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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-04-26
For the Sentinel
FAIR COLUMBIA, BOW THY HEAD!
BY LEE o. HARRIS.

Oh, fair Columbia. bow thy head,
And lay thy mouth upon the dust;
Let ashes DER thy locks be spread,
And yield thy scepter to the rust;
For on thy shrine the vestsl flame
Goes out in in fanny and shame.
Thy banner-bird that met the sun,
Triumphant, on thy natal morn,
When peace and liberty were won,
Now, broken-winged and plumage torn
Bereft of courage, stained and foul,
Seems but q vulture or an owl.
And thy proud banner. which the breeze,
On eager wigs, SO proudly bore
Our freedoms herald DER the seas
To welcoming hearts on many a shore.
Oh, shall that stsr-decked standard be
An emblem, but of in fanny?
The flames that lit thy beacon fires,
Ger Intervening oceans thrown,
Reached Afric's sands and Europe's spires
And over Asia's mountains shone,
Till Freedoms votaries bowed the knee,
Like Islam's worshipers, to thee.
Degenerate sons of noble sires,
That beacon's flame begins to wane,
And Vesta slumbers by the fires
That light Columbia's holy fame.
Shall pilgrims to the shrine repair,
And find but smolderIng ashes there?
OH did one drop that fills your veins
Your noble lineage proclaim,
That drop alone, in crimson stains,
Would blush to see your country 8
shame;
To see the day, that dawned so bright,
Dissolving in corTuption's night.
Oh, FreemeD, risei defend your trustl
Columbia, fallen, calls to you,
Redeem her banner from the dust,
And. lig 4 her beacon fires anew,
Till, by their flames, the nations see
Our country yet Is great and free.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-04-26
JOHN AND MRS. Y,suNa.

Anna 8. ii. writes 60 the Cleveland
Plaindealer: The registering on the hotel
books at the Arlington OF plain Mr.. and
Mrs. Young would never excite very
much comment, but when other guests
found out that Mr.. Young was a SON OF the
prophet, and that Mrs. Young was wife
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-04-26
TRAYS OF TERRA GOTTA,

in the shape of rough logs or branches OF
trees, will be mucn used. From the fact
that they are made OF solid material. and
ths, the moisture will not percolste
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-04-26

The title of Anthony Trollope's new
novel Is tine american Senator" though
1 am told that it has very distant reference
to the domestic life of so distinguished a
parsonage. The first pages of it are to APP
pear in the May number of Temple Bar.
Next month we are to have, in the same
periodical, from the pen of Mr.. Horne, a
paper on "JOhn Forster" Mr..
Horne, the author of "Orion," knew
all the Dickens clique well, and his paper
promises to be more than usually enter
tanning. Psssim, may sta g that the same
writer publishes presently two volumes OF
letters, on various matters, from the pen
of Mrs Barrett neutrality-suspicious.
of the Herald.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-04-26

The London Athen@um begins q notice
of joaquin Miller's zone Fair Womsn,'
by saying: "Wben once the Athen@um
unfavorably criticised book Of Mr.. Mil
ler's. he wrote to and OF the journal in
language which no one not reared west oil
the Rocky Mountains could command
and we know not to what consequences
moral or physical, we may not expose
ourselves in speaking the truth upon the
present occasion, and declaring that 1.-THE
One Fair Woman" il not q satisfactory
book. At the same time, IL Is a very re.
markable book, one which we do not hest
tate TO say no one not born poet could
have written. There are passages in IL OF
great beauty, but there is no plot, no &C
ton, and no character, and it is not q
novel;"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-04-26

There have been some radical changes in
the last century. A hundred years age
they kissed lady's hand, now you kiss
Der lips-thst is, OF course, If you happen
to be behind the wood pile and nobody is
looking, and you don't want to disappoint
her. 1t may take hundred years 10 get
from her hand to her mouth, but We never
felt that the time was misspent.-Norwich
Bulletin.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-04-26

By r. V. PIERCE, NJ. d. of the Worlds Dis
pensary, Buffalo, n. Y, author of 1.-The
Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser"
of aft
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-04-26

