The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 3, Ligonier, Noble County, 19 May 1869 — Page 2

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4 " ZT Tt God. U BUSTOLLSDYIOR, . . WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1869, | THE NEW ELECTION LAW. ; On the first pagoi;f to-days paper we publish thefrecent act of the Legislature amending the genﬁdqbﬁon' law of the State. It will bescen that it postpones the election of all officers ‘'whose terms would Hiaye expired next October, and provides that all vacancies shall be filled by operation of the constitutional provision, which declares (wec. 3, art. 16): “When- ~ ever it is provided iin this constitution, or in m;; law which may hereafter be passed, that any officer, other than a member of the General Assembly, shall hold his office for any given term, the same shall be construed to mean, that suchf officer . shall hold his office for such term, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.” And sec.'9, art. 6, provides that. “yacancies in county, township, ~ and town offices shall be filled in 'such manner as may be prescribed by law.” ~ Accustomed as the people of this country are to seeing laws enacted for no other purpose than that of taking away the rights of the citizen, we doubt whether oven a majority of the Republicans will approve of a measure that fastcns upon every community. ‘officials who could not ‘receive an extensjon of the term of office beyond the original, limited period, by submitting their/claims to the people.What right has & Legislature to' prolong the term of county or towoship officers ? Was this kuumi:tion of power .resorted to for the purpose of keeping in public positions a set of officers who were fearful of defeat in the fall, as a conse--quence of the 'fraudulent “ratitication” of-the"lsth amendment? Or is It; us alleged by the | Imperialist, intended to prepare the public mind for imperialism, and the establishment of a monarchial form of government? | Numerous abjections might be niised against the new law in otlier respects,— As it stands, a vacancy niust occur each year, in the office of county commissioner, and unless changed by the next Legislature, the term| of these officers muat be extended from year to year, without the -possibility of putting a stop to these vacancies or ‘pralongations .

: “RATIFIED.” e On last Thljlrsday, after the democratic ‘members of the Indiana Legislature had tendered their resignations, the radical members of tlie Benate and House, neither of these bodies having a quorum, illegally and unconstitutionally proceeded to ratify the 15c$ amendment to the constitation of the United States.. It is underwtood that _thiiy unlawful scheme was concocted by that unprincipled demagogue, Moxa Morton; at whose bidding the fragmentary ‘‘Legislature” deelared the Ethiopian amendment “duly ravified,” despite the protest of the few Democrats who remained to witness the endctment of this grand furce, | - : _ W hether Congress will declare the action of these usurpers of legislative au: thority valid, is not a subject for speculation. That will depend (ntirely upon circumstances, If énough other States can be induged to ratify the 15th amend. ment, Indiana will not be counted injthe .affirmative, bat if needed to rhake the requisite threei-tbur’ths, the Indisna “ratification” will surely be recognized. That is the redical mode of doing such things —regardless of law, precedence or rules of propriety. We might write colymn upon column ﬂp denynciation of this wil-lainous-outrage, bat prefer to “watch and sce” the eontequences. In the mean time we ask each and every one of our readers to contemplate how pleasant it will be to march up ¢o the'ballot-box by the side of sweet-scented Africans, and with what apparent ease representatives of the peo‘ple, sworn to obey and defend the constitution of Indiana, but forgetful of their solemn obligations, cast their votes for the obliterstion of the fundamental law of our State, and the striking down of the mast sscred rights of the people. =

Cause and Effect. | The suddenly-enfranchised Southern negroes, says an_Eastern exchange, have made ihe South one buge fleld ot horrible rapine ; but, with the exeeption of a case. of lynehing here ind there, mnotliing hus been done to eurb these devils of ‘their lustful will. -We predieted, when these awful outrages began to be common in the South, that if the people of the other seetions looked bn in apathy, they would soon have the erime habitually perpetrated in their midst, - North, East, and West, the negroes are begioning to indulge inthis offence with a devilish impunity perfectly - appailing. The latest victim is a Conpecticut school girl, aged only 13 years, living pesr- Allingtown, Connecticut. The negro monster/has not been captured. | Should he fall fnto the hands of the law, bogus philanthropists '~ will seek to gain his aquittal because of _his black skin. | e A’g Execellent Move. . A bill has been introduced in the New York Legislature prohibiting under heavy fine or imprisonment, any person to be ~ employed as prescriptionist in & drug . hop unless e has served two years’ apprenticesbip atthe business, or has graduated at somie ‘medical college or school of pharmacy, aﬁw he prepares the medicine under the direct supervision of some mmguﬁhﬁln above. . This measare looks i the right direction. Mis prescriptionists, and the results of error e ot Mt W, _even @m*@mw ot L posm W%‘ﬁ:ﬂ, M""’M. 'ﬂ%{%%ﬁ*w 1 e “ i-A i e ‘Mﬁﬁ#@rf ; W’W%‘M%‘%\% s | T Lroaiest dxninis of the. ) ; SRR e e

The Legislature repealed the Registry law, with the exception of the first section. Odious, useless and expensive a 8 that law was, one infinitely more pbnoxious has been adopted to take its ' place, requiring each ballot w& a nh‘hered..{;; the number to correspord with that of the person who votes. For instance if Johu Johnson stands No. 100 sn the poll book, thé imspector of elections will num‘ber the ballot he. vobes-100.. .By this means every voter is: “spotted.” = It can be ueerpmed how €vety man votes, and in effect abolishes the ballot system of voting. It is a most iniquitons measure. A Sheriff's mileage bill, fixing the- distance from each county seat to the State Prigon, was passed,

* 'The bill regulating therpractice of medicine failed on'its passage in' the House: The State Eclectic Medical - Association - happened to be in Session at Indianapolis when it'came before that august body. We don't mean to insinuate that there was any “conniving ‘and eonnoving"” between these grand and imposing bodies, but. it looks that way.. . . In the Senate, the bill -perfecting ‘the organization of ‘the Soldiers Home was passed. - Indiana will-continue to, mmintain a separate Home, being the only Btate in the Union which has not accepted the offer of the General Government.

