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Year: 1874

The operating managers of the Wabash &
Erie canal held a meeting at Lafayette,
Tuesday, to consider the problem of the fu-
ture management at that troublous channel.
The result of the convention was virtual
resolve 70 abandon it to the care of the trus-
trees, or whomsoever else has an interest in
the concern. In this uncertainty the diff
Guilty lies. 1t is piece of propertyswH wHhout
an owner so far as the right
to smanage efficiently is considered. The
trustees may hold the canal while it goes to
decay, ,:they may leaseit II they can bat the
chances are that if the existing company
cannot find it to their interest to run it,
nobody else can. The old manajer. Capt
C. w. Cotton, has been as faithful, devoted
and enthusiasticin trying to keep the "old
ditch alive, as any man that could be found
in the state. he has come very near ma
king it profitable, and would do so but fol
the crippled state of his exchecquer. The
canal is valuable property to the state
has cost a great deal of mony, and vast
amount .of hoosier and objurgation. II
may still be ofvast benefit, not to this state
only but also to Ohio, and if as was noted
yesterday, it be extended to st. Louis, tS
the whole country. 1t is hardly probable
that it will be abandoned and allowed to &C
down. But something must be done by the
State to identity some power which may be
justified in investing money to put it in
good, effective condition. 1t must be taken
down from between wind and water, and
have an owner or a capable guardian
While advocating the saving of their public
work, the Sentinel is not deluded by any
visionary dream about the superior value
of voter transportation. Railroads are
destined to do the transportation of the
country. They grow and thrive
on the banks of the best water
coursess and will always hold snd
premacy. But that does not imply thai
water transportation has not also future
on the continent of wonderful Importance
Both rail cars and boats on river and cana
will be required to move the inland com


merce Of the United States when the vast
product and population shall have come tt
full development. But this Is not ques
ton of building new canal. The property
is here. 1t is to be seen whether or not Il


will be thrown away. 1t is not absolutely
certain yet that the present company will
let go of it at this time.
Year: 1874

A resolution was introduced day or two
ago in Congress providing for an official en-
quiry into the condition of those colleges
and universities which have received aid
from Congress under the Morrill, Education
Act; better known as the Agricultural Col
lege Act of 1862. The resolution Is simply
the embodiment in practical form of a
sentiment in Congress (which has been
gradually coming to the surface, strongly
tinged with distrust against the
agricultural colleges. The prevailing feeling
of other institutions towards the former, and
notably the open expressions Of such men as
DIR. McCesh of Princeton and Dr. Eliot OF
Harvard, have not encouraged tendency
to allay this distrust. There is certainly a
very general prejudice stin remaining
against the very attempt to establish these
industrial and chronological schools,
which is largely intensified by the


manifest failure of some Of the first efforts to
realize the conception of the act which gave
them an existence. What the result of the
proposed enquiry may be cannot be predict
ed. 1t is certain threats were made last year
TO rescind the charters of some prominent
institutions, and among them. Cornell Uni
versity, whiel. was charged with an affection
of the Mobilisr type. There may be cause
for investigation, reprimand and reform in
Year: 1874

A correspondent recently intervsewed the
original granger Dir. William Saunders at
Washington, who told many interesting
facts bearing on the inception and develop
ment Of the order. Mr.. Saunders is a
Scotehman, typical in appearance and
character. He came to this coun-
try in 1s47 The order of the
Patrons Of Hnsbandry was first thought
of by him seven years ago. His object was
the general improvement Of husbandry, the
promotion of the welfare and happiness of
those who engaged in it, and the consequent
increase Of the wealth and prosperity of the
whole country. He saw that the appliances
in use for this object Were faulty and INSULT
cient. He saw that for the welfare Of ths
producing classes and efficiency of their
labor two things were essential
instruction in the best methods
of production and unity Of action
these two essentials be kept and still keeps
steadily in view. Settled on these two points
he spent ten years in correspondence with the
leading agriculturists Of Great Britain
to get them interested, but with
little success, and finally, in 1867,
he organized grange at Washington COM
posed Of members from all parts of the Un-
ion. Soon after, one of the members on a
visit to Minnesota org anized a grange there.
Then followed slow uphill dis
couraging work for four years, until
1872, since when the astonishing increase of
the order is matter of daily wonder. Mr..
Saunders emphatically corrected the notion
that the patrons Of husbandry was an order
to fight monopolies and control political


action. He has no fight to make with the
railroads nor the middlemen, but


has solely to do with the farmers


and the moment they begin to act together
the railroads will become their traetable SER
wants and middle men disappear-for there
will be nothing left for them to do. In regard
to the secrecy OF the organization Mr..


