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T’ather Beeson’s recent address
n Plymouth lecture room and the
siroumptanoes rin which it was
lelivered have already been re-
ferred totfy the Eagle Father
Beeson seems to think he was not
created exactly right while he is
certain the Indians have been
Treated exactly wrong He there-
of® through the Eag addresses
he following
P!I LETTER TO TH PASTOR A1TD
KBMBER8 OP PLYMOUTH CHURCH
Christian Friends: The force
f circumstances which I will
riefly state is my apology for
his publio address Your fame
or tact and talent in doing good
3 as wide as the world ana for
ifficiency in freeing the slave you
stand high if not the highest of
til the churches and it is because
of the vast power which you used
n behalf of the negro jtiiat the
sontrast of apathy in behalf of
he Indians is so conspicuous and
tainful I feel impelled to offer a
few thoughts not of censure but
'is Paul save) “to stir up your
jure minds by way of remem-
brance ” About fifteen years ago
four correspondent gave an ad-
Iress in the Lecture Room of
Plymouth Church oil the wrongs
f tlie Indiana The venerable
Lyman Beecher stood by his side
nd followed him with an earnest
ippoal in their behalf A hand-
some collection was taken and
the next day tho late Mr Hull
(then Mayor of Brooklyn) was so
deeply interested that he got the
ubstauee of the address m print
lor circulation A few days pre-
vious to Friday the 25th of July
I87J your coi respondent Imd ail
interview with two of the leading
Trustee of Plymouth Church
tv it h wTin it was agreed that he
n'lould&cupy half an hour of the
Friday’s service by an address
tor the Indians Accoidingly he
nlten led Being delayed by an
obstruction on the ear tiaik it
w is near li ilf p ist eight o’clock
tiMiuUgl but the intro-
w ''h' service wft not over and
Aw nKlkmi sit will limn
i rvpwMi in ail tht: time
stptted td tump- But the Rev
A ut long ago have eerd and tnanv
f t a Wlto Igtroiipt nJLJi f doltare and thousands
lull or to make any allusion
shatever to the subject of the
Indians Self introduction ho-
lme a noeoMty ami though the
'rest majoiity of the audieme
weama interested and sympa-
iielte yet the deacons seemed to
wet as though the sja-aker and his
ubjeet were out of place Quite
i number left tiie clashing ele-
nents nnd ha e since written to
ns words of sympathy and en-
omagement The affair has
ilso been noticed in the column-
if tho Biooklyn Engle The
lateral inference is that the lead-
rs of Plymouth Church do not
regal'd the wrongs of th Indians
to be equal in importance with
die wrongs of the negro or else
that they have a private instead
af a public way of giving it ex-
pression Permit me to say that
u point of order the wrong done
to the Indian has the precedence
Bur fathers took their land with-
put giving them a just equivalent
l'hen hav ing committed this first
jreat national sin they were pre-
jrefl to steal the negro and make
ipiv Work the BtoldtJUnd without
rtyjirg him for hi toil So that
purely freeing the negro does not
Isacb the original sin which
misfed his enslavement and it is
namfest that so long as we con-
tinue this sin its result will be
monopoly and fraud in all the
a mlh cations of the Government
tnd commerce and social life as
He see it is this day because the
lational conscience has lost its
lioe perception of human rights
iod neighborly duties - And this
lullnesa of moral sense will con-
tinue and increase as long as the
ichooi children know about the
Indhfn wrongs and see ’no
thorough effort to stop them
nuch less to make restitution for
die accumulated wrongs of ano-
sessive gfenerationa Ilonce it is
that every avenue of moral influ-
boe seems choked and obstrnct-
ikL Pcriodio worship and started
preaching are comparatively use-
fcsfor good and ever will be
Lhile the first dnty to onr neigh-
bor whether Indian or others is
rlookcd and forgotten
address yon' not for personal
jasons but ns an advocate for a
wronged race tetvard which yon
ieve turned a cold shoulder Aj
poa ore eminently outspoken on
the great questions of the day-
li
roar silence opofi this oldest an
scatc?t sin of oar nation seems
ai if H W justify the
v ' nil the eh arc his ia the
I
1 1 tbwe st different time
i’ tost several years
United States Indian
-i undar the auspice
oopor and Henry Herge
r philanthropist have
Lt tor the
tk meetings lor tbe
of Indian wrongs a
-roe (ad bat a lew pi
attended and at the
last publio meeting held in Coop-
er Institute on the 80th of June
1873 not one pastors of the City
of New York was present though
over three hundred printed invi-
tations had been mailed to the
address of each many of whom
are known to have been in the
city at the time