. The bill'to provide for the. construction and maintenance of fish ladders, a new invention, costing but ' little—to cheapen an important article of food—was passed. : ; e : The House concurrent resolution, to print ten thousand copies: of the road law, for the uee of supervisors;, ‘was concurred in. i A bill allowing thé university of Notre Dame to hold $lOO,OOO of real property instead of $30,000, exempt from taxation, passed the Legislature on the 20thult. : S A b The County Seat bill that provides that when two-thirds of the tax-payers and legal voters shall ‘petition and procure two and one-fourth acres fora Court House site, the Commissioners may locate, passed. | : ' ATROCIOUS DESPOTISM. " The atrocious despotism under which the white people of Tennessee are living, succinctly described by the Cincinnati Enguirer in the following paragraph:

It is well for our readers to be informed as to what an el :ction amounts tp in Tennessee, and how the right of suffrage is exercised there—a right dear to freemen and fermidable to tyrants only.. The Governor has the power to appoint a register for each county in the State. No citizen can ‘vote without a certificate of qualification from the register.. There is an exception made in favor of those who have voted in certain elections held prior to the passage of the franchise law. Outside of this, every applicant for a certificate muat prove by two witnesses known to the register to have been ever loyal in sentiment and conduct to the government, and the applicant must take a similar oath. After this proof is made, the register grants the certificate or not, as he pleases. The. Governor can remove the register at any moment and declare the entire registration. void, and appoint ‘@ new register and requirea new registration ; or he can, without proof, or even the form of a political trial, declare any ‘number, or al"o the votes cast in anelection, fraudulent, and thys elect either candidate :or he can declare the wholé election void, and appoint a new register Bad order 8 new election ; or he can decline to order any election and appoint whom he -wishes to the office.. This power extends from the lowest to the highest office in the State, It will thus be perceived that absolute power is centrod in the Governor, This act of the Legislature has been declared by the Supreme Court of the State to be in accordance with-the Constitution of the Unite] States, which guaranteer a republican form of government to every State. The ‘judgu so deciding were all appointees of the-Governor. Senter, formerly Speaker of the Senate, is now ez offi¢io Governor of the State.: The- candidates for the nomination are Senter and Stokes, with the chances in favor of the latter. The “Conservatives have wisely conciuded to pyn no candidate, There is no chance for.a Demagrqt in the coming election. - i :

g Fhe Fplly of Seeking War. The New York. World, although not a particular admirer of Gov. Fish, trusts there is no truth in‘the report that he is going to resign. His resignation, just now, it thinks, would be a great misfortune, as Grant then would be free to drift into a war with Englaund, or Bpain—a catastrophe which be is understood not to be over-anxious to avert. Such a war, at this time, the editor goes on to ‘show, would be tantgmount to something like national suicide( Pk sl ,

It ‘would causg a further ingrease of our colossal national debt ; it would extend and prolong the reign of irredeemable paper money ; it would add toourgrinding taxes; it would enrich a new host of speculators, shoddyites, and bounty-brokers, and impoverish the laboring classes of the country by adding to the exorbitant prices whichy in obnsc?ouehee of the late war, they have to-pay for every nccessary of life. The country does not want anotherwar. . It needs 8 period of repose; it needs an opportunity to solve the difficult financial problems begueathed by the recent contest;” to refund the national debt; to build up our shattered commerce; to restore our d:ff‘ecmted currency to soundness; £0 nlleyiate the burdens of taxation. A new war wonld extinguish all hope of early recuperation, . . | TGI < e . Am Expedition for Cubs. ‘

The New York World has caused intense excitement by the publication of a statcment that the steamship Arago and several tenders had sailed from that port, and others along the Atlantic coast, with 9,000 filibusters on' board destined for the Island of Cubato fight in the runks of the insurgents now in arms against the Spanish government, The World alleges that the United States government. officials were cognizant of the departure of the vessel, and could have prevented ‘it from sailing, but declined to interfere: If these rumors be true, there is: a. lively prospect shead of getting into a little scrimmage with #paip. With this sign before us it.is not probable that our war rior President’ and ‘the great chieftains Sumper and Chandler, will continue their belligerency toward Great Britain. We may be able'to wallop one nation at 8 time, but it would worry us somewhat to have'two on band, 00 o - -~ When Queen Vietoria: was married, | . e LM &%’:«ﬂ‘iﬂ" L R e T s e T TR R VR RO e ) .« %i r““k'*;: :% pe—— :

_ Quite a commotion was recently ﬁ ted in journalistic circles by the develé | New York Sun, implicating M. J. By delphia paper called the Morning - Post, in some most damaging transsctions. It W'Wrg'thlt'ﬂiis ‘gentlethan, s 5061 as he received his appointment’df mißaging sell the influepce of that paper; snd of the Post, to prominent politicans: = The Sun publishes letters which go to show that Young made overtures for the ‘sale of the influence of both ‘papers t6' Gov. Curtin, but that he declined to. purchase, on the ground that he 3id not ‘believe Mr. Young could deliver the purchased property. Caméron was then approached, and he bit to the amount of $12,200.— Galusha A. Crow, who had Vice Presidential aspirations;: was mulcted to- the amount of $3,000, and Attorney General Brewster of Pennsylvania, in the sum of one thousand dollars, ~ © "7 inoon

