The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 1, Ligonier, Noble County, 5 May 1869 — Page 1

THE NATIONAL BANNER, o Publighed Weéﬂy’“%j;;d VJOIIN'B. S'l‘ol“l';,“ i LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, IND, - o ity 00l G W e > TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: s Strictly in AdYANCe. . ..ooiveiiiniihininr. . 82.00 If not paid within three m0nth5,.........,.. .2 1t not paid within six m0nth5,...........0... 2:50 At the end of the Year,..........ccoeveeeeene. 8.00 §#~ Any person sending a club of 20, &ecompanied with the ‘cash, will be entitled to a copyof the paper, for one year, iree of char e, .

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POWER PRESS PRINTING OFFICE, We would respectfully inform the Merchants . and Buginess men generally that we are now <t 77 prepared to d(})»lﬂl kinds of - ! PLAIN & FANCY PRINTING, In a 8 good style and:ataslow rates asany. pubI, ° lishing house in Northeri Indinnu.‘ 5 e eete et e s e Michigan South. & N, Ind’a R. R. On and after April 25, 1869, trains will leave Stations ad follows: - : i : 3 © GOING EAST: : . h Express. | Mail Train, CRICAZD.. ivs s innssnanpalllßP. Masis'se s "Bikhart oo 500 0L AOBO 7% LT 1140 Al ML Goshem, . i inlllt 908 20 o 133000 W Millersburg. . ......(don't 5t0p).........,.12:25 §* S TAgonier, & i JTOTER <M i o TR Y Wawaka....oh(dont stop) Y e 1B 00 MG Brimfiela ). l. o 0 G b e T s Kendallville ; seantiv WBIBOT % Lol 00001088 Y Arrive at T01ed0.......2:45 AN ........5:05 ‘¢ ; : . GOING WEST: ° ' f ' - Hzpress: - Mail Train: Toledo!, ve v ai aoy an. 0 o TO5O AL W, Kendallville. .. ..., /8208 A X, . .c.... . 2480 P, M, Beimfelle 00l vOB 8 0000 Wawaka! ... .. i iRy AR A Emm1cr.............,.8:45 B it o {llersburg. .. ... ..he CLauaßise e (Goshen iTi T G rSA RIS -At BB g 1874 1 RGO L SRRt 3 | il ) Arrive at Clleago. . .-9:00 8 /00 *Stop 20 minutes for breakfast and supper. Ex}{resn leaves daily soth ways. 1 Mail Train makes close connpection, at Elkhart with trains going Hast and West, ° ‘ C. F. HATCH, Gen'l Supt., Chicago. . J.JOHNSON, 4 gent, Ligonier. ; o A, M, Latta, | L. H. GREEN, § LATTA & GREEN, St ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Notaries Public and Collection Agents. LIGONIER, - - - - = IND, ° g Oflice oyer Sack Bro's Store, corner of Cavin ang Third Streets. 8-41-Iy. ol J. M. DENNY, G

Attorh,ey at Lu\'v,—-LAZbion,,Noble ¢o., Ind. / Wil give: careful and prompt attention to all _~business entrusted to his care. : ‘3-6 ' D. W. C. DENNY, . Physician and Surgeon,— Ligonier, Ird. Will promptly and faithfully attend to all calls In the line of his profession—da¥y or night—iu - town or any distance in the country. Pcrsons wishing his serviees at night, will find him at his . father’s residence, first door eabt of Meagher & Chapman’s HardwaredStore, where all calls, when abseut, should be left. ) . 1-1 i ‘VPI. L; ANDREWS, R Surgeon, Dentist. UYYYYPMitchel’s Block, K"c,nda}lvillc. All \vm"ls warranted., E}mmhmtlons free. | = 247 DR. E. W. KNEPPER, | EBelectic Physician & Surgeon,—Ligonier. All diseases of the Lungs and Throat successful'ly treated by inhalation. No charges for consultation. Office'with W. W. Skillen; esq. 1-8 €. H. LUTES, M. D. neopatiele Finysietan « sivyeon,—lLigonier,.lnd. .. ®PMice above Decker & Aci{crman‘s store. All buiness in the profession promptly attended to. Spefcial attention givémrto chronic diseases. 1-1 ' A. C.JENNINGS, | Atforney at Law, Insurance and Collecting Agent.—Rome City, Ind, business :entrusted to him promptly attended isalso AGENT FOR THE ﬁATPOIgAL BAN- . Janunary 1, 1868. Worpex & Mornm, v .E. ALvorp, Ft. Wayne. ° L ! Albion. WORDEN, MORRIS & ALVORD, _Attorney’s at Law, Wil attend, in connect%on, to litigated suits in tlie several Courts of Noble County. =~ 2-13tf. Foua i . THOMAS L. GRAVES, Attormey at Law and Justice of the Pecace. | will gi-ve careful and promgt attenﬁ% to all bus.ness entrusted to his care. Office in the building fately. occupied by the First National Bank of Kendallville, Ind. ! S ‘may22 JAMES McCONNELL, GENERAL COLLECTING AGENII, COMMERCIAL BROKER. REAL EZBTATE AGENT, ; SURVEYOR, CONVEYANCER. ; AND NOTARY PUBLIC, Ligonier, Noble County, Indiana