If as many believe this neglect
is the result of your example your
responsibility is tremendous be-
yond expression for when those
who are raised high abed no
moral stimulus on those below
they stand in the way of human
progress and become a curse
instead of a blessing to the world
'The Rev Mr Ilalliday your
eloquent assistant pastor 'like
many others can dwell with
elegant pathos on the great cost
ana injustice of the Florida war
and the captunr of the brave
Osceola and he is almost tearful
while talking about the cruelties
which the Cherokees suffered
forty years ago but he utters
scarcely a word of regret or re-
buke for the barbarouB treatment
of the Indians continuously from
that day to this and there are
many such like who are strong in
their vindictive demand for the
fiunishment of Captain Jack and
i is braves who seem to have no
thought about the Btarved and
murdered Indians whose suffering
and dentil Captain Jack was im-
pelled to avenge
The sorrow of such men is as
though “the Priest and Levite”
could never allude to the robbed
and bruised one whom they
“passed by on the other side”
w ithout emotional tears of sorrow
for the poor suffering fellow for-
getting that the good Samaritan
had dressed his wounds and car-
ried him to the inn and paid bis
bill until be could care tor him-
self and that Christ said “Go
thou and lo likewise”
It is bat reasonable to infer
that if II W Beecher and Ply-
mouth Church had persistently
kept up the influence and effort
uliuh the venerable Ljmau
Licet her helped to inaugurate in
your lecture room fifteen years
ago with ithe''artie'i amount of!
aval for the Indian ha you showed
fur tfcnMivgVoy lodigit va- armhC
of lives Including Cauby and
riionia- would have been saved
to the count r and the enormous
aeeninmulatioii of national guilt
u ould now bo atoned for The
retribution is in part already
upon us in the misrule and frauds
wliuh abound in our midst and
there are causes rapidly at work
which at no distant day will as
recklessly scatter the riches from
the rich as they have scattered
the Indians from their heritage
iere is but one possible remedy
“Cease to do evil learn to do
well” To this end the subscri-
ber proposes to inform and quick-
en the national conscience by
travel and the free distribution of
suitable documents and he in-
vokes tho aid of everybody by
money or labor in the work
What is given will be sacfedly
used Address him at Cooper
Institute New York
Respectfully
Joim Beebox
OtVs Bih RHr— 4 Rafteltys
Sau Franoisoo August 13 — The
great speech of Gov Booth upon the
railroad question is the pnnoipal
topic of conversation io all circles
and has created a profound sensa-
tion After reviewing the 'questions
of the disintegration of party ties
too growing tendency toward cen-
tralisation of power and too aggre-
gation of corporate wealth anoL to
toe oorrnpting influences of tbo
Credit Mobilier and Contract and
Finanoo Company he prooosdod to
illustrato-the nbeoluto pswur of rail-
ways to monopolise to commercial
bosinose of toe oountry and to min
odmpetitwo by a system of special
and discriminating rate for trans-
portation Apply bis remarks to
the Central Pseillo Railroad tnd
reciting its interference ia political
and mercantile affairs on tho Paoifis
Coast hs showed that his general
propositions were neither exaggerat-
ed nor sensational H said t
1 appeal to the experieooe of
every business man in tins oom inani-
ty who take part or feels an interest
in publio affairs to say if they eon
get together n committee for the pur-
pose ot considering any question of
publio importance without instantly
feeling tbs encroaching power of this
railroad monopoly The moment
each committee trenches upon rail-
road ground how many feel tost it
Is dangerous ground full of pitfalls
for their personal saffrty Attempt to
create an organisation to resist s
railroad demand no matter how hold
and nasornpulona and how many
will toll you “I should like to join
Cbntit will injure see in my
ness ton railroad sen take sway
my special rats or giva discriminat-
ing facilitien to my neighbor they
son give Mt all sim the So that
dom of tbmr wnloyce shell deal
with me they can rein merchants
who will not regard toeir orders It
may be a question of ruin of bank-
ruptoy of oread to my family” The
struggle ot bia manhood is sarnest
sod painful but the yoke is apoo hit
neck the iron in hit soul A ballot-
box is stuffed or returns are altered
to carry on railroad subsidy and
then another demand follows Men
will say “I know it is wrong it is
an outrage but my property is all
in the city They cannot affeot its
ultimate value but it ia mortgaged
and they can unsettle prions by their
