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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-07-22
Second Auditor's Once, JUG s, ls75.

Second Auditors ONCE, July s, 1875.
Another fruitful sourcs OF fraud in cattle
at the Red Cloud agency is the
SYSTEM OF sTAMPEDING,
which appears to have been practiced there,
at least, since the present agent took charge.
A stampede of Texas cattle may result from
various causes, and the natural result OF
stampede of the agency herd would be their
Immediate return to the contractors herd
from which they were driven. While at
the agency in November, 1874, heard that
a stampede of this kind had taken place a
few months before. The particulars of this
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-07-22

SECOND AUDITORS OFFICE, June z, 70.
The foregoing is correct statement as ap
pears by the records of this office.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-12-15
COnvicts as Road Workers.

The Rev. Atticus G. Hagood, DID,,
of Georgia, makes Il strong plea in be-
half of good roads, and the benefit of
utilizing convict laborin building them,
which applies with equal force to our
own State and section. He thus dis
courses upon the ways aud means:
"How can we have good roads? Make
them? How? With convict labor
NJ onday night, November s, about one
dozen recruits for our convict army
came up the Macon and Western road.
and they keep pcominY-whitca and black.
There must be, all told, nearly thou
sand of them. Every Legislature asks
the question and debates it. 1t was al
ways wrong to insult honest mechanics
bv teaching convictS their trades. We
can't build railroad by every mans
house. Perhaps we have enough rail-
roads until Increased production shall
give them more to ito. Perhaps nobody
likes to see the State government hiring
its convicts to individuals, for farming,
brick-making, or any thing of the sort.
Make good roads of our army of con-
victs. We need the roads, and don't
hllO" w lIls W Wv WIN VAN WA AN>'''
We can try the experiment at least-it
can't be worse than the experiments we
have made. How can it he managed 2
How can the State and county govern
ments adjust themselves to the work:
Who shall furnish the tools? the
guards? the food? We elect Lesisia-
tors--that is We elect. members OF the
Legislature, to answer such questions.
They can find the answer if only they
are willing and capable.
Convict labor, making good roads in
Georgia, would conflict with no form Of
skilled labor. Matchmaking is public
work of general utility.
1t may take twenty years to make
good roads where our people need them.
But what will we get for our convict
labor if we do not use it in some such
way? A few thousand dollars a year.
Good roads in few counties would in
crease the revenues of the State by in
creasing the value Of property for more
than the pitful hire we receive for our
convict labor. If any Legislator wish
es. to deserve monument, wishes to
make himself historic in Georgia, let
him frame a law that shall turn our
army Of c0Evicts upon our bad roads,
and work them till they are good. We
and our children will call him blessed"
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TOO Many Non-PToduccrs.

Mr.. Daniel bennett, of New Orleans,
has written an article, for the Times
newspaper of that place, givin" Eood and
sufficient reasons why Louisiana is poor
and the Crescent City uuthritty. He
shows that not one acre in ten OF the
soil Of the State is in cultivation, and
not one acre in ten of the richest lands.
Almost exclusively upon agriculture
the people depend for prosperity, and
yet not one in seven follows the pillow or
works the hoe. He shows, too, that out
of population of seven hundred and
twenty-siX thousand, in 1870, the enor-
nous and startling proportions OF six
hundred thousand arc Eon-producers.
And this is true of the best farmia" and
finest stock-raiSing State on the conll-
nent! He says: "What we want *
ten men at the p!ow handle where we
have one. We want much less land, to
the hand, and more complete cnltiva-
tion.. We want hundreds of thousand
small farms. In 1870 Louisiana had
but 2S,Oo0 farms and plantations. 1t
ought to have had at least 200, 900 farms.
Our State, if under high state Of culti-
vatiou, like some portions of Europe,
with large Investments in home t@cto-
ries, mills and machine shops, could ca
silly support a popul9 ton of five mil
lions 1t now but poorly supports one
seventh Of five millions The German
Empire, with Il surface about equal to
that Of five such States rs Louisiana, and
with soil far inferior to ours, supports
forty-three millions Of people, 4 larger
population than that of the United
States in 1870. If Louisiana, Mississip-
pi, Texas, Arkansas and Alabama had
five men at the plow, where they now
have one, the business, prosperity and
wealth of New Orleans would increase
about in the same proportion. New
Orleans looks for prosperity from Il
sparse, crippled, and unthrifty rural
population. Our State hive is too weak.
We want more bees to secure an ample
yield Of honey.-There are too many
urones and too many moths in the hive.
That's exactly what's the trouble. \
good State government is very good
thing and bad State government Is a
very bad thing, but there are other good
and bad things besides these
These remarks apply to the whole
South, and to nowhere more forclbly
than to our own State and County. We
have hundreds of acres falnproductlVc
lands, lacking cultivation because 50
many of our people Of all classes, sexes
and conditions crowd Our towns and
villages or iinyer about cross-road stores,
whilst the plow stands idle in the fur
row, and our lands are lying waste. The
labor of the field lies at the basis Of all
our prosperity, and if this be lacking,
it is folly to talk Of honest government
and oppressive taxation.
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Fence or No Fence.

