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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-03-08
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

In the Senate, Monday, order was taken, as
the technical phrase is, in the Belknap I'M
parchment matter. The vote appropriatlng
sum of money to complete the 81. Louis Gus
tom house was reconsidered, and was
amended by adding provisions ss TO the man
ner in which the money shall be spent. SEN
ator Sherman made a long speech In favor or
the resumption act, having called up the reso-
lutions of the New York Chamber Of Com
merce In relation thereto. senaior
Bogy called up his resolutions author
izing the payment OF the import
duties . in legal tenders, and also made
an elaborate address in support of them and
in favor OF the repeal of the resumption act
He explained his plan of resumption. He
closed by declaring: However important
believed IL to be for the prosperity of this
country that we should at some day or Other,
no matter how distant, resume specie pay
ments, nevertheless, between the evils of
making no provision looking to that end and
the continuance of this law, would un-
hesitstingly say, repeal the law immedi-
ately. without any law for providing for re-
sumption, we could get along. But If this law
remains unrepealed, L believe the country
will be driven Into universal, wide spread
bankruptcy" Senator Eaton urged his OBJ
his intention of Offering a substitute therefor.
In the HOUSE large number of bills were
presented and notice of the action
of the Senate upon the impeach-
ment was received. The Hawaiian
reciprocity treaty was discussed in the COM
mittee of the whole, Kelley and Morrison op-
posing II for very different reasons, ana Wood
ard Burchard supporting 1t. Mr.. Banning
made personal explanation at the expense
of Mr.. Woodwork, relative to a certain bounty
or pension bill, which he had been charged
with kmothering. Investigations by
the appropriate committees were ordered
into the safe burglary and into the charges
against Pierrepont, arising from Babcock s
acquittal. An adjournment was effected just
as Page was about to bring mp the subject OF
the escape TO Canada of the witness Marsh,
and the gentleman from California was very
wroth, demanding yeas and nays and charg-
ing unfair treatment Of the republican party
upon the speaker.
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looked upop, il not as knsvish, certainly
as very foolish. J. @. a.
ISDiANAPoLIs, March 8, 1876.
"oRTH's oaGIEs.~

THE WIDOWS FRIEND as BANQUETER.
To the Editor Of the Sentinel:
sIR:-If there is any one pleasant and
profitsble thing that Mr.. Orth knows be.-
tee how 10 utilize than another, it is the
5anquetipg business. He bad two, one
here and one at Washington, before he left
the country on his mission to Vienns, in
anticipation of what he was expected to do
as minister. and now L noticed by late
kilograms that lie has just had another at
Vienna, in like anticipation, of course, of
what great things he will accomplish after
he Is elected governor. Without hazard
ing any presumption as to the source OF
these banquets, and who pays for them,
will say that their most noticeable feature
is that they are operated inversely from
the ordinary mode of banqueting. Hsrs-
tofore 1t has been customary for men TO
be bauque.ed on account of some dis
iDguished public service already accom-
plished, some gallant act of private hero
ism, r mayhsp some great literary merit.
But the rule seems to be reversed in the
case of our greet man, who is regu-
larly bapqueted on account of what
he is expected to do. 1t has to be so, how
ever, or they couldn't banquet him at all.
For whst would people say, and "what
would Mrs. Grunoy say" to public bao-
quet to the official head of Know-Nothing-
ism in Indiana, the head center OF "the
Peter case" the president OF the old de-
funct Lzfsyeits Insurance Company CT
the hero of that fearfully invincible war
vessel, tne ram Hornet? Neither can
they feed and wine him up on account Oh
his having voted for the resumption act
while In cODgres 8, for they now unsrs-
mously resolve that said act ought to be
forthwith repealed. His only chance,
therefore, for earning his bat quets is 10
make people believe tbas be Is going to
do something wonderful Ia the future
May be he will do something that partskes
OF high minded and unselfish statesman
shipi in the future, but / rather suspect not,
as 1t hss always been found so exceedingly
difficult to make whistle on. of a pigs
LaiI. UBEr.
l. FAYRrTE, March 4, 1876.
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A PLEA FOR UNITY.