- This, of course, was bad enough in ‘the managing editor of & newspaper which habitually boasts of its independence ofpoliticians, but therewas still more. behind showing a waant of principle and a violation of econfidence that is really shocking. The Zriune is a member of the As;ocia'ted Press; a most valuable portion of whose property is the cable telegrams.. The Post, however, is not a member of the Association, and not entitled to these dispatches, Nevertheless the cable telegrams regularly appear in the Post. Simonton, the Agent of the Associated Press, had reason to believe that the Post's dispatches were furnished from the Z'rébune office; and by M. Young, and he ‘therefore’ set & trap to eatch him. “He sent a oable dispatch to the Trsbune *datinig 'a day behind the dispatch &ent t6'the Herald ‘and Times. ‘Tt appeared in 'the Post with the T7idune date. Mr, S. then sent to the Tridune a false dispatch, announcing the escape of Garibaldi trom prison. He corrected it after the line to Philadelphia was closed. - The dispatch did not appear in the Zribune, but did “in the Post. On Nov. sth, Young writes to Simonton : . ¥

Notwithstanding the paper you show me, I am far ‘from thinking the news goes from the Tribune. I have closely examined-all the men who have directly or indirectly commuuication with the manifold news. I am convinced that they are not cognizant of the Post or any arrangement with the Post, i This shows up Mr. Young's regard for the truth. The Sun further says that this editor, who depreciates so strongly, through the. columns of -his paper, ‘the efforts of editors to get into- office; made an effort to get into Grant’s Cabinet,— The(Bun eays, in sonclusion, that all' these develbpments, including the ‘driginals of Young's letters, were laid before Mr. Gree ley a few wecksago. = . He read them through very carefully. He didn’t rise on bis feet in & fit of passion, and smack the bust of Lincoln ;adornin'% his sanctam. - Neither did he break the cbairs, disniember the tables, or split the desk, He: simply threw himself back in: bis chair, drew s long breath, and said, “Well, Sam, this is mighty interesting rendigg.” Three hours after he left the office, jamming his white hat on the back of his head, exClaiming, “Well, well, sold again, for the eighty-sixth time " 'Mr. Young tendered Mr. Greeley his resignation when' he learned that the ynderwriters and supercargo bad heard of his -.management of the c;aft. but- the resignation was not received, X G )

- The upshot of all this was that Yotng made affidavit before a New York Judge that Dana, of the Sun had libelled him to the amount of $lOO,OOO, and brought in suit for that some, Dana was arrested and beld to bail in $lO,OOO, It is pnderstocd other arrests are to be made on charges of conspiracy and libel. ~ Mr. Young, on -Baturday last, again tendered his resignation, which was this time promptly accepted by the stockholders of the Zribune, who have evidently become eonvinced of the corrupt nature of their managing edi;@r," S o :

Expenses of u‘uﬁ:iié venue €pllec: ! The Internal Revenue collection in.this country for the last three years foots: up as follows, in. counection with the cost of reollecting-it v 10l hoo mosird god : Amount. Cost-of collec'n, 1866... ... $300,500,000 $7,608,000 1867.......:. 268,500,000 . 8,082,000 1868........ 188,750,000 .. 9,327,000 | /Attention hag been called to: thei fact, says the- Cincinnati. Enguirer, that the less we receive from the revenue the larger the smount required to collect it'; ‘that we pay $1,600,000 more to get $188,000,000 into the Treasury than we gave' two years ago to collect $300,500,000, Some of the Republican papers appear to think that.if things go on 'in this. way for a few years, it will take one-half of the revenue to pay for collecting the otl;ér ~half, H i : Y

*But the fatlt of all ‘this' lies ot so much in the officers as in the' Congres - sional system under which they act, Therp. Was never 80 cumbrous a system heard of before.. Great Brittain collects nearly all her internal revenue from a very few articles. We, on the contrary, have tax es upon sixteen thousand articles. As was well said by the London T¥nys, when our law passed, “it is a complete inventory of every thing above the earth, on the earth, or beneath the earth.” It requires a very large army of office-holders to properly lop?gftﬂrthe taxes upun such an immense list of articles, Then, every year, while Congress has been taking off duties, or aterially ‘reducing them, it has, under the plea of preventing stealing in the revenue, added more - offices to the revenue. This is tlie reason why ‘an’ increase of expenditure to collect keeps even. pace with the lcasening sinont of the: sums collocted. The Tnternal Fereaus. Laws are a piece of patch-work from begixéning;tom, i , i : - Qo been o I engromed with ﬁhenegrobmwtb{teu bas had no time or disposition’ for the consideration of any practical financial qggﬁommx 307 Doathangs I ow ated & fresh hotde of officials known as ice whi ';"‘h’-; nol have been.dap % thes *' Up -'~‘"'} a.:‘»'f ere-brough b‘m 42 e, oniy o goe amployment b onhitiaat o r il A tive hmm Department |

1e gmtm u‘kma tbe New York Tribune, says that twentyoue Btates have ratified the Bthiopia ‘?:%") Amendment, nﬁ Mr, Greeley, imagining that he sees the way clear. for its ratification by eight additional “States, shouts “Land, Ho!” The that the 15th AQE;ent is a fixed fact. .In this, case the wish is father to the thought, but the.child is the miserable - abortion of a mean and con- " How are the facts? A cotemporary cites. among . the. twenty-one. States ‘mentioned by the Zribune as ‘having ratified the Amendment, Missouri, Nevady, Kansas and fPeanessee. | The legislatures of the first three, in their haste to show their contempt for the will of the people who elected them, adopted resolutions ratifying what they supposed to be this Amendment, before it was officially before them. The legislature of Missouri, just as a set of radical blockheads would do, ratified but a portion of it.” It is admitted by every decent lawyer in the land, that the resolutions of the, legislatures of these three States, intended as ratifications of the Amendment, are not worth the paper upon which they were writ‘ten. They are simply null and void. Tennessee has not acted upon the matl ter, and a new legislature will be cho--sen before that State will pass upon it. Henee but seventeen States have actually ratified, and in order to constitute the requisite three-fourths, twelve .more will have to give their assent. to the Amendment. Mr. Greeley’s. “Land. Ho!" is evidently a fog-bank by which the dim eyes of that anciept ‘mariper. in radical waters have been decelgred. L