- SAMUEL E. ALVORD, Attorney at Law, Olaim Agent, and Notary Public, Albion, Noble Co., Ind. Business in the Courts, Claims of soldiers and their heirs, Conveyancing, &c., promptly and carefally attended to. Ac! nowfodgmen,ts, Deposi‘tions and Afiidavits, taken and certifiéd. - A.GANTS, - Surgical and Mechanical Dentist. - LIGONIER, INDIANA. . Is prepared ﬁi’ o %o ?1? aﬁythlnf Lt in his line. S& gnccesful prac%6:”‘*’ ,&»vgv:ﬁ _ tice of jov%nlo 8 s SRS T gears ustifies S ii e S easesupit e gl him in sayiu ;”k e :ﬁ e g that he caxgx Ll TN Ay Five entire satG ol ol ‘,ﬁ sfaction to all SR e M who may bestow their patronage. ¥ Offiec in my buildin Cayin St)reéfé ’ ; . : ¥ o TREMONT HOUSE, LIGONJER, - - - ~ = —-- - - - IND, ‘WOLF - & WAGNER, Proprietors. Stage 'leaves this house-for Columbia Citg every Friday morning. . This House having ¢ 'angeg ; hands, has under%qne a thotou%h repair and renovation. The best of accommodation always provided. Samgle Rotfms for Travelin, Agents.—Free Buss attends all Trains, ?qln. 2.~tf. KENDALLVILLE, R - - - INDIANA. £ SQHWABZKOPF & AICHELE, Would announce to the public that they have ust completed a new Brewery, for, the manufacure of Beer and Lager Beer, whicﬂ they will sell the trade'aituprices'reaaon ble and satisfactory. -~Our Beer will be War-r«mte&. The highest price . . for Barley. Imigts o 2-20-tf. » v ~ . Ve Mendallyille, Imd. *= This js a Pirst-class House, situated on Main Street, in the central part-of tho City, making it velz conyenient for Agents, chinnm. and all other tran men visiting our City, to do business ml§ going ix;{m‘_m s House. anérnl Stage g Qﬁm. {Ol gn# Bq%gh. Stabdling for forty borseh, ey, B 0 . KELLEY, Propriet s b gl J. B. L . Proprietor. CW Sk ek, TR L 3 e 5, ) ’l 2 + ~+ J. BITTIKOFFER, N Ai AR 88, : iy WATOHES, CLOCKS, Wt sy e opurk SO migmin 2 JEW'LRY,SILVER WARE,NOTIONS, 2 v anrde il aln i LR 1 {348 ﬂpeﬂudl«oﬁg@r&bmjpﬂu; N e = A e S Beiel Bloik, Eamaaltville TN Y "tf-}ggc"g;-[,xf-%"‘,;,;a‘) Gl sißees T g SR ee S AR SSI SE BLE g i {‘Q‘l yN e e Ll e ‘ B S VIOLETT HOUSE., ik f 5 y *;ﬁﬁaﬁ:;&u{ ,\?ﬁ;uﬂh R "",:L“"x! (oo 5 1 ) 'd . - » " - W ' } & g e e LTS ey Rk e RS B o KNIGHT. ,f‘;’v_ g;f{?éfx{\f'fgj« ;?K it ‘;’ ik i A R 1 R e et -&‘%.‘,;.:Mﬁu?«g@z gy Wlae \,;" ::-wa XA [ L : ,’;‘_‘,‘.,ﬂ,_,wf;ﬁ.?s n,lf,&w#~zmw o' st 1. e, egy ~{.,., (u.!s{ ‘*L.)gmp«{ﬁ? ‘ wx» T e R

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G. W. CARR. W. D. HANDALL! CARR & RANDALL, hysicians and § Physicians and Nurgeons, <. FLIGONIER, - ~ = - - - IND, O Will pmmgtly attend all calls‘intrusted to them. Office on 4th St,, one door east ef ‘the NatioNiL Baxxer office. 8343 BAKERY AND RESTAURANT Sl Sy : B. HAYNES, ° Opposite the Post Office, Ligonier, Ind. My Bakery will be supplied at all times with fresh ‘Biscuits, Bread, Pies, : Cakes, Crackers, &e.; &c., '\ Wedding parties, pic-nics and private parties will be furnished with anything in the pastry line, on short notice, and in the very latest style, on reasonable terms, Oysters and warm meals furnished at all hours. Charges reasonable. Farmers will find this a good place to satisfy the “inner man.” : Jan’y 6, "69.~tf | M. C. MISSELHORN, MANUFAOTURER OF CHOICE SEGARS, Main Street, Kendallville, Ind. November oth, 1867. e S : © "GO AND SEE GOTSCH & BECKMAN’s —NEW-= - JEWELR . BTORE, ' Main Street, Kendallville, Ind. Thkey have just received the finest assorimentand latest styles of ! JEWELRY, : : - SILVERWARE, = ‘ . « CLOCKS, ETC., Alse the best American Watches., . Only ¢)me and see them, . : All fine work done and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop onoslte Miller’s new block. Kendallville, Ind., June 26thl 67, tfl

ELKHART BOOK BINDERY, ¢ b ~at the office of the ‘ . 'HERALDOF TRUTH," ELEHART, '~ = = =, /.= |~ IND. We take pleasure to inform our friends and the public in general, that we have established a ... | Book Bindery, In connection with our M’rinting Office, and are now prepared to do all kinds of Binding, ; guch as, Books, Pamphlets, Maga- ! zines, Music, promptly and : on reasonable terms, =~ ° apr. 20th, ’68,-tf. . JOHN F. FUNK. eet e o " BABCOCK & HURD, Whiolesale 3 GROCERS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS " And Dealersin * |’ FOREIGN & DOMESTIC LIQUORS, No. 446 Water str., Olbvelar d, 0. -+ Stilson, Leek & Doerings, ;g Importers and Jobbers of YANKEE NOTIONS, S AND - i FANOCY GOOODB, 'Neos, 133 and 135 Water Street, R CLEVELAND, 0. H. H. STILSON, : T. W. LEEK, J. C. DOERING, - W. H: DOERING. | 2.3 may29-Iy. ;

Jxo. F. Isox, E. 8. Isox ~ ISOM BROTHERS, o/iionel .WHOLESALE‘DEALERS.IN i . Hats, Caps, Millinery STRAW GOODS, 4493 WATER STREET, (up stairs) , CLEVELAND, 0. A JOHN B. GOODSELL & CO., HATS, CAPS, STRAW onie D Men’s Furnishing Goods. } 131 WATE'R STREET, - CLEVELAND, OHIO. May 27,'68.-Iy. i

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Watchmakers, Jewelers, " ANDDEALERBIN - Watches, Clocks, JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS. " Ropairing neatly and pr«:::ipt}y executed, and warranted. " GOLD PENS ‘REPOINTED. hﬁlpgcmm of the best kinds kept constantly em e el S S g " No. s.—Adver.

