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A most touching instance of hero
ism, and one of the most atrocious acts
of cruelty, the truth of which is
vouched for by the most respectable
authority, occurred during the Colon
bia struggle for in dependence.
The Spanish General Marillo, the
most blood-,hirsty and treacherous
tool of the Spanish King, was created
Count of Cartagenia and Marquis de
la Pueria for services which rather en-
title him to the butcher or hangman.
While seated in his tent one day he
saw young boy before him drowned
in tears. The chief demanded of him
for what purpose he was there.
The child replied that he had come
to beg the life of his father, then a
prisoner in Morillo's camp.
what can you do to save your
father" asked the General.
II can do but little, but what I can
shall be DONE" LII.
Merillo seized the little fellows ear,
and said:
Would you suffer your ear to be
taken off to procure your fathers life9'
II certainly would was the un-
daunted reply.
The boy wept, but did not resist
while the barberous order was execu-
ted.
Would you loose your other ear
rather than fail of your purpose?" was
the next question.
II have suffered much, but for my
father l can suffer STILL was the an.
swer of the boy.
The other ear was taken off piece.
meal, without finching on the part Of
the noble boy.
And now go'' exclaimed Morillo
untouched by his sublime courage
the father of such son must die"
In the presence of his agonized aud
vainly suffering son, the patriot fathe,
was executed.
Never did q life picture exhibit such
truthful lights and shades in national
character; such deep, treacherous vii.
lainy-such lofty, enthusiastic hero.
ism!
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complish their purpose. irrespective

complish their purpose, irrespective
of any political proclivities. They
thus say to each of the political parties,
give us thorough temperance men for
candidates and we will support such,
but if you fail to do this, We will not
vote for them. If, then, either politi-
cal party fails to recognize the import
ance of this question of temperance
inside their organization, then the res
possibility Of defeat rests on their
shoulders. The question of temper
ance or intemperance is the great
question. The question therefore of
supporting our present temperance
law is the touchstone, and must come
to the front. No political party can
afford to ignore it. We hope they will
take heed.
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FOR the flIl8QluI
An Important Inquiry.
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Mr.. ED1roR:--I see in looking
over the proceedings of the last
meeting of the Council, that Doctor
Hibberd has introduced, as a City
ordinance, the general tax laws Of
the State of Indiana, with a few
amendments and alterations, which
leads me to make the following in
quiry: Would it not be to the in
terests of the people of Richmond,
to request the Doctor to introduce,
as an ordinance for the city, the
Constitution of the United States
and the State of Indiana, with such
amendments and alterations, as he
might think proper and right? This
would bring the whole thing down
to the hearts of the people of Rich
mend. BUTCHER Boy.
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The sober second thought is altering
the tone OF the more respectable Of
the American newspapers on Cuban
matters. There is no abandonment
of the position that the United States
must have ample reparation for any
injuries and insult heaped upon
our citizens by the Cuban authorities,
but the wild and almost childish rage
exhibited at first has given way to a
calm and digni6ed tone that much
better becomes great journals discuss
ing q momentous question. The
most prominent of the New York dali
lies now see that time is required to
ascertain the facts about the massa-
ere Of the crew and passengers Of
the Virginius, and to permit Spain
to make the amende honorable il
she is able and disposed to do So
Even the Chicago Tribune retires
from it's silly burst of bluster, and ad.
mits that il is better to wait q week OF
20 before we make conquest Of the
Spanish dominions. ~
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For several days after the Iowa
electisn the returns were favorable to
the opposition, and the Republican
majority was finally figured down to
about 5000. On this supposed state
of facts the Democratic press jubilated
very extensively, and INDUCED in large
predictions as to the overthrow of tie
Republican party, etc. The official
returns, however, put quite different
face on the matter. The vote for G ov-
ernor and Lieutenant Governor will
not be canvassed till January; but on
Superintendent of Public Instruction
the Republican majority over all OPP
position was BITS. and on Judge Of
the Supreme Cobrtit was M,N1. True,
this is not up to the average for Iowa.
but under all the circumstances Of the
"off year." the disturbing effects OF
the Grange movement, etc., it is very
handsome majority. Those sanguine
individuals who have been specializing
on the demise of the Republican party
are about as badly mistaken lot Of
fools as can be fonnd outside of an
insane asvlum-Ind. Journal.
