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Besistance fo Ty B 4 s Oheeiicé fo’ Goa. Wmmmjg. ?%% E 9, 1869, {Qur” ambitious representative in what s cariably frmed e Hou of Tepe sentalives at Washington, has; by a. jodicious distribution of official; patrenage, ‘appatently “fixed! everything,.required for his rwﬁmnm&w«&:ﬁm completely- stripped Ft.:Wayne ‘of “fat positions,” and transferred the’ same to bis own district. Noble coutity has- the Pension Agency, Elkbart: the Assessorship, and Kosciusko the Collectorship—all officds of trust and emoluments. It is not improbable that' Hi. Tddings, aid- . ¢d by ‘that shrewd wire-worker, Judge Tousley, and the federal office-tiolders of a minor grade, will be able. to cast the vote of Noble for Billy’s renomination, .althoughi Judge Clapp 48 ‘getting quite restléss in his judicial ermine and exhib- ~ itB incrensed anxiety for aﬁeat in Congress. - Kosciusko will of ‘course vote to give Billy. another term, and Huntington having had but onechance to express her preferenice for our Congressional pop-in-jay, is expected to renew her allegiance to the ‘latter, especially, in view of thé fact that “official pap” is being dispensed there as profugely as ecircumstances will permit. But the great difficulty seems to be about Elkhart county. There aspirantgto congressional honors appear to be as numerous as blué-bottle flies around a horse’s ear in July or 'August, and little ~Georgie Copeland, with his ‘Assessor’s - office, is not ' likely to possess: Sufficiént power to mould public " opinion in the shape most ‘desirable to his benéfactor.— Indeed, we have yet to learn that that gentlemani’s political influence is, or evér has been, felt outside the charitable band of our excellent friend, Joe Defrees, and as the latter is not popularly supposed to entertain, the most friendly feelings to- . wards the distinguished Warsawian who expected to be Secretary of ‘the’ Treasury under Ben Wade, we cantot perceive through whose agency that county 'is to be manipulated in Billy’s interest. * Then, again, is there not some danger of Indiana’s illustrious warrior—heithat was going to arrest the Judges of the Supreme Court in less than ten minutes if they did not desist from exercising their official authority contrary to his wishes, and in conflict with his military edicts—impressing the “loyal hearts” of the :10th; distriet with the superiority of i ¢laims? Is it reasonable to suppose that his pathetic appeals in behalf of “suftering hu- ‘ manity,” his soulinspiring “songs of freedom,” and his gallant serviees in exhibiting frightening coffins to the vision of those dubious chaps who were made to believe that the:future existence of “our glorious Republic” was dependent upon the midnight drills of the Grand Asses of Ruin—-is it reasonable, we, repeat, to suppose that all these labors in behalf of “God and humanity” are’so soon forgotten by those over . whose lips have passed counsless utterances of “loyalty” and prayers for the annibilation of Southern whites and the elevation to perfect equality of every buck nigger that ~ ever outraged the daughter of a “fabel 27 No, let! us banish such thoughts ‘of ingratitude,and innocently cherish the belief that thé*order of things” will be so reversed as to assign to the post of honor _the “singist” instead of the monkey, ~ videthe delectable Duetto that charmed the “dear people” with their. performances last fall. . il Steuben, DeKalb and Lagrange are not likely to urge:the: claims of any of their “favorite sons,” but will content themselves with ‘dividing their votes among Williams, Clapp, Hascall and' Ba- - ker—the first named receiving the support of most, if notall, of that class of citizens who are the fortunate possessors of commissions from Uncle Sam. Senator looper, of Whitley, is: occasionally ~ hinted at as a formidable rival, but Billy baving provided Post Offices for Messrs. Woodworth and Barber, two shining lights of radicalism in: that county, it is ~ not improbable that these worthies will persuade that gentleman to serve out his term as Senator, and put him in training for the grand race in 1872. ' It may seem rather premature to refer to thismatter at present, but we assure our readers that the congrossional nomination already engrosses the attention of ‘radical - leaders in this distriet, and that wires-are being industriously 'laid daily in the interest of the many aspirants.— We will keep watch of all mancsuvers in that direction, and report progress as fast a¢ plans are being d'eve}oped. '

Tennessee. \ “The jolly row which resulted in brack-. ing up the Radical State Convention of Tennessee last week has ingpired the conservatives of the state 'W\jth the hope of electing - their, candidate .for Governor, provided a judicious selection be made. * As yet no name has been’ prominently presented for the candidacy, though séveral of ‘the leading’ Conservative 'pnpefx'sfhawfe‘ urged the claims of Colonel Davidson M. Leatherman, of Memphis. = This gentle. ‘man was & U-g:,n man all:through, the war, without being 4 Radieal, .and, it is " believed, if nominated would receivd:the : sapport of every voter in' the State who sees the evils wrought by Radiealiom.— If such be the _case “and s fair election ~ should be held, his nomifnation for GovSRR SO grmient, b 0 n plettion B [ PR USMTIRS r municipal election/at Washington. an “ nigger ticket. * “I'he sucos s of TR pona R LT AR Sy ey e il ’:" ‘ 'i:"v'jﬁh- l‘," "; .~“. ™ ,'"lb ohkpioh, Atk blownhed. ot #be Minicive! E ,J i ’ &‘\:,_;.“ R R RIS e 4 EBTEeN L ‘ eI e e o R R RRTT RIS T e e :ﬁ < ﬁf }vf S 1y u} :ﬁfﬁf’ N R T e L s oyt 00, ‘%“;3'*“'&* Lt ,_rsf’,‘ ™ .;~ o~ AUI gt )‘ »%,‘,)f @"ﬂ'

