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“Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God-’ —_————————— oL e B BTOLE, EDITOR, - N NN NN NS NS NSNS NSNS NN NI NI NI NN NSNS SINT NN SN WEDNESDAY, SEP’'T. 8, 1869. S THE EDITORIAL CONVENTION. The ' editors and 'ipubliahers of the " Tenth and Eleventh 'Congressional District met at Warsaw on Friday last. The meeting -was well attended, 'and the utmost harmony prevailed throughout its deliberations. The official proceedings not being received at the time of going to press, their publication is deferred un- * til next week. _ The heartfelt thanks of the fraternity " are due the liberal citizens of Warsaw, who manifested their appreciation of the power and 'influence of the press by ten- - dering its representatives a magnificent i banquet at the “Kirtley House.” The . ~'bill of fare was superb, and we only regret that each and every one of our ad-vance-paying subscribers did not have an: opportunity to join us in partaking of the many exceHent: delicacies “then and ~ there providzl”,-—leaving unmentioned the several varieties of sparkling wines " that added so largely to our admiration of the liberality - and discriminating . judgment of our Warsaw friends. : Quite a large number of the most y prominent citizens of Warsaw, accompanied by their ladies, participated in the festivities of the occasion.- Mr, J. H. Carpenter, & veteran newspaper publisher, delivered a welcome address, closing with an appropriate toast, to which the * editor of tins paper, as President of the editorial association£ made. a brief re-

. sponse. Speeches w{eré also delivered by . Geo. W. Frazier, I. B. McDonald, E. Van + Long, Billy Williams, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Fish,and toasts offered by H. E. Wadsworth of the Laporte Argus, and Col. McDonald,-of Columbia City. ‘We had the pleasure of forming the acquaintance of quite a number of gentlenien, among whom may be mentioned Messrs. Williams & Hossler, of the Indi- - antan; J. W. Baker, of the Whitley Commercial ; Mr. Phillips, of the PlymouthRepublican ; Mr, Little, representing the: Auburn 7Z%mes ; Mr. Beane, of Leesburg, (brother of Billy of the Goshen Democrat); Col. Dodge, Major Carpenter, and many other Warsawians. -As a'matter of course, - we were highly gratified to take by the - hand a large number of gentlemen whose - personal acquaintance we have enjoyed for a longer period, as it is always a pleasure for us to meet with such men as Col. McDonald, Brown, the Longs, Zim~merman, Marshall, Dr. Conrad, Wood, ‘ ‘&e. It is but proper to state in this con“nection, that no one showed us greater } courtesies than Congressman Williams, who is a 3 whele-souled and generous in * the social circle as he is unscrupulous and " vindictive on the political rostrum. 4 A ride through the principal parts of ‘the city, in company with that inexhaustible jokist, Col. Dodge; convinced us that Warsaw is inhabited by enterprising citizens, surrounded by beautiful lakes, and favored with two hotels that any city of 25,000 inhabitants' might well be proud

How Things are being Done. ‘ An order, issued by Gen. Reynolds, from Austin, Texad} gives us a good insight into the workings of the military bureau. It details the trial of Capt. Geo. W. Smith, of the 85th infantry, agent of the bureau, on seven different charges of embezzlement, It seems that Captain Smith, acting in the capacity of a justice of the peace; levied and \a\ssessed' fines amounting to several thousand dollars,on different individuals, white :% black, all of which he put in his pocket. | The court ; mattial found him guilty, and%cntcnced * him to be cashiered afd imprisoned, but the matter was referred to the bureau of _ military justice, and Joe Holt ordered his release,and reinstatement, not because he Aid aot holiove him guilty, but be.cause he thought the charge should have been ‘“‘bribery” instead of “embezzlement.” That's the way they do things under the new adﬂiinist‘ra‘tion. £ - ' | Good or Hard Times ? - It is~an infallible evidence of good times whén the man of business, whose " operations reguire him to go to the money lender to borrow, can fix the rate of discount. Is this the case at this time? The business man who approaches a bank

counter with his paper, no mattér how good it may be, expecting to obtain a # discount at the old rate of six per cent. per annum, is politely but promptly told

_ that he can receive no accommodation on , suchterms. He is informed that money, - althougl in greater volume, is worth far =more than it used to be. .He must sub. mit to & ruinous shave, sacrifice his prop- - erty -or .contract. his business. Where lies the fault of this? Is it not most » clearly with the currency tinkers in Congress? Either capitalists, themsolves, or the power of capital, have framed the laws, not to encourage and foster the legitimaté buginess of the country, but to put it completely and ruinously within the control of the non-producing money lords of the land. Is it at all surprising that utter decay is falling on some of the best enterprises in the land, and that thousands of business men seek in vain for 'escape from the ruin that awaits them? - ° ' » T An Editor in Luck. ;

Washington'dispatehes contain the announcement that Hon. Isaac Jenkinson, formerly editor of the Fort Wayne Gaeette, has been appointed United States Consul at Glasgow, “Scotland, vice Major %eéty, whom the British Government re to receive in consequence of his connection with the Fenian organization. L 1 State Elections, Ualifornia held an election, last week, for metabers of the Legislatare and Judges of the w Court. The Democracy carried the Btate. - Another nail into the 15th amendment coffin. J Vermont held axd election on the 7th, «nd gave the usual Redical majority: ikl mll “-“ B g ! Gﬁva?m%ﬁ appointed * Hon, e ;' ('~§~.,--‘, 4:,-;.1.;_ ,_i N ﬂ‘* ': 'm\ I‘E.F‘? WY 0 i (tenera w» Wi ;‘, m um : ‘L"““’”‘ ’S“‘”‘ b’mw h