threats and I should soon have the
sheriff at my door if 1 resist their
demands” What internet ia there
here whioh cannot be made to feel
this iron pressure T But as if it
were too tedious to capture these
several interests in detail they go to
Congress end demand the possession
of Goat Island they still demand it
and boast that they will get it if
they carry this electrm Reserved
though it ia for milifkry purpose
they soarooly intend to change its
Dose They ouly iuteud to bom-
the city from it instead of
bombarding tbe oity's enemies until
their demands are conceded In
God’s name look at it ! You are one
hundred thousand they are but three
men Have they got a hook in the
jaws of this leviathan to draw it as
thoy please 7 Even in the couotry
the farmers will tell you that rates
of transportation may be ohanged
their depots moved to their disad-
vantage or their accommodations
restricted Or they toll you that
they owe money upon railroad boo-
tiona of land with imperfect titles
and that they too are in the toils
To one community seductive hopqi
are held out threats are made to
another to sway both to the mon-
opoly’s will Go through the State
and upon every pulre of industry one and tht they had them in the
there ie an iron finger oouuting its woods Some me isures should be
beats upon every throat there ia an taken at once to (tap this kind ot
iron hand that tightens or relaxes its business and passengers would do
grasp at the instauoo or caprice of an well to go armed A few doses like
iron will this one will probably fix the busi-
I have referred but incidentally ' ness but then it ib not every traveler
to that twin-birth of incestuous who cares to go into a hand-to-hand
shame the Credit Mobiher aud the fight with a lot of Missouri bush-
Contract aud Finance Company 1 whackers
have said nothing of the 221000000 I o — -
aorcs of public lauds — three times Whi Kw u cmIii m
the area of Great Bntaia — giveu to I looking over tbe lute census re-
STTroaJwrnipanTee f and At lliu TiiTOT '’ WFWTWto'
Bfeisroo of CuOgruss wore intjttdueed of increase ifrat makes everything
eerily rev 4W u" W
ud notoing of ike millions and HeciKiy too iiguitoat tell of the
hundreds s£ jiuUwos olwliwh HLaJWim
Southern States have boeu robbed tl0U SD wealyu Kansas with an
under the false pretense that the area of 81318 square miles supports
railrouds were to be built by the loss than four and a ha! f persons to
paper companies to whom these mil- that space while Massachusetts with
lions were granted 1 hae made an area of 7 tOO nnlos maintains a
no reference to the $30000000
that this State and its oouutics have
been asked to appropriate for rial-
read companies through legislative
actiou and popular votes? Nor nave
I oiled the toot that while the Gen-
eral Government is paying $2000-
000 per annum internet on the bomis
of the Central Paoific Railroad Com-
pany and the State $105000 more
the Company can suooeaaiully defy
toe State to oollect its taxes With
an effrontery that ia sublime it makes y®af 1860 was to the whole State of
toe very girts aud largesses it has R'osa $22518232 which pocord-
reoeived one of the grounds of its n8 008 hed arisen in 1870
refusal to pay To such infamous $92125861 With toil ratio ol
uooesses we are indebted for the Doreaae the taxable valuation of
fact that to-day there is not a piece pv°PortJ tor 1880 only seven ymrs
or speoiea ot property from Chma hence will be over $70000000
Boan and Island to all the broad nd the true or legitimate saleable
acres of oar national domaio-from value ot real and personal properly
the remo'est point in the mountains Jn the State of Kansas to be taken
to the rolling waters of the nvers ot b7 the census of June 1st
the plains upon whioh some incipient wl’ be oonaiderably over
or full-grown monopoly has not fixed 600900
its covetous eye and which it does
not hope to obtaio through some
kind ot political corruption or bar-
gain ana sale — New York Trtbune
0
A tssf T RlOiai BarS Trmlv—
In mt TM Kaakn Are Shat
Tra Ttw Lumen Jnml Aof tU
Mr Warren Timmons who re-
turned yesterday from the East fur-’
oishea as with toe following particu-
lars of an attempt to rob the paasen-
gen an tbs Missouri Faoifia train on
Wednesday night:
Mr Timmons in oompany with
about twenty other gentlemen oo-
eupied the rear oar of the day ex-
press which reaohed Kansas City
about 11 o’elock r k
About four miles east of Holden
Mo at 9 o’olock in the evening too
engineer called tor brakes and the
train earns to n redden stop It waa
found the engineer had discovered
an obstruction in the abape of a
largo pile of ties thrown eoroas the
track in barely sufficient time to
stop the train and save its total
wreck No sooner bad the train
