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more forcible. The new scheme involves
sort of violation of state rights
and a step towards Capitalization.
The Senate is body in which COM
munities or states are represented, and not
the people. The little commonwealth OF
Rhode Island, with its population of
2l7,353, stands on the same footing
therein as the state of New York,
with its 4,3S2,759 inhabitants. Would
it not be contrary to the theory of our gov
eminent to introduce among these repre-
rentatives of the several STATES as political
organizations, men who would be simply
representatives of the great nation which
they compose. Certainly such an objection
would have been vsiid fifty years ago; but
according to the ideas OF the day. this
peculiarly would be enc of :he recon-
mendstions of the plans for the central gov
eminent is now an important reality in po-
Iitical life instead of q sort of abstraction,
with which no citizen ever come in contact,
save when he went to post O letter.
Practically these Presidential Senators
would not :hsve much numerical
power in the upper house; for there
arc sciuonA EAeny GA prcoAoOntS AiN1nS az any
given period. To-day there is but one. An
drew johnson of Tennessee. Daring the
terms of Lincoln and Johnson there were
only three, Fillmore, Pierce and Buchanan,
and, Judging by the past, that number
would rarely or never be exceeded. Mr.. AL
lens scheme is by no means as radical in its
character as the proposition,w which has found
favor in many quarters,to allow cabinet Off
GERS, after the manner of those in Great Brit
ain, place on the floor of the House of Rep
resentatives and voice in its deliberations.
Although suggested for an entirely different
purpose, Mr.. Aliens plan, If put into OPP
GRAFTON along with such an innovation,
would give the national government pow
erful representative element in the conduct
of affairs-perhaps too powerful one.
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La another column of the Sentinel will se
found letter addressed by exeCongress-
maa Kerrto the democracy of the third dis
trict. His utteranoes have an importance
that renders even personal discussion in
which heis interested an appropriate sub
iect for general comment. His reputation
as a man commands attention which his
position as a candidate might fail to secure
him. The tone of the letter is straightfOr-
ward and manly, and the vindcation of its
author 10 complete. He need not dread that
the people OF the state will believe him
guilty of sacrificing their interests to his
ambition or his fortune. ''The use of chsrac-
teri ssys Burke, ''is to be~a. shield against
calumny," and from his pure reputation the
slanderous imputations Of foreign agency,
subserviency 20 the mOneyed power, an6
general political hypocrisy, will fall hahn
less. It's certainly no crime to be a rich
man where wealth is honestly acquired, aud
yet there is something intensely gratifying
in she short summary which Mr.. Kerr
makes of his moderate fortune 1t Is good
to find that there are men among us who
with many opportunities and tenpt&-
lions to acquire money, devote themselves
to higher ends The declaration OF prinei-
pies which Mr.. Kerr puts forward is broad
and liberal and the record of his career is in
harmony with 1t. His statement of his
position on the finaEcislissue is perhsps that
part of the letter which will attract most
attention. He asserts with all sensible ncn
the conviction that ;mmeeiate resumption OF
specie payment Is not possible without gea-
eral disaster and distress; but it is eleafIy
implied in his tone that his hostility to the
initiation of the currency is no less decided.
Hissviews on the subjectere, however, prom
ised in future public discussion and viii
doubtless be found embodied in the maxim:
''No step backward"
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TheTesult of the coming election in this
state as affecting the control of the nation
is, of course, of the greatest importance.
Outside of the naked question of party
supremacy, the state policies of Indiana are
devoid OF the least occasion for controversy.