DEATH OF SECRETARY RAWLINS. . Gen. John A. Rawling, Secretary of War, died on Monday afternoon about 4 o'clock, of a disease brought on by a cold contracted in the army in the winter of '1863. He had been much: better during the last six months, and was rapidly. improving, on a diet of raw meat and eggs, ‘but imprudently, last week, changed his diet, and ate a bearty and rich meal, hwhicb with over-exertion, -brought on hemorrhages from which he gradually 1' sank into death. - £ g ~ The telegraph informs us that Gen. ‘Rawlins expressed a great desire, on Sunday and Monday, to see his old companion -and closest friend, Gen. Grant, and 'wondered why the President dil not hasten to his side. Grant—who, it will be remembered, is rusticating at - fashionable summer resorts—finally arrived, but .one hour too late. He issaid to have been much affected when he saw the remains, but sat down at once and wrotea telegram of condolence to Mrs. Rawlins, who is ill in Connecticut. The Secretary failed all day, but was conscious to within 15 jminut'»es of his dis‘solution, At times he suffered from suf focation, caused by internal hemmdrrhages, His last words were: “Raise me up.’ During the\‘day'he expressed a desire to live only for his family, and for the special education of his two boys. The latter, however, he gave over to the officers of the society of the Old Army of the Tennescoo, who roqucsted uf him, during the day, that they might adopt them. = _General Rawling was the purest and most upright member of Grant’s Cabinet. He was well known to the people of the ,country, but more especially to the inhabitants of Illinois, both before and since the outbreak of the war. Prior to that ‘event, he: was a member of the bar at Galena, and an active and influential member of the Democratic party, which he; represented as a candidate for presidential elector in the convass of 1860, .

{Let'the Public be: Guarded, | A circular purporting to emanate from the “Great English Land ' Company” is now being scattered through the country. This pretend’éd company offers to sell, for one dollar per share, a ticket which is to draw a prize from ainongst a number of cash and land premiums which are to be awarded at St. Louis, Mo,, on the 4th of July, 1870, said land to be'in the States of lowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Missotiri, Minnesota, Kansds and Nebraska. Tickets can be had at Edgerton, Ohio; St. Louis, Mo.; Covington, Ky.; and Windsor, Canada. Of course—only 50,000 tickets remain unsold. The circular is signed, Jou~x DogE, Cashier, WirLiam FEg, Secretary. It is to be hoped that no one will be silly enough to invest his money in a concern which bears upon its face such unmistakable evidences of fraud and deception as the oune alluded to in this article. From its very face we have no hesitancy in pronouncing it an unmitigated swindle. No one knows anything of this “Great English Land Company "—it is nothing more than a flaming title given to a huge swindling concern, composed of scalawags, scoundrels and pimps, whose landed possessions only have an imaginative name and an airy location. The circular itself denotes the true character of the daring swindle. It does not’contain a. single bona fide signature, : * The less people have to do with lotteries and gift enterprises, the better it will befor themselves. They neither add to moral culturg nor financial success. .1 The Modest Stokes. A Washington dispatch states: - Besides the removal of Senter officers in Tennessee, Stokes wants the President to agree that in case Stokes returns to Tennessee and assumes the Governorship, ‘and calls those who ran on the ticket with him together as a Legislature, the administration would recognize them as the choice of the legal voters, and therefore the: State Government, and in case of ‘trouble, act upon the call of Stokes as Governor, and furnish military aid. The President is decidedly opposed to the course of Stokes." | e

“The time has gone far by when intelligence like this would create any surprise. -It is«a perfect illustration of the impudence, audacity and revolutionary character of Radicalism. Doubtless, says the St. Louis Republican, General Stokes can cite many a Radical precedent in support of his. demand. Congress has furnished divers instances of men being admitted. to secats in that body who had been rejected by the people, and the ‘course of the Radical party has demonstrated, throughout, that no ordinary obstacle ; stands in its way to prevent the absorption of political power. This appeal by Btokes, however, although not surprising, goes a little too far to meet with a favorable response from President Grant. It seems to look to& combination of various wsurpations, for which the President -is as: yet unprepared, Were Congress in session we might expect g speedy compliance with Stokes' wishes.

The Test Oath in Vlrglnia. On the 2d inst, the War Department received from Attorney-General Hoar his opinion, relative to political affairs in Virginia, and has transmitted the same to General Canby for his information and guidancg. It is a rare specimen of legal twaddle, The .Attorney-General says that the Legislature must, asa prerequisite, submit the constitution and their action thercon to Congress for approval. In this the test oath will not be required, | If the constitution and the action of the Legislature oe approved, the Legislature then becomes the Legislature of the state of Virginia, and the provision of the ¢onstitution fixing thequalifications of members of the Legislature necessarily pre‘yail, the requirements of the regonstruc‘tion acts being thus superscded as far as ‘Virginia is concerned. But before such | approval by Congress, Virginia not being -in all respects a State of the Union, the Legislature,. as a provisional body, can not pass laws without its members taking ‘the test oath. The reconstrustion aefs require the ratification of the fifteenth, ~amendment to. the Constitution of the United States before the State can be ad ‘mitted to representation in Congress. This amendment will be, it is belicved, ratified by an overwhelming majority. is. mow expected. that. he will withogt RS B 40 inmsgsmian of Goverot

xgnpxu‘% Convex: The “National Temperance Convention,” called for the object of forming a Temperance party, for political purposes, assembled at Chicago on the Ist inst., and continued in session for two days. About 300 persons were in attendance, nearly two hundred of whom were delegates. A permanent organization was effected by the election of Hon, James Black, of Pénngylvania, as ‘President; fourteen Vice-Presidents from. different States; J. A. Spercer as Secretary, with three. assistants ; and Hon. Gerritt Smith as Treasurer. Most of the time was devoted to speech-making, and the discussion of the new party project. Whilst a few deprecated the idea of organizing a new party, an overwhelming majority of the convention -indicated that they would be satisfied with nothing less, and a definite programme was finally agreed vpon by the adoption of the following preambles and resolutions: )

