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Year: 1874




WARRINGTON Monday, March 8. 1874


The financial debate will be resumed in the Sen
ate tomorrow. When this debate was suspended
about two weeks nearly all of the Senators on
both sides of the question were ready to vote. All
Of the written speeches had been delivered except
one or two and the excitement Of the discussion,
combined with the probability that the aspect OF
the subject would change from day 10 day dIscour-
aged the preparation of new speeches; but dur'ng
the time that has intervcDed, there have been hive
days including Sundays. on which the Senate has
not been in session, and several other days when
there has been scarcely quorum OF Sena-
tors in their seats. From the reports about
the Senate to-day, is would seem that
the most of this time has been spent in writing new
speeches or revising old for again so that
IL far TO presume that it will require abont Two weeks
for the Senate To get some decisive action on
the question as il two weeks ago The majority OF
the Senators show n remarkable carecssnesS for the
appeals that coming 10 Washington GalIy IRON
every part of the Union that Congress shall do some
thing regard to this question: in order that busl-
ness men may know what course 10 take. Many
Senators seem TO think that 1t If more important
that they should AIR their peculiar theories on
finance than that business should be relieved hom
its present suspense


EXAGGERATED REPORTS OF INDIAN TROUBLES.
Senator Tipton who returned this morning from a
visit to Nebraska says that the people of that State
are displeased that reports should have been gener
ally circulated that there is danger in any part of
that State from hostile Indians The Indian trouble
in the West he saws, has been greatly exaggerated,
and there is really no more danger IN any Of the
settled portions of Nebraska than in the States
this side of the Mississippi River. IL has been
suspected 10y many'in Washington that there was
more smoke than tire in the present cry about In
dian wars. While there is no doubt that some of
ha WILD Indians rPStiye. and certain that
some murders have been committed, II Is also for the
interest of tho army, which 1t is now proposed TO
cut down. and more especially OF contractors, who
thrive OH Indian wars to have an impression abroad
,ust ut this Time that "A is imminent.
Year: 1874

'her enots to obtain justice and equality and prompt
examination Of the facts which they had pre-
sented. lie spoke at some length OF the
system or moieues, showing its injurious ef
iects on the entire mercantile community not
only impoverishing but deprivng OF their good
name which is the basis Of prosperity. Remove far
as possible all obstruetoDs and hinderances to com
merce, and take away all the terrible abuses which
new exist. The best protection IL the love
and duty OF the people. Make the laws
just, and there will lie difficulty. their admnis
uation be honest and there will be no occasion to
plain.


to-morro
Year: 1874

against him. The name of the father
is Mr.. Christian X. Ross, of the firm
of Ross, Shot & Co., wholesale dry
goods dealers on Market street. The
house was unfortunate during the
panic, and hence MIR. Ross is unable to
paw at once the sum demsnded by the
blackma;lers. It is hoped that he will
not be obliged to do SO, but that 1t
will be the kidnappers who will be
obliged to pay the penalty worthy OF
their inhumanity.


THE LETTERS OF THE BLACKMAiLEi;S.


lip. M.-Since writing tho above
your correspondent has gained more
direct idea of the nature of the letters
which the kidnappers have sent to the
disconsolate father. More fendlsh,
cruel or inhuman epistles human hand
never penned. One of them reads
similar to this:


owe know you are not worth much
money, but we are aware that you
have rich friends of whom you can
borrow. If you love money better
than your child its blood be on your
own head"


Another letter reads to this effect:


s'Any attempt to ascertainthe chllds
hiding place will result in its entire
annihilation. We will turn the child
up' on our own terms"


Meaning that in case the money is
mot Forthcoming they will kill tho in
FAINT. No one can read the letters
without feeling his blood boil. -Four
letters in all have been received, and
each of them is cool and cruel. "We
know our business" says one of the
letters, "and We are going to fight it
ont .
Year: 1874

that had bit me. Swelling had already
commenced-less than five minutes
from the biting. Still 1 determined
to do nothing, for awhile at least, IN
order to observe the effects OF the
noison unmodified by treatment. The
swelling increased rapidly, and in fif-
teen minutes more the pain had be-
come excruciating, and 1 could not
bear any weight on the leg. L was
obliged now to lie down.


