Indianapolis Daily Herald, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 January 1868 — Page 2

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TtlllltSDAT MOTISINO JANUARY 28

DEMOCIIATIC STATE TICKET.

For Governor,

Thomas A. Hendrlcks t of marloa* For Lleotcnant Governor, Alfred P. Edcer<on> of Allen. For Secretary of State, REUBEN C. KISB.of Boone. For Auditor of State, JOsET’II V. BEMUSDAFFBU, of Franklin. For Treasurer of State, JAMES B. BY AN, of Marlon. For Clerk of Supreme Court, NOAH 8. LaBOSE, of Cass. For Reporter of Supreme Court, M. A. O. PACKARD, of Marshall. For Superintendent of Public Instruction, JOHN R. PHILLIPS, Of Daviess. For Attorney General, SOLOMON CLAYPOOL, ef Putnam. For Electors at Large, JOHN R. COFFROTH, of Huntington, BAY LESS ,W. HANNA, of Vigo.

Contingents,

JASON B. BBOWN,of Jackson. WILLIAM M. FRANKLIN,oiowcn.

For District Electors,

First Dtslrici—Thomas It Cobb, of Krox. Contingent—U rt. Spronle, of Vanderburg. Second District—C. S. Dobbins, of Martin. Contingent—Jonas O. Howard, of Clarke. Third Dist'-ict—James Gavin, of Decatu Contingent—Ellmnau C. Dovora, of Je

at nr.

nnings.

Fourth District—John S. Reid, of Fayette. Conti ngent-BenJamiu L. Smith, of Rush. Fifth District—John M. Lord, of Marion. Contingent—Cass Bylteld, of Johnson. Sixth District—A. B. Carleton of Lanrrenca. Comliigeut—Samuel It. Haiutli, of Sullivan. Seventh District—T. F. Davidson, of Fountain. Contingent—B. B. Daily, of Carroll. Eighth District—.Tames F. McDowell, ofCrant. Contingent—N. It. Liusday, of Howard. NintirTJTstrict—John Colerlck, of Allen. C'oul Ingent—Samuel A. Shoaff, of Jay. Tentli District—O. ft. Main, of Elkhart, t outtngent—K. Van Long, cf Noble. Flevcnlh District—Not appointed.

The Difference.

The Indianapolis IIrrat.d denies that the Democratic party Is rushing on, or drifting on, or getting on at all to_repudlatton,

tiles tne~t

~ lions, and

(DlUtlO

aud Ohio Democratic reeolu.

aunty Republican resif one party intends

repudialion, the other does also. This sort of reasoning will not do. The llendrlcks doctrine of paying in gold the bonds that are specifically pledged upon their face to be paid, is a mere straggler lu the army of Democratic propositions to get rid of Uhl public debt, while the Indianapolis resolution is far in advance ol lltpubllcanlfm. To reach Hendricks’ position, Republicans have to run till they are out of breath; Democrats will have to be led back ifthev occupy It. This la the differ-

ence.—/.a/aycUe Juxirnal.

If the Journal had any disposition to be candid and fairly represent the position of tbo Democratic party upon the public debt question and all others at issue, it would not wilfully misstate them, as it does with a perslstance worthy of a good cause. The IlKNduicks doctrine on the public debt question is the same as tbat proclaimed in the Sth of January convention, which is as follows: 5. Tbat we are In favor of the: pay meat of the Government bonds in treasury notes, commonly called ‘•greenbacks,” ^except when expressly made payable lu gold by law,) at

the earliest practicable period.

This resolution Is clear and explicit and leaves no room to question the sentljpent of the Democracy In regard to the oOTgatlons of the General Government in the payment of the public debt. The Democracy propose to get rl<I of the public debt by paying it according to contract at the earliest practicable period. Several Republican papers are endeavoring to make It appear that Mr. HanDltlCKS is not tn sympathy with Western Democracy upon this question, and a national hank president of this city is representing that the Democratic candidate for Governor dees not accord with Mr. I’ENDLETON’s financial views. Mr. Hendricks subscribes most heartily to the resolutions of the Democratic di itu Convention in reg tra to the public debt aud national banking system, aud they embrace Mr. i'KNDl.gTON’S propositions to pay me public (b-bt. Phut there may be no misrepresentuttoa tu regard to the position of Mr. Hendricks and me Damoeracy of Indiana upon the bana question, we quote the following from tho dm of Janlfctry platform: ft. Thai ihcualioual bank system, organized In me interest of tbe bondholdets, oug'-.t to be abolished, and iJullen Stales notes substituted in lieu ol me national bank currency, thus saving to the people, In Interest alone, more than eighteen millions of dollars annually; aud uuui suen system of banks shall bo ab >1isbed, we demand that the shares of such banks to Indiana shall be subject to the same t.a.x shod, d-aie and municipal, as other property of mediate. • We do not know, as the Lafayette Journal alleges, thuttno resolution adopted in the Republican Convention of this county is ‘‘in advance of Republicanism,” but as it was a large meetiug of thtfrepresentatlve men of the party, it certainly reflects the sentiment of tbe private soldiers in the Republican ranks, if it does not tbat of the policy of tho leaders. Here is the resolution that the Marlon county Republican County Convention adopted: Whf.REas, Equal and exact justice should he the rule of action for the public as well aa for a private debtor lu dealiug with their

creditors, therefore,

Resolved, That the bonds and other obligations or me General Government which do not expressly stipulate for a payment in coin on their face shiuld he paid at their earliest maturity lu legal money, aud that our delegation to the State Convention be Instructed to vote for a resolution In the State platform embody-

ing this proposition.

If this is In advance of Republicanism, we suppose the Republicans who entertain such views, for they go beyond the resolution adopted by the Democratic State Convention upon the question, must unite with the Democratic party to carry out what they believe lobe the true policy of tho Government. We have stated that Mr. Hendricks fully coincides with his party upon the public debt debt aud national banking questions, and to place the matter beyond any doubt, we re* produce that portion of his speech upon accepting the nomination lor Governor which refers to those issues. He said upon thot occa-

sion:

In another class of the public securities, it was provided tu the law and upon the face ol the bouds themselves, lhat they shall be paid in coin. In that case it may with force be said that tho treasury notes are nut a legal tender for their discharge, the law so provid-

ing-

But there is a class of bonds known as the live-twenties, so called because they are payable in twenty years, and redeemable at the pleasure of the United States, lu five rears from their issue. The law autborixHig their issue does not provide that they shall be paid or redeemed in coin, but it does not provide lhat the Interest shall be paid in coin, and the same law provides that the treasury notes kuown as legal tender nolee, “shall be receivable In payment of all taxes, interns! duties, excises, debts and demands of every kind due to tbe United States, except duties on Imports* and el all claims aud demands against tbe Untied States ol every kind whatsoever except for interest upon bonds and notes wnlcb hull be paid lu t'oin^ud shall also be iawlul