e, T - Three months have elapsed since Gen. Grant entered upon the duties of his high and responsible office:" \I% lnot too soon, therefore, to disenss ‘the! Emerita of l}is : adminis}ration,f{lis def} -veloped thus far, and to speculate upai +his action in the future. The first %wee‘k of the existence of a new ad/ministration is the most momentous #d important, and best calculated to ?ﬁm&a&w its “probable success or A b o " Before the election we were assured vy the radical leaders that the personal tharacter and. fame of General Grant ‘Would suffice to surmount many difficul‘tiés surrounding the exalted position of ?f'eaident, that would seriously embarxass. & less distinguished individual. ll'he South, it was said, would humbly tubmit to the new order of things, from hqusgity; “and’ thereb’y,. bring about their speedy restoration to their former relations to the Union. His pledge to .pay the bonds in gold was represented as being sufficient’ to gain ‘the confidence of capitalists, ergo trade and ‘commerce would be revived, and prosperity reign throughout the land. As the almost unanimous choice of the radical party, it would be an easy matter to'adjust the difficulties result‘ing from the disagreement between -President Johnson and Congress ; and lastly, but not 'least, he would com‘mand such respect abroad as to secure ‘all reasonable coucessions that could be demended by our government.

- Let:us see to what extent these promises have been fulfilled. The “condition of affairs.in the South is not. ‘improved, nor is there the remotest prospect for a change for the better as long as efforts are made to foree that unnataral and ‘ perfidious doctrine of megro equality upon those States.— Virginia, Texas and Mississippi are as much “out of the Union” to-day as they were a year ago, and will remain 8o unless the citizens loose their manhood to a sufficient degree to comply -with the unjust and illegal requirements imposed upon them by the infamous legislation of Morton & Co, " How does it stand with regard to business ! Tat question can, readily be answered by every individual, without assistance from us. Thé ecry of hard times, searcity of money, lack of confidence in the management of financial affairg by these who are intrusted with this important department of the government, radiates from the centres and permeates to the remotest confines of our vast country. Thousands of laborers ‘are thrown out of employment by the stagnation of business, and whole families and neighborhoods are thrown upon the cold charities of the world to suffer at once the pangs ot disdppointed hopes, and feel the pinching rigors of hard times. Capitalists evidently have no confidence in the finaneial ahility of the Soore tary of the Treasury, and have aban‘doned all hopes of the national debt being paid according to the highsounding promises of Mr. Grant.

With the radical party in Congress the new President has been equally unsuccessful. It is true, the House repealed the tenure-of-office law, but the Senate persistently refused to give its assent to repeal, and complied in but few cases with the wishes of Mr. Grant. The relation between Grant and leading radical Senators is anything but cordial, and the indications at present are that at the next meeting of Congress many prominent radicals will assume an. attitude of open hostility towards the President. . The foreign policy of the administration is weak ‘in the extreme, and in short is simply abominable. Gen. Grant posesses neither the courage to present .a bold front to the powers of Europe, nor sufficient ability to impress those powers with a respect for his boasted determination to give to his countrymen the benefits of his high sounding promises expressed by his tar famed “Let us have Peace.” As in all other affairs of State, he has no views of his own, but allows him‘self to be meekly led by his advisers, “who themselves cannot agree upon a line ‘of policy. The consequence of all this is a feeling of general uneasi‘ness that has a most depressing effect upon all branches of busines. Capitalists hesitate to embark in extensive -enterprises, from a keen realization of the fact that the uncertain policy of ‘the administration is as likely to lead ‘to & foreign war as to the preservation of peace. In short, the people have been woefully disappointed, and not a single promise of the leaders of radicalism has. been redeemed; all the “bright hopes that clustered around the | ‘geat of the. national government and ~centred -in the White House, a short three months ago have, like the Dead -Bea fruit, tarned to ashes upon the lips of & trusting and deceivaf;eaple.. ' The Secretary of the Treasnry is so much annbyedrzy, the constant receipt of letters from persons who have lost %{ burning or otherwise bonds.of the United States and who wish new.bonds :that he bu.-foun&eitﬂwmtz:;. request the publiestion of the fact: that it is not«bt?mliw of the Go'voﬁ:eon}; Ao 18sue 8 in,such cases, : The old ‘temedy is an application to Congress, ;and that;is not a very hopeful remedy abeidpeiod dinpin = sclef of sevan porsons who bad lont B sy waiadior .oyi, g R

