Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1880 — Page 1

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

FOREIGN nrxwm. Ex-Emptd« Eugenie has ailrived in „ Eagfand from her Booth African trip. Turkey, replying to the collective note of the powers, signified her wffllngness to execute the Montenegrin convention, but says it is impossible to surrender Janina, Larrissa and Metzovovo, and urges further negotiation* Gen. Burrows, commanding a brigade of British and Indian troops in Afghanistan, has boon defeated by the natives under Ayoob Khan, the pretender to the Ameership. Burrows had between 3,000 and 3,000 men? and the strength of the native force is estimated at 12,000. Tho British forces were completely annihilated, only a remnant escaping. England is dispatching reinforcements to Afghanistan. 'Heavy rains in the South of England have greatly damaged the grain crops. An earthquake in Smyrna destroyed many houses and killed several people. It is reported from Berlin that the German Government has declared its intention t ) have nothing more to do in reference to the Greoo-Tnrkish difficulty. Later advices from Afghanistan indicate that Burrows’ defeat by Ayoob Kahn, near Candaliar, was somewhat less disastrous than at first reported. The native reports are now to tho effect that Burrows’ force was lured into an ambuscade and suffered heavy loss, but effected a retreat, and later advices announce his arrival, with a large portion of his command, at Candahar. Fifteen hundred convicts at Civita Veccliia, Italy, having mutinied, it was found necessary to call on tho troops to suppress them. Many of the prisoners were killed and wounded.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. East. Charles Barlow, of the mercantile agency of Dun, Barlow & Co., Now York, is dead. Dr. Tanner entered upon the thirtyfirst day of liis fast in prime condition, and confident of completing his tremendous task. He took his usual two-hours’ drive in the morning nnd filled his demijohn with well water. The scales showed that he had gained half a pound in weight in the twenty-four hours. His pulse was 8-1; temperature, 1)8.80 ; respiration, 14 ; weight, 130 pounds. Throe men descended a colliery near Pottsville, Pa., to inspect the ventilation of the mine, and were taken out dead, having been suffocated by black damp. A saving.) bank at Middleton, Ct., has been relieved of I*lo,ooo by daylight robbers. A change for the worse in Dr. Tanner’s condition was noted at the close of the thirtysecond day of his long fast. He was reported weaker Ilian at any lime since the boginning of his self-imposed task, and his eyes wore a dull and heavy look. During the day lie vomited an ounce and a half of mucous, tinged with bile, and was weak and helpless for nearly an hour afterward. Notwithstanding the symptoms of weakening, the doctor was confident that ho could hold out for (ho forty days. His pulse was recorded at 72 ; temperature, 08 8-5; respiration, 15 ; weight, 128}.f pounds, His strength was tested by the dynomiXer and found to be 80 kilometers on the right hand and 75 on the left. There was a thrcc-libur’s snow-storm on Mount Washington on the afternoon of July 29. Several planing mills anil an immense amount of lumber have been destroyed by (ire in the lumber district of Buffalo. Total loss, $225,000 ; insurance, $95,000. On the thirty-third day of his fast, Dr. Tanner was reported as greatly improved, the apparent symptoms of weakening exhibited on the previous day having partially disappeared. Ho walked twenty-five laps around tlio inclosuro in the hall—about two-thirds, of a mile—hi eighteen minutes. His gait was free and steady. A letter was received from Mary J. Frindahs, Milwaukee, Wis., offering the doctor “her baud and heart.” Tho letter greatly amused him Dr. Tanner began the thirty-fifth day of his fast iu a worse condition than he had exhibited at any time since the start. ausoa and vomiting were frequent, and the faster was so enfeebled that he was unable to dross himself. Pulse, 78 ; temperature, 98}-.j ; respiration, 15*We«t. Edward Sclirooder, a wronged husband, entered the ollico of I)r. Alfred Lefevre, at Oakland, Cal., and shot the latter dead. Tho Ute Indiana demand the privilege of viewing tho land to be assigned them in severalty before they will agree to surrender their present reservation. A colored Baptist camp-meeting at Danville, Ohio, was broken up by a mob of drunken roughs. In the fight which preceded the retreat of tho negroes fire-arms were used froely, and it is believed that there-was loss of life. Columbus, Ohio, has a population of 51,614. Nearly fifty million bushels of com have been received at .Chicago since the lai of January. A largo portion of Empire City, Oregon, has been destroyed by fire. The stock of grain in the Chicago elevators amounts to 4,653,544 bushels, against 6,775,098 bushels at this date in 1879. Tho present stock of wheat amounts to 2,463,502 bushels, nnd of corn to 1,859,960 bushels. . An Atchison (Kan.) woman has given birth to a child weighing one andthree-quarters jKnmds. Mother and child both roportod as doing well. The mint at San Francisco is overstocked with standard silver dollars, and the shipment of millions of them to the East is under consideration. A fire at Quincy, ID., destroyed half a dozen manufactories, and a number of dwellings. Loss estimated at $150,000. Three little girls of Mr. and Mrs. Fishels, living near Dean, Mo., who were left alono in the house, undertook to build a fire with coal oil. An explosion followed, and two of the children were fatally burned. Near Gibson Station, Indian Territory, a party of Creeks attacked two Clierokees, and killed one and wouuded the other. Two Creeks were hanged by Cherokees a few days previous, hence the reprisal. The wheat crop is now being harvested in Nebraska, and will be a third less than the average. In Minnesota a yield of from twenty to thirty bushels to the acr«| is anticipated. In Dakota Territory, the crop is larger and better than ever before. In Illinois and adjacent Stales the winter wheat has been gathereorin good condition, and the spring wheat is now being harvested. A man and woman supposed to be old man Bender and his daughter Kate, the notorious Kansas murderers, have been arrested at Fremont, Neb,

THE Democratic sentinel.

JAS. W, McEWEN Editor '

VOLUME I v 7.

# ;; ' \ The jury in the case of 'the steamer Scawanahaka, recently burned in Long Island Sound, have returned a verdict exonerating the United States Steamboat Inspectors Jfrom all. blame, as they find that the boat was provided with all appurtenances required by law. They severely censure the crew fort|ieif want of discipline artd’want of .concert, y V , According to? the dispa£feß«B fftiitn Fremont, Neb., there is scarcely any doubt that the old man woman recently arrested there are members of the Bender family, on whose farm in Kansas the remains of Senator York and ten other bodies were discovered in 1873. The woman of the party says that she will confess all about tho murders, and insists that, although she is not a Bender, the old man is, and that she knows everything concerning the murders. A resident of Fremont, who lived near the Benders, .recognizes the o‘d man It appoars from the woman’s statement that the Benders fled from their place in 1873, when it became apparent that the relatives and friends of Senator York began to suspect them of having been instrumental in his taking-ofT. They have since lived among tho Indiana, imd have encountered such great hardships that they determined on returning East, ono eff the objects being to obtain some money hi 4 ,a#ajr an the Bender farm. The Bank of Colorado, at Leadvilie, has suspended, the cashier having carried off ttie money. Soute. A bark from Newcastle, England, lias arrived at Mobile with all on board except three persons stricken with yellow fever. „ , A young farmer living near Hingstoaj, N. C., has gone to prison thirty days for kissing another man’s wife. Memphis is enforcing the most stringent. quarantine relations against all points on the Lower Mississippi Seven men arrested for murderously assaulting a colored family at Jonesboro, Ga., were removed from that place to Atlanta for safe-keeping. A largo number of negroes gathered in tho place, and, as they were excited and turbulent beyond measure, further violence was apprehended. The white people were greatly alarmed, and at tlxcir request tho Governor of the State ordered a company of militia to Jonesboro. All is quiet again. . A North Carolina boy, G years of age, threw his infant brother into a well, where he was drowned.

