Indiana American, Volume 9, Number 12, Brookville, Franklin County, 25 March 1870 — Page 1

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PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY BY C. II. BIXGIIAM, Proprietor.

Office ia the National Bank Building, Third Story) TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: 12.50 TEU YEAK, ix advance. $3.00 " " ,F K0T PAID IX ADVAXCK. jj0 postage on papers delivered within this County- , From the Richmond Telegram, March 10. BALLOT STUFFING. South Poll New Revelations! Some rich developments in regard to t'.ie allowed ballot-box stuffing at the South Toll are promised us. We give to-day the affidavits of Lacy and Lyle, Judges cf election, and Mr. Payne's reply, reserving our comments until further developments clear up the case and nail the guilt where it belongs. It is clear that there was an infamous plot on the part of Geo. V. Julian and his tools to stuff the ballot-box in his interest, or the men making these affidavits are guilty of a malicious attempt, to blacken the characters of Julian and. Payne, and the memory of Judge Johnson. The issue is squarely made, and every honest man without regard to party or personal feeling, is anxious to have the whole truth, no matter who the guilty parties are. The first affidavit was made by. Major Lacy, and the second by .Majr Lyle. State or Indiana, County of Wayne, t ss. i'- being duly sworn, on his catli said: I am of the city if BichmouJ, Indiana. ; -;C IfC Jj. SjC t?on;e time before the State election, in the Jail of 18dS, Judge Nim 11. Johnson, .poke to me in regard to the coming election ar.d tl.e danger of the defeat of the Kepublican paity in the State, and more e-iccially Mr. Julian, lie told me that 1,

being a member tt the election board, bad elected one ot the judges, oome time al-U-i 1.1:11 to speak to me, as he wanted to ter the noil was opened Judge Johnson kuuw it something could be done to help came into the engine house and told me tie lriy out. i asked him what be i in a whisper that the thing was going all ii,, a 1. 1, oi in what manner he expected the ! right, but that we must le cautious and Lleeiioti Hoard to help the matter, when 1 not excite suspicion, lie then took M. M. Le replied, "By stuffing the ballot. box." , Lacy to the back end of the room and He said arrangements had been made to j talked with him for a time, and when have the same thing done at the tirst poll, i Lacy returned he told me that Johnson and he wanted it done at the second or ! was arranging a plan to have the ballotMiuh poll; that the thing was all in our j box stuffed, and that he promised to do it inn hands, and that there would be no for him. I asked him it" he intended to danger of detect ion. lie further said that it when he replied that he would see them i:wiiitig I might say to Mr. llermon U.I in hell first, but that he wanted to sec l'ne, Chairman of the County Central j how lar they would go. lie gave n:e an I'eii.Miitee, would be all right; that Payne i outline of the plan which had been proknew his business. A plan of operation ; posed which was to adjourn the poll in then talked over and he suggested j the evening and goto another place to thai, to uvoid ntiy discrepancy between count the tiekcts, and by this arrangement the tiekeis and I he poll books and tally have an opportunity to get iu the spurious slrtt.-, certain n timber of tickets should j tickets. le taken liom the hex, and straight J u'i.m j During the mom in'' llermon B. Pavnc

tieke's substitu:cd in their stead regardiv et' u hat was on the tickets taken out. Al'.er this .Mr. Payne spoke to ir.e several titi.vs about the proposed stuiling the ballet-lux at the south poll, and 1 told him I K i U,d hi turn . W a V IHit iu t'rovided I could We have in. o n the matter.

agreed tiiat utter tiic poll should bo closed , twice, I think, after his tirst visit, apparmi the day of the election, that we would ently to see Lacy, as he took him aside adjourn to Mr. Bragg's office, for the pur- and talked with him. Mr. Julian also j'oe of counting ihe votes and getting isited the poll once, and came iusido the -ti"er. but re.iily lor the purpose of giv- .building. .t:u me un opportunity to get and ariange 1 Artebjx oVloek in tie Cvcnin we ad-

it.e spurious tickets. On the morning of the election. Johnson came into the engine where the poii Was opened, and me to the hack part of tl.e loom t J ud; -C house, tak i ng Id me that he and Mr. Juli til had Hist come