| THE PROGRESS OF PROTECTION. From the foundation of the *” . ment to the present time, says the Harpratection, There s notbow, Bop has there ever-been a “party in this counk try favorable to. absolute free trade, such as implied in the abolition of cus-tom-houses and of all duties owimports: The essential .(zli‘ﬁ'erenca f:bt'm the two parties is_that one favors such a R s amount of revenue to defray the expenses of the government, and the pay‘ment of the public debt, and thqvq;g.er introduces such measures as will “?rotect" the producer at the expense of the consumer,-even to the extent of prohibition, and the consequent reduction of the revenue. The one party, in proposing to reduce the duties on. foreign gooss to the very lowest point compatible with the largest ‘possible amount of revenue, Vvonlf!l.gmm eoct the great mass of consumers, by lowering the necesuriesbof lifz. * 'The ‘other party, by exhorbitant duties, oppresses the great body of the people for the benefit of a pr{viléged few, who are engaged in a monopoly of manufac-. tare. The party of free trade is the party of the gwple.’ The party of protection is the advocate of exclusive prli’vilege; of capital at the expense of labor. gL

It was for a long time contended that Congress had not the power of lévying duties for any other purpose than to raise revenue for the support of the government. Although the question has been solved in the praectice of the legislature, it still exists in theory. It may well be doaubted ‘whether the States at the formation of the Constitution meant to - confer: on Congress the power to oppress the people by means:of excessive duties on imports ; to foster monopoly at the expense of the congumer. Inthe discussion of the very first tariff law—that of 1789—this important question was raised. That tariff yas ngjustqd with reference to revenue, leaving protection as a secondary consideration.— The average duties. were not higher than five per cent. on imports, valued at foreign ports. But the opponents of protection little imagined that this puny bantling of 1789 would grow to the proportions of the tariff xi?ﬂster which now devours the fruits of the labor of the people. The custom of covering new necessities of government with new additions to the! tariff grew in favor while the hostility |of the people to the payment of direct taxes increased qnﬁ}) it became inveterate in the legislation of the country. ; The years 1790, 1797, 1800 and 1804 witnessed considerable increases of tariff duties, and as experience has dlways proved, the taxes were not reduced when the occasion for levying them had ceased. From the moderate tariff:in 1789, averaging 5 per cent., the duties had risen in 1816 to not less than 33 1-3 per cent. Yet this did not satisfy the demands of the monopolists. Af{er the lapse of twelve years, the tariff was increaged in 1828 to at least forty-eight per cent. on imports, lat foreigh valuation. These encroachments of the protectionists led to the violent conflict which broke out in Jackson’s -administration, and a compromise was made in 1833 between the pratected producers andl the over-burdened consumers. In the memorable tariff of this year the monopolists were compelled to abandon their high ground, and accept a sliding scale. of duties, which was to terminatein 1842. | This compromise was the first victory of the enemies of protection, but it was of short duration. .The financial disasters of 1837 were falsely and cunningly attributed to high duties, andin August, 1842, a new tariff was enacted which was a complete violation of the compromise between producers and consumers in 1833, But in 1846, and again in 1857, important and salutary reductions were made in -the tariff.— The last was the most moderate since 1808, amounting from 19 to 54 per cent. on the value of goods at the ports of shipment. But the election of Lincoln, and the Zeventa that succeeded it, gave the death 'blow to the beneficent policy /of free trade, althoug peop}::of -the great West, whodre bitterly opposed .to the protectionists, contribntes 8o largely to the result in 1860. The necessity “of raising a vast amount of revenue to meet the expenses of war, furnished the monopolists with the long-coveted pretext of once more putting theie protective theoriesin practice. The duties on foreign imports were enormously increased, not to raise the greatest revenue, but to foster monopoly at the expense of the people. The levying: of internal taxes was availed of as anargument for increasing foreign duties to protect the taxed home manufactur- ‘ er. But when the internal taxes were greatly diminished, in response to the ; clamors of the mox;:solists, there was ‘no corresponding reduction of the duties on foreign imports in answer to the appeals of the consamers. Notwithstanding the fact that they have ‘been for the last ten years the exeln_sive objects of the favor of the legislature, the. monopolists still insiet that the government does not: sufficiently protect them. With enormons taxes on all that the working man consumes ;. on all the coal in his grate, on the lugp-ber-in his cabin, on the iron in his ax, op the clothes of hig children, on the very salt in his soup, the monopolists, like the danghter of the- horse leech, still clamor for more, The' aggressive steps which the protectionists have made since the light revenue duty of five per cent. in 1780, to the excessive duties of thirty, fifty and even one hundred per cent on artieles of prime necessity. in 1869, are filling the people with alarm. - They witness no abatement in the encroachments of i selfigh monopoly. On all hands are heard the stern demands for ‘a thorough reform of the tariff laws; In the strmggle which is about to emsue, the monopolists’ must go to the wall. The me will no longer bear the heavy T sheir industrys: Gocaivs Geum :g A i eWETt i at the Briggs House, Chicago, at 11 angd retired. © The Cest Yodki ngat9 Fior%, it WAEhE - Unitiace, ‘and a strong smell of gas ¢ Sithd Yrom. ‘the room, & boy To e R E*“ i *?, “;E'&Wﬁ e é i el el be Bl “i O2P %»gﬁww}im«é £ a‘bw 0e,%? e S A ? SR T Oe R RN

