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IAN Opinion m is an Opinion"
. The folloviag ,pexagraph is going
the rounds e the daily papers,
arfofessor Blnchard of hea-
! ton CoIege nnpis, has eneered
upoa as6rusnde aGAinst Freemason-
nv. lie closes MS lectures with
the assertion that the Institution
is irreligious and immoral, and that
no good man ever has been or ever
could be o Freemason-' If we
consider the Professor responsible
for his rawlings, We should ask IN
what category he would place such
~-AIaspns as washington, la nyette,
Franklin, Joseph Warren, and
Chief Justice Marshall Bat those
; who know the man regard him as
insane, and we VIII not tease him
with conundrums- F;eszi +f-.Hg-.
When the Anti Masonic frenzy
WAS at its height, one of the firmeet
supporters and boldest defenders
of the Institution in Massachusetts,
was the Rev. Father Taylor, who
ministered SO long at the Seamen .
& Bethel In Boston, and whom we
had been accustomed to regard
as q s.good man" until we read
Professor Bhnchard's conclusion.
Brother Taylor had in that day q
great many poor lunatics like Pro-
lessor Blanchard to deal with, and
sometimes his patience gave ont.
On one occasion in particular. when
he was called upon to lead in
prayer in the Grand Lodge, he
spoke right out in meeting" In
his loud and earnest tone, he prayed
that the Almighty would make
the hearts of the enemies Of Free.
masonry as soft as their heads.'
We fear it would hardly be Chris
tian to invoke such . judgement
upon poor Blanchard 80 = - g.
Z Another Bunsby, in the January
number of Harper s Monthly. gives
his version OF the Morgan affair
and, with the most amusing gravity,
informs us that 1'his'' Morgan 81
disappearance and the odium con
segment upon it stigmatized Mason
ry, 50 that it lay for a long time
moribund, and although revived in
latter years, cannot hope to regain
its old importance" XEs aogp 7e.s
> "Moribund" is q good word.
Webster says it is ''rare.'' It is
certainly rare joke to say of Free
masonry in these days that it is in
q dying state. In consideration of
the facts that the increase in mem
bership throughout the United
States during the last year was
abont thirteen thousand five hun
dred, and that the present number
is five Hundred thousand, We do
not think there is any immediate
danger of q funeral. y. - la-lt -
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And when it is all over, and
our feet will run no more, and our
hands are helpless, and we have
scarcely strength to murnur a last
prayer, then we shall see that in
stead of needing larger field, VIC
have left untitled many corners of
our single acre, and that none of it
is fit for our Masters eye, were it
not for, the softning shadow of the
Cross. -..... h.. F.,
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Archbishon pnrcan .

Archbishop Purcell and Rabh;
Wise OF Cincinnati, have taken pub-
lie ground against the vcman'a ter..
peranee nsovemens, both being OF the
opinion that the moderate use Of stim-
ulants is not, in itself, sin or crime.
and that, at all events. Il can not be-
prevented, The Archbishop declares
that he is IN favor ..of imposing a.
heavy fne, or license, ON the vendcr.
Of wines and liquors as they can bear,
and of inexorzbH closing, by all the
penalties known 10 the law, the vile
bar rooms where bad liquor is sold. !"
It is getting into the churches. Tho
sexton OF baptist church in Troy
has walked 81 with two thousand dol
lars of the pew rents, -. g
"Menorpoets" is the new name for
persons who write but one bit of verse
and then die. This isn't the kind of
poet that sends pieces to the papers.
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HarGaee 'swanss ~ Agasn -
We skim the following off of the
SURFACE, which We sPd IL last Fri
days Telegram: RR
I'VE observe that g a brtls beise
made by certain clipelee head
is Senator Merton aud whose tail Is
Bill Holloway, to foist Jerry Wilson
on the Republicans of this district
z again as their candidate for Congress.