.emler in payment of all

min the United

udiuna a

the Marlon County Republican ns, to show that if one party iation, the other does also. Tbi

mmi thev paid alt her principal or intereat In legal tender not**, andthla conitruetioo wm acqul* aaced in by Ibatr credltora.” T - -

gol< ool;

worth*bnTforty"cents 6n the dollar. Wa. that ^IUi "aid thaVPtla unjust to pay these bond* ThaVor. 0 ^ M't from tbe Government when the treasury notes were much more depredated than now. Undoubtedly there were bard eaeea under the legal tender act. I recollect one case that appeared so to me. 1 may not be accurate ta the amounts, but nearly ao. One citizen having sold, ten thousand dollars, during the first year of the war, and before the rise of gold, or rather the tall in paper, loaned it to his neighbor at aeven per cent. That neighbor was able to pay the Interest and hold the gold. He did ao, unUl after the passage of the tender law. and until gold went up to two fifty. He then sold the gold for f2.'.,000 legal tender notes. With $10,000 of the notea he paid the note given for the gold) end with the remein* Ing $15,000 bought flftean of the five-twenty bonds of $1,000 each, upon which he has since received his Interest in gold every six months. What became of the other gentlemen wno was compelled to take paper worth about $4, 000, I can not tell. Rerhapa he became i quartermaster, or sought some other eminent, ly loyal position hoping to retrieve his fortunes; but I have been entirely unable to excite a throbbing sympathy for the gentleman who hold* the $15,00$ bond*. I can not aay tbat, financially, he baa done badly; and In the little question between him and the taxpayer, I can not go with Governor Morton and his followers, and hold that we shall go beyond the contract and pay hla bonds In gold. This large class of bends being psyable In twenty years In treasury notes, they are now many of them redeemable In the aame. In the report from which I nave read the Finance Committee aay: “It Is clear that if the bouds are 'payable' when due in legal tendera, they are‘redeemable’ alter fite year* from the date in the aame kind of money. Tbe word payable imports a duty or obligation which must be performed at the time stipulated. The word redeemable Implies a discretionary power which may or may not be exercised. But the same kind of money In the same mode tendered will redeem a note or pay a note.” Then we msy at onoe commence the payment of our debt by the issue of treasury notes, and thus stop the payment of gold intcrest. and also increase our currency, and thus stimulate commerce, enterprise and labor, and in connection with a wise poliey toward the Southern States, and the development cl their resources restore prosperity to the whole < ountry. I would not be understood as being in favor of an increase of lb* currency, without limit. The dangers and evils of an unrestricted issue of paper money can not be too carefully avoided. Temptations in that direction are great, and must be resisted by wisdom and prudence. No one more than myself regerts the necessity of a resort to paper currency, but it result* from the necessities of our condition. The issues must be limited to tho demands of business, and the wants of the people in meeting tbe enormous levies for national, State, county and city purposes. The system of natlonsl bank* was a stupendous folly. The security ol the bill holder is in the bonds on deposit in the treasury, upon which the United States pay interest. If the government furnishes the security in its own credit

Fell tleai Items. _Tbe Mobile Times hat hauled down the namee of Grant and Fessenden. —Some of our Demeeratlc exchanges are placing the following ticket at the head of their columns: “For Praetdent—General Greenbacks. For Vice President.-General Low Taxes.” That I* the ticket that will win. It will beat any other “General” that pan be named. —Tbe Buffalo Commercial Advertiser gives up its party’s ghost. With the best of chances it aaya the radicals have thrown nway their opportunity for success. What hope for a party controlled by auch Bourbon*, It eiks. None at all, i* Its own sad reply. The .ddeerf taer sees Uta coffin and shroud making, and fblda He party’s limbi preparatory to the respectable interment the country will

supply.

Thx New HAisrsniRX Election.—Arrangements are being made for a strong ■peaking force from each party represented tn Congresa, to take part in the New Hampshire election. The Democrats have secured Voorheea, Doolittle end Hendrioka, and are negotiating for Attorney General Stanberry. The Republicans hive arranged for an equally strong detachment. Great intereat la taken in the contest, being the first State election of the presidential year. —The Bosbm Post sava that Boutwell— who is as small a pattern of a legislator aa ever party tinkers tried to hammer out into a stateaman—repeats the old, stale nonsense about either rebels or loyalists governing the South, when he knows there Is no such itssue. The South Is perfectly subdued, and Is as obedient to tbe laws of the General Government as Massachusetts. But BoutWell, who crept into his place upon his hands and knees byfawning, and treachery to the Democratic party—the party that trusted him with tbe pelltloal capital he run sway with and appro, pnated to his own use—undertake* to cover hla “irregularity” by attributing to others tbe bad faith which mark* bis own career. Bat the Groton grocer can’t sand bis sugar with out detection. The public palate will dlaeover such knavery. —The Army and Navy Journal Is radical, politically, but It can not see the mud thrown upon the brave Hancock without a protest. It takes up the list of soldiers abused by the party to which the Army ahd Navy Journal is altogether too subservient, and soundly denounces the vllllflera. Of Hsnoock It eays: General Hanaock—one of the meet dashing and brilliant soldier* ef oar war—la now made the subject of a congressional proposition to muster him out of the service In construbtive disgrace. For what? Simply because he is

Special Dispatch to tbe World.

HIUBLIT IMPORTANT IJVTEIt-

VAEW WITH THE PRESltfEViV

why not Issue the treasury note directly, and thus save tbe interest) 1 In supplanting the system but one evil is to be guarded against. It U said the loan of the bank* to the bur loess men of the country amount to about $600,000,000, and In this State to $13,000,000. To com. pel tbe banks at onoe to withdraw their loans, would be ruinous. The substitution must be so made as to avoid a financial and buaiheii

crisis.

shall be paid In com money and a legal It

ikbts. public and private, wi

b.utrs, except duties on imports and intensts as aforesaid,” Treasury notes having these quamies were issued to the atnuuut of four Hundred million belore the live-twenty bonds were uegoiiatud. The argutnent drawn from the lact that bunds beieluioto Issued (ltd nut provide fur their payment in coin, and yet they were so paid, has no fume, fur the reason t tat when sucii bonds weru issued aud paid, gold and silver were the only “lawful money, and legal tender,” anu therefore a contract to p iy in money but silent as to the kind of money, was a contracttu pay in coin. Those whu sgrro with Guvernor Morton in tho denunciation recently made in his Columbus, Onto, speech, that it is Demjcratlc repudiation to pay these bonds In legal tender treasury note-, repudiate the letter of tbe act o: Congress declaring them ‘-Iawlul money,” and they repudiate tne spirit of the act, also, if Uungrens had the right to pass it. By the a^t Congress declared these treasury notes “Iawlul money,” and aud clothed them with all Itiequxltlies of gold aud silver for the nil pone of discharging legal obligation-, exce in the payment of “dudes on Imports and the 1 ali-rest on the public debt.” If after that Congress authorized the issue of bonds pa; ble in money, but silent as to the kind

y they not legally

ayaI of

money, may they not legally be discharged In wnutsver-is the “iawlul money” of tbe country f By what right then does Governor Mor-

