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[Tesntance 4o Treanit s Ghodionce 1o Go! ITT R e |, % B.BTOLL BDIIOR. . WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1869, T T | Washington, dispaches announce the | appointment of Geo. MM)"o_f Warsaw, | to the Internal Revenue C&Uectorship of | the 10th District, pz’ca.ﬁ. iL.;Withers, of - Ft. Wayne, removed. Mr. Moon was for- | merly quite a prominent politician, but . during the last few years geems to have ~itaken little interest in | politics,*having - devoted most of his time to business in | other parts.” e 4 | Mr. Withers was a most excellent offi- ~ cer, being & man of decided ability, and | possessed of rare administrative talent.— - In his social intercourse he ‘exhibits the | marks of a courteous, aiﬂ'able gentleman, | and is highly esteemed by jall who enjoy + his acquaintarice. He bas fjxeld the office . of collector from the very inauguration . of the Intérnal Revenue system, and is consequently thorou’ghlly acquainted with | the laws and regulations of that Bureau. - His removal is attributable solely to the circumstance of his not/being a citizen of ~ the congressional district as now consti- . - tuted, and, perhaps, tlfmt of having enjoyed the emoluments of the office for . nearly seven years.. Mr, -Withers living ¢ ~outside of.eur district, Billy Williams - regarded that gentleman’s retention in " office of no earthly benefit tp himself, and being; cognizant of the fact that strong opposition will be made /against his renomination next year, the necessity of procuring the office for one of his immediate constituents became quite apparent. Mr. Moon is expected to render valuable | assistance in procurinfg another” lease of power for our* demagogical congressman, both by the appointment of his deputies ~in the different counties, and by applying | his vast “convincing powers” upon | the faithful édherentb of radicalism. It - is true, that Mr. Withers labored very earnestly in the late campaign for the ~ election of both Williams and Grant, but + that belongs to the past, and the necessi- . ties of the hour—or rather the future advancement of Billy’s political fortunes—require something more than the earnest arguments that charactérized Mr. With- .. ers’ speeches last. fall. T ' i To be candid abiout the matter, and “gpeaking from a purely_ political stand- . point, we are well pleased with the re- - moval of Mr. Withers. In the first place, ~ we believe in rotation in office; secondly, "~ we think he has had the Collectorship long enough’; and thirdly, it is our opinion that a gentleman of his unconcealable and inextinguishable conservatism has no businegs to hold office under such a perfidious administration as that of Gen. Grant, We might add, in addition to these reasons, that it is alyvays a source * ot gratification to us to chronicle ‘the: removsl of gentlemen who managed to keep themselves in office under President Johnsori’ by either 'Secretly professing friendship to bis ddminiéﬁration, or maintaining a sort of neutral jor non-commit-tal relation with the same prior to the passage of the civil tenuve-ofooffice law, and who, subsequent to that period, took special pains to establish \their profound devotion to the cause ot the most corrupt and anscrupulous/party t;:at‘ ever plotted the ruin of a Republic.

* A Question. ; Mr. Copeland will probably spend the summer in California and other' portions of the West. We hoge; he may have a profitable and-agteeable sojourn “far off in the West,” and be spared to return again to his home and| friends here.— Goshen Times. ~ : So do we. And in connection with this, we hope it may not be deemed impertinent for us to inquire whether our economical . friend, . Assessor Copeland, draws his official salary reguiarly whilst exploring. tha ~mountain regions of the golden State? If we renPember correctly, Georgie . claims (considerable credit for managing the affairs of his district cheaper than.any other official in the United } States, consequently a little information, on this subject would. no doubt prove very interesting just now.. .Our private opinion, (fubl-.icl{ expressed, is that Mr. Copeland finds it quite convenient to cut down the salaries of his'assistants, whose’ labors are the mnost arduous, 'to :almost nothing, whilst it is .entirely consistent: with his ideas of progﬁ?ty to pocket bis, full salary, although he does not see the inside of the assessor’s’ office for months. Sentiments of a Distinguished Souths, G emer.‘ ; The Hon. Jacob Thompson, of Mississip pi, recently made a speech to his neighbors at Oxford, in that State, on his return from Europe, I:Ie took . rather a hopeful and chderful viaw of the sitdation, The people of the South 'had attempted by force of aruls ‘to set up and maintaina separate Government, and had failed. It was now their | duty tg]aqcepttheresult of that failure iin ‘good faith ; to siruggle with a hearby gmd. will to build up waste phees,and”thuqlecum q:gspcﬁty and plen~ ty to. the people. Mr Thompson, suid & “In all agesthe God of battles has made, some curious and ine g»};lq decisions, But it is not for us to find out the reasons which controlled Hita! " It is ours only to obey the decision, Beﬁmﬁmﬂ it there is noapm . 'ln the'late war vhe power of .arms deeids gwe“,t-ho% ram‘iogzope: ‘people, now ax ver. - The God of bat: tles d,ﬁﬁﬂed-.; W &%vm,ofhﬁa;:e %x? o e e Tt justify the ways of God to man, and therefore’ ‘the case shoul d.beso decided. From this ‘position. a duty is_de alv.@dsﬂxgm;,m,ry. mas Sadi ‘vi.gi' al is botnd to conm g ] m B ‘6' .Mw { le‘a‘, 4 ,*mzim‘m fun woge Maday fa |vu ce’ AXL”M ;a, -.' M» fication of the ‘lsth ameéndment’ by - s 20 & “:" "s?&' *Fﬁ M?Wﬁ? & 'Mz U“”"ma\?‘éhf\*k{;‘)&@"’ o Yors . SRS ,s‘4‘ : ok - for- | iu-,';».‘:..: e " B " ,:z,:&wﬂ*s&ww,ﬁ | wou S Ay @»:éi'f@‘a:-f “‘k@‘ﬂ“'mﬁi