some to a stand-still than eight or
tea men jumped aboard tos rear ear
with drawn pistols and knives One
man who seamed to ho the leader
stated that they were after a hone
thief and intended ' to search the
train for their man ' “
rThe tram waa m charge of aenduo-
tor Ball who at this junctor enter-
ed the oar hastily eo Heeled a few of
tos paaseogere together and told
tbssa that these men were not ta
search of a hone thief but intended
apoa this pretense to search - the ear
sad rob the passer gera He asked
all who had arm to get at ooa end
of too ear and told the balanee of
tbo psoosngom to 'set out lb best
way they eoold This order wa
quickly obeyed and it was found
that fifteen pistols booked th o0o -
duotor Tho ruffiaoa oommeooed to
move toward the seats in tbs center
of the ear when they were-ordered
not to etir a step or they - would tp
shot down like dogs
The gang seeing the determination I indubU’- oomiof the eouipanies-—
of tho oonduotor sod passengers 1 1 r tuiuey for thin purpose'
were oowed and spent tho time u tlkeir v-Ms f chargee must be iu
swearing and threatening nntil ttie osaafcl irnto time to time At the
train reaohed Holden 'As the treiopfei‘'ft'e'every dollar invested ia
drew np to the depot the coaduotor’s retlr it Aade to earn three times
it should In other
party made a forward movement to-
ward toe ruffians who at oaoo com-
menced do leave the oar The pas-
sengers followed fearful that the
scoundrels would fire through the
oar windows and take them at a dis-
advantage ' On the platform sud-
denly one member of the gong com-
meuoed a tirade of abuse of the
road its office sod passengers
said that the passengers were a set
of d— d oowanls and dare not fire a
shot and was just about levelling his
pistol at the oonduotor when one of
the passengers shot him twice in
succession and the follow fell dead
iu his trnoks This treatment had
not been expected by the members
of the gang and they were at once
struok with consternation and sprang
awuy in every direction to escape toe
shots which were fired at their re-
treating forms Another one was
shot a ufi fell as though dead aud it
is supposed that several were wound-
ed Conductor Hall says they have
been greatly troubled on the road by
thia or other gangs this year but
says the facte have been suppressed
for fear of injuring travel on the
road
While the gaDg were io the oars
they boasted of having taken two
men from s train whioh preceded thia
population of one hundred and
eighty-seveu persons to the square
mile Few persons have given a
thought to the immense progress ol
the wealth and population of oar
State The census ot 1800 gave the
population of 107206 and that ol
1870 gives it as 364390 mon wo-
men aud children The taxable or
assessed value which is loss than the
truo value it being usually assessed
at two-thirds its real value for the
R tissue CtpsulMi
At present rates the farm pro-
ducts of the Great West are of but
little value to the producer because
of tbe extortionate rates charged for
oarryiug them to market The vast
produota of the West demand the
markets of tho world in order that
agricultural pursuits may be remu-
nerative ‘When ooe-halfor three-
fourth of a crop is absorbed io charg-
es for transporting It to tbs sea-board
or the eastern oiueQ it will hare no
market value to tho produoer if
shipped to a foreign oountry All
will admit that when capitalists in-
vest their money in railroads they
should reoeivo fair sad profitable re-
turns But unjust and extortionate
rates osnnot be tolerated— The so
tool average' cost far constructing
railroads io Ibis country does not x-
oeed 133000 per mils The rales
adopted by railroad companies is to
charge such rates for carrying over
their roads as not only pays a fair
divideod on their stocks bat accu-
mulates surplus Thia surplus is
paid not to tbe stockholder bat is
added to their stock sod instead of
the money being divided among the
stookhoUfore ths Inoreased stuok is
diatriboted among them This 11
oatied eaniuliring 4heir earetngs or
4j4 pablfo rerm it watering thsir
mm i“ I
took This new stock mart also psy'ra' it were too liberal both a
diridoodt To do thia th tariffs of
ohargea most b iowemwd This
“watering” process is repeated is
’
ed and each lima it is repeated tbs si tie erouriy bestowed barely
tariffs are uioreaaod Ths extent to 1 f- tally oomtaensed pi under-
whioh this diohoosst pnetie has ob- K f 1 ng the citiaeos by every
toined ea be oom by a examinatio
ot th actual ot of road a a com-
pared with th reported ml a
bows by the morts of h diffarsnt
companies of tho amount of paid up
docs tnd thoir bond indptsdom
'TjL - ' ' toms paid up (took
'abi irpto oeae of the road ia the!