", prt latoi

ton and ttie radical

uuunee us as repudlaturs, when we propose

the State tie*

lu siutiil by the letter and the spirit of the contract? lit- who bought the bonus of tbe Govern men t rfuth treasury notes as “lawful

cm

mi,oh appreci

treasury vlly dep

“lawful m.me>” now

d. This argument is strength-

inoutty,” tbeu deavtly depreciated, must be iient to be paid In “lawful m.m«i” >

to be paid

b.ted. r uts argument is streng

ciicu by'the fact tout In subsequent loans,

AaotUcr laau* Involved la the Next Electlan. Tbo New York iPorfd, In Its issue of the 13th instant, after showing that the number of judges of the Supreme Court, is eight, and five of them being loss than two-thirds, it will require at least six to set aside a law for its repugnance) to the constitution, proceeds to state tbe outrageous iniq uity of the proposition as follows: 1. It would give an unconstitutional law three chances to one to prevail over the constitution. 2. It would be to punish the judge* for perceiving that the act ofOongreaa is unconstitutional, by depriving them of their authority. 3. Its practical (ffect would be to remove a certain number of dissenting judges from the bench during the trial of a particular class of cases. 4. it would be in violation of the fundament tl conception of a court of justice, tbat both parties to a suit shall have equal advantages. A law wbicn requires twice as many judges to decide a cause fqr the plaintiff, as for the defendant, Ql^jce versa, is incompatible with all our ideas of equity. r>. if one of the parties is to have two chances to tbe other’s one, there is no equal Justice; the balance is not held even; two pound weights are put Into one scale, and one pound weight in the other. ' 0. The passage of the bill would enable Congress to decide by a mere majority that a law is coostitutlonal, while It would forbid the m-jirity of tbe Supreme Court to decide by its majority that It is not. Tbe majority of Congress would thereby be made superior to the majority of the Supreme Court, In decld ing the very class of cases especially committed to tho latter. 7. If Congress ha* a right to mike twothirds of the court necessary to declare a taw unconstitutional, It baa an equal right to make three-fourths and seven-eighths necessary fbr that purpose, and thus make Justice Ciiaak counterbalanco alt the rest of the judges. A single party tool on the bench would thus suffice to render Congren omnipotent. 8. If this could be done, then the framers of the Constitution have in vain attempted to establish an independent judieinry to confloe Congress within tbe limits of the Constitution. The World sums up its opinion with tbe following remarks, which we cordially Indorse : In a party view, we have no objection to the passage of this preposterous bill. It will give occasion to such a vote at will make the cauntry ring, and tbe ears of thn Republican* tingle. If It should be rapasaad over a veto (which is improbable), the Supreme Court would treat it ae null, and tbe Republican party would have disgraced itself for nothing. If it be meant merely as a menace, to Influence the action of the judge* In th* ease about to come befora them, It will equally fall, and equally recoil. It gtvas the Democratic party the advantage of a new and strong Issue. The Independence of thejudlclary, the great bulwark of all rights and liberties, Is involved in tbe result of the presidential election. The Dangers which Threaten the Mad leal Party. The New York Tribune in discussing the oew reconstruction bill remarks: “All the fire and fury wherewith Congress is now sssstlad, meant Just thlai Tbe sham Democracy want to make twelve more rotten boroughs like Maryland and Kentucky in the South, by anfraneblslaf tbe rebel white and dtsfrancntslng the loyal blacks, and tha Republicans won’t let them. That is the whole story.” Tho Cincinnati Commercial, a paper equally as anxious to serve the radicals as the New York Tribune, in commenting upon an article referred to in the latter paper, an extract from which wo give above, says, that unfortu-nntt-ly tho representative* of the Tribune are not the whole story; and it adds: “There li great dinger that the Republican*, In seeking to accomplish too much, will lose everything. Tbe reconstruction of the South, according to the forms of republican government, is of far less importance than the prcsorvailon of political power In the hande of the Republicans In tbe North. What will it profit tbe Republican party If it gain tbe whole South and lose the whole North? The North is the base of operations and the aeat of empire. And yet the Republicans have mismanaged so fearfully that a few months sgo they lost New York and Pennsylvania, and laved Ohio by a graze. New York, Pennsylvania* Ohio, Indiana and Illinois are of more conseqaence than all the States tbat were disturbed In their relations to tbe Union by the rebellion. Hence, whatever may be absolute Justice in tho political reconstruction of the South, tbe necessity of a wile expediency In tbe conduct ol public affairs by those exercising autborltr.” Location of tbo Natlooal Democratic Convention. All citizens Interested In securing the location of tbe Democratic National Convention in this city* are requested to meet at tbe Batea Houso, to-night, at seven o’clock, to arrange for making a suitable proposition to tbe National Democratic Committee to secure tbe aGei-tlon. As tbe object in view is to advance the Interests of tbe city, citizen* generally are invited to attend without regard to party associations.

In IheUAse of the ten-forty bunds Issued under the^ct of Match 3, 1804, when Congress intended payment to bo insdein coin, It was so provided in the law and upon the face of

bond.

in acarcfully_prcparert report, made to the Senate on the 17th of Inst month, on the public debt, tbe Finance Committee were unable to say that the law and public faith require these bonds to be paid In coin. After a lengthy discussion tbe committee expressly declined to deride tbequertt n. In tbalr argument they ear: “And uli a further and very aignllf-

t3T The Cincinnati Commercial siya lh* Independent member ol Congreis from that city. General Cary, voted agalnat the reconstruction bill in the Honte. The straight Republican! all voted for it, under tha pressure of the caucus. The main feature of the bill is the attempt to give the General of the army absolute authority over the Southern State* Included In military dlstrlcta, and to make him Independent ef hie euparlor officer, the President of th* United States.

doing his duty ae a soldier In Louisians, according aa he underetande it. Whether It would not have been better to have gone to work more quietly, overthrowing fewer of the regulation* established by his distinguished predecessor, and making fewer changes In office. It a matter on which there le gro for difference of opinion. But there la no doubt either aa to the honesty or tbe capacity of General Hancock. He was eent to govern, under military law. the Fifth District. He has ohoten to do so in his own way. When It ta found tbat he can not govern that district, then It will be time enough to remove him from command. Our own belief is that he will be found to hove taken at good care of Louisiana in Haneeok’a way as Sheridan did in Sheridan’s way. That Hancock’* way may not pleas* the polities! theories, or minister to the partisan purposes of certain Congressmen. le nothing to tbe point, provided ha does hi* duty well. And yet It la coolly proposed Hot only to remove him from command, but

MR- JOnNBONS OPINION OF THE EXISTING CRISIS AND OF THE RE A L D ESI ONE OF

THE RADICALS.

POWER''. DUTIES, TEYTIONS.

