kindness. So this notable woman enjoyed the first free night for nearly six years last night, and now drops comparatively out of view. Iler friends will still stand by her, as they bave done in her terrible ordeals. Frank Clem has proved his devotion to his wifo, and displayed unswerving faith in ber innocence, even in tbe darkest hours and human soul never seemed to drink a fuller CUD of joy thau this faithful busbaud did on yesterday. ...

Kroiu tlio Turf, Field and Farm. Th« Newspaper.

The Louisville Courier-Journal remarks: "It Is the opinion of a celebrated observer that tbe population of a city may be doubled within ten yeas by means of one distinguished, well conducted and widely-circulated newspaper." There is a good deal of truth in this. If the paper is well conducted and widely circulated, it attracts attention to the place. Strangers visit it out of curiosity, and in tbe interest of business. Enterprise is stimulated, and constantly there are new accessions to the population. The outside world judges of a place or thing by its literature. If a town has a feebly conducted and poorly-circulated newspaper, you may rest assured tbat there is a good deal of stagnation there and Wbero stagnation is, busy, bustling humanity will not intrude. The place is left to itself and grows dilapsdated with age.

A Battling Bat Trap. From tbe St. .Louis Journal. When tbe Journal told about Burdett's patent convoluted rat trap, as described by himself, tbe other day, it had no idea tbat tbe germs of another Boston fire were sown. Bat tbe proof is in tbo Boston Globe, as follows: "Burdett, of the Burlington Hawk Eye, recently invented a rat trap with a patent air pump attachment, whereby the rat Is neatly sucked out of bis bole, bis skin pulled off to be made into gloves and his Dody pushed into a little furnace and cremated. They are very nice, those rat traps. Spinks bought one tbe otber day. Tbe rat didn't come out of tbe holo, but some paper did, went into tbe furnace, and nearly aet fire to the bouse."

The Tendcnej of the Times. New York Correspondence Boston Traveler.

The storyis current that the paper contemplates throwing off its allegiance to the Republican party as such, and tnarebing, as ia the tendency of the times, nnder tbe banner of indendenoe. This will be a wise »w.

Secretary Riehsrdaon fell—fell Into the pendenoe. This will be a wise move, vawning chasm of bis abysmal igno- Tbe day of party journals. If not passed, ranee. Tbia is the Terre Haute way of ia assuredly passing, and those who saying that the Secretary made an In- nrnaneiritv lernafold fool of hinr^self.

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would achieve permanent prosperity must reject party trammels.

OBITUARY.

DEAD DEJIOtBACY.

Interesting Testimony from ^Late Organ of the Party.

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The kennblican Party Corrupt and the Democratic Powerless to Aff-rd the Couutry

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ANEW PARTY IN DBtfAND.

Oar "Slogan."

Fiom the Evansvllle Courier. It is very evident to the man who keeps pace with the sentiment of tbo times, tbat both the old politioal organizations are dissolving from public view, and the places that knew them once will soon know tbem no more forever. Tbe best minds and tbe best virtue of the Republican party bave for two years past been halting as to which was tbo bettor course, to leavo the party entirely, or to make an honest effort at reform within its ranks. The Presidential campalRU of 1872, afforded a sort of pretext lq tho Cincinnati Convention, which some of the more advanced, and therefore more disgusted, Republicans embraced and had tbo Liberal movement not fallen, unfortunately, into the hands of a certain clique of tho Democratic party, tbero is no doubt that instead of th

present Incumbent of the Pr dential office, there would have been a man whom men of all pariies co have respected.

But tho time had not yet arrived for a thorough disruption of party ties, and besides, tbe alternative offered at Cincinnati waanot sufficiently alluring in its nature to warrant earnest men iu leaving life-long associations. It was necessary that a year or two more of Republican legislation should transpire before tbe utter corruption of the party was made BO manifest that men of decent sentimonts oould no longer defend or even tolerate it. Flattered with a success that the very representatives of the party themselves felt to be unmerited, the Congress of tbe United States was transformed into afield for plunder and vice. Railway subsidies, San Domingo jobs, Credit Mobilier schemes, back-pay robberies —these and similar outiages clogged the machinery of legislation at overy turn, until the ears of both hemispheres wore wearied by the oft-told tale. Not ouly the mushroom stock of tho last few years, which under tho uenoral name of "carpet bagger" has served to degrade tho standard of American politics, was guilty, but to our still greater shame bo it said, some of the foremost names in tho history of our time, did not scruple to forget what was duo to the country and their own fame, in the sordid immortality of tho hour.

tho old traditionB and lay them aside with other pleasant memories, and linlte with honest mon, whether tbey have beon Republicans or Democrats, in a gonuino effort to corroct abuses that have impaired the wealth and erowth of the nation, no less than its

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A Collision Between the Brooks and Baxter Forces at New Oaseouy.

