The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-05

voir dam in williamsburg, Mass, involving
an immense loss of life and property. Jen-
kins improved his brilliant opportunity to
shine in the descriptions of the Grant-Sar-
toris nuptials at the White House. An all
night session OF the Senate secured the pas
sage by that body of the civil rights bill.
On the first day OF June most welcome
change was made in the treasury department.
by the resignation of Secretary Richardson
and the appointment of Ne. Bristow to fill
his position. Under the tuition of Sem
ator Jones the president showed that he
had made a praiseworthy advance in eco
nomic science by a memorandum which was
read in congress, by his permission, as COM
ing from HIM. Soon after congress adj
journsd, leaving the reputation Of having
held the most useless session within the
memory of man. 1t was partially redeemed
by one of the last acts Of the Senate. That
body refused to confirm the appointment of
Shepherd, whom men call Boss, as one of
the commissioners of the district, and the
president was compelled to withdraw it
after having given one more startling ex-
ample of his disregard for public opinion
During this month the public was
startled by the publication of
Tilton's address to DR.. Bacon,
in which was incorporated Mr.. Beecber's
apologize letter. 1t was the first note of
alarm, the fire of the skirmisher before the
battle opens. About this time poor little
Charley Ross was spirited away from his
home and lost, probably for all time, to his
parents. In Germany the badly aimed bull
let of Kullman strengthened Bismsrck's po-
sition aud consigned himself to long i'm
prisOnment.
The sweltering July days were enlivened by
fear of hydrophobis, which became in New
York City almost panic. But as this could
not suffice for the whole country an Indian
scare was attempted, but with very trifling
success. A big blaze in Chicago served the
newspaper men with a topic tor few days,
and caused decided action at leDgth by the
insurance companies. The college races at
Saratoga resulted in victory for Columbia,
during which foul between the crews OF
Yale and Harvard increased the warm love
with which those universities have for
years regarded each other. The TiltOn-
Beecher scandal was thoroughly brought
before the world by the publication in full of
Theodore Tilton's statement" to the COM
mittee, and the music began in earnest. A
food in Pittsburgh caused severe loss of
lite. Throughout the month people who
love fast horses had been driven nearly wild
by the successive feals of Goldsmith Maid,
who. finding like Alexander. no more worlds
to conquer, had tax en- to beating herself
with great regularity.
Another melancholy casualty came
in August in the burning of the
steamr Pat Rogers on The Ohio
river. Our British brethren took to making
impudent remarks concerning the debts of
the Prince Of Wales. Troubles between the
races began to set in down south, especially
in Tennessee. The French created little
sensation by pretending TO be greatly sur
prised when Bazaine walked out of his
prison and turned his back upon Ste. Mar
guerite. While Moulton contributed his mite
to the greater scandal, Glendenning appeared
with his rival sensation. They were, how
ever, beginning to get tiresome, when the
approach OF the political campaign was sig
nailed by the assembling of state cenven-
tioDs.
Still more political gatherings were
hold in September. These were some
what affected by the revolution
in Louisiana, by which the citizens
of that commonwealth captured and held
their own state for few,dsys Beyond these
events the most noteworthy occurrences
were the death OF Guizot, the burning of a
mill, with large number of operatives, in
Fall River, Mass, and the Irish-American
rife match at Creedmoor.
Germany, at an early date. put in bid
for the October sensation, with the arrest of
the Count Won Arnim, charged with long
catalogue of crimes, very wicked, no doubt,
but not very ineligible. The political
storm, whose distant mutterings had been
heard in the spring elections, and which
was during the next month to develop into
tornado, swept over several of the states,
leaving large number OF defunct states
men to be carried from the field on
stretchers. 1t was evidentthat something ha1
struck them and people waited until the
next month to make sure what it was A
great Episcopal congress began its sessions
in New York City and the safe burglary trial
had run Ofseveral weeks in Washington.
November came with its crashing tornado.
1t found the country governed by one
party and left it in the hands of the
other. The revolution was more complete,
though not as unexpected as the similar one
had been which had overtaken England ten
months before. Nobody was much dis
turbed over the result. The democrats were
delighted and the republicans did not much
care. A week or so afterwards a real and
not merely metaphorical tornado swept
over a portion of the country.
doing considerable damage in some
parts of the South. During the last days of
the month a real king, Kslakaus. the
monarch of Hawaii, for the first time in his