DEMOCRATS SHOULD STOP QUARRELING
ABOUT MONEY MATTERS AND SAVE THE
COUNTRY FROM THE THIEVES WHO ARE
DEsPoILING 1T.
To the Editor OF the Sentinel.
SIR-I have been wonde ring for some
time why it is that democrats are quarrel
ing and badge ring each other about the
financial question, while their opponents
are stealing the government out of exist
ence. 1t certainly has not come TO be a
fact that democrats think more for the
almigl ty dollar than they do for liberty.
!, for one, will not believe 1t. have been
led into this wsy of thinking more than
ever to.dsy, on account OF the great scandal
at Washington City. Have American Cit
izens no pride? Can they look With
pstience on this peculation in such high
places ss cabinet officer. First it is an
Indian agent, then a postu aster's brother,
then private secretary to the president.
ar now the secretary of war.
DEMOCRATS, LOOK WE'LL TO YOUR CONDUCT.
Stop quarreling about money matters.
First, make one pitiiotic effort to get your
government out of the hands of the van
dals, then quarrel about money matters to
your hearts desire. The democrat in 1876
VINO will annoy his friends about romi-
nation and growl II he does not get it, per-
hsps vote against the man nominated-if
such one there be In Indiana-the sooner
he goes to the republicans the better.
repest, dc democrats, let us first save Amer
ics. If possible, from all republican thieves
now in power, as the only way to settle
the financial question, is the candid
opinion OF b.
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THE END OF CARLISM.

THE BURsTED BUBBLE-THE ALFoNsIsTs
SENDING TO PARIS FOR NEWS OF THEIR
ENEMY.
LoNDoS, Feb. PA Paris dispatch to
the Times says that the Spanish smbas-
sailor has left tor the Spanish frontier to
meet King Alfonso. The Moniteur states
that the Carlists are so utterly
dispersed that the Alfonsists have been
obliged to telegraph TO Paris for news OF
their whereabouts, The Moniteur believes
that the Csrlists, sseing the hopeiessness
of the struggle, have disbanded and re-
sumed their peaceful svocations.
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FIERY FAYORS.

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY IN cAsEYvILLE,
KY, AND EvANsvILLE-THE Loss AND
INSURANCE.
EVANSVILLE, IND, Feb. "a "A fire at
Caseyville, KY, yesterday morning de-
s.royed 2l houses, chiefly unoccupied.
The loss is inconsidersble. A fire here
this morning totally des royed large
warehouse owned by Hudspeth & Co., and
occupied by George 81. Stsrs. 1t was .Iii
of hay, flour, corn and lims. The loss on
the building Is $1,000; insurance 81 500.
The loss on the contents is probably $4,000;
insurance 81 600. The Ingles ice house was
damaged to the amount of $1,000; insur-
a1ce $1,000. LindenschmidL's foundry
was slightly damaged.
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There is farm near Princeton, Ind,
owned by Mrs. Agar, upon which sim
gular natural phenomenon Is at present
observable, and which has attracted con-
siderable attention In that neighborhood.
Upon the side Of long sloping hill In a
field, the ground began to sink slowly last
Sunday week, and mp to last Monday it
had sunk fifteen feet below the usual sur
face, The extent of the depression is
about quarter CT an acre, although SINH
lar slight depressions ara noticeable In
three or tour ajjaceLt acres. There is no
accounting for the sudden change in the
surface, unless u conceals the reservoir OF
large subterranean spring, which has
undermined the earth. Huge trees grew
upon the earth, and all has sunk together.
Inc ground was still slowly falling on
Monday.-Evsnsville Journal.
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The Paris police, while searching lately

The Paris police, while searching lately
q very old house In the Rue Saint Honore
for some stolen property, came upon q
door which apparently had not been
opened for many years. The door opened
on to q staircase, &C the foot of which was
found an emp y coffin, which had almost
crumbledfo dust. From inquiries which
have since been made, it has been ascer-
tained that this secret chamber was a
hiding place for several Huguenois during
t1e massacre Of s.. Bartholomew, and that
Henry ~. took refuge during that ter
rible night in the house, which is close to
the entrance to the old Louvre
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William Edward wsnne Williams, SON
of an ex-member Of the British parliament,
committed suicide in San Francisco. He
was disowned several years ago as a pun
ishment for dissoluteness, but received
from wealthy relatives a small money al
lowance. In California he tried to get
living as newspaper writsr, but soon
found that education, unaided by expert
ence and natural ability, would not sut-
fec. He wrote letter 10 his mother just
before taking morphine, accusing her OF
causing his death.
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sUPPREs EssING EVIDENCE.

