The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 7, Ligonier, Noble County, 16 June 1869 — Page 2

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“Resistance o Tyrants ”m i’"p‘, g 2 : J. B:iBTE ,L;; EDr w . , i LR A / “THENATIONAL EXPERIMENT,” “The work of abolishing the institution of slavery by congressional enactment was commenced in the District of Columbia. The “blessings” of negro” suffrage were first intréduced within the same unfortunate territory. So--confident were radical philanthropists of the happy results of that favored doctrine, that Congress did not deem it advisable to await its practical working, but hastened to ex“tend the right of suffrage to every thickipped and flat-nosed barbarian in the late lebellious - States. Fully appreciating the ‘value of ¢itizenship, the negroes of Waghington ‘city have been celebrating their‘enfranchisement in a style eminently worthy of the American citizen of African descent. The wild and savage in‘habitants of Ashantee Land -could nnt “have improvised in their native jungles scencs of fiéreer violence than those which | were enacted b‘% their relatives'in the cap--1 U 2 TN NULion, auring tue eiection on Monday of last week. No white men purticipated in these riots to enable the. ‘radicals to invent a calummy against their : demoeratic opponents, - Sambo had the affair all to himself, Inflamed with fary by the radical orators (Forney dmong the rest), who addressed them on the Saturday night before the election, the negro ringleaders were resolved that none of their own coler should vote the white mau's ticket, if force and fraud could prevent it. To male sure that no-slippeéry negro, who had haply learned to read, should vote against them, the tadicals had a ticket which their challengers could - nbt mistake. 7 It was printed on a narpow strip of paper with a black glazed bick; striped with . gilt bars, with the namber of the ward printed on it in figures and letters. . e -

The accounts of the riot which we publish in to-days paper happily illustrate the negro’s ideas of freedom, and his regard for the ballot and the rights of the citizen. The negroes of Washington have furnished abundant evidence of their adaptibility to the position assigned them by their whife radical allies, viz: thdt of intimideting and shooting down politi cal 'opponents. That they at all permit¢d- white men to vote.who differ with them, must be regarded as an act of con-! descension and liberality on the part of the black Radicals which- they may not be expected always to exhibit. They were not’ g liberal with men of their owncolor, Korney doubtless knew. that respectable white' citizens ‘would not attempt to vote at the rigk of having their ‘ throats cut by black devils, and consequently instructed his colored brethren to take care that not a single negroshould deposit his ballot for the Citizen’s ticket. By this afrangement the sticcess of the scalawag and’sigger ticket was 'n._t ‘]Olpco secured, and the municipal government of the. national capital, placed into the hands of negro barbers and waiters,| superintended by the vilest and rmiost degraded ‘white scoundrels that ‘evet escaped the bangman’s rope. The spoils to be wrung from the publi¢ treasut§—from the pockets of .white tax-payets— will amply repay these villains for alt the violence and routrage tp which thiey wére compelled ‘to resort in order to ensure success. Thousands. of peaceful yoters were kept from the polls or comipelled to vote the. black striped: ticket by menace and intimidation. But then it'was a famous victoty, to be. sure, Thé party of great. moral ideas,’ which, aceording to one of its leaders, is built on the Rock of Ages, hasithus triumphed id the capital of the nation, with pistols, sones and razors in the hands of its adHerents— Standing at the White House windows -that look toward -the éity,;f'mident Grant could hear the savage yéllsof the new-born”'gons of liberty %thh‘mng for a vietim, *Tlic members of the ckbinet and other high officials ofthéﬁm'r? can bear witness to the glorics ofllje‘gj'{'\_ suffrage, and in-their delight can ferg;t,htl.y pray for the speedy adopticn of tlﬁifmenth Article. No time is to be/lostin cxtending the blessings of radigﬂﬁsgaﬂ., 4} $lOO,OOO x-for':mﬁ onnt, The celebrated Craig-Spragué breach of promice case, closed at ‘Wheaton, Iil;, last week, The jury rett}n-i;?%A a verdict for the fall amount claimed—the modest ‘sum of “$lOO,OOO. The pifintiff, Miss Amanda J. Craig, resides af Cincinnati, and is said to be a highly edieated teacher, rather good looking; atid has p‘?d ber sixth lustrum. The defeb@ant, Elisha - B.\Sprague, resides in Chicago nndlssald to be worth $500,000. :igt in conrt, toothless, with unkempt haify revolver on one side and a sore on the’other, with very suggestive blotches upoft: his face.— The love letters, w’i}iéh wefé’sread to the jury, are very interesting o 8 amusing ;

hers were characterized by a beautifui, casy and correct. style, whilé his are passionate and plithyrambic, qely & word being properly spetied, and Bindley Murray entirely ignored. The 81d curnudg: eon_attempted to prove by 80me. worthless villaing that she had ha®Bn abortion produced by a pliysician o ; Jincinnati, in_the fall of 1860, but MOst signally failed to do so;| A nuthber@F: ladies and gentlemen who had béen Wbimately acquainted with lier from infdficy, testified that her deportment had always been correct, and that’ nof 4 breath ‘of suspicion had ever been hreathod agdinst ler fyir nam, , This doubless caused the jury to return ¢he unhesrd of amelbt of damages they ‘did. If the' gay Old duceiver ~was o thoroughly infatua with the. B b {’,‘& % ;“%&é e 4 ;#”*N vl y;t ; e AR o o ol AN W rter 7 g B 7 4 R ity e &sgﬁ%ﬁ% g