Rhode island is counted by the Zvibume as certain to ratify the Amendment. It is true that the legislature of that State is. overwhelmingly radical, but the commonwealth. shows signe of becoming recalcitrant under the lash of the Jacobins at Washington, Its radical newspapers boldly declare that it would be a dangerous proceeding to grant to Congress the right to control the suffrage; ‘a right reserved to ‘the people and the States at the formation of the Government, We doubt whether *Jittle Rboda” (the endearing diminutive used by the radicals when the state, by giving them large majorities, puts them in the humor to call her pet names) will' bein a hurry to imperil her local sovereignty by endorsing the XVth:Amendment. i ;

Furthermore, ‘the Tribune thinks that Virginia, Mississippi and" Texas will be fully - “reconstructed” .by the time Congress will re-assemble, and that those States, under the compul‘gion of "Morton’s outrageous bill' to ‘make their admission into the Union contingent upon their acceptance of the XVth Amendment, will, also, ve added to the number of ratifying States. By this bold-and undisguised frand, the Tribune hopes the constitutional threefourths will be barely eked out. Now, upon this point we have' a remark to make : If a fraudulent ratification of the X Vth Amendment be obtained thio the campulsion of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas, under the thumb-screws and sweat-box of Morton’s bill, no honest man, o lover of Uiberty, no true republican, will regard it as afg‘ytﬁing but a gigantic swindle, the peeple will not, can not, dare not, submit to it, and its enJorcement must and wil be resisted even 0 revolution and'Blood. . There must be an end to the usurpations of radicalism, and it might as.well come soon as late,

by Aioq:(: :l;é World. . George Francis Tiain’s last sensation is an’ exqurb\iox? party around the world .1n ninety days; He made the proposition atsthe Director's meeting of the Pacific Railroad lest week, and a numbet of gentlemien have expressed - their ‘determination :tor go; among" them * Congressman Brooks of New York? < The party will be limited to fifteen, and will start from New York in August. Six days to San Francisch, twenty to Japan, and then Canton,” Singapore, Calcutta, . Ceylon, Aden, Red Sea, Buez Canal, land of Abra. ‘ham, Isaac and Jacob, the Nile, Pyramids, Cairo, Pompeii’s Pillar, Cleopatra’s Need. le and the Catacombs st Alexandria, J oppa; Jerusalem; Mount of Olives, Bethlehem, Dead Sea, Rivér Jordan, Damascus, Beyrout, Bmyrna, ‘Rhodes, Constantino-_ ple, Trieste,” Venice, ‘Berlin, “Frankfort, Brussels, Paris, London, Dubiin, to New | “York. This will be. the first timie the world has l{égn'ebdﬁm]‘)gssedgiin ninety days. Batire expense, about twelve, hun«dred dollars eagh to go over three -oceans ‘ and.two gontinents, seeing Ameriea, Asia, Africa and Europe at stedmboat and rail‘road speed, ‘and condensing an ‘age’ of knowledge and experience in about 'half the time it formerly-took the emigrant o Omrdoidiem. ;A contemporary says: “the bestowal of officss upon negroes and others who have pever. dous the State service,and leaving ex soldiers o beg or starve, is excitinguni. versal disaffeotion, . One -of the dissatisfled and disgusted ‘Wearers. .of ‘the blye sage thint while Bngland has e vV icto, “rin Croes," Fratiop "‘*’;'l.W“"oiﬂoﬁi:ﬁ Prusela, Austria, and Russigtheir various ortrs o rogrd s brsve and eritor ous soldier —to the Uafhed Statorof Aancrloalt s reserved toshow.the world that the olaim of an ex-niegro slave toan office is stronger than those of a brave and faith- . | Mho Ohlongn P Rl -pris, m%mm 0 708 s 501 S vimm b 0 fatnes ) by wﬁ ar ' 8g Vi : A ,f‘:‘,;* i ol waoe mibject OF cousethe

THE Am CLAIMS, The speech of My. Sumner upon the. Alsbama claims, and the instructions witleh therpegple of Great. Britain aro led #o believe bave been given to Minister Motley apon this subject appear to. ‘have created intense excitement in Engj land, and justly so. While there can be no doubt but that a speedy adjustment /of the difficulty between the two coun: tries is'desirable, it is ttter folly to hope

the attitnde assumed by Mr. Sumner is ‘endorsed and acted upon by the Government at Washington. It in fact leaves no alternative to Grest Britain _but to submit to the demands of this Government, or accept war as a consequence. Arbitration, or peaceful solution of the points at issue are out of the question, if the instructions to Mr. Motley are to partake of the extraordinary character developed b;gﬂxe Massachusetts Senator. Gen. Butler, it issaid, is preparing his yiews upon th.c;(ineetionb involved, nnd that he is of the opinion that, so far as the recognition of belligerency is ‘concerncd, our cause is as grave agaivst France and Spain as against England. He thinks that Mr. Sumner, by making the ground of his complaint sympathy with the rebellion against a constitutional government, puts the United States in a false position, e >

Thgf'v, is undoubtedly something underband, while we are making a vigorous show of indignation against Great Brittain, and going through the motions of proae_d;ntilng;oqr claims against her with intense earnestness :in leaving France and Spain, espeeially the former power, out of account. - The same offence ‘that was inflicted upon us by Great Britain in the declaration of ‘neutrality was also committed against us by France. Not only 80, says the St. Lousis Republican, but the act of the former was, it is said, suggested and instigated. by the latter, ‘Furthermore, it is believed that, after the ‘battle of Fredericksburg, the British government vas solicited by the French to ~récognize the indepenuence of the South. Still furtlier, France is known to have taken advantage of our conflict to attempt & lodgement in Mexico—a thing, which but. for the sudden termination of that conflict, .she would probably have ceffected. There is something mysterious in this, the reason for which ought to be eXplginpd.- T