The case is a very plain one. Senator
Morton helped to kill Jerry by taking
charge Of his appointmsnts in this
district, and by tacitly encouraging
him To vote fOf the safafy teal Now
he very naturally feels under obliga-
tious fo-us his influence "a keep his
plant dupe in Congress- - = zkzasl
We have only this to say to Mes
srs. Morton, Holloway 4 Co.: Ii. they
want to elect w. S.HOlman, who will
be the Democrnticy candidaks, to Con-
Z gross from this district, they have only
: to secure the pominatiOns of Jerry
} Wilson, as the Republican, candidate.
I There are enough Republicans in this
county alone, who will not vote for
jerry Wilson under any circum-
stances, 70 wipe out the entire Repub-
lican majority in the district.Hnioh i
Nov, I'VE have only this 10 ssay'i in
reply to the shove mess Of balderdash
from Mr.. Surface, that "thosgh HK
spoke with the tongue of angels, and
had a record as clear as that of George
Washington, the fact that he" de-
handed and received Two HUNDRED
AND Fifty Dot Il AIRS, as an induce
ment to support this same Jerry Will
son, AFrEB he WAS fairly nominated
IA the Republican candidate for Con-
gress, and after he had abused. and
traduesd him in the manner he did
aprier to that nosnination through this
same s''TslegYam," is quite sufficient
for every AOnest man rad fair-minded
Rcpablicas, to properly estimate the
real and true yaiuc Of that editor S
opinion Of Murtoa, n Holloway, & CO.
Jerry Wilson, 81 any other man He
has has MS price! d sigai. .-o.llW .zlE '
D Surfaces "feeler," this time, is sim
liar to the one be so successfully put
in operation before, and he renlinds
ms Of the anecdste told Of . Iious old
German. who had the preacher to 60
10 his house and baptise his family Of
fifteen children. After getting through
the ceremony, As he thought, and was
about taking his leave, the old gentle
man remarked that, come to think Of
it, his eldest son Honicc" ought to
be baptised, and he called him from
the barn. where he was engaged
thrashing out wheat with fail The
preacher stood in the doorway. and as
j ohm emerged from the, bara--a six
'footter. weighing in the neighborhood
of go pounds.-he inquired of the
sire, with some astonishment in his
tone: as it possible that you never
had John baptised ?p "Oh yesn, said
he. sven Honice. was SO pig (meas-
uring off about two feet with his hand
from the fioor) / had him paptised;
but he wants it again. like dnnder
and blitzen!" Surface wants that $3.50
again, don't he? sa -reeb ssseE8
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STATE of LNDIANA,)
49,

STATE of INDIANA,O
Wayne County. tssi ia plfs
Before Enos Thomas Justice ofthe Peaeo.
I'm and for Wayne townsiiip, in 1aid eounly.
Charles Phinney VS.. Hiram Roush.
The defendant In The above entitled cause
u hereby nouasd .tbat @p,se1se s6sb day Of
April, 1874, Mt the Clerk 3 ONCE Of the city
OF Lhnop In thu county OF Alien, and STATE
Of Ohio, between tie hours Of . O'Clock n.
~ and O'Clock r, NJ, OF said day, before
the plaintiff will proceed 70 take The depO-
sitions OF witnesses, TO he used In evidence
on the trial OF said cause, and will, II neces-
until said dispositions are com pbeted.
Dated this 18th day II March. l7l.
& A. Il. YOUNG,
l-3w Attorney for Plaintiff.
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From the indianapolis Union.
Moral SuasfOm.

