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a .Paper for mo People; Isiaieally OpROCHESTER, INDIANA,' SATURDAis what1 would rather hear of the suspension They of this paper than a distant victory for ss than their party. They fear and hate us dii lminl ; because we have not, will not hesitate rs Me- to expose their corruption in sea-c Jeans •ami! of ave theDemo-ter wson and out of season. Tf you want to play into their hands, withhold your aiil and let us sink. But we will not believe our friends so indifferent until the last moment. They surely will intervene and prevent the leventh '' catastroP^e *or which the rirg so ar-d ;ntly long and hope.:ompos-Porter, n, Cass, Ordi-will be 1 these f which ublican inocrat-Ropub-uocrats,id com-ur pat-taiiijle-d were inly by partner o carry id our icnce a the pa-indus-etitors, jsiness. to suc-on our ewheret one :ircula-or Spy ,'ars of llation it they theirThe Sentinel is right for once in its estimate ol Republican feeling and sympathy. It is most true that the gentlemen it names, as well as many others, feel profound sorrow over the defeat of the Republican county ticket. And it is no discredit to thcru that they manifest this feeling in their looks and demeanor. The-ticket was a good one in every part. It was pledged to sadly-needed reform in local affairs, and was composed of men who would have religiously observed their promises had they been elected. The defeat of such a ticket, involving as it does the re-establishment in power of a scheming, selfish clique of professional office-seekers, intent only on feathering their own nests, to the utter neglect of the interests of the people, is enough to cast gloom and sorrow over any properly constituted mind ‘impressed with these convictions. And, we apprehend, others, who now rejoice, will have occasion to tiiourn be-teed to u came tc treaty to what re si that partThe neighbors say that he never lock- I mention! ed his door, and that he had put in less in lt;his last crop, expecting to return to-- they wei France in a short time on account of of the Pi his health. He seems to have had under ti complete confidence in his man Pro-! were exe yost. He had drawn one hundred dol- | dertho ] lars from the bank yesterday, but ■ Those i whether he had more money about land grai him is not known, but is considered ; ans as a very probable. The prevailing theory j ceded tli is that, for money, Provost, who oceii- States, ai pied a low single bed or couch beside the one in which the boys slept, had first murdered the boys, whoso ages were fourteen and sixteen, inflicting three or four deep gashes on each head, and that Vacelet heard the noise, aii’d on arising to investigate met his deth in the door after a hard struggle. His body was found lying in the door, with two very deep and frightful cuts on the aide of the head, one running from ear to mouth, and t'Jfe other from the eye back across tile temple, and numerous bruises on the body. The assassin then concluded by dispatching the wife, who had evidently remained in bed. She also received cuts about the head, and one running across the throat almost lroin ear to ear. Provost is not a viciou$-looking man, but maintains a very iij-different air about it, and tries to convey the impression that he also was attacked by the murderers, and wife struck while making his escape through a window, but only slightly scratched.His story is not believed, however, as the window indicated cannot be raisedfore the ring is finally dislodged front , , , ,readilv, and spider-webs show conclu-power. a ho unfortunate man, for I , .1 sively that it was not disturbed duringlocated, i the same brethren also our 1 by paten ilapers. ouuty, i those iations value ? IIow sell toic Re-t'singiitu nice our n free 10 one uncut i that The We inder-• of the is true ly for at are t may seized there in the lart of subin our c shall print-■ a few differ-or in-iblica-rouble i com-month at the 'or the ised to jst ther year, mi thatis sold regret d now -pay a fitness le fail-y fear, ans in 'ord to Delieve Id, de-hesita-erever ill the us de-Let us a false grind [y sub-Let us Other t have :. And oldiers h is a i news-[1 with, d pub-. Do-?r pngwhom. Democratic speakers expressed so much sympathy in the last cajnpaign, who is in debt beyond his ability to pay, and whose home is about to be sold to satisfy his creditors, will feel gloomy, too, when confronted with an inflated foe bill for settlement. The hard-run and oppressed farmer, whose crops have barely sufficed to meet a long-deferred payment on his land, and who has been compelled to let his taxes go delinquent, will scarcely relish the additional cost of having his property advertised in the Sentinel at a rate six times higher than was paid last year. In a word, long after the chagrin and inqrtificati|Dji, qf. .dei'eat shall” rhave' passed out ofxhe—ml»(ls of the gentlemen in whoso company the Sentinel honors us by mentioning our nunr , there will be weeping anil wailing on the part of the poor and unfortunate o- er the consequences of the Democratic victory achieved on Tuesday, October 8.THE VINCENNES HORROR.A French Family of Four Chopped Into Eternity.relythe night. He also states that the deed was committed about 3 or 4 o’clock a. m., which is unreasonable, as the bodies could not have been so cpld when first examined. Provost’s character has not beeu questioned by the neighbors, and they are disposed to believe his account, but there is a strong chain of circumstances against him. Threats of fuelling were free? ly made in his hearing to-day, but he. retains his composure with astonishing coolness. The coroner’s inquest has adjourned to 2 o’clock to-morrow morning.Vincennes, Ind., October 24.