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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-24
CONFESSIONS OF A LOBBYIST.
How the Texas Pec.Gc Land Grant Was
Engineered Through Congress.
Special to Boston Herald.

Special to Boston Herald.
The Senate adopted to-day the resolution
of Mr.. Van Wyck calling for all papers in
the hands Of the Secretary of the Interior re-
lating to the Texas Pacific land grant Sec
rotary Teller was all ready for the resolution.
He had the papers in the case at the Senate
chamber before the Senate adjourned this
afternoon. The most interesting is a mem
orandum furnished by J. j. Newell, a lobby
ist purportiug to be n transcript from his
diary, showing that the land grant was OBJ
tanned by corruption. Newell was one of the
prOtestants against the transfer OF the Texas
Pacific land grant to the Southern Pacific.
The events recorded in the diary are said to
have occurred in May June and July, 1870,
and in the winter and spring following.
Newell says that Senators Mcdonald OF
Arkansas and Kellogg, OF louisiana told
Gen. Z. W. Rice and Col. G, II. Giddings that
they would push the Southern Pacific scheme,
then engineered by Gen. Fremont, for $50
700 in first mortgage bonds and $4,000 in
cash. half to be paid when the bill passed the
Senate and half when it became a law. The
money was to be paid into the hands of par
ties named by the senator's Some other pro-
positions were made, and then Mcdonald
went to Fremont and told him that he would
take hold of the thing on the terms he
named to Rice. Mrs. Fremont raised $50 coo
on a mortgage Of New York property, and
on June ttls amount ana the securities to
make up the difference was put in the hands
of E. W. Rice and J. d. Defrees, and next
day Newell, Rice and Gidaings contracted
with Defrees, as agent for Fremont, to push
the thing for $150000 in bonds The bill
passed July 3, and Immediately after Nc
Donald and his friends received $62, 900 of
the money put up with Rice and Defrees, and
Newell says Mcdonald divided with three
other senator's, The next winter r. c. Parsons
contracted with NJ. 0. Roberts, Of New York,
to get bill through the house, and put Rob
erts at the head of an organization with
81, coo 600, all of which Parsons says he had
contracted to pay members, except 10 per
cent for his own paw The bill passed. and
in April 1871. an organization was effected
and Roberts was elected president having
given J. w. Forney and Giddings, as COM
mittee of persons interested, Il verbal prom
Use to pay all the claims of the lobby and
others. AT the conference committee on the
passage of the bill, Mr.. Kellogg refused to
sign or agree to the bill unless he was paid
cash in hand $4,000 which was done, and he
supported the bill. Accompanying this is
lot of letters between Newell, Defrees, Gid
dings and Parsons; in regard to the non-pay-
ment Of their claims. Newell says the books
of the Texas & Pacific company will show the
names of over thirty congressman who were
paid for their votes, and the amounts given.
Newell filed this document last May. Since
then he has become the friend of the South
ern Pacific, and has tried to withdraw this
paper from the files of the interior Depart
ment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-24
Robbed by the Man Ho Prayed For.

Norfolk, tVa.) Landmark.
Mr. Hoyt a Methodist minister, attend
ing conference at Statesville, N. c., short
time ago. was asked by stranger who met
him on the street. to 60 a little distance and
pray with diving man. Instantly respond
ing to the request Mr. III. was led to an OBJ
scure place and shown the person said to be
dying, who was lying in the street. Upon
kneelng to pray with and for the PROSTATE
man. the preacher was seized around the
neck by the alleged sufferer and held while
the confederate robbed him of about $400
in money and what valuabes he had on his
person. Mr.. Hoyt had the money to turn
over to the conference, with his annual re-
port of collections for various purposes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-24

1t is now uudisputed that Wei De Meyers
Catarrh Cure is the only treatment that will alb
effectually cured me. ]. A Wilson, Princeton,
Ind" "Wife and daughter receiving Won
derful benefit from the cure. J. n. Edwards.
New Marion, Ind" zone box radically cured
me- Rev. Q. IL. TAYLOR. 140 Noble street, Brook
IyD," &c, &c. Thousands of testimonials are re-
ceived from all parts of the world. Delivered,
100 DR. Wei De Meyers ILLUSTRATED Treatise, -
with statements by the cured, mailed free. d.
b. Dewey & Co.. 1S2 Fulton street. New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-24