POLITICAL POINTS. Tiie Democrats of West Virginia have nominated CoL J. B. Jackson, of Parkersburg, for Governor. The Ohio Greenback Convention, in session last week at Columbus, nominated the following St ite ticket: For Secretary of State, Charles A. Lloyd, of Seneca; for Supreme Judge, D. W. C. Louden, of Brown county ; Clerk of the Supreme Court, Charles Bowsall, of Columbiana ; Member of the Board of Public Works, Amos llobcrts, of Knox county ; Presidential Electors-at-large,' Harvey Kellogg, of Lucas, and L. T. Foster, of Mahoning. MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. The excess of American exports over imports for the year ending June 30 was $167,908,359. Gold is again beginning to flow from Europe to this country. Gen. Hancock, in addition to his present duties, has been assigned to the command of tho Department of the South, during tho temporary absence of Brig. Gen. Augur. Census returns : The complete census of Nebraska shows a population of 452,000. Oregon has a population of., 170j53.6, an increase of 93 per cent. since 1870. Actual i.ad estimated returns show that the population of New York State is over 5,000,000. Complete returns from Minnesota show a population in the State of 780,072, an increase of 77 per cent, iu ton years. Returns from nearly three-fourths of tho counties in Illinois indicato that tho ; opulation of the State is in excess of 3,100,000. The American schooner George Washington, bound from Philadelphia for the West Indies, was recently overhauled by a Spanish war vessel off tlio eastern coast of Cuba. Two Spanish officers and ten marines boarded the schooner, searched the hold, and compelled the Captain to exhibit bis papers. ’ The particulars of the outrage have been, placed before the State Department at Washington. Census returns : Estimates of the population of Kentucky, based on official returns from forty-two counties, place the number of people in tho Stato at 1,734,000,-an increased 413,000 since 1870. The population of Arizona Territory is 41,580. Tho population of South Bend, lud., is 13,492, being a gain of 6,296 s nee 1870. Wflliam H. Cushman, ex-President of tho defunct First National Bank, Georgetown, Col., indicted for embezzling upward of SIOO,000 of the funds of the bank, lias , surrendered to tho United States authorities at New York, and will return to Colorado. Another war vessel is to be dispatched to West Indian waters to investigate the Spanish outrage perpetrated on the American vessel George Washington. / j j f / Princess. Louise and Prince Leopold havo sailed from Quebec for England. Dispatches from various sections of Canada show that the crops Itharff will average well, and that the harvest will be early. The .Chicago Club has still a strong lead in tho contest for the national base-ball championship. The record is as follows : Chib. W'on. Lent. Chicago 41 9 Cleveland 28 ■- 10 rrovidence... 28 21 Worcester V. 24 24 Boston 23 27 Troy... 22 -25 Buffalo 17 33 Cincinnati v 11 345

The Late Census.

Nearly complete census returns have been received from twenty States and three Tej-riio-ries, and the approximate results are as follows : 1880. 1870. Alabama 1,150,000 996,902 Arkansas 750,000 184,471 California 800,000 ... 660,247 Delaware 145,000 125,015 Illinois 3,200,000 2,539,891 Kentucky 1,734,331 1,413,321 Kansas 928,561 364,399 Maine,..,*,., .... <025.000 1626,915 Mieldiitf.-. 1,600,000 **84,059 Minnesota.., * 780,082 . yu189,706 .Missouri 2,296,000 -.#21,295 Nebraska 500,000 .. -122,015 New Jersey. * 1,100,000 906.006 Now Hampshire 347,211 <£y»B,3oo l'cmisylvania...'..l’ffljKW * ‘ ' ijsS?jgs? . t&S Virginia ... t,m,M •• *1,225,183 Wiscohsln..:. 4 . 1,300,000 .1,064,670 .... ;i -38,988 i. £ Jw 9 * T0ta1...... .'*“*! jTu.T.tSJSS&j' 24,797.474 Increase in twenty States and three Territories, 8,765,088.

SIIisSEtINDIANAi FRIDAY, AUGUST 6,1880.

HANCOCK AND ENGLISH.

Theiajyrable tapfrs of &e----cfiptance. ‘ HANCOCK* Governor's Island, New York City,) Ju if 29,1880. J To II -*n. John W. Stevenson, President of the Convention; Hon. John P. Stockton, Chairman; anU' others of tho Committee of the Natiotfal Democratic Convention: Gentlemen : I havo the honor to acknowJ- # edge the receipt of four letter of .July 13,188(5, apprising me formally of my nomination to iheoffice of President of Ifie United Statfesby the National Democratic Convention lately assembled in Cincinnati. I accept the nomination with tho grateful appreciation of the confidence repored in mo. ' , The principles enunciated by the conyentiqu arc those I have cherished in the past and shall endeavor to maintain in the'future. The Thifc - tcenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth •amendments to the constitution of tho United States,, emr . bodying the results of the war for the Uniob,are inviolable.' If called to' thd should deem it my duty to" resist with all my jxiwer any attempt ‘to* impair or oViide' the ' full force and effect ofr;D*a joijptitqfiqp, tfbich - in every article, section and amendment is tlltfr supreme law qf the land. .The constitution ( forms the basis of tbev Government of 'the-' United States. The powers, grdntod byl it #»■ the legislative, executive, aud judicial ddpert-* merits define and limit 'the authority; Oft General Government. Powers not' dOofcnrtAF to the United, States by the constitofiiojj, p&* prohibited by it to'the States belong tg Stiites respectively, or to the p-’onto. ‘ ' general and State Governments, each aofiirt iu its own sphere, without trenching snpinr l the lawful jurisdiction of the other, constitute the Union. This Union, comprising a General Government with .powers, a*»d« Governments with State powers for purport local to the Stites, is a polity thp. of which were laid m the pro roundest wisdom.' This is the Union dtir fatltdrs ihade, and which Inis been so respected abroad aniLso t home. Tried by blooditiyl ITrc, it stands to-, day a model form of free pop filar government.; a politi <al system which, rightly administered, lias been, and will continue to te„lhe admira* . li,n of the world. Slay we not say no ;rly in thy, words of Washington : “ The unity of the Government which constitutes one people us dear to us ; it is the main pillar in tho edifice ofour re 1 independence, the support of our peace, wt'ety, and prosperity, and of .that liberty wl>, so highly prize, and intend at every liaz jfi to" preserve. ” But no form of government, howevcV cab*'fully devised —.o principles, however sWnnd—will protect the righto of the people unless it}, administration is faithful and efficient. It is ii vital principle in our system that neither fraud ■ nor force must bo allowed to subvert the rights' of tho people. When fraud, violence, 'pr incompetence controls, tho noblest conslftiitioau* and wisest laws are useless. fc ’ ~ • The bayonet is not a fit instrument/ for cm- ' looting the votes for freemen. It ii oifiv lei full vote, free ballot and fair count tmt the people can rule in fact, as required > by tho Theory of our Government. Take tlijs foundation away and the whole structure falls. l’iiblic office is a trust, not a bounty liestowed upon the holder. No incompetent or dishonest person should ever be intrusted with it, or, if appointed, they should {♦offipily ejected. , . Our material interests, varied an 1 progress Hive, demand our c' nstant and unite r efforts. A sedulous and scrupulous care of tlio public . credit, together with a wiso and economical management of our Governmental expenditures, should ho maintained, in order that-laJxir ” may be lightly burdened, and that all persons' may be protected in their right to the frrtits of their own industry. . Tho time lias come to enjoy the substantial benefits of rcconcilia ion. As one people, we' have common interests. Let us encourage harmony and generous rivalry among our own industries, which will revive our languishing merchant-marine, extend our commerce with foreign nations, assist our merchants, manufacturers, and producers to develop our vast national resources and in-, crease the prosperity aud happiness of our people. If elected, I shall, with Divine favor, labor with what ability I possess to discharge niv duties with fidelity, according to my convictions, and shall take care to protect and defend the Union and see that the laws be faithfully and equally executed in all parts of tho country” alike. I will assume the responsibility, fully sensible of the fact that to admini ter rightly the functions of government is to discharge the • most sacred duty that can devolve upon an American citizen. I am very respectfully yours, W. S. H\ncocs. i’.f