Saunders declared that there really were no
secrets more than in families or business
firms, who, undertaking to mind their own


affairs, must do it discreetly. He is con-
stantly at work devising means for the better
ordering and welfare of the members. One
is an improved method Of insurance for
farmers; another is to have portion Of the
funds of the National Grange, which
now amounts to$S5,0OO, expended for
libraries for subordinate Oranges. Al
ready the educational interests have
been to an extent provided for by the


creation of a lecturer in each grange
whose duty 1t is to give special attention to
the improvements in agriculture and in
struct the grange. Referring to their marvel
lous growth, Mr.. Sunders said the order had
passed out of his control and he could
only watch it, and while So
much had been done in the past
year he felt confident it was only small be-
ginning Of an order of things which should
assure golden future of prosperity and


happiness to the husbandmen of America.
Year: 1874

said one Of the men turning to O'Raf-
ferty, ''it's your bread and praties
that's to be taken away as well as ours"
What Michael O'Rafferty might have
said that night in the "Stat' Of Life
saloon was never uttered. For before
he had cleared his threat and his brain,
a neighbor of his came hurriedly into
the room, and noting the figure of the
newly -dedged orator. stepped to his
side ard whispered hurriedly in his ear.
Even the nearest man to the speaker
did not catch the mysterious secret,
and the entire body was left in the
dark when Michael and the newcomer
hurried off without making any expla-
nation.


Michael left the gathering Of the dis
affected workmen go home. Arriving
there he found the house astir and a
light burning in every room. Two or
three neighbor women had gathered in
the kitchen and were talking in low
tones over stew that simmered on the
fire. The children had apparently
been banished into the upper story,
and the air of the ''living' room was
pervaded by a subtle bat suggestive
odor that was mingling of camphor, cat
nip and red flannel.


Mrs. O'Rafferty had taken in a
lodger.


It might have been the cool October
air that swept from his heated brain the
last cobweb of the murky saloon atmos-
phere; it might have been the silent
but irresistible appeal made by the
mother and her helpless child to his
ragged heart, but whatever the inhu-
cree, Michael had changed his resolve
about the strike. As he looked at the
new claimant, whose rights were be.
yond argument, and whose title to love
and shelter and protection none could
gainsay, he realized in his own vague,
untutored way that there were better
means of meeting trouble than run
ming from it, and that in spite Of his
luck his conscience called him to stand
firm to his sense Of right, and to show
himself to be indeed man.


Perhaps it was not too late yet to do
something to keep the men from going
too far in their hopeless opposition to
what could not be prevented He was
too late when he reached the saloon
again, to stop the plans for the strike,
but he was not too late to give utter.
ance in his own words to the new inspi.
ration that had come to him as he bent
over the helpless lodger that stretched
out appealing hands to his love and
care.


The strike came and went. Hun
drcds of men laid down their tools only
to see them eagerly grasped by others
to whom the ninety per cent. repre-
sented a hundred, but somehow the
Company heard of Michael's effort to
preserve harmony and good feeling, and
vacancy occurred in the post of sta
ton agent at Fitchburg, which soon
after followed SO speedily by a vacancy
in Michael's place in Section No. 4, that
the lucky fellow was at loss to under
stand how it all happened. It is Won
derful how new duties and responsible.
tiles developed the good that was in
him, and how rapidly he rose under
the better fortunes Of his new position
to be the checry, gcnial~heartcd man
whose name was a synonym for all that
was faithful and upright in places of
trust.


But to this day Michael dates the
change in his Luck to the night when
Mrs. O'Ratfcrty took in a lodger.


Anr4~A~a- s.a~eA
Year: 1874

In the world there's trial and cares


Intermingled with blessings and grace;
Midst the wheat, there's chaff and tares;-
Fen through glory, foul sin shows face
While clouds hide the sunshine yet sunshine


so fair,
Up above the dark clouds, blessed sunshine is


there.


