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The Indiana State sentinel., 1874-09-22

rageouS nlisinformatiOn, our people should
take no further notice of it than TO see that
the proper representations are made imme-
diately to the president. This is no lawless
mob, no rabble. 1t is the uprising of the
whole people, the commercial bushes
and professional elements as well as
the laboring and industrial. The kellogg
government is without even the shadow of
power or authority, and we would be base
and pusillanimous to confess its existence
for one instant. Let our people maintain
their present attitude, and If our strength
and dignity do not secure respect and
recognition, let the rule over us be military,
pure and simple. Let us disperse at no die
tum. IL would be wrong, and foolish, and
cowardly to do so. We believe that when
President Grant knows the truth he will ap-
prove OF what we have done.
SUMMING IT ALL UP,
this has been a remarkable uprising. 1t has
been conducted with great discretion, the
leaders having kept their forces well under
control. No property rights have been
violated that were not regarded strictly
necessary. Not colored man has been
killed to my knowledge, who was not in
the ranks of the Metropolitans. No one has
been lynched. Sergt. Vankirk, OF the
police, who was once captured and released
on parole, but returned to the
Metropolitan ranks, was again cap
with the idea of hanging him to a tree in
Lafayette Square, in front of Gen. Ogden's
headquarters. The general came out and
made speech, advising that no acts of vio-
lence be committed, and that the men dis
perse to their homes. They accordingly re-
leased the sergeant, whose face was pale as a
ghost. The street cars placed across the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-10

measure finally agreed upon by Congress be
tween conflicting interests and opposing theories
While we recognize In the greeabacks and Ma
tonal Bank notes circulating medium far su-
perior to any paper currency heretofore existing
in the United States. saving as !, does the peo-
pie. directly and indirectly, many millions of
dollars annually over the old State bank system
IN exchange aud discounts, we demand that IN
all financial legislation Congress shall keep
steadily in view the resumption of specie pay
cable the promises 10 pay of the Government
may be equivalent in coin In like amounts
throughout the commercial world. We believe
that banking, under welguarded national sys-
tem should be free, the volume and locality of
issues being regulated by the business law of de-
mand- and we denouncc reputation In every
form or degree, holding the pledged faith of tho
Rcpnblfc sacred and inyiolable IN both letter and
spirit.
We would not forget the claim of the colored
people of the South to the nations fostering care
and protection. Wrested from their masters
coutrol, with freedom conferred upon them by
the Government MS q war measure, and in aid ~
the Union cause; given the elective franchise az
means. not alone OF protection to themselves,
but of protection to the nation, 1t is now the high
duty of the Government, nom which 1t cannot
shrink without mourning and deserving the exc
Grafton of mankind for all time, to protect them
in the rights and privileges of their enforced citi-
zenshp. Their ignorance Is not their fault Err
rors of theory and mistakes IN conduct are but
the legitimate fruits Of their former cnslaved
condition. The Government assumed the re-
sponsibity for the evils resulting FROM these
when ii clothed them with the full rights and
privileges of citizens. We appeal to the Nation
al Government, as the good name and fair name
in their human and political rights, and In their
persons, properly and homes and to provide Tor
aud secure them In the enjoyment of all educa-
tional advantages and privileges.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-10

"A Providence urcbin applied at the
Central Station the other day for ticket
to the poor children's excursion of the
Christian Association. lie was asked il
he was IA Christian and promptly said he
was. "Arc you an honest boyy" :" Yes,
sirl' The phrenologist Of the force
lifted the lads la, TO examine his bump
of conscientiousness when out. fell
ticket for tire excursion.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-10

-" Are there any fools in this town
asked a stranger of newsboy. " don't
know" replied the boy; why are you
lonesome!"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-10

Plymouth Church brooklyn was
packed on the evening of the
2Sth to listen to the report of the Beecher
Investigating Committee, which was read,
in substance as follows:
The New York herald., 1874-04-17
The Ovcrflowing Mfssfssfppi.