The Stars and Planets reveal your destiny !-- YOUR DESTINY ! Whatisit? Good or Evil ——Rich or Poor—Exalted or Debased ¥ Are youto rise to Eminence, Hoor, Wealth and Powér ? Or,. are you to sink into obscurity and oblivion, and be forever unknown? What are your future proagccts inlife? ‘TO BE OR NOT ’f‘(), BE? "Thatis the all-absorbing question. Who will solva it 9— DR. RAPHAEL ean solve it. All who are in trouble, all who have been unfortunate. all who have been seduced by false promises and deceit,wo tohimand i‘et advice and satisfaction. Helns the secret of w nnin%lthe affections of the opposite sex. IfLadies:who have suffered from mikplaced confidence, eonsult him before theﬁ_%;zt married, he will restore : the loom, frez‘hness. and vigor of youth, and enable them to en- ¢ ter married life with confidence ot heéalthand happiness. He will show you the likeness of your ] ! FUTURE HUSBAND OR WIFE, ‘He can foretell the result of all business transactions and s[{gculptions. Meén whe were unsuc: cessful in the b!kgineu—-men who worked hard, and who stmqfle § against adverity and maisfortune all their ve:iland found the more they tried to get forward in the world the more things went :f,;;.t them—these men consulted hi,m(l followed advice, and are now rich, hﬂ:py' and successful in all their undertakings. He can tell the afflicted the canse of their disease and suffering. His PREVEN’IEVE against having children is in-’ nocent, safe and sure. ; "a'bonmltation hours “from 10 A. M.to 6 P. M., at No. 213 EAST MADISON STREET, up stairs. Consultation fee Two DorrArs, Interviews confidential.- i Persons at a distance may communicate confldentially bﬂ‘ltetm if they enclose T'wo Dollars for a consultation fee. Send ,t&nr 8 cent/stamps (s heok et Salinfe ol i o e etions of the ex, and %ﬂmu to Busnase nﬂpoim 4 8 as follows : iy L T Ehn ael, Post Office Box , : J";.ﬁﬁgn WIDTH., . cL i o 4 9@ @ or Sale, or Exchange. | WW 1 aﬁ\x res to sell his new two story House, and six acre Jot in. mn};au';gmuon to bt e o i ateh, (two miles n - Ligomier,) an 1 aveo of. pagher: id, situate one Tile-cast of hie place of residence, or exchange the same for 8 or-fi -All'of the above property 1s very vs übbia, s s_un exceliens cibico to terars yood bargain. For further particularg enguire of the subscriber. . JACOB MoNUTT.

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R R RP 2 s S T NOTHING AT ALL IN THE l‘m i ¢ TO-DAY., Nothing at all in the paper to-day ! Tt On}( a murder somewhere or other— i A gi . who bhas put her child away, : Not being a wife as well as 2 mother. Or a drunken husband beating a wife; With the neighbors lying awake to listen; - Scare aware he has taken a hfe" : i Till in at the window the dawn-rays glisten, But that is all in the regular way— feit There’s nothing at all in the paper to-day. Nothing at all in the paper to-day ! To be sure there’s & woman died of starvation, Fell ' down in the street—as so many may In this very prosperous Christian natiogf Or two young girls with somé inward grief Maddened, have plunged in the inky waters, Or a father has learned that his son’s a thief— Or a; mother been robbed of one of her ' daughters, ! s ; Things that occur in the regular way— There’s nothing at all in the paper to-day. - There’s nothivg at all in the paperto-day, . Unless'you care about things in the city— How great rich rogues for. their crimes must, a}'v 2 33 / L (Tho‘l)xgh all Gentility cries out “‘pity I’’) - Like the meanest shopboy thai robs the till— There’s a case to_~da3i i{l'm not forgetting, The lad only borrowed as such lads will— To pay some mouney he lost in betting. But/there's nothing in this that’s out of the WAy == ¢ 5 There's nothihg at all in the paper to-day. . Nothing at all in the paper to-day - But the Births and g}nnkmptcies,‘Deuths and Marriages, - Wb But life’s events. in the old survey, i : With Virtue begging and Vice in carriages; And kindly hearts under erminegzowns, : And wicked bressts under hoddan gray, For goodness belongs not-only to clowns, . And o’er others than lords does Sin bear | sway.' ' ; . But what do I read?—‘‘drowned! wrecked!” Did I say : There wis nothing at all in the paper to-dayv ? 3 : ‘— London Fun.

| e ettt A —er— : THE OLD MAN'S STORY. I shall never forget the commencement of the temperance reformation. I was a child at the time, some ten years of age. Our home had every comfort, and my kind parents idolized me, their only child. ‘Wine was often on the table, and both my father and my mother gave it to me in the bottom of their morning glass. - On Sunday "at ¢hurch a startling announcement waf made to our people.. I knew nothing of its purport, but there was much whispering by the men. -The pastor said that on the next evening there would be a meeting and an address upon the evils of intemperance and the use of all alecoholic liquors. - He expressed himself ignorant of tlre meeting, and could not say what course it would be best to pursue in the matter. = e

