The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 3, Ligonier, Noble County, 19 May 1869 — Page 1
'THE NATIONAL BANNER, Published Weekly by . JOMN B. STOLL, . LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, IND S - ‘,:H,A.V ~ ~ . : 3 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : i Strictly in udvpnce.,’...........,f.............02.00 If not paid within tfiree months, .. .uisovsiees NI If not paid within six months,.......cooenves 250 Atthgendo!the FORT, cooenrancounennnnenss 8.00 g2~ Any person sénding a club of 20, aceompamied with the cash, willbe entitled to a copy of the paper, for one year, ree of char e.
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1”()WE&_ TR PRESS PRINTING OFFICE, We would respectfully inform the Merchants and Business men gvgua&ally that we are now = | prepar dto do all kinds of PLAIN & FANCY PRINTING, In as zood style and ataslow rates asany pub- ~ lishing honee in Northern Indiana. Michigan S}mth. &N. Ind’a R. R. _On nmrl ?{wr April 25, 1869, trains Wil leave Stations as follows: | Ll ‘ " (OING EAST} : & i | Express. Mail Train., Clifohgdi ..ol Be o % ; PRICHATE 0.0 hhe ek 500180 8% | ([, 1140°K, M. GOBHONL . ... ok fonelvmeßaßß 800, L 18308 L Millersburg. .......(don’t 5t0p)..... .. ...12:25 }* Ligomler 0. Lloi cadrms 12 ~ . 1948 % Wawaka. .... :---f- ..(don’t stop) .......12:55 P. M, Brimfleld .., voko doson ial e T Kendallville e SOLRIOF o lse Arrive at 10ledo . .., 240 A M o oLovs 08 ¢ GOING WEST: - i o Express: Mail Irain: Toledo .. iooeenodide. 11288 7, Miiooo. 10200 A W Kendallville. . ... ..\...3206 A.M..........2:80 . wO, Brimfield s s .oy vih oo ols PO L., 200 80 anukn.....-.u‘..‘,g...“;. LT B Lig0nier.........1.._,';)..3:45 b Btk e Millersburg. . ... k<o b GIOBDAD. st ol RO Soi B L 1 *81khart........{~.. 448 80 sl Arrive at Chicagd.... 9:00 ' .L....... *Stop 20 minutes for breakfast and supper. JExpress lenve:s:ksgy soth ways. B “Mail .Train n close’ connection at Elkhart with traing going Engt and West. . : c, F:LH:ATCII, @en'lSupt., Chicago. “J. JOHNSON, 4 geut, Ligonier. Fo AM. Latta, \ bl L. H GRERN. LATTA & GREEN, = } ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Notaries Public and Collection Agents. l,mo,ylgm, Chi g s TN, g#-Office ovér Back Bro's Store, corner of Cavin and Thlrd Strevts. ? 1 3-41-Iy.
J.M. DENNY, ; Attorney at Livw,-—Albion, Nobleco., Ind- ¢ { | o Will give (tntefgi and prompt attention to all business entrustefl to his care. 3-6 ; y oo -4 D. W, C. DENNY, Physician and Surgeon,— Ligonier, Ird. Will promptly land faithfully attend to all calls tn the line of 'his profession—day or Ixllghb~iu town or any distance in the country. Persons wishing his ‘serviges at night, will fln& him at his father’s residencd, first (fi)or east of Meagher & Chapman’s Hardware Store, whgre all calls, when abseut, should: belleft. y 1-1 /R S 3 L WM. !L. ANDREWS, sy Surgeon Dentist. XYY Y PMitchel’s Block, Kendallville. All work warranted. - Examinations free. 247 DR. E. W. KNEPPER, Lelectie Physicb'a-n & Surgeon,—Ligonier. »All diseases of the Lungs and Throat successful{y treated by inhalation, *No charges for consultation. Ofiice with W, W. Skillen, esq. 1-8 ; g iel Rl S | . H LUTES, M. D, . Homeopathie Physician & S’mKeon,—Liigonier, Ind. Oftice above Décker & Ackerman’s store. All business in the profession promptly attended %o. Special attention given to chronic diseases. 1-1 . A. C. JENNINGS, Attoriey at Law, Insurance and Collecting Agenti—Rome City, Ind. business entiusted to him grompt!%r attended 15 also AGENT FOR THE NATIONAL BANb e ", January 1, 1868. Worpey & Mounks, i . E. ALVORD, Ft. Wayne. | Albion. WORDEN, MORRIS & ALVORD, . Attormey’s at Law. © Wil attend, in connection, to litigated suits in the several Courts of Noble Connty. 2-13tf. i es o “'““_‘l’"'f‘"*"""'h‘“'m—‘H__'A"_‘_"“ S . THOMAS L. GRAVES, ‘Attorney at Lapo and Justice of the Peace. Will give careful and promgt attention to all bus.ness entrusted to lis care. Office in_the building lately occupied by the First National Bank of Kendallville, Ind. | Lol may 22 J,um; McCONNELL, GENERAL d}’OLLECTING AGENI, CONMMERCIAL BROKER. REAL EBT ATE AGENT, ! SURVRYOQR, CONVEYANCER. | i AND . NOTARY PUBLIC, Ligonier, Noble County, Indiana SAMU#L E. ALVORD, 1 e Attorney at Law, Claim ‘Agent, and Notary Public, Albion, Noble Co., Ind. Business in the Courts, Claims of soldiers and their heirs, Conve, anclng. &c., promptly and carefully attended to. Ac nowledgments, Depogi= tions and Afidavits, taken and certified.