The food in the Lower Mississippi grows
hourly more and more alarming. Within
the past week the Ohio has been steadily and
rapidly rising. So also has the Cumberland,
which, on Monday last, had risen twenty-four
feet above the mark Of the previous week.
The immense freshets in these two water
courses would, without further rainfall, have
occasioned dangerous inundation, as they
converged near Cairo and thence southwark
But on Tuesday night very heavy rains fell
over Tennessee, Kentucky and the Lower
Ohio Valley, and these, we may predict, will
make the great river enormously larger from
Cairo towards New Orleans.
The deluge-threatened districts have had
week or ten days forewarning from the
weather bulletins and predictions. But we
fear it will require larger levee-repairing
forces, more systematically and skilfuily
handled than any now organized, to save the
alluvial lands of the Mississippi from exten-
sive overflow. A similar inundaton of the
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

In the House of Commons last night Sir
Stafford Northcote, Mr.. Disraeli's Chancellor
of the Exchequer, submitted the annual
budget. 1t is satisfactory exhibit and reveals
the increasing prosperity of the British Empire.
The revenue for the year which ended March
81, 1874, amounted to seventy-seven million
three hundred and thirty-fve thousand
pounds. The expenditure for the same
year amounted to seventy-six million
four hundred and fifty-six thousand
pounds. This expenditure, it will be
seen, included the Geneva award, but not the
cost of the Ashantee war. For the year end
ing March 81, 1875, it is estimated that the
revenue will amount to seventy-seven mil
lion nine hundred and ninety-fve thousand
pounds. For the same year the expenditure
is estimated at seventy-two million five hun
dred and three thousand pounds. surplus
is thus counted upon amounting to five mil
lion four hundred and ninety-two thousand
pounds. The figures are virtually Mr.,
Gladstone's. This hoped for surplus
enables the government to be gener-
ous. One penny is to be taken off the
income tax. The sugar duties are to be
abolished. 1t is proposed to create additional
terminable annuities to the amount of four
hundred and fifty thousand pounds; and a
plan is submitted by which in ten years the
national debt will be reduced by seven mill
ions. Mr.. Lowe at once gave his approval Of
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

Tensas bottom in 1850 caused destruction b
the estimated amount of $1,000, 900, and sucl
a disaster now win be sorely felt
In view of such losses, to which this fertil
valley is every year exposed, it seems strang
that more effective levee provision has not beer
made. The area of alluvial land under cul
tivation from Cape Girardeau to Red River i
said to be about seven million acres, and ths
area below Red River at least one million
Each acre is capable of producing one bali
of cotton annually, and, hence, the annua
product of this vast cultivable region may bt
valued at from four to five hundred million
of dollars. This sum is risked every year fu
want Of better leveeing, which the ablest army
engineers, in 1861, computed would not cos
over seventeen million dollars. The inter
state economy which these facts sugges
ought to be at once considered and acted upol
by the States interested in rescuing so mag
nifcent domain from the annual ravages d
the food. With the outlay of few millioni
the Mississippi might be kept within its banks
or short enlarged high water outlets NIGH
be cut connecting it at Lake Providence will
the Tensas Bayou and the Black River.
The opening of such foodgates and th,
perfecting of the levees, with the present sys
tenn OF tri-daily river reports and food warn
ings, issued from Washington, would b,
worth, annually, ten times the total cost.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17
Recognition Of Cuban Belligerency

/, Senator Carpenters resolution calling for
the recognition of Cuban belligerency de-
serves special attention from the Congress of
the United States. It is now well nigh six
years since the people Of Cuba rose in arms
against hateful rule, and during
that period they have gallantly sus-
tanned the struggle for independence
against all odds. Public opinion
has time and again spoken in favor of the
recognition of Cuban independence, but the
mysterious power that rules Congress from
the lobbies has always interposed veto to
the popular will. Before the President had
fallen into the hands Of selfish politicians he
was in favor of manly and self-respecting
policy with regard to Spain; but latterly the
mysterious power that influences Congress
in favor Of Spain seems to have made General
Grant forget the advice Of true men like
Rawlins to hearken to the sophistry Of the pro-
Spanish party. Only few months past the
Washington government allowed itself to be
snubbed and the sovereign right of the ma
tional flag to be trampled on under the pre-
tence of aiding republicanism in Spain. Now,
when military dictatorship has been
established mainly through the gold and in
fuence of the Cuban shareholders. the
attitude of the Washington government is
not less friendly than when CASTELAR, ruled
at M1drid. The war carried on by Spain
in Cuba will end, as oil her wdrs in
America have ended, by the final withdrawal
of the Spanish forcea Had Spain the power
to suppress the insurrection it would
long since have been suppressed; but,
so far from this being the case,
the power and influence of the insurgents
grow stronger every day. If they were
allowed to supply themselves freely with
arms and ammunition the end of the conflict
would not be remote. The interests Of human
The New York herald., 1874-04-17
Dockery Sentenced to Death.