AND IN

“That is my conviction.” ^ ' “U any be superfluous to presume that the President is In no wise at fault respecting the partisan object of both the bills which have

been alluded toP’

“Quit* superfiuou*. As I explained at the commencement, tble so-called reconstruction _UUUz destined, if carried Into effect, ao to Increase end consolidate the military tyranny which has already come nigh to ruin to the Southern State*, that no body of legislators Pv 0 .* Marly wild with a party idea could thiok of forcing it through. The vast cotton

Tiie Effect ef tbe '‘Dnmnfng Policy Toward tbe South."

CONGRESS AND THE SUPREME COURT.

* worse l Rebels.

•outberu

Washington, January 19.

Tbe fullowlng Is a synopsis of a desultory conversation had by toe writer with President Johnson. As no mtn’s utterances are ao important or so eagerly sought for at this momentous time as thasa of the Chief Executive, I am convinced that tbe dignified tone of tbiae unofficial remarks will be bailed with satisfaction by every true frlenfl of tho republic and of constitutional government. 1 began by remarking the anxiety of tbe people to comprehend the present crisis. The position of Congresa was never sutfered to bd in doubt. Every night there was sent by telegraph from Washlogton, to all sections of the country where a newspaper Is printed, a report of the day’s debates lu both Houses, in which the purposes of the radical majority were distinctly expressed. But the position of the President in respect to tbe pending measures which threatened to deprive him of nearly all authority in the Government could

only be inferred.

“It would seem,” said Mr. Johnson, very deliberately, “as if there could be no doubt

as to the position.”

H* paused a moment and went on:

“Let us first briefly consider what has been and is the situation.. Men, before now, have suffered much, who were Intrusted with or who took upon themselves the duty of defending a principle. Such a duty became very painful when, as tn this Instance, e President of the United States, who wa* compelled by hi* oath tq administer the government tn •triot accordance with the Cousittutton, found

himself singularly opposed in so doing by other branch ef the Government elalminf

in my

it, tend to repress fbr an Ihdeflnlto od such a development of the resources of

accomplished before

az v/ » v/ii i j ewe a v iaj vy * la i aaa s a v/iaa vuiai iaj •* i i ij , uiifc to turn hla) out of th* army for his fidelity to

his Idea of duty,

The Journal should know tbat no reputation, no character, is safe from radical malignity If It Interpose an obstacle to the vilest partisan plans ever proposed by demagogues, to whom patriotism 1* Incomprehensible. Bkcknt Municipal Elections.—The New Haven Register has th* following summing

up of recent Democratic reeulta:

Tbe result of recent municipal elections throughout tbe country Indicate that the reaction, which commenced In the spring of 1967, still continues, and In no part of the North does the change of feeling make itself more apparent than In New Hampshire. The recent elections in the three cities of Dover, Portsmouth and Manchester showed a Democritic gain of eleven hundred over tbe vote of Uat spring, when tbe radicals earned the State by a malorlty of3,146. It will be recollected that New Hampshire was tha first State to vote after tbo passage of tbe fnfamous reconstruction act, and. while tbe radicals lost part ol their strength, they were able to retain control of the Htat* by a diminished majority. Since last March tbe people have been closely watching the doing* of Coe, gresa and the workings of this system of socalled reconstruction, and wpat they at first only distrusted, they now heartily condemn. Our exchanges all speak enthusiastically of the prospects for tha Democracy In New Hampshire. Outside of New Hampshire, the same change la apparent. In Maasacbuaetts w* have gained largely; In Connecticut we have carried a majority ol the towns for the first time In fourteen years, and thus plsced beyond a doubt th* result of the April election. Recently en election was held In tbe town of iVestfield, Ohio, at which tbe Democratic officers were elected by a large major-

ity.

At the election last fall, the radicals carried tbe town by forty-two majority, thus showing that the reaction ta not dead In Ohio. In Columbia, Pennsylvania, an election was held on Monday last, 0th Instant, at which there was oonslderable excitement. The Democrat* elected their full ticket by an average of about fifty—again since last fall of over one hundred votes. What render* this more Important, It Is the first Democratic victory there In twelve year*. It it somewhat significant that we bear nothing nf any radical victories outside of the five military districts. Perhaps we should also except Tennessee, where the election of Brownlow was announced aaa “great Republican victory.’” Hut even there th* radicals have recently been defeated to the great nagro stronghold. Memphis. In every Northera htate, the radical doctrine* of such men at Stevens, Butler, Wade, and th* other leaders of tha party in power, have either placed the party in a minority or greatly reduced it* strength. The vote of the Southern States is considered necessary to secure

ting to

represent a majority of the citizen*. For a long time It required firmness to act up to the conviction that the demand* of the Constitution were far more Imperative than the partisan will of Congress and tbe transient desire of the deceived people of the North. It was like breaking thick ice to break through the oust of prejudiue that Intervened betwixt the perceptions of the multitude and the Pres, ideal’s real motive. But even In the worst period, faith wee had in the ultimate good sense of citizens elsewhere; and as It happened that, aetbe resistance of the Executive to the unconstitutional measures of Congress became firmer, the testa applied to it by Cengress became more aggressive, the people at last begin to be alarmed by the rapid rate at which cherished instltntions were being subverted. A modification—perhaps I might say a decided change—of public sentiment in the North has been the consequence. Go# who held fast to a principle when a majority was arrayed against him is not likely to loosen bis bold upon it when so much of the pressure

ha* besn removed.”

“Yet," I observed, “the radicalsln Congress appear to take precious little warning from the Northern reaction. Uae would think, from what they are now doing, that their

pressure was Increislng.”

Tbe President smiled grimly. The radicals In Congress are despcr.tto. They have made of that body a political monstrosity. While they teak to hide their deformities with the cloak of patrlotiHin, or strive to distract public attention from tbem by specious maou-j-vers, they are becoming more and more convinced that tbe people lee through it all. Having gone farther than they tntended,*o far that they have overleapt all bounds save those of party and personal ambition.retreat woulu be equivalent to kari kart- They keep on now, boplog to obtain by conquest In tbe South this year a power more than equivalent to ibelr losa of prestige In tbe Nortb. Perhaps they trust by such a conquest to awe and iub* due a miquliy In the North whom thev are falling to lead. This extrema party, which ta represented by m*n like Mr. Utngbam, Mr.

1 Senator Sumner, IsTn a worse,

er party was before lu tbe

lie. Hi vactllatlog legislation in respect to many vltsl matter*, and the character

Boutwell and

dilemma than ever party was

Ml<

Hep ut

of its late struggle for Impeachment, prove

gross leek cf principle.

What kind of dlipoaltion and estimate of human nature was mown by the person Ash

necessary

tbe aleotlon of the Radical candidate for President, and *o raoonstructlon U to be pushed ahead at any cost. No matter wbetner tbe South is converted into a Haytl or San Domingo, or not. If Us votes can be secured In time for tbe November election. YYe do not believe that even this ctq save theip. The people are aroused, and, if tbe municipal elc Uods have any meaning, they show that tt

rule of demagogues is near it* end.