A. GANTS, Surgical and Mechanical Dentist. . LIGONIER, INDIANA. B oy ! A ¢ odo anythin | A *"_'f) in his lize, X 8% B, - gnccesfnl prac- | fl{,_;\\‘ oz O tice of jovgfllo (s . 2. vears justifies .&"& /,\“""“ sy {im in sayiug e e that he can Wit i Rl Flfve eintirte sail:i g s o B ‘N sfaction te a d\'l AR, A‘ “- ¢ who may Dbestow their patronage. §¥ Offlec i buildi Cavin Streetl.) [ . oe i uly bysiding, Fd ¥ s A
o 1 2 KELLEY HOUSE, Kendallville, : Ind. This is a First-class House, situated on Main Street, in the central part of the: City, making it very convenient for Afe'nts, Runners, and all other transient men yisiting our City, to_do business without going far from 'tghe House, General Stage office for the %{orth and South. Stabling for forty horses. Livery, and Free *Bus. J. B. KELLEY, Proprietor. G. W. Greex, Clork. i R L A esl e e J. BITTIKOFFER, ?I]{fnnnnn,m L WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEW'LRY,SILVER WARE,NOTIONS, Spectacles of every Description, A g , &e. &e., &c. All kinds of work done nYon the shortest notice and warranted as to durability. - Shop in Bowen's new Brick Block, Kendallville, .~ Indiana. b 2-81 e e SACK BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. ' . | Cayin Street, Ligonier, Indiana. Fresh l'lr,eipd, Pies, Cakes, &c., Choice Greceries, Provisions, Yankee l‘l’atlom:i &c The highest.cash price paid fer CounhE Produce May 18,’68-tf, | =~ SACK BRO'S. e e e ei e et et (Corner Main and Clinton Streets.) GOSHEN, - T" w/m = = - ~ KNDIANA, KNIGHT & TAYLOR, Proprietors. - 'l'Maeéuge d commedious honm lately changed hands, and it is the gnrpose of the present proprieto make the *Viorer” second to ’t'l:o tho country. Stages leave daily for 7 ¥ Good Stabling inconnection. ¢ CITY BREWERY, KENDALLVILLE, - - = = 4 = INDIANA, SCHWAE JKOPF & AICHELE, .~ Wo v, ‘,, ;' ] 'u-m:,’ .m : ",nf \. by ast ¢o :;:"‘l‘.”‘:‘“‘)' Y el .‘M’ m x’; ,M_Mf O nted, The highest pri o VY. 'g“yfl: .“,4;,::: i 1 .‘,m,. e METE R s RS eM A A 0 . O 0 R e
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PRODUCE BROKERS. STRAUS BROTHERS ! Would reurectfully announce to their customers and tae pubiic-in Eenml that they continue to &nax% \ase PRODUCEK at the highest market B;'leea. ving no bdiyer on the streets, farmers having grofinpe for sale will please call at our office in the rick Clothing Store. Ligonier, April 29, 1869, —tf - F. W. B'I'RAJJS.‘ JACOB BTRAUS. STRAUS BROTHERS Exchange and Brokers' Office, S . LIGONIER, IND. ‘ - Buy and gell Exchange on_all gxr{ncipnl cities of the United States, and serLy Exc an%e on all pringl'egal cmesg of Europe, at the very lowest rates. ey also sell passage tickets, at very lowest -\%gures, to all gnncipnl seaports of Europe. 3-y2tf N. B.—The g{resent price of passage in steerage from New York to Htmburs, Plymouth, Londen l.n{ldCherbourg has been reduced to only $3O in gold, e \ e e i et G. W. CARR. . W. D. RANDALL. . CARR & RANDALL, * ° Physicians and Surgeons, LIGONIER, - - - - ~ - IND, Will promptly attend all calls intrusted to-them. Office on 4th St., one door east ef the NATIONAL BannEr office. . 348
'BAKERY AND RESTAURANT BY o B. HAYNES, Opposite the Post Office, Ligonier, Ind. My Bakery will be supplied atall times with fresh Biscuits, W Bread, ‘ Pies, & . Cakes, ; Crackers, &e., &c., Wedding parties, pic-nice and g:'ivnte parties will be furnished with anything in the pastry line, on short notice, and in the very latest siyle, on reasonable terms. Oystersiand warm meals furnished at all hours. Chargps reasonable. Farmers will find this a good place to satisfy the “inner man.” Lo Jan’y 6, 169.~-tf < .C. MISSELHORN, ' ¢ MANUFACTURER OF : CHOICESEGARS, Main Street, Kendallville, Ind. November 6th, 1867. : : o . GO AND SEE GOTSCH & BECKMAN’s ol ~NEW—JEWELR . STORE, Main Street, Kendallville, Ind. They have just received the fineat assortment and latest styles of JEWELRY, : ) SILVERWARE, ' CLOCKS, ETC,, Alse the best American Watches. Only ¢ me and see them. ¥ All fine'work done and satisfaction guarantedd. * Shop OFstite Miller’s new block. gt Kendallville, Ind., June 26th, ’67. tf.. ©
ELKHART BOOK BINDERY, v at the office of the gt HERALD OF TRUTH,” ELEHART . = &= = =0 =D= IND. We take pleasure to inform our friends and the public in general, that we have established a ' Book Bindery, In counnection with ofir Yrinting Office, and are now prepared to do_all kinds of Binding, gnch as Books, Pamphlets, Magazines, Music,v promptly and on reasonable terms. . apr. 29th, '68.-tf, JOHN F. FUNK. BABCOCK & HURD, Y e Wholesale GROCERS & CONMISSION MERCHA NTS e And Dealersin ' FOREIGN & DOMESTIC LIQUORS, No. 446 Water str., Clevelar d, O.
Stilson, Leek & Doerings, ' Importers and Jobbers of ; YANKEE NDN’DTIONS, : ‘ A FANOCY GOODS, Nos, 133 and 135 Water Street, ; /' CLEVELAND, 0. H. H. STILSON, T. W, LEEK. J. C. DOERING, W. H. DOERING. 2-3 may29-Iy.
Jno.‘yF. Isom, e E. 8. Tsox 'ISOM BROTHERS, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN ° Hats, Caps, Millinery STRAW GOODS, 423 WATER STREET, (up stairs,) Ve CLEVELAND. O.