user fiom Cci.tievilie on purpo-e to see weut out to get something to cat, Lacy and aio, that Mr. Julian was very uneasy about 1 going to a restaurant. After we had Ins chaiieis 1 1 election, and that tie was ; :,ien some oysters, Eaey said, "Go up in afraid I would not do my part of the woik. I'opp'g oihee, and wait until I go to Payne's He said he wanted to impress upon my ; Otlioe and get the tickets." I went up in rind that he spoke by authority of Mr. j Popp's olli'ee, and shortly afterwards Major Julian, and that if I would carry out the j cauie Jn wh0n I told him what was plan by putting the spurious tickets in hctj,0-0j; 0IK Shortly afterwards Licy came lex, that I should have anything or mi) anJ ,00k the tickets from his overcoat J. si. i. .a I wanted in the disttiet. I told pocket, saying, as he did so, "that shows hiiu all lisiht. that I meant business and wh-t tl.. .tl. .,..... 1 ;n .i '

that they could iclv unon u.C. lie said he would tee Mr. Payne and arrange to ' fcavc iuC , . j - , w ' e.es lca.y ior lui. j As I did not see Mr. Payne af.cr that iitiiC, uuiiiis; tiic aav at the I'Oll. I sent Mr. C. 1. Johnson to Mr. Payne at about ' nveo ciock tu fclcre 1 could the cveninj, to ask him ee him. Payne sent back j eid that he would see me at his i Payne's) : tmee when we adjourned for supper. ' hen we adjourned the poll we went to ' Kiag's otiiee, and after arranging the tickets in the boxes, went out and ate i toa.e oysters. Mr. John S. Lyle, one ot ! the judges, "and I weut out together, and ' aiu-r we had eaten the oysters I told him "fronpto Major 1 opp s otuce and wait 'ere until I went to Pa cue's office and utthe tickets. When I went into his e'e, Payne waa sitting at a desk in the trout loom. He pointed to the back room saJ said, "You will find those things in ''eutav.er of the table in the back room, '"'J" ate wrapped up in a piece of paper." 1 w e 1. 1 to iilC tahic and got the tickets, ti as 1 came out Payne said, "there are jse hundred and ten in that bunch, and ere are til teen more." I took all of them '!4 worn to Popp office where 1 found L uiie and Major Popp We then opened "-. ' r a ,Ver ClU i ,n Varl,ny ' , and saw that they were all Ju.nn , i iiien i ui tne wiioic uuncu in "e's'.-vp -.J i. ........ i .i,... ..i-- "' KUirned to lirai:-. ;-:-:;i. g. the uiy after the . "" V li dlU nutv J"J 1 i r ri s. i l t i - . V I "'vu. uiiii i iin-T a member of it, jj tpeirted foreman by Judge Johnson. I j greeted the jury to investigate the al-I v-;d .frauds at the Scyth Poll in liich-i t-ord He ('Ann il.twn t.-k flirt inrir room ' Usaid to me cuntid(nti:illv that we must I Jet j t'uco 1:,., ,11 1. ..... 1 11.. .1. .... .,r 1 ji, , i;uoks ana iany sncei-i ui bv'1 vC?l'1 "' 1 took the summons and ) -';eu it to the Clerk of the Court, who I e tLti books. I took them to the tJ0B Ua Judge Johuaoa looked at

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j; u.ct u.e and asked why 1 had not car- ; tue South iVU hai beon Uu-.pCre'd with, j eut the plan. 1 replied that I did , l)ut they eecm to take Krcat pleasure iu A i e.an, viTrtanity to do so. He j koerjOSr the matter before the public by Ud i " 11 aia tl0L tllluk lhe otbcr Mde.i iS all manner of vile and slanderous ,i.t , 1 us st!J-!'int:, but 1 informed hiiu ep-net8 towards the parties who had con- ; ' l"ere had been no dishonesty prac-1 troi of that prcc;not. unl;i forbearance has