The subject of the meeting came up at our table after .the service, and I questioned my father about it with, all { the curious earnestness of a child.— The whispers and words which had been dropped in my hearing clothed the whole affair with great mystery to me, and I was all earnestness to learn the strange thing. My father merely gaid it was a scheme to unite the church and State. e . The night came and groups of people gathered on the tavern steps, and I heard the jest and laugh, and saw the drunken men come reeling out of the bar-room. . '; I urged my father to let me go, but he at first refused. Finally, thinking it would be a harmless gratification of. my . curiosity, heé put: on his hat, and we passed across the green to the church. I well remember how . the people appeared as they came in, seeming to wonder what kind of an exhibition was to come off. e

In the corner was the tavern keeper, and around him a number of friends. For an hour the people of the place continued to come in till there was a fair household. All were . curiously watehing the door, and apparently wonderinig what would appear next.— The parson stole in and took his seat behind a pillar in the gallery, as if doubtful of the propriety of being in the church at all. : , Two men finally came in and went forward to the altar and took their seats. All eyes were fixed upon them, and & general stillness prevailed throughout the church. B The men were unlike in appearance, one being short, thick-set in his build, and the other tall and well formed.— The younger had the manner and dress of a clergyman, a full round face, and a quiet good-natured look as he leisurely looked around his audience. .

But my childish . interest was all in the old man. His broad, deep chest, and unusual height looked giant like, as he strode up the aisle; His hair was white, his brow deeply scarréd with farrows, and around his “handsome mouth were lines of calm and touching sadness. His eyes were black and restless, ‘and kindled as the tavern keeper uttered a low jest. His lips were compressed, and a crimson flush went and came over his pale cheek.— One arm was off near the elbow, and there was a wild scar just above his right eye. : gt | The younger finally arose and stated the object of the meeting, and asked if there was a clergyman present to offer a prayer. Our pastor kept his seat and the speaker himself made a short address ; at the conclusion calling upon any one to make remarks.— The pastor arose under the gallery, and attacked the position of the speaker urging the arguments I often have heard since, and concluded by denoun-, cing those engaged in the movement as meddlesome fanatics, who wish to break the time-honored usages of good soziety, and injure the busg!ness of respectable men. At the conclusion of his remarks the tavern keeper and his friends got up a cheer, and the current of feeling was evidently against the strangers and their plan. - 'While the pastor was speaking, the old man leaned forward and fixed his. dark eyes upon him, as if to catch every word. = R Ll .. As the pastor took hig seat the old ‘man arose, his tall form in its symmetey, and his chiest heaving as he inhale?th@ ’breath: through his thin, dilated nostrils. - To e wewgh&" ~was something awe-imspiting in. the bﬁ “full dark eye upon the audience, i telh skt Reed, o & e Mo that of death throughout the church. e bt K e e the tavern. grew red upon his forehead, and be-

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neath his heavy brows his eyes glittered and glowed like a serpent’s.—. The ti‘ve;u“keepefw betore that searching ?hnce, ‘and I felt a relief when the old man withdrew his gaze. For a moment more he seemed lost in thought, and then in a low, tremulous tone he commenced. There was a depth in that voice, a thrilling sweet-. ness and gathos, which riveted every heart in the chureh before the first period had been rounded. My father’s attention had become fixed upon the speaker with an interest I had never before seen. him exhibit. I can but briefly remember the substance of what the old man said, though the gcene is as vivid bfffprp me as any 1 ever witnessed.. “My friends, lam a stranger in your village, and I trust 1 may call you my friends. - A new star has arisen, and there is hope in. the dark night that hangs like a pall of gloom over our country.” e ; With a thrilling depth of voice the_ speaker continaed : “Oh! God, thou who lookest with compassion = upon the most erring of earth’s frail children, I thank Thee, that a brazen serpent has 'been lifted, upon which a drunkard may look and be healed; that a beacon has burst out upon the darkness that surrounded him, which shall guide him back to honor and heaven—the bruised and weary wanderer.” , L It is strange what power there is in some voices. The speaker’s voice was low and measured, but a tear trembled in' every tone, and before I knew why, a tear dropped on my hand, followed by otherg like rain-drops. The old man brushed one from his eye and continued : - g

“Men and Christians.! you have just heard that lam a fanatic. lam not. _As God knows my own heart I came here to do good. Hear me and be just.”. "+ ‘ : - “I' am an old man, standing alone at the end of life’s journey. There is a deep sorrow in my heart and tears in my eyes. Ihave journeyed overa dark, beaconless ocean ;; all of life’s brightest hopes have been wrecked, I am without friends, kindred or home; it was not 8o once.” Fe

No eye-could withstand the touch~ ing pathos of the old man. I noticed a tear on the lid ot my father’s eyes, and no longer felt ashamed of my own. _“No, my friends, it was not once so. Away over the dark waves which have wreckéd my hopes there is a blessed light of happiness and home. = I reach again convulgively for the shrines of household idols that once were mine, but mine no more.” e

~ The old man seemed looking away through vacancy upon some bright vision, his lips apart, and his finger extended. - I.involuntarily turned in the direction where he pointed dreading to see some shadow invoked by its magic moving. - '- “I once had a mother. With her old heart - crushed with sorrow she went - down to the grave. 1 once had a wife—a fair, angel-hearted creature as ever smiled in an earthly home.— Her eyes were as mild as a summer’s sky, and her heart as faithful and true as ever guarded and cherished a hysband’s love.” Her blue eyes grew dim as the floods ‘'of sorrow washed away their brightness, and the living heart wrung till ‘every fibre was broken. I once had a noble, a bright and beautiful boy, but he was driven out from the ruins of his home, and my old heart yearns to know if he is yet living. 1 once had a babe, a sweet, tender blossom ; but these hands destroyed it, and it lives with One who loveth children.” -