The Milwaukee Wisconsin holds out u most encouraging prospect as regards tbe growing wheat crop in the Northwest. - The cool moist weather of the past two weeks is regarded on all bards as excellent for it. “We appre’send,” says i:hg Wisconsin “there is b=yt little danger of the wheat being jnjured from drought, providing the conditions-during the . early stages 7,f jtg growth are favorable.— Up to the present time this year these ¢o%ditions have been all that could be ‘desired, and from all sections of the country we hear reports of a prevailing impression that this is to be ‘an old fashioned ‘wheat year.'” N n - The same paper anticipates what, to the farmer, is a less flattering result, viz: still lower prices than the present. It says:

1¢ is only the uncertainties of the coming season that keeps prices even at their present low level, and in so far as prices are influenced by prespective causes, values will tend to declipe in tproportziou to the increasing assurances of a large crop. From the best information we can glean from our eéxchanges, in this State and Minnesota, not more than two-thirds, at most, of last year’s crop has been marketed, while a larger bteadth of ground has been sown this season than usual. - With such a surplus in the hands of farmers, the storehouses of the country well stocked, and every promise of another full ccrop to be thrown upon an already glutted market in a few weeks, we see nothing to warrant a hope of better prices, but rather a combination of depressing causes that must produce a’ still further decline, unless this inevitable tendéncy is arrested by a master stroke of Providence that shall produce a wide extended failure through the wheat-growing countries of the world. = . :

+ If low prices for wheat, comments the Buffalo Hzpress, mean cheap food for the consuming million, they are apt to mear, too, a general depression of business; for when the farmers feel poor it does not take long for the whole country to be made conscious of the fact. A very little falling off in the extent of their individusl trading at the country stores swells into a very big falling off in the business of jobbing merchants, the sale of manufacturers and the traffic of railroads and transportation companies. So that cheap tood in the country is quite likely to be accompanied by results which more than cancel the benefits of it to the laboring

~ Btill in the present situation of things at the West, low prices may have rather a contrary effect. For the past year, the farmers, to a great extent, have been placing themselves in rather straightened circumstances by holding on to their grain, in expectation or hope that the steady decline of prices might this season be reversed: An abundantnew crop will make them quite ready to sell, and if they are able tosell the accumulated store even at low figures, there will be a really easier feeling among them than there has been.. They will have more money to spend and more disposition to spend it than they have had with the profits of their farming locked up; in unsold wheat and corn, It is possible - that low prices may open extensivd markets and produce an active movement of grain eastward for exportation, even though average crops prevail in Europe. If we can, largely increase our export of breadstuffs, the commercial and financial state of the country will be immensely improved by it, and low prices- for wheat, having that result, will be a blessing to the farmers as well as to everybody else. ! ; Wildness. A writer in one of our magazines for the current montn makes an elegant protest against the slaughter of the innocents by sportsmen. He says: “A wail comes up from the woods and prairies, from the lakes, the rivers, and marshes, because of the wanton cruelty of man. Birds, and deer, and other “game, are rapidly disa})pearing before the wasteful footsteps of men, whose murderous guns, and traps, and nets spare nothing that ministers to their gluttonous appetites and their cruel cupidity. Prairie chickens are caught in nets'and carried off to market to fill the purse of some one who does not care on whose land he trespasses, on whose land he invades, so long as he can get the market value of the wild towls God designed to be distributed , to all and not to be monopolized by the few. Aside from this unjust, mean and cruel monopoly of the fowls of the air, and ‘the beasts of the field, and the injusticewhich comes of it, there is positive and’ wicked cruelty tothe creatures themselves. They suffer fright and pain; many that are not wantonly killed are"segarated from their'mates and wounded. Parents are slain and their offsprings” starved to death. See how the poor things tremble with fear in the presence of man; hear their cry of pain coming up’through the listening air. ‘Th’emng of the gunstrikes 'tegror to the heart of the unoffending bird. ‘The truant boy, who steals the callow brood from the warm, round nest, breaks the heart of their mother, and she proclaims her loss with a pathos which mlgtnt move the hardest heart. Flocks of wild fow], entangled in nets spread by men who care not for the season nor the relations of the mother birds to their offspring, flutter and scream in anguish, and appeal in vain for the freedom of -the unchartered air, which is their right.” R D S The Howard T'ribune finds time and space- for the following sensible | article: “Whenever you find a professed Christian who believes that he is the embodi~ment of thie law and the gospel, whenever you find.a man who -knows so well he is right that he will quarrel with- and de. ‘flounee all who disagree with him; whenever you find a person.who -cares more for_disputation about points differently ‘?:l;ler_ntqqgl l::::n: -he dmsﬁ;or acting his igion{ whenever you fid a pompous ;Chgi:im; one' who inpudently detmt himself right with no charity to others; whether he be Methodist, Congregation‘nalist, Campbellite or Presbyterian, you can rely on it that you have got your eye on & man ‘who is the perfect image of the ‘Pharisees who lived in the days of Christ.”:

Beveral beautiful specimens of French china have heen imported, from which Mrs. President Grant is o select a dinner set for the Executive Mansion, ' The pieces are of several patterns:and beautifyl designs, each piece being degorsted with fruits, flewers, game, etc,, all bearing the: ‘President’s monagram, in gold, and coaf, of arme of the United States! ‘The dinner gt will be an e:?mtaﬁ'uir, compriss ing over five hundred pieces, and will be, used on State oceasions-only at the White Em; BT HEe O 3 §ASE ans B DL L [ TAALIT 10l A i 1) s,,’l‘hgwwihag ppointed as a cadet § B A A 8 ANRRLER, . em, of Ohio, who, at ¢ rﬁﬂﬂf fOhlsamtp, dnoﬁdhis drum fc i: musHiskpitess .;.é’"’ ) Mooy m@gﬁ;‘v dn?rbd puts on & great many.” - e

The radicals of Tennessee held a ﬁ convention at Nashville, the other week for governor and otherstate officers gﬁ proceedings were ‘ characterized by the | | most shameful disorder, and the conven< tion finally broke up in a row without making any nominations. "The candidates for governor are De Witt C. Senter, .the present incumbent, and Col. 'W. B. Stokes, late .member. of Congress. . The fight entered on the election of temporary chairman of the convention. The candidate of .the Stokes party was R. R. Butler, late member of Congress, against whom the Senter party pitted Dr. T. H. Pearne, editor of the Knoxville Whig.— Each faction claimed that its man was elected, and a flerce struggle for the chair ensued between Butler and Pearne., At this juncture a leading radical, David Nelson, approached Butler and slapped him in the face. Pistols were drawn by Nelson, Butler and others, when the police interfered and arrested the ex:Congressman and the belligerent Nelson.— The convention then adjourned, amid indescribable confusion to meet the next day. When it reassembled, the same scenes were reenacted, and after much turbulence, the delegates, agreeing to disa- ‘ gree, dispersed without settling a ticket. This is but the beginning of the end, and ~we shall not. be surprised to hear of the loyal saints in Tennessee cutting each other’s throats and hanging one another to the limbs of trees, in the most approved John Brown fashion. They have talked solong and so much about the imaginary KuKlux, that they find it an absolute- necessity to have a real imstitution of that sort, and have, therefare, concluded to start “Klans” of their own, The tclegraphic reports in the daily . papers gave us but & brief outline of the scenes enacted in this convention, and we propose to supply the deficit by copying the following extracts from the correspondence of the Cincibnati Commercial, a “truly loil” paper that cannot be suspected of over-drawing the doings of its political associates. ' The report says : Here the confusion and moise became indescribable, I never heard lnythmg that approached to it before, in point of strength and volume, and old politicians who have grown gmy in the service, say that it was beyond anything in their ex--perience. | Cate tried to -pgeal to their reason, and asked if they didn’t want to behave like decent white men. This was the signal for a fresh outburst. Cries of “Do you:mean to insult the colored delegates?” arose from all parts of the house. “We're as white as you are,” screamed the negroes, until their faces were ineither white nor black, but red. Poor Senator Cate only used the term “white men” as a sort of comparison, but he had got his foot into it, and the Convention woyld not listen: while he got it out. Here confusion became worse confounded. Not one less than a dozen men, some white and others hlack, were mounted upon tables and desks, all fiercely speaking and gesticulating at once. It was a melancholy waste of words and wind, for no one heard what was said. Men were denounced as liars and fools, but were supremely indifterent thereto, asthey did not hear the compliment. An old man, whose gray hairs should have commanded Trespect, and did com--mand silence for a few seconds, pointed to the portrait of Lincoln, which hangs in the ball, and said “that it was a wonder that it did not frown upon this dis. graceful scene,” Here the yells for ‘But-. ler, ‘Pearne,’ and ‘Order’ set in again; and onc man lcadlug uff Ly saylug tuas old Abe might frown and be @—d, he was not going to be run over by a set of G—d d—d political hacks, and was ready to fight it out on that line, regardless of the time it might take. : A very sensible negro, beicg sagacious enough to see that nothing could be done with three chairmen, all determined to act in that m(smcity at once, moved “Dat: we do now adjourn,” and was rewarded for his praiseworthy effort in behalf of peace by being pulled over the desk backward. As he struck on his head, however, he was not hurt. : Here the irrepressible Pearne made another effort to remind the convention of his existerce. - Drawing himself up to his full beight, he screamed, “Gentlemen, I 1 will be heard,” md.‘guj&in% as much breath behind the word “will” as would ! be- necessary to preach an ordinary ser‘mon. . ‘The Stokes men were equally: ~determined that he should not be heard, ‘and they carried the.day. All this time ‘ Cate kept rapping his gavel with commendable gemevemnoe. ' -Henry Dutch, of Chattanooga, mount. ed a desk at the back end of the hall, and ‘spoke' for full ten minutes, dpparently ° boiling over with rage, but nobody paid’ any attention to him, -except an old white-headed negetg,' who (pointed to the . eloquent but excited Dutch, and requested the Convention, in a loud voice, to' “Listen to that d—d fool.” But they would not. | e And thus matters went on (or rather didn't go off) for two hours and a half — It was one-continued scene of confusion. The three chairmen ‘all. tried to act at once, and all spoke at once. Nothing whatever was accomplished... The galleries were crowded to suffocation by men who watched the combined circus and menagerie below with the. liveliest inter-. est. How long this might have. contin. ued, I know not, had it not been for Butler and David Nelson getting into a fight.' Nelson approached Butler, who was trying to act as chairman, and words ensued, | the import of which nobody knows, when they clinched, and would have rolled ov--er on the floor had not the crowd been 8o great that they could not. And here ensued & scéne such as is not witnessed’ ‘often. " Everybody "rushed pell mell over, the desks, pistols and knives were drawn, “and, if ten or fifteen police had not been in the room, there would have been blood. sh_'edhg, l{t was a mmtte;rtq_m who was fighting, and who was trying to. part. those who were. fighting. Some rushed. out, believing that there would be a gen. eral fight, and others rushed in, believing the same thing, and wanting to take part’ in it. . More uglmy,mndc their api)ear-;: ance, and, r a good deal of pulling and hauling, swestzgs;mdmgma{ R. Butler, member of Congress, and Dax, vid Nelson, of Knoxville, were marched off under guard, each accompanied by a num-, beio(i;“ﬁ"iend&" “adin oﬁ okt .nd now ensued a scene of indescribable confusion. Twenty or'thirty were on’ the floor ‘at once (or ‘rather upon the desks,)' and/ the display: ‘of passion was temv vy r o G F "1;,’.1'; l*r": ’.‘7;’.,?» 23 ‘;:’}‘s ﬁn old negro, who had apparently, been well mised, proposed, that De, vention Y TSR NN e s fib%ﬁk’i' e Hool isg. - Grind rfé ‘brother' Pearne,? =~ ¢ i v Sghul o A voice—“G+@ d:om’ 6ld Pearne - o can’t pray.” 3 . A delegatec-Gentlemen; this "ere 15 Y ,“,,E«: I AN T SR S : the ol 3T .";.- . 24,; EE 'r\?"_ iy ,‘% ‘ ot 0 e SN B {8 S ‘ R e e f,-é? s