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but in such a manner as not to do in
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The Washington Republican of
Wednesday morning last follows a
double loaded leader on the Presi-
dents position with the following
in regard to arbitration: "The
present would be favorable op-
portnnity to reprint some OF the
editorials written in approval of the
policy of our government when it
negotiated the treaty of Washing
ton and established the principle of
peaceful arbitration for the settle.
ment of international difficulties.
The sensational journals of the day
seem to have forgotten that the
browning glory of American diplo-
macy according to their estimate
of it at the time, was the establish
ment of that principle. We do not
believe that this fergetfulness is
willful; but when we read in the
columns Of the journals to which
we refer, article upon article de-
handing war with Spain. we can
not avoid the conclusion that the
writer's thereof are accidently in
consistent. When the time comes,
and it is rapidly approaching, for
settlement with that power, we be
lieve that President CASTELAR, will
he shrewd enough to remind us Of
the precedent of Geneva. Thus
another complication will arise to
befog the situation and render it
more critical. Delay after delay
will follow, and the administration
will be held responsible for the
natural and unavoidable results;
and, unless wiser counsels prevail
than those now seem to govern, the
people will continue the wild excite
ment which has already done so
much to embarrass the government.
In the end it is probable that the
peace policy which found SO much
favor when applied to the Alabama
difficulties will become unpopular
bat it should be remembered thai
as a nation we are pledged to it
and that, with q due regard to oui
national honor, we shall be compel
led to submit to any demand that
Spain may make for it's recognition.
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- 1t is not so much the talk abou Spain
that checks the fall of gold and sends
it back one per cent, but the news
from London. Money ranging at from
eleven to thirteen per cent. on the
street, and the Bank lending with
great caution at ten, meansthat there
is danger afoat. IF continued long
enough to send home American secu-
rites, and turn the flow of gold, it
may make trouble for us-but that is
just what every one hopes will not
happen.
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The Kalamazoo Mich Telegraph.
peaking Of the Importance of more
manufacturing at the West. SAYS:

manufacturing at the West, says:
THE best solution of the transport
tation problem thus far proposed is
found in a course which tends to do
away with the necessity for transpor-
tation. The more it shall be consid-
cred by Western men the more its i'm
portance will be recognized, and the
more clearly will it be found to be
practicable. The capabilities of the
West for consuming its own products
and manufacturing it's own goods are
clearly manifest, and will steadily de-
velop as time advances. The immense
products which she now transports
hundreds and thousands of miles to
reach the consumer, because all the
production IS hers, and all the con-
sumption belongs to the East. may be
to large extent retained and consum-
ed on her own territory. Let the
West but have its own looms, spin
dies, and FORCES, as well as its corn
and wheat fields, its own floeks and
herds, and then, not only will some
important questions in political econ
omy have received their solution, but
the transportation question itself will
have lost much of its significance"
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For the Palladium.

A Proposition 10 Solve the Present
Great western ProbIem.-The Cheap.
Produce to the SeabOard.
To my mind it is clear, that the
only way to do it effectually and
completely, is to cut a canal wido
enough for two steam canal boats
of the largest size, without side
wheels, to pass in any part~cf the
canal. The canal to be from Mem
phis, Tennessee, to Charleston,
South Carolina. The distance is
about 100 miles; the same to New
Orleans, by the river. It would
pass through the northern part OF
Mississippi and Alabama, and near
the middle of Georgia, enabling
them to devote all their suitable
lands to raising cotton because they
could obtain their grain, meat, etc,
from the West cheaper than they
could raise them. Fifteen States
and Territories at least, are direct
~ interested in it, the money sure
~ could be raised to do the work
without application to Congress for
assistance. Railroads can not COM
pete with canals in carrying bulky
and heavy freight, and ours is all of
that character. Canal steamboats,
may be made to run six or seven
miles an hour, possibly more, with
out injuring the canal more than
horse moving with half tho speed.
The time from Memphis to Charles
ton would not be more than four
days. The boats could be built to
go to any of our Northern cities
without unloading, or to transfer
their freight to ships for Europe
|. in the harbor of Charleston, one oil
largest and best in the United
States. If there should be any diff
ficulty i'll raising the money to do
the work, which I think there will
not be; Senator Morton says, pro.
posals have been made by capital
lists in Holland to build three OF
four railroads from the East
to the Mississippi, get him to induce
the Hollanders to invest their mon.
ey in this canal, it will be better
stock than railroads, and for all
time to come will settle the ques
ton of cheap transportation to the
East. For nothing can be done to
compete with it, and to the West
will be of more value than dozen
railroads. It will materially bene.