SHERIFF'S SALE.-By virtue of a certi-
directed, from the clerk of the Superior Court
OF Marion county, Indiana, in cause wherein
Francis NJ Chui Gilman is plaintiff and Beau
mont s. Wilton ct al. are defendants, requir-
ing me to make the sum Of one hundred and
eighteen dollars and thirty eight cents, and
one other installment as provided for in said
decree, with interest on said decree and
cost, L will expose at public sale, to the
highest bidder, on
SATURDAY, the 9th day of NAV. A. u.
1876,
between the hours OF 10 o'clock A. NJ, and 4
o'clock p. NJ, of sad day. at the uoor of the
court house of Earton County, indiana, the
rents and p-cf8 for a term not exceeding
seven year :, ofthe following real estate, to-wit
a., Lot amber twelve Q2) In block number two
70 10 Wiley & Martins northwest addition TO
re city OF indianapolis, in Marion county,
, indiana.
Hsuch rents and profits viii not sell for
sufficient sum to satisfy said decree. interests
aud costs, l will, at the same time and place,
expose TO public sale the fee simple OF said
real estate, or so much thereof as may be SUI.
ficient 10 discharge said decree, interests and
costs.
Salj sale will be made without any relief
VIII ateyer from valuation or appraisement
laws.
ALBERT REISSNER,
Sheriff OF Marion county.
April IL. A. ID. 1878. aprll-St
TAYLOR, RAND & TAYLOR, Attys. for Pl'f.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-04-26
"A CARD.

Four elegant stereoscopic views OF the Gem
teuuial, Ms samr les, sent by mail on recei !
of q cents, or one dozen for IS cents. With a
grand steTeoscope, 81 81.
c. W. WHITNEY & Co.,,
Chester, Pa.
New-York tribune., 1876-03-11
MR.. BELENAP IN IOU1.

TUE STORIES CURRENT IL KEOKCR-HIS ALLEGED
PROFITS FROM TIT WHISKY RING-THE GRAVE
STONE FRAUD.
[FRoM OCCASIONAL coRREsPoSDESToF or THE TRIBuNEl
WASHINGTON, March lO.-Gentlemen here from
Keokuk say that the Belluap exposures burst there
ike "A bombshcll. People were not so much aston
ishod at what Nr. Belbnap doing, "a that he
was found ont They had supposed him too firmly
intrenched for exposure overthrow. Now that
all lips are unsealed great many things axe coming
out. For example,
l. Some time ago Arthur Bridgman, O son of Gen.
Bridgman, one of the old citizens of Kc0kuk was
appointed by the Secretary Of War to pOst-trader-
ship He was absent from Keokuls only about one
month, when he returned and resumed his duties in
the bank. 1t was soon repored that he had sold out
his appointment for $4,000. Gossip presently
duced tie sum to $4,000. 1t is now believed that
he only realized So 000 and that he paid the other
Sc 900 to some one in Washington. His associates
In the bank and elsewhere remember that he had
long private talks with his father at the timc and
that since the explosion he is again greatly given TO
these secret interviews. his father, the General is
greatly worried but covers it up by saying that
"he has never felt badly about anything i'll which
he has no personal interest"
2. II. b. Ogden of keObuk states that six years ago
Mr.. Belknap told him that if he would make bid
for the War Department stationery of the West ho
should have the contract. Ogden adds that if he
had made the bid he should have divided profits.
He is q job printer.
g. 1t is not denied that when LomaX & Belknap
were law partners Beknap collected a note for the
firm and used the money on his own account.
LOmax was greatly embarrassed in raising the
money TO pay this note for which the firm was liable,
and Belknap did not refund 1t until several years
later.
d. While Collector, Belknap is reported to have
had corrupt relations with the Whisky Ring. 1t is
generally understood that Col. Vial of Keokuk de-
manded post-tradershp, and threatened exposure
of the whisky business If it was refused. The keO
kuk story is that Belknap made $4,000 out of the
Whisky Ring
.. Ii is believed that George II. Williams, as well
aa Mr.. Bridges, has some knowledge OF the grave
stone fIadd. Williams cut many Of the stones in
Keoluk by the sand-blast process, tho marble hay-
ing been taken there from Vermont
q. II is asserted that Col. T.. X. Peek and Mr..
DrunmOnd are travelling agents of Belhnaps for the
sale OF and collections from post-tradershps.
New-York tribune., 1876-03-11
Mr.. STORY2S PICTURES.