The most Important question now be-
! fore the State press, amdunIcr discussion
! by our planters is, whether it is cheaper
| To fence in the stock Of the country OF
the crops. Taking into consideration
! the fact that we are almost exclusively
an agricultural people, and that little OF
no attention is paid to stock of any
kind, except work animals, it appears
To- us that there can bc no question as tC
which plan would be the least trouble
and the least expensive to the farmer.
The cost of building and repairing
fences every year is greater than the
value of all TIC stock running at large in
the country. Besides, in the greater
portion of our country the wood land
affords little or no pasturage North the
name. Every intelligent planter knows
that cattle running over cultivated lands
and eating or the vegetable matter, do
infinitely more damage than the benefit
they derive thcrcfroln. Wherever the
no fence law has been adopted it works
admirably, and Tie planters would not
for any consideration return to the Old
system.
We notice some have introduced bills
for some of the Counties in the State
Legislature to have Il fence law. We
trust the law may be made general, and
that it be SO framed as to allow the Coun-
ties to accept its benefits or not, as a
majority may desire. - Merchant on0
furna1r.
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Important Decision.

The Auyustu ChrOnicic & iSfntincl'rc.
fers to 4 decision lately made by an
Ohio Court, which is very important to
all merchants ordering produce from
the West. The decision is to the effect
that the bill of lading covers only the
goods actually received, and that the
railroad company is not liable beyond
that. The g. d s. says
at is to be presumed that this case
will find its way TO the Supreme Court
Of Ohio, and if the decision of the lower
Court be sustained by this tribunal, it is
probable that there will be Il revolution
in Augusta in the methcd Of doing
business with the West. The custom
which prevails here now, and which la:;
prevailed for several years, will Of nc
ccssity be abolished, rs no prudent
dealer would feel safe in continuing it,.
| Il provision dealer orders a car load
of corn or Of bacon from Ohio or Chicu-
70, the shipper draws n sight draft for
the price, attaches to it the railway
company'S bill of lating, and forwards
it for collection. The dealer pays it,
taking the bill of lading s,s guarantee
that the goods for which he pays have
been delivered to the railr0ad, and are
on the way to Augusta. But under the
decision published this morning he is
absolutely at the mercy of the shipper.
and takes the bill Of ladng at his peril.
If he has ordered ten thousand bushels
of corn and pay sight draft, with bill
Of lading attached, fGr th:, price of ten
thousand bushels, and only one thou
sand bushels arrive, he has no redress
in the event of the Insolvency of the
party from whic! he epGrchascd. A case
similar 20 that reported in Cincinnati is
pending III Maryiand, and in that State
The lower Court held that the railway
company was Responsible upon its bill!
of ladng, whether the goods were actu-
ally received or not.n
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Our Next President.