Should mourn if God deems it just,
Mourn and murmur that He comes with


frowns;
That my roses and blossoms are dust,
That my diadem's thorns. more than crowns?
No, in hope rather trust and in faith rise to God
Where are roses and crowns, but never rod
Oh my Soul-let murmurings cease
Lost in grace, Thy precious behcst;
In tenderness let me increase


That my heart in peace can rest.
Oh come let me in to thy own feast of love,
Dear Savior. and keep me and bring me above
AS the clouds weep over the earth
So weepeth Thy spirit for me;
Through travail and pain comes the birth
OF soul looscd from sin and made free;
So the clouds, tears and pains and labors are


given
These are artizan's tools to fit me for Heaven.
Does thy music seem harsh and untuned
Has thy heart found no rest on life's road
Are thy life pleasures all unperfumed?
Docs its harmony lose the accord?
Look up, Oh my soul, turn thine eyes toward


His word
Glass thine arms round His cross and trust thee


il God.
Year: 1874

THIS tPRIEZ POUR MOI, s. V. p.


When Duncan Lewis jumped out of the
small boat into the sea, the sudden dan
ger Of which Alasa became conscious did
not deprive her Of her senses. 1t was.
indeed with some sort of wild instinct of
selc.prcscrvat,on that she Immediately
dashed down her hand toward the spot at
which the water was rushing in and
that she found in moment. for she was
as well acquainted with the boat as Dun.
can Lewis had been ignorant of it, She
tore off the wooden shawl that she wore !;
she stuffed one corner Of it as tightly as
she could into the small hole; then she
reached up her am AVID took out one of
the wooden thole rims from the side of the
boat. THIS tholc-pin had been extempor
lied that very day the rough bit Of wood
had been left much thicker at top than at
bottom; some portion Of it was sure to
6t She hastily wrapped around it a por-
tion of the other end of the shawl. With.
drew that already in, and in another min.
ute the hole was safely plugged.


Then she looked around.


A great terror solzed her, and yet she
did not scream. Where we're the people?
she could hear no voices, only the sound
Of the waves along the unseen beach.


Theh she remembered the oars had
gone. How should she make some des-
pairing effort to get into land again ? She
threw out thu stones that were in the bot
tom of the boat she took tho small tin
can out OF the locker ip the stern seat,
and balod out q portion Of the water,
which was about foot dcrp; then she
unGxed the rudder. and went TO the bow
of the boat, and tried to use it as pad.
die, now on ono side, now on the other.
But the work was hopeless. She had to
stoop so far that her back began to ache ;
then her arms grew SO tired with the un,
wonted labor that she could barely move
this heavy piece of wood ard at length,
weaned out and yet not quite aware ol
the peril that awaited her, she sat down
Year: 1874

NASHVILLE, January Sat a meet
ing of the executive members of the
labor reform party of Tennessee, held in
this city to-day, the following preamble
and resolutions were adopted:


WHEREAS, The present unnecessary
financial calamity, the result of a COM
bination of eastern capitalists and mo-
nopolists to rob labor and impose bur-
dens and hardships upon the la
boring and producing classes OF
the west and south, together
with the experience of the past
few years, leaves with us no longer any
hope that the eastern bOndhOldeTs, capi-
talists and mOnopOlists will consent to
such material changes in our financial
and transportation systems as will Sc
cure to the western and southern work
ingmen the fruits of their industry; and
whereas, these unjust combinations OF
the capitalists and monopolists OF the
eastern States are imposing burdens and
hardshins on the industry of the west
impos ed by African slavery; and where
as, the law of self-preseTvation Is the
first in nature and the most important
to man, it is therefore the duty of the
laboring and producing classes of the
west and south to unite in an effort to
free themselves from combinations so
unjust and oppressive; therefore


ResOlUed That we recommend to the
laboring and producing classes Of the
west and south the propriety of calling
a convention for the purpose of freeing
themselves from the expressions and in
Justice of the eastern States.