GERMAN SCHOOL MEETING. A meéeting of the German-American citizens of Kendallyille was held at Mitch cll's Hall, on Saturday evening; the 13th inst., fot the purpose of expr@iﬁthcﬁf approbation of the recently cnacted luw by the Indiana Legislatare, providing. for the introduction of German instruction in our public schiools. - The meeting was catfed to order by Mr. John Gappinger, .upon whose motion Groree C. GrARRE; Esq., was elected President, and. C. G. AfcuEeLE, Secretary. Mr. &latte, after returning thanks for the honor conférred upon him, briefly stated the object of the meeting. A committee, consisting of Messrs. Rev. Militzer, Moses Jacobs and Geo. Aichele, was thereupon appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the necting. The speaker of the evening, Mr.-J. B. SroLy, editor of the Ligonier : BANNER, was then introduced, end spoke at length of the timely and appropriate enactinent of the new schoo! lnw, as well as the ‘ben efits which will result therefrom, notonly to citizens of German extraction, but alsoito the english-speaking population. The speaker read copious extracts' from a small work on this subject, written by Dr. Keliner, of the Philadelphia Demo%rat, and the close attention with which the entire audience followed Lis'arguments, clearly proved that they werg deeply interested in the cause he advocated. ~ Mr. Stoll® concluded liis remarks Uy #UMUMSHING sl Cluztos uf Germen birth t» adhere to and cherish their mother language, which in point of elegance, briflinney and perspicuity, o, beautifully displuyed in the writings of a Schiller, a Goethe, and other German classics, and its Fichness of words, occupics thé first rank among the languages of the world. The: introduction of German into our public schools, the speaker said, would hgve }hé effect of harmenizing the Englislt with the German element, and result in removing all antagonism’ existing between the two. By accepting and adopting the good qualities of the different elements of which our _population is ' composed, and discarding: the evil, a marked improvement will soon be visible among «all classes, intelligence augmented, and society placed upon a basis of. purity, v’jrtué and justice.

“The ‘committee on resolutions made the following report, which was ananimously ti_ﬁopted e We,_ the German- Americans of Kendallgllc, in public assembly, for the purpose of deliberating upon the amended school law of Indiana, and especially that part Which provides for the introduction of the German language into our public Bchools, do hereby e

1 Resolve—lst, That we tender our acknowledgment to the legislators of Indiana, who labored and voted for the accoﬁ)pﬁéhment of this object ; and we recognize in the enactment of this law a just appreciation of our natural rights, by reason?of our numerical - strength, and the amount of taxes annually paid for school 'purposes by citizens of German birth. ; i

2nd. We earnestly hope that our American fellow-citizens will also avail themselves of the opportunity presented by the introduction of the German langvage, and we cherish the belief that this branch of education will not only promote the studies 1n our schools, but that it_ will have a salutary effect upon the manners and morality of the pupil.— Cultivation of the mind alouc makes free, and only school and education can effect that cultivation.

Rev. Militzer, of the German Methodist Church of Kendallville, was next called upon to address the meeting, to - which request he responded in a masterly ‘style. He called to mind that a general | free school system was the surest guarantee for the perpetuation of republican institutions—that thereunder education was imparted to the clinld of the laborer aside the child of the millionaire—that under its beneficent influences the pure spirit of republicanism was implanted into the minds of the youth, and that it afforded ‘morality its strongest support. At the conclusion of the Rev. gentlemun’s remarks, it was resolved that the ‘proceedings of the meeting be published in the NATIONAT, BANNER, and that the other papers of Noble county, and the 'lndianapolis Sentinel, Journal, Volksblait, ‘and . Telegraph be requested to copy the same, GEo. C. GLATTE, Pres't. ~ Caryn G. AICHELE, Secretary. i | lnterestme Olden ; Times. ¥ E ‘We were recently shown some interesting papers, written in the good quaint ~old’ style, of the last century.” These relics—four in number—were left by ‘ Silas Wood, to his son Niah Wood, and by him to his son, Judge H. Wood, of this place. = The oldest of these papers is & Warranty Deed from jonah Willard to Silas Wood, for “a-certain hundred acres of land.” In closing the instrument the } following language is used. “In witness ‘ whereof T have hereunto set my hand: ~and seal this fifth day of May, in the 14th year of his majesty’s reign, Annoque Domini 1774. It will be poticed that this paper ‘dates back previous. to ihe. Revolutionary War, The three remaining ones are military commissions to Mr. Silas Woed, gentleman; the first one is a commission as second Lieutenant, in the third . company, of- the. first Regiment, ‘New Hampshire Militia, dated at Exeter, the tenth day of May, Anno Domini 1718, #nd signed by M. W, Weare, Esq., president of the Btats, and E. Thompson, secretary. - The vext i 8 a commission as second Lieutenant ;Sflnje’sgme _company, «dated at Durhem, '7"th. day of - September, Anno Domini 1789, and. signed oy John Sullivan, Esq., president of the Btate, and John Pearson, secretaty. The last one isa commuission as’ Captain of tj;e.mmg company, dated at Exetor, the 23d day of August, Anno Domini 17903, and signed by one of the ‘immortal sign?,ers_ of %he Declaration 8f Independence, Josiah Bartlett, Esq, Goverror, and &a than Parker, &c;%mgga% ~Boubt. ;.leﬁsm*;;’x.e{g;g.w, s i il Lhat prior Lo the war of the u 7 a 0 o ek fﬁg oty e o crty vtk 1 imaginiion Eeals e elins v dacrei st for Sliose._patriotic. men throngh whose “mighty efforts the grande %; RW TR g ," ,_:uge-_,.;?;/.,e@;?& i é‘-;:g‘wv,’(, S o ee e v

