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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-05-06

The rumor of the acquittal or Mrs.
Nancy E. Clem, noticed in last week s
Palladium, proves true Judge Pal
mer, Of the Boone Circuit Court, de-
tails the reasons assigned by the Pros
ecuting Attorney, on which the MOL L E
PRosEoUI was granted, as follows:
1.-The Prosecuting Attorney asks
leave to enter nolle prosequi. He
assigns as reason for this motion that
the witnesses for the prosecution are
scattered, three being in California,
one in Texas, one in Michigan, one in
New York, one in Chicago, and one
dead; that several of these are very
important witnesses; that the case can
not be made without the testimony Of
all, or nearly all of these witnesses;
that Marion county, the county in
which this case arose, and from which
it came here on change of venue. re-
fuses to furnish means for the further
prosecution of the cause; that the Gov
ernor has no money at his disposal;
that the witnesses cannot be obtained
without means to bear their travelling
and other expenses; that Messrs,
Harrison and Dye, the attorneys who
have heretofore prosecuted the case,
and the only attorneys who are COM
petent. from their acquaint1nce with
the cause, to prosecute it successfully,
will not now aid in the prosecution;
that under these circumstances, the
case can not be made, and trial would
be little better than farce.
The Journals reporter has been in
terviewing some Of the Judges at the
capital, and we copy Judges Test and
Chapman views concerning the case
of Mrs. Glen.
Judge Test says: The case ought
to have been prosecuted. The Court
had right to appoint additional eoun-
sci to aid the States Attorney, and to
order an allowance for the payment of
expenses of witnesses called by the
State, and to compel the payment of
such allowances by the county of
Marion.
Judge Chapman says: It was dis
graceful proceeding to nolle pros.
case upon which two convictions had
been made by jury trial. A fit ending
of the farce would be public recep-
ton to Mrs Glenn, and a grand ban
quet TO the County Commissioners.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-05-06
THE BAXTER BILL.


QuOr - an ImtOx1cAte0 keerSOm.
Judge Buskirk, of the Supreme
Court, yesterday delivered an opinion
in the case of tile appeal of Jerry Far
rell vs., the State of Indiana, from
Hamilton T.. c., in which case, in the
lower court. the appellant was fined
for selling. liquor to an intoxicated
person. The judgment below was re-
yersed The opinion applies the same
rule Of eonStruetion to that section of
the Baxter Bill which imposes a PEN
atty for selling liquor to an habitually
Intoxicated person, as was applied to
the law of 1859 in regard to selling
liquor to minors Ii the State proved
that the defendant, from his personal
acquaintance with the party applying
tor liquor. knowledge of his habits,
or from the indications apparent when
the man asked for the drink, was
possessed of sufficient facts to make
the subject one Of inquiry, then the
case Eas made out But if the defen-
dant could show that from lack of
knowledge of these conditions he sold
foe liquor in good faith. he was not
liable to prosecution from the sale. In
the case appealed, there was no evil
dence addnced by the State to show
that the defendant was so possessed of
these facts, and the Judgment is there
fore reversed
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-05-06

Among the attractions which call
thousands of tourists to the California
SIerras the superb trout fishing that
the lakes and streams afford may be
considered the chiefcst. The crystal
lakes and foaming brooks OF these ele-
waited regions fairly TEEN with luscious
trout. lftaese waters were properly
protected they would furnish the
rarest enjoyment to American tourists
for ages. Unfortunately the lakes are
being depleted by the acts of unprin-
cipled men to whom the prospect of
personal gain is an excuse for any
outrage. The method adopted by
these pot-hunters is as follows: A
small cartridge charged with giant
powder. to which is attached water
proof fuse, is suspended from the end
of a long pole. The fuse is lighted and
the cartridge lowered into the water
to depth of about four feet. The
smoke from the burning fuse, forming
into smoke bubbles. rises to the sur
face, attracting the attention of the fish.
The strange package and the pretty,
harmless bubbles seem to possess a
peculiar fascinating power over the
shy and needless fish. From every
direction they come, from the tiny
troutlet wiggle and half long to the
powerful. we'll proportioned speckled
monarch of the brook The fire soon
reaches the powder, and the muffled
roar of the explosion is heard As
soon as the scething waters become
calm, space of thirty or forty feet in
area is seen to be white with the up
turned bodies of the fish which have
been destroyed One discharge has
been known to kill 10000 fish. Two
or three bushels of them may be large
enough to carry away, but the num-
berless little ones, too small to eat,
float away untouched, and for hours
the water is covered with their lifeless
bodies, looking like foam flakes.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-05-06
The Financial Covunro,~,.~