- WHEREAS, Protection and allegmuce are reciprocal duties and every citizen who yields obedience to the just commangds of his gcvernment, is entitled to the full, complete and perfect protection of that government in the ‘enj‘:)yment of personal security, personal liberty and property, and ¢ e > Wnereas, The traffic in intoxicating drinks greatly impairs the personal security and personal liberty of the large masses of citizens, and renders private property insecure, and | ; WiereAs, The existing parties are hopdlosoly unwilling to adopt an ade: | quate policy on this question, - Therefore, We, in' national convention assembled as citizens of this free.,republic, *sharing the duties and responsibilities of its goyernment, and in the discharge of a solemn duty we owe to our country and our race, unite in the . following declaration of principles: : First—That while we' acknowledge the pure patriotism- and profound statesmanship of those patriots who laid broad and deep the foundations of this government, securing at once the rights of the states, severally, and their inseparable union by the federal constitution, we would not merely garnish the sepulchers of our republican fathers, but we do hereby renew our solemn pledges of fealty to the imperishable principles of civil and religious liberty embodied in the declaration of American independence and our federal constitution, - A Second—That the traffic in intoxicating beverages is a dishonor to the christian civilization, inimical to the interests of society, a political wrong of unequalled enormity subversive of the ordinary objects of the government, not capable of . being regulated or restrained by any system of license whatever, but imperatively demanding for its suppression, effective legal prohibition, both by the state and. national legislatures. | : Thz‘rd—'i‘hat in view of this, and inasmuch as the existing political parties either oppose-or ignore this great and paramount question, and absolutely refuse to do anything toward the suppression of the rum traffic, which is robbing the nation of its brightest - intellects, destroying its natural prosperity and rapidity, and undermining its very foundations, we are driven by an imperative sense of our duty to sever our connection with these political parties and organize ourselves into-a national anti-dram shop party, having for its primary object the suppression of the traffic in intoxicating drinks. ‘ e e

Fourth—That while we adopt the name of the anti-dram shep party as expressive of our’primary object, and while we denounge all repud)iation of the ‘public debt and pledge fidelity to the principles of the declaration of independence and the federal -constitution, we deem it expedient to give prominence to other political issues, & - - iy Fifth—That a central executive committee of one from each state and territory and the District of Columbia be appointed by the chair, whose duty it shall be to take such action as in their judgment will best promote the interests ofs the party. : : » Bl Y e i : WHAT IS LUXURY ? X The Reform League thus illustrates the inequalitiesand oppression of the present - tariff policy : : i Day laborer, direct or indirect taxpayer, should you ever have the good fortune to enter the drawing-room of a millionair's house in any of our large cities, you will notice suspended over the two large | windows the finest kind of white lace curtains. It would-be, of course, bad breeding if you should be tempted to ask the priee of them'; but, nevertheless, you ma{"take it for granted that the two, pair ‘ of lace curtains adorning the windows of . a first-class house in gny of our large cities, cost from three to four hundred dollars, What a luxury! is ‘your first thought ; these curtains do not even keep the sun out, and for all interests and purposes a luxury. Bah! you are mistaken. Our national legislators consider lace curtains for $4OO a necessity, and as none are made in the United States, they concluded that thirty-five per cent. duty is a high tariff for them. * |But you, day laborer, direct and indirect tax-payer, you indualge in the greater luxury. ' Go home and inspect the woolén blanket which covers your child’s cot. There you behold a luxury indeed ; and because it!is.such a luxury, our tariff makers enact a duty of 150 per cent. on it, for otherwise the blanket makers and woolen interest would suffer; and .as the woolen manufacturers of the United States are only a few, who are influential, and who, at the proper time, make a noise and speak, thi(a]'y, of course, get any tariff they desire; ‘ard as you are many millions, but poor, who haye not courage to spex yourselves -or stand by those who would wﬂl:in%ly speak for you, it serves you. perfectly right, that the blankets that cover your infant’s cot is taxed 115 per cent. more than than the rich man’s lace window curtains.’ £

~ There {s material for study in the ‘above. Will laboring men give it a few moments consideration, and ask them--selves what excuse can any one give for voting in favor of a party that has impos“ed such inequality upop the country ? - A certified copy.of the enrelled joint regolution, l:ly which the celebrated fifteenth amendment wag said to have been passed by the two houses.of the legislature, was yesterday forwarded to Hon. Hamilton Fish, Becretary of State, at Washington, District -of Columbia. It was drawn on parchment and bore the great segl of the State.—Sentinel, Septemer Bd. St e *We had supposed, comments the Evansville Cougrier, that Gov. Baker would refuse to sign such a manifest swindle on the people of Indiang s the resolutions, passed by less than a quorum of both “houses, referred to above. But it seems that “old honesty,” even was compelled to succumb to party presure and caucus _ This action of the rudieal membears of the legislature and the radical governor amply.illustrate How Little faith slyould be put in the pledges of adical politi VLI LR R Rk e i N e S oOV Blthnd Pl wpe. 1t ’“*”“*W‘“’Q’mm Republicsn Conveption ¢ Madiscn, Wism"m inao oMR Ll e R

A%«quf m:weamf ‘ e : S ' . Howvry Sprinas, Miss,, Aug, 28, 1869. Last Friday is said to have been one of the darkest days of opg‘resion in the annals of Mississippi. The scene was Columbus, distinguished among the cities of the South for its walth,f%inkl%igence,. axlld the law-abiding character of its peoe i TR , ’ It seems -that some months since a famous coloved preacher, known in different cities of tﬁgniqn, among them New Orleans, Bt. is, Richmond, Philadelphia and Boston—as the Rev. Pleasant Bowler, a notorious scoundrel and impostor, a 8 man of great and wicked power among the blacks, made a deadly attack upon the radical Sheriff of the county, one Cline, and his deputies, while they were quietly proceeding to jail with him under arrest for inciting a riot in the streets of Columbus and leading an as. sault upon a civil officer in the discharge of his duty. Bowler, on the occasion above referred to, shot Cline, and emptied his revolver at the depnties, but was finally wounded and secured. ‘ On Thursday of last week, he was brought to trial before Judge Geo. Brown, recently from Ohio, now, by appointment of General Ames, Circuit Judge of the District in which Lowndes county is.— The State was represented by Theodoric C. Lyon, Esq,, an ex-confederate officer, and a young man of ability and reputation, who, in the absence of the Attorney General, was requested by the Counrt to assume the direction of the prosecution—thus much for the radical Judge—while Col. J. A. Orr, a distinguished lawyer, and a leader in the Republican party in Mississippi, together with other experienced council, appeared for the prisoner ; and all that perversion of testimony, and appeals to passion, prejudice, and ignorance could do, was done in his behalf. For the first time in the history of Lowndes county, a negro was empannelled, and what a spectacle those igno: rant beings presented. Some of them looked ridiculously uplifted and insolent on the strength of their elevation, others half frightened. Ten out of the twelve were in their shirt-sleeves, and half of that number with their bldck skins showing through their rags. They sat-to try an issue which -the white population of the country, men, women and children, felt to be a more important one to them —considering. the character and former practices of the prisoner, the crimes charged, his evil and incendiary influence over the ignorant glass of negroes, and the fact that whites are outnumbered five to one"by the blacks in that wealthy county—than had ever before beéen submitted. to a jury of twelve men in the history oof ‘the county. ; : ‘