IJaitcj 3iat- k show their ooet to be j
little b-n t o $110000 per mile
AH tw V ok must pay dividends
j a4 tV iutfe eat must be paid on the
os muc4 as
wprd 'ty lldlar so invested is ex-
peoted y iptoe work of three dot
lari I t‘ strange that the rates
charge !tf Mtorttooatot Railroad
comp 4-44 £ if ways receive epooial
'ore from State Legists-
ght of omlneut domain
them This is nut a
f can oxeroise of thetr
t the privilege must be ’ ponse
legislature enaotrasut j lows :
been granted bechusa ' Miintcoww otwr ai wwki n
rbi10 was :
I from toe Construction of Owwni waiio ohwitM u n
tlia SawmawntJaUr I
luerigiltvc S IniurWa and laaa ofsaoM A
4 u
B Osnu
tnd beoause
baft bo procured without
O 'trill preteud that after
thtf det isi to railroad companies
of hi J fibsate of sovereigntyvthe
ooifipamf m abuse their privileges'
an cEt (rum the people audi
Now if an EuglUli tran- can be
ruu lor sixty two oonts per mile
what would e a Fair allowance for
train (u this oountry assuming the
sums a HJ to furtl'or toeir Moines to New
objects freishoneet speculation I Vork 10 010 ilte
Ortoii‘ '? the creatures of the jV tra'" of ‘rotghl onm to
legislature )osea greater power thau I " ' ?aob currying 20000
their cruthT H The supreme power ! ““kn l0al ® bun-
under tftl' tMtitntion being vested! t0'"'’ aB111allow'"b’al1 petea
in too k! Oatorea and the courts to OOV0rei1 bv "na ‘‘“‘lur ner mil
they ha -full power to’ ooiitrol any
aud all t uses’ praotiood by railroad
oompuirft is4 to prevent extortions
from toM Oppressions ot te people
Tho fog? epuas and the court have
Full pyt W to Compel r nil railroad
company tomrgo their stock and
redgcrtA $3 the legitimate cost of
eonstroijbed mnd equiping their
roads life i fixing tho tariff ot oharg-
ea at into’ rates as will allow tho
farmer i reasonable amount of the
products farm and lahor be
slotted mid tW —Brain and Mutch
ijFU-n—
Tie llsfirMS dunlin
The and West railroad
' aws’veveircd a donation of i
J ' 1 ‘ iawWUArctiW
7 was
wtp
tim
tbf£
isiuped nor piilir tij j
xjoinpany was allowed I
to ertrotXiiv lands in lieu of them
Twenty EuieS in width of oaoh u I ter-
mite awl ton fi equivalent to ton uules
iu Width! J including alt the land
That ia Jtes eoccious to the mile of
railroad
scree
per fiiilr to luild and equip a rail-
road whjoli u about the oast io Iowa
and thanil(Oad oompauies soil thoir
toad at average ot $3 90 per aero
the lan grant will cover the cost
Now tbe foots era that the railroad
compaairaf average $7 per sore for
tbqe lijota making $44800 per
mils fof dhchmilo of their roads and
nearly 9iiabn the aotual oost of con-
etroeuOi fi
Lbt i lohl) at another point The
govern at I allowed the railroad
oo meat) o to j take those lauds at
$125 r oefo or that was tho value
pUlupf a them iu estimating the
amount of farads that tho companies
shoSldftkva to grade and tie their
traefcs J Now! then the goverameot
turns vufod fend ohargea the private
pfodupr who) wibhee s home $250
per ac— fooble what it was esti-
mpfedKoJhe railroad oompaniee
tv r nay vender that wa tar-
meiW of tbe West have become aroua-
e4? The raftrotd oompauies are not
3 the people have so
i0ifiiwntiv andowed them but
W efrim tL right to say just what
r tea (bey aey Marge tbe people for
tb of tkioaa roads that th peo-
ple io terihy built and besides they
rdfa t b jtaxed on thto propertf
4 lb t 'rotor is taxed on his pro-
perty I 1 -
Jpo these monopolies suppose thst
tpoio endowed with ordiuaiy in-
tellltoea in a government where the
people Ki-'-d tho oouiititation and
ta bake fti' preridoots judges
Gmi s tad State Legislatures will
iilfor p o uadi oppressioa and niani-
fe)t i fawuas? if they do thejr are
ecu"1 iihoat their hoot
4i2ieat — ‘
ft 1—
RstoS —4 Ki-SrrS Mwuyll—
ad tbe company gets 6400 (J(i0ngo and St Louie nnd the sea-
ofJaodJ It it costs $25000 ourd cities amounted to the enorm-
ITUpr— tot aspect of th contest Th platform put forth is like s
bit- -m te j people and the railroad ’ great many others very gvoeral but
aftho Wt to a very ser- d t touch on horn evils or pro-