The compromise measure pronosed
by Blaine and other Eastern mem hers
in the House, is for free banking. with
the retirement of 81 .e00. eco of green
backs for every - ,o00, 600 of national
bank notes issued; to fix the amount
OF greenbacks at $eSS2, 600. 900; to abol-
lsh the bank reserves on circulation;
~ authorize the conversion of green
backs into four aud half per cent.
thirty year bond, to begin on the first
Of January, 1878; the greenbacks con-
verted TO be paid out again in the pur-
chase of fse-twenty bonds. The
measure admits of much greater ex-
pansion than the vetoed bill. Senator
Morton Is anxious TO prevent bitter
aeoate and preserve the harmony of
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-05-06

:. Extract nom the Eu,ess pronoanced in
by Congressman Rots.rt {. Elliott lsnioredl'
Ut South Carolina.
Charles Sumner, in his mortal
limitations, Was an American: more
narrowly, he was Massachusetts
nan; more narrowly still, he was a
White man but to day what nation
shall claim him, what State shall
appropriate him, what race boast
him. He was the fair consummcte
flower of humanity. He was the
fruit of the ages, He was the child
of the past and the promise of
the future. The whole world,
could it know its relations, would
mourn his departure, and mankind
everywhere would join in his hon
ors But, fellow. citizens, il any
fraction of humanity may claim q
peculiar right to do honor TO the
memory of this common benefactor
of the world, surely it is the colored
race in these United States. To
other men his services may seem
only vast accession of strength to
q cause already moving with steady
and assured advance; to us, to the
colored race, he is and ever will be
the great leader in political life,
whose ponderous and incessant
blows battered down the walls of
our prison house, and whose strong
hand led ms forth to the sunlight of
freedom. do not seek to apropri-
ate him to my race; but I do feel.
to day. that my race might ain os.
bid the race to which by blood he
belonged, to stand aside while we,
to whose welfare his life was so
completely given, advance to do
grateful honor to him who was our
CRATE benefactor and friend.
Once only in ali this splendid and
faithful career did Charles Sumner
part company with the great mass
of friends of freedom, and on this
he needs no silence. Differing, as
could not but differ, from his
judgement in the last national cam
paign, l point to it to day, as one
of the highest proofs of his utter
devotion 10 the call of duty. Still
was he true. utterly true. To his
convictions, to the commanding
voice of conscience. He had been
faithful in defeat: conld he be faith
f,ll in successl Draw no veil Of
silence over this passage, but write
it high on his monument that, in
old age, when the weary frame
longed for repose. he could brace
himself for the conflict in: which
nearly all the friends of lifetime
stood arrayed against him.
.Npthing Is here for tears, nothing 10 wall
OR knock the breast, no weakness, 70 con-
tempt,
Dispraise or blame; nothing bui we'll and
fair"
TO have lived such life were
glory enough. Success was not
needed to perfect its star bright,
immortal beauty. But success
came. What amazing contrasts
did his life witness!
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-05-06