Mrs. WinslOw's soothing syrup should always
be used when children are cutting teeth. II re-
lieves the little sufferer ut once it produces
natural, quiet sleep by relieving the child from
pain. and the little cherub awalleS Upright as
II button" 1t is very pleasant 10 taste. 1t
soothes the child sofUens the gums, allays all
pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels and ia
the best known remedy for diarrhOea, whether
arising from teething or other causes. Twenty
five GEMS hottie.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-24

General Holiday Excursions,

To enable those desIr;ug TO visit their homes,
relatives and friends at small expense and enjoy
merry Christmas and happy New Year"
the l., b. & w. Railway and the Ohio Southern
Railroad will sell round-trip tickets at low ex-
oursiou rates to and from all stations, for all
trains. December 22, %, "a, %, %. 80 and
TO and including Ian. 8, 1854, II. NJ. BRONSON,
General Ticket Agent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-24

Christmas hhov.

Elegant Christmas novelties III gents silk and
satin scarfs IN boxes, Use, 81 90 ana up silk
handkerchefs. 33c, Soc, etc. silk and satin
penders in glass covered boxes, silk and merinO
muflers, patent spring silk umbrellas, dressing
gowns aud smoking jackets, fancy striped bal
briggan and Imported underwear and hundreds
at the Model Clothing Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-24
Poor PenpIe Read This.

Wishing to do something for the poor of the
city, Messrs. Foote Bros., the new grocers, Nos.
20 aud % North Meridian street. will give away
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Dee. 90
27 and %. LOGO lOaves of Brice's best hrc adj.
This is no advertising scheme to get people into
their house to buy sonnet hing, then reward them
with a loaf of bread, but every man, woman or
child that will go to their store and take it away,
will be welcome to a loaf.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-24

JOIN the procession! If you have a cough or a
cold Join the crowds THAI hurrying to the
drug stores for Hale's Honey of HOrehound and
Tar. 1t is agreeable quick to cure, and abso-
lutely intallible. Sold by all druggists.
Pixies rOOtnache Drops cure i'll one minute.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-24

National republican,
Man is above property. The Abolitionists
were not heard for some years. But slavery
forced the fight. Human rights may plead
in vain for time, but the Bourbon if given
license by Northern Indifference and sympa-
thy, will extend his jurisdiction until each
Northern Republican will feel the weight Of
his iron heel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-24

THE surprising merits of the Wilcox & Gibbs
Automatic Sewing Machine will he fully demon
strated to yOu by IA thorough and practical test.
SPws from the spool direct 90 East New York
street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-24
Philadelphia Record.

If you are at loss what to give your father
or brother, or sweetheart for Christmas
present give him q stuffed owl. 1t is the
fashion
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-24

Don't die in the house. CROUCH on Rats"
Clears out rats mice flies reaches, bedbugs. l5c.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-24
Busted.


PhlIadeIphla Fres5
A dyspeptic view of Christmas and Christ
mas presents:
Wives and sweethearts all remind us
We may make our lives sublime,
Aud departing leave behind us
Sad memories of many u dime
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-24

THE greatest appetizer, stomach, blood and
liver regulator on earth-Hop Bltters. Try 1t.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-24

ALL kinds of fish and game in season at John
HueSele's.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-12
WHO'D BE A BOY BABY ?