i I bas of 11 awunied pose any remedy tor thorn We
s a ‘ rc re that th question is must ' reduce salsrie to their old
sat ii !- Jvcd within a very ehort 'standard plaoe a liraitatfoa to text
peri i 1 4 people of the West sre ' ll-o by constitutional smomlioeut
k la- for their liberality end'
“d wb tbe qnontion
sr— i rraotiog ebartora to rail
! a 171 I Lik ms 1
to l - 4 furnished nnddhs pow-
" I and ss tbs railroad com-
p it a s as they were tarred
is'-ftra by all th aid and aa -
h ft -d
$ nccemhsd I th
w '$ lower f the State Th
4 h f rimply
ir wowi
will not end until tbs
er a eootert fas
1 ?ri iroode eommon roman
if they are ao dooided to bo then
the Slate oaa regulate tbolr ohargea
on th same ground thqtU regulates
tho tolls on ceaala turnpike roads
ferries Sto eto But here the
question will arise what is a &tr nnd
given distanoe Eut I will here give
toe actual cost of mooing the trains
lust schedule of fares nnd freight T
I have never seen any data puhliah-
ed in thin country "ns to the actual
ooet ot running n ’ train of oars a
running
on the English railroads for one year
and you will see the figures embrace
every sueoles of outlay end for
brevity I will put the various items
in Federal mooey This return was
got up expressly for the city of Bos-
ton by the Hon Josiah Quiuoy and
tho calculation was made for the
year 18(13 an average takoo of every
railroad in the kingdom Tbe ex-
per train per mile is as fol-
covered by one dollar per mile
would tnako $250 per tou or a frac-
tion under eight cents per bushel on
wheat while the sum onurgod is not
tar from sixty cents? Now that is
the difference botweou what we
ought in justice to pay and what we
are obliged to pay under tho present
system ot extortion practised by a
set ol monopolies that received every
encouragement and material aid from
the very pooplo thoy are now plun-
dering but there is a very striking
difference between the first cost of
the English aud American railroads
The English road oonts on an aver-
age $200 000 per mile while our
western roads don’t avoagd over $20-
000 or -onetenth the aum The
gucB raowc Startling— ins tanmie of
Ovorohgee by the railroude of the
West 1 am sorry 1 have not time
or spare to give them more fully
but will give one statement made by
him that the orer-chargos for 171
on grain alone between the cities of
oussum of272(J00 000 snffijioot to
build sud equip a first-oluse double-
track road 8400 miles in length at
a oost of $70000 per mile With
such unheard-of extortion coupled
with tho watering of stock soa tbe
meny unjustifiable means made use
of to increase their booty (1 will not
oall it profit) it is surprising that
they sre extending their demoralis-
ing influence into sit olasses of so-
oiety buying np oar Legislatures
corrupting our courts till tne Su-
preme Bench itself is looked upon
with distrust and saspioion and since
they keep s large portion ot the le-
gal fraternity sod the pub(ia pyees in
their pay there soomi to be bo means
left exoept for the pfeople to take tbe
matter in hstfd themselves sod by
antting'all the industrious oUbhbs in-
to one party proceed to eleot such s
class ol men to office as Will be the
meant of restoring our government
to ito original purity sud reducing
our taxation to each limits that ths
eitisoo will not regard it os extortion
Tbe farmers of Illinois were very
much in the wrong when they da
not regulate the freight ohargos and
fare of tho various railroad of th
Bute instead of leaviog it to tho
various freight sgents to regulate
them as they thought proper Tbo’
th railroad obeyed the tow as for
ts discriminating betwoen point is
concerned yet thoir tnorcsse of
freights in S downright iosult to tho
people of the whole North West
and will only tend to make the peo-
ple word detei mined tocoutrol them
Now what will our action be in this
8tate— will we leave tho matter in
Brain y hand of tho very parties who
betrayed us 7 Can we trust tbe dom-
inant party in this State to remedy
th very evils they brought apoo us?
