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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06
Senafarial SDeculatiOns.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Jan. 3.-The
Hotels and boarding houses are I'LL
ing mn with members of the Legisla
tnre and strangers. The Hon. Joseph
3. Mcdonald will have his headguar-
tiers at the Bates House. while Voor-
bees will be at the Occidental. The
new member of Congress-elect from
the Fourth District will be Holman s
manager. authorized to press his name
if the chances seem favorable. His
rooms are in the Occidental. The
lobby members, as far as heard from,
are loud for Mcdonald. a good por-
ton of them being Local politicians.
Voorhees, will be here by Tuesday.
A caucus will lie held early. If posi-
BILE. as every one is anxious to get the
vexed question disposed of. The
Democrats do not expect the two In
dependent Democratic Senators to go
into the caucus with them, but expect
their votes. which will give the Dem
ocrats control of the body.
The Hon. William S. Holman spent
two or three days in the city last week,
looking over the Senatorial field. The
proposition was talked over to have
him run for Governor against General
Ben Harrison in 1876, believing that
he was the only Democrat in the State
that could beat the grandson of Old
Tippecamoe. If Mr.. Holman axes
successful race for Governor, he is to
be elected Senator to succeed Morton.
This proposition came from the Nc
Donald men. and some reports have it
that Holman accepted it; but on the
other han,l it is confidently stated
that Holman will allow the presenta-
ton of his name to the caucus, and
has become convinced that he ian run
in between Mcdonald and Voorhees,.
As matter of interest the count of "a
we'll posted politician is given to the
effect that VOORHEES, will lead Nc
Donald eight votes on the first ballot
in the caucus. Strenuous exertions
are making by the Indianapolis ring
to decry the strength Of VOORHEES,, but
it is whistling to keep up courage His
strength has alarmed the hard money
managers here
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06


rs In connection with compulsory
education" the Indianapolis Senti.
mel blends the following sensible
and practical remarks on the ben
efits of compulsory labor, as pun
ishment for vagrancy and drunken
ness:
There is a great deal said lately
about compulsory education, the
standard argument being the good
of the State, the suppression of
mischief, and prevention of crime.
Now, there is no better remedy
known among mankind for vagran-
cy, discomfort, vice and crime than
good, square, honest labor. If,
therefore, it is proposed for the
public veal to- take children out of
parental control into the hands of
the State, and arbitrarily send them
to school, why it is not equally with
in the scope of government to take
the grown up Migrants. dead beats.
and loafers, and compel them to
work The streets are full of vag-
abonds who beg or steal their
living rather than work. The police
Justices of New York City, who
have the best chances to know the
character and habits of the great
class which require an expensive
force to take care of them, report
in favor of taking the beggars and
tramps off the street and compell-
ing them to work and earn their
living. They say that at the prisons
there IS no provision for working
more than half the short term
convicts They get into jail and
are fed while lying around in idle
ness, which just suits them This
fact increases vagrancy. If that
class found the consequences of
arrest a pretty long term of con
finement and hard work, they would
prefer to seek employment for
themselves. Hard work is a healthy
penalty, there is nothing in it
inconsistent with the best good of
the whole man. If the penalty for
getting drunk we're to saw cord
of dry hickory wood, the effect
would be better than fine. Com
pulsory labor should come at the
same time as compulsory education
and for like reasons.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06

The new finance bill will probably
come up in the House on Thursday,
and the general belief s-that it will
pass without material amendment, as
it passed the Senate Some will sup
port the bill on its merits, others be-
cause they believe it the best that can
be done now, and others still because
it will virtually remove the financial
question from politics for some time
to come, since the Senate will he COM
mitted to this measure, and whatever
changes the House may undergo, the
Senate cannot possibly be revolution
lied under four years.
A new view of the effect of the
measure is started by some Western
members, and looks plausible, namely,
that it will materially contract the
national bank note circulation, with a
view to releasing the bonds deposited
for circulation, and so avoiding the
loss thereon likely to be caused by the
shrinkage incident to resumption
policy. 1t is certain that as green
backs rise the premium on bonds will
decline, and this declension may be so
great as to make it an object for the
national banks to reduce their deposit
of bonds to the lowest practicable fig
ure, by reducing their circulation.
This would accelerate the apprecia-
ton of paper currency, and hasten the
day of resumption.-Jou rnal.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06
Burning Of the COSpatrick.