1s it because it would be more popular to go to war with Great Britain than with France that the indignation of our puablic men is pointed so exclusively at the former that we have none whatever to eixpend upon the latter? If so, our clairxs, as we call them, are not dependent upon the question of right, but upon thaj of popularity. Is it' because Great Britain has territories ‘which we may annex while France has none, that we mrfké the difference? If so, we abandon the question of right for that of territorial acquisition. Tt is barely hinted that it would be prudent not to take _@oq; mnch upon our hands at once, and that, after we have settléd with England, we shall be free to deal with parties across tlie channel. ~ But if these pofvers are all in the same category, is there not some danger that they will make common oause, in which case there will be more passengers waked up than fs strictly eonVenient? It may be true that' the idea of war with Great Britain, irrespective of any special causus belli such as the laws of nations would Feeognige, is popular in the TUnited States; and that the idea of a war with France is not popular. In that case, if we. must go to war with Great Britain, the true. plan wowld be to go to war upon general principles; or, ag the lawyers say, upon the comman counts ; because” we dislike Great I?rftain ;- because ‘we want to take in her outlying poés‘gss‘ibns ; because of old grudges contracted in 1776 and 1813; because her writers say things to our disadvantage, and her carricaturists make us. look funny in their pictures. - But our course ‘of action against Great Britain on ,afzcounb‘ of 'her neutrality proelamation and its sequents will never put on a serious aspect and bear the appeararice of business until the other ‘parties in like manner offending shall be.included in. the pros ecnton, . e R e

; POLITICAL ITEMS. ' Bennett is to be weaned, The New York . Herald says “people are no longer inclined to nurse the devil.” The Detroit T'ribune (Rep.) charges “Benator Chandler with intriguing to prevent -the _re-election of ‘his collengue, Senator Howard, tothe Senate. . : 'Tho‘teﬂpmi@atioh of Governor Hayes by theiQhkio Republicans ‘is generally ‘ex"pectéd.. The State convention has just -been called to nieet at Columbus, June2B. . Ex President Jobnson praposes visiting Washington. To relieve the ‘apprehension of radicals it is announced that the visit is solely connected with business matters, T SR _Colonel Walker, Republicanand. Cou‘seryaﬁy&cgndidg‘tg for Governor of Virginia, has made appointmentsta speak in | different parts of the state, comencing at Norfolk. 'He " will’ visit Southwestern | Virginia and .the Shenandoah Valley. Eleetions will ‘take :place throughout South Carolinaon the 25th of May for county officers. The Demoorats, though heretofore in a.large minority in consequence of the:negro .vote, are orggnizing g?r_& spirited: Omgw . They .thiulg they GO9S Lhe ApUTe. Uppet TArt of the RBE r ebt e il . Several negro-State conventions are advertised. _?%?}%irsmi@ negroes meet ‘at Richmand, M: Jiiﬁ?‘ii‘ the Maryland negroes ‘at Paltimore, June 1 ;and the New York ‘negroes at Syracuse on the same day. The distribution’ of the Publié ‘patronage is ithe agitating motive with these dark pol-

. +Of the ‘Democratic: ahd Conservative papers in Virginia, swenty seven have come out for Walker, theindepeadent Republican candidafe, ﬁvﬁ; have made no .éiz,ﬁ.tweggw reserved their decision, and one (the Petersburg Rrpress) has taken a stand against voting at all. ‘' Among the leading journals In the Tirsb eategory are the .miopmwgn&nquw,’ Hf‘_k%;nd hﬁbv piteh; Lynehburg Republioan, Peters : Adndex, Fredericksburg Herald, Danvifl%‘ .-And it now seems thuu the potentate of Hayti is.not. pleased with the ides of a neg;[g.;peing“ sent him as the regresents; utive of these United. States, t ink‘in‘%f; himself entitledtod whiteman. And, al--80, it seems ﬁhﬁt“;ﬁe:""&ig?mgzic corps in Hayti dose not relih the ide of%mg ‘Jed by a_Cuffec minister, the American ‘amb ’ cale, AD: 'Bo_taking prece: fairs of European-powers, All this. premu»uaag-: m then, this is the radministration of blun-

WREMD ITEMS. . didate for 'i%_‘wn Marsbal‘.mthg edifor of the loil organ of that place, clisrging him with treachery to the: party.. .. .Sweet, of the Union, was favored with a carriage ride recently.....A 17 ‘yedr ltﬂpprwfmﬁxiﬁcmgm stole a hat from Richleyls &tore, was detected, and . GospmS. ~The. -Domocrat .is *flled to overflowing” \with good, paying advertisements, Miust soon enlarge again, Billy. -...1nt. Rev. Assessor Copeland ' and Wm. Defrees left for California last week, via the Pacific Railroad.. .. .Several Warsawians have recently removed’ to 'the prettiest town in Indidra—Goshen.. .. .

The .Demoorat denounces Prof. Justus Stuckenholzand wife as two of the greatest swindless traveling.| They are now holding forth at Chicago..... Work at the new court-house is being pushed: for ward ‘with all vossible|speed. . ... The Times is indignant over| the slim attendance at Seagor's conce » and, intimates that & “nigger ehow”. would be more liberally patronized—by tlie “loyalists,” we presume. s s o ' Lagrange Ceunty. = Dr. Rerick retires from the editorship ot the Standard, and is succeeded by John D, Devor, a pmc#iml printer and experienced newspaper man. We regret the * retirement of the| Doctor, as ‘he is not.only a spicy writer, but on more than one oceasion demoﬁsfbaj‘:d that whilst he tenaciously adherfd to bad and corrupt party, he had the, courage to denounce weasures advanced by m political associates whemcver he deemed them improper and injurious. His [reasons for bring. ing his journalistic citeer to a close; are impaired . health, ente#iug upon his'official duties as County Clerk, lack of capital, and the fear of hawing his office destroyed by fire.... .. The Standard ‘Bays “the prospect of the wheat and fruit crop hds not been as ﬁatterifng for many years as this spring. Applfes, peaches, pears, plums, strawberries, all are blooming prolifically. .We Lear of no exception to the flattering prospeets of fruit. If jack frost - will keep his hands off, all will be well.”