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VOL. 9, NO. 12. them and asked permission of the jury to rake them away, which was granted, and I have never seen them since. I had several talks with Judge Johnson about the matter afterwards, and he told rue that Mr. Julian did not believe that 1 had tried to serve him. And I further swear that the foregoing statement was read over to me before signing the same, and that it was written at my dictation. Sworn and subscribed before me this 2d day of March, 1870. us. Notary Public. State of Indiana, n-a, I YKE. j County op Wayne, SS. ijcfc:!: . 5 being duly sworn upon his oath, according to law, said: A few days before the election on the second Tuesday of October, 1SGG, Judge Nini II. Johnson spoke to me in regard to the election, and the necessity of "fixing" the vote at the south poll in Ilichmond, Indiana, saying that he thought they had secured a man to fix the north, or first poll, and that they wanted me to help do the work at the south poll. lie said it would be uecessary to do this in order to secure the election of Mr. Julian, and perhaps the ticket in the State at large. I did not tell him whether I would do it or not, but told other persons that I would not. On the morning of the election, when the crowd was preparing to vote, and the poll was beiug opened, 1 was nominated and came Lacy him. into the engine house, and took aside, and had a private talk with Lacy informed me that Payne ex- ; pected him to do ih j stalling, but had exard to me, and that was ail right. Judge to the engine house pressed tears m re; he had told them L Johusoa returned ; journcd the p and brought the ballotboxes to the olli -e ci Mr. imiug, who was then Assistant Assessor of Internal Bev iMiuc. Hero we arranged the tickets, and after counting them over by the heads, we locked un the boxes and the room, and oriened sumo ol' tlu tickets and saw thnt ihcv had th, iuhid .r i;..-.r-r v .Inliin J "" " " - n- ' w " printed on them. Lacy them threw them j in the stove, in the presence of Popp and tuyselt. We then returned to lragg s ot tiec and resumed our eountiug. 1 aiu sat islied that there was no fraud of any kind perpetrated, by stuiling the boxes, by anv person. hen we left Pragg's otuce, I think Lynde locked the boxes and took the key, and that Licy locked the door of the room and took the key to it. I talked with Judge Johnson afterwards about the matter, and he knew that we had not tried to stulf the box. And I further swear that I have read the foregoing statement, and that it was viictated by me, and that I know its contents, ""f-" "f-'S. Sworn and subscribed to before me, this seeand day of March, 1870. L s J The following card appeared in last week's Humming Hird: Kditobs IIummisu Hiun: Tor certain reasons, (which can be made public if necessary,) I had intended to make no reply the Julian family and its orsan ia this -, in reference to the South Poi! and -,s hhX-ln.. been staffed, at the last election. for the purpose of defeating Julian. 1 had horod that the Julian brothers.

office to finish oureor;ve ani lkc ) k o .v i n gc all the facts

I in the premises, would drop the matter, ! pdi-Ai ti 1 rt h virhn Sn.itii f t ll a flll-iOC lta 111, UVVII IVlilUl VU, V lltV U I'lVUtli'lVU v - -1 . . i i. to remain silent, and not reveal facts which have been now propo which I cl een in my possession all the tune, I propose to make certain statements hallenjo lieoriio W. Julian or Ki frrtt1ipr ft) ti?tt:ifA nr ntLiinnt t 0,1 n. tro vert: -.r fe-ji-pusuu certain pa were chos they made, arrangements with parties, and that two of the Hoard osen by Julian s mends to carryout that object, and that it was not done. Second, I'hai there were more voles cast

THE UNION, THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE EXFOBCEMENT OF THE LAWS."

BROOKYILLE, IND., FMDAY, MARCH 25, 1870.