. D "IN T o umcq _llﬂ'.nl ﬁ 'l}’?l : 'l The Cincinnati Gazette (Badical this picture of its own party-reconstract s e F i Im been the common: custom s describe ths‘;goﬁﬁ#l i mﬂhg en‘messee, since the reconst eﬁhﬁ\ “hell™ No one who has read an accoynt- of the late Republican State Cogpention will doubt the fitness of the term.. gSuch a riot of passion, coarseness, profanity, and blackguardism makes the most vivid picture the imagination can . conceiye of pandemonium, ~ In all that two days' strife of disorder we see no signs of a wholesome popular sentiment—of -a capable, independent, self reliant people, such as exercise a moral control :over their representatives and leaders ; we see nothing but a ho‘;lJelecs mass, and the strife of a fow reckless leaders, determincd to rule or ruin, Nor does it present even this alternative, for the escape from' ruin is by no means guaranteed by their rule. 2 o . : “Tennessee is suffering from 'the iney-. itable- consequences of irresponsible government—a gﬂve’mmenk which ostracize ‘the great body of the tax-{:,nyers, and of that intelligent class ‘which naturally makes up the controlling sentiment. 1n her experience we realize the truth of declamtions made by Gov. Andrew .of Massachusetts, and. of Henry Ward Beecher, for which they were denounced at the time, to the effect that we cannot set up a safe government .in the South by. excluding property-holders and the natural leaders of society. It was supposed|to be a very simple and easy matter to 'do, and that we had omly to en-: franchise the mass of the blacks just set loose from the long night of bondage, and to diofronq‘xi?o the former gnverning element, and we should have loyal State governments. We hope our readers will bear witness that we never advocated such a plan, and that we have always held that until the people ot ' the southern states could Dbe’ trusted, the United States should govern them ;_not by arbi-. travy military power, but by law. : Wclﬁfwe seen a full trial of this system of establishing a loyal government in Tennessee, and it has become a question whether such loyality 'is not exhaustive to the State, and whether we may not have to relax the loyal. rigidity in order to save the State from ruin. In general, the Radical lule has been marked by profligacy in both State and municipal goverbment, as .is shown by the great increase in [State and municipal debts, beside the great floating debts which they are carrying along at ruinous rates of interest, In this we realize the evil of di¢franchising the great body of tax payers, and thus losing their ‘con_servative influence in public affairs. = Aud this is aggravated by an agrarian spirit which takes possession wlien they who are hostile to the property class have control of the government; who are apt to regard every burden they add to property ag so much towards its equal distribution, and toward securing their share.— And/in this case, there is the feeling that these burdens are in the line of refribu. tion upon the property class for their disloyalty in the civil war-”

- Andy Johmnsen on Grant, Ex-president Johuson addressed a large meeting At Clarkesville, Tenneesee, a short time ago. In alluding to the fact that Grant is called a second 'Washington, he said : - s Let us see how he merrits this name. In his first" inaugural Washington said: “The magnitude and difficulty of the!trust to which the voice of my couatrymen have called me, bring sufficient cares to awaken, in the wisest and most experienced cit‘izens, a distrust of his powers to carry on the great and responsible duties, and to- doubt his qualifications for so grand and high a trust. In his first inaugural, Grant said “The responsibilties of my position are great, but I assume them without fear.” There is the first contrast—the diffidence and dignity of the one; and the arrogant self-sufficiency of the other. Washington did not enter the executive mansion as into a grand gift establishment; but how ig it with the second Woashiington ? He was approached by one man, whom he afterwards appointed Secretary of the . TPreasury, with a sixty/five thousand - dollar check ; . by his future Secretary of the Navy, with a deed to a furnished house in Philadelphia; be his Attorney General that was to be, an- expensive library, and so on ad infinitum—each one that hoped for office’ coming with an expensive gift to purchase-it.— Here is a second comparison: The real father of his country was for the maintenance of the principles and the good of his country, while the second Washington was shrewdly looking out for himself. : - In speaking of the Radical party he eaid: el B W ok I think the Radical party are disintegrating and crumbling away. Tam opposed to making a soft bed for them to recline.on in death. The officers are not enough for all, money s getting scarce, and things lying around loose have been all picked up. Now-they are filled with dissatisfaction, and are fighting for the little residuum of plunder. Our duty is to giveit to them now, to ‘press home upon them and ‘hasten ‘their death by adherence, by 'bold, manly, courageous adherence to ‘the essential of true repulican governTR S e e e

Strange to say, the Free Trade movement .shows more signs of life in the New England States than in the West. New England, which derives all the benefit from the infamous.system of tariff robberies, is agifating strongly for free trade, while here in the West, where our very life depends on the success of the free trade movement, we are doing little ‘or nathing. Qur people seem. content with their base vassalage, 5o long as they are permitted to.amuse themselves with the discussion of ‘“great principles.”— Rev. Henry Blanchard is doing a good work, however, and we hope that in the course of time, the eyerlasting negro will be finally disposed - of, and that the people of the West will think a little, and :act a great deal, in opposition to. this organized system of robbery - known as “Protection to American industry”’ . It SBamson’s strength actually lay in the length and abundanee of his hair, a liberal use of the famous “Batrett's Vegetable Hair Restorative” ought to impart many times the strength of that doughty ancient warrior, for there is wo lmit it will | not reach ,if,jPfép"eﬂy"’rhppl_ig‘f‘d,.;ﬂ H Pty SRRGE RN onr NSRS I 8 niy . John Maloney, of ‘Cincinnati, six years old, is now on trial for manslanghler roiv wOO il e R. H. Floarnoy, a Demécratic member of meﬁaeonﬂawu{e,‘m re-. senily killed by 3 negrg in his employ. sishd o Renilionn Covvntion of FoAva, 4 Tiewassion: ladt wook.: Bawers AR T ’ﬁk“ . ’@C e ) ?i% b o 8 Shia Syl ;ji st el onb B S e

b Bl e SNEREL LS X R A £ e Y i‘ NI %:E!o SUFFRAGE ¥ ILLUSTRATED. The Washington Municipal Eleo- . “tion Controlled by Armed - " Radical Negroess < ¥ The City in a Ferment--Severe ‘A DOZEN MEN WOUNDED. Aml 1d Arson, -iuot,v Bloodw : shed’ -and . Death the Government of Washington Passes into the Hands ‘ .of Half-Civilized Freedmen. ' . Special dispatch to the N. Y, World. . | W asmiNGTON, June 7.—The local government of the capital of the country passed to day, amid scenes of arson and riot and bloodshed and ‘death, into the “Liands of the negroes. The inflammatory ~appeals of John W. Forney and his - Chronicle and Mayor Bowen to the prej- ‘ udices of the ignorant Africans who swarm in this District, did their work today, and nothing but a well-managed and efficient” Metropolitan Police force has saved the city from an extensive and fearful riot. Fortunately for the -white population the day’s bloodshed wes the result of a contest between- the risters, |on the one hand, and the police on the other, both belonging to the Radiral parW . . : VOTR EARLY.". Last night the negroes commenced to congregate at the polling precinets, so as to hold them this morning in long lines; which they did to the exclusion of white voters.