s1 You may remember what a howl
was raised by tho saloonists against
the O Baxter law, immediately after
its passage through the Legislature,
and how constantly that howl has
been kept up ever since. It was a
terrible blow, in their estimation at
the liberties of the country, and
threatened the very existence of
the Republic. They admitted
drunkenness to be a great evil"
but "the Baxter law was not the
right remedy for it-force would
never do-moral sllasion was the
remedy. t".Freemen," said they,
q sscou1d be led. but not driven to
quit getting drunk, and saloonists
would never submit to be forced to
stop selling liquor" They have
waged a terrible warfare against
the Baxter law, and have actually
deferred many of the officers from
attempting its enforcement Poll
ticians stand aghast, and poor Bax-
ter has been cursed out of his boots
But Just as they were about to
grasp the coveted victory, another
power rises up in tie land - It is
not armed with swords and bayo-
nets It is not physical force or
C oven legal force. But It is the in
evitable es'moral suasion,'' which
was to be, according to their own
admissions, q panacea for the great
evil, and it en,anates from the
women They come, begging men
with tears and prayers to do them
selves and their neighbors no hurt.
But this don't suit the saloonists.
There is too much '1moral suasion,"
They didn't expect u perfect deluge
Of the remedy prescribed by the M
selves. They just wanted q little
of it, and that to be administered
by their own sex They could laugh
them to scorn- But the moral
suasion of the women is SO very
immodest! It is absolutely shame
full for ladies to go about persuad-
ing men to do better: and then,
getting down upon their knees and
praying God to help them in the
work in which they are engaged, is
mtolerable. This moral suasion
is becoming dangerous. It has
already caused many to quit the
traffic who we're thought to be in
vincible. Why, it is worse than
the Baxter law. II hurta II s-
II They won't let the women vote,
and don't half pay them for their
work and now they would deprive
them Of the poor privilege Of weep
ing over the wickedness which so
often brushes the Life blood from
their hearts, and would gag them
10 preSent their entreaties for the
reformation of drunkards, and their
pfayers to God for help - aE =
80 Do what you win in opposition to
this traffic, and it is an outrage
upon their rights, according 70 their
code of morals But the worst of
all is the policy which is most effic-
lent in diminishing their profits.
The let alone policy suits them best
They are rs hard to suit in that
matter, as Ian Webster, when q
boy, was about his scythe. And
now, having said this much, I must
be permitted to illnstrate by telling
the anecdote. DAN vent With his
hther into the mellow to NOV.
Dan 8 scythe didn't hang right he
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THE PALLADIUM.
rasllsl,eei every saturday. >. q 50 Per year.
4 gain do we commence another


Again do We commence announcer
voinme OF the PALLADIUM Iaere
IS no necessity LOT us 20 Indicate sne
course we expect 70 take IN the III
ture' Tor the past, IN our cave u sat
hciently married. renewing that
the kepubilcan party, that brought
us safely. WtR Gods guidance, out
OF a terrible conflict thae enanci
pated rsce ~ salt sancsens sor
good and BENIN pen.ncent results e 20 our o'fr
country we "l4 Always De iound
bathing Tor ITS principles and up
holding its standard sbearersEa We
shall, as long as strength is eivsn
us, feeble though msy De the enofs
stand by the RIGHT a. God gives
us 70 see the righf, and II rascah
" and corruption creep INTO TIE
good old party, We shall stay with
IL, and assist IN purifying it-tnus
applying the corrective, WITHIN our
own hnes- 3a5ido a.. 81
we nave not taken 1Holy orders
TO preach Temperance; but our
laymans trumpet On that sub
Ject, Shall never give an uncertain,
sound We are heart and soul en-
listed IN the war against King Al
cohoi' and we b'd the women Of oar
l"nd' Tod'speed IN sheaf Efforts
TO DANISH the drunkard inapuf4c
turing business frpm the earth,
whose fruits have beansso pervees4
.ea 10 curse humanity with 70 mach
ongh' III" woe -, - - ssr..si,
10 our irieIids' VINO nave susl
'aineo us iof Perlod Of tnHsy-
e'gh1 years. we Ithank Imam. AND
assure them we snsd 20 carry ont
the value received idea, IN each
paper furnished them. ~,
10 all our readers those who
nave promptly pad us as well as
those who have been eAFdy IN Tins
first great duty, we send greeting;
and hope the first will not fail in
l.. L. Ssx-.f II
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fss sCrFY CLERKS OUysrn \
RICHMOND, WAYNE CouNrY, Iup..