i for lleid, (known as the Yaryan ticket,) than were counted or placed on the tally sheets of the North Precinct. I shall regret exceedingly to force some parties in very high standing into this controversy, who must necessarily be brought in when the proofs are called for, but I cannot and will not further submit to the slang and lies which are being circulated by the Julian family and their satellites in this city and elsewhere. I wish to be further understood, that I propose to hold every one personally responsible who attempts to slander or villify me through the columns of the Julian organ. The matter has become a question of honor with me, and I intend to defend my reputation, let the defense expose who it may. Payne's kepia-. First, then, let me sav, that the article j or articles, or affidavits without names, onj ly g to the point that a fraud was ati tempted to be perpetrated, not that one ! was. I ask your readers to bear this in mind. I shall go upon the supposition that M. M. Lacey's aud J.S. Lyle's names were signed to those affidavits, as the most casual reader can see that such is the purport. And before I notice any of the statements, let me premise, that at the nominating election in 1SG3, Mr. Julian and General Benuett were the opposing candidates for Congress; I mean by that they were the principal ones. Capt. J. II. Faniuhar was also a candidate, and it was as well known here as any other fact that Lacy and Lyle were both bitter op ponets of Julian; that they always had been, and in this community it is uo slanj der of them or either of them, to say that j their conscientious scruples are not more j numerous than many others, and to supI pose for one moment that a man of Juj lian's sagacity and knowledge of men and j the motives by which they are actuated, j would select men of that stamp, and that j he would 6clect Judge Johnson to open j negotiations with them, when it is well j known that they could command no inlluence orprestige, is not giving him much j credit for political shrewdness. Again; both resided iu the North Precinct, and it was not known or supposed any length of time, that they or either of them, wou'd be on the board for the South Poll; and 1 state what is a tact, that it was only at the last moment that the (irant Club consented to the idea of having Lacy on the board, the writer of this being of the opinion, as a lawyer, that the officers of the Hoard ought to be voters in that precinct and I state as fact, that the arrangement agreed upon in the Club was that Lacy and J. L. Meek, Jr. were to be the Judges, with S. W. Ly nde as Inspector, and how Lyle ever got on the Hoard I do not know, as I was at the North precinct at the time of the organization of the Hoard. 1 mention these matters as merely incidents to show that the statements of Lyle are extremely problomatical as to Judge Johnson or any one else ever speaking to him about the matter in controversy, for if there is any thing that Julian's friends are charged with, it is that they know their friends aud are known of them and now, one more word iu regard to Lyle and for the present I have done with him. The statement of my having gone to the south poll and told Lacy what he (Lyle) alleges, is a lie made out of the whole cloth. 1 believe I did go down there on one occasion, and perhaps more, but all my business there was in regard to a legal question, and on this occasion I took a copy of the registry law w ith me and read the law to them. 1 may at some time have said to Lacy that I had no confidence in Ly it1; that was true, aud I was much sur1 prised when I found he was on the Board, i and was indiguaut also, for I thought it j bad faith to Mr. Meek, for every one had i confidence in him. Again, upon the prin- : ciple of "rogues falling out," &c, the old maxim is in the minds of all that the big- ! gest rogue is always sure to turn State's j evidence. This matter might be readily j discusseJ, but when you see a uiau or men I resorting to atiidiits, you may bet your : last dollar there is something rottcu there; j and the magnanimity, the manhood, and the courage that Lacy and Lyle show iu i attacking the reputation of one now in j his grave, when they kuow that ho canuot j answer, and hold them up to that scorn i aud derision they so richly deserve. W ill ' any man of common seuse, let alone comi mon honesty, believe au affidavit, at this late day, that the the Judge cf the Criminai court ot Wayne eouuty would league with the foreman of the Grand Jury, and he, the foreman himself sworn to enquire within and for the body of said county, vtc, having taken that oath, aud, at the I time, knowing what he now pretends to I know, and thus connive at u fraud? The i picture is a very highly colored one, I think, but 1 propose to examiue that mat- ; ter a little and see how it looks. Lacy jsiys in the litter part of his affidavit, "A . day or two afterwards that grand jury, met and l being a member ot n was appointed foreman by J udge Johnson. He directed the jury to investigate the alleged frauds at the iSouth Poll in Ilichmond. He came down to the jury room and said to me con fidentially, that we must get possession of ( the poll books and tally sheets of the j Soudi Poll, in order to keep lleid's attorj ney from getting them. Ho (Johnson) I then give me a S immons to appear and i produce it, and I showed it to the Clerk of I the Courr, wuo give me the books. I took them to the jury room, where Judge John- ' son asked permission to take them away ' which was granted, and I have never seen i them since." I make this extract that j your readers may see the full force of ' what follows. 1 am not positive but I am ; of the opinion that the Criminal Court met the Monday lollowing the election. The poll lists were canvassing on the Thurs liy following the election. Now in opposition to this sworn statement, I preseut a part of one of the answers of iudli?y, Clerk of Wayne county, at the time when sworn as a witness in the matter of the contest bet.veeu KeiJ and Julian. In answer to the ninth interrogatory or question ou hi- crojo-cxamiuatiou, where he