b OPENING SCENES, ETC. R During the night, the store of & candidate on the Citizen’s ticket, in the FirstWard, was set on fire.and burued up, involving a loss of $B,OOO. ' The riot of to day shows the-motive and class which - prompted this incendiarism. 20 PENALTY OF DEMOCRACY. The eleetion proceeded in the several wards up to two o'clock with an unusual amount of rieting, but nothing serious occurred until about three r. M., when the negroes in ‘the Second Ward, in pur--suance of the dictation of the white Radical leaders and by : consultation during. the night, determined not. t 6 “allow any “colored man to vote the Citizen's or Democratic ticket, though a man heads that ticket who is. not, and never has been, a Democrat. It having been ascertained that a cplored man mamed Stuart; employed as a porter in a store, intended to vote the Citizens' ticket, a moby of negroes armed with bricks and stones pro-. ceeded to the premises and attempted to ‘sieze Stuart, amid cries of hang snd Iynch bim. Stuart fled to a dwelling. over the store. This was assaulted ang . the family occupying it were driven out. =By this time the Superintendent of Police ‘and a moanted force arrived on _the ground, formed lines in front, of the house, and kept the crowd’ back. = The - Superintendent of Police having sent to Stuart to know if he wished to come out, received froni him an answer in the affirmative. The police foree¢ 'were then ordered to clear the crowd from the front of the building, which they did with _considerable difficulty, the crowd shouting: “here he comes, the s—nof a b—; _hang him Major Richards, the superintendent of police, having taken his pesition at the front door of the store, Stuart in a few minutes appeared, which was the signal for the crowd to make a dash at him, but they were beaten off .by the | mounted men, and the- dismounted men formed & bollow square around Stuart, who was in company with the superin ‘tendent; and the police and Stuart commenced: to-march off in that order. The crowd .whaoped, swore,. and threatened to mob Stuart, and ‘it required all 'the exertions of the mounted men to keep him from being tynched on the spot. (i:fg was finally taken to another precinct and allowed to vote: i .

THE COMBAT DEEPENS. This seewed to enrage the mob, who suddenly grew in proportions and rushcd out of the adjacent alleys in swarms, armed with razors, stones; clubs, and ‘firearms, and sent a volley ‘at the superintendent and Stuart. ; G * “FIREARMS. A ‘pistol was fired at'the superintendent. The mounted police then drove the mob back, but reinforced, they came up Thirteenth - street, near K street, and drove the police a little. Theregvere successive volleys of stones and %ickbats fired at the police, who still fell back: from the infuriated demons, who taunted and yelled® defiant at them, crying: “Kill, ’em kill ’'em !” “Knock down the d—n blue coated white trash!” &e. % - L ACPANICE : The officers of the force, realizing that prompt measures should be taken to put down the, riot,: now :assuming alarming proportions, abandened the defensive they had too long maintained, and fired a volleyat the mob. [By this time, large crowds of spectators had filled the sidewalks and streets, and the firing by the police created & regular panic. Men flew into the houses, jumped into the yard, ran down the ‘alleys, got behind tree-boxes, and sought every means to escape. . Women and children ran under the door-steps, half frightened to death, while several colored women were trampled down by the mob., Carriages in the streets were suddenly whirled about and driven pell-mell away. One fat gentleman was riding in a barouche, and, finding that the driver could not go fast enough, jumped out, right in-the mob, by whom he was bruised not a little, . THE BACTLE BEGINS. ’ The first volley, which. was fired in front of the residence of the secretary of the -British Legation, corner of Thir-. teenth and K streets, created a little lull, but when mob _discovered that two of. their cumber had been - shot down, they came up crying and yelling and hurling stones and bricks in greater force than ever. They fired a few stray shots, h‘it-" ting & horse in the flank and inflicting a flesh- wonnd on & policeman. A mounted. officer who _?ﬁfent&lly - got detached from the force, as most inhumanly beat~en with stones and bricks, and succeeded in dragging himself into an alley, The mounted force charged again on themob, firing a few shots, and slightly wpundmg‘ several, but: %fivin’g the rioters g square gway. The police then moved up and Mnft.he crowd, who seemed afraid - to ; ‘renew the attack. .- The Mayor of the fi_t_y, ‘Bowen, arrived on -the ground - at hs‘mwindsaﬁéelk went - up from & gﬂ%ﬁf negro i au;e‘:gn; ;the:i:;genlh 4 of “Here's.our Mayor,” “Boys, let's; give g}ge%eﬂﬁ;ﬁg h—l, - “Let’s kill every %d . = PR TR TR e Py 8 v REPURN, OF QUERSIE: 1500 t | ~ The casualities are notexactly known: o mfoo wire ftally wouaded o et e e and ‘and ‘the superinténdent b e B ol much praise cannot be awarded to the p;eli&e for their patience, coolness and deClsive aobOn, .. g S e o ko e iy dcte it Al S g 0" i ot by promptly shootiog Degsh K asind. R e AT

at Willard's is Alderman from the first ward. " The negro head waiter at the Nu:;?gn;‘is councilman from the fourth { ward. . These are fair samples. ~. " k- Y "%hr x{hanop‘l:;nn. il . Let no.fﬁprth;rn man, be x?;. Democrator Républican, for his life 'or property set his fo‘dt‘”ﬁ",‘Wnlﬂﬁgton with ‘s dog-, | lar ; -for under the municipal rule now in force, neither is safe. = Before this riot, capitalists bave shunned this place. Let them do so forever more. The town is

‘doomed and'damned. © % - JVM&@, ‘June B.—Although there was cosidetable rioting here last night, it is comparatively quiet here to-day.: The Kvening Star (Radical) says that the po; lice had to guard, during the night, the hose of the white nn by whom Stuart, the conservative colored man assaulted yesterday, was employed, The same paper gives an account of a drug store partially demolished by negroesin the fourth ward, and of an inhuman assault on a policeman and 8 _man named Kaiser in the third ward. This Journal says that in each instance the negroes were theaggressors. The council havin¥ passéd ‘a law admittip% negroes into all places of amusement, it was feared that an attack would be made on the national theater ; but the Chronicle (Radical) announces that two pegroes waited on the proprietors and cbndescendingly informed . them that they need not be in fear of an attack. :