The ('OIOrea Cilf zens DG Rich snossSa.
Grace Greenwood's Rtchtuond Letter to n.
Y. Times
The old men and women, reared
under the stern dicipline OF the
patriarchial system, retain in their
manner the old time civility, tri
fle too obsequious and depreciating
still, but somewhat more agreeable
than the defiant independence and
jolly familiarity of certain repre-
sentativcs of young Africa, intoxi
Gated with freedom and the fran
chise.
Yet 1t Is wonderful that this peo.
pie, thrust out SO suddenly from
the "dim obscure" of dense igncr-
ance and the narrow bounds Of ire
sponsible serfdom into the binding
sunlight OF liberty-turned loose in
Gods great world-it is most
wonderful tkat they should walk as
c:rcumspe city, and bear themselves
as peaceably, as they do. It is
wonderful that any of them are in
dustrious, after life Of slavery has
disgusted them with labor, and SO
Der alter their Intoxicating trans.
formation from chattelt. into men.
What a marvellous, almost miracu.
lous, change the present condition
of things must seem to any old Vir.
ginia negro, who, remembering the
auction block, the slave pen, the
slave hunt, the crack of the over
seer's whip, sees his sons and his
grandsons in the schools, at the
polls in the jury box, in tho Legis
lature. He must live in a perpetual
state lf asioaishment, like to that
of simple hearted. old family ser
want in Kentucky, who, one summer
day, came to his mistress with a
startling piece Of intelligence in re-
gard to his little garden patch.
sMissus, you member dem dar
watermillion seeds you CAB me to
plants'
''Yes, Uncle; what about themt'
"Why, fore hebben, Missus,
dey's all come up citizensr (cit-
rons.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-05-06

a gentleman in Lafayette being
asked ITO take a drink" declined, but
said, IT no objections were made, he
would take = loaf of bread for his.
ahe party went to bakery, the treat
er boughta ten cent loaf Of bread,
nad 1t done uD, and his friend took it
nome- The loaf was afterward sent
70 . needy family.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-05-06
A Woman Village.

The long talked of woman's commu-
nifty within the limits of the town of
Woburn, twelve miles from Boston,
was actually begun last month, by the
raising of the frame of the first build
ing. In this community all the land
is to be owned bv women; and, so far
as the management of the affairs of
the village is concerned, woman suf-
frage is to prevail to the utter politi-
cal disqualification of men. The men,
bers of the community are obliged to
assent to constitution which is to
govern it, but further than this they
are not restrained; except, that they
are expected to attend, at least once a
week, upon the uncertain religious
service to be held This village is to
be called Aurora. Each house is to
have its garden. The main reliance
for moneyed success is to be on cor
porative schemes. One of these is the
establishment of a laundry where full
facilities are to be afforded for doing
work ON large scale, and competing
with the famous Troy laundries. Men
are not to be excluded from the village,
nor from some ownership OF property,
nor from the opportunity of work; but
widows and maiden ladies will likely
be regarded as preferable to married
women, even though the husband be
only a kind of inferior adjutant to the
woman.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-05-06
THE RIVER OF DEATH.

DarkIy the waters roll,
And pass with suIlen roar;
And they surge and eddy, and awe the
soul
That must pass to the other shore
Murky the waves appear,
And angry the flowing tide,
nj the so,,l way-weary, Is thrilled with
fear,
but must pass to the other land.
into the seething foam
The weary soul must go;
But oh! what a wonderful change has come
That calmeth the waters so?
Jesus, the Savior, spoke
To the wild waves: "Pease, be still"
And the waves into harmless r1pples
broke, ~
Becalmed by the Masters will.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-05-06


A manufactory of croquet sets has
been put in operation at Mishawaka.
The Valparaiso pin factory turns
out 1000, 900 pins a day.
There is prospect of the removal
of the safe factory at Akron, Ohio, to
Terre Haute.
A new paper, the Rural Indianian,
is prophesied from Lafayette 1t is to
be Granger organ.
The town of Bnurbon il st. JOSEPH s
county, has abolished the dispensers
of the liquid article.
South Bend is possessed of All more
school children than it had last
year.
Farmers Club No. 2, of Goshen,
have passed resolutions denying the
right of any committee of the farmers
clubs in the county to make nomina-
tions for county officers.
c. W. Stuart, Spiritualist of Vim
cennes, has challenged the Rev Mr..
Turner, of the same city, to joint
discussion of the differances between
them. Mr.. Turner has not respon-
ded
John Nipper, of Pittsburg, Carroll
county, went out few days ago to
shoot cat. but stepping on a loose
plank, fell. and discharged his revol-
yer into his own head.
The people of Kokomo are to vote
at the May elections on the proposal
to donate $5, 600 to establish in that
city a mandatory of slaves and
headings, employing from forty to
eighty hands.
Foreign frc insurance companies
received In the State $4S1 ,S93 above
all losses, and foreign life companies
received 1926, $50 above their losses
the past year.
A curious bird was killed at Man
vile few days since 1t was little
longer than a crow, with claws like
that bird. ltwas lead color, and had
three long, slim feathers in its head.
A farmer named Grey, of Switzer-
land County, attempted recently to en-
ter the residence of Mrs Mitchell af-
ter the family had retired. A little boy
13 years old perforated the rascal with
q xell-directed charge Of buck shot
A man named House. in Crawford
County. was too shifflees to put curb
around his we'll, and had the pleasure
Of fishing ont of it the dead body of his
daughter few days ago.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-05-06