[ now took, in a wine-class OF water,
half teaspoonful of saturated tine
ture of iodine. About fifteen minutes
afterwards I repeated the iodine
about twenty drops. A short tune
after, perhaps fifteen minutes, third
dose of iodince-ffteen drops--1n
twenty-five or thirty minutes after, the
fourth. The length of these several
intervals is conjectural. L had the
orifices of the wounds several times
touched with the tincture of iodine,
and the leg, which was now swollen
from the ankle to the knee, was paint
ed with iodine.


The pain was excrl1ciating, but by
1870 or IL o'clock, two and half or
three hours after the bite-had abated
sensibly. About 1:30 in the morning
I fell asleep, and awoke at sunrise with
complete stiffness and superficial sore
ness of the limb on touch, now swollen
to donble its former size, but with no
pain worth mentioning. Nor have L
since had suffering further than COM
plete disease of the leg this morning,
and being gobliged tohave it at all times
elevated. The foot participated in the
swelling. and if the leg hung down 1t
became land indeed still does in few
minutes perfectly hvid.


The interest of the matter in ques-
| ton lies in the use, and the efficacy OF
iodine as a remedyfor venomous bites.
| Nothing else than iodine was used; no
spirits. no hartshorn, not the least pos
sible thing in the world, internally or
externally, except iodine and one small
| drink of water.


Former experience had given me
confidence in iodine by its use with
others. 1 was determined to give it o
fair showing in my own case, unalded
and unobstructed by any other med1,
cation. I have attached the greater
! interest to this case because, though
one is seldom safe judge in his own
case. the present bite has been by long
| odds the severest snake bite 1 ever
knew. If left to itself it would, III my
opinion, have been fatal in very few
hours. That the snake was a very
large one I knew from his heavy
scuffiing about my legs, and, may
add, from the depth to which L felt
his fangs enter. My instantaneous
suspicion, from the weight and sever
ity of the biting, was that my assailan'
was q wildcat, or some such animal.
The excruciating pain felt subsequent.
lv, rs before mentioned. seemed to me
like the ferocious cramps of the mus,
cles in malignant cholera, except that
they were not in any degree spasmodic
There were other circumstances,
symptoms which [ should detail were
I writing to physician, but they
would only still further bore you. Tc
set forth truly the efficacy of iodine
must excuse my length. [ do not
know what kind of snake it was, but
suspect it to have been rattlesnakc


Very truly yours,


ASIIBEL SMITH.
Year: 1874

NEW DEvELoPMENTs-A PREVIOUS ATTEMPT


PREVENTED.


1t appears that Mrs. Bradley who commit
ted suicide by taking laudanuIn, on Saturday
last, at Front andMadison streets, in this city,
had before made an unsuccessful a,tempt to
take her life, She had been employed a few
weeks ago as nurse in the family of one of
our citizens, when !: was noticed that the babe
was unusually still and slept nearly all the
time. Upon examination it was found that
she had been in the habit of constantly ad-
ministering doses of laudanum to tie child in
order to keep it quiet.


When accused of her misconduct Mrs. Brad.
icy was filled with grief and confusion and
shortly afterwards attempted to swallow a
quantity of laudanum, but was prevented
She OF course, was Immediately dismissed
from her position, and probably went at once
to the house where she committed suicide on
Saturday.


1t appears to US that the woman after this
hIst attempt should have been reported 10 the
proper authorities, SO that watch could have
Deen Kept upon her actions, and her suicidal
Intentions frustrated.
Year: 1874

the Assembly; and the three counties jointly
shall elect one member Of the Assembly. y


Why, the idea is preposterous to any one
who knows anything about the difficulties OF
communication between Placer and al pine


1t would be as well to associate Siskiyou
with us, and even better as regards the
means Of getting from one place to the
other Provided Il candidate from Placer
should wish to 60 on leciioneering tour
through the various portions of his district
or to see his constituents after elected, lie
would have 10 first 60 by railroad to Carson
City, in Nevada, thence take the stage and
ride long wearisone distance over rough
roads, and through wild tract of country
to the county seat Of Alpine. True, there
is connection much nearer, but The Lord
pity any hightoned politician who attempts
to make the trip. Then, this mixture no,
only APPLIES TO Placer, Alpine, and Ell Do