ami by s doing pul uheck on ex
tfovaganoe We must select oa our
representative mao thst are fearless
ftrwi Sith)MH
and indbwendsnt and ‘renoM be pur-
hrd fik esUl in th market
W most havsas fadraea)ot nrete
that son’t be bribed by official pa-
ifrt°ag° - Thia pita of making port-
’ m artera out at tht principal adilon
' ot tbe Oountry for rurporew or coo-
trolling pobtin opfofoo m diBgracoful
h press sad eootemptlble ia lb
d refurad for
gormxanA-Brain and Mutclt
—
Vortj thocraad iitiara kxvtbreu
Cot'Ub
Eoj'Ub
no horse Douotsier
vA tho production of beet-reot
tugwr whioh has assumed such vast
proportions in Fraooe is also aUract-
ing attention U ’ this oountry tho
fellowiag extract from an artiol in
July Mother ’of ths United
Staton Agricultural Report’ wriltoo
by E L Cull of Toronto Canada
will perhaps interest many ot onr
readers: i xi T t -
- “The best like every other Jtlsnt
and production pf nature i snsoep-
tibl of great end constant itpprove-
ment In its mso as i all other
where plants ere propped by seed
"like has tho greatest tendency to
like" and therefore wo may relwon
it that lb roots whioh are rioh in
sugar will produoe seed for tho suo-
oeediug orop which will also be rioh
m ausar and by oonstant and care-
ful aeleotioo a eonatant although
alow improrement may ba depended
upon1 When the root was first eat-
tinted fo sugar & per ont was
considered a good yield now 10
p coot of the sugar in the roots is
of constant occurreooe and some fef
tht most favorite kind are known to
produoe 15 par oent of sugar 1
“Tht difficulties in the way of se-
lecting roots for seed consists in th
faot that eaoh root is a perfect plant
sod that in order to iusuro improve-
ment snob root whioh ia to be plant-
ed for seed must be tested in one
way or in another
“Vilmorio the great seedsman of
Paris was a greak improver of the
root His plao was to test every
root before planting it for seed Ho
puoobed out a small pieoe of tho
root reduced it to pulp extracted
the ju’oe and by a set of very deli
cate instruments ho ascertained ths
specific gravity of ths juice - The
roots whioh showed n great riobnest
wore planted for seed while those
under a certain average were irejeat
ed the p recast did not interfere with
tbe seed-bearing power of the -root
“By thi means he found that he
could produce roots of even a 'great-
er rioh nos than the paront plant and
he followed out the oourao for a tew
jean until hi pedigree’ roots would
produce double and
e vuuT—-a-ArehU the- ?iolL-tof-
as tii 7 l
rit is
u pnrti v'y
fg iti nr H(A
ub and it grows considerably out pf
the ground
“Of oo? ‘Wog we msyibe pratty
sure nsraoly that ns the entire root
increases in speoifio gravity so will
its riohnees increase and therefore a
aeleotioo ot the roots for seed be-
come a comparatively easy attor
“The following plan may be pay
sued : Get a tub of water i tnakeibres whioh Were eat np by ' ths
the water ao thick with sugar that P‘0VP The result waa that although
ths riohest root will barely sink in
the mixture theo u you dig end
wuh your roots try all those yon
mean to keep for seed m this sweet-
ened water Those whioh sink se-
lect for seed those which float re-
ject sud lot them nt oooe go to the
mill to bo ground into pulp for to-
ffr “All the roots yon Intend for seed
should be again thoroughly wwhod
so as to gob rid of th medioioe In
which they were immersed sod they
should then be harefally stored for
setting out in the spring
“It is noocseary to make the trial
of the root as soon ss day because
lot them be ever to carefully stored
some roots will dry more than oth-
ers nnj those whioh dried least al-
though they might bs poorest in am
gur would show ths speoifia gravity
while those whioh are riohest io so-
gur might if too much dried show
a light specific gravity Tbs red
en beet is not need ' ' - ‘
“There are various other methods
by whioh those who observe closely
will easily ascertain which of th
roots sre riohest and wHI thus be
abl to select without so doer a
trial the most promising roots
“Tht foot once ascertained that
improvement is poe&ibls will surely
lead to improvement boing raade”—
Brain and Mutclt '
tdetmj fr tb H-Sayt
A number of letter have been to-
oeived her from Quakers and other
friends of tho Jodian peso policy
throughout foe country asking ext
utire clemency in behalf of the Mo-
doo Indians lately o trial for th
murder of Ura Canby Mao of
these letters nis tho question that
tb trial was illegal uniter the decis-
ion of ths 8upreme Court In ths
Milligan onasi that Otvil courts br-
ing open military tribunal bav no
junsdiotion Another question roir-
ed is that Gen Canby woe killed
while acting os a Fence Commission-
or nod not os a officer af ths army
In war Ths question mil ores fit
reotly before tbo President for hi-
action ae the court for th trial ot
th Modoc Was argaolacd io puxsa
anas of lbs opinion of th Altitniry
General that a miliUry epeirt hul