| "#Say for old Pearne’s sake, he's run- ‘ "8. mechine™ &. & & | Brownlow—*l will be heard—" = | L e 705 wos', the Brownlow family's e “Please listen t 0 me-one moment. e gy have only to say— [D—n you and your ~ztlalbe{ugy—" Here he was com-. "pl“] y drowned out and forced to give gp}t v T P Ak 1 _ Pearne advanced toward the speaker's. stand and endeavored to say ‘th' but he only got out, “Whither, ah, whither are we drinh’?" when a negro answered, “To hell,” which was followed b{ ‘ a roar of langhter, and cries of “Butler,” “Butier.” Maeuhgdto speak, but the Senter men told" to shut ‘up his d—d rebel mouth, and cheered lustily for Pearne. E ‘ Here a man fell off a desk, and tboclz of “a fight,” “a ﬁ;%:t” was raised, which - brought the police and everybody else pell-mell on to the unfortunate man. A young fellow mounted a desk and commenced denouncing Btokes, when the Stokes men yelléd, “take him down I"— “Take him to his mother,” &c, amid the jeers of the negroes who cried out, “Stokes sin't like Senter, he didn't have to have his di‘éﬁculties xwemoved.”l weg ‘ A delegate — “Disabiliti on 422 00l Py ‘ A voice—“ Who removed Butler’s disabilities? He used to be a rebel ?” Another voice—*lt's a G—d d—a infernal lie!” : 2 Here everything went into confusion worse confounded—at least fifty men all talking at once, and some getting ready go try the knock-down argument of the st. . : | Cate—*“l have a paper—" | Beveral voices—“Go to h—ll with your 1 paper.” - ; . Cate—“ But it's important, and—" Voices— “Then let & white man read it. We.don’t want to hear you.” [Cheers, groans and laughter.] . Cate—*“lt’s » dispatch from Governor Sprague to the working men.” Voices—*“G—d d—n Sprague and you, too.”” = Another voies, Give it t 0 & man whe ean read.” [Lnnghter.] A negro—“What's Sprague got.to do with this ‘vention?” . A del:flte, about two-thirds drunk—- “ Three cheers for Senter, and d—n the Duncan letter.,” [Cheers.] | Butler—"“Bilence, till the di’om is read.” [Groans for Butler, and ¢ for Pearne.] 1 e A

A voice—Cate can’t read—give it to a n .” : 4 gno&her—“w's buy Stokes and Cates a nxelling book.”. ' Another—*“Let ‘em alone, they’ll steal one-" Cate—*“T will now read the dispatch, and—" ‘ it Delegate from Chattanooga [ hoarse] —“No, you won't; you're played cut ; we don’t want to hear you.” = Negro—" Let the gem'an read.” White delegate—“ Yes, let him read about the Stokes-Cates conspiracy. That is what we want to hear.” k A voice—*“Where’s the school fund?” Cate here began reading the dispatch from Sprague in a loud voice. The substance of it was that the man who killed Abbott would address the citizens of Nashville on Monday night. Delegate—Less nominate Sprague for Governor.” Another—*No, less nominate Enos Hopkins.” [Great laughter and cheers] An old man—*“Gentlemen, I—" Here he was interrupted by shouts of “put him down.” “Take him out.” ' . A” voice—*Let the d—d old fool go on.” - i : Delegate—“ Cate, I apologize to Sprag?ga for not listening top:’he dispatch, but not to you, G—d d—n you.” ‘Mr. Williams, [in the speaker’s stand] —“I would like to, to—" { Voices—“ Dry up, you old bald headed d—l. 'Go back to Ohio, and stop makinivonr livinf“ by swiadling poor folks.” negro—*l move that we'ans now adjourn.” Another—*“Where to *” 2 White man—*“To h~11.” ; Voices—“ We're already there.” ‘ Another voice—“ Then 1 hope old Pearne will burn up, G—d d—n him.” Delegate—“Pearne, why the h—l don't you fight ?” 3 e = Negro—“He would'nt fight a bob tailed cat.” : A : e 2T

