The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 21, Ligonier, Noble County, 22 September 1869 — Page 2

A i “ sWY ST IR RS Pational Hanner, > . : X "‘:‘\o,'\’o & 4 ——e . i 5@ STOLL; BDITOR. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22, 1869, THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION. By the action of the recent National Tepporsnce Oonvention of; Shlost: Dram Selling Party,” the long agitated subject of Temperance seems about to assume a political phase and thus become of national importance. Temperance and moderation in everything is greatly to be desired, and the practice of it is commendable under all ‘circumstances. But Temperance is one thing, and Prohibition, quite .another. Every intelligent man will be found arrayed in favor of a temperate use of all spiritous liquors, as well as against the abuses to which all comfofts and luxuries of life are subjected. Even the man whose judgment has been warped by Yong continued excess, will frankly deprecate the abuse of anything given to mankind by a munificent Providence. We would regret to be understood as favoring the habitnal use of spifituous liquors, for we ar¢ strenvous advooates of the adoption of a far more temperate mode of life than that commonly found among us, but the whole course of legislation upon the subject of Prohibition seems to have fallen far short of the expectations of its advocates, and indeed resulted in'increased drunkentess and debauchery. It therefore, becomes a suhjeet that should be approached with caution, and discugsed with moderation and: candor.

* The whole history of the Temper- | ance movement—proves conclusively that total prohibition will never accomplish the end in view. It has been . conclusively demonstrated in Massachusetts and other places, that prohibitory enactments are dead letter upon the statutes, and when they are’ sought to be enforced drunkenness very perceptibly increases; sach was the report of a recent committec of the Massachusetts Legislaturé, and ¢such is the showing of all pimilar investigations. It becomes then, a question that should be treated. in a moral zense. | It cannot be denied that intoxication from the excessive use of spiritous liquors scatters a world .of misery throughout the land. In*its dark train may be found sickewing poverty, squalid disease, and all the crimes known td modern times ; but it must be remembered that: pervesity is a trait inseperable from the human character, and to use force for any purpose simply adds to our determination to assert and=defend our wishes - and our treasured independcnce, by strongly and effectively opposing th}t‘ " we are surc to consider a gross attempt to curtail our rights and tramplb upon our liberties. From the foun- " dation of the world this has beeri the case, and, 8o it ever will be. . qu'tber' ancient nor modern history records a single” instance of the existence of a nation not addicted to the use of some kind of spiritons and intoxicating _ drink, and the same history insgikibeé . the significant word “failure” upen all legislative enactments for its prohibi-: _tion. Aleohol is generally looked ui)on 'as ane of the world’s necessities, and ‘until ‘science diséovers some element possessing all its virtues with none of ite objeetionahla faatures, it may be safely predicted that it will be manufactured. We conclude, then, that the only effective means of preventing -the results of intemperance is by a liberal and judicious use of moral suasion and friendly reasoning, and if the newly organized “National Temperance ,Party” would be governed by this belief it would accomplish far . more than when acting on its present platform. } b 2 : Who fif)lllvbc Secretary of War? . Gen. Rawlins is scarcely in his grave before the radical camp is in an uproar, fighting over the question of who - shall be his successor. The conspicuously pure radicals of Pennsylvania assert that unlegs one of their number, is selected for the position, all hope of carrying the October election in that State will pags away as quickly as ‘Gen. Grant would,accept a present, or Zach. Chandler swallow' a glass of straight whisky? ~ - i It. does not appear that the Pregi- * dent hag any relations not abundantly provided for, hence we conclude that the mew appointee will be a different sort of a man from those formerly selected. (Gen. Grant, some time ago arrived at the conclusion that the “propcr stady of mankind is”—horse, and the ‘sporting fréternity aro rapidly coming into favor. A slight dash of the prize: _ring and cock-pit, infused with the ‘necessary “horsey” character, will be ‘most likely to win in the little race for the War Department. The position is naturally suggestive of a bellig-

erent charaectery; end.wa. ahall he Burs- - prised 5f Mike MeCool does not sueceed Rawlins, Cousins and politicians have bad their day, and received their fall share of favors; now let our sporting President exercise his predelictions and give positions to his _ personal friends and favorites. 'Geo. Wilkes is suggested for the mission to China; and Harry ‘Jenninfa; of rat-pit notoriety, would® do well at the head of the I al Revenne Bureau. He “isa thbfl%f‘*fipdning‘? man and ¢an. _4alk “horse” by the hour. - . ...