Resolved, That we invite our brother
labOrers and farmers of the west and
south to take measures for calling con-
vention, to be composed exclusively of
the laboring and producing classes, To
meet in st. Louis on or about the twen-
ty-second day of February next, to in
terchange opinions as to the best mode
of accomplishing this much-needed end,
and TO do such other acts as they may
deem polite and necessary for their fu-
ture protection and security in the prem
ienC
Year: 1874

From the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.l


In our issue of Sunday we gave an ac-
count Of the riot in Aiken on Christmas
day. From this account it appears that
the insolence of a colored marshal, named
Randolph, brought on a difficulty with
a party Of young men who would not
patiently endure his ruffianly conduct.
Immediately afterward a negro mob as
sembled, and attacked the residence of a
quiet and respectable citizen, because
they believed it had given protection to
the parties whom they wished to lynch.
The resolute and intrepid conduct of a
boarder-the master Of the house being
absent-prevented them from entering
the premises, but not until many shots
had been fired, one of which wounded
the defender. There seems to be no
limit to the insolence of the Carolina
negroes. They have been taught to re-
gard the whites as their enemies, and,
having the power, let pass no opportu-
nifty to inflict annoyance or insult. As
the administration of the laws is gener-
ally intrusted TO negroes, or to white
men worse than negroes, the courts af-
ford no relief. With the existence of
such a condition of affairs, it looks as if
the time had come when the whites
should think Of protecting themselves.
Year: 1874

On dit, that a concert is shortly to be
given by the choiI of st. Mary's CathO-
lie church, for the purpose of raising
funds for the purchase of AN organ.
Professor Seetach, who is at present or
ganist of this church, viii preside and
conduct on the occasion.
Year: 1874

have no reason to doubt tit is hardly
possible to overrats its Importance The
summoning of Mr.. Washburne to Washington
of course means . change of the Cabinet, and
q change of Cabinet at this time would be
conclusive proof of . political "new de-
parture'' by the President Mr.. Washburne's
return to take the first place in the Cabinet is
perhaps the wisest strategy which President
Grant could adopt. Washburne is q politician
whose record in Congress is Of character to
recommend him to the country, because no
member who served with him made himself
so conspicuous as q strenuous advocate OF
economy. He has acquired shining reputa-
ton as Minister to Paris in trying period,
and he will come back to this country
uncommitted to any side in our re-
cent domestic controversies But he
is thoroughly conversant with our do
mestic politics, is perfectly acquainted with
the capacities, ambitions and political rela-
tions of all our leading public men, and his
long personal friendship with President Grant,
whom he put on the road to fortune, would
make him the most valued as well as the
most trusted adviser the President could have
in a critical conjuncture like the present If
Mr.. Washburne has been summoned home he
will. of course, take the position of Secretary
of State, and be the head of the new Cabinet.
If the President has called him to this station
he will follow his advice in selecting the other
members of his new Cabinet, and although
Mr.. Washburne has been for several years abb
sent from the country the President could
not find wiser or moro judicious counsellor.
A new Cabinet selected by President Grant,
with the advantage of Mr.. Washburnea advice,
would be strong one, and would, doubtless.
have great ascendancy over Congress dur
ing the coming session, when everything must
be done which can be done at all to retrieve
the political situation.


We have no doubt that President Grant will
act wisely in this new Arkansas difficulty, and
prove that he retreats from his original mistake
in supporting Kellogg in Louisiana. and if
our information that he has summoned MIR.
Washburne from Paris to Washington is con-
firmed the democratic rejoicings over the
recent elections may prove to be premature.
Grant has his political Wilderness now as he
had his military Wilderness in 1854, and his
summoning of Mr.. Washburne from Paris
will encourage the republican party to believe
that he will survive the one as triumphantly
as he did the other.
Year: 1874

Mr.. Simonton and the Associated Press.