—As the stores, shops and offices of our usually staid and quiet old city were this morning assuming their usual business fronts for the day the rumor that a whole family had been murdered during the night was whispered from ear to car, and in less than an hour large crowds were anxiously hurrying in wagons, carriages, on horseback and afoot to a tenement house iVm. J. Wise’s farm, about two miles south of tiie city and within a few rods of the Evansville and Terre Haute railroad. The occupant, a Frenchman named John D. Vacelet, and his entire family, consisting of a wife and two sons, were found quite cold in death and horribly mutilated. The approach to the farm is by an unfrequented \yigon road, through a dense forest of scrub oak, which almost surrounds the farm, making it a favorable situation for the fearful tragedy there enacted, the nearest neighbor being a half a mile distant. Vacelet was fifty-five years old and his wife fifty. Pierre Provost, a hired man, about fifty, who had liyed with the Vacelets since last February, and who had come to them an utter stranger, representing that he was just from France, was arrested on suspicion. He came to a neighbor’s house about 4 o’clock this morning with nothing on but his shirt, and informed them in broken English that they had “a h—1 of a time over at Vacelet’s.” The neighbor, Mr. Bruette, furnished him with clothing, and alter breakfast, in company with his son and another neighbor, went with Provost to the scene ol horror, but notified the authorities before entering the house. A coal-oil lamp was burning on the ttible and three bloody axes were found in the house, but apparently only one of them had been used in the slaughter, the others being smeared with blood for a purpose. The house is a small one, a strong frame. One room was used as a bed-room by the boys and hired man; another as a kitchen and sleeping apartment by Vacelet and wife, and the third, with an entrance from the porch, only as an out-kitchen. Vacelet was known as an honest and upright man, and his habits of life were very simple.3'u»cenne5, Inil.Y • OutoTfer Pierre Provost, the accused murderer of the Vacelet family, has himself re lieved us of a great anxiety that has existed since the murder by taking his own life. Oa entering the jail this morning to serve breakfast to the prisoners, his dead body was found suspended from the bars of the upper bunk in his cell. With his coat and towel ho had formed a noose by which he strangled himself. The distance from rail to head was about eighteen inches, and from the rail to the floor four feet, making it necessary for him to draw his body up and hold it until respiration ceased. The features were not distorted in the least. The coroner held an inquest at once, rendering a verdict in accordance with the above facts. The body will be buried to-morrow in the potter’s field. It is thought that his death occured about two o’clock this morning. Very little is known of his history, except that he yesterday said he was an Alsatian, and born at Belfort, being now 51 years of age. Father Oester visited him yesterday afternoon, but aside from his being considerably affected, nothing of interest was developed. On leaving him Father Oester promised to return in the morning and administer the holy communion, but on learning later that there was a strong probability ot his being lynched during the night, returned and told the prisoner of the danger and that he had better be prepared to die, exhorting him to confess. The prisoner had nothing to say. The sacrament was then administered and he was left with prayer-beads. A vigilance committee had been organized, it is said, and plans were being matured for disposing of hitn. Very little if any doubt now exists as to hisguilt- _The Statements of Augustine I. Toposh, of Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan, in Regard to Indian Claims; That is,—Pcttawattomie Individual Reseives, Land Grants, Floating Claims, and also Land Reserves of many Different Bands of said Pottawattomie Trib9 of Indians, in their behalf and for their relief.To the citizens of Kochester, Indians, and to whom it may concern.My Dear Friends: I came herea few days ago-in your beautiful town, for'the purpose of looking after my people’s rights, which stih exist, under maiiy different treaties, since August 3d, 1795, especially the years 3809, 1814, 1818, 1821, 182G, 1828, 3829,1832,1833, and also many special treaties made after 1833 up to 1838, which were made in this and adjoining counties in this state. This region of country was once the heart of the Pottawattomie country, and therefore, under those treaties above-and to lt;what I ( white me Ewing’s 1 I will words of first part at Granvi tiie grmul teen fires ans. He My II met to c once mor the assist be able 1 that neith the Britis terrupt tlwhich ou United Si the, forest.Those a rijson, and tdnt point firming tl August 3i and with i treaty was And the 1 speeches c affirm that was neede by Gen. I of July 22 ihat.tkeJJrestoratioi dians in al they had i 1812, and be dcniei ordinance the land oi without hi their pi opi never be i utmost go served tou ordinance pact, and • tiie diifere the ordinal ing those solved by pact, the treaties wi referred tc dians; and our rights ingly, justNow, m me, after : ises, protour rights by this gre pie; and it broken the Harrison lt;neither tl British, co rupt thai which otig United St it is the f;came any mony and themselvei they are tl ing, robb all our re New, ther the devil many of tl or countie those frie they are in know tha lands. Tl know, tha ing to tl City, D. C of the Sta interfere -v ordinance, any deeisi the Unitei of thelnd this great maintain fullfill its us, and, tl rnand our nized and our heirs.Now, I regard of what dene and they i Have tin
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