RADIO, but it extends all the way through.
There is hardly a county in the State but
what is mixed up with some other county.
These mixtures occasion Inconvenience and
misunderstanding among the masses, and
the fewer we have Of them the better.
While we admit that a new apportionmenl
is necessary in accordance with JUST e, We
think it can he done OIL more equitable and
simple terms than is provided in this bill.
Even Evans himself, we think, can do bet


ter, and we would suggest to him to 'try
again. ...... ..g Fl. ..
Year: 1874

FADING AwAY.-Just as sure as f.te the
Republican party has seen its last victory.
Notwithstanding the keen rebuke it received
at the State elections last fall, its Represen-
tatives in Congress continue TO act in def
ance Of the will of the people and of justice
with as much effrontery as though the p-o-
pie had nothing to say. Notwithstanding
the country was loaded down with debt OF
over two billions, they increased the salary
of nearly every government official, from
the President down, about one-half. The
act struck like dagger to the hearts Of the
masses, and from all classes and from all
parts the cry went up to Washington that
this act must be repealed. The cry has
been in substance disregarled. An intelli-
gent people have been msulted, and now
may the Lord pity them and their cause
when it shall be again submitted for the
peoples verdict The Republican party is
dead on its feet, and i. will be forever bur-
led out Of sight as soon as the political
grave digging instruments are again placed
in the hands of the people.
Year: 1874

TRUCKER WANTS TO CGME.--The people
Of 1ruckee and surrounding country are
making desperate effort to have their ter
ritory and themselves taken from Nevada
County and set over as a part of Placer.
AS we said some time ago on this subject,
We sympathze with the people of Truckee
in their awkward situation, and would like
to lend them helping hand, could we do it
without serious injury TO ourselves. We
think, located as it is in a remote, snow
covered and almost snow-bound region, and
naturally divided by the summit of the Sierra
Nevada Mountains from the rest of Placer,
that, in a financial point of view, which is
no small point, at this time when we are do
ing all we can to tighten taxes on the mass
es, we would be better off without sister
Truckee than with her. This we think il
nearly the unanimous opinion Of the people
of the lower part of the county at least.
We think Truckee would find the relief che
desires by urging the establishment Of a
new county, sooner and more efiectuaIly
than otherwise.
Year: 1874

New PAPER c are in receipt Of The
West Coast Star, a neat % column paper,
just started by Calvin Il Pike in Mendocino
city, Mendocino county. lis style and gen
eral appearance is neat, and its columns are
well filed with wholesome reading 1t is
Independent in politics. Though Mendoc-
no county has been the grave Of many pa
pers, and Mendocino city is an unhealthy
place for journalism, the Star bears on its
face sufficient vigor to lead one to think il
will weather all impedmenis. We hope for
it at least u long and useful career, attended
with success to its cause and its publishers.
Year: 1874

revision OF our patent right laws as shall
destroy the oppressive monopoly incl
dent to the present system, and shall
regulate and control the manufacture
and use of the patent right articles for
the benefit alike of the inventor, consul
mer and manufacturer.


Fifth-That the Republican party
! continues to express its gratitude 10 the
soldiers and sailors Of the republic for
the patriotism, courage and self-sacrihce
with which they gave themselves TO the
preservation Of the country during the
late civil war, and will especially recon-
pense the services of the enlisted men
by favoring the extension, from time to
time, as the ability of the government
will permit, of the pension and county
laws.


Sixth-In the opinion of this conven-
tion, intemperance is an evil against
which society has the right to protect it.
self; that our whole system of legislation
throughout all the history of the State,
has asserted and maintained this right,
and cannot now be surrendered without
yielding up that fundamental principle
of American government, which places
the power of passing laws in the hands
Of q majority; therefore We are in favor
OF such legislation as will give MAORI
ty of the people the right to determine
for themselves, in their respective towns,
townships or wards, whether the sale Of
intoxicating liquors, for use rs beVer-
age, shall be permitted therein, and such
as will hold the vendor responsible for
all damages resulting from such sales.


Seventh-We favor the enactment of
q law limiting the power of township
trustees, county commissioners and mu-
nicipal authorities to assess taxes and
increase township, county and munich
pal Indebtedness.