Mr.. George II. Story, the artist has at present
in his studio in the Young Mems Christian Association
Building, Twenty -thrdst. aud Foucth-aye col
lection Of his recent paintings including those for the
Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia and the Spring
exhibition Of the Academy. These works worthiy rep
resent Mr.. Story'5 ABILITY raner OF 0e're and figure
pictures Of somewhat pensiye character, the subjects
drawn mainly from domestic life The most character
istc is entitled "The Young Mother" and represents
tender and lovely woman nursing Lcr babe. Tie arch
and satisfied look OF the child harmoGzes with the arc
t.OIatc oppression TIE face mother. The other
pictures "1he Young student" which Is described
10 the following legend ON the frume:
81 And pauflug. while Lis work IL but briun
III, thoughts leap forward TO t..e coming years
AND picture tIunuAs which VIII yet De Won =
"Iittc Emily" pict Te Of DiUkrBss heroine by the
seas!Je ia which br story has had Edwaid Moran rs
collaboration; Full Of BaslHnss' Little urchn playing
tbD mischief at wTitingfsk.n brinnt little BIT and
The SoissOrs-,iiuirr," out-Of-dOOr Now WEnsia
scene. full of qua nt character aud bumOr.
New-York tribune., 1876-03-11
THE LAW OF LIBEL.

Augustin DAILY has sued c. A. Byme, pro-
pretOr OF The Dramatic He'oS, for alleged libel in two
artcles The first a letter 20 the editor, charging
that Mr.. DAILY had taken the play Piqne from play
him years ago under the OF Irritation" This
letter published with comments by the editor
stating that he informed the letter true the
other article repetition Of the first charge, with
general charge against Mr. DAILY of plagiarism asserting
that this play taken from novel by Florence Mar
ryat. The defense justification, and mitigation Of
damages, belief in tho truth OF the statements. On
motion TO compel the defendant TO make his answer
more definite aud certain, Judge Curtis I'm Superior
Court Special Term says The defendant, In pleading
the ustncations OF his answer should state the facts
which the truth Of the mputatOns. 1t Is insufficient
10 ay er simply that the matters published are true. The
answer should state the OF the alleged auh0rcss
and the time when the play delivered 70 II plann
Tn facts going establish the justification should be
stated with parcuarty. A statement false IN nself
and injurious TO the subject Of IT. when disseminated IN
public journal, although made in good faith and upon In
formation deemed reliable is held not TO be privileged
unless confined those having interest in the in
formation. This the answer falls to show. The answer
also fails state facts showing that the publication com
planned OF far and legitimate criticism OF the play,
Ibe defendant docs not With suiren, certainty aud
defneneSs state what he relies on as mitigating eircnn-
stances
Tue defendant therefore required 20 make his
definite In these respects and TO pay SlO costs.
New-York tribune., 1876-03-11
OPEN VOTING A CAUSE OF BRIBERY.

CDNEEAIMENI OF IIIE NAMES On a BAiLOi
POssIBLE-METHOD or RECEIVING VOTES.
TO the RAZOR OF me Trtbune.
SIR: In all the discussions OF New-Hanp'
shre's politics have rtyer seen ausion to cir
culsance which perhaps than all others is the
cause of ber apparent political stability.
ytrt7olly there IS 40 such thing rOi1g 6y ballot in
the Grants state. That is say the great advantage
intended to be secured by the ballot methodthd OF cna
bling every TO vote nc pieases. without account
ing 10 anybody, or letting anybody know how he
does yotc-is totally destroyed by the custom Of
opcn tickets If voter hands in his ballot folded up
the seectman before Geposing it in the box, Will open
&C. aud lay il in fiat, that everybody in the room is en-
abed to see how the man votes. Furthermore, instead
of locked oallOtbOX with narrow slit for the inscr
ton Of the tickets, large wooden box with sliding
cover is used ard when the Selcctman receives ticket
he slides back the cover lays IN tie ticket and presses
down the pile with his hand! stin furthermore, at
time or times the OF tie DAY when the Select
men do they take ont the tickets, examine
them, and count theml
This know TO Ue the custom at Concord the capital
city and far 1 could learn, it throughout
the State. /. easy to imagine Of circumstances
any Of which Nigh cause conscientious voter 10
make a change in his ticket If he could do without
being obliged to account for it his neghbors and
friends or without offending his employer patrons
but not If otherwise. The New-Hampshire cannot
so much as scratch single from his ticket with
out having it known TO all who interested
This, in my OpniOn is the true reason why tho politics
of that state is 50 corrupt. The great mass OF the
voters there as elsewhere, are honest enough
eonscentously and to change their issues and
candidates changed, II they permitted to do
without TOO great demand upon their moral courage.
But their freedom is parayzed by open ballOtbox,
and nothing is left 10 the politicians but 10 shit major
itios by purchasing the unscrupulous RI.
Ne1o- York, March 10, 1876
New-York tribune., 1876-03-11
THE WINNING PARTY.