Mine Men Killed and Wounded.

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ROCK,

April 80.—General

King White, who has charge of the Baxter forces at Pine Blufl", hearing that a party of Brookltes were assembled at New Oasoony, In Jefferson couuty, committing depredations, moved a column of two hundred men down to that point to-day for the purpose of disperslug them. A dispatch late to-night to Gen. Newton, from Pine Bluff, says that "White sent forward a flag of truce to order the men to disperse, but they fired upon the party and a regular battle ensued, in which nine of the Brooks party were killed and twenty wounded. The remainder were taken prisoners, disarmed and sent home. General White Teports seven of Ills own command wounded and three horses killed. v.

i# The Wonderful Echo. •••»,, ^Powell's Exploring Expedition. Echo Park, where we remained one week, lies at the juncture of Green and Bear rivers, and takes its name from the remarkable echo tbat may be beard there. When a gun is discharged total silence follows tbe report for a moment then, with startling suddenness, the ccho is board, seemingly at a great distance—say five miles to the soutb—whence it comes back in separata and distinct reverberations, as if leaping from glen to glen. Louder and quicker grows tbo sound, until apparently directly opposite, wben a full volume of sound is returned then once more tbe echo is heard, like the snapping of a cap, far to the eastward.

Wi' i])eter!o rating. Prom the Norrlstown Herald. A fourteen year old novel reader saya American literature is rapidly deteriorating. He considers the last dime novel issued a miserable failure, because the hero, wben captured only killed eleven of tbe redskins io making bis escape. Whereas, the hero of a dime book he read as long ago as last summer, in a band-to-band conflict with twenty-six Sbort-nose Indians, killed nineteen on the spot and took the otber six prisonars. And tbe hero was only eighteen years old, too.

SPRINGKIKLD, May 5.—An old man named Lombard, was beaten to deatb with stones, by three or four ruffians, in the western part of Holyoke, yesterday. The difficulty originated ln a misunderstanding about a boat.

HUDSON, May 4.—Charles Ernst, the prison keeper attacked by tbe murderer Waltz tbe day before hia execution, died to-day from fei* ijonndfr, i. A 1

Telegraphic News.

PrrrsaiURO, April 30.—Early this morning, the house of John Ilamnet, near the Homestead, about six miles from here was destroyed by fire. The entire family, oonslsting of Ham net, his wife, two children, a hired man, and a boy whom they were raising six persons in all, were burned to deatb. But two recognisable bodies were found. A apeolal to the Chronicle says it is almost certain that tiie entire family was murdered, and suspicion rests upon a man employed on the jplace. One of the bodies found among ,he ruins showed tbat the throat had been cat.

LANCASTER, April 80.—A snow storm has prevailed hero for the last 24 hours, and still continues now a foot deep.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 2.—•Cbarlee C. King was shot by G. Adolph Wurgler, and fatally wounded, about noon today. Both men were employees of tbe Singer Sewing Machine Company. Wurgler attempted to escape, but was overtaken by the police, and captured.

MADRID,

May 1.—Information has

been received here of the defeat in tbe province Tarragona, of two thousand Carllsts, by a force of tbe national troops, mustering only 000 men. Tbe Republicana have lately defeated and dispersed several band8 of Carllsts in A^ragon and Albacete.

BALTIMORE,

May 2.—A statement is

published this morning of a shocking outrage perpetrated by two negroes, on James Henry Woodley, colored, age 15, in Howard county, on the 15th of ApriU Tbe boy charges tbat the men scarred and branded bis limbs with a red hot iron, and afterwards poured spirits of turpentine over bis naked body, apd set him on fire. In this condition lie escaped, and succeeded In extinguishing the flames. Woodley is at tho Llmbard street Infirmary. His back and logs is wlsted to a crisp. His recovery doubtful. It is reported that the persons who committed the outrage bare been arrested.