Unlike any other states where mischief
has crept into the state governments, there
is, probably, no man and no party possessed
of a a.grisvance to bring sgsinst the admin
istrstion of the state affairs for the last two
years. IL may be cause of secret
grief to the political -scavengers that
their services are net in demand
areEnd the state-house. but to all right
minded men it is source of unspeakable
pride that in the midst of so much official
disrepute elsewhere Indiana can speak
of good government. fairly aud
impartially administered. There may
be difference of opinion in re
gard 10 her statutes, and over the construc-
ton OF the next legislature a sharp fight
may be counted on. The political interest
of the fall elections will be directed to the
county and township governments. How
ever insignificant the reform movement
may turn out to be as related to the ticket
for state officers. as affecting those of the
cs1nties, Or portion of them, it will be no
trifling affair. Court house rings in this
state are as numerous, as influential and as
repugRant to honest men as in other places.
The people seem to be thoroughly walked up
to the fact that too nauch of their money il
spent in supporting Che county offices, and
that county legislation Is careless and extrav
agant. Loud complaints are made that the sal
aries of officers are too high and altogether
disproportioOate to the ability required and
the services rendered. To reform these
abuses the people are fully determined. 1t
is not strange TO find their zeal I'm this di-
rection running perhaps too far. In some
cases, II has been incOnsiderately proposed
to ignore the statutes ON the subject and TO
pledge candidates, if supported and elected.
TO accept q compensation different from that
prescribed by the law. In other counties the
temperance question will rise to the
dignity Of leading issue. But
the overturniDg Of county rings
which have long helds way in control of local
measures and dictated arbitrarily party pol
icies will be the feature of the campaign, so
far a. it affects the state. Reform means
change In county governments, and the
sharpest contests promise to DO of a local
character.
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Architect and ontrac..r a. Homieides

A rchifecf and ontracrsr Homiefdes
1t requires no great effort of memory to
recall score of cases, in which, within a
year or two, people have lost their lives by
the falling of bridges and buildings The
giving way of the floor of the chapel in the
Syracuse Baptist church, and the consequent
killing and manning of so many people.
once more forces upon the public mind the
consideration of the recklessness with which
human life is exposed in those very places
which are erected as its sanctuaries and
safeguards. Is there any excuse for a
bridge or a building falling? Ought the
construction of public and private
works to be of such a charac-
ter as to render life unsafe, even
at rare intervals and under exceptional
circumstances? Such questions suggest their
own answers There are buildings in the
world that are as old almost as the memory
of man, and as strong almost as the works
of nature. The simple requisites for their
construction are intelligence on the part of
architects to plan them properly and select
the appropriate material, skill and honesty
on the part OF the mechanics who build
them, and then capital on the part of the
owners to meet all necessary expenditure
It may be deemed ill-natured to assert that
American architects fail in their knowledge
of relative strength of materials, SO far as to
be unable to calculate. for floors required to
stand certain strain, yet this much may
be fairly asserted, that too many men
fall into the profession of architect without
due preparation in schools of technology,
without due practical experience, without
due apprenticeship to the details of their
business. There are too many men In the |
profession who have not been impressed
sufficiently with regard for the unchang |
of natural laws. They are required |
10 build floor to sustain a certain weight |
and proceed on the assumption that it will /
never be put to such test, and that If it is
It may hold out after all. They perpetually
axe the chances on the strength and dura-
oility of structure in order to suit the taste !
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.hs Ssntimsl.
TUESDAY, JUNE 80.

A oolored member Of the Legislature of
the District of Columbia, on the adjourn
ment OF that august body, seized upon
large feather buster, which was one of the
most eiegant properties of the forum that
had resounded to his eloquence. BE passed
the handle of the buster eown the leg of his
pantaloens, and buttoued the gorgeous
feathers up under his vest, and wrapping
the mantle of conscious rectitude over all,
departed. Doubtless many members of
Congress carried of their whitevash
brushes in the same way.
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the system of deceit and concealment, even
with the mistaken idea of serving religion
by the preservation Of silence and the sacri
fice of an innocent mans character. can not
be forgiven. 1t is time for vindication or sc-
acknowledgement In regard to this awful scan
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Cornwall, on the Hudson, has, at the pres
emit time, $500 summer guests. Among the
notables there may be mentioned Bishop
Paddock of Boston, General Farnsworth,
Judge Lawrence and Senator Ferry.