is asked the question whether he has the poll book and tally sheets of the South poll in his possession, as clerks, etc., as the law requires, he says, I have not, the papers were withdrawn by M. M. Lacy, who presented them to the Board; and I state further, as a fact, that they were handed to L. D. Stubbs, Esq., in the presence of J. B. J ulian, Esq., Judge Johnson and Lacy, and were so handed by Lacy. Whether Stubbs kept them or not I am not able certainly to say, but I think he did not." The clerk also swears that Lacy wis the retiring officer of the South Poll.' One word more on this point: This affidavit maker who rushes into print in this unenviable manner, would have you believe that, as foreman of the grand jury, he was attempting to aid Judge Johnson to cover up a fraud. Let the world judge of the matter as it would other matters. The law of the State will not let a man testify against a dead man in any matter. Let reason and common sense settle the matter. But I am not yet done with these gentlemen. After mentioning the fact that he did not see me that day, after talking with Judge Johnson he sent C. It. Johnson to see me about five P. M., and that I sent word to him that I would see him at my office, when we adjourned for supper. Now, let me say here, that so far as this part of it is concerned, Johnson did see me, and I may have said to him what Lacy says, but I say emphatically that I knew nothing of an adjournment for supper, or an adjournment of the Hoard from the place of voting; but, on the contrary, I had expressly, in the case of both polls, advised that no adjournment should take, place, even for supper, for I knew it was contrary to the law, and I knew nothing of the removal of the board of the south poll, until after the result of the votes for Governor had been shown me by some one, perhaps Thomas McGirr. I had an engagement made before supper with II. (J. l)unn, that as soon as we could get the vote of both polls we were to go to the telegraph office and give and receive news, lie had collected money to pay for dispatches. I met him a little before seven, and went to poll No. I and got the vote there; went to No. 3, or where it was and could not find it; and then, after inquiry, I heard it had been removed to Braggs's office, at which I was indignant, aud within a half "hour of that time I went to the telegraph office about five squares from Bragg's office, and remained there all the evening. 1 was chairman of the Kcpublican Central Committee, and had made arrangements to get the news from other parts of the county. 1 was at the north poll until it closed at six P. M , and then went to my supper and returned before seven P. M., and before eight 1 went to the depot. I am thus particular in this matter for the urpose of what follows. Now I will bring another witness on the stand, merely remarking that meu who make affidavits ought to have good memories. 1 have before me at this time the depositions of Elder, Lyle, Young, Dudley, Parry, and Lacy, taken before Young, and now let us see what Lacy says on oath there as compared with what he says now. After having in answer to question twelve, that there were adjournments after the polls were closed, and that they went directly from the voting place to Brarg's otiiee. this question is asked; I give it in full: Question thirteen, "State when, and'how many times, and for how long, and for what purpose." (He had stated in answer to the ninth question that they went to Bragg's office at six o'clock the evening of the thirteenth.) Answer to question thirteen: We adjourned the tirst time I suppose at about eight o'clock; 1 should think about twenty-five minutes, for the purpose of getting. The second time about eleven o'clock, for about twenty minutes, to get oysters. The last was about two A. M." Now this fixes the time of adjournment. Now question fifty is as follows: "Where were you duriug the adjournment?" Answer Lyle and myself went to Jordan's and got some oysters. We then returned to the stairway that leads up to the room from the front. W'e found Lynde and Young there when we returned When the balance came we went into the room." (I may add, this corresponds with Lynd's sworn statement. That he went to supper and came ba'ik, and soon after Licy and Lyle came ) Now I ask any one to read these sworn statements and see it they can reconcile them. Let me add one word more. Tirst, I say, as one of Julian's friends, I had not the least idea or thought, of his being beaten. Second, I never made any arrangement with Judge Johnson, Julian, or any person, looking to or having in view the stuffing of the ballot box of cither the south or the north poll for the purpose of benefitting of securing the election of Julian. And if I had, I should have selected different materials for carrying out my plans than cither Lacy or Lyle, and I further say, that 1 know that Julian was fearful all the time that if Lacy had anything to do with the election that some dirt would be done. In this view I did not concur, but was all the time opposed to his being one of the Board, and the only reason that was urged in his favor was that he was connected with the rjgistry board, as was also Lynde. I desire to add that Lynde's testimony in regard to the adjournment, as to time, as stated by Lacy in the same deposition as quoted above, Lynde swears that immediately after the close of the polls we went to Bragg's office; and he swears the adjournment was lor about twenty-five minutes. This article is already long, but I ask your indulgence a little more. Lacey complains that f raud has been charged upon him. It may be true that he is so charged; I only desire to say, for one, that I have not so charged. But let us see a little. The tally sheets show, I believe, that Julian only received four hundred and seventy-four votes I may err as to the precise number; while the testimony of five hundred and thirtyeight men swear that they voted fur Julian, aud about fifty or sixty more vote