JOHN B, GOODSELL & (0., : HATS: CAPS, STRAW AND i Men’s Furnishing Goods. 181 WATER STREET, CLEVELAND, OHIO. May 27,’68.-Iy. . e ‘
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Watchmakers, Jewelers, AND DEALERS IN - ; Watches, Clocks, JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS. Repairing neatly and promd'ptly executed, and 5 warranted. GOLD PENS REPOINTED. hs;:iecmlga of the best kinds kept constantlyen and. 3 < [ & ch, s jer, 'ndians:.g_ng‘;f the big watch, Cavin Siutxzeyeté ,%%.‘?if.er | HART & DUESLER, b ' GENERAL DEALEI&S IN G. & o : vo 9 broceries £ Provisions, (In the brick building formerly occupled by J. Decker)s - | Y “CAVIN ST, LIGONIER, IND. Are constantly recelving new goods, and b selling for ready ’.'sy:;‘lly.éo nabled to sell Jower than mon-buirng selling on the credit system. | Please call and examine for yourselves. g;kest - price bfig for all kinds of conntry produce. . i Fe _'.4‘; ;,’k‘;?,é i # : : m ¢ Sale, or Exchange. ‘“m mmfin to sell his two sto goo ‘“E‘é}’io‘gfigumé“mg; bol fimher land, eibuste 2?“ ;;*,,,ofl;’ ,}?{ { Targer fatm, AIl of the above property is very val- | uable, . Ihisis an. oxcellent chanc to secure a ¥ E 1201 \ie: 3 ‘i”“’ :. : \% r mO4 '. .. [ e s s b endl
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THE PACIFIC RAIL ROAD. The Dream of Years Become a Fact-= Grants to the Road--Mining and Other Interests, & : From the New York World. - At last the dream of years has become a fact, the aspirations of a continent have been rea?ized. The Atldntic and Pacific are united with an iron bond ; from the Narrows to the Golden (GGate there is railroad communication. :
Who first conceived the idea of uniting the eastern and western shores of this continent is as vexed though a far more interesting question than the Radical ‘con‘unfrum who nominated General Grant. The value, or rather the necessity of national roads through unsettled countries, has always been recognized, and probably some early Appius of this Western World designed to build an interoceanic high road. There are records of various expeditions from time to -time, which had, with more or less success, the same object in view—the survey of the West and a passage to the Pacific. The aspiration which gave the world America is that which %as given us the Pacific Railroad. From Columbus to Thomas H, Benton there has been but one prevalengidea, “There lies the West, there is India.” Within the memory of men still youthfal, the prospect of &uilding a railroad was first suggested. Asa Whitney not thirty years ago addressed lyceums and State Legislatures advocating a line from the Prairie du Chien across the Rocky Mountaing, via South Pass to Puget’s Sound, a branch line connecting with San Francisco. Thomas H. Benton, of Missouri, alive to the necessities of the hour, introduced a bill into the Senate in 1850 authorizing what may be called a step-ping-stone railroad, consisting, of links of railroad, occasionally interrupted by what then were supposed to be insuperable natural | difficulties.. Three years later Congress appropriated $150,000 for six surveys of proposed routes for the Pacific Railroad. These were unier the supervision of the War Department, and conducted by able officers (among whom were McClellan, Pope, Whipple, Saxton, &ec.,) who did much to develop correct notions on the physical characteristics of the Wesc. The year subsequent Congress made two appropriations of $40,000 and $150,000, to com;alete'the surveys.— Three additional routes were also surveyed. The resnlt has been publish‘ed in thirteen volumes. Mr. Jefferson Davis, then Secretary of War, entrusted to Captain Humphreys the duty of estimating the relative value of the various reutes explored and proposed. Urgent as the desire at this gide was to build a railrpad to the Pacific, it was fully equalled by that of the men of the Pacific slope, who saw in it rapid transit, cheap rates, and a New York, not to aayalz European market for their produce. In 1859 and 1860 the ideas of the railroad were discussed and legislated upon in Congress.— In July, 1860, ground for one section was broken at Kansas City. In Novembér, of that year, a mass meeting was held at the Cooper Institute, in this city, to advocate the idea. During the two subsd%uem,years, various bills essential to' the enterprise were introduced and passed by the Senate and House of Representatives.
: THE NATIONAL CHARTER GRANTED. In July, 1862, President Lincoln signed the act granting to the proprietors a national charter. In October of the year following a preliminary organization was formed. Then the formal organization of the Union Pacific Road was completed, with fifteen directors selected by the stockholders and five by the government, The anthorized capital of the Union Pacific Branch was $100,000,000. THE UNION i’ACIPIC LINE COMMENCED. Thé first contract for its construetion was made’in August, 1864, but owing to various delays which arrested the progress of the work, it was not until January, 1866, that the first for-ty-one miles of the Union Patific Road bhad been laid. Before the January following, 305 miles were finished.— Another year saw 540 miles in. At the commencement of 1869, 820 mileswere in operation, and to-day the Union Pacigc Railroad is united to the Central Pacific Road, forming nearly 1,750 miles of railroad between Omaha and Sacremento, =
THE RATE OF CONSTRUCTION. : "The following will show the rate at which the Union Pacific Company built its line : I 1865, - oo maennsasennsnine sisisnans <onn A 0 MION, o 1068000 N O T TRABBT < aainiuveinanog s i dessaibie ivaiviniog. SR IQIIDE. 8070 b RS O R T L T TaBBY . Ll il e p A BEI DL e cawsi i s abine it o B 0 O GRANTS TO THE !’ACIFIé RAILROAD. It is almost superfluous to state that the Pacific Railroad consists of two great divisions, the Union Pacific, starting from Omaha, and the Central Pacific, extending from Bacremento to Salt Lake, extending across California, Nevada, and Utah, until met by the Union Pacific. Tkese constitute the National Pacific Railroad line. In their construction they 'received ver?r important aid from Congressin the following respects : ' 1. Theright of way through the Territories. 2. Absolute grant of twenty alternate sections (1,280 acres) per mile of the publie lands through which the road runs; the right. to use the coal, iron, or timber thereon. 3. A special issue of gsix-per eent, bonds of the United States, proportioned to the length and difficulty of the line, to be deliyered to the companies as the work progregges, The proportion in which these bonds were distributed was, between the Missouri River and the Eastern base of the Rocky Mountains (a distance $25 miles), $16,000 per mile; across the Rocky ‘Mountains (150 [email protected]. per mile; derogs the Great Basin (900 miles), 592, 00 per. mile; aeross the Sierras Nevadas f;‘*;,{..‘ )flts.ooo per mile; thence to San. Francisco i:i(]) miles), $16,000 per mile,. The struction ; B o 0 el Sl I s ik st : mmfiil}'.'..Zlf.lllll222sl}:l-".ivl'.}'i%‘}?:’.;fl‘fl nitee. v et S ere Tt p iy T AN g ]
LIGONIER, IND., WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, IS6O.