RESULT OF THE ADMINIsTRATIoN's Foley.
ST.. LoUIs, March 6.-The Republican
says editohally, speaking of the report
that the president has ordered the prose-
ton of Marsh, Tomlinson and all others
connected with the post leadership bribt ny
business, that there srs persons in Sc.
Louis, who, three days ago, were ready to
give evidence against Belknap, but now
re fuse to do so for fear they wilr be PRISE
cuted for buying the traderships, which
the secretary sold.
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element which was bound to defeat
him. At the time he declined to give any
explanation, but the fact that his eyes
had just been opened TO this
element OF opposition was ap-
parent. The article also accuses
Pierrepons with maneuvering for the re-
moval of Gen. Henderson, the special
counsel Tor the government here, but there
is nothing said on this point that has not
already been published.
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The Wayne agricultural works. which
have been removed from Dublin to Rich
mond, have greatly increased their capac-
Ity for manufacturing all kinds OF sgri-
cultural implements. Their speciality will
be the. Indiana walking cultivator, of
which they expect TO manufacture 6,000.
They will also manufacture the Planet
reaper and mover.
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HENDRICKs Ar MONTGOMERY.

RECEPTION BY THE ALABAMA LEGISLATURE
AND CITIZENS.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, March Governor
of Indiana, reached this city
last night. To-day he was received by the
Senate and House of Representatives.
Many ladies and gentlemen called on him
at his Eotel this evening. He leaves for
home tomorrow morning.
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COMMUNICATIONS.
JOURNALISM
A SPECIMEN SHEET.

A SHORT LESSON IN GRAMMAR FOR THE IN
FORMATION OF THE PROFESSOR OF JOUR-
NALIsM IN THE sIUB-TAIL TOWER ON THE
CIRCLB-THE ORTIZ CASE.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-07-19
General Bntlti Is Statement Of the
Hamburg DiiiicUit;