are proven in his favor by ordinary good evidence not positive, but indirect. Now who lies, the voters who swear, or the tally lists. Nearly six hundred men, by the ordinary rules established in the case of contested elections, swear as is proven, voted for Julian; yet the tally sheets, presided over by men who now swear that they were pretending to be in league with Julian, Johnson and myself, to perpetrate a fraud on the ballot-box, just for the purpose of seeing how far we would go in rascality. Verily, at least two Daniels have come to judgment. The promineot actor in the case has gone to his final account, and now these worthies would seek to blacken him and his friends, and cast a stigma upon his family, well knowing that, like the midnight assassin, they are safe in striking at him, as he can not be heard in reply. Oh shame, where is thy blush? Passage of the Funding Bill Details of its Provisions. The Funding bill, as it passed the Senate, provides for the issue of four hundred millions of coupons or registered 10-40 bonds bearing five per cent, coin interest for disposal in the United States or elsewhere, at not less than par value for coin or in exchange for 5-20 bonds of equal aggregate par value. Also, for four hundred millions of 15-40 year bonds bearing four and a half per cent, coin interest, for similar disposal, at not less than the par value for coin or for the redemption of bonds bearing a higher rate of interest; also, for the issue of four hundred millions of 20-40 year bonds, bearing four per cent, coin interest, for similar disposal, at not less than par value for coin or the redemption of outstanding bonds. A further issue of the last named bond is authorized, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, provided the aggregate of the United States debt is not thereby increased. All these bonds are to be exempt from taxation. The Secretary is authorized to appoint agents in the United States for the negotiations of bonds, and a sum not exceeding 4 of 1 per cent, is appropriated to pay the expeuse of preparing, issuing, and disposing of the same. One hundred and fifty million dollars annually of the duties on imported goods are applied to the payment of the interest and reduction of the public debt, and the United States bonds uow held as a sinking fund in the Treasury, as well as those hereafter purchased, shall be cancelled and destroyed, on and after the first of October next. Begistered bonds of any denomination not less than 1,000, issued under lhe provisions of this act, are to be deposited with the Treasurer as security for the circulation of those banks which do not comply with this provision within a year from the passage of the act, to be forfeited, provided that banks shall be allowed, upon giving thirty days notice to the Comptroller of the Currency, to deposit legal lender notes with the Treasurer to the amount of the outstanding circulation, and take up the bonds pledged for its redemption, and provided further that not more than one-third of the bonds deposited by any bank as such security shall be of either of the classes of bonds here authorized on which a maximum rate of interest is fixed at 4J or 5 per cent per annum. The amount of the circulating notes received by any bank shall not exceed 85 per centum of the par value of the bonds deposited. The last section authorizes banks to be organized and do business, on depositing 30,000 in United States notes with the Comptroller of the Currency in exchange for per cent, bonds, and receive circulating notes the same as other banks, without respect to limitations of the aggregate circulation of National currency , provided, however, that as circulating notes are issued under this tcction, an equal amount of United States notes shall be cancelled and destroyed. Senator Revels' Advice to his Race. Senator Bevels, of Mississippi, lectured the other day ia Baltimore to the members of a colored church, and among other things said: Education was the great lever by which to raise and ennoble the African race on this continent. The colored people should be fitted mentally and morally for the duties awaiting them. The colored people should first pay attention to primary aud then collegiate education, and select such schools as are best fitted fur mental culture. To the young men he would say that intellectual and moral attainments depended much upon how I youth was passed. 1 hey should spurn I the thought that they would never sucj ceed. The press, the church and polit ical organizations, he said, ought to assist the colored people in elevating their race, and ho advised the colored people to give their leisure hours to reading the newspapers, as ihey would keep them acquainted with the great issues of the day. ; New Book. An Grave, as a Judge is He. By the author of ls IZzd as a liuse is She:' Fritz says that at the lecture the other evening, the audience was so quiet you could hear a bed tick. Logic Strange as it may seem, it is nevertheless a fact fhaf if you cut off your left haod, your right hand becomes your left hand. HUM . ef The woman who undertook to scour the woods has abandoned the job, owing to the high price of soap. The last that was heard of fehe was skimming the sea. Sektixknt for a Tkmpkrani -b Host. "Drink to me, osir with thine eyes." "And Satan smote Job with boili" is now rendered: "Anil Satan sni"te Job wilh circn inscribed subcutaneous intlmmations, elmraetned by pointed tumors, aad su jpur-ii'ig with eeulrut cores."

WHOLE NO. 420.