MADIUD, May 4.—Marshall Serrano entered Bllboa, Saturday. There is great rejoicing here over the deliverance of tbe city. Saturday evening there was a general illumination. Ibe municipality have sent congratulatory dispatches to Serrano and Concha. Additional dispatches from Bllboa state tbat parties of Carllsts are surrendering, in hope of amnesty. The main body, howevor, are retreating In disorder in tbo direction of tbe province of Guipeziooia. Biiboa is resuming its wonten appearance, and trade is reviving. The obstructions plaoid iu the rivor Norvian to prevent the approaoh of the Government war vessels have been removed.

Yesterday a priest, lately discharged from the lunatic asylum, where ho bad been an Inmate, attenioted to assassinate Senor P. Y. Margall. He shot twloe at Margall, and missing him, shot himself fatally.

LONDON, May 4.—Intelligent has beon received from Fiji that tho King

and people unanimously favor thecestno islaudsto Great Britain. -Bayard Taj'lor, in a letter from "Egypt,* gives an-ac-count of the rocent discovery of a race

sion of NKW YORK, May 4

of pigmies iu Central Africa. Speak hilt of two in the care of the Khedive, ho says, the littlo fellows looked at mo with bright, questioning, steady eves while I examined and measured them. Tubbul was 40 Inches in height, his lees being 22 inches, and bis body, with bend, 24, which is somewhat better proportion than is usual in savage tribes. Ills bead and arms were quite symmetrical, but his spine curved In remarkably, from tbe shoulders to tho hip Joint, throwing out the abdomon, wblch was already muoh distended, probably from tholr diot ot beans and bananas, yet tho hcud was erect, shouldors on the lino or gravity, and thoro was no stoop In tho posturo of tho body, as In South Africa. Gubbul measured 20 Inches arouud tho breast and 28 around tho abdomen. His bands and feet wero coarsely formed but not largo, only the knee joints being disproportionately thick and clumsy. Tho facirfl anale was fully up to tho average. There was a good development of the brain, flno. Intelligent eyes, and a nose so flattened that iw looking down tbe torehoad from above, ono saw only the lips prelecting beyond it. The nostrils were astonishingly wido and square. The complexion was that of a dark mulatto.

In the meantime tbe old Democratic party, powerloss for g®od, but still clinging to "timo-bonored" traditions —traditions, it must be admitted, tbat wero tho fruits of honest sentiments and worthy actions in tho past, but unsuited to tbe exigencies of the "new nation" which every man will admit tho war wrought out—this grand old party that in its decay still clung to the bopo that money inado dear, and believed all tho while that Its principles wore immortal, and as practicable now as they were a quarter of a centurv ugo, has watched for the hour when its 6tpndard would gain head victorious legions in the battlo where virtue would triumph as of old. An occasional success in different localities or States has oncouragcd hope, and strengthened convictions, only to sec both go down when a national contest came until now. calmly surveying the lield as it lies before thorn, its best men road in tho event of the last few years, and espoclally those that aro current to-day, the inevitable doom of the organisation whose principles have boon a pari of their religion perhaps for a lifetime. They see tbat, after all, thoro i« not an much in party names as there is in honest motives, and faithful men to carry them out. They have learned that party consistency will re suit in party decay, unless that consistency moans to keep in the van of progressive thought and action. And having determined all this in the light of tho experlenco of tho last fow years, monuuiuuu .. thev are showing in every quarter of regular army is a fact wlileli carrloslits theoonntry, a wllllnguess to ombaltn own explanation but the effect of this 1 .1111 .t.wi luu tktillfel uulflft ln..•«jun ntl lit A HVilitfthlfl til IliLf\X*V 1THI*

A letter from Berlin says it was evidently tho purpose of the

U)V fAi i«uHnv/"| .. .7," Increase ou tho available military ma terial of tho country involves another calculation. Besides tho three years which be serves under the flair tho recruit bases nino years in tbo Landwohr. Tbo increase of 80,000 to tbo permanontarmy implies

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llami) »ud honor. Thut will Democrats a yearlv addition of the samo number snow a patriotism grander man any- to the trained reserve. This amounts

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thing in the past, just in proportion as love-of country is a nobler sentiment than love of party.