INTIMIDATED WHITE VOTERS, The same papers show that nearly five thotisand whyte registcred voters, did not cast their votes yesterday, but remained away from 'the polls. Of course, they were intimidated by the negro gangs who held possession of the precincts all day. These facts are from Radical papers and gpeak for themselves.. Abundant ‘evience is at hand to show that these riots were instigated by some of the Repub lican leaders, known as the “City ~Hall Ring.” - THE RADICAL REWARD, - The Radical majority is about five thousand. - All their candidates were clected. Of the seven alderman holding ever, only two are Demogcrats. = ' The ‘“‘Battle Aboye the Clonds”—A Dissolving View. From the Boston Journal. = : According to the correspondents, the most romantic thing that happened during the late war was Gen. Hooker’s celbrated “battle above the clouds,”” on, Lookout Mountain. This delightful incident, however, like many other marvelous tales of history, has' encountered the iconoclasticspirit of the age, and been very badly d=moralized, if not wholly put to rout; to usea wmilitary phrase. Mr. Dana, editor of the New York Sun, who was Assistant Secretary of War at that time,-has run his editorial lance through the story, and apparently 11t it a collapsed fiction.- He says the affair was of very little account as a military operation, and the fighting above the clouds, though brilliant to look at, was of little more consequence than a show of fire works. The following is given asa true version : Early on the morning of November 24, 1863, Gen. Hooker - handsomely captured a rebel redoubt at the foot of Lookout Mountain and 1,520 prisoners. This gave him possession of the whole face of the mountain, the rebels still holding the plateau which forms the top. o * After dark ‘in the evening they began to withdraw their cannen, and in order to conceal the operation sent out a detachment of skirmishers and opened a sharp musketry fire upon our lines on the slope. The fire was briskly returned, and lasted for half an hour or so, and us it was 1,100 or 1.200 feet above the valley, it was 'visible from Chattannoga, and afforded a very handsome spectacle. There were some streaks of mist that remained lower down on the mountain side from the rain of the afternoon, and these suggested to the poetic mind of General Mcigs (lie idea of-a Dattle above the clouds. But it was nothing but an insignificant skirmish after all, and when the rebels, who began it merely to make a noise, had got their cannon down the hill, they stopped shooting, and . everybody went to bed: It was a beautiful moonlight evening. - :

- ANNEXATION OF CANADA. | * A correspondent of a N.Y. paper writing from Toronto, says that the feeling in Canada, forannexationto the ' Unite% States has taken- a strong hold: on the public mind. At first itseemed ag if it were the mere chimera of an idle brain,and as such, was looked upon as of no significance whatever; but a few weeks have.shown that there are more believers in it than the most sanguine advocate would have ven. tured to anticipate in so short a time. -It is now held that even among public men there are those - who would not hesitate to help the "agitation on if they saw a fair prospeet of success.— The leading statesmen of the Dominion have -long been in favor of this course, ' though many, through promotion, - have to all outward appearances, changed their views. The most cosistent portion of the public press are favorable to the scheme of ‘independence, while the others are in ‘a state of uncertainty, and hesitate giving expression to unfriendly sentioents: L : o

The strongest support of this independence movement is among-.the leading merchants of Montreal. It is announced as a fact - which cannot long be disguised, that the commercial community of Montreal look upon independence as the only possible means of relief from the present difficulties. They represent ;tﬁm without - reciprocity with the United State’s business must remain stagnant, and trade terribly crippled. This feeling is nof “confined to Montreal, for, in Ontario there. are also merchants who declare that the present state of things cannot ‘long be endured. There is a general feeling of distrust and dissatisfaction abroad; the want of reciprocal free trade, the shaky condition of financial affairs, and the recklesshess shown by the government, all tend to strengthen the belief that a change of some kind must be: sought; hence the cry for independence, which has been so belittled, notwithatanding it is growing louder and stronger every da{; There i gettainly nq,j‘s;os,pgct_ of the speedy adoption of independence, nor is, the -agitation. likely .to bevery effective for -some - time-to come but there is a feeling of uneasiness manifested whichgoes to unsettlo the public mind, and it will require a powerful effort tq sup prose the oy th&h&ﬂ»ﬁm ralsed. e % -"?“W‘ $i "';;’:;; - IN NuMBERS there is safety, it was upon - this pgihc? e ‘that the formula of ‘Judson’s Mountsin Herb Pills was pre: knowledge, ~ Dr, Judson intending to e s o in”sdveriiog ";M’w' "Dile ed physicians **&%%W uly ‘was the production wﬁmmﬂw HuuPliy Thppilsone et oo o o mess to their ‘virbuss, A% & faally wodl:

4 “'lionhn,”f' . e recent occasion of decorating e oeil b f late war, supplies a text for alesson wbiq:i:mnld be well for t&%zwd ! public to study. Too much praise could not well be bestowed upon the laudable efforts of the honest and patriotic of those who sought by-these well chosen acts to perpetuate the ‘memories and iglorious deeds-of these noble patriots, who fell while following the flag of their country through the terrors of a charge on the serried hosts. of rebellion, or slowly wasted their lives away in camp and hospital.