Capital Punishment. Old master Brown brought his ferule down, UU Faoe was angry and red; "Anthony Blair, go sit you there, , Among the jcirta," he said. 'So' Anthony Blatr with a mortified air, And his head hung dona oa hU breast. Went right away and sat all day By the girl who loved him best. The National Banks of Hamilton, A Little Daylight Let Into Tlieir Doing The First Says a Word to the Second ie(tspci2er Controversy Deplored to the Extent of Haifa dtluiunA Feut Gems of Richness. Hamilton, O., March 1G. To lhe Editor of the Cincinnati Osteite. An article published in the Cincinnati Chronicle, of the 8th inst., and two other communications which appeared in the Enquirer, of the 9lh and 10th, relative lo the defalcation of John C. Lindley, late Treasurer of Butler county, are so evident ly published with the intent to injure the credit aud standing of the First National Bank of this city, that not to notice them might seem to the public a tacit admission of the charges therein preferred. For the past three months it seems to have been the settled determination of certain parties here, connected all of them with the clique known as the "Whisky King," to build up the Second National Bank of a controlling interest iu which "the ring" lately became purchasers by undermining the First. Prior to the purchase of the Second National Bauk by its present managers, overtures were made by, or in the interest of the same parties, to the Directors of the First for the purshase of this institution. This the directors and stockholders of the First National refused to entertain, until they should have time to uotify all their depositors of the proposed change of management. As this was just what-the ring" did not wish to have done, they dropped all negotiations a id turned their atteution to the Second National, where they were more successful. It had always been the complaint upon the part of those engaged or interested in the whisky trade that the First National did not furnish sufficient accommodation in the was of discounts, although the books of the bank show that they were accommodated to a much greater extent, taking the amount of their business into cousi deration, than auy other customers of the bank. Nor have such accommodations ceased or been denied to them to the extent of the bank's capacity safely to grant them, since they became possessed of a bauk of their own, and at tiie present writing several of the directors of the Second National are indebted to the First for amounts aggregating nearly 20,000, one of said directors being a prominent whisky man. With this preface we come to the charge referred to in the communications above mentioned, which is, that John B. Cornell, the" cashier, is or was a defaulter to the First National Bank to the amount of 25, 000, which amount John C. Lindley, late Treasurer, loaned to Cornell out ol the Treasury funds, that he (Cornell) might make good his deficit and thus avoid detection, at a time (he directors of this bank were to make an examination of his books; anil that Cornell or the bank or both, still owe to J. C Li ml ley, the late Treasurer, the said 25,000, and that it was the intention of said Lindley to Iritig suit for the recovery of the same. John B. Cornell is not now, nor has he ever been, defaulter to this bank in any sum whatsoever, nor docs he or the hank owe to John C. Lindley, the late CountyTreasurer, either iu his public or private capacity, 25,000, or any part or portion thereof, nor has thii bank any knowledge or intimation from Mr. Lindley, directly or indirectly, of any intention te prosecute either Mr. Cornell or this bank for any such alleged claim. Mr. Lindley, the late Treasurer, kept a private account wit h this bank not as Treasure; but he never received from this hank, as has been reported, any iutcrest, premium or compensation iu any way for hi depj.sits. His account with the bank now stand.) closed, all of his money having been drawn out iu the due course of business. The Cashier and one of the Directors of the First National Bank were formerly upon tha bond of tho late Treasurer, but, fearing the verycatastrophe which has now oucurod, and not wishing lo be in any way iuvulvvd, the Board of Directors, some mouths sinco, passed a resolution requiting them to procure a release from said bond, which resolution was mado known to the Treasurer, and other sureiies' were substituted. That this bank, in conjunction with the Second National, has several time learned, temporarily, to Mr. Lindley, while Treasurer, sums sufficient for him to make good his accounts, when requested so to do, is true, but a resolution of the board put a stop to such transactions, of which resolution the late Treasurer was duly untitled. This comprises a full statement of ail the transactions between the bank and the late Treasurer, both as an otlicer aud citizen, and tho statement made in the communications the Chronicle and Enquirer are false and without foundation. Some days prior to the examination of the Treasury accounts by Mr. Beemelin, this bank was applied to by certain parties to discount three separate notes, of three thousand dollars each, made bv one Director, aud indorsed by another Director of the Second National Bank, with the statement that the money so to be procured was directly for the late Treasurer's benefit, but this bank declined the paper, and refused to advance one dollar upon it. Again, still later, application was made by one of those same Directors of the Second Natioual Bauk, for a loan upon a uote of five thousand dollars, upon which he appeared as indorser; this time, the application being accompanied by a threat, that if to use his own wi is "the ni'Miey was .ot forthcoming by twelve o'clock the uevt day, he would gue John H. Cornell and the Fust National Bauk the hot end ot ;uo poker,''