Such is the news telegraphed from Key
West, Fla. Startling and painful as this
announcement is, it will hardly surprise any
one. For any American citizen to be charged
with communicating with the Cuban insur-
gents, for whatever purpose, is tantamount to
a conviction and sentence to the severest PEN
atty by the brutal Spanish authorities in Cuba.
Dockery, who was at one time collector in
Florida, and, therefore, presumably an Amer
ican citizen, was arrested on the charge that
he had come from the interior and had been
communicating with the insurgents The
American Consul at Nuevitas was arrested, too,
on the ground that Dockery had told him of
his journey to the interior; but the Consul
was released We have not the particulars of
the charge against Dockery. If they are
ever given they will be, no doubt colored in
true Spanish STYLE to make the offence appear
highly criminal. Trials in Cuba are one
sided and go all one way, particularly when
American citizens are the victims and when
their cases appear to have any reference to the
escape from death our own correspondent
had for merely seeking information for the
public within the insurgent lines. Had he
been executed the Spaniards would have made
the most damaging charges false though they
would have been, of completely with the
Cubans. It is as likely that poor Dockerys
character, action or motives may have been
blackened to justify the bloody and atrocious
conduct of the Spaniards in his case. In no
other country called civilized would death be
pronounced upon such charge or Consul
arrested on such fimsy pretext. Had the
Consul been the representative of the British
government he would not have been arrested,
and if Dockery had been British subject it is
not likely the Spanish authorities would have
proceeded to such extremities The Spaniards
know we'll that the American government does
not protect its citizens, and mock at its puerile
and reiterated protests. 1t is the old and
often repeated story of outrages upon Ameri-
can citizens, and there will, perhaps, be the
same talk about investigation, which will end
in nothing. The motto 'Let us have peace"
is carried out fully; but it is alas the peace
Of national humiliation. When Dockery is
dead explanations will be made, probably, and
placed on file in the State Department, to be
heard of no more.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

INDIAN CONVERSIONS IN CALIFoRNIA.-A let
ter has been received by the President from
Mr.. Bateman, agent of the Round Valley
reservation, California, an extract from
ing, giving an encouraging and hopeful ac-
count of the Indians in that section. A re-
vival has broken out among the red people
and large numbers of them are being admitted
to the Church. We shall be glad to hear that
the good work goes on and prospers.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

demands of navigation. So far as possible
One line should be . safe-conduct or q convoy
for another. It should be made matter
Of penalty for any ocean steamers to go
beyond these lines except in stress of weather.
More than all, it would be wise for our in
surance companies in taking risks upon
passenger steamers, to impose for
feiture in the event of this rule being broken.
We must surround navigation with every safe
guard The equipment Of all vessels, espe-
cially in the matter of engines and Ifeboats,
should be conscientiously considered. We
fear the boilers and propelling screws and
sidewheels of outgoing vessels ore only NOM
inally examined When we reflect upon what
may result from the breaking of screw or
wheel in mid-ocean, when we think of the
number of lives dependent upon the honest
construction of machinery, we see the awful
importance of the inspection of every seagoing
vessel before its voyage There is scarcely
week in which We do not see ship come
crawling and painting into port in
a helpless condition. Sordid owners
send their vessels to sea trusting to
chance to reach other coasts If the
ships go down all material losses are covered
by insurance. AS to the loss Of mere men be-
fore the mast it is only an imperceptible ad-
dition to the death rate, for Chance is o
good master even in crossing the ocean, and
we find him sailing many vessels. But better
masters than Chance are Care and Discipline.
Trv3ct in, L.
but at the same time look to keel and sail and
take care of the pumps Our fault in America,
and in England likewise, is that we leave
navigation to the unchecked control of mer-
chants and shipping companies. They care
only for freights in winter and pantry COM
forts in summer. Accordingly we constantly
incur those risks which destroyed SO many
lives on the Arctic and threatened the loss of
SO many on the Europe and the Amerique.
Let the great maritime nations therefore
come together and revise the whole system of
sea navigation. Let there be an agreement
in the matter Of steam lanes Immediately.
This can be arranged in an hour with q pair
of compasses and map. Let us have o con-
vention deciding the equipment of vessels,
their freights and passenger accommodations,
and anticipating as far as possible every danger
Of the sea. In time we may may make sea
travel so safe that there will be no disasters
but what are really unavoidable accidents.
As yet we have never made q serious effort to
control the sea, and calamities are continually
occurring which arise not from the ordinary
dangers Of the ocean, but from an imperfect
system of navigation.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