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Among the measures brought before the
present Congress. and laid over for discus
sion during the next session, one of the
most important is the Canadian Reciprocity
Treaty. The proposed policy viii meet with
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A STREET DuFI..

A THRILLING QUARREL AND ITS REsULTs-A
TERRIBLE TRADGEDY IN COOL BLOOD.
The Jackson (Tenn.) Wing and Tribune
says: On Tuesday evening last at 5 o'clock
A. J. Sellers and j. n. Patterson met by
prior arrangement in the streets of Cotton
Grove, a village eight miles east of this city,
the former armed with a double barreled
shotgun and two single-barreled pistols,
and the latter with navy six, and fought
one of the most desperate duels on record
After several shots Sellers fell, bleeding
from three painful wounds, one in the right
shoulder, another in the right temple, and
the third in the upper hip, and Patterson re-
tired with ball in his left side. The follow
ing are the facts of this bloody encounter.
as furnished us by reliable gentleman:
Patterson was living with and work.
ing for one of the Sellers. On
Saturday last he purchased new
suit of clothes, and on Sunday morning A.
j. Sellers wanted to try them on. This
Patterson objected to; but still Sellers in.
sisted that he would, and straightway went
at it. Patterson then snatched the clothing
from Sellers and remarked that no gentle
man would act in that way. This Sellers
promptly resented by inviting Patterson
out to fight him. Next morning, Monday,
Sellers seeing Patterson On the street, armed
you readye" Patterson replied, mot yet
but will be to morrow evening at O'Clock. -
Sellers remarked, "All right: I will meet
you here at that times" and went back to
his home. Patterson came to Jackson on
Monday, purchased a navy six, had it care
fully loaded, and returned to Cotton
Grove without saying anything to any body
about his intentions. The people of Cotton
Grove looked upon the whole thing as
PIECE OF BRAGGADoCIo
that would end in wind. But promptly to
the hour on Tuesday evening, Patterson and
Sellers were observed approaching each other
from opposite directions, armed as above
stated. When within about thirty yards OF
each other, both came to halt, Sellers level
ing his gun and ordering Patterson to throw
down his pistol. Patterson refused to obey,
saying that Sellers had him at disadyan-
tage, but fred on Sellers instantly with
effect. Sellers then attempted to shoot, but
both barrels of his gun snapped. Patterson
fired again. Sellers steadily advancing
having thrown down his gun and resorted
to his pistols, fired once the Shot taking effect
in Patterson's right side. Patterson again
opened rapidly, striking Sellers twice, max.
ing three in all. About this time Sellers fell
4 from loss of blood, and Patterson, couclud
| ing he had killed his man, turned and
Wdlkeu Oh, nor mas DIS place OF retreat
yet bsen discovered. Sellers has been a citi-
zen of this county for several years, i:
| 33 or "a years of age, six fee
high, weighs about l75 pounds, and is mar
of family. Patterson is a new conner, ha.
no family, is % or % years of age, six fee
high, and weighs about $50 pounds. The
facts related prove both to be desperat.
characters, and possessed of courage enough
| for a halt dozen men. Their encounter j,
one of the coolest and most desperate il
the annals of the Southwest. famous for suci
ARRAYS.
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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL TUESDAY, JUNE 8 1874.

one hundred and thirty times more than is
re Iuired. Ii-ea. Ate
At meeting of the trustees Of University
of Cincinnati, the following professors we're
appointed: Professor OF ancient languages
and comparative philology, t. d. Allen,
now tutor and acting professor of ancient
languages in Harvard University;
professor of mathematics and as
tronomy, II. T. Eddy, now assistant
professor of mathematics in Princeton,
" J. For the chair of ancient languages
there ere about forty applicants. PROFESSOR
Allen, the one chosen, after taking
thorough course of study in this country,
took degree at the university OF Leipsic,
where he was held in such high esteem Dy
Professor Curtins, that the latter embodied
Professor Aliens graduating thesis in one
of his works on philology.