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Slating at the same time that tha aaaay, ves for the late Treasurer. As the money, bs not furnished, we presume the cam munications and charges referred to nere the result of the bank's action. And jel1 again, after ihe office of the Treasurer was in the possession of Mr. Beeme'.iu, another, demand was uiadu fur lhe relief of the an fortunate ofSoial, but without avail. What' the bank did do for the. late Treasurer was doue out of good will to him, and' moreover, what it did do, waa not dona' officially at all, its Board of Director not countenancing such transaction and for, bidding them in future. At this time we. will notice a special telegram to the Cin- ' cinnati Gazette, stating that charges had been preferred against this hank before the Comptroller of Curroooy, for loaning , more than one tenth of its capital stock to one individual. The case is that of a well ' known, prominent citizen of this place, who, becoming indebted to the bank through ' unpaid bills of exchange, promptly seour- , ed lhe bank against all Joss and to its aaU isfaetiou. Since the time of ita organization the First National Bank lias been a ' conservative institution, seeking to do always a safe business, as becomes a bank intrusted with the people's money, and we , point to its record (o show with what success it has bee 11 managed. If any, other bauk in the State can show a better record, in proportion to its capital stock, we do : not know where it is to be found. Five years ago the capital stock was increased from 00,000 to 100,000, at which time a dividend of twenty-two per cent, was declared. Since then it has never passed -its semi annual diviiend of litre cent., ac cumulating in 1 he meantime a surplusfund of 110,000. As to its solvency, in addi- .' tiou to the provisions in the Nttiontl Banking law, which makes each stockholder lia'ole in double the amount of his capital stock, the Directors, who represented property amounting to over 1,000,000, individually guarantee by written agreement in the bank book of evciy depositor ; who so desires it the payment of bis depot- , its, thus pledging their entire property for the seeurity of tho bank's custoinor. And, in conelusion, we desirse to say that " we deplore newspaper controversy, preferring "so much as licth in us to live peaceably with all men," but the animus of tha present management of the Second National Bank and its backers, the whiskj interest, as shown by au article- published in the Cincinnati Gazette at the tiiipj the change was made, and since developed in so marked a matter iu this last attack, haa seemed to us to dcuin 1 thus much of our attention. M. IIl'UUKS, J AMES HeATTY, J. Vv. So UN, P. Ill (ill ES, Pet eh MuniHy, J. B. Cornell, Cashier. Director. Financial. The money market is superabundantly, supplied. This is partiy to be accounted for by the great amount of unemployed; capital in Europe, which overflows hereK taking up not only our spare Government stock, but other securities, such as the, , lie railroad companies bouds which are getting numerous 011 the market. l'he cotton crop is a great importer of gold, ao, that not only cuircncy, but s.pxcio, is in a state of superabundance, hch most ensure a further decliuo in gojd aud speedily improve the value cf greenbacks up or near to par with gold. This state of thingi ought to be taken advantage of by Congress to return to. specie payments.. 1$ has already acted uu tho iecUugj of the Semite, inducing them to refuse aaquiea- . fence to the House of Representatives1 bill ior increasing the currency, 3 need less, so out of time aud harmony with the movement in general trade. The curreucy should be of intrinsic value, to nuke exchauges uinrti harmonious, and ihe present general abundance of all pio'action need ouly the restoration of gold to its proper place to make exchanges move harmoniously and with little disturbance, cxeept that 11 1tur.1l one from tha vari-itiuns in supply aud demand. Clue uther point, however, of important is, to rediu-e the taxation, which ia now , so heavy on industry and exchange. The d-bt might be left lo itself for a lew years for the payment of iutcrest bryonies leu and less heavy with iho legubr increase of woa'th; that is, of the amouut of iu creased wealth that has to pay it, and the less industry is burdened, tho faster will wealth increase. Verily, the two great bepefi's to bo expected from Congress are, a reduction of taxation and the restoration of specie payments, with the postponement, for a time, of the repayment of the capital of the national debt that pJ interest. It is more important to get rid of 1 hat debt which consists of demand notes, viz.: the greenbacks long overdue which tend-i to cheek the natural fall iu pirices. N. V. Observer. Judge Wilson a an Office Seeker. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga Z'tie, who writes from the Fouilh Con gres.-iuual District, a week or two since, over the signature of It idie-jl," siy of" Judge Wilson that 'he has done nothing but h !d and want office ever since he wps old enough." Now let us sec how true this is. Ie 1800 he was eleetcd Common Picas Judge, and to a second term of the san e office- ie 18GI, but re.-igned in less than a Bo'li times he was run ag-tin.st his. wislvvy" In 18(i5 he was run iu the Fmll, J,U ciai District for Judge of ihe Cu-cu1 Coui against Judge Lug'tu -tui aa'iiit bt wishes. At lhe tima Vc VwuerSits had a majority in tho Judicial listi,it id' lOAlw T tie people run hiii bc&aujs& ttej felt was the only i,nn in I he district who ouyt-i bat J udgo li-gn over such a democratic, iiMj'irity. I'e wns clictod by over vo ' bundled map.ifity. TUU. speak; VftH foe ; hi, pnpqbirity, and -h i.s that instead ijf ha-.ing ben seeking for offiej he u"i io uitiphstiught fur iitbVe. been fr 'he truth of ' Ka li;;.-!',; 5,tc.'UQiU . Vuiiuorsi!lg Tivyes.