It would appear, from q review
of the receipts of Ford's new thea
ter in Washington during the first
year, that the most paying perfol m
ance was that of the Strakosch
opera, which realized IS, 800 In two
nights, next comes Salyini, $4,000
for two nights OF the weekly en-
gagements, jefferson stands at the
head, 96, 900; Oveus comes next.
$500; then Clara Morris, "a, 500,
Lydia Thompson &5, 900. and LottA
35, 100 The smallest receipts were
from 6toddart, e1,600. OF the two
weeks engagements, Sothern stands
1t the had, with 910, 1000; Jansus-
check next with -, coo; and Mrs.
Oates "a, 600.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-05-06

The following named gentlemen
had their pockets picked st the
show, On To 21st instant: jake
Garrett 925; John SchOlL 81;
John FAINT olE, Thonas Mnnoer.
&25; william MeCe6ry, $40; John
Culversoa, 9140.-ConnersviJle Ex
smineg. 4n
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-05-06

Nos. l, 2, aud run Daily to and from
Cincinnati. Nos. I and Daily between
Xeuia and Dayton. All other Trains Daily,
except Sunday. +. II. MYERS,
Gen1 Passenger and Ticket Agent
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-31
An Infamous Crime.

1t becomes our painful duty to chronicle
again, this week, a crime that has struck
with horror and aroused the indignation of
every citizen in the parish of iberia. We
allude to the malicious burning of Mr..
James FOurmy's store, situated on the plan
tatiOn of AgricOle Grevemberg, near the
village of Jeanerette. A friend has favored
us with some of the particulars of this sad
and monstrous calamity.
1t seems that on the night OF the twenty
first instant some unknown parties. not vet
arrested, conceived and carried into execu-
ton the Internal idea of destroying the
store of Mr.. Fourmy by the means Of fire.
At late hour when all nature was buried
in the stiffness of night, these miserable
wretches surrounded the store, nailed every
door and window of the building to prev ent
the escape of Mr.. Fourmv, who slept inside,
and when in their opinion all was made Sc
cure, and all danger of discovery of their
crime rendered impossible, they applied the
fatal torch, and in less than half an hour,
the hard earnings of several years inces-
SAINT toll and labor were reduced to ashes.
Mr.. Fourmv, awakened by the unnatural
heat of the fire, had the miraculous presence
of mind to seize an Ak, with which he sue
ceeded in effecting his escape unhurt and
without injury. We extend to Mr.. Fourmy
our heartfelt sympathy, and do hope that
the vile perpetrators of this crime will soon
fall into the hands of justice, and receive
the severest punishment known to the law.
Mr.. FOurmy's loss is estimated at $4,000;
$3.50, together with all of Mr.. Fourmy's
clothes, were consumed by the flames
BraShear Enterprise.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-31
Brilliant success.

1t is permitted to few men or companies
to achieve acknowledged superiority in any
important position or business The present
generation has witnessed stupendous rival
ry in several branches of industry, and
notably the sewing machine business. Amid
multitude of competitors, steadily and
surely the Wheeler & Wilson Company
held their way from the beginning, upon
fixed and honorable principles. Long since
their leading position in America was estab-
lished. Abroad, at London, in 1862, they
won the highest premiums; at Paris, in
1867, they distanced eighty-two competitors
and were awarded the highest premium, the
only gold medal Tor sewing machines ex-
hibted; and lastly, amid unparalleled com
petition, followed the splendid trumphs at
Vienna, noted in our advertising columns.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-31
Odd Fellows, Hail.