On the trial the State made out a plain case by the concurring testimony of three or four white men of high character, sustained by black witnesses, that the prisoner, when found by the Sheriff with warrant in hand, had in his easy reach and possession a gun, a pistol and a sword; that pe quietlv informed the Sheriff, after ‘looking at the warrant, that he “would die before being arrested,” but at last pretended to submit, and after walking quietly a short distance to disarm suspicions unexpectedly drew a concealed weapon, shot the Sheriff in the arm and breast, and was only stayed in. his deadly work by being disabled himself. The defense set tp, to the utter astonishment: of the community who heard of it then for the first time, was that Bowler was not in his right mind—ithe eftect of fever at the time of shooting! To the truth of this some half dozen slatternly .negro women (a class over whom Bowler exercises ‘an- almost supernatural influence) swiftly swore, amid pitiable contradictions and entanglements on the orossexamination, at least one-half of them-ad-ded, in' their zeal, by way of making things doubly sure “Mr. Clines shot broth‘er Bowler first.” The chief witness, a skinny faced mulatto hag, at whose hut Bowler was found by the Sheriff, to make him sufficiently feverish for the alledged delirium, swore, with fierce reiteration, that “brother Bowler shook hisself ‘wid de chill mighty nigh outen de bed ; dat his eyes looked mighty curus;” and that “he sweat so when the fever come on dat he wet de sheets wringin' wet, and den it wet through de bed tick, and den _through the materrass,” the most notable case of sweating probably in the annals of medicine, and sufficient, the prosecution reasonably thought, to have relieved almost any case of feverish delirium, As “brother Bowler,” however, was found _standing on the floor, “booted and spurred,” upon the entrange of the officers, the same accommodating witness swore that “it was did with all his clothes on.” But this is -enough to present an idea of the character of the evidence by which causes like the one in question, involving issues of no less moment than the lives of citizens, the public peaZe and the majesty of the law itself, are determined in Mississippi under radical rule. It may be well to add that the testimony of the half dozen negro women wag flatly contradicted in every point oy both white and black witnesses as- by medical testimony, and all the circumstances of the case. & e

The excited crowd, mixed white and black, filled the large court-room, galleries and all, through the day and night, during the progress of the trial, 'if, indeed, it can be calied by such 8 name.— After having eonducted the case through with great moderation and fairness, at 8 o'clock on Friday morning, Mr. Lyon closed the case, by an argument sau{ to have been powerful and convincing, well calculated to move any jury not utterly regardless of their oaths. _

Not one of the jurors could read or write. One of the nnmber, howeyer, received from the clerk the indictment and _the written cbarges of law, in grievous mockery, aud retired amid the solemn sjlence Q; the by-standers; and, upon the reassembling of the court after breakfast, came in and told the Judge—*'we is all ob de ’pinion dat he didn’t do it.” ' A judgment:of “not guilty as charged in the indictment!” was recorded; when excited and outraged men looked in each other’s faces and fhought of the thi{;gg that were and are to be, And justice” beheld the spectacle of a proceeding in her courts against a heinous wrong-doer, the teachings of which are to each one of the ignorant thousands, who were watching the trial, “go thou and do likewige) « One of the negroes, though solemnly sworn and questioned according to law, hefore bein%t:llowed to take his seat on the jury, alterward boassted that ithey might have known what he was goin’ to cide afore dey put him dar.” . And an. other was found to have taken up two collections among his colors for the benefit of Bowler since his confinement in jail, wh,ille, 531111 i: third t:o}n:eet looking ‘one explained ngn t tothe verdict follov‘:g ;- He admitted he %ﬁought, fgov?ler guilty of the offense charged, “but den,” said he, “I never been to de court. house gfore in no sich bizness, and dg lead man dat had de paper :;5 he had deen and know'd all 'bout it, and dat e iv:g was fur us all to come to him, kase he had de papers and ‘him and auder one l;gep” on dat way till we all comed to im. Sdente % = _You have thus before you an example illbstuang hﬁv'ufletyji , Mi[ ILF ia protected ; how the newly enfrs n¢hised olass is fitted for, and inséructed in, the exerclse of the highest- rights and duties of the American citizen; how suspicion, fear and hatred are 'fixed between the ‘bwo races; how the people of the country S npontied s LN AR feomat o A o ¥ w‘ ~v=:'~'i.‘i"’:r: ,~‘»,*’i" : -::",z: ".u;." and the reconstruction laws of Congres operste in Mississippi for the good of the