Tbo Courier believes the hour has come when a disinterested spirit should bo Invoked by which this result can be brought around. Tho evidence can easily be read in tbe ovents of overy day. It is idle longer to clamor for what time has demonstrated to be impractablo, and of these things none are so clear as that the Republican partv cannot purify itself, and that tho Democratic party cannot succeed in a national contest. The boar has struoK, und tbo sentimental partisans, wbo aro content to live In the past, must clear the track while the men of to-day sweep to tho front, nerved with new vigor in tho presence ofa common foe, and resolved that this Republic shall not go down In the corruption ftnd groed tnat stains the present, but that its destiny shall be a vindication of tho aspirations of Its fathers.

in sevon years to 280,000 men, or rather, since the effect of the increase will pe felt on the reserve only after the expiration of threo years from tbe beginning of the new levies, 160,000 will represent that addition, while 120,000 :noro will still bo in active service. In other words, in 1881 Germany will be ablo to meet France with nearly 800,000 rnoro skilled soldlors than to-day.

A Paris letter writer says tbat evidently difficulties aro fast closing In about us, and that overy day we have souie fresh cause for reflecting upon the security of tho moment. Tho spirit which animated tbe Commune is very far from being crushed. The same men are once more organizing for auother attompt, and just as they did before 1848 and In 1871. Societies of working men are formed in each arrondissosnent, under tbe direction of district committees who take tbelr orders from the central committee. Tbe next step is to bind men by making them solitaire in all dangers and benefits, and by tbe olemont of secrecy, always attractive to tho uneducated, tbe mombers of tho society who have work aro privately taxee, and ono-half of the proceeds 1B added to tho sinking fund reserved for tbe war budget. Tbo rest goos to aid those who aro out of work and in distress. Just beforo the war matters bad reached the stuge whoro wo find them to-day, and Crenzot was selected as the best point for-beginning tbe strikes. This time the strikes aro to be encouraged, in positive certainty that the septemuate must come to an end one day or another, and bollevo tbat it will not last long. It give the chiefs of tho Internationale an opportunity for saying that it will be succeeded by another Commune.

MEMPHIS, May 4.—Memphis advices from Prentiss, Mississippi, state that tbe levee broke Saturday nlgnt, one and a half miles below tbero also at Bleneve, 00 miles below, while another crevasse is hourly expected at Priues# Water is pouring through the crevasse at Catfish Point, which is now a hundred and fifty yards wide. The private levee at Walnut Bend, Arkansas, is also broken, Inundating Ball's, Kurguson's, ana otber rich plantations, tbe two named having over eleven hundred acres of cotton planted. Appeals come from below Napoleon, for more supplies for the sufferers. The relief committee are busily engaged filling orders.

INDIANAPOLIS,

May 4.—The woolen

mill owned by J. C. Goisendorff, of this city, was burned yesterday. Lose, 140,000. Insured us follows: armors', Merchants' and Manufacturers', of Hamilton, O.. 12,000 Hope, of Philadelphia, 12,500 Globe, of Chicago, {2,000 Atlas, of New Orleans, $2,000 Allenianla, of Cleveland, $1,500' Citizens,' of Newark, $1,500. L. B. 4 J. C. Hall, lose 12,000 on stock. Insured for |2 000 each In tho German Citizens', Mm*, Peabody, and Fire and Marine, of Wheeling, w. Va.

DULUTU, May 4.—The steamer Manisteo, for Marquette, and the tug, Ellaa Williams, for Silver Islet and Thunder Bay, left port this morning. Navigation Is now open for the season.

O IV Let Us Smile. ,v»!

itv From an Kxchan«e. The Odd Fellows gav« Mf. Colfax a gold-beaded cane, when he was at Bridgeport, Conn., and the Chaplain of the the Lodge in presenting it said: "This gold is emblemutical of the purity and brilliancy of your character, the steel ferule Illustrates the firmness and trueness of your principles, while tho wood represents the perishable character of the calumnies uttered against you.

From Harding's Herald.

It is fair to presume, taking it for granted that the preseutor knew what he was talking about, that the gold was one carat line aud the wood of live oak The steel Deeds no explanation, unless there is a slight mistake in the orthography. Let us smile.

Comicalities of Cremation. Terra Haute Correspondence tothelndianapolfs Herald.