Eighth-Inasmuch as great abuses
have grown up under our present system
of fees end salaries, we demand such
legislation as will so reduce and regulate
all fees and salaries as will allow no
more than fair and Just compensation
for services rendered.


Ninth-We look with pride and salts
faction on our commOn-schOol system,
and regard its munificent fund as sacred
trust, to be faithfully and honestly spent,
30 that all the children OF the State
may be educated in the duties of citi-
zenship, and thereby become the better
able to perpetuate our popular institu-
tions; and whOsOever shall seek to strip
it down, or to impair its usefulness, will
meet our ceaseless and unrelentlng op-
position.


Tenth-We have entire confidence in
the integrity and honor of the President
OF the United States, and our senators
and representatives in congress are en-
titled to our thanks for the zeal with
which they have represented the princl-
piles of the Republican party during the
present session of congress; and the Re
publicans of Indiana view with especial
pride and hearty approval the course of
Senators Morton and Pratt, and the
fidelity and ability with which they
have represented the sentiments of the
people of this State.


On motion, the report of the commit
tee was adopted unanimously as the
platform OF the convention.


On motion, three cheers were given
for the platform, after which the con-
vention was briefly addressed by Colonel
Thompson, and adjourned.
Year: 1874

Under thetQbCvef captl0n ,ftne New
Y ork World Concludes On Grtiele rs
follows


And now will all the 4nen in Massa.
whofeit this divine rage, this
sacred and virile wrath in the defence
of hclplessness' against AendiSh brut
tality, of gracious and refined limo
cence. against foul ~ and grovelling
crime tingliDg hot in their veins on
Saturday last, as they read Tthe miser,
abic story of Judge 1owell's outraged
home, but do themselves and their
country the wholesome. service, OF re-
tlecting that this horrible thing at
which Massachusetts stands to-day
aghast has been stalking for years past
by night and by day over the length
and breadth of all the. Southern States
of this Union No doubt there are
many men at the South, hot of spirit
and slow to learn, who have once and
again since the close of the war mani
tested a disposition to deal over-harsh-
ly with the race which they and their
fathers before them, and our fathers
before us, as well as theirs, were
trained to regard and to treat as in
feriorby the Divine appointment to


the ruling race of Europe, of gAmeri-
ca, and of the world. But the vast
body of the Southern whites are OF
another strain. They accepted the re-
suits of the civil war honestly and
manfully. They knew that the major
ity of the Southern negroes were nei-
ther in themselves savage and cruel
nor disposed to live on ill.terms with
their white fellow citizens. But they
knew too that, as they are in all igno-
rant and long brutalized races, the
lower passions are especially strong,
and the intellectual forces By which
the lower passions, If they are 10 be
controlled at all, must be controlled,
are especially weak in the negroes.
And they looked forward then with q
peculiar anxiety to the increase at the
South of precisely such intolerable
offences against society as this which
has Just desolated one of the best New
England homes, when they found tina,


the bands of public order at the South


were to be suddenly relaxed by an ig


norant, passionate, and dishonest pol
itical interference Of the North in the
affairs of Southern society Their


bitter anticipations have been more


than realized. Naturally enough the


consequence has been that madden


ing outragcs have provoked signal and


summary chastisements. If the men


of Massachusetts will put the case of


the South to themselves to-day In the
light which is thrown upon 1t by this


awful incident at their own doors, the


future may easily be made far better


than five years ago 1t threatened ever
again to be for them, for the South,


for the Republic, and for the negro
race itself.
Year: 1874

THE statement that VIM. W. MereditL
was intoxicated when he fell dead or
the edge of pond of water, last week
is denied BY gentleman of high charac.
ter who knew him intimately. Mr.. Mer.
edith was consistent member Of the
BaHist Church and never known to be
intoxicated. The raph was copied
from letter from Dover in another pa
per.
Year: 1874

Congress s strong that appropriation for tina
purpose can expected suggested the leasing
OF private building. for which he is assured the Gov
erDment will pay.