whites, for the good of the blacks, for the honor of the Government, and the exaltation in the eyes °f§§e ~world of our . We find the following in the Macon: {Ga.) Messenger of Friday, Aug. 20th : “We learn from a gentleman who is on the New Brunswick road that on Thursday last two respectable young girls, residing near the Ftation 14, upon the Central road, were on their way home from school, when they were overtaken by two stout negroes, who immediately seized them, and despite their screams for aid, committed a diabolical outrage. Having effected this brutal deed of violence, one of the negroes, who had but one arm, shook the matilated stump of the other in the face of the oldest of the two girls and exclaimed:: ‘I wants my revenge, and. I'm bound to haveit. When I belongto your fa.ﬂ?er Iranaway; hefollowed me to the ‘woods and shot me, and I had to lose this arm, do you see it — Now I'm bound to get even with him, and drawing his pocket knife, he severed her arm entirely from her body, between the wrist am{ elbow joint. - The scoundrels then broke away and ran for the woods. Very fortunately the girls had presence of mind enough to tie the mutilated arm tightly above the elbow until .xﬁeedical aid could be procured, and it is barely possible that the young sufferer’s life may be epared. “The news of this violence ran like wild-fire (hrough the ' neighborhood, and in a short time a mounted patrol was organized, who volunteered to go in pursuit of the scoundrels. They soon found ome of them, whom théy questioned right sharply, but somehow or other the negro got lost in the swamp, and the party returned home without - him. : . The other, and by far the worst of the two, succeeded in escaping. - o A Very Valuable Book. : ' Laws of Business for all the States of the Union, wvith forms and directions for all transactions, by Theophilus Parsons, LL. D., Prof. of Law 1n Harvard University, J ONES, JUNKIN & CO., Pubiishers, Chicago, Ills, “Laws of Business” is a book that has the all-important merit of emanating from one of the highest and most relgable of law authorities. It is-remarkable for its comprehensiveness, its thoroughness, and the very great clearness with which all the: vast variety of topics it embraces are discussed and the entirely lucid and intelligible manner in which they are exhibited to even ordinary understandings, = - . We believe we are fully justified in pronouncing this a masterly work of its kind—gquite unlike and far superior to anything in the shape of a business law book Jor general use that has hitherto been seen. It places within the reach and within the clear apprehension of every intelligent business man and woman—especially of - évery young man or woman—a complete statement |of all the rules, forms, and principles of the laws of business. » It is a work of wonderful comprehensiveness, of a style remarkable for perspi- ‘ cuity, and of authority undoubted.

When the National Life Insurance Company of the United States of America; commenced operations about a ‘year ago, we ventured the prédiction that it would early receive full proof of popular favor. Newspaper men, even more than others, are proud when history writers the fulfillment of sheir prophecies. " This, perhaps, arises from the fact that ‘they prophesy ‘more than any other people; but whether so or not, is not now our pnrpnse to. inqluire. This Company has issued 7,070 policies in the very |first year of its labors—three or four times ‘more, than any other Company during ' the éame period of its history, and fifteen times s many as what is now the largest Company in the world. : . Our prophesy was founded on a careful study of its character, and a knowledge of the men having it in charge. - The Company 'is a stock Company, with low rates of premium, and with experience and economy in its management. In a mutual company, it is the policy holders only who| suffer when the management, -is inexperienced or extravagant, while in a stock 'company the losses fall altogether on the stock holder. So far as we have observed the policy holders have nothing to.do with the control of a mutual. company, and are rapidly learning that it is cheaper and wiser to procure insurance where they ssenot required.to ‘advance money above the actual cost of insurance, with which to pay enormous salaries to officers, or to reimburse the com‘pany for lossesin premium notes taken in lieu -of cash, but which can nver be collected. , . ¢ The Nationdl Company recognizes this popular want and meets it. It is well worthy the patronage it is receiving, and which will undoubtedly in the future rapidly increase. Such af gny rate is our second prophesy in relation to it. B ——<o-———————-—- : o Apppl!lnc Disaster. ( k A dispatch from-Scranton, Pa., dated Sept. 6th, says: There is gzeat excitement here in consequence of the burning of a coal beaker gt Avondale ming, at Plymouth, about twenty miles south of this city. there are 201 men and boys in the mine, and the shaft, which is the only ‘means of escape, is choked by 40 feet of burning coal and rubbish. Ventilation ig totally amp%)ed, and there are great fears thaq most, if not all, will be guffocated. | i < In aJetter to Mr, Carry, for the Cineinnatl Gommangr, Hon. George E. Pugh says: “Mr. Vallandigham, as you say, wishes a ‘quiet’/canvass, Is he the same quiet man who sent for me, at 11 o’clock: at night, And required of me, asa friend, upon pérsonal adjuration, to make the ‘application (which I did make) the next ~morning for a writ of habeas corpus? I’ ‘ have read of many singular changes ; but, of all, those of Mr. Vallandigham and: yourself fill me with most smazement.” ~ The Republican State ‘Convention of Wiscongin resolved ten times, the last time endorsing the National Administra_tion. In the seventh effort the ‘inviolate “fith of the nation is pledged to it creditors, but nothing: is said ds to how that faith is to be maintaiagd. Thie convention promises in_the sixth resolution fo gracefully submit to the decision of the peo‘pleas announced at:the ballot box. A Washington dispateh states that no hinfeenbiwn 15 vgpedr 4608 bwtiom ‘Spain on the proposition to sell Cuba has. et boen recsived at fhe State Dopartmest. The agreenint towhich Ot buildi ki mh ¥ hare of L o o - An extensive vein of bituminc us e }%;&L@;«ﬂ ey i e '(l. Wﬂ s et T Sgﬁ,*ﬁ“ﬁf‘* ‘*W‘“ﬁ%m@”*?&”” B R S e e e o et i alea on monqaay dasv, . oo o * v e T *;@ﬁfﬁ*f‘;"

& A spondent of the Lo an pol't that place of between 11,000 andé?.ﬂoo ‘W#lin‘m_lludeman'*of Richmond drank ‘sixty’ glasses of lager beer on Tuesday, and died from #sun-stroke” before night. An sttempt'i—w,{ as made to_chloroform some of the young ladies in attendanee ‘at & camp meeting near Washington, Daviess county, a few nights ago. J. A: McMeans; of Richmond, and who was the Temperance candidateé for Mayor of that city last spring, has been appoint--ed whisky gauger for that District.