(omo -M; LS ' ‘ ‘m,,‘o,'z JE TR ﬁmu.-—— TR R cnsconced 1n my new bome, and barely time to make but ~mw vations, I Rivé them to you, presuming that they “will interest some of the many readers ¢ -the BANNER, and, having promised a nume § \plee thip opportanisy foymmiempyed, my_promise as briefly as possible, knowBT ey St s Bapr e spus o s ong | The people are the sume aa i Jndiaca, with a very few exceptions, and those exceptions ate, T think, commendable. ' The-Missou-rioné”are vory cautious and ‘reserved in conyersation, rather inclined to be listeners’ instead of informers,, yet: frank and more hospitality tmz’ any people I hav had ithe plessure to become mmwg with Very little is said on political ,quﬂ”tépu:»by»my, except by . some liare‘brainéd radical that holds some ‘petty office, but thiose ealled rebels are very quiet and still, many of them, their only offense is they-'are /Democrats. . One old gentlepan told me that he was seventytwo years old and that he had fought through two wars for the government of the U. 8., and said he “the only part I ook’ for or against the rebellion was to take a gun and stand guard, with other union men, to keep rebels from burning the Mills on the property that you now own,” and, turning tp a Republican, his neighbor, standing c¢lose to us, he said, “is that mot so?” “Yes," was the answer, “and yet, sif,” said the old mab “T am not permitted to vote because I am not a Radical i ? s, R

This section of country is undulating, not what would be called broken, but rolling ; of a rich, sandy or gravelly loam, well supplied with timber and coal, and beautifully watered with springs and rivers of soft water; there is no occasion for rain. water for washing; the well or spring water' answers every purpose, it has to answer in the place of lager beer, which is, ‘to me, a little objeétionable.— The climate is beautiful; I ean hardly reconcile myself to believe that the scason is so far advanced whenl see the farmers plowing and hoeing . out their corn and potatoes on the 10th of May—the usual time for planting in Indiana—and yet the people complain of tire backwardness of the season. The wheat is headed out, and there are good prospects for a bountiful harvest of all kinds of produce ; also, fruit in abundance. One other luxury to me, which I prize as highly as any thaf T have mentioned, is good roads. lam well pleased with the country thus far, it is filling up very fast with Northern people; all that' is lacking is capital and enterprising men to make this one of the richest and most beautiful States in the Union. The prospects are good for Rail Roads, ‘which are much needed at ‘this timé to- develope the resources of the country. We shall have our saw-mill running in the course of a few weeks and the grist-mill as soon as men and money will build it, with high anticipations forthe future. Please ex: cuse all errors. Yours truly, v GILBERT SHERMAN.

} ¢ L EREIE EANSUNANGEE . 3 : The subject of Life Insurdnce is justly engaging the attention of all classes of the community, from the millionaire to the day laborer. : , . It has become one of the necessities of this age, and no man of family, of whatever conditi6n, prssessed of ordinary prudence and forethought, can discharge his sacred duty of providing for the loved, dependent ones, so surely and certainly as by insuring his life. . 4 "Persons insuring should have the strongest guarantee’ of the undoubted soundness and stability of the company. This desideratum is fully secured to policy holders in the old and reliable Berkshire, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, repre” sented in this State by Messrs. Greene & Tilford, at No. 21 North Meridian street, Indianapolis. . % While we are upon this subject, we may mention that there'is gne advantage | which some of the Massachusetts Life Insurance Companies possess over those of other States. g Wt

‘The general rule of Life Insurance is, that if you fail to make your annual payment at the stipulated time, your policy runs out at once, and fails longer to bind the Company. . Now, it some time happens that owing to carelessness, sickness, absence from home, or other cause, the annual payment is not, or can not be made. In such a case the law, of Massachusetts provides: that' the policy shall not fail before the expiration of a certain additional period.. At +Thus, if one annual payment has been made, the Policy shall continue in force, and be binding on the Company for two years and three days, even if no second payment -be made at all. If ¢wo annual payments have been made, the Policy shall remain in" foree for four years' and twelve days. If threc payments have been made, the Policy shall remain in force for siz years and twenty-seven days. And 800 D wiliil :

' _The justice of the: law. is based upon the following view: In the early years of every Policy, the iremium paid is somewhat in excess of the actual risk, so that an accumulation may be made to grovide for the ‘future payment of the olicy. It is therefore evident that if a Policy terminates by non-payment of premium, there is this accumulation more or less in the hands of the Company, which has'not been earned—that is, it ig oyor and above the cost "of the Tngurance for the time the Policy has already run. : We consider this feature as one of the highest importance, and as the Berkshire Company was the first to adopt: it; and still ;‘Mi&l‘nﬂ; nly adheres to it, we think it should ' weigh in.its favor with all who, de%#neﬁeczgf a Life Insurance. 2 i e_l;mny ' q;l;at i;i 0(3” of h:e“h wdfan. ng the extended period we have refer-red-to, the Company is bound to P‘! the amount of the Policy; dedueting, of course, snchi;‘mual- payments ‘as have not ‘besn mau OO il g sy The -large and -constantly increasing class of Ingelm poticy holders will, wcdmvgmgemlf,, fled to imto“ ) these ??o thﬁgg&ntiogng{mm!j E}E{% s Insurance Company as an excellent, worthy, "".,gu“m”“'és"na“iféz‘é‘a’:‘-“;"‘”‘ or - Beveral days ago a boy named Dum %ﬁ?“? o it desply tnto s lef m b 0 which he ras, the biood mestiwhile m ] }‘ $ Wm hav‘