General Batter has published {:
card in the Columbia Ecyi<ftr, con.
rrrning his connection witt. tn,
recent riot III Hamburg, wEirI
shows the I'M usticc Of the charger
made against him lie was actin.
throughout i'll his professions
capacity. and did all he could l.,
bring about peaceful settlement o
'hc difficulty. After relating what
took place in his last interview will
Prince Rivers. he S'vs:
In about ten minutes the rtp,r:
was circulated that the rr;;rocs re
:nSrl to give up their nlns. nn,
intended to fight. nnl L few minute.
thereafter the fight did cnsuc. Tn,
negroes were fortified in thri
drill room i'll h:ick huilIinr. know,
a Slhlcy corner, and they raise,
II yell and fired from the Windows
which WAS responded to hy tn,
whites, anda general firing tool
place. Not n very great while af,c.
the fling began, Mr.. Al"K;t
Mvrriwcthcr. Il most cstiuuhl,
young man, WAS shot through tn,
nrad anl killed.
Not Il mcgee had then been touch.
ca, aH " "::~." Nr. : 'r.th n%tur
ally in!uriatrd inc u.ic.:uv excite,
crowd. and t!.cy wcic mldrr IN,
leadership u! no one. During IN,
ilrnG. some parties, unknown ton
brought "vcra piece Of artillery
and fired four or Ave times at tin,
building. n;s rctmncl. The firm.
y! the negroes from their y, si,iol
then rra$rd. | left the crow,
arrcsting the negroes. How man>
were killed dn not know.
This collision WAS the culm;natim
Of the system IF insulting in | un..
raging of white people. which tn,
negroes had adopted there fu:
several years. Many things rcr,
done ON this terrible might whicl
of course cannot be justified. bu
the E"TrHr% sowrl the wind an,
rcnrcd tI" wniriw.uu.
dld not attempt to accnmrlisl
by {, re- what | could not accom-.
pIish Ivy peaceful means. L WA.
not the leader Of this body Of in.
furintcd men. ! was there in tn,
line OF my profession. The coll;sio,
was sort of spontaneous colnhus
hon. | Thought SAN it approach
ing, and dill "il that amy human be.
ing c"uli to prevent it.
| have no objection to being
saddlcd NTH whatever rcsponsihilit,
, tMriy attaches to my conduct. hut
have no idea Of permitting news
/ paper reporters. for the sake of
, sensation or any other purpose
presenting me as the leader of
mob, when | was no more th
! leader and no moro rcsnonsibl
than any other PEI son who NIGH
have been there in the line of hi
duty.
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There is scorce]v d t,,;,,.;,
anywhere who Will not ,,cn,,,o tho
recent bloody work ot Ho,,,r,o
Beginning in the ;nsolo,t conduit
of a party Of NEGRO m;,;t;, tho axe
hcu.ty grew in maonitud. Tin ot
last the list Of c,s,,lt;o. ;no,,ao,.
eleven persons killed en1 t,.,
wouracl TN. cond,ot 90 n,o :,:
tiamcn was provoking in the .,-
trcme. anl in INV State ar,o,4 cn,,,,,
Carolina there wo;5ld have bccn
some easily applicable rcmedv for
thc troub,. ana Some s,aslv r,do
OF punisl.inr tao ,N; r1ors ,ro;,..
dcccncy .nd rc:ce. PAT thc Inv
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reward for tho brains he furnished
General Grant, but he has hitherto
been severely snubbed.
.. Worse than that: the New York
.Sun publishes documents to prove
that President Grant is not Gen.
Ulysses s. Grant. but another man,
who formerly went by tho nnmo. of
Luke N, ,Plover. The Sun's story is
that in 1868, during the Presidential
canvass, while Gen. Grant, with
Generals Sherman and Sheridan,
two or three of the Dents: his wife
and other members of the family,
wero on n pleasure excursion to
Omaha, Con. Grant separated from
all the party except the Dents, and
with whom q Mr.. Folracrcs and
II coarse drunken fellow by the name
of Plover started on horseback to
visit Fort Collins thence to explore
the country along the Cache Ia
Poudrc river. While General Grant
! wns riding in company with Plovcr
along the edge of Il steep gorge, his
horses hoof struck on loose rock.
causing him to fnll, and in attempt
ing to recover himself, rolled with
his rider over the ledge into the
gorge, seventy or eighty feet be
meath, horse and rider being crushed
into one shapclcss, horrible mass.
The documents found in possession
of Mr.. Fouracles at the time of his
death-which is said to have occur
red in st. Joseph, Missouri, about Il
month ago-state til t he was paid
Il liberal sum by the Dents to keep
the secret of Gen. Grants death, the
publication Of which would have been
fatal to the Radical pa. ty at tlat
time The personal resemblance
between the deceased General and
the man Plovor being SO greet that
even Mrs Grant could not tlistin-
guish between them. it was deter
mined to dress Plover in the Gen
erals clothes, instruct him in the role
nc WAS to perform, anl p,osent him
to the country as tho Republican
nominee for President. The scheme
w.;s caIlicd out with success. With
= little drilling, much reticencc,
smoking and whiskey drinking,
Plovcr sustained the character of
Grant SO we'll that he was never de-
tectcd, nor would the worlI have
been any wiser now but for the death
OF Fouracres among strangers, by
which his papers fell into the hands
of prying nl inquisitivc wonder
.nongcrs. So Gun. Grant is not
only in danger of being robbed Of
lis military fame by one Captain
Scott, but if Fouracres and the .Suu
correspondent are to be c,clitcd, he
to be handed down to posteri
" as an impostcr-as no General
CIR mt ut all, nnd only y common
rlvent,lrrr hv the namn of PiOvcr.
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Tho Eighth Article.