Here a large, fine fooking mulatto ' got upon a desk, and with tears in . his" eyes, asked if the Convention would hear him. Cries of “Yes,” “no,” “take him out,” &c.; ‘but the mulatto maintained his ground, and, as the confusion subsided a little, he said that he hoped he would never see such a day ag:it:, and that his um‘miglxt never again hear what they had this day been compelled to listen to. “White men,” exclaimed he, “colored men - look to you for an example, but I warn my race to follow you no longer. it this is the way you are going to act. It seems as though the voice of that martyred man, pointing to the portrait of Lincoln, wauld cry from the grave at such a scene as this, My white friends, I am ashamed of you, and ‘so is every decent colored man in the house. I say to my. people, beware, oh, beware, of following after the white man.” This little speech gmdueqd a .sensation, Silence reigned for the space of s minute, and it seemed as though the truth he had spoken had sunk deep into '1;111};3 hezr:: oghheis hearfrs. L . ut seon tumult began agsin, and raged worse than ever, ..~ o o - “Can a Spirit be Photographed 7 ‘gi'l‘he citi%éiu of New Y‘%‘rk l;a,vok _‘beeox; tating this question quite briskly o late, m«fa‘s 8 consequence some singular developments have been made. One W. H lgumler bas been on trial for mﬂi ing -deception; in Wﬁn? ' could produce the pictures of deceased persons. 'While on the stand, Mr. Mumler stated that when an engraver in Baston, in 18_61,ihe used iometm:d‘t:qzq experiments in & p hic gallery.— One '/ SBunday, " Vm alone in the gallery, he attempted o “obtain & photograph of himself, and then first discovered, while developing:-it, & second form on the plate.. .Subsequent attempts produced remarkable resalts. = Whereupon he determined to leave his own bu-. smee;.g and = devote himself too'glotbBERPRY. 0o DU e e

A Bostonian makes Kublic ‘the “fact’ ‘that in 1867 he'sat for is picture in the rooms of a lll)hotogl;gpher tlﬁving in Co;: " necticut: valley. ~ Buri e process: Dat YapOFY ftiin o S ut va emale form appeared. stand-. ing at &):y side of thg,_aittel;.‘ " The photographer declared be did not know how. the formi got ‘on the plate, he could’ only say that he saw the woman, that he lad occasionally ‘taken similar pictures, but’ ‘through no ageticy of his, -and that he did not want to heve anything to do WD .. 1o - svnca ot st 206 NOZID Wil), bes negro, Ju. spite of. %m%%‘@ﬁm WL 8 Viey of making him 8- hite man. ‘Am,mm%m--Bt. .Augustine, Florids, says; e tlﬁf , R oy ot Wit soythingthey ot ek up. £l6 1 Not v:, e ~ Nousa . ) considering that only a return to slavery; but m will steal everghlig-nqeur lay their hands upen. ~What is true of them in .Florida, will prove true of them i" ?Ailiw#" W?: i ,!‘??\"‘*‘l3),7[ a when poor. . o »

(Oswrco, Kansas, May 10th, 1869. J B e . F. . Kansss. Well, when I left Ligonier, I City, Lawrence, and Ottawa by rail, and then from there here. We travel the ‘best way we can, but mostly in wagons or and’ sny and “every way to get here ; as for me; I bought a team in Ottawa and cameon here in a wagon. Well, friend Stoll, this is a fine country, and is fast filling up. ‘The indications of increasing prosperity for our State the coming year, are unexampled in its history. Already a tide of emigration, unequalled in numbers and unexcelled in all the qualifications that make up the successful ‘pioneer, is crossing our eastern and northern borders and settling down all over our broad prairies ; towns spring up as if by magie, and grow into cities which count their population by thousands. :The farmer, the mechani¢, the

tradesman alike are flocking into Kansas as they never have before into any State so young. Those who come out prespecting, return only to get their families and tell their neighbors of the unparalelled ‘advantages which Kansas offers to all the industrial classes, Our emigrations are not confined to thelittle trains of four or five or a half a dozen wagons, with as many families—they come by colonies; there is a colony of Swedes on the Kickapoo Reserve, a colony of Norweégians on the Solomon river; the Ohio Emigration Society has located one hundred and fifty families in Saline county, and a colony of French in the west part of Franklin county.— A heavy column of settlers is constantly on the move to the Owage Reservation and Cherokee neutral lands; thus is ‘our State filling up, while the rapid building ‘of railroads is daily adding to the natural attractions of the State, the desirable advantages of convenient markets, the- increase in the value of*property, engendered by these great works, will, ‘of course, belarge and place many settlers of limited circumstances in a position to enlarge and extend their improvements. A much greater breadth of all kinds of grain is sown than ever before in the State, and with a fair season all kinds of busines will receive a vigorons acceleration from the income of a bounteous harvest. Everybody is hopeful and confident, ani men of means (not mean men) are investing heavily in promising industrial enterprises' of all kinds. The State is being constantly traversed by capitalists from the east, looking up fields of profitable investment, and they seldom fail to. suit themselves. But to Labette county, the gar: den county of thegarden State. This county lies in the great Neosho valley and is bounded gn -the east by the Neosho river, or nearly so 0; on the south it goes to the State line; the Verdegres is-on the west, so you see we are in the valley. On all of the streams there is timber. There are the Big and Little Labette creeks, the Nackberry Lake, Pumpkin, Elm, Deer, and several other fmall creeks that run through this county; there is stone and coal in abundance. Oswego, the county-seat of Labette, is one of the most flourishing towns in this State and constantly improving. The building of Oswego commeneced in August, 1867, and with energetic and liberal men to push on the great work, has grown into large and graceful proportions ; it has three hotels, twenty-five business houses, a fine school house, two saw mills, a live newspaper, one banking house, and & population of about one thousand. Oswego hasa beautiful location, it is situated on a high prairie, near the west bank of the Neosho river, and about thirteen miles from the southern . line of the BState. Large bodies of timber, stone and coal in abundance. The town company will give a lot to any one that will build a house; it has an excellent brass band and flourishing Lodges of Masons and odd FelJows. Oswego is on the projected line of several railroads, and we "trust the iron horse will soon whistle along our borderThis is the age of steam, and the beauti- { ful shiretown of Labette has every motive but a loco-motive to move her onward. But I must close. More anon. $ CLARE M. MOKROE.