Indianapolis, Ind., July. 80. * To the Hon. John \V. Stevenson, President of the Convention; the Hon. John 11. Stockton, fthair- ' nn»n, nnd otlicr members of the Committee of Notification. ■* ' * Gentlemen : I have now the honor to reply to your letter of. the 13tli instr, informing me that I was,. uyaijjinoußly. t nominated for 1 lip oftinc of Vico President of the United States by the late liombir&ific Nattonat Convention which assembled at Cincinnati. As fOrctfh allowed in the verbal remarks made by me; at the tmte-rff the. delivery of yonr letter, I fta vW hit* idi'say that I accopt the trust, with a sens^qf the responsibility, . ud am profoundly. gpi|e{ij] for honor at* I nccopt the nomiiiSUpn upon thPjjJatforffi of. principles adopted .by- the conventim, vrhic]J I cordially approve,* and I aceoptit. quite a#ffiHch because of myfaifh in tho .wisdom afid'Uinhiotism of the, great statesman and so’dier nmni- . nated on the saline ticket rorlh'etfflcntbf United Skates. His eminent s«frvi<*s to jjns country, his fidelity to the cojyititvition. tho t Union, and the laws, Jiis cleaf ptreoption dvTrie correct principles of GoveMmept' iU« tanghhhy • Jefferson, his scrupulous care to uuh- % tnry in strict subordination to the civil autnoruy, his '*high regard for civil right*, and rights of property, hi 4 edged.ability in civil as well as military and hispvrre and blameless life, alb-pdlf#♦*♦#lo l .as a man worthy the confidence qf .the , Not only a brave soldier, a great commander, 4 wise Statesman and a pruts patriot, bht>'% s ’pnir dent, .p*ijiataking, practical man of .n*np*CKr tioned. hpnesty. trusted often wit h important public Unties, faithfvfl to every trust, ’and inrne full meridian 4f ripe and vigorous manhood, be is . in my judgmenc eminently fitted for the h’glwst office on earth, ‘the President of the ufHted '• States. Not only is ho the right ’man for tho - place, bnt the time has comp A when the • best interests of the country require that the ■parly which has monopolized the RitoontiVc 1 Department of the General Government, for the last twenty yearn should be retired. The continftance of- that party in powdr ‘-Twhii vears longerwould not be beneficial to •the public or in accordance with the sniuW>f our repnl lican institutions. The laws of entail have not been favored in our system of government. The perpetuation of property or place in ohetfamily or set of men has never been encburageH m this country, and the great and good men who formed our republican Government and its traditions wisely limited the tenure of office, and in many ways showed their disapproval of long of power. Twenty years of continuous pßjfer is long.enongh, and has already led tcyirregularities.anfljsormptioiis which arc .not lpfiy to be protolk exposed under the same party that per) ‘c-m. Besides, it shtttiM n«t be the last four years of power wore s. cured bv discreditable means wwfpPld ui d* - fiance of tfimw y c.f thopco-j pie. It was a grevious wrong to every voter, and to our system of self-government which should never be forgotten oitfopgivf m;, Many of the irteirnMv in pnt-there heea»»e» of" ’corrupt partisan SCTyicte'dn thus-defeating the fairly and legally expressed will Of thfebfti--jority, and the nypocnsy'or the ptofessiOtis of that party in favor of civil-service reform is shown by placing such men in office, and turning the whole brood of Federal officeholders loose to' influence the elections. The money of the

Firm Adher.enVc'to' CtfN'ect Principles”