Reyv. Father: Murphy, ‘well-known. Catholic priest, engaged in establishing churches, was killed on the 2nd inst., at | Vincennes Junction, while gétting off a train in motion. ' . L.t e _Some yillain in Harrison ',towpsbip,‘; Delaware county, recently cut the tongue from a horse belonging to Mr. Jacob ,‘f utmore, who is a ‘peor man and illy able to sustain the loss; ~nnic 07 Daenanlts The corn along the Wabash 'Railroad from Delphi gom%afayette never looked better. The ldte rains bave made a wonderful change for.a better crop than was anticipated. , iaaw ; , Pheebus, what a name ! The white fel: low who married ‘a negro woman in' Evansville, a short time 'ago, passed under the cognomen of -George Washington Franklin Brown. . That accounts for it. A trial took place, recently at Lawrence-: burg, Ind,, befgre a Justice of the Peace, and the weather being very bot, the court sat out in the street, under the sshade of trees near the justice’s office. The jury couldn’t agree, and were out all night. The Crown Point Register understands. that the school trustees will employ female teachers exclusively in the public schoojs there, and that if there is any heavy floging to be done the trustees will attend to'it. - L i

A clergyman, residing near Fort Wayne, whom we met a few days ago, casually mentioned s rather a remarkaple fact, that he had married one woman to five different husbands in fourteen years. She bad been divorced from taree, and one died.— Exchange. S

R. F. Sproule, formerly editor of the Evansville Courier, was arrested at India: napolis, last week, on a charge ot conspir ing with Perry Fuller and others, to defraud the Government, and was taken to New .Orleans, where -an indictment is pending against him, for trial.

Indianapolis which, during the great revival, was agitated .on the subject of beer and whisky, is now thoroughly aroused on ‘the water question. The whole city government lately made a trip to Peoria and Springfield, Illinois, for the purpose of seeing the water works in operation in those cities. il

On Friday last a young man, with his intended br.de, went to the county clerk’s office at Frankfort, for the purpose of pro curing a marriage license. On leaving the office he was suddenly attacked with sun-stroke and fell to the ground. = Consit(jerable efforts were required to save his life. 3 ¥ -

Gyrus Heffren, nephéw of Horace, fell dead on Tuesday of last week, while going from Salem to his home; about onéhalf wmile from town. 'He had been quite ill for a few days, - and came to town in the morning for the first time since he was taken sick. He was given to a too free use of liquor, and whisky was the real cause of his death. .

One of the gentlemen connected with this paper unexpectedly, a few days ago, had an estate worth $7,000 cast upon him by the death of a tenant for life. The gentleman was very much surprised. at this turn of fortune, but concluded to let the current of events drift as they will. —lndianapolis Mirror. £

A correspondent in Jasper county, noticing our mention of the Allen county woman who had been married five times in fouiteen years, writes us that a man in his neighborhood has had six wives in thirteen years, four of whom have been divorced and one has died.. He gives names and dates, which we prefer not to publish.— Ezchange. ]

The propriety of holding the next Democratic State convention on the Bth of January is discussed by the Democratic press of Indiana. We have always regarded it as bad policy to hold a nominating convention nine montlisin advance of ‘an election, for the simple reason that the issues between the two parties in October may be wholly different from those that enter into a platform adopted .in January. We therefore vote “no” on the Bth of Janvary proposition.— Greencastle Press: = £

. A correspondent in Martin county furnighes us the details of a scandal “iu high life” that are not exactly suitable for our columns. “Buffice it to say that a gentleman of wealth ' and influence has been superceded in the afiections of lLis spouse, a young and handsome woman, by a laborer employed op.‘the farm on which the parties (lived. A separation has taken place, and the injured husband, having converted his worldly effects’ into’ greenbacks, has departed for Oregon, where he proposes to remain.— Terre Haute Hxpress. Staves and walnut lumber continue to pour into this market in uu’lim_i?ed quan\titi€s. "The price paid fdr the former is eighteen dollars per thousand lineal feet. We have made some ‘effort to acertain the magnitude of this business, and: to learn the amount of money paid out by stave and lumber: buyers, but-have not yet succeeded. It is sufficient to state that timber brings more money into this locality than wheat, corn, and all other vegetable prodacts combined,~Fedaron

WHOLESALE ELOPEMENTS.—The quiet village of Farmersville, was thrown into a ferment on Mornday of last “week, by the discovery that three of the '“brave young swains” had eloped with a like number of Farmersville’s fariest daughters. The parties, it is said, bad a “hankering” after each other for some time, but obdurate garel}ts; were, in the way of the aecomplishment of their fondest hopes.— They went into INinois, where it is supposed the nuptial knot was tied. ' The names of the actors in this: interesting drama: must for the present be withheld from the public.—Mz. Vernon Democrat.

DrowNED.—A sad ' ease of ‘drowning | ocourred ‘about &34 o'clock yesterda evening, at the foot of Ninth street hﬂ{ A party of boys were: playing around a _pond, back of the Lutheran school, in the -angle’ formed by Ninth street and the Valley railroad, when one of them threw a handkerchief belonging to another par4y, named Tom: Roudicon, intq ‘the water. The /| lattér .iboy: wvemarked - that he ‘would catch & Whipping. if he went home without the handkerchief, and wandering into the water toxecover it ‘was drowned. The lad was between nine '_;gd, ten years of age.—Lafuyette Journal, 20th ulf, A fellow purporting to hail from Louisiana _ stopped. at one of Oilx‘ih?telﬂiithe‘ other day, and thinking himsdlf in some oter, plao han o rosprable o found sneakin"q;roun 4§ b‘?sen’ doirs of some pf the maid servanss ' Not at'all alarmied, -"f,h‘;g%!k “quietly told him - to “git oup” whioh the sneak: did. . But the morning the gxx‘;lg:,,"v{atgho;g.hg‘ _opportunity, and as the fellow o ta come out he sydd RILY I ’?‘3 Welght o B 'ﬁ(ckj“gu; hig benfghted head: and st ; o wiso policy.—Fort Wayne Demg.