Destructive Fire in Dayton, Ohio. On Sunda{ morning, ' May 16th, about 1 o’clock, Turner’s splendid Opera house took fire, and was ’entiref)y consumed. The building was occuied by McKee, Woodward and WeekP{, grocers ; Black and Fox, wholesale ‘china’ and queensware; Grover and Baker’s sewing machine company, and F. Lange; restaurant and billiard room. Nothing was' saved but a few sewing machines. « The fine residences east of the opera house, on first street, of J. Schwab, Noel Eastbrook and Aaron Kuhns, were also destroyed. The fire -commuaicated to the ' buildings ' south _on Main street, owned by M. Ohmer, ‘and they were entirely destroyed, including the hriefur'nitnre establishment “of Mr, Ohmer, and grocery of Sandmire and Bro.. While endeavoring to save some of his goods, arforﬁon | ‘ofthe wall fell, crushing My. Herman Sandmire to the floor. His brother ‘and several others endeavored ‘to extrieate him, but impossible. He lived in this conditon for awhile, when another erash came, bm?ing ‘him in the ruins; | ‘His wife and family were pre. sent, but human power could not save him. * “The total loss is 'estimated ‘at bétween * '5600,000 'and ' $BOO,OOO, on ' which' ‘there' was an ‘insurane of aboat' $lOO,OOO. -It'is 'supposed ‘to have been the work of an"incendiary. Thisopera house was one of the finest’ inthpwmn,u ‘snd was owned % I M. overand above an insarance of fortyv ; 0 ‘ ~.‘Z,,,, e v ”' 3,' a vedipé for curing the bite of a'snake | P waﬂm@m oné teaM*Qﬁmﬂi"’mﬁ ‘“‘ ymediate ‘_'q Ml:”h Zﬂj?‘ﬁil: Y oy SRR THY gEINnTEI. B T ,’ > ¢! ' h ATE .:‘ ",.;,. 3 }““,,;‘ ,"é" ,}:‘ -i;‘."_.x which ' is' withiti & few foet of being

b MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. & o Alady l?tßnrlinﬁtgn, Towa, has present--ed herhusband with his twenty-first child. . Claimants_for the immence estate of John C. Clark, the Texas Millionsire, have at last appeared. A ; - A Texas youth has come near matrying his motb’or‘.’oﬂg is now the hus’bandr?f his father's divorced wife. »

.. He whoxgel eives 8 good turn should pever forget it ; he who does one should one’s heart—to hear her morning hymn. “What's jografy, Bill?” ¢“lt's tellen’ of forin lands that we knows nothin’ about, by cute chaps that'never seen 'em.” A Cincinnati physician advertises for a mad d:g, to be used for the sake of scientific investigation. A couple of persons were united in marriage in Hendricks county, Indiana, a few days since, the united weight of which was nearly eleven hundred pounds. Ike's last trick was to throw Mrs. Partington’s gaiter in the alley and call the old lady down from the third floor to see an ally gaiter. Weigh every step that youare about to take, wheneyer passions become involved. How often do tbings assume a different aspect when they are fairly considered. The following typographical errorshows the vast importance of the comma. Ata banquet this toast was given: “Woman—without her man, is a brute.

Upon the marriage of ‘Miss Wheat, of Virgipia, an editor hoped that her path might be flowery, and that she might never be thrashed by her husbani. ; In California four locust trees less than twenty years old were lately cut, and twen-ty-nine wagon hubs having beea made from them, the rémainder made more than four cords of fire-wood. : Women charm, asa general thing, in progortion as they are good. A plain face with a heart behind it, is worth a world of heartless beauty. Gentlemen who have tried both uniformly agree on this. In Mississippi a military order has becn issued; requiring free white men to pay a poll tax before voting, but exempting the negroes. There are eighty thousand:-ne-groes and sixty thousand whites registered. “Let us have peace.” A disconsolate widower, seeing the remains of his late wife lowered into the grave, exclaimed with tears in his eyes: “Well, I've lost hogs and I've lost cows, but never had anything that cat me up like this!” SRy Accounts from all parts of South Caro lina represent the upland cotton crop as very seriously injured by the recent cold weather, in many cases rendering replanting necessary. The Sea Island crop looks promising. '

‘Among the laws recently passed by congress is a “Public resolution,” which provides that all back pay and bounties due to soldiers shall hereafter be paid to them in person, and not in any case to attorneys, claim agents, or any third parties. Kansas expects to be exempted "from the plague of logust or grasshoppers this year, but the red-legged pests have made their appearance’in countless .millions in lowa, and it is thought they will make sad havoc with portions of the crops in that State. :