is to four yt ft« longer In ‘Offices i’irpetnafcng the power of chronic Federal -pfijpeholders fogi years longer vsßl not benefit the millions of .njpn who 1 hold tfo” officeTbut oßffi tlieijr dluly-bnrtd« by honeßf indristryl This the ; tiling public »IQ, n« doubtj ffulljr ifiM&ifstand. thgy will.*!so that it irf'beficuae nfctheua o«n industry and economy and God’s Jjojnitifpi ,harvests.that the pquntry is yon^wHtl veffy pr(fepf¥ous, and not Vca\ise of *auytlnng done Federal ' offioelwklerftr Tkfe <c*ui^ ' tryi in conipaHatiarty YOus,* not Be* jot, ilieqp, )jut «m, spite, of them. -This cqnfei is, hi fact, between, the people enaeavdhng to*gahl'the polittcW power whM h.rtghtfuHvaieloAgßTo »4iein“ttnd il to retddi’e pui-e, BHUpie, eooiionacaVconatifcHtiwnalGavernment of our fathers on • 1 *d < 100,*- a '<m Feudal piStJaholderfb, wL tlieir* backers, ‘ pamperea "trithr plafffia ap9 dotormined to retain' tfiem “at all hazards, oli tbp other. Hguce the cfcnrfant i*.'tii»pfhoit of pew and dangwoue-nowers -by the Genm-al Govern-sb-ong Gdrecfimfcnt ; the iutprfertmce with' irnrae mtef wi<s * Ortß * the It' athninistratioii. ■ justice. wAg jfthe;. *f)urto t off lita? federal Stafc&i iftO .'iufertffoaeico-.. with. - HBto GectMns df »ptfld 'partisan Federal offieefioklors fiiteKsted fli Jiartyrfn p^?eiv*ri(kceiri»g«aff>rc:TCdr*hat , thaii ctoachmenGi.wlihyi hnsj&Lecn uia<le .by. Ski*-• ’ flrrffy■uymfnH? clmrty7men%el npeofilo «.,vartjthe )ibfO#e* of the aeJpleaii'ltho'GfJVOTn- ; fathOT, and end ip a great coa. olid abed, con- , - pqferpmenfi *s®. %?eWt^ , # gtiio' b*w<s . ;• qjuV-rtfctjrtj&Den:. Jineff-fthe ufijffil-Xft A:;sf rdhgtno.v(SaJfiieirf. gad the, long «efitind.i ndc ’a, .pomleail’n<swer jn the Traffic hands. w ‘Thyj'. know.thontrxvaA'b Ifcf&knitsi* ip this .Alrertiieh;4 PovemnU)utej»trtid' , ‘C|biikolfifiiiJt; danger. 'raftiok paifts tO'g®ra.agajqsf if. The * Of jk Sehtfafizefl* Gimdral .Gqvenmitiit • can'"be wtakdfi tod*pei(petiuitaLatne* ■ set of niQp> in ]*hvt*r fptmrtcrmi. to tcfna'iintil, it ceases to .reppblio; in hamh, and the*tendency pf the party now id* powetG* initial dirWhinp in Various ways/- Besides the willingness, rectetiy-mani-fested hy,a largf Qf "that party'to” elect a Presideiitifcßr*D unliu?ite;d- number oTtfcnnst o ft quite Vipnilronl, ihd mps£ satisfy tlmUiingJ i people"that%he tinio’batf come vvfteai eSVill be' safest) and best far that party to jio retired; < * But in resigting tho cpcsqachmouts oj the General reserved rights of the ppople and the BCa.tes, I wish' to. ho distinctly undeWtood a's favoring the proper oxcreise by the General Govdrnnunt df the pow 1 - ,ers rightfuUy ,to if under l)ie constitution.- Encjpikclimonts iipon the * constitutional rights of. thejdrencrab .G.overnhicnt, or «interference' with tlielprimer exercise of its . powers; must . be"’carefully avoided. Th§ union of the States u'itder -the, constitution must be-maintained, and it is well known tliht this hTt&,always bconthp pcjsftiOtU-of botfi* the candidafcs ‘on? **tho • DenWriilie v ‘Pi*esidoii«i tial rficket,. €£ fs .iteifiuicdbCd. lnievesywhore finally and fqr«’er-:-sottled ad Oyt X)f tlie'rcsulte df me war. It Trftjertaui befoiid all question ffifrOfre lfeU4nafoje.sidta.of the usat for the* Iftitun wiU I ‘nnt tSe HbyAftSawij up ihi-J paired .should the Demoerafc ticket be In thajj eventßprfiptr rfl*be,givep an pyeryiegitopgtf .way to hr adopted! in every secfiop.di republic in ,th<V «enjovinenl of«m the bighfii gj.iarnnt'eed By*-thei cdnrtitution and its amendments. 4 I, A A . sound ciU'reney -of .'hotpest -uiiSney, of a Vjjlmiwd purch»siiig,p«ij'er>cewp»p(i«dirig *ib- r snin'tfally with the qfandjud rijcoguizedr-hyYho'' commercial Voflfi'tmd wfirsiHtyfg juuf* sil\** r an 4 papericoifTbttibler into Coin, yMll lpc ; iqaiotaiped. • •, v'-i.* The labor anp.i m%anf iwttirn^g,' Coibtiicictiif and. business iilterests of the ; coilutiw-wifi befavored and Encouraged fit . every} fegfl thfia t<* 1 way. The' toiling of our, own pOßpltVwill be protected from.the destructive pumpetihonjd tbc-Uhinesb, and thejr rnimigraiion'' to rnwshotes wil Ve'pfqncrty reslricte'dXThc' pfiblic 'credit' iHiU be 'sCrupillfittsly lhaintAiliod. and sti cugthened bywigid economy in'public expcnditm’es, and the liberties of tlio.'pcoiJo will be protected by a Govermaent erf law and order administered Strictly in the interests of all the people, and not Of corporations find privileged classes. I do not doubt the discriminating justice of the people.anq their, capacity'for'intelligent self-government, and therefore do not doubt the success of the Democratic ticket. Its success,, would bury- beyond resurrection the sectional jealousies and hatred which have so long beeh tfte chief 'stock' in trade of pestiferous demagogues, and in no other way can this tfe so effectually accomplished. It would restore harmony and" good feeling be--1 tw£p a all 'the sections,, and make ns» in' ftict, 9 as'well as' in nflme, one people. The only rivalry then would be in the raoo for the do. e!op- , ment of material .prosperity/ itlip elevation of" labor, tlie enlargement of human rights, the promotion of education,, morality, religion, lib ' erty, order, and all that WouM tmuLto inakeits the roicmo.-t nation of the earth -ih tlie grand punch ■of human progress. I ’ ain, with .great respect, very truly yours,

WILLIAM H. ENGLISH.

A Campaign Lie Nailed.

The Republican *be£ji ‘ fivibg' to the 4 *charge * thnt i llSni*William ! iff. hitecWiife.'fetnall sum of s?to fiie/sfiffijitogfs. ‘«b;f the great Cliiertgo tifertlttie i tVifß*illy. story ‘fra*-first* stfi'tefi, stffrfip died Tress to correct the misstatement ' how, going the.rotui ja .yf tl*e BeptjMicanpress.*"The’'first from. Judge E. B, Martindato, -Ahtit editor &ad. , propriofcyr of rthslildianaiKfiii cJati yi I * < A tofee-a this city, published in some newspaper of 1 rtk. Lduw,-attrf perttaifs'elsewhere, to the effect 1 thef Chicago c-U'liel fnnrfa»Riit«o#lMUt. - WiiiVfc ucriwerfHfcy mg "Chairman Chicago Relief Committee. .To this, at thcT'shaie, Hxne, .another ‘Ybbrnfifeir ‘of th*e cbmniftteefidded the'foltestimony }-; #•* . ' ’» » - • AbeiitiwKm ©f the 10th M October Mr. Wv H. ?ngh.sh called at tR.e Commerce arfd hande3 tire Chicago TReliCrComitnft’tee a di> ;U*tten <ff flflOlrrfniJ-will add "ttt was one of the first who paid. Ho, at the same time, subtoeflfibed #lo#'hi the-name 'of JohirG; New. I his was • tlie jnojwng after themeeripg was held at the' Chamber of Commerce to inaugulate.meitßures for the fdlim'df tne Clficagd kttf-

fergnj.

Member of Committee.'

A Dismal Failure.