We receive an occasional letter from Mr..
J. w. Simonton, the able agent of the Asso-
ciated Press, exposing what he calls the
shameless fabrications' Of the American
Press Association. Mr.. Simonton is always
an interesting correspondent, and we read his
letters with pleasure and profit But we have
no room for these letters in our news columns.
These publications on the part Of MI. Simon
ton az calculated to injure the Associated
Press by giving prominence to the American
Press Association. As the HERALD is one of
the owners of the Associated Press we nat
urally object to anything which may affect
the value of our franchise Mr.. Simonton must
see that every letter he writes about the
American Press Association aids the business
of that concern. People who have never
heard of it will begin to ask about it and to
desire to read its news, and the consequence
will be that the HERALD, the Tribune, the En-
press, the Sun, the Journal Of Commerce,
the World and the other papers will be
compelled to buy the American Press Associa-
tions news, while, if Mr. Simonton had
been wise and not yielded to the temptation
of writing letters no one would ever have
heard about it, and we should not be called
upon to incur the additional expense of pur-
chasing its news.


Mr.. Simonton is not only great letter
writer, but before he became as opulent and
powerful as he now is was most industrious
correspondent and reporter. In fact we
never knew better reporter, and Washington
remembers to this day his industry and vigi-
lance and sterling honesty. This being
the case he must keenly feel the fact
that the Associated Press has not
been as we'll served in its foreign
news rs the American Press Association
Take this extraordinary religious controversy
in England between Mr. Gladstone and Arch
bishop Manning that bids fair to be the most
important event in the religious history OF
England since the quarrel between Henry
Will and the Pope. The American Press
Association sent prompt and comprehensive
dispatches about it, Then the HERAID CORE
Year: 1874

Vne FuDl1c AlDrer1es ON Sunday


The experiment of opening the public
reading rooms and libraries on Sunday has
been successful, we believe, wherever it has
been fairly tried. The trouble with young
men in our large cities is that they have no
intellectual recreations OF Occupations on
Sunday after the few hours they may spend
in church. The library offers them the op-
portunity they need, and they desire it all the
more because during the week many of them
are deprived Of it by their business engage
ments. The habits of reading or study
formed in youth generally endure through
life, and even desultory reading must tend to
improve the mind and guard it from coarse
fascinations. The temptations to indulge in
idle amusements Of Injurious dissipation are
almost unnumbered in q great city like New
York, and must be counteractcd by higher
attractions. While our theologians and actors
are debating the propriety of opening the
theatres and opera houses on Sunday, there
should be no,difference of opinion about the
public Libraries. 1t is great wrong to the
young men of thu city to close them on the
day when they are most needed.
Year: 1874

The Rumorea Recall Of Mr.. WASH


Minister 70 Francss


The report comes to US from Washington
that the President has sent cable despatch
to Mr. Washburne at Paris, requesting his i'm
mediate return for the purpose of consulting
with him upon the defeat OF the administra-
ton and the policy which should now be
adopted. The probability that this report is
true is sustained by the well known fact that
Mr.. Washburne has always been the Presi-
dents intimate friend, and, during the early
portion of his administration. was his conf
Dental adviser When the President, dazzled
with the splendor of his own popularity.
thought he could control the government
unaided, he did not need the personal
counsel of Mr. Washburne ; but now, In the
hour of darkness and distress, it Is natural
that he should turn to his old and steadfast
friend for advice. So, when the Greeks were
victorious in battles before Troy they were
content with the suggestions of Ajax and
Agamemnon; but when Hector drove their
troops before him, like an irresistible demo-
cratic majority, Nestor and Ulysses were sum-
moned to the council of the chiefs.


We have said that Mr.. Fish should resign,
not because we would lose him from the Cabi-
net, to which his presence gives dignity, but
because his resignation would compel that OF
the other members They now lurk In the
shadow of his example. and justify their re-
tention of Office by the specious plea that 1t
would be presumption in them to retire before
their leader. The return of Mr.. Washburne
would offer an opportunity of extricatng the
administration from its perplexities which
wise statesmanship would not overlook. MIR.
Fish should be appointed Minister to
France by the President, and in
that position his great abilities and
large experience would still be Of service to
the country-of far more service than they
can ever be again in the home administration
which the country has SO emphatically con-
demned. This step would be instantly fol-
lowed by the designations of the other mem
bers of the Cabinet, and with Mr.. Wash
burnes help a new Cabinet would be formed
in which the whole country would have con-
fidence. This is on honorable and dignifed
course for the President to pursue; and even
if the report of Mr.. Washburne's recall
should be premature it is to be earnestly
hoped that it will prove to be one Of those
coming events which cast their shadows be-
fOre