A good story is told of a German shoemaker in Utica, who having made a pair of boots fora gentleman of whose financial integrity he had considerable doubt, ‘made the following reply to him when he called for the article: “Der poots ish not quite done, but der beel.ish made out” . A sermon recently delivered in Reading, Pennsylvania, was from a text which the preacher found in Job, which runs as follows: “Though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh I shall see God.” This he devided into three parts as follows: “Fust, skin worms; 2d. What they done ; Bd. | What the man seen after he was eat vp.” . A 1 A male infant was recently found ina wood in the vicinity of Paris by two men, one of whom made a declaration to the Mayor that he would adopt it. - 'When all the arrangements were made, what was the man’s astonishment at - finding 20,000 francs, in bank notes, attached to its chemise, with a note that other presents would follow until the child attained 20 years of age. : ; :On'a Kentucky railroad recently, while a train was passing through s tunnel, a young man attempted to kiss a girl who sat in front of him, when she seized his hand and bit out a large piece.” When the cars emerged, the young man, wrapping up his bleeding hand, explained to mq'ui'ri-ng friends how the “window fell onit” & : ! i

An itinerant-quack Doctor, in Texas, was applied to by one of Colonel Hay’s rangers to extract the iron point of an Indian arrow-head from his head, where it had been lodged' for some ‘time:~ “I cannot 'stract this, stranger,” said the doetor, “bekase to do so would go migh killing you; but I tell you what I caln :do; I can: give you a pill that will melt it.in your head.”' ‘p tghfjk pi s

. Carriages are now being: manufactured in New York out of India Rubber; entire: ly. Itis said that a carriage orfbug, can be constructed out of this materi?l for about one-fourth of what it now costs to build one of wood, and that they are fully as durable. 1t is said that this-use of vulcanized rubber’ promises to work a complete: revolution in' the ‘manufacture and cost of vehicles of all kinds; -~

Dr. Sage's CATARRE REMEDY is used and recomended by educated and eminent, physicians. Read the following: - . " 'Corry, Pa., Nov. 6th, 1867 Dr. Sage & Co., Buffalo, N. Y¥.," - " Gentlemen—l have used your Catarrh Remedy in'several very obstinate and severe cases of Catarrh that I.have successfully. treated. I find it gives universal satisfaction, and I can highly recommend it to the afflicted. I want some of it for my own practice. ‘What are your terms per doz.? Answer and oblige. : Very' Respectfully, o v J. ETHAN ALLEN, M. D..

A ROCKING CHAIR ON WHEELSR.: —Btill another wvelocipede has: béen invented, called “the Rocking Chair Velocipede,” and :the motion of the chair in which you sit, backward and forwards, furnishes the propelling power. . It is. a.threée whecled | machiné, and weighs about-one hundred poundsi 1t is adapted as well for ladies:as gentlemen, and - will make ten miles an hour on.any ordinary road. It.issaid to be. the s¢oming machinet? « invw “Why “stand you thus' ‘amized?” To see a person of your natural: b@ﬁt{'“i‘th‘, 8 heas of :dryy bldstliﬂg,‘:'uﬁfkémp - hair? ' Go. purchase -8 bottle:-of ‘/Barrett’s Veg: etable Hair - W’V 6. ’.'3:’:3 will ;transform yﬁur.wlmw beautiful glossy ring, Tety, ﬁhmxmfﬁwwﬁem;mw OfEERed B 0 Che pbllo ~fowdll Ooune: .. . Two ‘“ladies” were having - some: a:!dlloiethw@ the ;o:bgifsidﬁ wligh e danghter, of ;one of ‘them 5 uick motherpand callher :a'thief hew &thﬁﬁ‘uﬂ youone. | o Yennnd B ate Sl e dds wbd Tin AP '%"nﬁiﬁk{lq ‘ 'C{»&iﬁg\}é“\k« ; ; i fhs{’mu w’ IR, g‘?,' ;,;««'2' &q s ET e T ke Sem 1?3? twentyyears ‘hence By the 1 mC }: Sy oG gy Gl e o il i Bt 20 0% S skl mw Mﬁﬁp the bills of & wife who is not afraid of . elng ven.foaing the ioskinguof e

. One of the most celebrated divorce cases ever tried in this State is about to be.commenced in Fort ' Wayne. The prin--.cipals are members of the aristocracy. About sixty thousand dollars are involved in fté’”llore thand s;‘venlty-ﬁw, t;v.itueases aresubpenaed, and developments surpas squ the celebrated Stewarg case, of Ehi'The flouring mills of Hall & Arlison, of Ft. Wayne, were burned down on Saturday ‘last, about two o'clock.” They . have not been in operation for about three months, and. it is thought the fire was the work of an incendiary. The loss will reach about $30,000, with about $15,000° insurance, divided asjfollows : Ztna, Hartford, $3,500 ; Home, of New York, $3,500; Liv: erpool, of London, $3.000, and Home, of New Haven, $2,500. This is the ‘most destructive fire they have had for years.

. Sx:;;m.n CoME me:g xm:-d-Affarm era i few days since t a load of potatoes to market for sale, and not being satisfled with the price offered, started back home with them; he got as far as the Middlebury Bridge, near the Cemetery, when he dumped them out into the river. A persom, that would. throw a load of potatoes away, when there are families by the dozen ‘who actuslly are in want of them, and would be ~grateful all their lives for the kindness, should be placed in their condition some day.— Elkkart Union. AN OUTRAGE.—On last Sunday evening, about 3 o'clock, & workman employed on the Air Line Railroad, committed an assault on a party of emigrants, who were waiting on the night train to take them farther west. He entered the car and attempted to kiss a German' girl; but being -repulsed, caught her by the throat, and srawing a knifé, swore he would take the life of any one who might interfere; he was &)ut out before any serious damage was done, and taken care of by his friends. We understand he was discharged the next day. For the reputation of the Road we hope such is the case,.—Elkhart Union. =~ i