\ writer in an English medical journal
presents statistics to snow that / per
cent more boys than girls die before
reaching the age of five years. and in IT,
mates that an explanation is to be found
i'll the difference in nursing the two
sexes receive. lie does not say whether
the boy babies are Rugged too much, or
pinched to death by their fair attendants,
but reform in the method of their treat
ment appears to be imperative. The
writer. to whom reference is here made,
is gallant enough to suggest that the
excess of mortality among male infants.
may be due in part to Il higher organism
than that of girls but, of course, the ex-
PLANTATION is unworthy of consideration.
Our fair friends will perceive the gravity
of this subject, for the preservation of
boy babies is essential to the supply of
the demand for husbanlS There are
nearly 4 million less males than fcma les,
in the United States already, and the
stagnation of the matt imunial marke ct
begins to excite alarm.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-12
Major Ellis P, Phipps Convicted

The jury in the case of Major Ellis p.
Phipps, charged with forgery, after being
out all night, rendered on Saturday a
verdict of guilty. A motion in arrest of
judgement and for a new trial was made
and the usual four days time within
which to file the reasons therefor was
ually committed the forgery and obtain
ed the warrants has confessed to Phipps'
counsel, but is out of the jurisdiction of
the court.
District Attorney Graham regards this
as only an attempt to excite sympathy
for Maio Phipps, and says that, even if
it were SO, it could not be made available
as reason for new trial, because it
could not be regarded as after discovered
evidence, being previously known to
counsel, and that this class of forgery
being misdemeanor, all concerned in it
are equally as guilty as the principal.
After the verdict had been rendered.
one of the jurors stated that when they
retired to deliberate they were an unit
upon Phipps' guilt. but concluded to re-
main out for little while for propriety 8
sake, and when they were ready to come
in they found that the court had adjourn
ed, and were compelled to remain in
their room all night
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-12

Ruby raped for order, and Raine as
sured the convention that if it had any
sense remaining, it had better paddock
its Jaw and 60 home.
Then Ruby appointed committee
which. after considerable deliberation.
reported that the State Senate has be-
come almost a tie; the House has a strong
Republican ma iori,y: two Congressional
districts have been wrested from us, and
partisan judges have been elected and,
fellow Democrats. you had better cease
your fighting.
The report was, unanimously, adopted +,
aud the convention diSbauded. The Snow
Hill man went off to the circus, the
General sped toward the evening
train, and as Nanderford shook the dust
of Barnum's from his feet, killgorc
dragged himself to the bar and " smiled y
/ this question to Raine-" What do you
| think of the prospects ''
| 1t was great day for Ruby.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-12
Mrs. Langtry on American Woman.

The Jersey Lily was recently inter
viewed by New York Ufruld reported
and gave her impressions regarding
American woman. She finds more pretty
faces here than in England and that
American woman have beautiful hair and
very pretty hands and feet, but the
American standard of figures is too
plump to please ner. The most beauti
full American woman she has seen is
Mary Anderson. In Baltimore it struck
her that every woman she saw was a
beauty. As to dress, She thinks that
American women dress too smartly for
the street and too simply Cor the theatre
They mix their colorS bully and have too
many bows and ends on their dresses.
AS to their manners. she finds them
charming, so free and open, so delight
fully independent and bright and unre
strained in conversations
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-12
TEA AND COFFEE ADULTERA
TIONS.

The rigid measure enacted by Con-
grcSs for the exclusion of aGulterated and
spurious teas will not protect the coun-
try from tea authorizations without vigi-
liant supervision of the tea trade in the
United States. The importation of i'm
pure tea will hereafter be very difficult.
if not wholly impossible. but thee is IA
danger of adulteration after importation.
1t has been found that the manufacture
of spurious coffee berries from dough
baked in mouldS has become an extensive
business, and the inexperienced shopper
may purchase as pure coffee an article
containing one-fyulth part of such
spurious berries. 1t is probable that un-
scrupulous dealers will resort to similar
practices for the authorizations of tea.
Dried leaves of various sorts and vile con-
coctionS of Undesirable chara ter may
be mixed with good tea, unless provision
is made to prevent that result We
must have rigid laws to prevent the
adultCration of tea and coffee after reach
ing the United States, as wei as for the
exclusion of that which has teen adul-
tie ~ated abroad.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-12
THE DUBLIN TRIALS.