TR S e R SRR seamee. .l HERIE N e i ol .. e e Now that the road iz completed it would interesting were it possible to calculate its benefit to the country.— But this involves so many elements that even were statistics on the points available they would still prove unsatisfactory. =~ Generally it. may be said that railroad communication between New York and Ban Franciseo cannot fail to exercise its influence on the markets of the world. Communication between Calcutta, Hong Kong, and Liverpool will be measured by days instead of weeks. 'Facilities for the interchange of merchandise will be increased. Immigration will receive the aid of a most powerful auxiliary. It is apparent that any attempt to show the extent of the influence o? the National Pacific Railroad in these matters must be wholly imaginative. But they afford a fine field for the exercise of that faculty. - ./ :
~ THE MINING INTERESTS. " With reference to the mining interests of the Pacific Coast, which will be materially benefitted by this road, we have some statistics which, coming to us under government authority in the reports of the United States Commissioner of mining, possess a certain reNliability : ML, oit st ch i s (BSOS I s st S BB e o ihv i dmbaicves sin b okias dus oon £o B DUNOND 1864111 T 63450000 oot T secong ma . DOLL Ll T L ATR e, Estimated to be distributed thus: Oalifornln .. . odiiiiniivineveuesinnabhs~ 839,000,000 Oregon and Washington...... ......... 5,000,000 MODABR. oo v oo s dvainanparias su it snvs: 18,000,000 SOO S oh o Ll Ael 000000 WOVEAN oo il st i viwasviassssis AROOOIOOO Colorado, Utah, &¢.....c.0evvnen5n...... 10,000,000 The total amount of bullion coined at and shipped from San Francisco was as follows ;. Bt T ATERGEISPI RSB I e L o i S geee. ILI I AEI I IR T eet The receipts of bullion, mostly. silver, from the State of Nevada: TR . vst ond o oSt <IN IO HOS oS|l et e ARIRCRN 3866 .0l B S LG U e T SRS Re T 188, ST NN I DL etnenong fen, ol oo i i e e GO OTHER INTERESTS. ; Moreover the trade of the Western ghores is rapidly increasing. The attention of the inhabitants has been directed to! the capabilities of their soil for agricultural products. The crop of cereals in Cali&rnia’ and Oregon already exceeds in value the annual gold product, and breadstuffs now form the chief items of export of these two young States, which, a few years since, imported them. No less than 160 first-class vessels have been freighted from the port of San Francisco during the last year with wheat and flour, destined mainly for European consumption, valued at $10,000,000.— The wheat crop of California alone, in 1865, was 8,000,000 bushels ; 12,000,000 bushels m 1866 ; and in 1567 the crop .was estimated at 15,000,000 bushels; and in 1868, at 16,000,000 bushels. The wool crop of 1868 was 5,250,000 pounds, and that of 1866, 8,000,000 pounds. California leather: and hides have a high rank in Eastern markets. The wine and fruit culture, although still in its infancy, promises to be a large sourse of revenue. The coast abounds with exeellent timber, and besides gold and silver, bxg .valuable mines of quicksilver, lead, iron, coal, borax, and cobalt. Itmay also, in this connection, be stated that the city of San Francisco is one of the finest sea ports in the United States. In 1866 the tonnage of the vessels connected with or arrising at that port was 765,940 tons ; in 1867 it was 901,425 tons. The arrivals in 1868 were 8,315 vessels, of 1,098,181 tans. The passenger traffic from distant points in 1867 was 33,871, and nearly ‘double that number last yeas;
The Fifteenth Amendment., Theradical papers are boasting that anumber of States have already ratified the fifteenth amendment, Thus far the legislatures of three states have approved this = measure, in harmony witk the wishes' of the peogle. The people of Michigan, upon a direct vote a little more than .a year ago, gave a most emphatic repudiation of negro suffrage, gapt the lefislature of that state; in: defiance of this expression, ratified the amendment. New York, Pennsylvania and other states have disapproved of the object of theamendment, {et theirlegislatures have ratified it. The attempt was made by the legislature of Indiana to 'ratify the amendment, when it is known b{ every memb‘é( that the measure submitted to the popular vote, would have been rejected gy an overwhelming maJority. Such is the radical regard for the will of the people. The radical leaders are for a strong government in which the will of the few shall rule the many. —_—— - ——————— . The Brethren Not Satisfied, The loyal and Jagobin Circleville (O.) Union is slightly dissatisfied withthe way things are working. - It says: “We believe in public men who have been elevated to office remembering those who assisted them in their elevation. . We think it well for Presit;tent Grant, now that he is safely in ‘the White House, not to be unmindfal of his friends who have placed him there. We have no objection to his rewarding Washburne and Rawling as they deserve; no objection to his providing ‘his paternal ancestor with a good fat: Elace; 10 objection: in particular to is giving all his brothers and brothers-in-law luerative offices. But when he shows a disposition to hunt up.all his wife's cousins, from the first up to the forty-second, we think he .is-‘goin'i-‘a; little ‘too far, and would suggest that ‘the tenure-of-offiee act be put in force' ‘to_restrain him. Too many of one fumily, even though the mamé be j Awora ke m"‘fi 7 ofetive und_desirable ‘changes i‘ew&v;\,;, dein the Post Office Department isthat of prohibiting the 'de-. o7et e vv M B o Tiet this be vemembered. . o
THE AMERICAN REIGN OF TYR-
