, 1873-02-11

gotta al, appointment. HhIA action wifi l,ardly
ploago Tho tarmors worry much. r,,,--,
or tic a1lceeBa Or por4ancnoy Of tps pa a ortler
from 10 arangea and 100 s,nombora e 7s4
Oranges and $4,000 momberg, and tho ratio Of
increase Is still tho eano. If,riglt1y md wisely
managed, Il viii undoubtedly acoompliHh groat
bo tllo caso, its fiiuro viii only be tho moro STU
pondoua BY reason Of tho giant ai2o to which II
has nlroady attained. It will inevitably got int9
politics, especially Oh tho railroad question; anu
ahond IT. hold e eef % m
to Hco and say that tho no1t Legislature WILL DO
q Grange Legislature.
nEI1Glou8 RECORD.
So much talk haH arison II, regard to tho roltg..
iouB Of tho Legislators voting for anu against
tho abolition OF capital punishment in this State,
1ast wintor, TINT statement Of the facts In the
case will .ho intoroating, and will reliove our
Presbyterian friends Of tho chargo that all OF
hangmau.. Following Is q classification OF tho
vote, which nhowH tho error Of thoao WHO have
affirmed TINT "tho law WIRE passed by 1ntldels
and tho dangerous CLASH Of roliylonlatB, and op-
'non,ina.ions:"
For tho lnw-zslelodiet, g.; napt'at and Pres9yse-
rian, each; Oongregationaltst, ortlolo1 aud Uni
E;so Esss1 s. r:ces % abss anf ftseaap pasr
an, Eclectic. Golden Rule. clrstian and Free Thinker,
Against the law-presbyt and Lutheran, each;
Methodist, Liberal and Dlankt eaeli old School
napst. untTessest congrcgational,s. EPiseepa11an,
fcssion, Nature, i cach. Total, 81.
by this It nppears that a majority Of " tho
sound and tho orthodox voted for tho Quaker
law. Tho movement for tho repeal of this law,
and tho statute will undoubtedly ntand for
another year, at 1eaBt.
TIN 1Eu1sLATunE
is stu working away On tho Colo. T1iio n,nl!ca
n fJJ1 ot1T mfr ffn13 In
bate ,whereae tho oratore OF the body arc In
despair, md aro compelled to sit by md 500 tho
roa1 workora in tho houses doing oil tho busi-
moss, and tho t1a9llkera. Justly enough getting
plotting the Codo is being rapidly accomplished,
and. should no lengthy debates come up oyor
tho moro important questions yot to DO Hottlodd,
thoro ia no reason why tho body should not nd
journ Ia two woekg.
THE nANK1N CASE.
The Committee 10 investigate the Rankin de-
fnlcation has not yet submitted itH report. It
was about ready to do so when tho bond given
in ls1o w9a discovered 1t hsa f, gSen npuirng
now, perhaps, until Il DO doanitely known
take in regard to tits bond Tho
Governor, who is ono Of the surotics on this
| upon tho bond, and thus uHccrtatn if IT can DO
hold for any part Of tho loss occasioned by the
dofalcntlon. II ig thought by many It can bo
proved that $40, 900 Of Tho deficiency occurred
In 1870, when this bond was nliyo. othors think
| torlnino.
| Rnnkin is in Bad pl!ght,-sck nbod and
| woll7nigh distracted; his attorney 6ays, insane.
| But tlis lattar assertion Is not believed. Tho
! felt for Rankin at first, has changed. In hia
confession, ho asked investigation, ind prom
isod to rondor n clean breast Of everything.
Brought to the tost, 10 refuHos to tell anything,
unworthy Of tho sympathy l,o ut first received.
| uARLAN'B FALL.
| The descent Of Senator JntneR Harlan down
| into tho limbo Of tho politically dead, iB best
rs popular q man as there was in tho State, the
csteem Of him was general and cordial. Twenty
yoars ii office, and oyer kind providor Of good
places for his friends, ho had his componaatcd
nupportera in almost oyory township aud school
district in tho State: OF a Worthy. his strength
was mighty, and, after tho retirement Of Grimes
| from tho Senate, hia rulo wns supreme. And
oven IN later years, after no had become known
and famed as q iobbor In Legislation and tho fasl
friend Of rnonopo1istn, md notwitlistantling the
! pension and corn and contract frauds, thort
wore still many TINT believed In him.. Ills lo,,t
prayers at tho conferences Of tho church whoat
PPo nna So t. 50 sooa s r0 g1en m
Chaplain Newman md tho church papers, madt
tho0sands Of good people bolieyo him 9 Rlan
dercd man, and man prosecuted for hin roi!
Christianity. But this lattor development, ent
the painful position IN which ho now towora be-
fore tic country, as tho saddost and completes
OF all the wrecks mndo by tho Credit Mobilier
hayo convinced even the last and the most do
voted OF his followers. So far, but one paper 1t
ator and his friends, at this point, in his l1s
fight hero-ha8 come forward to defend hin
and his bribe-thking. 9omo half-dozon sock tt
palliate 1t !; while, anong the papore most 60
Journals oarnestly for him i'll Lis fight Inst win
ter. Mother has single man volunteered TO 81
into print, eyon anonymously, to indorae, or ever
oxcuHe his shame.
has evor beon Mr. Harlan'B .yokefollow, occa
sioncd great pleasure hero. Their partaershiI
was go we'll known, and their two lives hnyo &c
long boon intertwined as enc, that PomoroYs
few months preceding Harlan'a Inst effort at re-
election, Mr. Pomoroy cemo to Des h1oines to bs
counsellor iu the Harlan Congress, then holding
frequent sessions hero. This was noted lort
thon with great suspicion lls own aefent como:
and Iowa neet to shake handa ovor tho buried
men, III glad token Of diaonthrament.
ITEMS IN PASSING.
NY reference, in 4 former lettor, to po1itca
company or ring formed for the purpose OF
furnishing "insidca and outsidos to country
! Iapeya struck sonotling. 1ts managers art
ont now in all ofleiul disclaimer, denying al
hints that they looked, by this course Of akilfu
indircction, to tho requirement Of moro power
was not expected they would own to this. And
besides Binco that letter was written, nn owl
murrain has fallon upon Harlan, making i not +
popular thing to any longer carry tho Harla,
buainess, as it now claims, then good speed to 1t
but n,oantimo, ns bnnkera aud politicians, nor
not heretofore In tho printing blsnosB, aro thu
bono and sinow of it, 1t will bo we'll enough tt
wait and watch. Tho ilutter anl furry Which
gosaipy speculation OF lis purposes and planz
occasionod, indicate touchfucsa not healthy.
Mr.. Harlan, in his Chronicle at Washington
Hsolka to deny hia connection with tho appoint
Tnent Of his lust Indian Agont from 1owa,--Dr
Sioux, and worry facetouely contradicts Homs
of tho statements 1nado in q previous letter o
this writer. Flo says he was " tho only member
from Iowa not signing Mr.. Wriyhes recon
incubation" Thon Mr: Wright, ha man, madt