* « Tka .Chicago D6M& * *indek pendant ftepufoliaan? p«eper, saye of the ,G#sJtifld,ftnd Arthur ratification mtefctfcig w • •• *•? J These were bgtween&QOO .an4*7i®#t pgqjdo 1 -pJeaeiftaf flic ffs rniKTancf Arthur ratification . meeting «e SifeMaynigM, attracted, like the June bugSntyr. £h|< brilha*<rv of the electric lights. There no cnthnsiasm.~^John^powm’ f and* 1 Old Sfiady” were rendered bnt they sounded like a requiem fpr tire departed .greatness of 1 Reprtbnea?t*Hieefij<gS; Tiffe thliigSv'as altogether s the most aifaihi roia th awa\«4 amtiffMieh meeting eves -sce» in Chioagp. VQhte jfeap. Banks—the first- speaker—was\d3rSsingtho meet®!* gbwfirotid itfas reduced to less than It was pronounced by Republicans as well as Democrats the thinnest ratification meeting on record.

DEN. GARFIELD'S DEFENSE.

***.A *■life *of ijfen. written Col.' Bussell B. Co'qjieir, of * gifes (Jen: Oartffeld’s 1 deYenfie- *bf Credit : MobiEeF SfiMness. -Col. Connell spent some days kt Gen. fikirfleld’S residence gathering 4lata for his edmpaign life rif the candidate for President, -and,” as the statrfmeht given. abont tlie Grevlit Mobil-ier-traiißaetien* is -in the first person, it may be accepted as Gen. .Garfield’s offi- , cijd answer to flie vgrave acchsations which have confronted him in his national contest. •• J.\( V- "V - - , We statenient made by Gen. Garfield, and there will be. very eommori regre£ among "faif-minded men of‘all parties that he has attempted 'any explanation if lie canid nob offer one more • satisfactorv tllati that gi.'ton through Col. Connell It is plfusijble as 'far ap.it goes, but its ’ratal defect is in the fact that it omits the two mopt .vital features of the , chargee he assumed to I explain; He is 'entqiply spent on the,.only documentary evidence that appears to sustain Mr. .-Mile*, ahd’condemft *Gen. Garfield, and that* is a -memorandum presented to the ponunittee by Mr. Ames, purport!* . .titeybe- G-'U. GarfiebTs Qy^-hftudw^ijti^gJ claim ing much morexhanlieliaa.received 011 his Credit ,M©bili£r -s*ri§k. If that- memorandum (.xvaa in Gen. Garfield’s- own handwriting, tlifr.e-.is escape , him frqm qlthea* t% charge' of purchasing tlie stock or .ttie ntOrb Serious lhurge of deliberately falsifying to exculpate himself -from his m testimony;of Mr. Ames on w -Prfint ; \yas tlie 29th of Q. Yqu may state.whether, in conversation ''Garfield claims, as ho claimed p- befqi'dins^^at-'the only trahftiction between you smrf borrowing $306. ' A. No, sir ; he did notclghn iW f wit§ “ Q.' State all that occurred in conversation bc--twtieifyoft. ‘A.*I Viavo. IjTid two or throe interi x ie*s witlriMr.' Giirflfeld.- He wants to put it on the paaisjof a,ioan. . .Q. Did he claim that it was; in fact, a loan V A. No,"lio did not. Q. State all you know fit reference to it. A. I told liua Jie kae.w veiy wall that that was a dividuiid- I made out' a statement and showed it'to hhn at the-time. In one conversation he admitted it, and said/ as near as I can remember, there was" $2,400 due in stocks and bonds. IIC-madda'little memoraiklum of SI,OOO and . $1,400, and. ns I recollect, tlierc was SI,OOO of Union Pacific* railroad "stock,’sl,ooo of Credit •MobDiee stock, amd-S4OO of stoek or bonds, I do not recollect what. Q. When was that memorandum made? A. dp .wnfl'inade inbny room. It was since this in- , vestigaiion a Q. Have you the mqmoranaum that Mr. Gar--'field tinUde? A. I have, tlie figuius that he made. [Paper shown Jto the committee containing figures, as follows,:] sl',oo'o *** 1.400 *#V. - »<* S '*'■» 4 v- 0 ‘1 - $2,400 1 , Q. Y'ou these, figures were made by Mr. 'Garueld? "A.* Yep, sir. ; G. k Hd‘,v did you happen to retain that little -stray -ftfcmOraiiilTTm-? A. I cfo not know. I . ;lsknokv>ay to ii at the time, un--j-il I Jpunji jtlierq was to be. a conflict of testivmgriypailaT thought if might be worth pre--1 serving!' ■ ;•’* **•' “ Gl?r£ Garfießi iiever appeared before ’file cbmmittee filter*me foregoing testiihony liad beeir gifen liy Mr! Ames, thus ' MaVfrfe the *swbnl . Statement that the ■' to emofffnetum was i fn v his 1 own handwritr He subseqiiently hn to his constituents, mTVUy of 'whom had revolted against his re-eledfibh, in which lie denied that he hadq>nroliased or agreed .to purchase the stock, but he did not allude to tlie damaging memorandum, and now his formal defense' presented for the Presidential campaign -is also silent on the point. Until Gen. Garfield can deny the genuineness pf the memorandum,.wliich as yet is undisputed, all attempts at expl an at ion of the Credit Mobilier transaction must be worse than failures. Another strange omission in lus defense is his failure to take any note of -tho ynanrfm'ous finding of the Republican committee'that .reported to the House I'eb> 18, 1873, through Judge Poland, as follows.: The facts in regard to Mr. Garfield, as found by-tlie edrimfiitoe, are that he agreed with Mr. Ames tQ take tea MJlvu'es of Credit Mobilier ■ rftitek, hut did not pay for the same. Mr. Ames received tlie 80 per cent.’’dividend in b-onds and sold them for 97 per cent., and also received the 60 per cent, cash dividend, which, together with the price of the stock and interest, left a balance of $329. Tbis-sum v. as paid aver to Mr. - QarfiukV by a check on the S' rgcant-at- Arms, and Mr. Gnrfield then, ■understood this sum was the balance of dividends after paying for . the stock. . Gem •Garfield' iJrts then, as now, a member of the House,-but he made no protest; on-the. fkyor agaiust the judg'nnsrit of. his politi’eal friends who thus ■condemned -him. This report find the tesfiipomy of Mr. Ames in regard'' 'to . Gen, ChufieVl’s- memorandum of Credit *Mo^iliei''profits diie to him are the two • appaj-entty-conchisive facts against him, aiid they are the two points which he “pusses ifi’Silence in offering his defense to his cotmtrymCn. ' ; Another, strange omission :in Gen. ’ G?arti(jl(Tf defense ljaust attract, very general Attention. .Ig his explanation oh the De»Golyer fee of $6,000, -paid him , &>r presumed professional services, he is atraugely f silent on the solemn judicial ' decision 'of a '. court distil ctly coMeninihg his fee as oorrupt -and Begid- suit brought in the Cook .‘County-Qijitfiui CouH of Illinois, to recover the hill amount, of the corruption -fond for tho Washington paving contracts, of which Gen. Garfield’s fee was a part, the defense demurred on the ground that the money claimed was promised to insure the official action of ’ GeA.® Garfield, Chairman of the Committee oh Appropriations, through whose official favor the fraudulent contracts had to be paid by Govemmeht appropriations* Judge Farwell sustained'the demurrer because such contract with Gen. Garfield was corrupt and could not be legally enforced. Gen. Garfield cannot be ignorant of the faot thpt the -judicial records of one of our highest courts have stamped. theDe Golyer fee with infamy ; and, if he had any explanation to offer on the subjoctj’di# Bhoftld have met this fearful -qudhdal deliverance against him. - Upqn the wfiole, it , would. have been " better for Gen. Garfield to bn silent on •kM’rfMttirfes thaft to have attempted to tliem-Jind yet be silent on the ’ points whjph jjipst conclusively condemn ' ... • " * - -*1 . r — .Dw r rr «rH— . . „ .. •