Webelie'veth&@hof hat 1s denom/inated hard times, and complained of as tightness an mo matters, arises from a F‘- 4 m-::‘w .m' l“:’é 0, ' t'. i’“: g/ ‘hold thei: “back from market, in ‘hopes that the P%Of .‘; commodity will advanes before the new erops aro : red and marketed. If we had the least idea that their expectations would be realized, we should commend their -eourse-in this matter; but from all the information we ean gather, it may be conif:*m scarcely p:g"ﬁle f:i-ngr’aih hol_be of any benefit to the farmers. Itisa faet;tbg xéfe are still large quantities ‘of wheat in the country. This isnot on1y of this State and Michigan, but applies more extensively to the western wg»eat growing -States. There are, probably, between two and three millions of bushels of wheat in store at -Chieago; and the el--eyators in the Mississippi river towns are full of it. We find this to be the conditionof things at Present when we are “within gix ‘weeks of our next harvest, and ‘i four weeks they will ‘be cutting their ‘wheat in: Southern Indiaca and Illinois. We know by personal observation that the coming wheat crop in Illinois, Mis_souri and Kansas, is more than ordinarily promising, and we are assured on the most reliable authority, that the crop for years has not made a more flattering show than it doesin Wiscons:n, Jowa and Minuesota. Then, with these tacts before us, what other conélusion can we arrive at, than it will be possible for wheat to advance, even should it not suffer a material decline. We should regret to, see the price of wheat go lower than at present. In fact, the price is at present correspondingly lower than other articles of such cdmmen use. Wheat ought not to bring a lower price than one dollar and twen-five #nts a bushel, and to correspond with the price of meat,-it should bring one dollar and fifty cents. However, i%tbe price of wheat should suffer a further decline, it must certainly, as it ought, force a material reduction in the price of other commodities, and may* result in re-establish-ing something like the old order of prices, which would not be regretted by any person. In the mean time the holding back of wheat, the only article we have at present to exchange for money, will precipitate a financial stringency in business circles, and bring about the most'embarrassing results. Under all{circumstances, we believe the safest plan for all classes is to go slow and-cantiously and pay as they ago.— Lagrange Standard. ;

2 PRESBYTERIAN UNION. The Old and New School Presbyterian Assemblies in session .in New York, have agreed upon the basis of reunion, ‘there being but seven dissenting voices in the Old School Assembly and ndde in | the New. The chief point.of the agreement gives all churches the same standing in the united body as now. It says all imperfectly organized churches must become thoroughly Presbyterian .within “five years. The boundaries of the Presbyteries are to be adjusted by the united assembly. The special record of the two branches is' to be preserved, but no rule or precedent shall be of authority unless approved by both bodies or established by the united body. Unless it affects the rights of property co-operate or the rights of the two assemblies, they are to be consolidated. So far as practicable, the several committees and boards will be consolidated impartially. The Board of Publication of the Union Churches is to revise the additions so as to exclude all injurious reflections. Theological seminaries, now under Assembly control may be transferred to the care of: -one-or more adjacent synods, and it shall be the duty of judicatories, ministers and _people of the United Church to preserve ‘peace and, as far as consistent with convictions of duty, conform practice to the general custom of the Church prior to the controversies which resulted in separation. Although = the sentiment of both. Churches is almest unanimous in favor of Union, the greatest difficulties will arise in carrying out the details of the agreement. Every friend of the Christian religion will wish this to be done amicably and successfully, although in some instances the number of - Churches will be di‘minished. Yet one flourishing church in a locality would be much better than two sickly concerns. - : ; ——m - New Gravel Road Law. The recent Legislature répealed the law of 1867 in regard to plank, macadamized and gravel roads, and passed a new one,’ containing twenty-three sections.— The first section provides “that any plank, mucadamized or gravel road company, organized, or that may hereafter be organized, under and pursuant to any act o?:he | State now in force, authorizing the construction of macadamized and gravel roads, having a valid and solvent subscription of at least three-fifths of the -estimated cost of construction of said road, such estimate being first ‘made by 'a competent and ‘disinterested civil engineer, may petition the Board of Commissioners of the:county or counties in which such proposed road, or any part thereof, is or may be located, to have assessed the amount-of benefit to each tract of land within one and one-half miles of such road, or either side ‘thereof, and within like distance of either end thereof.” j