Editor Press e: Butncr:
There has probably never been ques-
ton before the people that has excited Il
more lively interest than as to who will
grace the Presidential chair next. |
do not propose in This article to put the
public lnind at rest on the subject, but l
simply aim to arouse the people out of
the lcthurgy into which they have al
lowed themselves to fall after the late
Republican triumph. AllOver the coun-
try the Republicans are rejoicing over
the downfall Of the Democratic hopes,
and the merry fellows arc rccongratuating
Boss" Grant on the certainty of his
reelection for a third term. The money
question seems to have turned the pub
lie mind from the right track, and CEN
tered it on money. Grant and his jolly
crew arc truly thankful at the sudden
turn of affairs. Washington set the eX-
ample of limiting the Presidential term
to two years at most, and now we have
a Yankee tanner who is so cminently
useful as chief executive, rs to demand
third term over the heads of seventeen
other Presidents. He even goes fur
ther-he makes great sacrifice in serv-
ing such little penny concern as the
United S}ates of America, the same ma
ton the presidency of which our illus
trious Washington considered an honor
to hold.
The whole thing Of Grants admins
tration has become disgusting to decent
people. The foreign ministers, SO it is
said, have become so disgusted at the
disyraceIul rowty, drunken frolics at
the National Capital, that they very re.
luctlantly come as ministers to Ulysses
Court.
Now the question has been agitatcd
for q long time, Are we to have Grant
for II third term? The election next
year is to be one of the most important
that has ever occurred in America. 1t
is in the centennial year, when we are
20 cclcbra'e G our first one hundred years
of independence.
If Grant is elected for third term, it
is not difficult to see whether we will
ever celebrate another centuryo indie
pendence. "Anything to beat Grant" /"
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THE NEW CONGRESS-.
4 Democratic House.


For the first time in eighteen years,
the Democrats control the lower House
of Congress. OF the two hundred and
ninety-two members who compose the
House, one hundred and seventy-two
are Democrats, fourteen Independents.
and one hundred and six Republicans.
OF the whole number, one hundred and
eighty are new members, and Of these
one hundred and twenty are Democrats,
and less than sixty arc from the South
ern States.
AS the President and Senate are Re-
publican, the work of legislation does
not promise to be very harmonious. and
the House may anticipEte constant
checks in the exercise of its powers, and
obstacles in the work OF reform. Hold
ing, however, the purse strings of the
Government, and with 4 new lease Of
power for two years, derived directly
from the people, it is able to command
\ controlling influence upon the various
departments of the national administers
ton, and to do much in the way of re-
form, and in moulding the policy Of the
Government for the next two years.
TO the full extent OF its powers, it is
anticipated that the work of rctrcnch-
ment and reform will lie fully carried
out Expenses will he cut down with q
free hand, and every department of the
service will feel the touch of the pruning
knife in the Topping Off of abuses and
corruptions. 1t is supposed that the
total expenses will be reduced some
$50, 900, 900 THAT is, from $500 0,0a0,0D to
1854, ,9)0, ,0O0-the Indian Bureau from
$1,000, 900 to S4,000u0O - judicial cX-
penses Of $4,000, 900 will he largely re-
luccd the river and harbor appropria-
,ioms cut dowu-the army and navy
reduced, and lavish expenditures check
ed in all quarters. In fact, economy
and reform will be tn" order Of the day,
and will be used as a winning card to
control the next Presidential election.
In all these efforts at reform, the House
may anticipate the opposition Of i Re
publican Senate; but, holding the purse
strings and furnishing the motive power
of the Government, it can at any time
lictate terms to that body by refusal
to furnish the appropriations.
Wemay anticipate long session, and
that no effort will be spared to unearth
all the abuses and corruptions of the
administration, and that the zeal OF the
House will be quickened by the hope Of
getting up some telling documents for
the Presidential election. The key note
of its policy is we'll sounded in the adj
mirable address of Mr.. Lamar before
the Democratic caucus, and we are sure
that the Senate will follow the course
pointed out by the distinguished aiisSis-
sippian. to restore the Government to
the principles and practices of its found
ers. The election OF Mr.. Kerr to the
spcakcrship seems to have given general
and We may anticipate the
utmost harmony in the ranks Of the
party in carrying out the work Of the
session.
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KIDNAPPING.
How Man was Arrested and IIus-
tied out of Georgia.
The Case CT James Tctncr and What
it Hay Come to.