Notwithstanding Congressman Beck's asser-
ton that he will accept arenominston. his friends
are acoting Just as II they thought he didnv
mean 10. A nominating convention was calol
for MAY %, but his friends have succeeded
in having postponed Commenting upon this action
The Louisville Couieryo~ thus hints at ts an
back little longer and let Mr. Beck have place. We
told the aspiring youths IN that district s,mf time ago
sending him TO Congress"


The report Of the Judiciary Committee OF the
House Of Representatives upon the memorial Of tha
South Carolina tax payers strikes The C1rLeston Y,rs
and Courier "wretchedly Illogical and inconcusve"
From the Committee 1t appeals to Congress to place
record its condemnation OF robbery and rascay and
give the South Carolina punderers rebuke which they
cannot forget or misunderstood. Such course al
though not all we need would strengthen and eDoonr,
age the honest citizens who join toge ther this Fall
In the work OF reforming the government OF the STATE


The Hon. John A. KassOn Of the With
Iowa District positively declines q denomination 70
Congress He says: There IL nothing in the condition
OF public affairs at Washington 10 tempt me to desire
return for another period OF official life. There
fore 1 leavs my friends and constituents 10
select some other man devoted TO reform
who will enter heartily into the work



whether within without his party, fearless OF the
attacks this course will surely bring upon him. Tie
time when public office is more burden thaa
an honor The only compensation for the burden 10 a
competent officer must be the consciousness that tho
office mas sought him. not he tue Office"


When the recent Virginia Legislature ad-
ourned the colored members called upon Gov Kemper
to pay their respects TO him before leaving for their
homes In short speech the Governor gave them some
very practical and excellent advice. They were TO de-
eide great experiment In government, and tho reSu'
depended entirely upon themselves. Tho Nauonai
Government could make the experiment success
neither could the efforts Of other people make then
worthy OF liberty. The only way to success was ior
them TO lead lives OF sobriety, honesty.
industry frugaty, and Christian court
esy The men who Hattered them were
no more their friends than the who hated them Tho
hest thing they could do would be to cease thinking OF
the past; thinking that they must strive after ono
Marty and against another because OF tho past
Another necessary thing for them to DO was 10
acquire knowledge in all possible directions ana
tins to be worthy OF the Government they
aspire TO- What benefited race benefited The other.
and one could be injured save To fhe detrleht OF
the other There is not particle or TINS adVce whica
s not eminently true, and there Is much 10 III Wlch
could be followed with profit by the whites as ven As
the blacks,
Year: 1874

The speech of Senator Fenton in behalf of
his bill for Custom-house reform was an
earnest and timely argument, and we should
be glad to believe that it fell upon willing
ears. After all the discussion and inquiry of
the past few months, after committees of mer-
chants have waited upon Congress to explain
the character of the desired reform, and a
committee of the House of Representatives
have spent weeks examining into the
wrongs of the present system, 1t might
be supposed that the debate should
now be closed. The case has, indeed, been


carried so far that nobody is bold enough any
longer to defend the Custom-house abuses


The fragrant scandal of the law is everywhere
confessed. The merchants are confident of an
immediate repeal OF the obnoxious statutes,
and several schemes of reform have already
been brought forward, with the real or pre-
tended approval of staunch Republican MEM
bers. But our readers know that we have
never shared tho merchants assurance of
Year: 1874

Adams Express Company has also within
fortnight given similar cheering indications.
The revival has been long time coming. and
it is probably not much of revival any way ;
but such as it is, business men and the coun-
try generally will be thankful for it.
Year: 1874

The idea of any speedy solution of some of
the Western railroad questions is chimerical.
The railways are certain to carry the day as
against any immediate enforcement of the
Wisconsin law, but the ultimate decision is a
matter to be only reached, some years hence,
in the Supreme Court of the United States.
Meantime, an effort on the part of the people
to fight the railroads is certain to be
abandoned, since, in such controversy, the
railroads always have the upper hand Where
a town or village having no other outlet in
sists on treating them in q manner which
they regard unfair, it is always in their power
TO avoid stopping their trains to furnish in
sufficient trains, or in other ways quite within
their legal rights, to bring the people speedily
to terms.
Year: 1874

Ex-City Treasurer Sprague of Brooklyn was
the prominent witness in his own trial yester-
day. The story which he rehearsed is already
toerably familiar. But, given from the lips
of ono of the principal actors therein, it
borrows new interest. The special point IN
the evidence which will attract TRIBUNE
readers is the practical confederation of the
statements made so long ago in these columns.
To reproduce the indignant denas of those
days by the side of the confessions of the
culprits now would be more curious than
profitable.