“Do not be startled, friends—l am not a murderer in the common acceptance of the term. Yet there is a light in my evening sky. A sgirit mother rejoices over the return of her prodigal son. The wife smiles on him who turns back to virtue and honor. The angel child visits me_at nightfall, and I feel the hallowed touch of a. tiny hand upon my cheek. My brave boy, it he yet lives, wauld forgive the sorrowing old man for the tmeatment which sent him out into the world, and the blow which maimed him for life. God forgive me the ruin which I have brought upon me and mine.” .. He again wiped a tear from his eye. My father watched him with a strange intensity, and a countenance nnusually pale, and excited by some strange emotion. Sy

I was once a fanatic, and madly followed the malign light -which led me to ruin. I-was a fanatic when I sacrificed my wife, children, happiness and home to the accursed demon. of ~the bowl. I once adored the gentle being whom I wronged so deeply.” “I was a drunkard. From respeetability- and influence I plunged into degradation and poverty. I dragged my family down with me. For years I saw her cheek grow pale and her’ step weary. Ilefther amid the wreek of her home idols, and rioted at the tavern. She never complained, yet _ghe and the children went hungry.” . “One New Year’s night I returned Jate to the hut where charity had giv--en us aroof. She was still up shiver_ing over the coals. 1 de_manged food, but she burst into tears and told me: }there was none. I fiercely ordered her to go and get some. She turned her eyes upon me, the tears fast rolling down her cheeks.” =~ . o “At this moment_the child in the, cradle awoke and set up a famished wail; startling the despairing mother like a serpent’s sting.” =~~~ - ~ “We have no food, James—l have had none for two days. I have nothiing for the babe. M’; once kind hus--band, must we starve 7" S _“That sad, pleading face, and those streaming eyes, and tie feeble wail of the/ child maddened me, and I—yes, 1. struck her a fierce blow in the face, and shefell forward upon the hearth. The furies of hall}mleso in my bosom, and with deep intensity, ul%lﬂ had committed a wrong. I had never strack w oo ter e S Se e S Sl . ’M@ Ll i, TR ' wife ag she looked up into my fiendish

chuntenance, “you will not kill us, youn ill not harm Willie,” as she sprang the cradle and grasped him in her brace. I caught her again by the hiir, and draggeg her to the door, and as I lifted the latch the wind burst in 3 a cloud of snow. With a wild ha! ha! I closed the door and turned the button, her pleading moan mingltd with the blast and-the sharp ery offthe babe. But my work was not gnplete. 1 turned to the bed where lay my eldest son, and 1 snatched him from his slumbers, and against his haf wakened struggles, opened ‘the doar and threw him out. In agony of fear he called me by, a name I was not fit to bear, and locked his little fingers in my side pocket. I could not wrench that frenzied grasp away a':: with the coolness of a devil as I was, I shut the door upon his arm, and wjﬁh my knife severed his wrist.”

&fg epeg:;r ceased a 'nlx;l)ment. and dgied his face in his trembling hands, SR 18 shut OIF some forf ok, and his deep chest heaved like a storm swept sea. My father had. arisen from his seat and was leaning forward, his countenance bloodless, and the large drops standing out upon his brow. C%ills crept back to my heart and I wished 1 was at home. The old man looked up, and I never since beheld such mortal agony pictured upon a human face as there was on his. He continued :

“It was morning when I awoke, and the storm had ceased, but the cold was intense. I first secured a drink of water, and then I looked in the accustomed place for Mary. As I missed her, for the first time a shadowy ‘sense began to dawn upon my wandering mind. I thought I Yuad dreamed a fearful dream, but involuntarily opened the outside door with a shuddering dread.” -

- «“As the door opened, the snow burst in, followed by the fall of something across the threshold, and scattering the snow, and striking the floor with a sharp sound. My blood shot like a red hot arrow through my veins, and I rubbed my eyes to. shut out the horrible sighl: It was—it—Oh! God, how horrible ! ‘it was my own injured Mary: and her babe frozen to death!” The true mother had bowed herself over the child to shield it, and had wrapped her own clothing around it, leaving her own person gtark and bare. She had placed her hair over the face of the child, and the sleet had frozen it to the white cheek. The frost was in its half opened eyes; and ugﬂon its tiny fingers. I know mnot what became of my brave boy. Again the old man bowed his head and wept, and all that were in the house wept with him.. In tones of low, heart broken pathos, the old man concluded : :

“].-was arrested; and for long months raved in delirium. I awoke, and was sentenced to prison for ten years, but no tortures could egual those in my own bosom. Oh, God! no!I am not. a fanatic; I wish to injure no one. But while I live, let me strive to warn others not' to enter the path which has been so fearful a one to me. I could see my angel mother, wife'and children beyond this vale of tears.” The old man sat down, but a spell as deep and strange as that wrought by some wizard’s breath rested upon the audience. Hearts could have been heard -in their beating, and tears to fall The old man then asked the ecple to sign the pledge. My father ﬁzaped from his seat and snatched at it eagerly. I had followed him as he hesitated' a moment with his pen in the ink ; a tear fell from the old man’s eyeupon the paper. & “Sign it, young man, sign it. Angele would sign it. I would write mine ten thousand times in blood if it ‘would bring back my loved ohes. «My father wrdte his name, “Morti-’ mer Hudson.” . L . %h@ old man looked, wiped his tear- ‘ ful eyes, and looked again, his countenance, alternately flushed with red and deathlike paleness. 55 : #lt is—no, it cannot be, yet how strange,” muttered the old man. “Pardon me, sir, but that is the name of my brave boy.” = - ey =My father trembled and held up his | lett arm, from which the hand had been severed. They looked for a mo-! ment into each other’s eyes, both reel-| ed and exclaimed: : )