... The Democrat makes its appearance agnin in full “size. Bro, Coe displayed grest cnergy in resuscitating his paper.— May he be amply rewarded.. .. . Gen. Hugh McKee, the Grand Rapids R. R. contractor, informs the editor of the Democrat “that it is the intention of the Com. pany to push the work of finishing up the road north from Ft. Wayne, with the utmost vigor, and ha;e the cars.running to Sturgis by fall. The Company how have the means at ;thé*i»r command to ac complish all this and lcomplete the Road entire. Beyond'a peradventure the Grand Rapids and Indiana | Railroad is a ﬁxedl fact go far as an e@rlj completion is concerned, to its northern terminus.” |

‘| Whitley Counnty. The P, Ft. W. & C. R. R. las been‘ appraised at $lO,OOO a mile, by the Board of Appraisers, which met at Warsaw, a} few weeks ago: " There are 19 mileg of road in'thig county. This will make the total appraisement im the county $190,000, A nmice little su*n, says the Post.. ... ; Business|in Columbia Cityis oppressive1y dull, and money ni}moyiqgly scarce. . . . i The Post enquires “Why don’t our farmers pay more attention to the raising of Barley? | There is more demand for this’ kind of grain, at the present time, tha‘ni for any other grain raised. Prices rule very high. .... Great falling off in the. lumber trade, owingi to the bad roads. . . . . The Commercial deprecates the firing of shot-gunson Sundays. ; | DeEalb County. ‘ - More ?side-txacks.:a}re needed at the Wa- | terloo depot, to aﬁ‘commq_‘date the business... .. Hand-cars ‘have recently come! in collision with trains.....The wife of Real Estate Appraiser “Danser died recently of consumption, in Jackson twp. .. Thomas Baldoek, 'of Auburn, has the eontract for building an addition to the “county’ poor [ farm,” at a cost of $1450 —the, work to be, completed by | next October.. ..., The afnount -of_delin- ‘ quent fax returned by the county treasurer s, $29,012.56 . ... The cditors of the r : . of s§?§s’.? p?%fesd?:: cﬁgﬁﬁ,&g '6”:’l:s ruomﬂ_om aged 71 years. He was born in Washington co., Pa., moved to Indiana in 1852, and for 16 years resided in. Neble bounty, - T TAal aat hht

. STATE ITEMS. . A spring of ;uﬁning oil has been discovered in. Bluffton. i@ General Terrill, of Indiana, has been appointed, by the President, Third Assistant Postmaster General. Mishawaka has over five hundred industrious, well paid men, engaged in man. | ufacturing pursuits, : ; ! Fotﬁi-t‘bree new laws, including amendments, have resuited from the special session of the Indiana Legislature. ° = The' Physicians of Indianapolis have organized a Medical' College with a capital of sloo,ooo.—The institution. will commence operation in the fall, ' The Michigan State Fair will be held at Jackgon; this year, commenecing Sept. 21st and lasting four days’ In this State the Fair will be helg at Indianapolis, commencing on the 27th of Beptember. . "W.. H, Talbott, ex. President of the Indiana Sinking Fund, is ,goqu,m sue the 'lndiaﬁ}apﬁli%mrnalfor libel, s'ay!_ing' that he uséd $183,000 of the Indiana school ;monqy«in‘gi}ld g‘kﬁ;}ﬂing, oo B Miss Lizzle Boyhton, 6f Crawfords. ville, ,Iﬂd,;"ﬁﬁvln%lpw&m&n‘ the subject ‘After Suffrage, What? recieved answer the ather day in thé shape of an- old pair trousers, a jacket, and a dull razor. .« ° - | At Warsaw, on Monday ‘night of last w;:lkiwtém dtl\hl dc{a!f - John: W - Van Netta, : he slledged. wedding party poisener,.terminated in the con;gc@iowf?:hamﬁsed,, witl & sentenice. of two years in the Peni. f@f@;ﬁhmtern}in@iap& C%nfgreucej of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at itsiécq{:tsem on, passed a resolution by 8 unanimous vote, requesting all its mem:%mxw in from ’;th%&ﬁsedf tobucco, ‘and-re nending its' disuse among the Jnen miﬂ- ominL. SV 0 © = The. village of -Orland, ‘in smg:n] ’%‘i"’» [ub the burglars did n t;;?h!aﬁn“ ety Lo M ' it e i ing s comtertit ten dollar il Aer e st d M it Lo passed similar bills upon several parties i town. The counterfeits are said o be

. The largest “log jam” ever known on Black river, Wiseogsin,‘w'as f“!'me‘?,;%?l spring on an_jsland near Eaton’s mill, about eighitean miles north of Neillsvillc, The jam was three or four miles long, and the amount of logs it contained was ‘estimated -by competent judges to be ‘about seventy-five or eighty million fect, .

A new law has been passed authorizing counties and townships to aid in corstructing railroads; also, -one giving tie same right to cities. It is expected that, under the provisions of this last act, IndWﬁ&ﬁli‘gin us ‘materiul aid in the constraction of our north " and south railroad. The prospects of this enteérprise increase and become more epconpaging every day.— Gaoshen Times. S