The burning of this emegrant ship,
on the 18th of November last, only
the ,neagre outlines of the terrible
reality are given in the scanty in
formation which has reached the
realm of letters and probably the
filling up of the details will be
lett forever to the imagination Of
the thoughtful. Think of it.
There we're 427 passengers, but they
were not the children of wealth,
the luxurious tourists and orna-
ments of polite society, like the
victims of the Vile du Havre. Not
many jeweled hands were uplifted
in despairing cries and prayers.
Only three of the 427 were cabin
passengers, all the rest were
storage. But they loved life, they
loved each other. For there were
entire families, father, mother, and
all the children, big and little.
They were going together to seek
a living for each other and them
selves in new and strange cliines.
Most of the number were laborers,
who, driven out of employment
under the aboninable tyranny of
strikes in England. wei in pursuit
of a new field of labor, where the
father could be permitted to use
the hands which God gave him in
gathering food for his wife and
babies. SO there on the burning
boat were the embracings, the
farewells and the leaping with the
full vigor of life into the grave
hand in hand; the babe dashed to
the mothers bosom, brothers and
sisters, fathers and sons, all, all
together swallowed up in the re,
morseless sea. Of nearly 500
persons on board, but three are
known to survive the catastrophe.
Two boats, carrying thirty persons
each, left the fated ship and started
out on the ocean desert. Two
days they fioated together, and
One boat was found by the British
ship Sceptre, in which only five of
the original thirty still chung to
life. Ten mortal days of dying
hopes and dying friends had passed.
The living ate the dead to lengthen
out their chances, and cast the
mutilated bodies overheard, one by
one, themselves expecting to follow
soon. Two of the five found alive
were too far gone to rally to the
hand of rescue and died on board
the Sceptre before she reached st.
Helena. Such are the facts SO far
obtained. The three who survive
may tell the story Of the last days
and bring farewell messages to
friends when they reach the shores
of England. It is supposed the
ship was set on fire by careless
smokers, upon whom as in all cases
of mortal calamity, the verdict will
be, mo blame attached
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06
LIBERTY ITEMS.

Times were lively in town There
were two Christmas trees on Christ
mas eve-one at the Presbyterian and
one at the NJ. E. Church. The hearts
of two hundred and fifty Sabbath
school children were made glad, and
everybody seemed happy. The trees
were nicely decorated and were heavi-
ly ladened with presents. which con-
sisted of Bibles, Testaments, miscella-
neous books, silverware, etc.
The Old Folks Concert at Balm
gers Hall was laughable affair. The
Hall was packed to its utmost capacity.
Eevery body enjoyed a good laugh.
1t was gotten up by Miss Kate Smith.
DOINGs OF WHISKY.
Joshua Greer, proprietor of the
livery stable, came very near being
shot by Charlie Low, last Friday.
Probably Low was intoxicated.
Joe Miller attacked VIM. Sharp in
Steenterz's store, Friday. with knife.
Miller was drunk at the time.
The Marshal saved blood being
shed.
One Jacob Wolf drove his family
away from home last Saturday night.
They sought shelter in ncighbor's
house. Cause-rot-gut
Drunkenness is rampant, and greatly
on the increase, since the whisky vic
tory in October. Liberty can now
boast of two low Irish doggeries, but
no license There is no man fool
enough to apply for them to sell whis-
ky in this county. Court here this
week. There will be a number Of
whisky cases. X.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06

Change In Electing President.