Ben, Wade. A correspondent of a Cincinnati paper, having interviewed Ben. Wade, reports the old Ohio war-horse as giving the following statement of the reason why Mr. Grant don’t love him : e Well, I think he was « little opposed to me on account of my views about West Point. I'm down on that little aristoc: racy—a sort of eclose corporation; it is wholly unlike the French and other continental ‘systems. It is like the English system, where all is done by favoritisin, and pronjotion from the ranks is impossible. ‘The whole thing is anomalous in our %o've.rnment, as:l have told Grant so, and I think he don’t like it. Lt 5 p S ST — s The Last Spike. . So much anxiety has been manifested as to whether ghe “golden spike” 'was permitted to remain where it was driven in the last Pacific. railroad tie, subject to any lawless deprecator who might be about, that we print the following to give relief ; i - . #The silver bound tie and golden spike! ' Oh;, the prose of it, the plain prose/ The poetry of the operation, the tie and spike have all vanished. Cerﬁn‘?hyi is onme thing and business. another. - After the silver bound tie was laid and the golden spike driven ‘in the Pacific railroad—after they ‘had 5% flome prkyingaudl beferweasy ad ‘west_had fixed to their satisfaction what these emblematic articles represente ﬁamwme spikes (there were two oftﬁm)wmqﬁw y taken ‘up again and deposited with Nevada's mmzm a car, and sent to ‘Ban Francisco, while a common wood: ‘en tie was substituted; and the ‘last rail Wmﬁ%wmﬁm iron spike.”—Western Cortespondence. *

‘We are to have tea and coffee in abundance &t home, ' A large number gif;{ipﬁii’ese families have arrived in Qalifornia with the tea plant, and will ;ggnawiw,immgéismwws Jt.ls beliepad many. portions of our, couniry _ -mdl@ﬂapte%fw the msfuko'g tivation of the plant, and if commenes vation, can be made both'sugcessful

. Pringess Metternich calls n;vehﬁpe’% “s maghine that sets a fool on rollers” = [he issue of new cumnc%’ ill t?;w” ; meficed omthe Ist of Jalygv ey v o Chevalier is preparing for his balloon voyage across the Atlantic. e 3 - Butlér wants Summer’s plsee in the Senate, and is said to be already hard at

work forthe succession. @~ - habitants us did th entire State 20 years after its first settlement. :

ant of Gen. Putnam, the hero of the wolf story. TR DAY, | , f_Sam Fraum‘ueqbn*eugpﬁ th: clim:; of the undressed drama by a play, call “Adani and Em'g ' B p e . The Israclites in New York are raising %lal;ds ‘to relieve. their brethrea in the t. 5 190 Ta LLT ¥ Mrs, Bevins, .of Long Island,. charges Kate Fisher, the actress, with stealing a Wath‘ DT : Sty A mile in two ‘minutes, on a thirty-six inch velocipede, was recently made in N%w York. It is the fastest time on record. : ' Jeff. Davis’ old slantq.tion is now leased to one of his old slaves, who pays $lO,000 a year and hires one hunired and fity hands to work it.’ * A house without children is like a lantern and po candle ; a vine and no grapes; a brook 'with no water gurgling in its channel. _ Tke Rhode Island House of Representatives has postponed the consideration of the Fifteenth Amendment: until the January session. ; : - An exchange opines that it makes a great difference whether you write Dr. before or after a man’s name. It is no great Cr. in either case. S A cow, in Henrietta, Jackson Ceunty, Michigan, in less than three years;has produced six calves—one in Juné;: 1866 ; two in 1897 ; one in 1868; ahd two this spring. : I e The tax levy for New York city, which was passed.in the closing hours of the late Legislature, contains a clause which will give the Catholic schools of that city about $300,000 of the public - money. - Among the minor humbugs of the great humbug “Jubilee Week” in Boston, there will be & baby exhibiton. Two hundred of the little unfortunates are already entered for the show by foolish mothers. -' Anex-member of the Minnesota legislature is at present leading a fugitive existence hunted over the West by an indignant wife. leran away with another woman and took the childreu along. The rs speak of it as.a surprisin thing tgh:!:ethe-Prince of Wales is balg But he -has been married six years,and some men have their hair pulled out before they have been married half that time.

The high school of Montgomery, Alabama, is now held in a building formerly occupied as a slave market, and it is said that a number of pupils now studying there have been formerly sold at auction in the same place, ‘ % | It is ramored‘in Washington that charges of a grave nature are about to be made against Postmaster General Cresswell. 'lt is not known what the charges are, but it is mysteriously hinted that they will create a sensation ‘when brought to light. . The hight of impudence has been attained by a Connecticut attorney, who lost all his money at a faro-bank in Hartford, complained of the place to the police, got his money back, and took the same money to the same’ place the same night to play again, . _. | 'Wheeling; West Virgiuia, was visited, on Friday, by an uncommon kind of hail: storm. Lumps of ice, the size of eggsand of-men’s fists, fell in such grofusion'tbst they lay on some streets when the storm ¥ased off to the depth:of two or three eet, S "

| An unknown man was found dead in his' bed,'at 'a Toledo hotel, Wednesday morning. No marks of violence were visible. 'He had a common glazed satchel, on a plate betweer. the handles of which were the letters “H. H. H.” Apother person, hailing from Cincinnati, who slept in the same room, was not found at last, accounts. 5