The fair for the benefit of st. Patrick g
Church was well attended last night.
Although just comenced, the enthusiasm
already displayed proves that this fair will
be the most successful of the season. The
voting contests are already becoming ex-
citing, the friends Of the various contest
ants canvassing freely and voting early and
often. OF course it is impossible to give
anything more than a guess as to the state
of the polls when che voting closed last
night. The indications are that the con-
test for the horse and buggy, between his
honor Mayor Witt and District Attorney
John McPhelin, will be remarkably close.
The fair continues tonight and throughout
the eusIipU week
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-31
State Board of Education.

The board met yesterday pursuant to ad-
journment.
William G. Brown, P. NJ Will
liams, E. S. Stoddard, George B. Loud,
James Brewster, Charles w. Heating,
Charles w. BoOthby.
The minutes of .he previous meeting were
read and approved.
Upon the suggestion of the president, the
board took up the consideration of amend
ments to the school law.
On motion of Superintendent Keatirg,
the president and Superintendents Boothby
and Stoddard were appointed committee
to consider bill No. l23 (House OF Repre-
sentatives), introduced by Hon. NJ. Hahn,
with instructions to report their views and
amendments desired to the House Commit.
tee on Education.
Superintendent Stoddard offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resoired, That in consideration of the
failure to act on the part of the school
board of Grant parish, the attention of the
superintendent of the fourth division be in
vited to section five of act No. Of 1871.
On motion of Superintendent Loud, the
board adjourned to Monday, February 2,
at 10 A. M.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-31
NEW YORK.
Cheap Transportation Association.

Cheap Transportation Association.
NEW York, January 3O-At the annual
meeting of the New York Cheap Transpor-
tation Association yesterday, b. H. Baker
was elected president. A resolution was
adopted protesting against the increase by
the Legislature Of the capitatiOn tax on i'm
migrants arriving here.
The committee on terminal facilities re-
ported in favor of the improvement of the
dock and warehouse system, together with
the means for the transfer of merchandise
80 as to place New York on a par with other
cities in these respects, and place importers
and exporters ON an equal footing
The committee on railroad transporta-
tion reported tavorably on the projected
peoples freight railroad from Ne y York to
the Missouri river.
Habeas Corpus.
Edward Lange, sentenced to one years
imprisonment, a short time ago, for con-
verting the mail bags to his own use, was
taken to Washington tonight on a writ of
habeas corpus from the United States Su-
preme Court, where the legality of the SEN
tence will he tested.
How the W0rkinRmen Havo Scared the
Police.
The police arrangements for the mass
meeting in Cooper Institute, tonight, aro
elaborate. The Superintendent is to COM
mand in person.
The central and ward detectives and fifty
patrolmen will be in attendance in civili-
ans dress, and the reserves of all the sta
tions will be held in readiness.
Strike Of Cigar Makers.
Two hundred cigar makers struck for olj
wages.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-31

NEW ORLEANS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 81 1874

There were two contested elections in that
district, and the other case should stand on
precisely the same footing as the one re-
ported. If Mr.. Fernandez were elected, so
was his colleague.
Mr.. Young, of COncOrdia, in the chair.
Mr.. Gair, of East Feliciana, said he could
not vote to adopt the report because no
evidence had been submitted. There was
nothing before the House to show that there
had been an election even. There were no
affidavits and no returns. If there is va
cancy the Governor can cause an election
70 be held in five days. There was nothing
to show that tho law had been complied
with. The Legislature is law making
body, but it must be governed by law, and
if it is not SO governed it will lose the re-
spect Of the people. 1t has been said the
ward is Republican, but how do members
know it when no evidence has been sub
mitted The journals Of the House show
large number of bad precedents-prece-
dents which had no parallel in any legis-
lative body. Under the oppression of the
previous question members had voted yea
without knowing what they we're doing.
These advocates Of the seating of this gen.
tleman do not present either evidence or
argument. They do not meet the ISSUE
Outrageous measures like these are not be-
coming in parliamentary body. If they
desire to seat this gentleman let them pro-
ceed according to law and precedent. Give
us time to consider the case, evidence to
maintain it and arguments to support it. If
the law has been complied with and this
gentleman unfairly dealt with, then give us
an opportunity to do justice to him.
On motion of Mr.. Demas, of St. John the
Baptist, the House adjourned to Monday at
twelve o'clock.