A the

Etet'a I tense, —Kokomo Is going to borrow six hundred dollars to make a payment on • ntwcemetery. —We learn that a little girl about twelve years of age, sister of Mr. Baksr, who lives near our town, was to seriously burned, on Sunday last, by her clothes catching fire, that death ensued the following morning and relieved tha unfortunate child of her auffuing*.—JVew Harmony Register. —A vain of coal in the upper end of Knox county has been probed fifteen feet, and yet the parties have not succeeded tn getting through the vein. The coal ilea Immediately on the Indianapolis and Vincennes Bati-

road.

—Welborn, Solllvan A Co..at Mount Vernon, have bought over 135,000 buahelt of corn thus far this season. The Democrat claims that they are the heaviest Operators in corn on

the Ohio.

—We are heartily glsd to learn that Mr. R. 9. Sproule, formerly editor of this paper, has received the appolotmsnt of United States Treasury Agent. Mr. Sproule held this position under Buchanan’s administration, and was aceounted one of the most efficient and energetic attaches of the Treasury Roans-

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ley ana thoae who assisted him In getting up tbe assassination charge? They had simply to eeelc tn their own natures for smple support of tbetr theory that human nature is corrupt. They reeollected tbo suspicions which attached to the vice-president* under Harrison and Tsylor, and derived Irom those, and from their partisan enmity to an Executive who had consistently thwarted their unholy design*, a vagus exense for Accusing me. How did they proceed to obtain their so-called evidence ? By ransacking brothel* and alums, and accepting statcmcaU from the lip* of a felon. After employing aucb means to compass tbe removal Of a President, it Is not surprising that, baulked as they are, they are capable of employing any means, constitutional or unconstUutuinat, tj get rid of Aim or shear aipay hie powers ” “Well, sir,” I suggested, “now to consider what Congress Is actually dalsg.” “Why.” responded the ProsMeat, “these meneitret areof cayrse revolutionary. Thn ergumcr.ts used to defend them are ae elearly fallacious as the assertion that black is white would be. A uropoeUloa to deprive, by mere ect of Congress, the President of Die United

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avy. t* a proposal to do direct violence to the constitution. There are three separate but co-ordinate branches of the United States government, the Legislative, tbe Judicial and ibe Executive branches, or^dfipariroent-, ha* Uz special functions, ’which tbe constitution rigidly defines, and the provisions of that lo«trum“t.t are ao framed a* that no one or two of the department* obtain any power to subtract from the function* of tbe other. Yet,for aspects! and deepotio purpose, tho bill submitted by Mr. Bingham ta being forced through tbe House to place In tbe banda of a niilitary subordinate of tbe President, tmiependent of tbe latter, an executive

interest, which used to pay an enormous revenue to tbe Government, Instead of having been recuperated aiuce the war, baa nearly died out. I □ the place of the revenue which it yielded, and which helped to lighten the taxes of Northern citizens, there le now an almost absolute blank on the book* of the Internal Revenue Department; end the Government not only has to bear this loss, but expend an amount more than equal to It to support a deliberate crashing system upon the patriotism and enterprise of the Southern people. Here Is a policy of repression which choke* up the fountalna of revenue In the South, la continually making paupers there among both the white and black populations, and compel! the Government to fall back upon the North for three-fourths of Its current revenues, end pledge Its credit for additional means. Onehalf the country, having apent Itt substance to fight tbe other half back into tbe Union; finds Itself, now that it has accomplished Its objact, the scape-goat of a political part/, which, for its own interests, prevents tbe defeated section from taking its rightful place Main under the shelter of the Coutltution.

This is not ail.

The measures of that party will,

Judgement, lend to rc period such a develop! the South as had bee

tbe war. It is grinding out and discouraging the property holding and Intelligent claaa of cltiaens, to place all power, the whole conduct of affairs, in tbe hande of the negroes and the few native whites and Northern adventurers who would share it with them. Look at Tennessee, the reconstructed and ‘model’ Stetet There are fifty thousand negroes, and twenty tboussnd white* who vote with them, making seventy tboussnd In all entitled to the suffrage. These represent a negro population *f say two hundred and seventy-five thousand. But there are one hundred end thirty thousand white cltiaens, representing n white population of more than eight hundred thousandths property owners, the business and profs*sional community of tbe State—who are practically excluded from participation In the government. How does that work t “Now,” continued Mr. Johnton, with n good deal of vigor, “every one knows or onght to know by this time, whet my position was and Is in regard to accession. I bad to sacrifice something myself to vindicate my conviction that it was wrong and inadmissible, but I consider th* extremists who have violated their own express declaration of the object of tbe war, and who are dishonoring the Constitution every day they proceed xoity this damning policy toward the aouth—I consider these mm, Isay, far more tnconsistant than, and quite as treasonable as any rebel who fought in the’ Southern armies. The men who tried to take the South out of the Union were at ieaal consistent tn this, that they did not object to the Oonatituttea itself, but were led to tear that they would not be suffered to retain their rights under It. War was resorted to by the government to restore the Union end oo in pel these men ot the South to again resame their status as citiaena of the United State*. ‘You are not out of the Union and can not get out of It —the Constitution does not admit the secession of a State, and we are defending tbe Constitution by whipping you back under it, said,’ In the beginning all (Including the Republican party ) who favored the war. With this declaratien ringing In tbalr ears, tbe wilholm rebel*, having been whipped back under It, reasonably demand that the privileges which it record* to them a* cltiaens shall be restored to them. But instantly they are met by a political power in Congress with tbe astoDlstucg announcement: “Well,you did succeed In outlawing younelvas, after all yon did succeed in depriving yourself ofcitizenablp. We did not restore von, we conquered you. Yuu are beaten, helpiese, at oar leet; stay there until you suffer yourselvee to tie reconstructed after our fashion. The old Uaion Is no more; we propose to remedel It la our own way- The Constitution—ah, we will, If necessary, go onteide of that! You have set us an excellent example! ” After 'his admirable paraphrase of tbe radical policy, tbe Treeident arose, and stood

towering.