Senator Morton on Tuesday,
called for the report of the Com>
lnittee on Privileges and Elections
on the subject of change in the
method of electing the President
Considerable anxiety is felt least q
contingency may arise at the next
election which will painfully illus
trate the imperfect character of the
present system. It is believed that
both political parties in Congress
will favor change It is pro
posed, in this connection, to repeal
the twenty second joint rule of the
two houses, adopted in 1865, which
provides that the vote of State
may be thrown out on the objection
of a member of either house. such
objection being sustained by the
house, to which the Directing
member belongs. Under this rule,
the two houses being controlled
respectively by opposing political
parties, as will be the case in the
Forty fourth Congress, disagree
able contest might ensue.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06

The Ocean, of the 18th, winds
up sensible article on the tariff ques-
ton, and-gives, in a brief paragraph,
the real issue:
"Our series Of tariff acts since
March 2, 1861, constantly show and
maintain a purpose-a policy -whlch
might naturally induce men to invest
property in manufactures, and to com
init themselves to those pursuits in
life. The vast and rapid increase OF
investment in the diversity Of the re-
productive arts In the United States
has been the direct consequence OF
this long legislative invita-
ton and encouragement, until hun
dreds Of millions Of dollars have be-
come fixed capital In a multitude OF
manufacturing establishments, scat
tered all over the country. In the
shape of buildings, machinery, mill
dams, mines and so forth. In process
of time, the connection and cohesion
of these various Interests have devel-
oped into a metz work of reciprocities,
so closely united as to be mutually
dependent on one another; and there
is no disturbing one great branch Of
the system without injury to all the
rest. AS an illustration ofthe manner
in which ali the fibers OF al the differ
ent kinds of industry carried on in the
United States are interviewer together,
their aggregate has been aptly com
pared to spiders web, so that shock
to any part is transmitted to the
others, and runs through the whole
texture. Now. the free traders are,
some Of them, determined, of set pur
pose, to break down the manufactur-
ers of this country; others are only in
different and utterly reckless in all
that relates to them, the inevitable
result oftheir scheme, should it prove
successful, being to destroy the value
of a considerable part OF the immense
fixed capital invested In the repro
ductive arts on our soil, and to greatly
depreciate all the rest, besides trans
ferring stupehdous amount of en-
ployment from home labor to foreign
labor, to be followed necessarily by a
diminution of the purchasing power
of our artisans and day laborers,
through, the dwarfing of their earning
capacity.
A revenue tariff" is merely delu
sive form of words. The issue is
yelled by sophistry, when it is stated
a being between ''revenue tariff
and protective tariff" Confronted
with fact and experience, the issue is
really between genuine protection and
spurious protection between patriotic
protection and unpatriotic protection
between protection to home industry
and pl election to foreign industry. y
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06
The following is copy of petition
in irculation in WAYNE COUNTY:


in REGULATION in Wayne county:
To the Honorable the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Indiana:
The subscribers, your petitioners,
citizens of Wayne county, Indiana,
respectfully represent, that in view of
the widespread prostration of the
various industrial interests-the I'M
settled financial condition of our
country, and general stagnation of
business-as close adherence to the
strictest economy. is imperatively de-
mapded, as is consistent with the
absolute needs ofthe public service.
We. therefore, most respectfully, but
urgently, ask your honorable bodies.
Flrst-TO enact general law re-
ducing the salaries Of all State, and
more particularly of all county officers
it being evident that such salaries now
are out of all proportion to the seryi-
ces rendered. and many times greater
than the temporary incumbents of the
offices could realize In any other en-
ployment. We submit that the salary
and emoluments Of no officer in any
county, however populous, should ex-
coed two thousand dollars annually,
and it assistants or deputies are need
ed, the compensation of such depu-
ties should be regulated by law, and
all the receipts. from whatever source
of all county officers, be covered into
the treasury, and be drawn out only
on proper warrant, signed by the
commissioners, in strict accordance
with statutory enactments; and
Secondly-To revise and simplify
proceedings at law, increase the juris.
diction of justices Of the peace, facili-
tate collections ofdebts without the
Intervention Of lawyers, and in gener-
al to close the various drains on the
producing and industrial classes, by
having less complicated agencies, and
Obviating the unnecessarily expensive
aids in securing the end of justice.
1t is almost useless to remind your
honorable bodies, that there is very
general if not an actual unanimity of
opinion, on the subject named among
the laboring classes of all parties, and
we very respectfully ask your early
attention to the subject.
We petition your honorable bodies,
not only to enact laws to secure the
object of our prayers, but also to pro-
vide that the enactments be put in inn
mediate operation.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06