On Saturday evening james Fctner
the engineer of the train which recent.
" caused the terrible accident upon the
Columbia and Augusta road, lett At
lanta via the AIRLINE road, 70 return t.
Carolina. Rewards of S4OO by the gov.
crnor of South Carolina, aud S4OD 10y the
railroad company were offered for Fet'
her, who ran away, but who stands in
dicted for murder. He has been to Mis-
sissippi.
HE WAS ARRESTED
upon the train, when between Nnrcross
and Duluth, by baggage Master II. Side
bottom, after being pointed out by CON
ductor Vickers. Fetncr was disarmcd,
bound with 4 rope and taken into the
baggage car, and in this condition car
ricd out of Georgia, through portion
of South Carolina, into North Carolina
He was put in Jail at Charlotte, upon q
warrant sworn out by Sidebottom, to
await requisition from the governor OF
South Carolina.
IT is KIDNAPPING.
Under section 1867 o the code this ar
rest and carrying away of Fctner is q
kidnapping, for which the parties may
be indicted, aad, if convicted, sentenced
to the penilentiary for from fonr to sev-
en- years.
Mr.. s;idrhottom gave the facts Of the
arrest to our reporter, but they do not
accord with section 475l and 4725 of the
code governing such arrests as he has
made.
Upon proper application being made
to Governor Smith it is believed he will
require the return of Fetner to this
state.
The railroad engineers are considera-
bly, excited over the atlair.-AUttn q
(0istiiutiOU.
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The Third Congressional District.

In the House Of Representatives., on
Tuesday of last week Cox presented the
petition of w. II. Trescott, and others,
Of South Carolina, with reference to the
right of representation of the Third
tongrrs s2iona! Distric: OF South Carroll
ia, and moved that ii be referred to the
Committee on Elections. lie said that
the question raised by The memorial was
not so much that of Il representative as
it was that of representation. The Heti-
ton was 50 referred.
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What General Johnston Thinks Of it

4 st. Louis correspondent Of the NcW
York Sun. who met Gen. Joseph L.
Johnston in that city, on the occasion
Of the recent Texas Pacific Railroad
Convention, writes as follows:
met Gen. Joe Johnston ut the Lin
dell Hotel in Monday evening. He did
not hesitate to express his disapprOba-
ton of the scheme to subsidizc the Tex
as Pacific Railroad. He said that Of
course he was in favor of Il Southern
route to the Pacific, but that he did not
believe in either the eXpediency or the
propriety Of extending Government aid
to the enterprise. He thought that the
Southern people should stand by their
ancient landmarks, and follow the
teachings OF their illuStrious statesmen
of the past. The Democratic party was
on record over and over again as against
all subsidies, alid ii could not afford to
stultfy itself. The South might he ben
clitled by the construction OF u genuine
Southern Pacific Railtoad, but her peo-
pie should not insist on legislation
which in principal, they believe to be
wrong and conducive to monstrOrs
steals like the Credit Mobilier. He did
not believe that the Texas Pacific, un-
der its present auspices was really and
truly Southern road. He had Observ-
cd II map of the proposed route in the
rear of the Seagc, and that plainly said
To the Convention that st. Louis, and
not the South, was the eastern terminus
of Tom ScOtt's Transcontincntal line.
| have heard similar views expressed
by other distinguished Southcrners.
They are beginning to see that Il road
from st. Louis to San Diego, leaving
Memphis, Vicksburg and New Orlcan.
in the cold, may not be of 50 much ben
rtiit 10 the South aS to st. Louis and
Tom SCOTS railroad combination.
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