V. W. BREUSE,

i* jh yvas jgeppfcted sevfral <&ys ago that l3*vacfiie, of the Supreme rUnitetJ States, had delivfrom lfis judicial place ♦iOl ofa the D© Qcdyer-Pave-ment-Garfleld transaction. This is the language attributed to a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States;

A Peeuliar Defense.

' The agreement with Gen. Garfield, a member sos Congress, to pay him $5,000 as a contingent fee for procuring a contract which was itself inode to depend upon a future appropriation by Congress, which appropriation could only come from a committee of which he was Chairman, was a sale of official influence which no veil can . cover against the plainest principles of public policy. No counselor-at-Une tchi’s holding high office has a right to put himself in a position of ■ temptation, and, underprehnsoof making a legal argument, exert his official influence upon public officers dependent on his future actions. Certainly courts of justice wilt never lensJfycni selves to enforce contracts obtained by sucft'Vttfluences. What is the defense against ment ? It is that some one else, ard not Justice Swayne, said these things. It appears that Mr. Justice Swayne did not from his high official place utter this indictment against Mr. Garfield. Tho defense is that some one else, and not Mr, Justice Swayne, made this statement. The defense is not that the statement is untrue. It matters little who made this declaration. If the Supreme Court of the United States should make this declaration, it bt ing untrue, Garfield might yet face a frowning multitude of voters. .But the defense mado by tlie friends of Gen. Garfield is that these charges were not made by a Justice of the Supreme Court. Tlie truth of the charges is not denied, and cannot successfully be denied. It matters little whether it was Mr. Swayne, a Republican Justice of the Supreme bench, or Mr. J. R. Doolittle, a Republican attorney of national renown, who made tho statement we quote above. The emphatic and melancholy fact is that the allegation, by whomsoever made, is true, —Cincinnati Enquirer.

STILL THEY COME.

Recruits for tHe Hancock Lra nil Army. OOL. HENRY B. HAYS, OF PITTSBURGH, DECLARES FOR HANCOCK. [Pittsburgh Telegram to Cincinnati Enquirer.] To-day the announcement was made public that Col. Henry B. Hays, who has been a life-long Republican, had espoused the cause of Gen. Hancock. Col. Hays is one of the wealthiest coal operators in the Pennsylvania bituminous region, and is known at all points along the Ohio river as a man of great liberality. He has stood in the foremost rank of the Republican leaders in Alleghany county, and has always contributed largely of his means to insure the success of the Republican ticket in times past. He says, however, that he will open an extra barrel for the hero of Gettysburg. He was at one time Secretary of the Legation to Denmark, and has a gallant war record. His change of political faith will have a great effect, upon thousands of coal miners, who have always looked up t > him as a leader aud a guide in matters political. The announcement of his allegiance to Gen. Hancock fell like a chilling frost on the Republican party here, and, as lie is a man of irreproachable record and commands the respect of all classes, they have not presumed to express any opinion in the matter, but are waiting apathetically to see who the next convert will be. GEN. HAMILTON, OF WISCONSIN, COMES OUT FOR TIIE nEKO OF GETTYSBURG. Gen. C. S. Hamilton, of Milwaukee, an old friend and West Point classmate of Gen. Graut, ex-United States Marshal and a stanch Republican, predicts the election of Hancock and English. He has just returned from New York, which State, lie says, Hancock will probably carry by 40,000 majority. Gen. Hamilton was sorely disappointed over the defeat of Grant at Chicago. He will cast his first Democratic vote for Hancock and English. THE OLD SECOND CORPS TO THE FRONT. [Prom tho Now York World.] Ever since his nomination G n. Hancock has been receiving congratulatory letters from the soldiers of the Second corps pledging their fidelity to him iu the Presidential campaign. The following is a copy of a letter lie received yesterday, and is only a sample of the hundreds brought by every mail : Major .General W. S. Hancock: Dear Sir : I take the liberty of writing to you, as I am one of the old soldiers belonging to your Second army corps, Second division, Third brigade, Fourth Ohio Volunteers (Carroll’s). I think I have a right to address you. My first vote I caf t when in your command iu front of Vicksburg, Va. 1 voted for Abraham Lincoln. I have voted for every Republican candidate from that day to this. I have had yonr photograjdi in my album for sixteen years, and, as soon as you received the nomination, I said I would never go back on my old commander. I will support you with all my heart, hoping you may pull through, as you often did in the days of 1863 and 1864, and that you may do as well as we did on the morning of May 12, 1864, at Spottsylvania Court House. “Carry the works.” Yours respectfully, Charles A. Smith. THE GERMANS DECLARING FOR HANCOCK. The most influential German paper in Northern Ohio, the Cleveland Wachter am Erie, lias abandoned the Republican party and come out for Hancock and English. • So has the Pittsburgh Volksblatt. The German vote is the only tiling which has saved Ohio to the Republicans for the last four or five years. Garfield’s wobbling letter and tainted record, with the surrender to the machine on the question of civil service reform, have evidently convinced the Germans of Ohio that their best chance of contributing to administrative reform and public prosperity and harmony lies in supporting the Democratic ticket.

Enthusiasm and Confidence in Ohio. The gathering of the Ohio Democracy at Cleveland gives happy and hopeful prophecy of Democratic victory in Ohio in October. The conditions are favorable. There is absolute harmony. The gentleman who heads the ticket is a man of high character, <sf fine abilities, and he was nominated by acclamation. There was no bitterness upon any question of candidacy, and there was scarcely a contest upon any question. The ticket is excellent. The cause it represents is made more gloriously hopeful by the harmonious action of the Democrats assembled at Cleveland yesterday. Harmony and enthusiasm characterized the proceedings of the Democrats who met at Cleveland, whether • delegates to the convention or attendants upon it. Nothing was done to kindle animosities within the Ohio Democracy. Everything, that was done was done with the plain and successful purpose to produce unity and good feeling. There is enthusiasm, expectation, confidence, among the Democrats of Oliio. —Cincinnati Enquirer.