The ashes of our dead soldiery should be enbalmed in cur memories, and no- ‘act -of a grateful people should be forgotten that will tend to refreshen our respect for the gallantry of their deeds, or the unselfish patriotism which 'caused them to yield up their lives. But-in all ages of th world’s history’ humbug has had an existence, and at no time has it flourished to a greater extent than the present. - The Romans fworshiped as demi-gods their fallen heroes, and offered up many. a sacrifice to their memories ; but ‘while they were per-. forming these showy acts many of the soldiery who were unfortunate enoagh to survive --tl_ie perils of war, were beg—i ging in the streets of their native citcities and continually living amid the. darkest clouds of poverty and dispair. A little reflection will serve to convince most' minds ‘that we are buta trifle in advance of the countrymen of Cicero and Cumsar. Following the lead of a few designing demagogues,. who are seeking political notoriety and. advancement, our patriotic but easily gulled people. strew Howers and drop sorrowful ftears upon the graves of dead soldiers, while equally brave but living relics of the same lamentable war, perish at their very sides for the commonest| wants of life. Thousands of the widows and children cf these men .are suffering and starviog in huts and cellars, .and reaping a bitter legson as they w&tx}es‘s the pomp and splendor of the display of those who are making a mock show of loyalty, simply for the purpose of spending a day in holiday festivities, or to advance the interests of corrupt and unprincipled | partisans. - Orators of the day are almost invariably selected from a class of men who offer nothing but cheap sympathy which, like advice, costs them nothing, but in return for which, they ask the votes.of their auditors: | Who has known one of these oratorical representatives of loud‘mouthed loyalty, to aasfiet a poor veteran’in any substantial way ? What are fine speeches worth to the widows and chilgren. of thess brave men, when ghastly want and hunger are staring them in the face? To decorate the graves of soldiers is a worth?' and ennobling act, but to do it solely for party aggrandizement is shameless hypocrisy, and merits the contempt and denunciation of all christian peop&le o R s A

How 1o Choose and Cook a Steak. The steak usually considered the best is cut from the loins, the piece for-. merly almost entirely used for roasting, and called the sirloin. This is the celebrated porter-house steak. It has ‘the tenderloin, with its delicous, soft fat, for those swho like tender meat,. and the sirloin, which is somewhat more” highly flavored.. The. porterhouse steak is better than the tenderloin for the fillet; the latter: is very tender, but it has not much flavor, and should be larded or served with some sauce to. be a good dish. The small sirloin steak is almost as good as the porter-house. A magnificent steak, and one seldom cut in this country, is from the ribs, say the second cut ribs, which are usually counted the best roasting pieces. This steak, if proper1y cooked, can hardly be excelled by the best porter-house. - It should be an; axiom with all good marketers that -no steak can be properly cooked that is less than an inch and & quarter in thickness, and it'is: better an inch and a ‘half thick. vy spal : To broil a steak is, and at the same time it is| dificnlt sometimes to.make cooks' appreciate the importance of minutis, and to force them to discard certain old-fashioned mistaken notions, To one familiar only with the results of calinary operations, it will seem almost preposterous to say that a good steak should not be pounded ; but it is a fact that implements have been devised and constructed for that purpose | alone. Do not pound a good steak, 'bﬁlt flatten it a little wilt.h the side-of the chopper, trim properly, prepare it 'carefulll;};’ and ‘coolﬁtl:-apidl)?.' . To prepare the steak, rub it in salt. and ‘pe%p‘er well with the hand, and : ﬁrea.ae yoth sides slightly with sweet rd or fresh’ Muqn,w»ﬁm strong butter of inferior 'quality, ¢commonly known as cooking bufter.:: The steak thus prepared should then be placed between the bars of well-warm-. ed light gridion, so that it can be easily tarned over the fire. The preparation of the fire is the most important pdint of all. . The very best is a clear fire of ‘hickory coals. - The next best is a| charcoal fire; but a bright fire of ordinary coal will broil pretty well. - It is. indispensable 'whqt‘?t,l’xséﬁrmb_efhot:;in& clear and there should bena smeke from dripping gravy, which can be easi 93}3!3#; vﬁh&?perm - Put the steak over the fire, and turn often ‘until done.” When'done, place it upon ‘a hot dish, sprinkle overit alittle more| sainndmpen&mﬂm verit a little ‘sweet hutter, and let m«:@ mm M ©1 VLA ‘“ X ‘ 2 ;r;.r'ig" enmwwlx and one served five R R SR b S e o L B s 2 !““f%f@ d %‘;ﬁ»ﬁw " Mr. Johnson—Mornin’ Mistah. Jones, | " Mr. Jones—Jisb not, M ’*{% hnsing. | ‘What is themighty wonder? |

L Rosecrans denics that he asked to're- | , Milwaukesweceived last week 743,880 | bushels of wheat, and- shipped..B4B:Bo6 | nshielaf . T B " The Jews ‘mre being persecuted at | Roumania; and have been expelled from. | SeveralbommOmes. 0 - cr oo = Two thousand acres of improved land | were . offered. for sale by the .Sheriff .of | Monroe county, Georgia, last weck—an | evidence of the igeneral distress of the ’ - The advocates of the total proliibition | of the sale of intoxicating drinks.in Maine | coptemplate the formation of agdigtin'et'l party organizaton and ‘the nomination of | a candidate for Governor. el N

- Life must have been a heavy barden to Mrs. Elzia Oggood,uho is said to have died of corpulence a few days ago, in Philadélphia, weighing nearly six hun: dred pounds. _ ¢ ks There are now 756 libel suits pending: against editors or publishers in this country. The total amount of .damages alleg%,pe done to.these 756 plaintiffs is Seome thirty eitizens of Marshal, Michigan, talk of chartering a car and mak: ing an excursion oyer the Pacific Railroad to' San Francisco the coming summer: 3 ‘A canary bird which bad been away from home four months, récently returned of its own volition, perched itself upon a tree near the house, sang ewcetly, and. finall _,w;wmcd,to'its'ca,ge. L S & ]%e Radieal office holdérs in- Chicago - who contributed $lO,OOO to secure Giant’s election, last fall, and have been removed since the inauguration, want either the money or the offices back. It isa clear case, they think, of breach of contract.