There is a comical phase to "cremation," lately heralded by the publlo press. George, iust consider tbe idea of tbe gigantio forms of such meu as Carr, Buutin and Finkbine nit into a flaming retort, aud reduc*

Dg their vast propoitions to a product barely sufficient to fill a four pound baking powder can! Ia it xmlble tbat this startling proposition can "o'ercome us like a summer cloud" without exciting our special wonder? Are our gas and glass manufactories to be turned into human bake oveus? There has been much said lately in the New York ouruals concerning tbe foul adulteration of syrups, sugars, and teas, vaguely bintiug at vile decoctions of old rags and sawdust. The next thing we shall have will be the analyxatlou of cheap baklug powders by some aspiring and astute chemist, which will reveal the presence of charred humanity from the cremation factory. The good housewives will have to fall back upon brewers' yeast and salt-rising.

TERRE HAUTE

Business Directory. I'be Names and Location of the "'Leading Business Houses of Terre Hante.

mjr Parties visiting Terro Haute will do well to cut this out and carry It with them for reference. We editorially guarantee that this list Is composed only of the most responsible, reliable and flrst-olass houses

OITtOXAKS.

Cnl* Thomas, Sodth Fourth, near Ohio* •. AQKICULTVLTAL IXPUUUSNTS.

JTottsnp A Piety. 39 38 W Main. Jones A Joum,aa bet. Malu A Ohio. AUCTION AMD COMMISSION. CI. A. llnywnrt, Jt Co., 80 8 Fourth. W. A. Uyiiu, a cor. 4th aud Ohio.

BAKKRS AJM ooNntCTiosrans.

W. If. Sage, 119 Main street. W. U. MeuUder, ltfl BARB BUS ii.fr Iro, N side Ohio E •Ub. Mi. 0. Miiroiifn, Torre Haute {louse,

BILLIAHD NOOMS.

May IIroe., Kslde th N Main. J. K. WllkliMon, Terre Haute House. 11LACKSHITUS. A. N. tillck, E slue 3d 8 Walnut.

BOOKS AND STATLONKBY.

tintfon A Hamilton,625 Main streot. A. II. Itooley, N side Main 4th.

BOOTS AMU SUOBS.

N. 1 land, 145 Main street 5th. I. K. Clatl'elter, U2 Main street. N. C'. Mcolt, Us Mulu street.

CLOTHING.

JT. Krlanirer, Out-rn liouso. Miller «fc Cox,KT2 Main stieot. Mossier Mro'». A Co., W7 Main stieet.

OOAIj.

W, Harriett Ot Mon, 1C Jth.S of Mai n. J. Kclley, S Main, W of 10th. I,. Mallory, 18tl» and VamlaHa K. K. Morgan Ac feoiMj, N Ohio, W of Ulb. coorEUS. K. H. Ulliimn,4IU and Tippecanoe. €. Matlox, Hpruee, W-oi Ninth.

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voting to fix tbo military strength of Germany for seven years, to onahlo the Emporor to prepare for any hostile demonstrations during tbe sevon years that President McMahon is to exorcise his powors in France. Tho lettor add*: Tbo addition of somo 400,000 mon to the

CHOCKKKY.

Tkeo. Nlalil, 325 Muln. DKMT1STS. Jos. Itleliardsou, N sOlilo, of 3d.

DUUUOIHTS.

Buntln 4e Armstrong, Main and OHi. DllT GOODH. Felsenlield A Jaurlet, 820 Main. Kooter Brothers, Main, bet. 4th aud utn lloberg, Root A Co., Main and Ith. W. H. Ityco A Co., Main and jjth Wilson Bros. A linn ley, Main and Otl»

DYKIIS AND CI.KANB11S.

II. F. ItcluerM, Main, W of 7tli. KUQS AND 1'ROUUOK. J. MeMalinn,4 Dowllng Hall.

FI.OUR1MO MII.LS.

Kern A Bapn, LaKayette, N of 7th a v. McHeeu, l,addock A Co., 10th and Malu It. I.

Thompson, I'oplar and 1st. KUKN1TUHK OBAJ.BUS. r. Ooeta, 180 Main.

OBWTS' irORNISHING.

J. Hauler, 167 Main. HOC*aa—W11OIATSALK. Bowser A Johnston, 2 Dowllng Hall. Hulrann A Cox. Main and 6th.

GROOKRS—RBTAII..

J. J. A C. B. Cronln, S a Main, ol'.fltli. I». Miller,H Otli Nof Ohio. K. W. Itlppetoe, 155 Main street.

HAIR GOODS.