TIE CENTENNIAL print elsewhere an
eloquent appeal from John Welsh, of Phila-
delphia, the chairman of ''The Centennial
Board of Finance" This document sets forth
clearly the present condition of the movement
in favor of o centennial celebration of Ameri-
can independence in Philadelphia on July 4,
1875 This is o subject which largely interests
our neighbors and friends in Philadelphia,
and we are glad to see that the public spirited
citizens of that patriotic city show so much
zeal and resolution in their work. Nothing
would be more gratifying to the citizens of
New York, and, we are sure, to those Of every
other city in the Union, than celebration
that would fttingly commemorate the virtues
and courage Of the revered men who pro-
claimed liberty in Independence Hail. and at
the same time show what progress the Re
public has made in century of national ex-
jstenoa
The New York herald., 1874-04-17
NEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY APRIL H. l874-TR1pLE SHEET

ity demand that the struggle be brought, as
soon as possible, to q close, and the best way
to do this is to acknowledge Cuban bellig-
erency. The Spaniards might then recog-
nize the hopelessness Of their efforts to con-
quer the island, and consent to make peace
on such terms as would be profitable and
honorable to them.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

the main features of the budget; resolution
was Immediately passed in favor of the aboii-
ton of the sugar duties, and Thursday next
was fixed for the discussion of the budget In
detail Mr.. Disraeli is to be congratulated on
the skill which he has shown and on the sue
cess which so far has attended his present
term of power. The British people are to be
Congratulated on the financial prosperity OF
the Empire
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

RECONSTRUCTION IN ARKANSAS. Arkansas
there is another republican monstrosity. That
State, like nearly all the others, was recon-
structed not on any sound political principles,
but merely with view to putting into the
great offices men who would increase the pub
lie revenues and divert them from proper
public purposes into the pockets of distin-
guished and influential republicans. In the
prosecution of this simple programme quar-
rel arose between the important instruments
and one of the parties to the quarrel put up an
honest man for Governor and somehow got
him into Office But the honest man has
proved an obstacle, so the parties to the quar-
rel have made up their differences and in
combination have managed to get out Baxter
and put in Brooks but the two sides are in
arms face to face, and the final result is not
clear.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

EARL RUSSELL ON THE RAMPAGE Yesterday
evening Earl Russell, in the House of Lords
gave notice of his intention to demand from
the government the documents containing the
correspondence with the governments of Ger
many, France, Russia and Austria relative to
the maintenance of the peace; copies of the
instructions sent to Sir Edward Thornton, the
British Minister at Washington, relative to
the Oregon boundary, and an account of the
compensation made by the United States for
the damage done by the Fenian raid Does
his lordship mean to impeach Mr. Gladstone?
The New York herald., 1874-04-17
TIE ORANGE CHURCH SAVED PROM THR
HAMMER

st. Johns (Roman Catnolicl church, Orange
N j., has been saved from the Sherin's hammer. ~
the creditors have accepted the $4,000 cash
offered them by Bishop C0rrlgan.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

From our reports this morning the probabilities
are that the ueather to-day ,ciH be cloudy, rih
some rain.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17
SUPREME COURT CALENDAR.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, April 16 1874
The following Is the Calendar OF the General Term
Of the Supreme Court for tomorrow (Friday)
April T-Nos- 131, 1872, 134. 1885, 1877, ~, Ecs, la
147, lao, 154. 100, l6l, 163 and lo3X.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17
OIyMPIC THEATRE,

Is CONwAy's BROOKLYN THEATRE.
Wsshi ton street near Fulton street, brookfyn.-
CONNIE SOOGA H. at r NJ closes at II r N. Mr.. and
Mrs Barney Williams
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

ACADEMY or MUSIC,
Irving place, corner OF Fourteenth street-Grand
0pera-THE MAGIC FLUTE, ut I. ~. closes at IL r..
n. Mlln lima di Murska.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

COLOSSEUM,
Broadway, corner OF Thirty-hf street-PARIS BY
MOONLIGHT, at r. NJ. closes at r. NJ. Same at 7 r
M; closes at 10 r. NJ
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

BRYANT'S OPERA HOUSE,
Twenty third street Sixth avenue.-NEGRO MIN
STKELSY, &c., at 8 r. NJ. closes at 10 r. NJ.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

B0wERY THEATRE,
@ywery-THE LITTLE DETECTIVE and VARIETY
Begins at p. NJ. closes at II ?. N
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

METROPOLITAN THEATRE,
no 5S5 Broadway. VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT, q
has r. NJ. closes at III 30 p NJ
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

OLYMPIC THEATRE,
Broadway, between Houston ard Beecker strseu-
VAUDEVILLE and NOVELTY ENTEkTAlNMENi, "
7:A5 P. N. closes at 10 As T. N.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