Memphis was lively last Wednesday. The papers of the foilowing morning chronicled “a bloody night,” “a citizen and two policemen shot;” “a drunken man runs a-muck,” “horrible accident—explosion of a can of kerosene,” “terrific combat bftween a dry goodsclerk and s jewler,” ete! L /

- A woman, with two children, traveling ‘to. meet her husband at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, became insane on the train, betweeéthlﬁvglaﬁq and Toledlﬁ;)éron Thursday. e had thrown away her baggage chzcks, and tried to jumpybverboard at Clyde Ancxicty and apprehension, it is supposed, had affected her mind. " A resident of Treasure City, in the White Pine mining region, recently died, and a man hired to dig his grave, When the faneral em::ﬁe arrived at the spot: they were informed by the glnve digger that. he had struck a splendid lead and had staked off a claim, and he refused to allow the body to be burried in the hole he had dug. ! Ve

The Ilinois Legislatare has passed a very stringent law for the management of drunkards. .It classes them with idiots and- insane persons, and gives their persons and property to the charge of guardians or the overseers of tne poor.— When any one has been declared _insane or a drunkard, the arrangement mast’ exist for at least one year, except the guardian is previously removed for mis-: conduct. . LG T

In ‘the township of Woodland, Burry County, Michigan, on the 19th, three young ladies, attended bzo‘three young men, went out in & small boat on Jordon Lake forapleasure-ride, . Aftergettinginto deep water, one of the young ladies fell overboard, and, in the effort. to save her, the boat was capsized, precipitating the whole party-ifito the water, “ One'of: the young men and all of the young ladies were drowned. e On Saturday evening & young girl died in a New York hospital; poisoned by her self. Her story 'is-that of'a hundred oth: ers, who, like her, go to their graves early and willingly ; rerhaps it is sadder. Her name was Klla Robbins, and her home Massachusetts. Accordinﬁto‘ her own story she whs thoughtlessly betrayed or ruined by a policeman in new York:; Her father ¢came for her once, took her heme, endeavored to reform her, but she ran away to. New York again, aud continued her-career of infamy, though scarcely twenty yearsofage. ... . - “Why stan% you fhu;r:lﬁg:dz?’ ~'fl‘g; see a person of your natural beauty with a head of iy, rialig; unkempt feir 1~ .Go purchase a bottle of ‘‘Barre Wm ble Hair Rest,omtive.&llﬁﬁlh 4 your hairinto beau yln-{;e& ringlets, Nothing 8o efficacious has ever been offer. ed to the publi¢.—&owell Cowrder,,; ... anThe m&‘e 911' tér ‘.»:la"e Q'”," ofMI. egates. mte.& SASOHIOMNS SPRcOEﬂ?g,bmki snbmiled. o membarship y the last General Conference, was taken in part Tucaday of last week in s R R -.a:-l‘»« ‘t‘ “7‘:‘! v 3 ?‘%?“.% “‘ B?tﬁ? v, pguinat;, iy eh, Avenus ureh, one udraa and fifty for, 1 one sgainal;. . LArSARERNS chuEch, aguinsl, Total, four hundred and fbt pkanse s A SUR T ﬁna.! W ‘;g . o 010, e Sehae anudl

. o STATE ITEMS. “Wother large woolen factory is to be immedistely erected iam'g;-;g S A man in Fort Wayne, paid his taxes % Nat. Boulden, of Tipton county, diéd &hm from mk?f i maule. . 'The public schools in Lebanon have ‘been closed on acfount of the prevalence - It is estimated that three humdred buildings will be erecred in South Bend ~ There is 's young lady in Terre Haute, only eighteen years old, who boasts that she has disrupted ten matrimonial engagements since her sixteenth birthday. As a heart smasher she is 8 decided success.

Terre Haute recently held a shooting club tournament at 'which there were fifteen entries. Some of the shooters nianaged to kill three birds out of ten, while one came near being “skunked.”

- Two Crawford couuty farmers recently settled a little difference of opinion by a :l'oqgh and tumble 3onﬂict, i:nzhli:ih :&e ost two. s and.an eye, t x or Had okl v vehawed tr T © Sampel. Plumer hung himself to_the rmafalglbedmd“,utn hotel in Aurors, ast Tuesday evgninfg. He was missed at dtiix&nef,‘snd. when found, was cold and st v ;

. Mrs. Copeland, of Ripley county, Indiana, committed suiddepn‘few da;s .? The predisposing case was the grief she felt at witnessing her husband suffering from fits. = . : : o

Many of our exchanges are complain-ing-of the -pgtmnce of the potato. bug ingreat numbers. In some places they are reported to have already commenced their ravages on vegetation. = - The South Bend Register tells of & woman who struck her husband on the head. with a mm:i pin, after family prayers,. the other week, because he prayed for his gl;rildren and omitted to do-the same for

The recorder in Steuben county placed upon record a few’ weeks ago, a mortgy for one million and a half dollars, given by the Ft. Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad, forthe putchase of iron and rolling stock for the Road. £ The Pennsylvania Central Railroad has leased the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Road, and the ﬁ;ro-mwgs‘ have been virtualg consolidated—the stockholders of the Pittsburg Road are to receive ten per cent. on their capital stock. =~ <" A father and son, named Vore, were milking cows under a tree, st Lafayette, during a thunderstorm on. Wendnesday evening, when lightning struck the tree, tk“il})ing the Boy and seriously injuring the: ther. ¢ 4 TS