A Resume of the testimony taken
by the Vicksburg investigation shows
that the killing of the negroes was an
unprovoked massacre When met by
the whites they retreated before a
shot was fired. Not half OF them
nanied by women and children. Some
we're killed while lying on the ground;
From sixty to seventy-6ve were killed
and many remain unburied to this
day. Altogether the Vicksburg mas
sacre seems to have been the most
cowardly and the IN pst brutal OF the
long catalogue OF wholesale e. as sn.h .
bloody ground. 1t is time for the
President to declare with emphasis
that q single repetition of this class OF
outrages will bring down the hand OF OF
The Federal power heavily upon the
offenders, be they who they may
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06
state Prison Statistics.

The third annual report Of the Ma
tional Prison Association, from the
hand of the Secretary, Rev. DR.. E. c.
Wines, is a document Of much general
interest to humanitarians and political
economists. It's statistics show that
there are in the United States forty
four State prisons, containing an ag
gragate Of Is, 125 cells, whose average
cubic contents to each cell is 21O feet
or half the health standard. The ex-
cess of expenses over earnings in thirty
prisons during 1873 was $545, 744, the
cost of q convict being $l72, and his
average earnings 1921. The cost at
Albany, n Y, was s161 per prisoner;
at Sing Sing {male) 1914; Sing Sing
(female), 1912. The contract" system
of labor prevails in twenty prisons, the
leasing" system in six. State manage
ment in ten, and mixed system in
seven. One prisoner in 100 has SUI
perior education; fifty-one a teleraele
common school education, and forty
eight are illiterate Three -feurths Of
the convicts had no trade, and OF the
remainder, one-half had acquired
trade but imperfectly. The appendix
to the report contains an essay by
member of the Penitentiary Commit
tee of France, in which a particular
Endorsement of the cellular" or in
diyidual treatment, is given.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06
1t is reported in Washington that
John Schumacher. the $275, 900 Demo
cratic Congressman, has sailed for
Europe.

Among the witnesses before the
New Orleans investigating committee
was the editor Of The Shreveport
Times, who, on being asked what was
the best wsy, in his opinion, to secure
good government for the State, re-
piled. Kill Republican..ofice holders
from kellogg down."
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TERMS OF sUBTCRIPTION.
p,,sTacE The new postage la
takes effect the 1

p,STACE- The new postage law
w nH takes effect the Isl
da;: Of January, A. D., 1875. Unde,
this law the postage on newspapers
must be paid AT THE OFFICE WHERE
THEY ARE MAILED. This will make il
necessary for all subscribers or agents
sending us. subscriptions to send the
money TO PAY POSTAGE, IN ADDITION
TO THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE The
following are the rates to be paid un-
der the new law:
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Semi-Weekly Inter-Ocean % cents per wear
Daily IRter-Ocean cents per yeas
Special arrangements made with
country publishers for clubbing with
their publications
Sample copies free. Money can be
sent by draft, money order, express, or
registered letter, at our risk.
Address
INTE0.OCEAN,
10 Lake st., Chicaxo.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06

Six violent deaths in New Orleans
on Christmas day indicate that the
people there nave peculiar ideas in re-
gard to the proper observance of the
scriptural injunction, On earth peace,
good will to men,
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06

The President has sigued the Con-
gressional bill relating to the relief of
settlers in the grashopper regions,
and enabling the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia to proceed
with its jury business.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06

Postmaster General Jewell has
wiped out an extravaganza in the mat
ter of carrying mails to Key West.
Four routes, costing in the aggregate
SS3,973 annually. will be discontinue
ed, and the service will be equally we'll
done at cost of $4,000 for the
future.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06