The acquittal Of Fitzharris is bad news
for the ultra-Irish party. They had
charged that the Judge was British
advocate, the jury was packed, and no
Irishman stood ghost of chance of
anything but conviction, The result Of
this one proves the unfairness of such
charges. Fitzharris counsel did not
even call any witnesses. The only testi-
mony against him was that of the in
formers and they offered no proof shat
the prisoner was aware Of the plot to
murder Mr.. Burke before the day pre-
vious to that on which the murder was
committed. There was reasonable
doubt as to whether lie knew the inten-
tons of the murderers when he drove
them to Phoenix Park, and the jury gave
him the benefit of the doubt. He will
be tried again for conspiracy to murder,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-12
SIT Ting BULL AS A FARMER

The conversion of Sitting Bull to the
Roman Catholic faith has directed gen
eral attention to his tribe. the Uncapapas
numbering about 4, 200. on the Standing
Rock reservation. The old chief has a
powerful influence over his tribe, and his
entrance into the church may be followed
by the conversion of ali his people. He
is now on his way to the reservation. and
with about 200 Indian families he will
establish farming community on the
Grand river. II he lccomes successful
farmer the change effected in one of the
most warlike Indian tribes will be truly
marvellous. His Roman Catholic friends
have much at stake in his future, and
their utmost influence will doubtless be
excrted to make his behavior commend
able. Perhaps Sitting Bulls conversion
will greatly stimulate the Protestant
churches to efforts for the civilization of
the 2'1,OOO Indian population of the
United States, and as the Sioux chief is
but fifty years of age he may live to see
nearly all our Savages engaged in agri-
culture
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-12
GEN, GRANTS SPEECH
The United States-A Country for all
TO Fight and Die For.

At the celebration of the l50th ami
niversary of the New York Chamber of
Commerce by dinner at Delmonico's,
Tuesday evening last, Gen. |. :. Grant
was the first speaker ON the regular
toasts, being called on to respond to the
following sentiment:
1.-THE United States-The great mod,
ern Republic home of 4 new cos
mopolitan race. May those who seek the
blessings of its free institutions and the
protection of its flag remember the obi
cations they impose
lie arose amid great cheering. In the
course of his speech. after some pleas
antries as to the great scope of his sub
.iect he said:
But in speaking of the United States
We who are native born have c"ui'try
of which we may well be proud. Those
of us who have b en- abroad are better
able perhaps to make the comparison of
our eujoymcnts and our comforts than
those who have always stayed at home.
1t has been the fortune, | presume, Of
the majority here to compare the lite and
the circumstances of the average people
abroad with ours here. We have here a
country that affords room tor all, and
room for every enterprise. We layc in
sttutions which encourage every man
who has industry and ability to rise from
the position in which he may find him
self to any position in the land. 1t is
hardly worth my while to dwell upon
the subject, but there is one point which
notice right here, and for that reason
| took this book (the toast book and
thought ! would say one word about
that. May those who seek the bless.
ings of its free institutions and the pro
lection of its flag remember the obliga
tons they impose think that there is
text that my friend Mr.. Beechcr on
the left or my friend DR.. Newman on the
right might well preach a long sermon
upon. | shall only say few words.
We offer an asylum to every man OF
foreign birth who chooses to come here
and settle upon our soil. We make OF
citizen endowed with all the rights that
any of us have, except perhaps the single
one of being elected to the presidency OF
the United States. There is no other
privilege that native, no matter what
he has done for the country has that the
adopted citizen of five years standing
has not got. | contend that that places
upon him an obligation which | am sorry
TO say many of them do not seem to feel.
LApplaus.
We have witnessed on many occa
sions here the foreign, the adopted citi
zen claiming rights and privileges be
cause he was an adopted citizen. That
is all wrong. Let him come here to ell
joy, but let him fulfill all the obligations
that we are expected to fulfill. After he
has adopted it, let this be his county,
country that he will fight for and die for,
if necessary. | am glad to say that the
great majority of them do it, but some
of them WHO mingle in politics seem to
bank largely on the fact trat they are
adopted citizens. And that class ! am
opposed to az much as am opp, sed to
many other things that | see that are
popular now.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-12
COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE

The New York ErprcSs of Monday,
under the above caption, does something
rarely done either by a New York journal
or an individual citizen Of that metrop-
oils. That is, TO admit that that city is
behind any other city or town in any
enterprise whatever. 1t says
The Boston correspondent Of the liar
ford Cparf:rt calls attention tn a fact that
must Lave been noticed by everyone who
reads the Boston papels-the immense
advertising done by cert.in dry goods
firms. He says II. II. White Il Co.
often occupy IA whole page of two OF
three OF the morning papers. and Jordon,
Marsh 4 Co. take two pages. This latter
firm drive the Herald, the iourndl and
Globc ont of their editorial page alto,
as much as $500 for a single one oil these
insertions, aud they are repeated several
days. and extend from one week into
another. This is part of the expense
which it is assumed that shoppers nave
to pay, bur they appear to find bargains
to their satisfaction notwithstanding
The same thing is true in Philadelphia
Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati and other
cities. In the Quaker city, Wanamakel
and Strawbridge d Clothicr frequently
occupy page, and sometimes severa
pages. i'll the PrCSs and IiHtts, and in the
Illinois metropolis there arc several firm,
who habitually advertise in the same
magnificent way in the leading journals
OF all the cities in the United state.
| having over quarter OF Il million inha b
itantS. New York has the least adver
Using: and yet the universal testimon,
is that advertising pays.
The late \. I. Stewart, who was prob
ably the best known merchant in the
United States while he lived, and coulC
have done without advertising better
than any other man, was probably in thi:
respect tbs most liberal in his policy o
any of the New York business men
And Mr.. Stewart was not the sort of {
man to pursue that policy unless he forlnc
that it paid. If the merchants of New
York chose to do so, they could double
their trade, especially in the region lying
within fifty miles of the city, and in the
mailing department, by following the
eNamplp of the BOSTON and Phila1alnhia
merchants.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-12
Example of Western Growth.

There was good specimen of Amer
can wit in the reply made by the old
settler who had lived in this city since it
was log cabin or two, to the young man
who was putting him through a course
of Undergraduates:
9 on must have lived here long time
time?'
well, | Reckon
''Why, how long since yon came here"
Young man. said the old settler
seizing the questioner by the coat lappe
" do you see that hill across the river
(ponting to a lofty peak)'
Yes said the other Il do
We'll, kim here sir, when that wis
nothin but hole in the ground. -
Burltn9toH Hdrkeye.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-12

The Opinion of Judge Billings, of the
United States Circuit Court for the
district of New Orleans in the Ga inc $
case, delivered on Thursday week fills
six columns in the New Orleans papers
The Judge, in concluding, used very
strorg language, not at all compliment
tary to the city of New Orleans lie de-
clared, in effect, that the city had vio-
lently wrested the ''Blanc Tract" in the
city of New Orleans, from Myta Clark
Gaines, the legal heir of Daniel Clark,
who inherited the property by will of her
father, sold it, and had defended the
fraud fer fifty years The decision called
the defendent to a reckoning for half a
century of already adiudged wrong.
The restitution to which the complainant
was entitled was founded upon DEGREES
which establish it cOncusively, and so
on. The New Orleans Times Democrat
says the case will be carried to the Su,
prcme Court Of the United States. and
expresses the opinion that that court
will overruie Judge Billings decision,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-12
Fancy Prices for Cattle.

At sale of Jersey cattle in New y ork.
on Wednesday, fancy prices were brought.
The COW Josephine" sold for $3.50; the
COW Forget. Me Not's Prize" s3l5
= Beautiful Maid $500; Wash Maid, y
$500; 4 Bessie II ;" $315; "Ida's Fancy
*325; " Primrose Lovelock, $500: "Gold.
anna, $40, and 'Calistc of Scituate, =
500.
1.-The King of Ashantcc" sold fol
Sc, 400. the largest sum ever paid for a
bull. The buyer is c. Easthoper, OF
Niles, Ohio. Buttermaker'' brought
81, O?5, paid by T. S. Stephens, of Swan
Mass. Fancy Alphea' was sold fol
81 G5O, to f. 5. Cooper, of Coopersburg,
Pa; Countess Fawkes' for 81, 900 &c
c. Easthope; the colts "l.a Biche, y 81, 900,
to Theo G. lIavcmeyer; Starlight
Maid, " 81 800, to c. Easthope Sixty
enc animals We're sold, netting $50, 0S0.