We hear from various quarters sad accounts of damage to the wheat. In the low bottom lands much of it is overflowed, while many fields, just “heading out,” have been blown down, and are left in such coudition that the crop is ruined.— In some quarters the farmers are cutting it for feed. ; gl

John Lunyon attempted to cut his throat with a razor at- Vincennes, Indiana, Wednesday aftcrnoon. He made a gash under his chin three or four inches long, when' his strength failed him, and his band fell with the razor in it. He was found in this position. He wanted to escape a, lingering death by consumption. - e : |

An Irishmon,; named John Rutherford, committed suicide, last Sunday evening, in Union City, by placing the muzzle of a pistol in his’ mouth nng%ring;; : Wis’hjng to return home to his friends in Treland, he had written there for: money to pay his passage, and expeeted an answer on Saturday. The disappointment led to his suicide. S : :

The heavy rains of Saturday have done great damage. The river bottoms have been 8o overflowed as to require to be plowed and planted again. . The railway tracks on the line of the storm have also ‘been greatly damaged ; in some places so badly as to render the running of trains dangerous.—ZLafayette Courier. . .. Our State l'is to be re-%isiricieda for Congressional purposes, and t uditor of S%ate has issged a circular recommending the various boards of equalization to meet as follows: First District, Princefon ; Second District, New Albany Third District, Vernon; Fourth District, Rushville; Fifth District, Indianapolis ; Sixth District, Terre Huntygkgévanﬁb District, - Lafayette : _Eighth—Diatrict, Peru; Ninth District, Winchester ; Tenth District, Kendallville; Eleventh District, Valparaiso. = i ~ ¢

LIGONIER MARKET REPORT.

Corn.. 50 Bees wax 35 Butter. - = 15 Fgeathers' it 83 - Dried apples 10

Whitewheat, 1,85 Amber red, 1,12 Oats, 52, Potatoes, 85 Flax-seed, . 1,75 Wool . 85t045 Rye, - 90

KENDALLVILLE MARKET.

Kaufman & Jacobs, | E%:;.‘f') X ) Eard..oiiiiiiiniiiie 18 FPRllow.,. ... .c.ih. 0 10 Lon s e e Rs 7 B

. (Corpected We by wnmmm.ﬁao Wheat—red......., 1.15 L o O S ™ gns 58 F 8: o vunvioeime s 00l Potatoes. .......... .40 Clover 5eed........ 8.00

- (’yﬁpplifn:hn fox Liceuse, CE is hereby given to the citiz of Ligo-. * Ligonjer; Ind., June 9th, 1808,-Bt, =~

Application for Licemse. - Notice is hereby given o the citizens otmﬁnier, Ind.; that the nundersigned will make applifi‘g::e t:'."()ﬂ':all : "inhoxlor cating nq?xro::'i'di;o 'l”xﬁ‘;: quantity than oneguart ata time, on lot No. 27, in thetgrl%:d phtg'oruionier. e"l'hst said petition will W‘a the mgotéx‘:f of sald Board on the day of June, 1869. d license to be for one year. LE%PQLD SCHLOSS. Ligonier; Ind., June 9th, 1869,-Bt, s

Application for License. Notice is hereby given to the citisemns of Xigonier, Ind., tlcm the ufi led 'iﬁ‘ make aédlfcaﬁ:a to the Board of Trustees of said town for license to sell “intoxicating ors” %u'lz- &l:nﬁty, than one quart at a time, on lot No.. int orzf inal plat of Ligonier. That said petition will oR R eTt e year. . SOLOMON ACKERMAN, Ligonier, Ind., June oth, 18088 t

EGGS! EGGS!! EGGS!!! The und is t £ anpeenior o 1o s e cart (5 prefits uponwndozcnefgs.pmemd by this cess when selling at 19 centsa donen, é\“’ s nntil the' winter when readily % 25 cents per do:an,:ga pay M‘tu'm- - served in this mauner they will keep-fresh for one year and u!&mmnhgmd frying as whemtg& hvem,mo%onn in the egg trade of ten years, and ean; , confidence, Sl remerisg e B et i B o :ﬂi cents, Ag;oa“ testimonials gﬂox mx!{ lﬁ Sl e g e il Mayl9th, 89, Boxdsh, im':.lnd-,, 1 ; tomy Restenrantofs e pate s et o 37 Mpemriots P " o B TR Bread, Cakes, Pies, | And anything usnally kept in a first-class BAKERY AND RESTAURANT, lam now receiving Early Strawberries, afd will e N s WS B Ny us- - “Wapoia Pawries supplied with i "Sopa WATTER AND IcE Umldmlj DRDIIC phironßge I sepecifully sollslin ° ”@5 & ol o e N 10ONAL Busine C 3 OF | e RS LT TP RN yilivaliiss % e ‘gi cago. Applyat thisofficee =~ - 9

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