“ What a pitiful coqdltlon Is thlai If there had been a generous, liberal-minded, lewabiding predominant sentiment In tbe North, why. by this time, tbe South would have been almost upon Ita legs again. 1 do not aay that tbe negroes would all have been at work—tbat all the plantations there would have got to prospering as they onoe did. But there would nave been none or this hurry to thrust negro saffrage down tbe throats, as It were, of e people whom repugnance to th* morsel can be only gradually overcome. The vanity of the negmet would not have been »o fed to hurgting l/iU labor, free labor for thtir old maslere,should be neglected, shirked and lostThere would have been no military usurpation, bnt civil government* organised In each State oy the clttaene most familiar with the character and requirements of tbe several popul aliens sod Interests. Finding tbetr old social and bualnesa interest* thus concerned, with the single exoeptien cf slavery, the property owners, merchant* and industrial classee, woul-i have bad Incentives to give the war tbe go by and return to Ibelr enterprises. Then tbe negroes, or at least tbe msjurtty ot tbem, would have worked, beenuse ike freed man’s bureau could have been dlapenaed with, and they would have been obliged to work and have had work to do. It U highly Improbable too, that there would have been at this period

The false reason has some value, however, as not come to the end of this business; we can not even see to It. The governments of the minority In th* South, and that minority blaek, will find It necessary to he more repressive, end will need n strong military force to maintain them, la aaybodyno iasauie at to predict reconciliation of races, true republican or even moderately just govsaemesit. and reatorod peace end loyalty as the result of ■uch a system? if so, about how soon ? No, the system la fundamentally wrong, and will enerltahlv wax worse and worae. And men are already asking how aeon “political necessity” may lend Congress to interfere with certain Northern States, and compel them to taka the “republican form” of negro suffrage

and white diafranohisement.

Tho restoration of Secretary Stanton Is, doubtless, consistent with the tenure of office act. A special provision was Inserted In it. Indeed, to meet his case. But the discussion has made It clear that the law can not be defended upon general principles. To compel a President to retain In his Cabinet a man with whom friendly or respectful relations are impossible, every body feels to be an outrage. Having had its way, and protected Mr. Stan-

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of which, aa a permanent rule, not a word can be said. The proposition to get rid of General Hancock by the Indirect and cowardly act of reducing the number of Major Generals, la of a piece with the scheme for preventing a decision agalnat the constitutionality of reconstruction by hampering the Supreme Court. They both Illustrate our theme, and show bow one wrong act makes another necessary, and so legislation Inevitably goee from bad to worse. There It yet hope that tbe Senate will arrest these measures. The tame party exigency which makes the two-thirds rule necessary for the Supreme Court, may aooa require that tha court shall be forbidden to proaoaaee aqy eel of Congress unconstitutional, even If nnanImous in that opinion. There is absolutely no stopping place In legislation of this kind. The descent to hell la easy, to be sure; bnt bow are we to get back. If we ever wish to stand again on; terra firm*? General Grant can carry a pretty heavy load fur us, but there are wdgbhtethat he can not UR, and gulfetoo broad even for him to cross, a stop too far may make return Impossible.

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the year 1829, In Miffitn county, Pennla, the then husband of a widow Udy siding in this city, found a small can-, vas bag containing twenty-one pieces of what he considered gold colo. They were taken to a banker who pronounced them brass I ml tai of German five thaler pieces. They b afterward# kept In tbe family and given to friends and relations as souvenirs, or

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—A den filled with stolen goods, waa unearthed at Lafayette on Monday night. Any amount of household furniture, goodi, etc., was discovered. Articles stolen two yearr before were recovered.

Wbat They wifi Accamplleta. Thlrlow Weed, long a leadlog Whig and Republican, and now editor of the New York Commercial Advertiser, say* the pending measure* of Congress to wipe out all vestige of civil authority tn tbe South wUI accomplish two objects, viz: “Inaugurate negro supremacy at the South and overthrow radical supremacy In tha Nortb. If thla be th* only way ol relievtcg the country from a political scourge, let us submit to it patiently. Indeed, the Scripture# teach that evil 1*permitted that good mey some.”

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tbe law? Truly enough the falllacy waa net needed to prove tbat the Executive 11 not, though it cllnchea the proof tbat Congress Is the aggressive one ol the three governmental departments. When our fathers framed the Constitution, the great aim of tbe majority in tbe convention waa to avoid whatever there wa* obnoxious in a kingly government. By carefully delegating to Congresa many legislative power* which tbe Klog of Great Britain had been accustomed to exercise without consultingioarllamect, they rendered tbe Executive merely an executor of the law, without the right to originate measures except In sudden emergencies and In defsnae

Congress, vested with ives, and composed of

divided In

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had _ proper functions. The attitude of the Executive baa ever been one of defense or resistance. It is hi* plain, simple office, while seeing that all laws are put In force that conform to the Constitution, to see that no law obtains, so far as his veto or authority can prevent it from obtaining, which does notconform to It. /repeat that he is obliged by his solemn oath to defend lhat instrument from any and assailant. Do t make rayrndf unuerstuo*

“ I'urlectly, *ir.”

“Well, now, to proceed In tj4!« connection* little further. Congress, or ak least tbe present Congress, claims to be tffs only national representative ol thn will nfjfno people. Yet the President Is elected a* drrectly by the people, aiid is therefnro as directly thtir representative as Congress is. H.ti Congress claims to be nearer tho people than tha President. Yet, while tho members of the House of Representative* are chosen every two years, Senators are elected once in six years, ihe President is chosen-every four year*. Tne Pres), dent Is chosen oficner by t wo years thsn Senators are chosen—a fact which seems virtual, ly to equatizo the respective nearness of th* Executive and legislature to citizens at large. This point is not of so much importance aa it would be if tbo functions of tbe Executive were less arbitrarily defined, or, let us say, more subject to the fluctuating demands of popular sei.tlment than to the stable requiremenls of the Constitution. If It be said that a member of Congreis Is nearer to a particular constituency, or that's Senator is nearer to a [ articular State than the President, because each haa been selected to represent the citlzens or dominant party of tbat particular constituency or State, it may be said of tbe President tbat bet* selected by a broader constituency than either—lhat Is, by the people or dominant majority In tbe Union, who, In aelecting him, are preaumed to subordinate local considerations to those of the general welfare. A President's office, after all is said, is one that, in a crisis like the present, should be hsldjsuperbor to everything except his fealty “Then you regard the Supreme Court u squally Independent of legislation by Con-

gress?”

“ Unquestionably it is. The Supreme Court la aa much a separate and distinct branch of the Government as Congress or the Executive. What right has Congress to usurp the prerogative ol tbe people in this case, more than in the other?” “Pardon me—am I right tn suggesting that no clausa In the Constitution actually prescribes what number of judges shall decide a case in the Supreme Court?” “The provision waa not necessary. Timehonored usage—nay, tbe regulation of the Court Itself—was and is sufficient. A majority of judges have alwaya prevailed in all courts, tn England, France and elsewhere aa well aa In tbe United State*. Thla Is an attemptto strip the judicial branch of the Government of a right which it is competent to dsfina and maintain.”

vail."

“ Is It your opinion that the military gov. ernmrnla, as they now exist, could be prudent ly removed Iron tbs Southern States al this

timer’

“ Perhaps not, Just at this moment; famine and anarchy have been too long cultivated there. But of thla I am convinced, that if every District Commander in the Southern States Should le changed to-morrme from a District Commander to a Department Commander. with duties similar to those of the military commander in your own Stale, for instance—that cf assisting the civil authorities to preserve order in case of neeA—ctvil governments mould be rapidly and peacefully restated. There might be, to be sure, a few outbreaks, and tbe military might be called upon to put them down. Bat, In my Judgment, the epeotiy reeult would be the reorganIz at ion of the entire country.” “ But we come back at last, Mr. President, to the first thought—that Congress la determined not to allow thla happy consumma-

tion.' 1

» “ So,” remarked th* President, leaning back In kts chair with another grim smile, “ so It

would appear.”