Volume xxx. IX.......................No Mo. 107
ADJUSTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACADEMY OF MUSIC. 60,
tsn tSpsrs-T&E asSic % FLUTE at r NJ; closes at IL r
n. NM lima di Murska-
QRs. coNwAy's BROOKLYN THEATRE,
cosS{E soosHa es. nsf Mr. and
Mrs Barney Williams
OLYMPIC THEATRE,
SSrosadTsH pswssn nna So%EY T At
z:AsP. NJ. closes at 10 a5 r NJ
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
A. 1a al Mr. and Mrs. Florence
BROADWAY THEATRE.
5TaPTa AT M5ME a Closes at Ii NJ
G. l. Fox.
BOOTHS THEATRE
sth avenue corner Of rwsntythrd streee-zif' At
.os cg as Rhak EaFA1RE
X H.; closes 1 at il 2 n Fanny Foster
ErEs Ess,Di and yAFEIy
.. sETRog95ITAS A2y rHEATRE, 5S44gE, INVENT .,
q, O. = = NJ. Dtlossas,Pa ciases as 10 IS Pm ~ ~
NIBLO's GARDEN,
At fnss sssss snd IS IT. Mr. ran
Aayo
LYcEUM THEATRE.
aally. ats T. NJ closes at II r. NJ
WOODS MUSEUM
Erosqway corner Of Thiresh street.THE ESv HIDpEN
PAY OLD DEBTS at P. NJ; closes at 10 80 r. NJ. Mr..
And Mrs Is. l. Davenport
PARK THEATRE
1NCE' ats T. NJ. closes at ii r NJ Charles Fechter.
GERMANIA THEATRE,
Gof SS5tsfn a fs % co.ss Dsar a. lTTns
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
lcademy of hnsic Grand General Rehearsal, at 80
DALy's FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE
Twenty s,Se'a Street and Broad%ay-M
Dyas, Miss Fanny Davenport. Mr. Fisher, Mr.. Clark
n ., p.o.,,w, THEATRE SosI92gE 1sxrsr .
r. H. closes at 10 30 p. NJ
wALLACK's THEATRE,
Broadway and thirteenth street-THE VETERAN, Mt
+ NJ. closes at ii P. NJ. Mr.. Lester Wallack Miss
Jcfreys Lewis
=, TONY PASTORS oPERA HOUSE,
M; closes at Ii p NJ. Matneeat 2 NJ.
BRYANT's OPERA HOUSE,
Twenty third street, Sixth avenue.-NEGRO MIN
eTkELSY, 6c., at r NJ; closes at 10 r. NJ
COLOSSEUM
Broadway corner OF Thirty fifth street-PARIS BY
MOONLIGHT, at r. NJ; closes at p. Nj. Same at T.
M; closes at 10 2. NJ.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE,
Oposte City Hail. Brooklyn-LA MARJOLAINE, at
n. NJ. closes at II T. u. Fanny Foster.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17
BROADWAY THEATR

GRAND UPERA +,
EaGAth avenue and Twenty third street-EILEEN OGE
atg NJ; closes at II p. NJ Mr.. and Mrs Florence.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17


Broadway, between Prince and Houston streets-DAVy
sRoCKETI at r. NJ. closes at 10 81 +. NJ. Mr. Frank
Aayo
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE,
No. 2O Bowery-VARIErY ENTERTAINMENT, at p.
M closes at II Z. NJ. Matineeat r. II.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

BOOTH'S THEATRE,
Sixth avenue corner of Twenty-third street-ZIP, q,
P. N. closes at 10 :45 p. NJ Louta.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

broadway opposite Washington prGce.-HUMPTY
DUMPTY AT HOME, &c. at s +. M closes at II r. NJ
L. Eay
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

PARK THEATRE,
broadway and Twenty-second street-LOvE'S PEN
ANCE at r. NJ. closes at II p NJ. Charles Fechter.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

wALLACK'S THEATRE,
Broadway and Thirteenth street-THE VETERAN, at 5
I. M; closes at II P. NJ. Mr. Lester Wallack, Miss
.IcffreYs Lewis
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

LYCEUM THEATRE,
yourteenth street Sixth avenue-Grand Partisan
aoly, at p NJ. closes at II p. NJ.
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

WOODS MUSEUM,
Broadway. corner of Thrticth street-THE HIDDEN
BAND. at p. NJ closes ut 4 30 p. NJ. NEW WAY TO
PAY OLD DEBTS at 8 p NJ closes at 10 80 r. NJ Mr..
And Mrs E. L. Davenport
The New York herald., 1874-04-17

THE ATRE COMIQUE
No 5l4 Broadway.-VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT at 8
r. III. closes at 10 80 r. NJ.