II February =, lisa
ME-. Mary II. King, Mna r. J. King ana
others interested, whose nAynes arS 111
known, take notice, that at O'Clock A. n.
on the sd day Of March, 1874, mt said Ofloe
In said city, the Commissioners Of said city
will meet and proceed TO spprafse and -
sssss the damages and benefits accfWfng "a
the owner OF my land or I04 along Wanos-
fngton street, between Main and Walnut
streets, by BUsgea Of making sabf styok1
wider and l0Wor1ne the grade Is inches ~
the crossing of said Washington and WAL
nut streets Pr. KIRN, City Clerk.
NOTCE To TAXI DER00lTlOUO.
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ExECUroR.s NOTICE.

Letters TestameRtaFy ON the last Will or
William Lacey, late Of New Garden town.
ceased, have this day been granted to the
nnderxigned, by the Wayne Circuit Court OF
saad ceonty. All parsons having claims
only proved, In the Clerk s once OF said
county within one year frvm this pubiic~-
l-Sw THOMAS M. LACY, Execufor.
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sfsTha Secretary If TIE Treasury has
dScided that D. vessel of fereisn ma
8: - < fbSs ssdes ..s. T. !.
IS casried cosbt-vvise, ana DISCHARGED
n tie UnfSed Seates, = renders itseif
subesssss - psv1sad # Jhel fses and
tounses &reaMzkeA AytAe aeeisf Feb
fnsky Is, 1873. section &and 1zh he
aniyipted only undss H. conditions
q SAak 49, tart ed rasisss vEsaa .
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Jones says he always makes up his
mind regarding the value of a horse
BY the abundance, length and beauty
Of his tail, for it's q well-attested fact
that "all's we'll that ends we'll.
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John 1. Understood left for Chi
chgo Tuesday night 20 enter on his
duties as Postal Railway ageAs
between Chicago and Cincinnati
This appointment viii NOT interfere
with his many oocupa6ons at issAd
as he will be here every other week
to attend to Cambridge
Tribune. xswscF Zlff99S1 lE5 ST
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EXECUrORp SALE.

The undersigned, executor Of the last win
OF Susan IL. Edmondson, late Of WAYNE
county. deceased, hereby offers 1t private
sale the following described real estate IN
Wayne county State of Indiana, beiOnwin0
70 the estate OF snid testatrix, to-wft. The
Ioilowin& part OF the northwest Quayter q
section twenty seven In, tow nahip four
teen tlf), range one lp west, described ~
follows: BEGINNING At . point In the section
line xz.0a rods south OF the northwest corner
OF said section; thence south AGO ruslU:
thence south So east 3A.4 rods, 10 the mid.
die OF the Richmond and HiIisbSro turn.
pike; thence north 49, east, along the mil.
die Of said pike II g rods, to the southeast
corner Of Ann Chandeliers land; thencss
north Ga west u - rods; thence north
23l4 east 6.42 reds; thence north 7al1o. west
~. 10 rods, to the place OF beginning.
Terms of Sale-One-third cash, the bal i.
ance in nine and eighteen months, with
six per cent interest nom date, payable am
nusliy, and secured by notes and nOStensw
on the premises.
a. WM. b. EDMOND6ON,
LEWIS ID. SrUBRs. Atty. Executor.
1-Aw--pr. fee SO SO
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STATE OF Isp1AsA.l..

STATk Of IND1ASA,} 60.
Wayne County,
v.e6S.re En,x r1,ounae, Justice Of the Peace
In ana tor Wayne Township, In Wayne
County.
William A. Psnlson, ss. J. A. Moore, At
tachmenf and Garnishment
: r. : ...oye named defendant il hereby mo-
.,a.g maj on The Attn day u December.