E. B. Mcasmore A Co., 607 Ohio street. 1IARTIWAHK. A. O. Austin.

!75l

Main street.

L. M. C00I1, lo2 and 154 Main street. HATS AND 0AMI. John Moore. 101 Mulu street. J. M. Nykes, 113 Main.

IMSUIIANCK AOXLTTS.

F. A. rarls.opp. post-office. CI rimes A Boyse.aB 5th street. B. V. llsvea*. N side Ohio W of 4lll. C. E. Ilosforu. Main ant 4th. Wharton, Kiddle A Co., Main anl litis l.IVKUY HTAIIIiKS. I.. W. Chndwlelt, 4th, Main. Fouls A Ilunler, Main, of 8th.

MEAT MAHXKTS.

J. F. Bnpp, 173 Main. I*. Soebnrarer, 4th street market. F. WyatMth, N of Ohio.

KBROJIANT TAII.ORM.

W. II. Bannister, 79 Main. J. i. Brennan, side Ohio E ot 3d.

ay

MII-I.INSKY.

J. W. Omsk III, 110 Main street.' M. A. Barldon, 18'J Main street. Mrs. Im Voider, is 4th street.

MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTUUMBlTM. W. B. Paige A Co., 006 Mala street, fcorens Kasaner, 4» Ohio slreet.

NOTIONS AND FANC'V OOODS.

A. Hers A Co., Opera House. •T. II. Middle, 151 Main street. J. Sehaublln, 178 Main street. ,,

PHOTOGRAPHERS.

X. W, Hnelier, E vide (Uli. of Main. D. M. Wright* 115 and 117 Main street. FUOCUCJt AMU COKMtSHION. A. 1*. Ioe A Ilro., cor. Oth and Ohio. J. CI. A Fred. Lee, 219 Main

KKAL EBTATK AOSNTS.

C. J. Urackebnsh, \V side 6th 8 Main. F. A. ROM,509Ohio wtreet. Wharton, Kiddle A €0., Main and Oth.

RESTAURANTS.

Fi. llrunliig.0 Gtli street W. I.ockooa, 4th, near Cherry. SAI.60NS. May Ilro's ,4th, N of Main. John tttafT

A Co 8d N of Oh lo.

Peter Stair, Main near Canal. J. E. Wllklson, Terre Haute Hon*». 1 S* WING MACHINES. dinger HTr Co.. 310 Malu slreet. Wheeler A Wilson, 61 h. opp, P.O. Grover A Maker, N. 11. Bledsoe,421 Main

STOVESAMn TINWAllK,

O. Smith. 150-Maln street. Smith A Townley, 50 and 52 Main.

TOBACCO AMD CIGARS.

N Katsenbnch A Co TO Main. W Howard, W slue 6th, of Main. WATCH KB AJ*D JSWXI.l»r. CI Arnold, 408 Main street. S Freeman, 101 Main street.'

Kiddle, 151 Main slreet. WUIX8 AMD LIQUORS—WHOI.KSAI.K. Alexander A Co.. 170 Main. Hnlman A Cox, Main and 6th.

LEGAL.

Notice to Heirs to prove Heirship and of final Settlement.

NOTICE

is hereby glv*n Ui the belrs of

Andrew J. Lemmous, deceased that the) must appear at the next terra of the Vigo County Circuit Court, which convenes ou the 27th day of April, 1874, and proye their heirship to tbe estate. Notice also given that Anal settlement and distribution of said estate will be inaue at sain term.

Maicli 30th, 187-1.

SYD.n. DAVIS,

.• Administrator.

AdiffiiiijlViitor's Notice. NOTICEbonU

Is hereby given that the under­

signed has been appointed Administrator iU non ot lie estate of Isaac Smith, ileeoiued. Said estate Is supposed *NO. W.1AV1«4,

to ho solvent.

Administrator.

STOVES.

NEW STOTE STOEE.

STOVES OF ALL STYLES. Parlor, Cook -ANDOFFICE STOVES

rr\

A Large Assortment and Lew Prices, at

O. HEIM'S^

North Fourth St., Cook's baildinff

FOliTUXE TELLIK«.

MADAME

NIKMAYEK win give true

information, by laying out eards,of all the circumstances or your life .ify°u will be aueeesstal iu court salts, love affairs, obtaining legacies, lost valuables, friends, etc. Residence, corner of Beoona and Obi streets.' .•