A VICTORY BY THE REPUBLICANS FoREsHADowRD-
THEIR ORGANIZATION BETTER AND THEIR
TREASURY FULLER THAN THAT or THE DEMO
cRATs-THR CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
IFRoN 4 STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE THBUNEl
PORTSMOUTH, y. H., March 9.-The indications
that the Republicans will carry the State are now
30 strong as TO leave little room for doubt Their
organization is. find, everywhere more complete
and effective than that of their opponents, they
working harder and what is Of still greater import
New-York tribune., 1876-03-11


tion Had the guests not been suppng of and on I'll
night they would have been ready for breakfast,
when the sun broke in upon their rcyels.
The other ball TO which have alluded was given
by Mr. Marshall, the brOtheT-in-law of cur we'll
known painter, Mr. w. Stanley Haseline. The ball
was given in the great conccrt-room known as the
Sala Dante, in the immediate vicinity Of the ccle
brated Acqua Trcvi The ball was pronounced on
all hands to have been brilliant and enjoyable as,
for some occult reason it is said bachelors parties
have a special privilege of being; and, while Mr.
MarshalPs guests were pledging each other in more
generous liquor many ferycntly breathed wish
might have been heard that he himself would take
a long pull at the bright water of the neighborng
fountain. For, alas! Mr.. Marshall is about to leave
Rome; and all the world knows that whose dnnketh
of the Trevi fountain is sure to come back to
Rome And, since he won't be here to blow me up
forit will venture upon blahbing another little item
of Mr. Marshalrs Roman dOngs for, if don't, no.
body will ever hear of # and it is worth hearing.
little while before the ball off. Mr.. Marshall,
having given the necessary orders to n well-knOwn
cock here caused some 20 Or5O tickets to be printed,
each of which was not only " a ticket for soup" but
for an excellent good dinner, with cakes and oranges
afterward Then he distributed his tickets TO such
Of his female friends as had most knowledge Of Rome
and Of the poor around them begging them 10 collect
his guests Tor him, with the sole pr0FlsO that each
cOnrre was to have passed the age of four and not
to have reached that of twelve. Imagine the amount
of delight that this new mode OF Carnival keeping
produced! Decidedly If Mr. Marshall has not drunk
of the famous fountain. he must have bottle Of it
sent after him.
1t is very convenient thing to write in chapters.
One draws a limo across the page aud becomes by
that simple process perfectly free TO start afresh
matters far as the poles asunder from the hast Of
which you have been speaking. Wen, suppose
the line drawn without troubling the compostcr to
produce il bodily. Tho reader has drawn il in his
mind, and that is sufficient. So now TO fresh fields
aud pastures new Of less forid kind than those we
have left behind us.
All the world has been greatly scandazed here,
and part Of it very genuinely perplexed, by the
failure Of the 'Tiinacria" n sicilian Steamship
Company Steamship companies will fail like other
commercial enterprses-have failed before and will
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-08
Frightful Tragedy in France.