Many Able-Bodied Editorials Spoiled. Gen. Sherman’s declaration that he has “no recollection of ever hearing anything from Gen. Hancock about taking orders from Mr. Tilden ” knocks the wind out of many able-bodied editorials,

SI.SQ Der Annum.

NUMBER 26.

Tlxo report was, it will be remembered* that in response to an inquiry from Gen. Sherman, during the electoral troubles of 1877, Gen. Hancock wrote to the forqW that, believing Mr. Tildon elected, look to him for orders if Congress declared him the President of the United States. Asked if this report were true, Gen. Hancock simply referred his interrogators to (Jen. Sherman, who, he said, was at liberty to print every letter that hud ever passed between them. The whole tiling was a mare’s nest. It makes no difference whether Gen. Hancock wrote such a letter or not, provided his superior officer asked his intentions ; but the presumed state of facts has been the text of many columns of denunciation of Hancock as a traitor, and it is perhaps well that Sherman has spoken. Next! —Philadelphia Times (Independent Republican).

THE SINEWS OF WAR.

Appoint if lent of a. finance Committee by the Democratic National Committect . The Democratic National Committee feus appointed the following campaign Finance Committee : Alabama—Levi M. Lawler and William L. Lanier, Arkansas)—John I. Sumpter and Zeb Ward. • California—L. M.'Patterson. Colorado—William A. H. Loveland and Gen. B. M. Hughes. Connecticut—William H. Barman, Gen. W. B. Franklin, E. 8. Cleveland, James E.. English and Nathaniel Wheeler. Delaware—lgnatius C. Grubb and E. L. Marti n. Florida—Samuel Pasco and Wilkinson Call. Georgia—George C. Barnos, Gen. A. It. Lowton, Gen. Jos. Brown, E. P. Howell and P. M. B. Young. Illinois—William C. Goudy, Cyrus 11. miefe, Perry H. Smith and P. H. Cable. Indiana—Austin H. Brown, William Henderson and Joseph E. McDonald. lowa—M. M. Ham and George 11. Parker. Kansas Charles W. Blair and Isaac E. Eaton. Kentucky—Henry D. McHenry, Henry Wattersou, E. D. Stanuiford and John W. Stevenson. Louisiana—B. F. Jonas, Charles Macready. Gen. J. L. Brett, Victor Moyer and I. W. Patton. Maine—Edmund Wilson, Joseph P. Bass and Darius Allen. Maryland—o. Horsey, Arthur P. Gorman, Ferdinand G. Latrobe, James Sloan, Jr., and Hubert Garrett. Massachusetts—F. 0. Prince, Leopold Morse, George Gill, Edward Avery and Josiah G. Abbott. Michigan—Edward Kanter, W. B. Moran and 0. M. Bames. Minnesota—P. H. Kelly and H. T. Wells. Mississippi—W. T. Martin, Edward Richardson and W. H. Featlicrston. Missouri—John G. Prather, .Oliver D. Filley, Wm. Hyde and John C. Priest. Nebraska—J. Sterling Morton and George L. Miller. New Hampshire—Alvah W. Sulloway, Frank Jones and Daniel Marcy. New Jersey—Orestes Cleveland, Henry C. Kelsey and A .libel Green. New York—Abram S. Hewitt, Henry Hilton. Samuel Smith, Samuel D. Babcock, Augustus Schell, William C. Whitney, August Belmont, Austin Corbin, Michael Nolan, Krastus Corning, Smith M. Weed, Norvin Green, William It. Garrison, O. B. Potter, Franklin Edson, Edward Cooler, William It. Travers, William 11. Wickham, E. S. Sandford and Charles S. Marshall. North Carolina—M. W. Ransom, Wm. Johnston and Zebulon Vance. Ohio—Wm. VV. Armstrong, Col. Oliver H. Payne, John G. Thompson, George Iloadlcy and Thomas Ewing. Pennsylvania—William L. Scott. St. Clair A. Mulholland. B. M. Boyer, W. A. Wallace, Lewis C. Cassidy and Malcolm Hay. Rhode Island—Abner J. Barnaby add Nicholas Van Sly ck. South Carolina—F. W. Dawson and John D. Kennedy. Tennessee—Thomas O’Connor, John G. Harris and YV..B. Bate. Texas—F. S. Stockdalo, Richard B. Hubbard and J. W. Throckmorton. Vermont—Bradley B. Smalley and Hiram Atkins. Virginia—Robert CogliilL West Virginia—Alexander Campbell, Henry G. Davis and Chas. J. Faulkner. Wisconsin—Wm. F. Vilas, Alexander Mitchell and James G. Jenkins.

Republican Harmony.

We present the following to our readers, merely to show that “the greatest harmony prevails among the Republicans.’' It is a beautiful exhibition of brotherly affection : Some of the third-termers go so far as to say that they would “rather have Hancock than another Hayes,” and they want assurances that Garfield will not follow in the footsteps of his illustrious predecessor. We presume the truth will make them free to vote for Garfield.—Cincinnati Commercial (Rep.). If this means anything, it means that Garfield’s administration is to bo mortgaged in advance to the machine which was smashed' and broken in Chicago. If any such bargain i made, Garfield will stand a lively chance of defeat at the hands of the independent voters, and deserve to.— Springfield Republican (Rep.). If Gen. Garfield has any fnfluencc over the so-called “ Beformers,” he should exert it t’o keep them from such exhibitions of idiocy as the above. The “ machine” represents 95 per cent, of the party. It will vote for Garfield to a man, and anybody who thinks it will then quietly allow itself to he thrust aside in favor of a- lot of sneaks and hypocrites is a great simpl.y ton—that’s all. One experience of that kind is 4uite enough.— Globc-livnwcrat (Rep.).

Great Ratification Meeting in New York.

Not less than 50,000 people attended the Democratic ratification meeting in \Jnion Square, New York city, on the evening of the 28th ult. Three great halls were filled, and there was speaking in the open air from three stands. Fireworks and illuminations made the scene a brilliant one, and brass bands and shouting throngs rendered the occasion noisy as well. Mr. Tilden presided at the Academy of Music and received such an ovation as is rarely given a public man. When the vast audience, which cheered until it literally exhausted itself, became quiet, the ex-Governor made a few remarks in an al most-inaudible voice, condemning the fraud of 1876, congratulating his party on Hie nomination of Hancock, and predicting success in November. He was followed by Speaker Randall and Gen. Ewing. Many other orators held forth to enthusiastic crowds at the other halls and in the square.

Arthur as a Civil-Service Reformer.