Which naturally leada ns to the prospect of continued and perhaps worse, anarchy.” <'A revolution, such as tbeae headlong spirts seem determined to precipitate, may have, if it is suffered to go on, an effect mo re damaging than that of the fast civil war.” “Tho President—pardon me—has been understood to express his Intention to exercise all the authority vested in him by the Constltution to repel theoe revolutionary measures.” “The PrestdeuL” said Mr. Johnson,with a resolute gesture, “has already expressed his tnten turn to perform hta duty. As to what that duty may Involve "(laying hla hand lightly on the table and drumming with hla fingers during the pauae) “It would be rather pretnature, just now, to thggest. We wilt leave special measures fbr special occasions when they arise. 1 have confidence in the good

sen*# of tne army, and certainly I beliefs in le. 1 believe in the young men; they permit a revolution to be accomplishk thnueh.” mAiiaii tha P.A.-

the peopli Will not r

ed, even though,” added the President, In a serioua, but not at all threatening tons, “it might be necessary for the people to take the matter into their own hands.” J. b. Fronqthe Springfield, Massachusetts Republican,

“Man* By! ■•IWHarn?”

“Fadle descensus avemi.” On* wrong act, adhered to, is tbe beginning of a sarles, of which each ta wore# than the proceeding. The** are varlooe statements of a common law, which has abundant illustrations In the histories of individuals and nation*. Moct Impressive is tbat which we have just experienced In tbe course of slavery, ;waxing more vigorous from year to year towards Ita victims aa they Increased In number, more arrogant In Its assumption of power to control and pervert the Government to Its own uses, and culminating at last In rebellion, of which It died. Ami vet we are already In danger o furn'sMng still another example of the sam error, while moving, a* we think, In the oppolite direction, and legislating for liber:/

Instead of slavery.

The only defensible reason for reconstructing tbe Southern Stats governments was the purpose to confer suffrage upon the freedmen, In order to the protection of their right*. Those government* were well enough In every other respect. If this single pnrposs had controlled In the matter the proossa would have been comparatively simple and unobjectionable. But party object* werb allowed to be mixed in. It waa thought It would be a good thing so to manlpnlats tbs Southern government* as to secure the votes of tbe reconstructed States for a Republican President. To accomplish this, tha right to vote and hold office waa taken from all the Sonthern whites who bad held offices requiring an oath to support th* Constitution of the United States. Thla excluded at ones from polttleal life the most Intelligent classes in the South, and those at tha time bast disposed to accept any terms of reconciliation that should be offered.

abandon the leaders who shared with them the guilt of the rebellion. Reconstruction was thua thrown into the hands *f the negroes, led by • few Northern whits men and Southerners who did not scruple to take any oath required of them. That they should seek to retain power by tbe asm* policy which gave it to them, la a matter of course, and the flrst new constitution framed virtually exclude* nearly every white man from suffrage and office. It la so utterly indefensible on any principle of Justice and equality that its framer* fear its rejection by the registered voters, and are begging tbem to accept it In the hope that Congress will strike out Its objectionable pro-

visions.

Tbe course of things tn Congress Just now does not tend to sustain any such hope. It ia

n any such hop*.

eesentlal to the success Of tbe programme that the whites of the South ehall be in the minority, and the Ita determination soems to put It through at all hazards. Tha last remains of civil governments in the South are to be •wept away, upon tbe declaration that they •re not “republican In form.” though tbs forms are just what they always bars been.

Polities m an* Ptalptf—Old Vrndder Pete's snrnawa «n Wolves In nneep’e Cleaning. “ Beware of mta dat come to yoa Id sheep’s clothing, bat within are raging wolves.” BBLvnnnD BnmpDnniN: lie gwlne to do on dls do present ’caslon what I nebber done afore, eince I comm eased spoundln’ ds goapll: I’m gwlne to preach a political sarmint. I is a free American of African ’scent, and 1’se got Just as good right to preach politics as brudder Beecher, or any Oder man. De tex aay, “Bewar of men dat come to you In ■peep’s clothtn’.” Now bredderln, de question axes itself, what is sheep’s clothln’. Sheep’s ciothln’, you all know, Is woof; and you all know, likewise, de black man goi wool stid of bar, on bis eriniology. So, wldout stretobtn’ de finger mor’n a potitlcioner sometime* stretches hla eonaclence, we may read de tex in dla wise: Bewar of de white man dat come* to you In wool, dat la, comes to you In deguizs of black man; dat make out dey lub de black man; dat dey feel like de black man; but within dey are raven wolves, seeklo’ nigger vote*. Dey come to ns ta sheep’s clothln’; dey call you feltah-cilixen; dey is laborin’ and sufferin’ persecution for de sake oh de black man; dey respect dere colored bredderln; dey tub der* colored cistern; dey come to ua In skeep’a clothln’; dey ta gwlne to do great things for de black man; dey ia gwlne to gtb obery man a farm, and ebery woman a grand planner; and larn all de little nigs to cipher muitiplioatlon and talk Greek. Dey la gwlne to gib de Mack man franchises, and etbii rite*, and bursa, and plurtbua unlms, and debit knows what; make crUmu* come twice a year, and ebery third year a JuMlo. Bewar ob dem, my brederin; dey lubs d* black man and de black woman like ds wolf tubs de sheep, and dat, you know, la for de sake ob de aheep meat. Dey te ravenin wolves,my braddren, aeekln nigger votes. Dey an broken winded polltldan ere, my bruddsrn, dat decent white men won’t vote for, and dey think* dey oan get de votes ob ds Mack men, by pullln wool over dar ays*. Dzt’s why dey go for de nigger suffrage; When de Lotd knows d# ntggeris done sufferln enough already w>d der foollaneas. What good's It g wine to do snigger to vote? It ain’t gwlna to put msal In de barrel, meat tn de pot, latere In de asb re,nor corn Id de boas treff. What you know bout de law, my brudderof Which ob you would know ■ tariff from a tenpin, If yo’s to meet It by moonlight? Which way would you start to go to Congress, if anybody waa foot enough to elect you dar? Brnodero, dey sometime! take de eyceoe sad noses In Congress; and sometimes dar are more noses dan eyeere. Hab aay ob you got mom enough to tell bow dat mout be. If you don’t know nuffin brut de laws, how you gwlna to make os laws, or mend ds laws? I kuowed a anaart nlnor oooe, who undertook to mend bis Watch. H* got tt to pieces In Ires dan no time; but after he worked at It awhile d* debbil himssif couldn’t put tt togedder. Dai’s bout da fix you’ll get de goberaent In If you go to bakena wid it. Better be halo corn, to make bread for de old oman and d* chiluus. You all know* haw to do dat, but you duano how to make laws, nor meod ’em, sod you duano what sort ob men to choose to dolt. Youjist aaapt to voi* for afool asKlng Solomon, and you • heap apter to vote for a rascal dan a good mao, kase de tex saya It’s de ravenin wolf dat cornea In sheep’s clodtn: and de black man can’t tell sheep from wolf, bat a what deee mean white men knows; and data de reason dey want you to vole. D ey frald apsctabl* white folks won’t vote for ’em, and dey think dey can fool de blatk men, cause dey don’t know nufllo, and laaaay aoft-sordared. Dor’s chestnuts in da fire, my bruddern, and monkey wants ’em; he rake ’em oat wid de est’a paws; If It burn de cat, It don’t de monkey. What do meaushlte men car* how mnch de nigger suffer, so dey git and keep the office*? What dey car* U a hundred aamy, fool niggers git kill, as did at Orlaana, ao aa dey oan git a he! It bell u agin de rebele, as dey call cleber white men; and git