A frigntful tragedy is reported from
Ville-N euvelle-Cu gnaux, a village near
Toulouse. A laborer named Delboscq
was living with his wife and sister
in-law in the house of Nine. Lecroix.
The sister-in-law was about to be mar
ried in few days, and claimed certain
articles of furniture belonging to her,
as well as the payment of a sum of 600
francs which she had lent to Delboscq.
On hearing this the man became furi-
Gus, and dur g the night quarrelled
with his wife, who threatened to sum-
mon him before magistrate. This
excited him to frenzy, and Selling a
spade, he beat the poor woman to
death. Not satisfied with this, he
mounted to the second story, where his
sister-in-law was sleeping VITA Nine.
Lacroix, and murdered both of them
with the same weapon. He then went
down stairs anc vented his fury on tn e
furniture, smashing everything in the
place. Here apparently his rage was
quelled by fear Of the results of his
atrociOus acts, for, after an attempt to
cut his throat, probably inaf ectual
through nervousness, be drank off the
contents of bottle of petroleum.
rushed out of doors and then threw
himself into the canal, whence he was
rescued by some grape-pickers who
happened to be near the spot. A doc
tor was quickly called, who, by the
prompt administration of emetics, sue
ceeded in saving the life of the muir
derer; but his three victims were found
dead from the frightful blows he had
inflicted on them. When brought be-
fore the magistrate he he made a full
confession, and related all the details
of his horrible crime.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-08

the field of battle at night, the lii e.
blood oozing slowly from the mangled,
pallid lips of death. Recollect that the
Democratic party was false to the coun-
try when your husbands, your fathers,
your brothers, and your chivalric sons
were in the prison pens of the South
with no covering but the clouds, with
no bed bur the frozen earth, with no
food except such as worms had refused.
and with no friends except insanity and
death. Recollect it, and spurn that
party forever, Applause.
Let me say one more word and [ am
done. Cries OF go on. They ung
est man here, the youngest child here
will never live long enough to see
Democratic President of the United
States. Cries of "Good" and ''Never,"
and applause. No man can carry that
aggregation of rascality, that aggrega-
ton OF reasonable practices, that ag-
gregation Of southern sympathizers,
that aggregation of traitors, thai aggre-
cation of men that endeavoredt to destroy
this country-no man can carry their
reputation on his back ard make sue
cessful run for the Presidency of the
United States. Cries of No." "Never, ~
No man can carry secession upon his
shoulders. No man can carry Libby
Prison, no man can carry Andersonville,
no man carry the history of the Demo
cratic party and get majority of votes
in the United States. Cries of
=" Never and applause For myself I
have no fear but Hayes and Wheeler
will be the next President and Vice
President of the United States of Amer
lea. Oh GERS. Let me beg you, let me
implore you, let me bese ech you, every
man, to come out on election day,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-08
Lord ROseberry's Marriage to Rosths-
child

The London papers announce the
marriage of Lord Roseberry, the noted
turfman, to Miss Hannah de Roths-
child, the only daughter of the late
Meyer de Rothschild. The late Baron
was great sporting man, and he was
also very much attached to Lord Rose
berry, who has now taken to himself
one of the most amiable, if not the
handsomest of all the Rothschild la
dies. Lord Roseberry was born in 1847,
and is consequently in his twenty ninth
year. In marrying Miss de Rothschild
he marrjes the richest heiress in the
world. The late Baron left $4,000
600, and his daughter, being his only
child, received $35, 100000 out of the
$40, 900, 900 under her fathers will. The
Rothschilds are very averse to these
marriages; and even when the Hon.
Eliot Yorke, about two years ago, mar
ried Miss Annie de Rothschild, the
feeling about the marriage was so keen
that Sir Anthony forbade it. It took
place, however, and Mr.. Eliot Yorke
married her, though her father refused
to give her a dowry. The exequerry
to the Duke of Edinburgh could afford
to put up with the loss, for she had an
income of some s18,O00 per annum
which she derived from her grandfather.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-08
Punctuate to Suit.

The following can be used for either
friend or an enemy, according to the
way you punctuate it:
"He is an old and experienced man
in vice and wickedness he is never
found in opposing the works of iniquity
he takes delight in the the downfall Of
his neighbors he never rojoices in the
prosperity of any of his fellow creatures
he is always ready to assist in destroy
ing the peace of society he takes no
pleasure in serving the Lord he is un-
commonly dilligent in sewing discord
among his friends and acquaintance he
takes no pride in laboring to promote
the cause of Christianity he has not
been negligent in endeavoring to ssig-
Matte all public teachers he makes no
efforts to subdue his evil passions he
strives hard to build up Satan's king
dom he lends no aid to the support Of
the Gospel among the heather he con-
tributes largely to the evil adversely he
pays great heed to the devil he will
never go to heaven he must go where
he will receive the just recon pense of
reward"