The
th
ju’mJielloa i u
Advocate Gcirai ot
Army Ukra tin
I Attorory General" tad will approve
4 -1 ft4 -i -
Vil'W as the
h fiadiug of 1h unwt ss wiJ eh
ermur of Wr Thu Fm
UOC howrrer km pjroi
ideot however must epprose bJ
order tbe eracutioa of svoteooe tji
upon him will be brought a pressor '
to set aside the findings Friends of '
ths peace polity doalro that after
all tho arguments are presented to
the President ho will not order tho
ex sou lion of tbo sentence of doath '
io view of tht doubtftti lego it j of'
ths tribunal before whioh uo trial '
took plaoc Oo the other band old 1 ’
army officer declare that the Presi-
dent will be guidod by the opinion"
of the Attorney General already ren-
dered and his own sense of justioo '
that the prisoners were guilty of a
Violation of the mice of civllixod '
warfare by the violation of a flag of
trnot and therefore were subject to
trial by military lav
tl H ii-' t m —ip
tssmis Eon ms reals Caltaaa
1 During a recent rid through New
Garden and adyofning1 townships in
Chester county Pennsylvania a few
observations ware mad whioh may
bo worthy f brief notion' Among '
ths grounds visited were those of
Joshua Jeffcrla who has given oacb
attention both to ’ the' theory and "
praotioe ot fruit culture His tree -nave
a fine healthy ? appearanoe and '
the frmt has an excel tout-reputation
in market Hie orchard is on alo-
ping ground near tbe bottom of the -valley
and the fettlle condition of
the aoil ia kept up by top-drossi tig ' ' ‘ '
Tbe owner thinks toe two systems
of cultivating apd of top-dress tug
without cultivating should be kept
distinot tnd snob pursued perma-
nently separate that - an orchard ' -which
has boeu oontiouany in grass ’ 3
with manure spread upon the surface -should
never be plowed to -the info-
ry ot the aurfhoe roots He would’
however in all oases cultivate the " 1
soil of a young orchard for Mveral
years until it beoomos well setob- r
liohod For the past fifteen year he
has top-dressed his orobsrd annually
with manure lime sahes ditch-' 'r
scrapings and whatever sit was at
hand Thia gives trees a regular --
moderate ' nmtorm growth’ Without
the extremes of too rank nod suoca-
lent shoots on one hand and too feu '
ble and stunted onos uu ' ths ether ''1
He remarked! 1 “Whenever 1 hare a
spare load of fertilising - matter it '’
goes to the orohard” Be urge the
jwportonev J)f— Uniform freatmentj " 1
r-'T bow ih
SfiAifA'’
‘fg ixwbntavw s-ten is siloptM- i
la ‘j 1‘ viBr plcacg and
manuring moderately for (even y ears ’’
a portion of his orohard with favor-
able results he allowed it to run t
grus for two reasons He then gave
it n shallow plowing of three iochee -
erty in the spring and in puking !'
under the trees bo observed that ou i
turning up the highly epriohed top
soil it “was literally fuif of young
ed by a cold winter muJ
young wood sabsequoDtly dieaj
the trees have not recovered from the
effoots On land with a richer sub-
soil and in ths absence of the highly
manured tnrfsoe it is not probable
that mnch injury would result from
the plowing if done oerly In spring
Hs bat now two distinct portion of
his orohard a part without cultiva-
tion bat regularly and highly me-'
nnred on th turfoce and another
part with the tame varieties whioh
was oultivatud for eight years Tho
former are the larger thriftier and
mors productive of the two The
degree of fertility given by the top
dressiog may be understood when it
is stated that although covered with
press the soil is so loose that it may ’
s kicked up with the boot - - t
’ In pruning hi treea h avoid cut-
ting limbs and nse only a pooktt-
’ to tr
knliu or small saw if the trees bav
been properly ehapul daring their
early yea re On acooant of th
great liability to eioker hs pre-
fer pruning after th leaves have
expanded ss ths wouofis the baal
without trouble For large treea
kept in a highly thrifty condition by -manare
ana when tho amount out
away is not targe thia ppaotic ia
undoubtedly th beat ll aa'u) he
did not want th hoad of his trere '
opened to the hot summer w find
bad oesn many orohard badly h-
jnred by too much outtiog away
Tbs thrifty condition of th trees is
to IM kept np not by nictitating
them but at hs stated by a wlmiiy
trust meal of ths roots “1 tors a
I roc" said he “and ooosemiaallr I
do not wish to rob it as if I do that
it will rob tie” Us appropriate
th wfaols sorloo of the ground to
tbs trees aud never taka toy oh r
crop frou the land— ComHlry (-'
A newrpeprr of bra Ciiy giva
rather a discoun-lng aceouat of
what th farmer iu I Sow d
r doing U sre U lb frlco Cor
rralr A pair or wintct beam ee-i
two load of pcUvam j a night’s
fodgicc a la-d of vi'a the mf-
wrare five aarra of wbut tho tLi-
Irra rjik ke a-Tre ot - d-
price r is trs-yit ua fc-r-
Toar-o’J si-r of a a-i-Ly r
I -sly fat hcra- Tbj frrj
-j rjr !'£ Ib-i wn—e
bird pan to tie oul aul lb-
tax r'x th tJ wr tin i
a 'lraJrood coma
ki