At Warsaw, on Saturday last, another poisoning case was concluded. Over one year ago Dr. Shaffer and his wife were arrested on the charge of poisoning Isaac Jackson, by giving him to eat a piece of pie with strychnine in it. He was taken violently ill after eating the pie, and died in a few minutes, The accused were admitted in three thousand dollars bail for. their appearance at Court. 'ln the meantime the Doctor died, and his wife’s trial came upat the May term of the Court yesterday. She was found guilty, and sentenced to State Prison for lite. The Doctor, on his death-bed, strongly asserted the innocence of his wife, as also does Mrs. Shaffer. ' She ‘is about thirty-five years old, and takes: her sentence with great feeling. iy : : Tea Culture, e S A cotemporary in urging the calture of tea, says : It is an agricultural product of a climate like a wide beﬁ of our country, and we already know that it will flourish on our soil. Why should we persist in going around the world for what might as well be grown at our very own doors? The Chinese take but very little of us comparatively but silver and gold, and these we cannot produce so fast as we need ‘them to redress the balance of trade, otherwise so heavily against us. It is not probable that the Chinese or Japanese tea growers receive one-fourth that our: tea drinkers pay for his herb. Let us grow for ourselves, and labor will then receive geventy-five instead of twentyfive per cent. of the cost of its 'Eroduct to the consumer. Doubtless there will be difficulties to overcome -at the outset, but patience .and experience will soon overbear them. - - For SALE.—A scholarship in the Mer: chants’ National Business College of Chicago. Apply at thisoffice..

LIGONIER MARKET REPORT.

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Whitewheat, 150 Amber red, 127 Oats, 52. Potatoes, -85 Flax-seed, ~ 2,00 - Wool- - 858045 Rye, !t % 1 1.00

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« Board of Equalization. The Board:of Equalization, of Noble County, will meet at ‘the Auditor's Office in the town of ~Albion, on Monday, the Tth day of June, 1869, for the pnrx&oeq olhudng and determining grievanToE TS SPeta Ohos e m returned 0¥ e r ounty. . i o COEDEN H. FISHER. June 2nd, 1869. ! Auditor of Noble County. T e e AGRICULTURAL NOTICE, The officers, members and all intérested in the Noble County Agricultural Society, mremt; : fHullt{ ?nd earnestly Sqmgz:% to meet at sﬂ:e all, in Ligonier, at 2 0’ , sharp, on Saturday, June. sth, 1869, for the purpose of arranging and adopting axgremium list, time for bolding the next fair, &c. It is desired t&p&‘év,ﬂty—ﬁmer and manufagturer who:exmts, . compete for any of the pﬂzeshnnd es%c;c y " the ‘directors from each township, will pre%m assist in getting us‘ such a premium list as merit the snpport and patronage of all classep dlike, .. .. ot JONATHAN BIMMONS, Preégident. - E. B. GERBEI!,-S&M{K,. b G R : Ligenier, Ind., May 26th, 1869.—tm. * :

EGGS! EGGS!! EGGSI!Y The undersigned is now selling a receipt for an unparalleled process for preserving:-eggs, . The profits upon ten dozen eggs, préserved by this process when selling- at 14 cents a dozen, and kt;.‘pt until the winter ““:I’ll{ when readily selling for 25 cents per dozen,: pay for the recige. Ei’reserved in this manner they will keep fresh for one: year and are u§ood for boiling and frying as when first laid. 1 havehad an experience inthe egg trade of ten yedrs, and can, with confidence,reecommend all t 0 try my process. a‘he expense of preserving one hundred dozen not exceed 25 cents. Good testimonials can be fiven if required. Any person sending me one dollar I will send them & recipe;. - Addrﬁ K. “Mny 19th, 0% = “Box 466 """,Wmﬂ.- | Old Goshen Brewery : FOR SALE? The subscriber will sell the above well known ' Brewery, with all the agpanm belonglng to the same; all the Lager on hand, and the six lots upon which the establishment is loeabeda with ! other improvements consisting of two good dwelling houses, barn; etc; also, three wagons, and one 'span of horses, and two well-filled ice-houses.. My ob{ect in sallin?ll to ‘convert the propertx 80 that I may be able to settle all my debts. good opportunity is offered to any one who wishes to eng; inw?gg business, Goshen, Tad., Marcns, 19, . M. B, ANIDER, TO THE PUBLIC, ] {* The subscribers, having rétired” from ‘the Mer,cantile’ Business gevera ‘}muw auothﬁihd'?“their ‘new business > ‘requiring the speedy ; collection of all ami nn,ts,gno them, wonld 1 i fully butume::? est all ‘persons’' who ‘mv'-e : thus far neglecte tgepay their accounts and n : A shlat o Se Nimans Reh eySsd Ba - } n; mct_mvenm% :iwgﬁ -‘inneoemm “ m:y exfm_aa.’:::-g;: By elaiab el aulr J 6 oS tiaele * . For the accommodation of such who may not.be i Wﬁ&ﬂn‘w O“hi“ “offer, ’t‘oynm‘ eive ;25 Mgnest Mheket prisas < ieL Sountey peoduve)’ ' Ligonier, April as.& T L " I have mndmgmﬁonto ‘Reéstaurant of & Bakery, and will aremuto ly the e it wood e e o . Bread, Cakes, Pios AN pEHIHE bRI Xept in § firit-cli 3 Sl S SR L B T B ibas b ; ? . l;ﬁ:«z:{ﬁ-ﬂ;, BSTAT RANT, il;‘ h - ,l! setving ir' 3 i\"w, ind will 31¥ e mﬂmwbwr%:ﬂ% o ot 2 . - NODACVWATTER AND ICH UREANM always on hand, fogesher Wikl the oholossh ¥inds: o oonit petsousge 1 eapocituly Maliitars. K e

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