Here is what Hayes and John Sherman said of Chester A. Arthur not long since. It is Republican testimony, and should not bo questioned by Republicans : With a deep sense of my obligations under the constitution, I regard it as my plain duty to suspend you in order that the office may be honestly administered.— lt. B. Hayes to Collector Arthur, Jan. 31, 1879. Gross abuses of administration have continued and increased during your incumbency, —Sherman to Collector Arthur, Jan. 31, 1879. Persons have been regularly paid by you who have rendered little or no service ; the expenses of your office have increased, while its receipts have diminished. Bribes, or gratuities in the shape of bribes, have been received by your subordinates in several branches of the Custom House, and you have in no case supported the effort to correct these abuses. —Secretary Sherman to Collector Arthur, Jan. 31, 1879,

fP# gteuweruhe JOB PRINTINB OFFICE Km better facilities than any office In Northwealem Indiana for the execution of all branches of JOB PRINTIN OV, PROMPTNESS A SPECIALTY. Anything, from a Dodger to a Prioe-Liat, or from t rampUlet to a Poster, black or colored, plain or fancy. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.

INDIANA NEWS.

Indianapolis has $49,070,115 worth of taxable property. The State Prison, North, has 575 prisoners within its walls. Simeon K. Wolfe has been appointed Judge of the New Albany circuit, vice John S. Davis, deceased. The census of Brookston and township, as reported by the enumerator, foots up 2,144 inhabitants. The population of Floyd county, including New Albany, is 4,612, an increase of 1,312 in ten years. The State House Commissioners have decided to have the corner stone of the Capitol laid on the 28tli of September. The glass-works at Jeffersonville turn out ready for shipment an average of 1,000 feet of finished plate glass per day. The population of Adams county is 15,300, a gain of about 4,000 since 1870. Population of Decatur, 1,905, a gain of 1,060 since 1870. The New Albany woolen-mills and hosiery works have closed a contract with the Government for SIOO,OOO worth of kerseys and socks. The new steamer 11. T. Dexter, of the Evansville and Cairo Packet Company, burned off Jeffersonville a few days ago. Loss, $25,000; insured for $15,000. The Evansville pacer, Sorrel Dan, lias been sold to a St. Louis man foi* $12,000. He was raised in Porter county, and c< >st his late owner less than $1,500 eight months ago. The census returns of 1880 give Gibson county a population of 22,840. In 1870 it had a population of 17,371, showing an increase in ten years of 5,469, or nearly 33 per cent. ■ Hon. Henby C. Hanna, Judge of the Circuit Court for the district, died very suddenly, one morning last week, at the home of his mother near Fairfield, Franklin county. Thebe lives at this time in Patoka township, Crawford county, an honored citizen named John Brock, who is now 88 yeays old, who participated in the battle of Now Orleans in 1815. The census of Marshall county shows that in 1840 there were 1,651 inhabitants ; in 1850, 5,348; in 1860, 12,722 ; in 1870, 20,211, and in 1880, 23,374, making an increase of 3,163 in the last ten years. At the Walkcrton huckleberry marsh Mrs. Wiseman was attacked by an enormous blacksnake. She was all alone at the time, but had sufficient presence of mind to grab the reptile around the neck and keep it from coiling about her, while she screamed for help. Some boys killed the snake and it measured seven feet in length. While engaged in a game of pool at a saloon in Edinburg, Albert Nicholson, aged 18, and Wm. F. Ziegler, aged about 23, got to quarreling about a bet, when, suddenly and without warning, Nicholson struck Ziegler a terrible blow over the head with a twenty-ounce billiard cue, causing his death the same night.

The New .State Asscsniiuh(. The following is the total value of taxable property for 1880, by counties, in Indiana as reported by the County Auditors to the State Board of Equalization. The list is complete, with the single exception of Floyd county, which is given at the figures of last year : Counties. Valuation. Adams $ 3,446,525 Allen 18,936,41)3 Bartholomew 9,7711,622 Bruton 5,241,303 Blackford 2,OSH. 41!) B >oue fe,887,290 Brown ‘ 1,544,760 Carroll .... ( 7,286,348 C.iss !», 124,863 Clark 7,070,671 Clay 0,104.541 Clinton 7,717,005 Crawford 11,044,114 Daviess 5,337,199 Dearborn 8,147,040 Decatur 0,235,787 Do Ka!l> 5,759,034 Delaware - 8,543,299 Dubois 2,880,004 Elkhart 12,390,667 Fayette 6,841,182 Floyd 9,645,515 Fountain 7,283.107 Franklin 7,510,215 Fulton 4,882,355 Gbson 9,210,851 Grant 7,372,100 G.eene 5,000,633 Hamilton 8,977,205 II» nOtick 7,478,475 Harrigon ' 3,931,776 Hendricks 10,178,942 Henry 11,404,028 Howard. 6,061,541 Huntington 7,084,085 Jackson 5,706,925 Jasper 2,678,814 Jay 5,686,535 Jefferson 6,540,639 Jennings 2,952,251 Johnson 9,866,010 Knox 10,099,255 Kosciusko 1 9,522,807 Lagrange 5,344,685 Lake , 4,792,185 Laporte 12,195,570 Lawrence 5,743,230 Madison 0,282,220 Marion : 66,759,285 Marshall. 6,479,771 Martin 1,833,831 Miami 6,634,737 Monroe 5,138,965 Montgomery 13,492,935 Morgan 7,186,010 Newton 2,885 665 Noble 7,306,222 Ohio 1,702,480 Orange 3,437,135 Owen 4,941,555 Parke 9,188,467 Perry 2,232,110 Pike 3,172,854 Porter 6,348,950 Posey 7,164,346 Pulaski , 2,534,134 Putnam 11,687,659 Randolph 10,702,325 Ripley 3,837,710 Rush 11,952,830 Scott. 1,457,451 Shelby 12,071,300 Spencer 4,761,501 Starko 983,714 St. Joseph 13,824,505 Steuben 3,740,145 Sullivan 6.411,840 Switzerland 3,154,745 TiprecaDoe 19,887,535 Tipton - 2,898,989 • Union 5,025,410 Vanderburg 20,931,105 Vermillion 5,053,609 Vigo 21,950,670 Wabash 10,079,215 Warren 5,562,020 Warrick 4,495,675 W aehiugton 5,536,847 Wayne 23,003,242 Wells •*.... 5,756,145 White 4,721,719 Whitley 5,994,341 The value of real estate and lots without improvements, as reported by the County Auditors, has been increased by the Board of Equalization as follows : Benton, 10 per cent.; Daviess, 5 per cent. ; Green, 8 per cent. ; Hendricks, 5 per cent. ; Henry, 5 per cent. ; Miami, 5 per cent. ; Newton, 10 percent. ; Warren, 6 per cent. Decreased, as follows : Fulton, 5 per cent. ; Huntington, 5 per cent. ; Pulaski, 10 per cent. ; Starko, 10 per cent. ; Sullivan, 5 per cent. ; Wells, 5 per cent. ; Whitley, 10 per cent. All were acted upon except Marion and Floyd. The decrease of taxable property in Indiana since the year 1875 is $159,047,788. Thirteen and two-thirds per Cent, of this was on lands without improvement, 10 per cent, decrease on improvements, on unimproved lots 17 per cent. ; improvements on lots, 9 per cent. ; personal, 20 percent., making an average on the total of 15J per cent,