. The Kentueky Leguslature las passed €iaw protecting Squistels letweep. the first of January and the first of June.. LIGONIER MARKET REPORT. - Whitewheat, 1,45 Cory ; 50 Amber red, 1,200 Bees wax .~ 80 Oats, GUbßatter. e b oBD Potatoes; 20 Xaxd, " | 18 Flax-seed, 175, v,nggs; i 10 Wook : 357t04°F<Bﬁthel’5ﬂ ST Rye, = .85 Dried apples: 10 KENDALLVILLE MAR 5},5'5‘7’, ‘(Corrected Weekly by Kaufman & Jacobs,) - - Whegb—wh!te 5 m Batter. .. . vonjseioad Wheat—red... .... 1.25 Egga......... ... 510 DOPR G i dvian i BTN sole 18 OBEE.oov. i oo i B 0 TRHOW: oo saal v WlO RYCLos..oivrovennss S 0 Feathers, .7 Lo P0tat0e5.....2....v" BB Pork. ... oo sy WlB Clover geed..’..... 9.00 Hay—tame....}.\ 10.00 Flax seed ... 2.00 Hay—marsh....... 600 Administrators Notice.: | . Notice is hereby %ven that the un hd% been appointed Administrator of the Estate o psA‘mmon CurLps, late of Noble county, deceased. id estate is su ed to be solvent. i F.o ¢ Jgg’gl TRUMBO, 4 dministrator. May 12th, 1869.-3 t. . SRR B ~ Notice of Sale. Notice ishereby given that lill selllat public auction, on Tuuvrsnay, June3d, 1569, at the residence of AMBrOSE CmiLps, late ‘inﬂobje- county, deceased, all his personal property, consisting of. o - Horses, Catile, Hogs,. and other property. A credit of ninc me avill be given og Alﬁums over Threc Douarsgbltlg%gpurchaser giving his note, bearing interest, with approved security, waiving valiation‘and ap})misement laws. JOHN TRUMBO, Adm’r. S Mayalth, 18808 t . T T SRS " WORDS OF WISDOM. . FORTOUNGMEN. = ' . “On tho'nnllng Passion in Youth: xQ"nd Early Manhood, with SELF HELP for the Erring and unfortunate. . Sent in sealed lege,r envelopes, free of charge. Addréss, HOWAR] ASSO;]?AQ%ION. Box P., PatLapwrema, Pa.: June 186, 69.-Iy. - : Ty Oy e ... TO THE PUBLIC, The subscribers, havlnf retired from the Mercantile Business several months ago,and their new business engagements requiring the speedy collection of all amounts due them, would respectfully but earueatkys,r'eqnest all permg& who- have thus'far neglected to pay their acconn: and-notes, to call' at our office withoui further| delay and uqm their obngmoqs—-t,he%‘mﬂng UB-ma~ ny v?mencga and themselves unnécegssry expense, : gt POl i ; Iﬁr the accomm‘o’dation of such-who may fiot he provided with the ready Cash, we. oﬂ'alh: to receive in lieu thereof WOOL, and other count y produce, at_highest market prices. - . STRAUS BROS. Ligonier, April 29, 186%: —t#, - - I |

CATARRH CAN BE CURED.; Headache reli.eged, and in fact _everg disease of the nose and head, permanentlycured by the use of the well known remedy, . 3 . Raeder's German Snuff, - A DELIGHTFUL AND PLEASANT REMEDY IN Catarrh, Headacke, Bad Breath, Hoarseness, Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs,:Deafness, dc., &3¢, And all Disorders resulting from Colds in Head, Throat & Jﬁ‘ocul,()rgans. “This Remedy does no;»“l)\g l"{p"a atdarrh, but LOOSENS it; freesthe head of all offensive matter, quickly removin%juß_sd Breath and Headache; althys and soothes the minghea_t in (Catarrh; is 80 mild and.agreeable in its effects that/it positively CURES WITHOUT SBNEEZING! Try it, for it costs but 85¢. For ﬂnlaf};%%ﬂ- druggista. Or sena 50c. t 0 0. P, SEYMOUR & CO., oston, and receive a box by return mail; March 11th, 1868.-Iy./ R pos

WOOL! WOOL! As the Wool';s»eason is ow at hz;l;d, 'w; would%innounce to our numerous customers and the farmers generally, that we are now pr_e‘paljed_ to pay u}e Highest Marlé'et Price ~\;\poßkwb_ovL_‘ EITHERIN = Oron_tv_h_e‘ most lﬂge_r;l te.rm of exchange fdl'—;gllr AR TRI celobrated 7 ‘s 7 HOOSIER JEANS, Satinets, Flannels, CASSTHERES, - BLANKETS, YARNS, &c., &c.,; Of which mmu eomp!ete—,havln ‘this e S NEW MACHINERY.— We &ré now inli)led to’;lf:gnmnm te mit?ﬁmﬁ% 1

Custom Carding < AND SPINNING, On the plwrtéét_ pbuce and ilbwgﬂt‘f' l:arm! GUARANTEEING OUR WO,BK] To give entif-eb ;utufaction; DOﬂ'; be ;he‘nted ou; | » of your, Wool’ by trqding it for { '‘BASTERN SHODDY, T ot oo P 53 o} ol ;.f;; \ : 5 s , by e : . BUT COME TOTHE = - i SRR, T e ; UIUWBGIGBF it YOUR MONEY'S WORTH, P S Rt e e A 8 kmow 1o sestatnty that you are et fhe MayWctm - Rome Olig T Bk L A e R s e R N e SO e

e e «ﬁhﬂi{l SSHT K:?F'l" bya Manufacturing ‘Eﬁ Co. to r;‘x?e[aa sell bwmmpwn‘ new lne of A d;oods; Sitoations permanent; wages pood, -H. H. RICHARD & CO., 413 Chestnnt 3& Philad idelphis, Pa, -~ .., . 4 , l, —n ‘ LTy ST R S _"“';""““.‘,‘““ & i "WA7ANTED, AGENTS. . “Wonder of the Y ‘W(:m;’& gnmg(t’?g to nc;um Rhetrmatism, e an e - on the m ‘gﬂ tem. 'Not to be paid for until tested. I .pa;:g) per. month and commisson, to distFibute packages. Lot eadwh2 - JLC. TILTOR, Pittsburg. P @