In September, 1872, Henry Austin, alias
''Waddsms," was tried and convicted on a
charge of horse stealing in the Court OF
Oyer and Terminer, of Middlesex county,
New Jersey, and was senten need to the state
prison for five years. His wife was ar
rested for attempting to aid Austln's es-
cape and was sentenced to six months i'm
prisonment. Upon the expiration of her
term she had an interview with her hus-
band, and promised to remain true TO her
marriage vow until he served out his sem
tence. This she failed to do, which, coming
to Austin's ears, so disheartened him that
he committed suicide by cutting his
throat with a shoemaker's knife. On
the 23d of November the body of a wo-
man i'll clad was found by a tramp lying
near brook alongside the Pennsylvania
railroad, between Dinden and Railway. The
only clue to its identity was an envelope adj
dressed "Mr. Alexander Mcintosh, Glossop
Roads, Sheffield, England" and scrawled
on the reverse side was the name of "Maria
Elizabeth Austin" The body was inferred.
Lately a new Phase was put on the case by
the reception of a letter from Mr.. Mcintosh,
of Sheffield, by Mr.. Charles MANI, of Rah-
way. From this and other details it ap-
pears that the body was that of Mrs. Austin.
The couple belonged 10 families of the high
est responsibility near Leeds, and had
eloped to this country in 1868.
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A GUBERNAToRIAL INAUGURATION

GOVERNOR WESTON OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HIS VIEWS ON PROHIBITION AND LICENSE
THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK. p.
CONCORD, N. H, June 4.-Gov. Weston was
inaugurated to-day. In his message, which
he read to the legislature, the governor dis
cusses at some length the subject Of intern
perance, intimates his belief that entire pro-
hibition is against public sentiment and that
New Hampshire favors permission or a
license law in some form, of which he say I:
claws to be effective must be in harmony
with the public sentiment, but this princi
pie has, in a great degree been over
looked or disregarded in our legis-
lation on the subject of intemperance.
and the result has been, and is. that for the
want of proper moral support from the pub
lie generally, the laws either can not be, or
will not be enforced. Whichever of these
may be the fact, the practical result is the
same. "The total receipts from the state tax
and other sources for the past year was
s740, 062 and the expenditures S439, 491, the
excess being represented by the cash on
hand, and by the redemptian of the state
debt,
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prosequi in any of these cases, and, with "A
criminal indictments hanging over him,
there Is abundant foundation for the pre-
vaitng belief in Sandusky that the time
when he viii again set foot on the soil of
the United States is, at least, exceedingly
idehnite and uncertain. The forfeited recog-
nizance, amounting to $4,000, has not yet
been paid by bis bondsmen, Messrs. Moss
and McKelvey. A demurrer in the case has
been filed by them, which will come Up for
hearing on the 18th inst. Mr.. Sloane's
family are scattered far and wide The eldest
son is attending Harvard College, the second
son was, when last heard from, in Buffalo,
and the youngest child, yet mere babe, is
under the care of its grandmother. This
was left by the second wife, the present Mrs.
Sloane being the third. -s4ns
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A DOUBT.


II Is subtle, and weary, and wide
1t measures the world at my side;
It touches the stars and the sun; .I
1t creeps with the dew TO my feet; r
II broods on the blossoms, and none,
Because of It's brOoding are sweet,
It slides as a snake in the grass,
Whenever, wherever pass
IL Is blown to the south with the bird.
Atthe NORTH through the snow, IL Is heard
With The moon from the chaSms OF night,
IL rises fOrlorn and afraid;
III turn 10 the left or the right,
can not forget or evade;
When H. shakes at my sleep as dream,
III shudder, IL stiles my scream.