The Charlottesville Journal SAYS
Some of the Democrats of this city
claim that in the event of the failure
of both Mcdonald and Voorhees, to
obtain the Senatorial nomination in
caucus. the friends of these gentlemen
will unite ON Colonel S. G.. Wilson,
of this place
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06

There is change of scene in Spain.
The curtain gose down on the Repub-
lie and rises with proclamation Of
Prince Alphonso son of the ex-Queen
Isabella. as King. The new monarch
is recognized by all the forces compris-
ing the Armies of the North and Cen
ter. and supported by the navy.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06
Garibaldi has written a letter in

Garibaldi has written letter in
reply to statements contained in
the recent reports of the investi
eating committee of the French
Assembly on the Army Of the East
Garibaldi blames Gen. Bourbaki
for not communicating with him,
and asserts that he opposed Man
teufel to the last extremity In
the same letter Garibalfii makes a
hi. ter attack upon the French
priesthood.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06

A New York dispatch of Wednes-
day says: The jailors of the peni-
Tertiary are at work on suit of mixed
gray cloth, known by the prisoners
here as salt and battery clothing for
VIM NJ. Tweed, and his warden has
been strictly enjoined to treat him as
all misdemeanor prisoners are treat
ed
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06

In speaking of Gerrit Smith as s'the
last of New York's baronial chief
tians," New York paper explains
that he owned more than a million
acres. His father, at one time partner
of John Jacob Aston. in the fur trade,
lived in the interior of the state. where
he bought townships as men now buy
acres. From the state he took in a sim
gle lot $4,000 acres at 60 per acre. Car
in the John Brown tract. not as Is
commonly supposed. named after the
Ossawatomie whose soul is marching
on. but after Brown of another color.
Garritt owned 800, 900 acres in a single
tract.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06

Washington dispatches indicate
that the Government intends to adopt
more decisive Spanish policy. and
that the President especially favors a
more generous policy towards the Gu
ban insurgents.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06

The inventory of James Fisk's es-
tate shows him to have been virtually
bankrupt when he died. His million,
which rumor while he lived counted
as many millions, has all been locked
up in the courts or absorbed by law
yers and stocksharks. and dwindles to
nothing or worse than nothing.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06
Isaiah Fisher, an old fisher and

Isaiah Fisher, an old fisher and
trapper, was found dead on the
bank of the Tippecanoe river last
Thursday. His boat, near by. con-
tanned jug partly filed with
whisky. The rest of the ardent
was in the body of the old hunter,
who lay down depending on it to
keep him warm. But it is sup
posed his confidence was misplaced
and that he froze to death.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06

Advices from Peru state that the
government troops, after two days
fighting, forced Pierola, leader of
the revolutionists, to abandon his
stronghold on the heights of
Torato. Pierola and his principal
officers escaped into Bolivia, while
his troops scattered in all directions.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06
cHERIFF's SALE:

By virtue of a decree and execution to me
directed from the Clerk Of the Wayne Cir
cult Court, l will expose at public sale, at
the Court House door in the city of Rich
mond, Wavne county, Indiana, on the 30th
day of November, 1874, between the hours
of 10 o'clock a. M, and O'Clock p. m, on
said day, the following property, to wit:
Lot number 80 North Pearl street in
Sturgis' addition to the city Of Richmond,
Wayne county, Indiana.
To be sold as the property of Adam d.
Kimble and Hannah b. Kimbie, to satisfy
said decree and execution in my hands in
favor of Homer T. Yaryan.
Said sale without relief from valuation or
appraisement laws.
JOSEPH l.. SMITH,
Sheriff of Wayne county.
Yaryan 4 Yaryan, Attorney for Plaintiff,
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06

Among other things concerning
which our Democratic brethren may
possess their souls in patience is the
Organization of the Senate. Beyond
the possibility of doubt the Repub-
licans will control that body, and the
hungry Democratic applicants for
position may as we'll concentrate their
efforts in a squabble for the little
loaves that can be doled out in the
House.-Ind. Journal.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06

"A Covington man died and they
put him on ice, but he awoke in the
night and yelled out: why don t
you put some more wood in that
stove9" Press.