% .t {From the Missenxi Republican. | A New England contractor onee | boasted that in two years he could | 7 “work out” the stoutest lot | of Irigh men. Th.t is on a railway job, for instance, he would employ | Tlrishmen t 6 the digging, and, by | their physical force in such a messure | J%@iﬂk’ _them forever for any sim- | R their superior,. and destined by birth | and F@won .to work only with his, braing, he would have scorned the idea’ that he could ever be obliged to do | the same kind of labor as those whom he drove like elaves, and on whose bone and sinew he grew rich. Thege is ‘a universal principle ih.'vo_lvbd,'l_n ‘such 4 case, and it is ‘the main-spring ‘of the -present ruling industrialism.— |As longas one pérson can accumulate. ' the ‘differencé’ in the value between ‘what he pays for work and what the‘work iz realyl'y', worth, the rich men's ‘republic is perfectly safe. In one section of the country, this . was formerly !due by white: employers and black laborers. The labor was owned by the employer, and managed in { such a manner as to preserve it; | whilst in another section, wheré the labor was hired, the employer did " not | seruple to exhaust his temporary slaves | Lecause immigration furnished fresh | labor. In every country there -are classes of people who never do much physical labor, and social freedom is always conditioned by social bondage. Its forms differ, but in all essentials ‘the effects. are the same. In a country like “ours,” where ‘thte climate is nearly egually éxhausting everywhere, the 'ten:l‘ency to’ become rick without doing any physical work is moré universal than in Europe. The limits between political freedom ‘and social iidependence are so diffiénlt to discriminate, and so: easily -overleaped ‘that we do not seem to be free, if we are not independent, and scarcely any ong believes that he can be independént, if he has to work for some one else. The tendency to become independent on other people’s labor is universal. The question is only,- who shall enjoy' independence ‘and who - shall. do- the worf( 7 Itis very natural that the older population should olaim their title to tﬁe‘ former, and of course the latter would devolve upon the new comers. The' Spartans were older residents than the Helots, and cives Romani older than those whom they made to work for them. But it i§ just as natural that the new comers should aspire to the same social conditiop as the older population; -and ne sooner are they p{:ysically acclimated, and morally and politically adjusted, than they commence making others work for them, and accumulate the: profits, which reasonably and justly should accrue to -those who produced . them - by their labor. - In this manner the: immigrated Irish, Germans and Swedes throw the hardest labor upon those ‘who come in after them; and with the abolition of African klavery and the eventual interruption of European immigration, our whole. social system, together with our republican form of government would be upturned if-labor "could not be} imported from other countries. ' And now, at the very moment when they are needed, as if Providence was favoring the rich men's republic, come the Chinamen by a new wave of immigration, to develop new resources and do all the hard work. e : e

They are welcome among us. “We have the same laws for them as for' all others. They are free to pursue their road to happiness in this country.— They will never be enslaved or debarred from any avocation. Every one of them may “exeroise his share of -the common sovereignty just as he pleases. But inasmuch as they are assiduous laborers, temperate- in their habits of living, satisfied with moderate wages, careless of public honors, without any. 1 aml?itio‘n which ‘can come in conflict with us in anything, it is notastonishthat ‘we should make tke best use of their qualities and deficiencies. - They will, 3onbtless, for” a much longer peol riod than the Africans and the EuroEean immigration do the hard labor, by which -a few people grow rich.— Neither their queues nor their almond eyes will “ be' alleged “as causes why they should not be- elected to Congress ; but'they will not aspire to-this honor for a long time. There will be no legal impediment to their doing ev‘erything that the descendants of the Occidental races among us nsually do ; butprivate interest, :self-respect of the other races, idiosyncrasies and prejudices will keep them down in the lowest spheres of life. The system of invel‘unfary servitnde will never ‘be tried again in this country, neither will any’ kind of labor ever be successfully imported into this country. But if it immigrates freely, it will not only be governed by the political and statutory laws established for every citizen in the land, but directed by the still more inflexible laws of private and public econoniy, and social affinities and preoccupations. That the South, especially, would soon occupy her old posi-‘tion-in the Hniéq;-if.tgelhﬂgi‘oés ‘steadily decrease in numbers and ‘the Chindmen come in crowds, there can not be the least doubt. If for every citizen of African deseént who. dies or Teaves the Southern Stateés; a new citizen of Asiatie origin were to come in, cotton would. 'Soop:be kingagain—‘The South would produce: in.- abun: “dance what the Noxgh ‘needs most, and ‘harmony wouldbe restored better, than | it can be-done’ by a.dozen amend‘ments. Lot us open the gates -of the ‘aB they are; :hey’wli‘lg bring wealth and posice ] e o o RIBNGIA n"g.(Yeg f 1y exg)efl ce 4?43:. % e i Foot Tl (00 I Bosie o ofdisease, et e S an to wait until the complaint becom chronie. U thess Pl h 1T cass of 1; Blgdaeh,mvgr ailing use D Morse’s Indianßoot Pills Bold by all dealers, = -7 10 ey T e i

(From the Cincinnati Free é‘fﬂﬂ. Deb. 21, 'O9. L 0 Dr. Roback’s itters, By reference to Dr. Reback’s advertisement, on the third pugh, it; will be seen that the doctor has just fhtroduced a new article in the line of “Stomach Bitters” These Bitters, are .dest ned .to become very popular, from the fict that they are genuine in every sense %thrs‘ term—i. €., they derive their stimuldus from the powerful tonic nature of the roots, and herbs of which they are com%se&. and hence their effect is natural. - We bave had the pleasure of testing . the. qualities of these bitters, and do.not. besitate to pronounce them the “one thing needed in every well regulated Tamily." "+ 010487

" A Mgeritoriovs ARTICLE.—We &rc tired: of this: idea ioﬁ-f.‘m%esé% humbug medicines that are constantly thrown into drug stores, and are merely an imposition upon a community. { But whenan article comes into the mafket that.is redlly worthy of comment, WY are happy to make the public acknotyledgement, trusting that some benefit? may arise there_froni._ Dr. R..’V._,Pig ’"D A fß@%liaY, is ‘the proprietor of Df. Sage's Catarrl Remedg gﬁd we take gmm.i,n e,mn‘; attention to it because’ we know it to be a geod article, and a sure cure for that loathsome disease, Catatrhi. ~ It is sold by ‘moét Druggists, or may be obtained for Sixty Cents through the mail by addres- ~ sing the proprietor as above.— Cleveland | Herald, v -, 19-2 t ; —_———— . a@®r e . PrANTATION BITTERS are especiallf recomended to Clergymen, Public Speakers.amd persons ‘ of litefary habitsiand se- . dentary life, who rec(igred clear -mental ‘faculties, which ~can offly be obtained by }a relish for food, and 3 perfect-digestion. . Delicate “Females arecertain to %nd in these Bitters hiealth anQ strength.