“My own injured boy !” ¥ “My father'}” e ' They fell upon each other till it seemed their souls would grow and minile into one. There was weeping in, that church, and I turned bewildered upon the streaming eyes around me. S m ae

“Let me thank God for this ‘great, blessing, which has gladdened my guilt-burthened sounl,” exclaimed the old man, and kneeling down, poured out his heart in one'of the most melf-; ing prayers I ever heard. The spell was broken, and all eagerly signed . the; pledge; slowly going to their homes| as- loth to leave the gpot.. The old! man is dead, but the lesson he ‘taughti the grandchild on his knee as his even-/ ing sun went down without a cloud, will never be forgotten. "His fanaticism lost none of its fire in my manhood heart. 3 Lol e

e R e "BRIGHAM YOUNG lately lectured the ladies of Mormondom on education, and among other remarks, made ‘these pertinent ones: “See, in the fagh_jonable .society of the world, the edu-/ cation given to a young lady! It con-/ sists mainlyof how to bow and courtsey, how to meet a gentléman, how to be. graceful in a ball room, how to get in and out of a carriage, how to walk . on the streets; how high her clothes should be lifted or how'many feet they -ghould drag behind her; and, in addi“tion to these, to drum on the piano -and have a smattering of French or ‘ltalian. These are what should be called female loafers ; they are no good “to themselves or anybody else. '%116,7' ‘cannot knit their stockings, make their dresses or underclothing, or anything ‘now contain ‘a billisrd room; a chapel, SO go o gty ng e ebeies g 2 o uﬁﬁfm"@ 'nrﬂ“w P e g e e L e e

.. | From the Chicago Tribuve, April 27. GENERAL GRANT'S ADMINISTRA~ e e TEON. T ‘When Gen. Grant was inducted into the Presidential office on’"the 4th of Mar¢h last, he was stronger in the respect and confidence of the peogle than any pther man who has filled that high office during the present generatién,.— The only predecessor comparable to bim,in this regard was Mr. Lincoln, but Mr. Lincoln nevér saw the day. ‘when he wag free from the active, determtined hostility of a powerful politicak party. 'Fhis party, when General Grant was inaugurated, had not only ' been crushed by defeat but conquered by a latent admiration of the cool, silent, sure-footeds antagonist who had overthrown them on so ‘many and such diverse fields of action. The Re‘publican party, so. lately torn asunder by the impeachment trial, was again united and irresistible in its loyalty to .its elected chief. On that day it may %bu"”éufe‘fy “gaid that President 'Grant was| the strongest man in Christen~dom ; for his power was rooted in the. affections of a free people. f ~ There has been a change. Two - months have passed away, and it can“not be affirmed that we have a strong 'administration. Its moral. powers have been frittered away by small absurdities, which, fortunately, have no bearing upon the sincerity, the truthfulness, or the high purpose of the President and his advisers. We doubt if there ever was an administration with, ~more good intentions at heart or less aptitude for carrying them into effect.. And since the evil which exists is not able/to cure itself, its remedy must be sought and found elsewhere. General Grant is our President. He is a man of high motives and pure parposes.— Hisfory does not record a more illustrious career in/arms than his. Whether we regard| the magnitude ‘of his achievment oxl his singleness of purpose—whether we contemplate the accuracy of his jhdgment, or the firmness of his: resolveg, or the'unselfishness of his acts, we must admit that he stands among the great men of ancient and modern times. He is too great and too ‘good .a man to be allowed 'to fall into poptilar derision for the wantof friends courageous enough to acquaint him with his errors. it

Gen. Grant’s first mistake consisted in his supposing that a government is the same thing as an army, and that an administration is to be carried on as a battle is fought, with infantry, cavalry and artillery. To command an army succesefully officers are needed to exetiute the orders of the General-in-Chief. To carry on a government statesmen are needed who understand ‘the ideas, the wants and the tempera- | ment of the people, and whose conjoint experience and wisdom ‘may form a body of opinion in harmiony with the . nation, ‘or at least with the party in power. 1f there be a statesman in General Grant’s Cabinet he has yet to make himself kmown as such to the public. Fo begin at the beginning, the Secretary of State does mnot know the men, or the idea, or the country of the present day ; nor do they know ‘him. 'Heis a gentleman of a noble and pure type. It is probable that he was as much surprised when he was called to fill the foremost place in t%e Cabinet as his countrymen were.. He has come down to us from a former generation, and, in all that constitutes excellence of character, heis a worthi représentative of' the times in whic he acted® his part. But he is not the man to conduct our diplomacy. Nor is) he the man to take a leading position in a great and-progressive government. - The Secretary of the Treasury is likewise a man of pure and elevated character, who ' has risen from an humble station, by his own perseverance and rectitude. But his abilities are not above mediocrity; and if he should remain at the- head of the ‘Preasury Department during his natural life .he could no more than drift with the tide and avoid the breakers “from bour to hour as best he might.— *The Secretary of War is the strongest land most positive man in the Cabinet j~a hero in every moral aspect, yet jan invalid in health and unqualified | by training and exgerience to take the .leading position which circumstances | have Ejrced upon him in the national | administration. Even he is unknown to the country save as astaff officer of the Commanding General during the ‘war.« Few men know, the worth, and few have felt the native powers of | mind which belong to John A. Rawling: In view of his close relations to the President and his sterling qualdties; his appointment was ce:tainly fit to be m-g.&e,, and we hope he may be rétained. -As the administrative officer of the War Department he has :,;no_'i'btg)‘eriqr, feeble aﬁ‘g is in physical - health and strength, yet no one will admit more readﬁy than himself that he has not had the sort of education which fits a man to lead a Cabinet council’ And we fear that even his | advice has been thus far of little avail. The Secretary of the Navy, is by com‘mon ¢onsent, unfitted either for ad- | ministration or council—a worthy and well - meaning merchant, ‘whose unfamiliarity ‘with political affairs is exceeded only by g‘i)s ignorance of naval affairs. The-Secretary of the Interior, the Paspmas;e:lggneral and the Attorney General are probably ‘competent to discharge the clerical duties of _their offices ; bat prior to their elevation~ghey ‘wére not in any way distinguished as m&mmiﬂaﬁb their opaibanees 1. Desiee: gualibed B agsume the reins of government than R Sxienge of dhelr peigiibny Jp Hhs _same plane of m:%getx General Grant, Whoss dlsingnishing sxsellencs dnsing the war Wm"ﬂt%fi 7to seet egt men fo thorigh plase, ‘statésmen are required to fill the places of statesm m?’? glﬂ?egﬁv: o~‘ 4 ‘H" i vizﬁ r*ﬂlw& PR Ty g B i ‘zﬁﬁ@ﬂﬂf“ﬁx o ",lz.*‘.;.\\ e M«(‘i‘t PR @iﬁ“ﬁ’?w*”x“ o T N 6 s s