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M&RTIft, HOPKINS A FOLLETT, (OFFICE, new journal building), Represent the following excellent Companies: A s««U. In*. Co. North America, Phils *1,880,145 84 International Insurance Go., N. T 1,444,93* 17 'Continental Insurance Co., N. T 1,878.711 78 , enterprise las. Co., Cincinnati 1,14*,«1« 53 ToakersandNcw YorkIns.Co.,N. Y... <76,886 9* Merchaate Insnrance Co., Chicago :... 550,98* 37 City Fire Ins. Co., Hartford, Cobb 450,000 00 Northwestern Mutual Life, Wiconsla 9^90,906 61 AccidentInsuraaceCo.,Columbus,O..1,000,000 00 Total Capital Represented $11,113,584 63 nov4 dSm&sun

English Pickles—Cross A Blackwell’s.

THE CHINA TEA STORE,

n., Todd I'ellow.’ H&ll.

dev*l dlpA tin

H. H. LBK.

HAIR RESTORER.

CLOCK’S EXCELSIOR HAIR RESTORER ■postTlVEY restores Grey Hair te Its original JT color, either Brown or Black; prevents ita util ing off; cures all humors or eruptions on the dp; makes hair grow on bald heads when bald disease. It is clean, doe* not gum th.

don. Massachusetts, proprietor.

COLD PENS.

"The Feu is Mightier than tbe Sword.” "THE GOLD PEN, BEST AND CHEAPEST OP PENS. Morton’s Gold Pens, THE BEST PEKS1H THE WORLD. for sale at vVb. 26 MaidenLane, Jl'etr - Tork, and by erery duly appointed Apent at the sdnsr prices. Morton makes no Tens stamped rrith t/ie Jt'utne or Trade-mari of any other; therefore, where an Affency is established, ihe publie will be best suited, and at the same prices, by calling on the Agent; ia all other pthces those wishing the Morton Ten, must send to Headquarters, where their orders will receive prompt attention, if accompanied with the cash. A Catalogue, with fltll description of sizes and prices, sent on receipt of tetter postage. A MORTON. mt$ Mw*m * '

WOOLEN FACTORY.

HOMEMADE jCtOODS.

▲11 persons wishing to practice ECONOMY should go to the 0110 mini WOOLEN rACTOBT WEST END OF WASHINGTON IT.. SOOTH SIDE. TO BUT THKIR Blankets, Flannels, Yarns, JCANB AND CAMttMKKHES, A LL of which we a^e ami MU at RETAJI. XV much cheaper than the same quality can be bought elsewhere. novl d»m MERRITT * COUGH I,KN.

IRON BRIDGES. BBIDGK CASTING*, Bridge Bolts, Girders, Tanks, GASHOLDERS. And all kinds of Wronght Iron Work, Ntao. £74, 976 mad 279 West Front M., OIJNTCIIM'IsJ' A. XI.

TkYY Improved Machinery for tbe manufa'-tur 1_tJL of Bridge Bolts, enables me to furnuh then at tne lowest rates, beuare Thread Sen

octtadam

rates. Square

Strothrifflg-e Oo., LITHOGRAPHIES AND ENGRAVERS

AXO

Publiwhers Oil Portraits, ’TOTASHINGTON, Lincoln, Grant, Lee an f

TV Jackson.

Washington as a Free Mason. New Masonic Chart, In oU colors.

Odd Fellow’s Chart. MAgonic Diplomas.

feeuJ* < fou?ftot! e Bo4rd ‘ or M “ ODic Carpet, sis

▲l*°*®8nufActnrcrs Insurance Company House

fndSuLittrow' & KT 1 CnW * r Al,Tkrtlier ”

Alao, all kinds of Lithographic Work.

lank Note Company.

lithograph

Also. Agency Continental Bai

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Famous Raven’s Wing Blacking-, THX “IS© PMiis Ultra,” I* carrying ewerydoing before It. to eatera Meadquortere, •7 Walaat Street, - - Ctadaoati. octa* dSm

SOLICITORS.

CHARLES WERBB & CO , SOLICITOUS OF PATENTS, COUNSELORS AT PATENT LAW, ®wta»er* la Patent Mlgtaia, nnd Patented Articles, Office—81 Kast Market Street, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

McHenry a carson, GAS EHTCIE AND LAIP DEPOT, 8 East Fenrtta and 169 Slain Street, CI.NCI.NNATI, OHIO, Dealers in Chandeliers and Lamps, /■^AS Fixture*,Gas and Steam Pipe. Fittings etc . Coal Oil Lamps,Chimneys and Wiczs. ■•“ Th* trode supplied at Eastern prices, ocufl dSm 184 a.

R. HEININGRAY A CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

FLINT,.GREEN AND RLACK GLASS,

Rrnfglst Shop Farniture, Brandy, Flasks, Demljebaa, And all styles ot COAL OIL LAMPS, ETC.,

No. go Esaat Secessd Street.

nov6d3m

/"VUR facilities for procuring 1 s&sssrtt’msiK

Patents are not lent of the kind

kinds ot Models built

net* dim

8QOT6 AND 8HOR8.

DISSOLUTION.

Dissolution of Partnership.

ROOTS AND SHOES.

■Rating Boat*,

Camargo Manuf.

CINCINNATI, OHIO 1 .

Co.,

Manufacturers of Paper Hangings „ AND WIN DO W^HABES. H. H. BREN EM AN, Proprietor. No. 57 JF#r| Fburth Street, Jan»l dSm CINCINNATI. OHIO.

IBOTLE, MILLER ft CO., DISTILLERS,

CJINCXN-Iff A.TI, O Iff

IO,

BONDED

Liquor Herchants.

aWICK MACHINES.

Brick and Bhingla vmftZ; p^oTJTuiS 1 .

OTU- &£3?g Brick *$feh o^m^; • . bo Fi'(ill repreaa 4,000 brink per dey. Th e Km -

141 Broadway, New York.

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