- Harsh, frizzy, dead-looking, and- diffi--cult to dress, always result ‘from the use of dyes upon the buman hair. A restorative, on the contrary, like the admirable preparation knows' as “Barrett’s Vegetable Hair Restoratige” renders it soft, glossy and luxurianti—Springfield Republican. b < i

LIGONIER MARKET REPORT.

Oora:. |+ . +:u80 Bees wax = 85 Butter.i - 20 ‘Larda__rf‘ ; 16 Eggsy . -+ 15 Feati)ers 75 - Dried apples 12

Whitewheat, 115 Amber red, 1,15 Oats, | oo 45 Potatoes,: : 37 Flax-seed, 2,00 ‘Wool - 40 t 045 Rye, 80

KENDALLVILLE MARKET.

r Kaufman & Jacobs.) ir%utter............... ?g LRSS e e Frhra; Yo 18 b ToßloW. Lo . sdiatunll Peathers.. .:......; 80 FPOFREGE v e r o 10 ) Hay—tame....... 10.00 ' Hay—marsh...... 6.00

- (Corrected Weekly by Wheat—white.....sl.2s Wheat—red. .. i.. I.& ROrR v, S AT OB S A e RYO: 00, T P0tat0e5........i.." B 0 Clover 5eed........ 6.00 Fhixseed ........; 2.00

LUTHER H. GREEN, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public. - LIGONIER, ‘-~ - - _ INDIANA. Office on Cavin Street, over Sack Bro’s. Grocery, opposite Helmer House. © 4-18-1 y : —-——“—"~",—-—‘~--.—-———-———-——-——-—-~ Land and Saw Mill For Sale. The subseriber will sell at public sale 1n Turkey Creek township, Koscinsko county, 1Ind;:, 5 miles south-west of Ligonier, on : Saturday, September ISth, °69, about 1000 acres- of- land, mostly ‘timbered. There are two Dwelling ﬁouSea, and a’ No. 1 Circular Saw Mill on theland. = Will be sold in lots to suit-purchasers, I will also sell onebalf interest of the saw mill on same day. TERrMS :—One-fourth Cast; Balance in three annual payments at 6 per cent. interest. - Sale to commence at 10 o’clock. A. . : Sept. 1. S. B, RITTENHOUSE.

FANNING MILLS! .Jg J e The undersigned is now pr;bnared to sell J. J. BRADNES' Celebrated Pajent. - - - - Separating Fanning Mill Inthe Counties‘of Allen, Noble, Steuben, LaGrange, Whitley, Kosciusko, Elkhart and, De-. Kalb. - They have been manufactured by Mr, P. D. SmNyILLE, — a workman of twenty-five. {ears’, experience — from the best seasoned amber, oy rE b b This Celebrated Mill is the = Haying a separator attached which divides the different kinds of grain, clover .and. grass seeds ‘in a perfect manner; also.a bagger, which fills the bags as fast as the- grain is cleaned, thus saving the expense of at léast two hands. " +ALSO:-—- A large assortment of Bieves, Screéens, &c., kept constantly on hand. | e R g AR LEVI D‘fLLER, © .. Meriam, Noble county,; Indiana. - Orders may be addressed to P; #?Slmvnu, Agent, Ligonier, Ind. i, Aug; 11th,

v % 3 3 ] % & - : - 4 V« ¥ w 8 € < e .~ 5 : gt g Ok T ] OO l ‘E ; : ; .E; i '.';-__‘." SR Sl Garving. - ATTHROLD STARD OF "= 4 oD A P, SISTERHEN. : ! X N \; KR WE MANUFACTUE T 0 ORDER. ML HRA Y O ATVAD T i & . % s \ o g i - THE BEST OF 'W&KMENEMBLO‘YED. W oS e ERR e D Nf’.e warran _l.n_l'lofg ok, 8 ‘&W m_ : Wﬂp‘ﬁ‘ s RGNS -~ Free of Charge. ' g ,(" ;» 5 ,»_y_i"!f‘ B 0y "-"'«"3",",&"1} = It Sprisiy : by .r! L.’% ﬁ“l‘ '*’\'3%s, Kk Ak a : ‘»A-pu‘r_-;‘;’ﬁ:jk 49 f PSET TN o rE s ixy T % S}ﬂ g 9 dhAbbd t T ¥ tEX N AR el%“sm\ 8% § Quick Sales and SmalF Profits LT S O el e e ] ) SSLO% Tendiaiiy :{?-?‘?;?.‘1?.}:: ‘?Eiﬂ?ff SR i el 1 ShL e S TR O ik o e et o ol s our motte. o o * Ligonier, Ind;, August 18th, 1869, . LR e o SR G 0 TN S AODY, . ? Co EeTraa ;%Zg 2 Al AR G v S arEES el e e SR Mebl ,@ o Silver Moski Mf _ el v TR O TIALR RESTURATIVE e ol ) TR 0L i A ÜBUOUIU Bl BOstorative . g g”;**%ﬁ*%éf ar e o«ugﬁﬂ:f” naf 0 “‘%‘ :ﬂ‘» w@w it % > L g hcontaing wo hjutions ngredients. . T W . L e O e T (2 e L R e e, A R R B S PRCES e N ki ‘.l “» :3{;::1 'j " ] 4 Rl v