In appointing Washburme Secretary of sfgze,l aﬁga mere matter of compliment, he trifled with the dignity of the highest office in his ‘gift. A compliment of this nature ought not to have been either conferred or accepted.— The office was too high to be made an instrument of ‘polfte_n‘e'ss. ~ More than half the votes against therepeal of the Office-Tenure - law were. made by this indiscreet act. - General Grant, was right in demanding the repeal of ‘that law, He stood upon’solid ground when he refused to move until the obnoxious statute should be repesled, and if he had not erred in the exercise of the appointing power in the precise way that he did err, he would have overcome all opposition within a week after his ‘inavguration. But by first despoiling * his principal. office, and then making haste to confer othier important and valuable offices upon near relations aud personal cronied, he subjected himself to the charge of nepotism. The Senate was mot slow -to perceive that i a contest growing out of the tenure-of-office law they had all the advantage, because- the peeple would be quick to observe that the ap_pointing power was not judicionsly exercised, and would not so readily comprehend the viciousness ¢f the principle underlying the obnoxious statute. Hence the law was not repealed. .~ Why, it ‘may be acked, do we say these things 7 - 'The answer is two-fold. In the first ~place ; they. are alrcady known—everybody is talking. about them in the streets, on horse carg, in the railroad ‘trains, in the elub. rooms, around euchre tables; and everywhere except in the Executive Mansion. The facts cannot be more public than they are.” In the second ‘place, it i 3 necessary as we conceive, that there should bea change. There must be a eabinet with statesmanship in it, and there must'be an end to nepotism in the government, because the respect and confidence of the public cannot be retained where the former is wanting and where the latter abounds. Without the rezpect and confidence of the public no administration can have any vitality. “This,”” as Mr. Lincoln: said to’ the Southern “‘Commissioners, “is' our common -eountry.” General Grant is our Chief Magistrate. . His gervices have been too great, his principles are too high, his responsibilities are too vasi, to be dwarfed and. jeopardized for'the want of a little plain, unvarnished truth. If any aﬁd}ogy-is required from us, we have nothing better to offer that this; that we are sin- 1 cerely attachcd-to our President, and to the principles upon which he was elected, and we cannof permit the use--fulness of the one or the success of the other tv be put in peril by a series of petty mistakes, so' easily ‘repaired, if we have any power to avert the catastrophe. o g e

A SHORT ‘ime sinice, at a'wedding in South Carolina, a young lawyer moved that one man in thé company should be selected as President, and that this President should be duly sworn to keep entirely secret all the Ccommuuications that should be forwarded to him in his official department that night ; that each unmarried gentleman and lady should write his or her name on a peice of paper, and under it place the name of the person they wish to: marry, then hang it to the President for inspection, and if any lady and gentlemen had reciprocally chosen each other, the President. was. to inform each of the result, and those who had not been reciprocal in their choice were to be kept entirely After the appointment of the Presfdent, communications . were ° accordingly harided up to the chair, and it was found that twelve young ladies and gentlemen had reciprocal choices, and eleven of the twelve matches were solemmigeds: v T O s R

"THE LANGUAGE OF A RINGLET. —TLadies is this correct # An ‘exchange says ringlets may be interpretedwms follows s o i e el - «The solitary tinglet ;W%ich fash. ionably floats from jlie wal erfalls of our marriageable belles, not only looks most proyvokingly sweet, but has allanguage very significant, and it is indicative of the state of the wearer. Report sagzs it is a ‘“notification on thepart of those who wear them, 'j}ha’t} the girls, are not “engaged.”” The length of this lonely ringlet, or ghoulder queue indicates the desire—for instance, if extremely long, the wearer: is' very desirous of being spliced! at. once~if only moderately long; itrshdwsf] that only good offers will ‘be reccived —an extremely short; meagre ringlet,. would show that the wearer isvery particular who she accepts, but-never-theless shows that she is not yet engßlßd2 VB G Lewan s b 0

. THE WRONG HEAVEN.--An Amer-_ ican minister of fine descriptive power, ‘was on one ocecasion preaching. about Heaven, and to show the absurdity of Emanuel Swedenborg on the subjeet, drew a graphic picture of the Sweden‘borgian heaven, with its' beautifal fields, fine ' houses, cows, and pretty. women ; and in the midst of his glow ing description,.a good old sister, carried away with.the scene, went into: raptures; and exclaimed glory, glory, glory ”” The preacher was sodisconcerted that he paused, seeming hardly ‘to know what next to do, till ‘the pre: ‘siding elder, in the stand behind him, ‘cried out to the shouter, “hold on there, sister; you are shouting dver the wrong heaven.': . . Fomn Ll T —— G el - THE bat was passed in a . certain congregation for the fpur:pﬂéwf:rmk*ﬁg_ up a colléetion. After it made ‘ff}t%'xgaif{ ‘cireuit of the church, it'was handed to tho minster wh by the way bad ox- 1 preacher and he found not a penny.in. it ﬁ%mﬁl‘iﬁaw ver the pul- | xr§~ W«'&fﬁ“@%fm&& m B S bt G S R e s L L im@vﬁm""ég”jﬁéi% . T brevity Ts Stk S 0 A Wi what e e e L