III issued writ Of attachment, and
.I~D 4 writ of garnisiaHseDt IN the above en-
sffIesI cause, and that the hearing Of said
cause Is set for II O'Clock, q. M, ON The 5tiA
day OF May, ls74.
ESOS THOMAS, j. r. :.
= b. Young, Atty. l-sw
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In consequence Of the death OF
Sumner, both Houses adjourned,
on the 18th, until after the funeral.
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From the Cincinnati Gazette.

The war against the evils OF drunk
enness in the United States, has gone
on unabated, though in varied forms,
and with varying success for the last
forty years. Much has been gained
during this period. and certainly much
has been changed. Many of the
changes in the situation are due to the
large growth of our German popula-
ton They have fine merit of having
substituted to great extent the drink
ing of beer and of light wines for the
drinking of whisky; they have, on the,
other hand, INSTRUCTED all movements
toward total abstineneessers even to
ward the abolition of public houses.
BY their united front in favor of per-
.onal freedom, aud of their home
customs, aud by being imperyieus to
all the sentimental appliances OF the
churches aud of the Temperance lodges
They are encouraged in their hostility
to temperance laws, and in their
naughty rebake Of moral suasion.'
by many native politicians, who tell
them that no. matter how deleterious
wine, beer, or whisky may be to,
Americans and Irish, it does not hurt
the Gernaas; that they know how 10
enjoy it moderately. and that they are
better for it. 80 go r.
4 Being myself . native of the Ger
man empire, Iwiah to say Anew words
toward the correction of this mistaken
notion, and hone that, directly or in.
directly, they may reach the eyes of 4
great many Of my countrymen.
In the FIRST place, I wish TO point
ont that the men of German birth in
tie Jynited Sfstas do not occupy the
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i, Three weeks ago last Friday Mr..
Fillmore was prostrated' by the dis
ease that has finally taken, him from
/ US. Although his recovery, from the
6rst, was regarded as something hard
ly to be hoped for. the intelligence Of
his death tails with no less saddening
j, effect upon the community. o y5uafo5
h On Thursday, February Is, he ex-
perieneed. q second attack Of paralysis,
and although he rallied for q time, he
was not, as after the first attack, able
3 10 walk about the house, but took to
. his bed, from which heswas never
, again to arise. dt39 DniIaadIol wan
81 Mr. Fillmore commenced sinking
On Saturday afternoon, and VAS very
restless through the night. He con-
tinued to fail during the day, yester-i
day, though at eight o'clock last even
J ing he was still conscious, and swai-
= lowed some liquid food Atthat hour
q he was able to articulatc, and said the
/, food tasted good. Ian hour lafer he
bad lost the power of speech, aud was
thenceforward unconscious Hes0on
pass passed sa,. peacefully away, Without .
Il There were present AZ the bedside,
when death came, Mr.. Cyrus Fillmore
of Indians-a brOthef. who arrived
yesterdAy-Mrs. Fillmore; athe SON Of
Mr.. ~: r FiHmoee, the family ply
stefan DIR. James r. While, and the
usual attendants: - a., r
u Mr.. Fillmore throughout nearly the
{ whole of his lite w1s almost entirely
exempt from sickness- -the result Of
hls sbstemlonsE habits and strict OBJ
servanee ofthe laws OF healtla. short
" after his removal to Buffalo he ex-
perienced bilious attack, from which
however, he speedily recovered. For,
over forty years thereafter he never
took . dose 'of medicine! His hrst
pill Was taken about year and hah
ago, and according to the statement e
. physician, ne manifested rs much
antlpathy and objection thereto a.