IL smiles from the cradle: Ii lies
ON the dust of the grave, and IL lies
In the winds and the waters; IL Sips
In the fiusn of the leaf to the ground;
1t troubles the kiss at my lips;
It lends to my laughter a sound:
1t MAKES of the picture but paint;
IL unha oes the brow OF the saint.
The ermine and crown of the king,
The sword of the soldier, the ring
of the bride, and the robe OF the priest,
The gods in their prisons OF stone,
The angels that sang in the east
Yea the cross of my Lord IL has known;
And wings there are none that can fly
From its shadow with me, till die.
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Two years and few days have elapsed
since my official connection with the Journal.
The time has now come for our separation,
and for me to give you my official good bye
Before doing so, however, must be permit
ted to briefly review the past. With many
of you have labored from the first with
many more only a few short months. with
others who are not now here also worked.
With you and them, my relations, with few
exceptions, have been pleasant. ever to be
cherished wherever my lot may be cast.
For more than fifty years j have
lived and labored in Indiana. i
have been fed from her fields and
drank from her springs, All my earthly
interests have been blended with hers. It
is but natural, therefore, that 1 should love
her and that should give her my best ef--
forts. Never an aspirant for any Office in
the gift of the people, I have labored during
all my manhood years for the success o
those principles which sincerely believed
to be productive Of the greatest good to the
greatest number. With these feelings per-
vading my nature when the transfer of prop
erty was made two years ago, and was
forced, by the favor of the
then stockholders into the charge
of the business interests and
the general policy of the paper, i was not
insensible of the responsibility assumed.
For the labor did not care; to that was
not stranger. But how best the Journal
might be eleYsted to the highest point Of
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THE CADDY,
HOW THE YOUNG CADETS APPEARED-soMI
OF THE EXERCISES.

HOW THE YOUNG CADETS APPEARRD-soME
OF THE EXERCISES.
A Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Times gives this account CT the class
of young sailors at the Annapolis Naval
Academy: Yesterday was gala day at
the naval academy at Annapolis, over the
exercises of the graduation of the class of
1874. The bright weather of Yesterday
brought large numbers of the friends of the
cadets by rail and boat from various sections
OF the country, and by the hour for COM
mencing the exercises, hundreds were gath :
cred around the main stand. The band
ct the academy, numbering 40 pieces,
soon appeared at the lower end of the
grounds, followed by eight companies of
the cadets in white and blue undress uniform,
bearing rifles. under command of LieuteD.
ant Commander Coffin. They marched
to the grand stand in the
middle of the grounds, which was
handsomely decorated, and upon which
were soon seated Secretary Robson and
the academy, mis- staff, and the board of Wis.,
itors, and large number of ladies and gen.
tlemen. After an intermission OF
three fourths of an hour. the cadets
were marched to the chapel without arms.
Shortly after the chapel services, the boys
appeared upon the parade grOunQ unuer
arms, assing the grand stand in dress pa
rade, forming en- escort to the graduating
class, who were without arms. A three-sided
hollow square was formed in front, the bat
talon presented arms, and then came to a
rest, when Secretary Robson delivered a
brief address touching their duties as officers,
and presented the diplomas to the cadet
midshipmen. The following are those for
the West: John w. Stewart, Illinois; Mat
thew @. Reynolds, Missouri; Brady A.
Fiske, Ohio; William q. Whitfield, Arkan-
sas; Lyman Ames, Michigan; Edward c..
Fuller, Ohio. '
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There was a material decrease in the
importation OF manufactured and manu-
featured tobacco in the last four months.
says the Liverpool Post, compared with the
same period in the preceding year. In the
last four months the value of unmanu-
featured was e407, 772, against SAG, 97S in the
same period OF 1873, and manufactured and
snuff e43O, 342, against $3.50, l47 in the present
year.
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Governor Kellogg will send commission
ers to Washington to urge national aid IN
rebuilding the leyess Of the Mississippi
river.