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- Under the new reconstruetion bill for Mi@tiissippi»r'i*e#ﬂ%:mgf-@ it is casy to tee wharo cverybodyd else’s benefit is to come 'in i‘éﬁ loné™ the benefit of the' ‘citizens of ‘thore States. -By the operation of ‘this bill —and we 'gn'ow-enough’}'ﬁo‘know%’;_ 8t all the elections under it will be declared “duly” carried, and all the: carpet-bag candidates pronounced “duly” elected—the - Radical leaders will gain, first, three ratifications of the proposed negro-equality amend- | ment; second, ¥ix more surreptitious Senators ; and third, seventeen more. bogus Representatives ; “the carpet.’ baggers will gain some ‘nine thousand# Btate offices, little and big; and about one- hundred and fifty thousand* more. negroes will be lugged into the Ameri=: can hody politic.” These being the advantages presented (6 non-citizens of these three States, what are the advangages proposed to the citizens them: 'selv%’s? ~%Ve look in vain for one. Should they defeat these pretended tustruments, they will nevertheless be - declared carried, as in the cases of Alabama and Arkansas; should they secure Senators of some personal respec--iability, they will be- refused admission, as in the case of Georgia; should they elect a full conservative delegation to the House, that entire delcgation will be denied seats, as in the case of Louisiana; and if the delegation be balf Representative and half misrepresentative, the misrepresentatives will be- admitted and the representatives -excluded, as in'the case of South Caro~ lina ; and lastly, if, foregoing all questions of Constitution, Senators, or Representatives, the effort be to secure good State officers, such -men would be instantly ejeéted on the least hesitaney in lending “their official influence to any scheme for the promotion of Radical interests, as -is:evi-’ denced by the fact that such is the case now by law ‘in‘'every one of these three States. = The citizens, then, of Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia are b;;gught face toface with ‘this certainty, that, if in any manner they may obtain, under; this bill, any advantage as against Congress, such advantage is, by the very terms of the bill, to be legislated by Congress out of their hands. The last section of the bill reads: = - :

" Sec. 7.. That the proceedings in any of the “said States shyll not-be deemed final, or operate as a complele restoration thereof, uniil their acton respectively skall be approved-by ConL gress. . . : - In one point of view, this is a noble. compliment to the citizens of these three States; for it means that the Congress embodying. all the intelligence, all the culture, the wisdom, ex-’ -perience, and power of the Radical* party is so fearful that the sagacity of -an oppressed and crippled people may, under Congress’s own law, overcome it, that it provides in that law a loophole whereby to ereep out from the shame of an apprehended defeat at the ‘hands of a superior pelitical skill! In another point of view—and a more im‘portant point, because more practi‘cal—it is evident frem this section that hnthip%{ ‘s to stand unless Con- | gress is willing to have it stand.— ‘Should an election go adversely to the ‘Radical interest, Congress will not approve such election, and, of course, sych election. will “not be deemed final or operate as a complete restoration,” and in the same way in event of the success of any non-Radical candidate.— There will -be no approval of such success, and, consequently, no validity in it. * The liberty of action, therefore, allotted to the citizens of Mississippi, Virginia and Texas under this bill is simply no liberty at alk- They . may vote themselves deaf and dumb and blind, and make all the negroes vote: their way too, and triumph an hundred times over; and yet at the- - breath of Congress everything ‘may be ordered to the exact contrary . of the way the election went. . The: card 'mge.,a simile befitting tﬁe naturg’ of the, transaction, are stocked. BAt one result is to be tolerated, and ' ‘that the reduction of these three States to the condition of their recongtructed sisMwmi}ren;esehfé& by carpet-bag-. ism abroadland robbed by pauper sufWN&WO?&. B - AN EFFECTIVE DIVORCE.—“Indian Jim has been sick,” says the _ Humboldt (Nev.). Register, “and imagined his wife was the eaunse. thereof. So Jim wished for a dissolution of the marriage bonds, and applied to fJustice’ Jack to sever the ties that bound him and his wite together, Jack re- | sponded and accomplished theideed effectually -and without. much ceremony, by taking.the squaw out some little distance and 'shok)t.i_,n%.hgrg‘; and then burning the body. Il Qéln&igﬁf!; ; say it is an qld established custom among them, and are not disposed to have the whites interfere.” =~ -

© PROF. R. T. Brown ¢stimates that the coal and iron fields /of ludiana cover an area of 8,000 square miles, and, the greater portion of it is:acces--sible without the expense of shafting or pumping in its mining. ‘= ~ How TOENJOY A GOOD DINNER. «~l'eel that youhave Leen ingtpument- . -al in making some poor:eréature hap.pY 5 that you are at. pedec with God and man, Ten chances; to, one your digestion will be good.. ..., ~ = e ———— o VICTOR E}ltlANUEL;f‘S'"bE?’éi‘oleneq is longer than his purse or Lis money. '\'He"'isg:Céuhédin ﬁiﬁwﬁé&&hgg -very often for charitable pasposes large ‘sums which - he ‘afterwards does notEPAYE i S VAR :,_u,m. T GERMANS ih New ¥ork are ‘taking stepdto erect a monument to the memory.of;the great Fumboldt, on ; s ,'%_‘ TS ,‘w!:f Ti TR RS ‘:;;‘_.Q N ‘!“?"k'. S e gk etk * s e ww%fmg : L e