Ihcrc has arisen in this county
som" difference Of opinion respect
ing the eighth article Of the consti
tuition recommended for adoption
ny Democratic e,n'hs. The article
is as follows:
"Thc members Of this club plcdrc
themselves to each other and to the
Democratic party to abide by and
sustain the nominees of tbs rmrtv
Tor all offices. whether national,
HA'r' county or municipal, and will
dlSrountcnanrc every effort on the
part OF individuals to distract ou
c"nnsclS and divide the vote upon
candidates. whom wa
VII! regard hereafter rs giving aid
ana romtort 10 our political oppp
ncntS.
When tho constitution WAS FIRST
p'op' Snd we entertained fears that
thAs article, binding the members to
ABIDE hy the action of the Demo
cratic party in any event, might be
the source of serious differences of
among those in whose ranks
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criterion in appointing OF removing
officials, rcpudiatmg, to great
extent, the doctrine, "To tho victor
belong the spoils." Ho is very
plain i'll advocating the one term plan
saying, 81 desire to perform what
regard as a duty in stating now
that my inhexible purpose, if elected,
IS not to he car Ii late Cor election
20 a second term" On the cur
roncy question, he is of course IN
cquivccAlly in favor Of Il speedy
rctmn to hard money. In the
discussion Of the Southern question,
he expresses himaclt moderately.
After saying in general terms that
it is the duty Of tho government to
protect all citizens in their rights,
and discussing briefly the con
dition cf the Southern States,
he says: Let me assure my
countrymcn Of tho Southern
States, that, if I shall be charg
cd with tlc duty Of organizing an
administration. it will be one which
will regard and cherish their tlucst
intcrc&ts-thc interests Of the whit,
and Of the c"lorel people, both and
equally, and which.will put forth it's
best efforts in behalf Of civi;
rolity which will wipo out forever
the distinction between North an,;
SontA in nnr Common country
Tho letter altogether is an able one.
The moderation expressed speaks
we'll for The head and heart of the
Republican leader. But he will
lose The opportunity for its cxcr.
cisc. The corruption OF the Re
publican party is too heavy n load
for him to carry and achieve sue,
cess. Iilucn, admittedly his su
pcr.'r III al respects, will beat hin
in the race. close though it be.
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discussion of tho policy to be
adopted by the Democratic party
in the approaching election is at this
time somewhat premature. The
question Of policy is at best a most
perplexing one, and cah fur better
be settled u month or two from this
time than at present Honco our
silonco upon the subject. That
thero should be differences of
opinion upon the question is not
only natural, but, from our peculiar
political situation and equally
peculiar political experience, m-
avoiduble. We therefore consider
il unfair and ungonerous, on the
ono hand, to accuse of obstinacy, I'M
progrcssivoness and pig-heatled-
ness those who honestly think IL
straight'out fight tho only thing to
be done next November, und equally
unfair an unycnorous. on the
other to suspect Of weakness and
mdoclslon those who honestly al
vocate tue coalition policy. We
think thero is much that can be
reasonably said on both sides of the
question, but it can be bost handled
and settled short time bcncc.
when political events shall have
assumed II more docidol ana tangi-
bio form. Menntimc, the best, in
doed the only, solution of the
doubts and the only adjustment of
the differences that now exist, lie
in the absolute perfection of the
Democratic organization. If this be
ut onco done, for ourselves we have
no foar that the action of tho party
III this county will bc any othe:
than ono characterized by wisdom.
prudence and un :nimity.
If we felt called upon to cfl'cr an
apology to the people of Fuil field
for SO repeatedly urging this sub
jet upon their consideration, w,
should only s"y that our course il
prompted hy u deep interest in
:hoir welfare and by the solemn
conviction that Tie only hope for tn.
people of South Carolina and for
their children and their children's
children lies i'll the complete and
permanent organization of the
Democratic party, upon broad,
just and progressive platform.
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Organization, AS DIN.

Our readers nrG doubtless be-
coming little wearied with the
frequency with which the import
ance Of Democratic organization has
been urged i'll these columns. Th.
work of bringing the people togeth
er into the Democratic clrlbs has.
we fear, progressed but slowly anG
unsatisfactory. When tho count,
convention, to elect delegates to til,
State convention, was held; we tool
great hope and folt sure That: tn,
dee? interest then in several way.
manifested was n sign that tn,
Democrats Of Fairfield; representing
almost exclusively the wealth and
>nt9lhgenco of the couhty, had
resolved to push to early perfection
that organization which is now 80
important. But we confess We were
both disappointed and dispirited
over tho small attendance upon the
TWO last conventions Not that VIC
suspect the people Of tho county OF
any indisposition to fall in under tho
Democratic banner md do all in
their power to accomplish the ends
of Democratic organization. We
attribute their inaction to other
causes, to which we alluded some
weeks since. These causes mn,
now be as potent and as pressing as
they were then. but wo must again
urge the necessity Of full attend
ancc OH the next county convention
even at the apparent sacrifice OF
personal interests. Five delegates
from each township make up the
county club, and surely this small
number may be- spared from the
farm and the store, TO attend the
meeting ofa body, whose delibcra-
tons affect the welfare nay the
very life itself, Of the taxpayers of
'he county. The next county con-
vention will be a turning point. BY
the time at which it assemblies, the
organization in each township
should have been finally perfected.
-lhere wiiithns remain time ana
opportunity for tho discussion: and
disposal of minor details.
In this connection, we would
aghin state our conviction, that any