. There was a Fren¢h reign of tyrani“;’_’_l); All inuelli,ient readers know -a..:& ‘and may read the particulars any day in French history. What was it, in plain English ? It was nothing,more or less than the usurpation by a few bold men, of ‘the fanctions ofy the goyernment in France, and without mercy desecrated to the vilest purposes, chief among which was the murder of thousands of better meén than the. trajtors and villains who thus illegally exercised all the usurped powers (ge had temporarily obtained through a.n§ of blood. Honorable citizens murdered after the tragic farce of trial before a tribunal organized to convict; where the accuser, judge, jury; and cut-throat, were all represented in this base crew ' who thus ‘outraged humanity. Such was the French reign of {yranny. : But this horrible and ghastly record of the -utmost wickedness of man on earth, was made under a kingly government ; where men had for ages been _accustomed to yield implicit obedience, to the commangs of the sovereign, aud scarcely pretended to entertain personal views of government, or to tfi?nk of real freedom. And this occurred almost a century ago, before the world advanced to its present more enlighten- | ed condition. And this French reign of terror did not affect, practically, | more than a few thousands of persons; for it made little difference to.the peasantry of France, who constitutes the bulk of the population, whether ROBESPIERRE, or ‘King Louis the XVI, held the political reins ;. or comparatiwil] little difference. 1 - The French reign of terror chiefly affected the\»politicafi men of the day.— The commerce of France, the manufactures of France, and the population of France of that day, were not comparable to the commerce, manufactures and population of the United States, at the present day. Nevertheless that was indeed a terrible reign, which shocked the moral sense of all nations, and made France a by-word and reproach among them. And while the streets of Paris and the floers of silent cells were flooded with the best blood of glorious France, the tyrants, reeking with their dreadful crimes, plead ed before the world, the “necessity”’ of such actions. But what was the necessity, and how created? T'he necessity arose from the knowledge of the fact that if they did not continue to inspire fear and dread, the popular feeling would hurl them from their usurped authority. - m ‘ Do the people of the United States perceive in the usurpations and actions of the Radical leaders any resemblance to the usurpations and actions of those bloody French Jacobin leaders? By refusing to obey the Constitution the Radicals pmovoi‘e’d “civil war through which hundreds of :thousands of' the best men of our, couniry were forced to take up arms -to slaughter and be slaughtered, 1n order that a few ,Radical leaders might triumph, and rule and plunder those of the living who. ‘might remain. Where the ¥rench. revolution made hundreds, the American revolution has made thousands of widows and orphans. Where the ' French revolution cost hundreds of thousands, ' the American revolation hascost hundreds of millions of money. Not only that, the American tyrants who have since ruled and yet rule the country, have contrived a system of finance and public indebtedness, gigantic in its proportions, which is eating out the very substance of the laboring population of the United States. They have destroyed the fraternal feeling that was springing up at the close of the war. : They have hurled fire-brands of discontent into ewery cirgle north and south. They have trodden upon the sacred Constitution ‘aud spat upon its restrictions, . They have, in sexjogation ‘of its mandates, virtually usurped the funétions of the three co-ordinate branches of the govvernment, and subverted the riihts of the States. They have, through their supple and cringing subordinates, murdered defenceless men and an innocent woman in cold'blood, under the thin and false guise of an alleged legal trial.. They have through their willing agents-and emissaries, incited the poor ignorant negro race of .the Southern States to place themselves in danger‘ous antagonism with the white men of the whole country, They have, thro the same vile agencies, which are bu ‘the executive arms of the Radical majority of Congress, robbed men of the South of their possessions, broken up their plantations, destroyed their prospects and absolutely ruined thousands. And all this has been done, and much more of the terrible nature which we need not rehearse, under the plea. of necessity—a necessity which they themselves made. Do the ixeo le see in this any likeness to the ea.tfers of the bloody French Revolution ? Necessity has ever been the tyrants’ plea. ' But the tyranny over the South was stripped of this plea, and shown to be-merely the necessity of securing | for the Radieal party the future con. trol of the destinies of this nation.— Pittsburgh Post, - g bwenat
An old Fashioned Family, The Indianapolis-Sentinel says at the pension agency in that city on Tuesday, the certificate of Mrs. Arbuekle of Washington county and sixteen children who wers entitled to pensions, was presented. As the law only grants relief to children under sixteen .years of sfie. it will be seen 'that this is ‘one of the healthiest old families in the, country, How many childyen there are over. sixteen years old the certificate didn’t state,i;nt there are probably a dozen or. so. In our opinion Mrs, Arbuckle ought to be granted a good b'g pension on general prinaiples. Such a family would make even ore of the old patriarch énvious. G T s B A Ginn named Reilly, thirteen ‘years old, living in Q‘::;ig.faz;mim from New Haven, Conn., while passing along a road ‘n°'r!s'fi,:'nt°'ng betwee &‘2ol*!#* city ‘and Orange, 'bir‘l‘fiug‘qf”fiefl ', WaS assaulted by ; negro, v;;ho dyug;:!i‘ lfins;:rm: 5,w00d and viplated her person.. Searc figfi illain was made. > He was traced to New Haven u% are being made to,enouve him AEmesl o “iouiies ulod s L ey ettt mmans #hE @l
| THE NEW ELECTION LAW, . Enrolled act No. 23, House 'of Repr\ae‘znmim. : '.d » By x ..An act to amend. an act regulating fine,ml elections' and prescribing the luties of officers in relation thereto approved June 7, 1852; and to amend an act entitled an act to provide for township elections gppqus June 15, 1852; and to fill vacancies in office occasioned by the provisions of this act and to repeal all laws inconsistent therewith) and -:declaring an 'emergency. : : ... BECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Iniana, that section: first of act entitled an act reEnlating elections ‘and prescribing the duties of officers” in relation thereto, q;px‘-oved June 7, 1852, whic¢h reads as follows, to-wit : - |A'general election shall be held an‘nually, on the second Tuesday in Oectobber, at which all existing vacancies in |office, and all offices the terms of which will expire before the next generzl election tfieréafter, shall be filled, "uless otherwise provided by law; rovided, the first election for memgefii in Con’firess shall take place at the|general election in October, 1852, and every second year thereafter—be -and the same is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit : :
A jleneml election shall be held biennially, on the second Tuesday in ‘October, at which all existing vacancies in office and all offices -the terms of which will expire before the next gfnbral' election thereafter, shall be led unless otherwise provided by lawi; provided, the first efiction under this act shall take place on the second Tuesday in Oectober, 1870, and every second year thereafter. ) SEC. 2. That the first section of an act entitled an act to provide for township elections, approved June 15, 1852, which reads as follows, to-wit : That there shall be held an election in each townehip, at the usual place of holding elections, on the first Monday in April in each year, for the purpose of electing township officers, and such other officers as ‘may be provided for by law, which election shall be conJucted by the officers of and be governed by the laws regulating general elections so far as the same is applicable~~be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit: That there shall be held an election in each township, at the usual places of holding elections; on the same day provided in this ‘act, for holding general elections for the purpose of secting township officers and such other officers. as may be .provided for by law, which election shall be conducted by the officers and governed by the laws regulating general elections so far as the same may be applicable. - SEC. 3. That all vacanecies created bé the provisions of this act, in any office in this State, shall be filled as now provided by law. . ' SEC. 4. All laws and parts of laws inconsistent with-the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. A SEC. 5. It is hereby declared that an emergency. exists‘fizr the immediate taking effect of this aet, it is hereLy declared that the same shall take aoffect and be in force from and -after its passage. . & b ,
1 Beautiful 'Allegory. ’ '“ Mr. Crittenden was engaged in defending a man who had been indicted for a capital offense, he closed his effort by the following striking and beautiful allegory : When,God. in, his eternal council conceived the thought of man’s creation, he called to him the three ministers = waiting constantly upon his throne—Justice, Truth and Mercy, and thus addressed them : “Shall we make man ?” Then said :Jmfice’.,f“)v Gfla, make him not, for he will trample u})on thy laws.”” Truth ‘made answer’ also; “0, God, make him not, for he will pollute thy Sanctuaries.” - Bat Mercy dropping upon her knees, and looking up through ll)::;r tears, exclaimed ; “0, God, make him; T will watch over him with all my care through all the'dark paths . through whieh he may have to tread |”” Then God 'made man, and said to him': «O, man, thou art the child of Mercy—go deal with thy brothers.” -~ - ¢ Whe jury, when he had finished, were in tears, and against evidence, and what must have been their own convictions, brought. in a verdict of “Not Guilty 1” | b
Grant Getting Crusty and Morose. The correspondents say that -the Predident iz becoming erusty, suspicious, morose, and chronically un- ‘ hagpy.v_ His body and mind are both suffering. He finds the .Presidencly too large for him.. That is the whole ‘matter. His health is not good. He ' has had to shut up sh‘oi:ix times al‘ready in‘as many weeks. He is losing flesh. Visitors comFla'in of his brusqueness, and many of his temper. -Every day at 4 o’clock he runs off for a ride and a smoke, and he has wholly, _stopped. receiving visitors nights.— _These he spends with, his household ‘in the private family rooms of the Executive_mansion, The few admitted there speak of him as giving the ‘appearance of being thorofighl_y fagged out by each day’s round of work. He smakes incessantly, and sits for honrs with his little girl’s hand in his own, not saying a word, and never rallying except. when his wife makes it a point thagre shall, . Mrs. Geant is universally regarded as a sweet, plain; dutiful woman, whose head hasn’t been a bit turned. She is widely respected, ‘and'can certainly do more with her husband than any one else.can. :
. THE Ohicago Republican fol'ow the Chicago T'ribume in denouncing Grant’s administration, which; it says : «is imperilled by a set of political harpiea.”” «The wisest.men of the party,” adds the Republicam, “look “upon the ‘political situation with the most_painful and anxious solicitude,” predict shipwreck under “the prefient manmennwé all sorls of daroiurn somfon pages sl Aades jousnals . in;glllinoin: i+ For o]
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Then and Nows=<Theée Earlier and the From the New York Sun, April 24, ~ . . - On the 4th of March, 1801, Thomas Jefferson rode bn horseback tunattended to. the Capital, Bitched ' his sobér gelding at the gate, .uesfid,ed-zhe acegs, took the oath of office from the lips of Jolin Marshsll, and delivered the inaugural address which has: since been the Rey-note sf the Demogratic pasty: John; Quinog. Adama;. Wpeo, nis Presidential term expired, mounted a quiet ‘nag, mailed & portmantesn behind him, wended his way leisurely fmwmm to Quincy, declining to receive any publi demonstrations from his_admirers along theroute. At the close of General' Jackson’s long and remarkable’ administration, he departed from the Federal Capitol seat-" ed in the smoking car of the railway, clad in simple garb, waving a graceful farewell to the friends who crowded the depot, and’ drawing consolation from a Democratic! chg pipe. - - : L Each of these eminent men, on - several occasions, 'some of them of historic eelebrity, refused to receive presents as testimonials of regard for public seryices, both previous to and when filling the Presidential chair, excepting that State Legislatures .voted two or three swords and medals to Gen. Jackson, while he was in private life, ag tributes to his'gallantry at New Orleans. Neither of them ever bestowed office upon a relative, while Jefferson and Jackson specially declined to do 80, the formerin a letter which rebuked’ the