- In accordance with orders from ‘the War Department, General Thomas ‘H. Ruger relinquishes the command of the Department of the Séuth, and the sameg has been assumed by General A. H* Terry. - The total loss of propérty by the receis tornado at Shipman, Ilinoise, reaches lialf a million otp dollars. Numerous.persons were badly injured; hut none killed. About balf the buildings in the town wereﬁeigjher wholly -or partially ~demol: ished. : SIS e 0

In repairing the old Minister Hays, House at South Hadley, Massachusetts, recently an entrance into an unused. closet was found in the chimney on the sceond floor, and in this place were two smoked bhams, in good preservation which had been there over fifty years: : On Wednesday- night a party of dis guised men went to the jail at Frankfort, Northern Alabama. After forcing the jailer to surrender the keystheytook two horse theives, named Inman and’ Anderson, carried them to the woeds, and shot them. : Tisig. o i

Judge Advocate General Holt has written a reply to the protest gddressed to the Secretary of War by Norman Wiardagainst the finding of the Courtof inquiry in the Dyer case. - Holt tries to impress on the mind of Wiard that a military court-of inquiry is unlike a- coroner’s. inquest or a grand jury. s R The Grand. Army of the Republic, through General Logan, have issued a letter- discountenancing * the decorating - of rebel soldiers’ graves, and = explaining their action in stationing a guard around Confederate graves at Arlington on decoration day, saying that the marines simply obeyed the orders given them. < The son of a jeweler at Buffalo' named walker was killed by the Angola Railroad disaster last year. A watch known to be: on his person at the time was not found, but a few days ago was brought to hiy father's establishment. for repairs, and has been traced back to one Robins, since'arrested, who was jon the.train at_the time of fedishabor . et

The $60,000 telegraph bill against the Department of State ‘has been paid by this Government, through the Barings. Two-thirds of this sum was due on Cable telegrams concerning the Alaska purchase. The correctness ‘of the bill had been dis puted, because the company had charged as full words’ single figures only, which had been substituted for letters in the State Department cipher. . =+ : The Spanish Minister having become ‘uneasy at the prolangel stay of the Peruvian monitors among the West India islands, and the acknowledgement of .€u ‘ban belligerency by Pern, has been assured by Secretary Fish that Peru has given bonds not to use the monitors to aid the Cubans. /yFhe - Peruvian Minister says that the monitors are wiating until winter, asthe passage at that time is safe around €ape Horn. - : b Attoraey General Williamson has given an opinion to the effect that the last act postponing all elections until October, 1870 continues the present incumbents in office until their successors are elected and qualified. This, however, does not apply to officers holding by ‘appointhentir ™ =: © imo o 0 :

A writer in & Pennsylvania paper proceeds to show that the interest alreadypaid and the present amount of the national debt is.cquay to one dollar for every minugethe world has existed, putting the creation six -t?us& d years antetior to the present tim&§ Vd%ts progressive people we are under Rad Gal rule. - .

At Pittsburg, Monday of last, week, Mrs. Mary Fustin went up stairs” to lower a window, and while doing so, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. One of her daughters, not knowing that ber mother had gone up stairs, went up to lower the window, when she discoverd her lying on the floor, lifeless;, and her. clothics on fire;: rir RRk S e

A man named Dunn, having fallen heir to a house in Jersey City, oceupied by tenants who “would ‘neither pay nor leave, took out a tinner’s license, hunmg-an old kettle over the door, and engaged about & dozen men to hammer all day upon sheet iron aud tin, whereby a great racket is produced. Some,of the tenants have given up the contest, but the boldest are tryingdo stick it out. :7 0 T A young man named. Charles Nicholas, had the whole top of his head kicked off, by a horse’ at Brooklyn;, near Cleveland, on Wednesday evening ‘of last week. Tke horse was turned loose, with a halter on, and, after it had rolled to its satisfac: fion, and wasabout to arise, Nicholas'ad’ 'vanced to take hold of the halter, when the horse, in a playful mood, fisst reared, and then turned and kicked with both hind feet, producing the . cfict: atated; It appears from & report of the special ‘commission appointed by the President to examine the two: Pacific Railroads, that $6,771,701 will be regulredtohvmg the Union Pacific up to a first class road, measured by the standard of the best east-ern-zoads, or $6,540 per mile, and that 6,714,043 will be requited by’ the ‘Central Pacific road to the same end, or $9,062; per mile. - The aid extended to-cach company ‘was: ~Union Pacific,’ $27,120,000, oran awemg_e,nff&:gﬁg_’ per mile; Central Pacific, $26,076,000,0% an averagé of $35,100 per mite, s fude ks L & % From the ereation down. to the presok S 0 ‘Waman ias beeti the ciuge of a groat - eamm%mmg@ every.other orime known 10 thie laws of nations, and _now 8 mgbm’ devil among thosPuritans op the. subject of voting. ~Among ¥he variows schemes “I’:”_,;' g Emelano W ~‘_’":‘__,_'ﬂ‘ ? bt eB e rghoghpge ogl B IpATe SO S b 4 16, ¢ha Kallot. We g g [adl ol bt thi s, o Tid g e i€ bhibe Bnd Tavele. Wil dunie b e Bl wits s mre s M o

_ Joseph Kenzel, 8 liafayette prioter, is - mysterionsty absent, under. suspicion of ot SRR s o ~ Jerry Van Dalson, of Hantington, shotand killed Dial Oats, ‘who ~was loafing about his premises, A woman in e eaie. L T . G. W. Pierson, a Kokomo Council- - man, recently fed one of his thumbs in-to-a circular gaw while trying to look LWOEMIY -At O AR A o - Mis, Elizabeth Moore, forumly of Grecn County, Ohio, committed sujcide last week, a few miles north of Munice, Indi. ana. - She became tired of life, and, after - writing létters to her husband and other Telations, she went to# well near the house, took up some Mtg:#th which it was, covered, and thréw herself in. The water was nine feet deep, and she was found.at the bettem.. =~ . -