would child on being compelled to
swallow dose OF anything particular
siy disagreeable IN the shape OF medi-
cine. e lA,.'@ g -
>. SD. Personally y iliii.s &C =
Willard Fillmore was the very ioo.r-l
nation Of an American eeat2eman.I
Uniformly most courteous and aaable,
tho e.u,,ef rssrcyos III a -. ,ronaoD-b
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Two fires st New Ozleesa yssasss
day destroyed PDpsxtg 70 ~
amount OF $56,06e. NJ vs4-s anfs
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The editor of a Texas paper &C
knowledges the receipt Of two beau
tiful Indian scalps- E 1..is2 . =
sd The Indians have inventeda new
process of scalping, and not even q
bald headed man is safe. - 80,
Chicago is bound 10 Guido Phil
adelphia By getting up q ten cent
ANIMAL instead of a centennial
There are over fourteen and o
half millions of children OF the
school age in this country. 4e
{ A man named Vowel Was muir.
dered in cold blood in Tennessee,
Last week. Glad il was neither o
nor ]. +. s af5 aFfsa = zsisf 9
Female Exquisste-'sQuite . nice
bah at Mira NilleAear's, wasn't it.
Male ditto-s.Indeed, really most
quite" @ g
; "a gentleman Of jackson, Team,
has preserved IN alcohol Q bed
bug which was caught in Q bed thst
General Jackson slept n.
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ss1Fw 81 ssk hnR ~ = 9aaFas
yirssls ass4 asa sCsss
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the situation IS entirely changed. the
revenue is increasing, expenses have
been reduced, estimates cut down and
all prospects of deficit is removed
The first of December the Secretary
If the Treasury estimated the total
revenue for the year ending July 1,
1873, at $271 ,304 80. It is now con-
ceded by the Treasury Department
that it will probably reach 1888. 900. :
600, and that the expenditures for the
current year, can not well exceed
S2S5, 600 900. During the months of
January and February, all the 6nan-
cial signs were encouraging. In Janu-
airy the reduction of the debt was ST.
1921, against an increase in Janu-
ary Of last of $406. 600, which is bet
ter statement for this year BY $780,
08O- In February the expenditures
were less than for the same month
last year, and the reduction Of the
public debt was $500, 600. an amount
greater than the demand upon the
Treasury for the sinking fund. It is
apparent, therefore, that the finances
of the country. SO far from being 10
desperate condition, are steadily I'M
proving. and that the national treas
ury is much more likely to show q
surplus than a deficit at the end of the
year. Congress has already accom-,
plished much In the way of practical
retrenchment, and will. We have no
doubt, accomplish still more i
will be wonderful indeed, and fernish
a striking proof of our elasticity -
a people, if We shall come ont Of the
very Jaws, as it were. Of the late crush
ing panic, not only without decrease
of revenue, or an increase Of debt,
but with an actual increase
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tdACS tWcHty SIdSSCS u cAHIIcIdIe
also takes the better part of a mans
lifetime to absorb the gladdening bev-
erage.
~ Aside from all this the Germans
suffer from liquor in their social and
political standing. They have, to a
great extent. formed themselves into
a political party, of which the brew
ers. Wholesale liquor dealers. and sa-
loon keepers are the re-, leade and
which has only one plank in its plat
form: Free drinking on Sunday as
we'll as week days. Now. however
honorable the profession of brewing
or liquor selling may be. it can hardly
be maintained that those engaged in
it are safe or proper leaders of a party,
or of great class of our population.
1t has come so far that whenever or
wherever an effort is made in this
country. to combat or TO mitigate some
moral evil, the want of cooperation,
nay, the resistance of the Germans as
a body is taken for granted at the be-
ginning.
l wish it were otherwise. / wish
some influential, earnest, eloquent,
German born American would stand
forth among his brethren, and, with
words of fire, arouse them to the duty
which they owe to themselves and TO
the country they live in. Such a man
may convince them that intemperance
in America has to be fought and op-
posed with American weapons, and
that If the German born disapprove Of
these weapons. it behooves them rafh-
er to bring forth their own chosen
arms and WELD them In the war against
the common enemy, than to make
themselves the champions Of alcohol,
on the pretense of disliking the meth
DDS Of the friends Of temperance.