praectice with - marked emphasis. e We havefallen on other times.: Are they better times ? On Wednesday, the:3d of March, 1869, the President slect a‘;ié:gted - $65,000 out of a’ sum’ of ‘money raised in . New York on his own pressing ‘solicitation for Gen. Shermsn to pay him (the 'Preeide‘nt%fdr' a house which he desired to séll. On Thursday he took the oath of ‘office, and in his inaugural pledged himself to the rigid enforcemant of the laws, whether he liked them or not. He tlen spent nearly the entire first week of his term in {rying to evade the plain provisions of salutary statutes, because .they blocked the way for the admission fo the most important seat jh his Cabinet of the almoner who .had bestowed the dazzling presdnt. . Baffled in this by the firmness of the Senate and the frowns of the publie,'he/nevertheless installed among his constitutional advisers other individuals who though- not obnoxious to this particular -objection, were chiefly distinguished for having conferred upon-him c¢ostly and valuable -benefactions. . Along with other appointments bearing this sort of trade mark, he ap~ pointed as his Secretary of the Navy a gentleman wholly incapable of filling the place who had taken the lead in giving him a fifty thousand dollar houge in Philadelphia, some three years before ; and he surrendered the baton of General of tle armies to a' renowned soldier; who ‘with his ' knowledge and approbation ' ‘lifted one ~hand to' take the oath of office,: while ‘re“ceiving with the other a tempting gift valued at $lOO,OOO, of which the: $65,000 house in Washington formed -a part.. Not to goback to Jefferson, or Adams, or Jackson, for virtuous examples, even Andy Johnson had sense and decency enough to refuse the present of a carriage ,a,ng horses with the Presidential q"ut% , lingering on his lips. = ge | aatedt e Such evil practices of men in’high pla‘ces, whose past achievements have dazzled the popular imagination, tend to démoralize the public service, and @debduch publiec opinion. Ostentatious displays and’ profligate expenditures have come to be regarded as necessary concomitants of bfficial station, and it is felt that the 'main’ object of office is mot to discharge one’s-dutiesto the country, but to thereby attain sudden riches and indulge in shoddy magnificence. The natural result of all this- must.inevitably be, that corruption and venalily will walk unbashed and almost unrebuked through every departmeént of the Govern--ment. Moreover, such eyil examples not only ghed their pernicious influende thro’ the place-hunting and piace holding class¢s, but reach the very roots of society.— They inflame the young ‘mén of thé'land with a'passion fer wealth as the great-ob-Jject of life. ' ‘They tend to makeluchre the ‘badge of honorable distinction, and fhe posession of riches the sole passport to power, eminence, or even respectability. .- Is it not high time that. the masses: of the people, who neither seek-nor hold office, should- labor for the return of the | good old times of republican simplicity, | when statemen, felt a stain asa- wound ;. ‘when. the dispenser of patronage would scorn to f¢ed his poor relations from ’th.q public crib, and when a President. woul cut off his right hand before it should sign the commissionsof a ‘man who had bestowed upof higf g, " "R TR L
siitd pia Mending Roads. An old road supervisor, ‘who -bas‘had years of practical experience in repairing roads, says it ought to be mado a statutory “offenve to put a shovel full of dirt-upon ‘the highway - after: the:first of June, except where the ground has been vtewed by ithe ‘County Commissioners, and the work ordered for the public safety.” In° general, all the repairing .that is done should “be finished three weeks earlier ithan that.— The true theory 6f road making is that the new earth should be'added in the spring, while the frost is coming.out:of thé ground, go that new and old shall settle down.:together for the summer.; When thisis done,’ the addition is incorporated bedily, and never heard from iufletWardsl.‘ It "is the: only way in which hard, firm roads can be obtained. -On the other harfld, when; as generally at present, the répairing is put off till after harvesting, we have bad roads all the fall, exegrable roads all winter, ex~ cept-where the 'ground is deeply covered with snow; and, come spring, the passage to.and from the nearest localities ‘become ‘a matter to be ‘seriously .considered; weil prepared for, if inevitable, or altogether avoided, if this can be dome, |. . .. ' Another Foollsh Loyer, | The fools are not all dead yet, but one of them, who vegetates. near Roseville up in Parke county, is in a fair ‘way to become. food for worms. The name of the yonng man is William Miller, who being enamored of a young lady, and desiring to take her as his Wwife, popped the question to her, and upon meeting with a refusal declared that if she would not have him he would go and kill himself. - The ‘maid still persisting in her refusal, he went upon the hill above the house and with 3 pistol then | and there, held in his hand, did shoot him- f“ gelf through the:left breast, the ball going ‘ through the left lung, as is thought.—New Albany Ledger, e i Oe e e ]
. . Esitthe Case? . The Agricultural Department reports & falling off in the farm stock of the country in 1868, compared withilB67. The total amount of corn and wheat sold.for ex: port was also less for 1867 and 1868 than for the two years prior ¢o the war; and now the fact is reported from Cincinnati that the hog crop of the whole country. for the season of 1868-9, is a little more than two hundred thousand and odd over that of eight years'ago. If this be so we'need ;mot wonder: at the high. prices of food While the West has increaged from 60 to 76 per cent. in habitable area and population, the 4}mntity of bread and meat raised for sale fallon off i ew o 3 vlig g v AT A BARBARIAN'S IDEA . OF . BONNETS.~ Some chap -who. .altended a spring opening of & fashionable m\l_,wsaim an eastern city, gives this as.an ifem :- A cabhage leaf trimmmed with-three red peppers agtomac huisalen. of sulade MW s faskion shenges . Onmtmapealé ihem sighs and a bit of pink eolored . fog, was considered.cheap.at #6Be ociite sl s b bt s b, 2