The house of g Mr. Lock. two milés from South Bend, Indiana, wasstruck by roomi in which the famil y . were: sitting was filled with plaster and splinters, - but nione were injured or even: shocked by the electricity. In the interior of the house flooring boards were loosend, plastering was torn from the walls, door-cas- .- ings “were. splintered and forced from their places, windows broken, and a loaded rifle in one of the bedrooms had its stock splintered and torn’ from its barrel, but the loai was not ’discha;ged‘.‘,, The effects of the lightning in six of the rooms were terrible, but the outside of the building' was uninjured. The -escape of the family seemed miracafous, .~ o . © A New Albany genuis Hak invented g “machine” which he calls the. Watchman’s Time. Detecter; its purpose being to prevent policemen from neglecting.duties, lt.is wound-and docked up by ‘the Supertendent of Police, and given to the policeman on duty, whe is required to - wind it at cvery station on his beat with & key-at esch. - The keys are numbered . and the works are so arranged that he-:* can not use another key. 'lf he neglects to'do as ordered by the Chief, it will be . discovered ~by him upon opening - the works next morning, the exact time - the watchman turned the key at each . station, being inaicated by & dot madein a graduated disk which is a complete rec- . - ord of the whiearcabouts of the watchman during the night. This graduated “disk consists -of paper and can be removed and replaced .by a fresh one every day.

i Marvels of Patience, - ~Some time ago a singular Story was told of an ingenious youth, who while in prison at Paris constructed a watch . - of straw, which would keep good time for several hours. Now we hear of a ‘more wonderful thing of an Australian, imprisoned for several years past, ‘who has made an astonishingly complete and aceurate’ astronomical eclock from the kneaded crumbs of rye bread rations. - It indicates the seconds, minutes, hours, days and months of the year. Yet everything about it is made. , from 'bread erumbs, except the dial hands, which are of wood, and the figures of the dial fashioned from fragments. of straw obtained from the prisouer’s pallet. Even the key used forits monthly winding is of rye erumbs. .. The only instrument employed in making it was a wretched pocket-Knife worth a few cents. The sﬁillﬁ;l work- ¢ man having served out his time isnow tarning an. honest penny by exhibit. - ing this marvel of gkill.. ik e ; Home Testimony. : 3 : " KecksviLLg, Martin o, Ind,, } : b ~May 28th, 1860. g " v Dr. €. W. Roback—Sir: Your Seandi- ... navian Remedics have a great reputation . in this section. lam nearly out. and ‘want another lot. at once, They have cured several cases of ague around here. | ‘Everybody allows' that they are ‘the best medicines for purifying the blood. I sell ‘more of the Pills than of all others. Yoursfraly, - i june 16-Imv McHEWELL KECK. Loox HERE, READER, we do not wish to tell you that Consumption can be cured _ when the luhgs are half consumed, nor that Dr. Wonderful, or any other fellow, has discovered ‘a remedy that will make ' men live forever, and leave ‘death to play for want ‘of work." No, you have heard. ' enough of that, and we do not wonder that you bave by this time, become dis-. gusted with- it. - But when we tell you that Dr, Sage’s Catarrh Remedy il pos itively cure the worst case of Catarrh, we only assert that which thousands pan testify to. Tryitand you will be convinced. Sent by mail. for. sixty cents. - Address R..V. Pierce. M. D);; Buffalo, N. Y. - For. sale by -most Druggists everywhere, . .. - The Mayor of Washington Has signed an ordinance of the City Couneil, requiring proprietors of publi¢ houses of amusemlent to Tngkmbggiﬁrimwﬁ betweén - whites and. blacks, un ler. penalty, of be-: . ing fined $lO for éwhwomm; ¥ dhy

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. Application for Liceuse. . . nfor Tt o IRO e Staens ol bigeplication o the Board of Trustees.of sald-town ?or license to sell *‘intoxicating liquors” im a less quantity. than one gnart sta.;mw,ron lot No, 30, .- in the ori%nal' plat of Ligonier. That ‘said petiBt s AR got B B Board.on the ay of June, ." Said license to be for one year. ~ CLEMENS KAUMAW « ‘Ligonier, Il;d;, June 9th, 1869‘-81:.‘ ks ; TO THE PUBLIC. = The subscribers, having retired fram . Mer-., ‘,cantﬂ?“ﬁlﬁi‘n.éﬂ '.seﬁgrsf Months g u{‘e %eir"‘ ¢ new business engagements requiring; speedy J %}}wgi%ﬁ of all t'simomms %u:ﬁ:hgm. would re_sge'ct- - Aully but earnestly request: all-pe ) 0 have « ¢ -‘*t.,hugﬁr negreutedy to %ay their ncéaﬁna':gha‘hbté?‘ : Haritnte Ha obllgeriose eraruist delay and, liguidate their obligations "t FebY saving tis many inconveniences and. themselves unnecessary, e?me;; Rt 1L '.‘01;1,7‘::3-'\&,,;" -",‘,{:‘w;f: S ¥iY or the accomquat{on:of?&', HWhO My 116 be < rovided with the ready Cash W;!f"*ozrfibx poeive g:li,eu thereof. WOOL, and other conncg ¢, o ‘at high&tmr’ke;&im STRAUS BROS, ' Heonler ADI Rt o ooy & " e odammlor: Bales-s et 53 One of the best F'arms in Noble Ca 1 Allen Townghip, Gle-balf il southrums og - Kendally €. -8 aiarm | i -i;m‘ y i e ‘Highest state q&ncuhfm'é%nm il 1 ane.erin‘gfxw,ot;t_ha_- hest: quality, - There is & - :ﬂd - Orchard of from 'LHZ,? hamrbgly o “land is all. enclosed with_the best of fonces; the i 85 eb i o Can »_::‘ tern ;‘é‘ arnjarge, w "5,?““# fi"*‘", 5 inge; an OXCHAXd of the Host quality of foatt: e Soam e Klnds n abundance. * Solf & graveily loam, - “There are-over 80 -acres-of whes B ?;;f!‘mndﬂ For farther particularsenguin of the edwﬁ%&*ﬁmt“’ übsoriber o the pre-: A e e v 6 D S, ANFORD, .0 A4l :\ﬁmmﬁu? LN SN e RiR g L- .z 5 :'/:.. sy i ’ﬂi‘ffaxl Naliae “,i i“ .gi 2 |ﬂf} o, F"I; Lanhosi. b Talidelh w&’” : __ WHOLESALE DEALERS PR et 4236 WATER STREET, .(dp Whitn)® L!‘& P, o 0 CLBVELANE b s