“HOW CAN IT BE IONE?" LT e e coowite WS ot 71 s é o .’ .Q #] R RE* g THE-DOLLAR - STORE;: e R ; "‘kxmlﬂ] :'V ' . CHICAGO. oT R SR G e | ¥ £ ry déscrip Lion- m:f} ety of FANCY GOODS, CUTLERY, LRATHER COosa S ELRY, ' BOOKS, ~ALBUMS, . SILVER-PLATED Wm_k'%ﬁh rchased at the extreme 1y Jdow price o E DOLLAR.for each article, Mmmmgood&mbg; ned at any other place for donble the amount and which the wholesaler” confesses e OANNOT nUy - for that pr%e?l, : L L # z ¥ 2 ‘6 réply: We have buyers constantly af the East, by whom job lots are obtained. at enormous disconnts, and besides, a large portion of ou;iqoodcx are gm‘po:::ﬁ direet from ;:g}l;q!)egq fan“%vi’ ilgs‘mw FAGUITY possessed by thelars. gPst L“ﬁhr’ Sale” firms of Boston, we' will, by means of the . i

CLUB SYSTEM mgm-imm&csaormr":h:unémmo:mm; and retail trade to those living at a distance, thns saving in Express Charges e o .. Three-fourths the Amount . How pald, and 2iving a Detter quiality of Goods cam bé wiatat oF gy Ao "3"m.”."" fridn _ Send in your €lubs, or sead for Circenlars to -r ; : ! Aot ~ ' ANNAND & Co., WS l;akéfstmeg, Chicago., : +Goods at Wholesale to the Trade, . . 4ws2 "

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QUARTERS! NEW;STOCK of BOOTS &SHOES V 4 1 > ! . L o ~The subscriber would. respectfully in- | form the.Ladies and:: Gw‘ent_le%icn of Ligonierand vicinity that he still continues in the Boot and Shoe business, at his old stand, on the Bast side of Cavin street, ‘oppesite the Post office, - where ean be found the following - with many - other articles: = . e el i ~* Thisadvertisement now willshow : L The Ligonier people where to Eg : - For Boots and Shipes of every kind,, - - "Tosult the most fastidions mind, 2 ~ For those w%o bow at Fashion’sshrine,, - Please call'a Bill's he does design s To keepawhat cannot fail to snn% kire i - The latest styles'of Shoe or Boot;: s .If Ladies wish for Slipgers neat e 'To suit their minds and it their feet, : -Of Gaiters of the latest fashion L i .-~ ‘When dressed to make asplendid dash-fi, "1. Or Bootees, Bhoes or ought to WRAF, .0 b Then call at Bill’s for they are there, e - Of every size and various hue ¢ - Made aithe Eastand Westward too, /! We also have an En%‘lish» tie g ~ /. For walking which the fair shouldbug ;- . For sake of health and eomfort too, < - ; Then call and buy onr kid-skin shoe, =« 3 Now farmers you will i))easo tocald . . At Bill’s, his Btock will please younall, His stock 18 good and can’t he beat - - By qny house on any streét; - L ‘ * A better boot cannot bemade el .Than those we keep for country trade, " - -Our thick brogans are also Btent,~ 7l . They'll.wear *till they are all wornout - . But if yon want a finer shoe, Then call at Bill’s he’ll furnish.you : ¢ With ¢alf, morrocco, or with k‘é; With kinds the best that will notrip. : Young Misses, toox we fond y greet, ~ - ..~ Come let us beantify your feet i . With gaiters, slippers or bootees - Of any kind that l;:.u.m m:z,‘pleuse. We alzo have for babes thatcreep ; . "A little shoe that’s very sheap ; b - 'Tis pliable and also neat, ’ ke . And will protect their littie feet, 3 ° Shoemakers here can be supplied . ~ . Witharticles of varions klnfs, 7 s With tacks, and thread, and awls, and last's . With knives and bristles, Pegs and rasps, .+ Come one, come all, giveusatry © * And we are sure that you will buy. Also-work done to order on the shortst notice and by superior workmen. Repairing done ‘at all times, Don’t forget the place, opposite the Post office. _ g F. W. SHINKE.

1T ) Yy ] THE PLACE TO BUY. ~_ Joseph Pearce’ . returns thanks to his friends and the pub., lie generally forthe liberal share of patron-. age received at their hands; and trusts, by prompt attention to business, to merit: continuance of the same. et lam making new additions to tay stoeck every w’eek, otj 4 f s i Drugs, Medicines. Varnish. Dve-stutis Perfumery, Gosmeties, }j'Bo',oks & Stationery.

POPULAR PATENT MEDICINES, ‘GOULDENS PATENT SOLUTION FoR D 6 s PATNEENGRE S BER ! ~Alargestockof DRY GOOBS; . Wall-Paper, - WINDOW BLINDS AND, HOLDER®: 7 Sy gy T ORRIG BT R Y S i SELEY ey e vy : S 7B v.-n : "' OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, “ XS o o '. el ’ A :‘ E ¥ o 5 Fish ‘and Salt. ORIV G T EWRGEL il o b am D i tgag T T Retﬁai‘l‘_,gn};ﬁpyw;he;‘b’?xrrel. i oR del ‘?s.‘:: 'l{» : i ' O OCHESTER Fi oUR .o keplt constantly on hand, all of whine will },Jf#}!@fi*fﬁh‘@llf ” i\i;.‘l?’lnyi '3133111&33; in his market. - L e AL Ny &o.” d"‘cv,’ doi® &Q‘ ¥ E%4 3 * A'fine variety of other articlés and Tos tions too numerous, to inentibn; ‘siter which AT LVING PR LS, : L 8 s el B S i gty L 3 *}&{KV@?<--~ R R Sl ': ii'»vi :‘i We invite Inspection’ Of our stock, sonfidentof giving satisfir tion ] Yot 1 :;rmm"’ ‘Wi price r'w:ﬁ;m:: Hich 1 Al kinds emtrywedmw:ig ,exohnmfa: M‘L' itk fu,::ym o 3 Ein el " ‘~;' 4 ‘ ] 0 \ H, R, CORREL ‘ﬁ SRON, =