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- A lady of Richmond, mm sly. gave birth to twins—thirteen- days elapsD Detween the bitths, . . . a 0 The Mount Vernon' castle of _General Washington is ‘advertised in the Alexan: ‘dria’ *:(%i'rgixfin} Gazette, of this evening, toze sold .on tbgeémh ‘of June at auetion. (oA Western Radical. paper. .apologizes ‘for Ash_ley’s_@gpoi tment by the remark “that, “surely the’ o&ce “shouldn’t :;?nm “vacant waiting for an honest man toturn up‘v”." 3 odpg B e sigdd i) : . Witcheraft is having a revival in Mex: ico, where won e hanged, shotjand b‘l’jr‘n‘gd to 'gié&mgtsuspiclggg, or‘g ged “until they cotifess, theirowa children'taksing part in the infliction of the torture. A gymnast at‘Columbus, ‘O fell Hrom his trapeze, and striking a piano, hed . it; but jumped up, turned a_hand-spking and 'soon reappeared unburt, thongh shaky. ; ! ; 1 Those Radical committeemeti in Ifi): “York' must have strong ‘eonstitutibns. They consumed $4,639 worth of whisky and cigars, and . their doctor’s (bill was only $55. e " Mrs. Brown, whose huéj)nnd was hanged for murdering the child, Avgir- Stéwart, “while in jail awaiting tfial ‘on the samc charge, fell in love with a negro confined in an adjoining cell, and is carrying on a tender correspondence wit}n him.’ : The indications_are piqi»able for an unprecedented emigration to this country {rom both Germany and’ England this ~scason, - English artisans, miners, o, are organizing emigration companies, and the Germans are also combining to send ‘agents liere to look for locations, =~
" Apropos’ of Ashley’s defense of his: probity by the statemant that a Radical convention renominated; him in' the face of evidence of corruption, the New, York Nation says it would “like to know what ‘offense against morality would' damage. man in the eyes of an average nomfimin;g copyention” © v lniviian dibl PEYY
Dr. A.C. Whiteof Maury eounty, Tenn. , communicates, to the'Medical Journal at : Louisville the case of a iyomaa, who is | now" thirty-four yedrs of age and the mother of twenty-four 'children. She . commenced ‘at fifteen. She has'had six single children ; has had twins seven times; - and last month had triplets. The ‘last was one boy and two girls, The woman ig “ooloved:V7 ¢vl wl By L The ‘Logansport: Journal * desctibes o dance-at Ke) river of colored gentlemen - and ladies;' in which ' fists, rocks,’ slung shots, knives, and shot guns were the ap- . paratus used in the diversions of the eve--ning. Nobody was killed, but the restlts ‘were William-@eorge shot in the neck and shoulder {"Ciarles Jones *n the leg ; Richard Johnson in the shoulder and arm: Dillion Brooks' ear and fade: Delia Terry ‘had her. nose crushed; in a skirmish with Jones, 0k tt sy James McVey, an extensive cattie dealer, committed suicide at his -boardinghouse near Logansport, on Saturday last, by shooting bimself with a pistol. ‘gre ‘ate breakfast at the usual hour'int flie’ morning and retired te his bed-room, from whence the report of a pistol was shortly afterward leard. The, inmates of the house, upon Trepairing to his‘toom. found the lifeless: body lying: upon' the floor Misfortunes in his business' are ‘supposed fto be the cause.—Lafayette: Joyrnal, ..
Martin Moliban |of Tipton, has béen sick for some time, and has been taking medicine, of which strychinine formeil a large ingredient.” His' child, a boy of four: years of age, wag taken sick oné day last week, and some medicine- obtained: for it. 'The two medicines were _put on the same table, and when the father went to giveit a seeond dose, lie: mistook the ‘medicine; and gave it thirty drops of the. ague medicine ; and. the poor little follow died .in two _hours after. ° h e A%
¢ Grant's Love for t'hev S'oldlel.-é."‘ : _Grant has removed from the office of Collecter of the Port of Boston, General " M¢Cartney, and appointed a newspaper editor of that city. to his place, The Washington Ezpress gives the brief war record of the man whom @qfi has tugned out of offices -
“Gen. McCartney . participated in twenty-five of the rineipal battles.of ‘the war, was ‘badfy, wounded . twice, ‘'was mentioned in general orders. jwice for gallantry by Gen. Franklin, twice by Gen. Sedgwick, ‘ence by ,Eqneral quoks‘—-w&;_'a',mentio‘xiefli%y the rebel "Gren. Lee for ‘great gallantry and skill’ at the first: Fredricksburg fight—was complimented: for his prowess and gallantry by the rebel Gen, Barksdsle at Salem Hfghtwmeptipned in general orders by Méjr Gen, Wi hi, for gallantry at the battles of Wincgfigqte,r A and Pisher Hill, under ‘Shéridan—in whose' | battles: Glenis. ‘Sedgwick dnd ~Russel were botl « killed<the - former -at “Spottsylvania’ and the latter at “Winchester,” aud; President -Lincoln .complimented him as-. the . “Savior:-of «Washington,” in July, 18647 ', - H @The_iudivjdnaliappointcd;in.his place never smelled gunpowder exceptin’ the consumption of fire-crackers, and nevier did the nation any service. - Grant’s love for'the soldiers must be inimenge.
§oo . Fashions. | : . Thin gauze veils aré coming into - fashion. ° : 3 b ‘Bpanish flounces will be worn on cambric dresses this season, T £ -White muslin dresses have upwards: of a dozen flounces on the skirt. . 1. .« . It is rumored that pointed waists will soon present their elaim for. public consideration. (N : Street suits of cambric are made with capes of pigte, with sacques—the first trimmed with’ rufiles, the second with weshiing braid. 1! - (et 50N ; lil_oused dresstem of -muslin; ‘or: cambric are made with Spanish flounc ifld will be much used Tor in-door autl s ddor wear, 0 Gl o : ,‘«."»-f_kl e o Giowes?must‘ ‘match kth‘e“hfitfim;f;g ‘in color, Z_'}W*.REQ_;MdmiQOD‘M._ - two Shades, the gloves myst., harmoniza, with t’h_é‘dglrker %%% "fl'l‘- .I")&_’,;, . Walking booté' ate still worn high on the. ldg‘,i-*‘i%d%fit«;ned.: f“filghélil%éfiis ' Whmhfi@hoifigwmdm to give place -fo_something deserving NGHe S 0 vfi!g?’fi&"tw*‘,‘igfl the feet "éfi‘ injare ‘?fl: lp’ine. Yo wEoes il bes SILIGG is no,#qt;gqablo change. .~ Corsages; are cut lower in the throat, % Pambadow waists are still “fashionablé’ revers are ; EpL m R ;)m J!l_f;'_; ”d #LTTS T S TR e saiig. ;Wfil B 8 soldierg:i 10 1o e s B oriaws ‘. -’*‘,‘ i 3 \i;‘,.-,, t?v . "'-”g.&_';. ;,fi;i,f.‘,.".’ fi"f}w i fis,*xg Yo %‘ E ARER. O ST ATER, 15 SUS I, SIS