fit Cairo, and besides, build up three
great cities, st. Louis, and Mem
phis and Charleston, and will also
! remove much of the ill feeling
caused by the war, by increasing
largely the intercourse between the
| West and the South. Thus uniting
our interests intimately and making
! of us one people, as we should be-
/ all Americans are nothing else
| Boats properly built might take il
|. their freight at st. Louis or Cairo
| pass through the canal and go tx
| any of the Eastern cities. Som,
new invention for propelling cana
boats by steam not yet made pub
| lie. is expected to produce that re
! sult-increase of speed withou
injury to the canal I can not see o.
imagine any insurmountable objec
ton to its being done, and of it
utility there can not be the shadoy
! of a doubt. Russia is gradual,
encroaching upon us in the market
of Europe with her wheat; las
year she furnished England wit
half of what she required, Will
we added but one fifth to her de
ficiency, on account Of the create
cost arising from our vast inlan,
! transportation. aa5 w. 0.
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The cash receipts under the vari-
GUS heads amounted to So, 408, 515.
Surveys during the same period
show total of 3O,488, 1873 acres.
Surveyed during the previous year,
29,45O,939. Increase in number Of
acres surveyed, 1,O37,194. The
total area of land in the States and
Territories is 1884, 400 acres, and
making the proper deductions, L.
218 443,605 are yet to be surveyed.
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CoNvENIENCEs.-How many conve-
niences we might make out Of little
things. and with little expense. For
example, we can get coffee sacks for
from ten to twenty cents; tack them
on the barn or some out-bu;iding. and
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p. "a H. TIT ldSG IuCCtiuS
of the Council resolution was adopt
ed, which had been introduced at the
previous meeting of the Council by
James F. Hibberd authorizing the
Mayor and City Clerk" to draw an
order on the City Treasurer for one
hundred dollars in favor of said Gas
Light and Coke Company as CON-
rRIBUrIoN to said Company for put
ting down such mains" The resolu-
ton called out quite spicy little de-
bate between the 'gas ring" and some
other members of the Council.
Mr.. Dulin of the 9th ward, said
that the laying of the mains was
private affair, gotten up in the inter-
est Of persons in West Richmond, and
he saw no reason why he should
change his vote, and therefore he
would not vote against the resolu-
tion."
Mr.. Hibberd, one of the Committee
on Gas, then rose from his seat and
said, he knew a great deal better rea-
son why the gentleman (Mr. Dulin,)
should vote against the resolution than
the one he had given. 1t was, that
Mr.. Starr (the Gas Company had as
sured him that day that she (Starr,)
would put down the mains whether
the Council appropriated the hundred
dollars or not" The Doctor then
took his seat. He somtimes takes his
seat and finishes afterwards. In this
case he was doubly entitled to take his
seat, for he had made a good point in
the argument against the resolution;
the best, in fact, made any member
Of the Council. In fact, the mains
were then laid to the bridge, and the
point was we'll taken and he knew it.
However, the Doctor, after all his
labored argument, voted for the reso-
luton, and the tax payers lost the
hundred dollars.
The Doctor is in the habit of max
ing speeches on one side of a custom
and then voting on the other, es-
pecially, when there is an appropria-
ton of money to be made. He re-
minds me of a back-woodsman when
he gets lost and can't tell which way
to 60 to camp. He stops, stands still
awhile, then turns around with a
knowing look, as much as to say,
understand it now. This is the way
to camp" but, to be sure he is right
he Immediately turns around and goes
directly the other way.
The next speech was made by the
Chairman Of the Committee on Gas.
Mr.. Conklin rose from his chair and
said: Mr.. President, there are {
great many people in Richmond who
believe Mr. Starr is swindling then
in gas, but don't believe any such {
thing, and | shall vote for the appro
priation." As the question of swim
ding was not before the Council fol
consideration, no notice was taken o
Mr.. Conklin's speech, Mr.. Conklir
will do the "Gas Company" a grea
deal of good, if he can be retained ;
few years longer on that Committee.
| Mr.. Roberts of the 5th ward, sale
in opposition to the resolution tina
there were several bridges which wer,
more dangerous to pass through on
dark night than the one on tn
Wayne County Turnpike" and refer
ed to that one above the raiiroae
bridge" which ended the discussion
and the vote was taken, and the tax
payers lost the 500 90. This is tn
way the taxpayers money goes. The
take it out of the pockets of the man
by taxation and put it in the pocket
of few friends where it will do Their
the most good"
/ VoLo.