- The Federal Government, says the Louisville Oourier-Journal, is as nrich a repudiating Government as ever the Goycrnment of Mississippi was. If repudiates its direct promises, its pledges, its faith, as recorded upon each and every one of its millions of greenbacks issued from its printing offices. All these greenbacks bear upon themselves in black and white the ‘Government guarantee that they are convertible into Government bonds at the will of the holders and that they arclreceivable for all debts except impost duties and the ten-forty bonds ond tha dnfonset on Fhafivs fwontr handa and yet the Government does not permit their conversion into sonds or let them beveccived in payment of the prineipal of the five-twenties. Every minute of every twcixty-four hours the Government enacts the repudiator upon a huge secale, and every minute its Radieal champions speak of the very thought of repudiation as something so horrid that it must not be allowed to enter or approach the mind of the Government or the people. All this is scarcely less ridiculous than absurd and monstrous. :

~ If ‘the .Government’s promiscs and pledges ‘recorded upon the greenbacks were recorded only upon those that were issued ycars ago, and if the fact had since been discovered that their redemption wag' impossible, there would have been & plea . for ' repudiation, but the promises and pledges are still recorded upon every. specimen -of the ¢urrency that is put in circulation. They are recorded by the. 34Go"rvcrnment;' with a full knowledge that they will be repudiated and with & full intention that they shall -be.. The Gov: ernment requires its. highest and . lowest officers, all its hundreds of thousands of employecs in all capacities, to take their compensation in the currency of the country, it constrains all citizens except bondholders to receive currency in satisfaction of their dues, but it goes outside'of the law, repudiates its promises, and breaks its solemn plight, in compelling the people, upon whom it forces the currency, to pay only coin to the bondholder, to pay a hundred cents on a dollar in gold for a bond that cost the holder but forty cents in gold. The men who carry on sthe Government have a right in their personal transactions to be as liberal or as pro‘fuee with their own funds as they please, but, when they act’in their public capaci-ty,-when they act as agents of the peopfl}e, they are guilty of a criminal breach - of fgust if they pay out a dollar more i than -the law demands, and most especial- | ly Aif, to do so, they repudiate'the Government’s word a million times plighted. The view that we take of this thing is the only view that can be taken by intelligent, disinterested, unprejudiced; and ‘ dispassionate . men. - The 'Govci‘nmcnt,‘ through the Secretary of the Treasury, isr‘ swindling the people in - behalf of the bondholders at the rate of between two | and three millions of dollars per month, or at least thirty millions per.year. And ‘now if the people, sick and disgusted and wofn out with the practice of repudiation upon themselves for the benefit of ‘the bondholders, shall sooner oa later, in their unendurable financial exigencies, suffer themselves to dwell upon the possibility ‘ -of the repudiation, as a last resort of the bonds-themselves, what supporter of the ‘administration will ever dare to utter the i word repudiation as a term of reproach or ‘odium? Is it improbable that the re‘pudiation which the bondholders and their - partisans love, may aid to bring 'about the repudiation which the bond'holders and their partisans dread and’ | abhor? The méen who supplied thejGovernment with arms, clothing and pro: visions, and all other means of carrying on the war, were paid in greenbacks.— The soldiers who risked and met toil and | sickness and wounds and death in the Union armies were paid in greenbacks.— The * pensions to their widows and ' orphans are paid in greenbacks. The bounties to fhe survivors of "the long and dreadful conflict are paid in greenbacks. Al classés of men and women,an}_d children, .except one, are paid in greenbacks, and it was contracted that this one 'class, Wie Hundiwlders, shuuld be paid in greenbacks. Aund shall the tax-payers, the masses, the millions, be: outrageously’ cheated, wronged, oppressed, that the contract inay be repudiated for the benefit of the cneclass, and shall repudiation, if thus begun, be expected to stop there?

, ‘A Decisive Victory. The telegraph has been quite spating of news concerning the result in California, The, agent of the Associated Press, in San Francieco, is in the liands of Radical politicians, and has not a word to add to the dispatches received the day after the election, -We were compelled to . wait patiently for the arrival of California papers, in order to obtain full returns.— These have at last arrived and they not only confirm the reported ‘victory for tho democrats, but add to its importance and splendor. From the Sacramento Reporter of the 8d instant we learn that the democratic majority in the State, on the ‘popular vote, exceeds TWELVE THOUS: AND! As far as heard from, the legislature stood: Twelvé Democratic |Senators —Radicals, none! House of Representatives, forty-eight Democrats—Radicals, thres! The reticence of the Radical agent of the Aseogiated Press at San Francisco, and the muteness of the Badical newspapers, is no longer 8 wonder,— They dare not inform their readers of the Waterloon defcqi‘. they have sustained in California. = Last year that State gave its electoral vote to Grant; now it £lects an almost unanimously’ Democratic Legislature and gives a democratic majority on the popular vote of twelve thousand.

: Yirginia. ; The sigrificant Walker majority in Virginia, as well as the decision of Attorney General Hoar, has worked a sijent conversion for Governor Wells. He- has accordingly ~fondered This resignation to General -~ Canby, to take effect upon the 21st instant. On the swme day Gilbert C. Walker, the newly electéd .Governor, will be instailed provisionally, and the new Legislature will becalled together on thefifth of October, that they may have time to omply with the reguirements |of Congress in velation to the fifteenth améndment. * L ‘The Wowan's Suffrage Convention in flwflmfi%fig‘ g oy, Tsy assert -the equality of I%msé‘fs""w %mflw 86x, mace or color. .

+The advantages which the Southern States offer to immigrants are not exeelled by the attractions of any otherregion iin the country. Indeed, says theSt. Louis 'Republican, it may be asserted that that enterprising class of the American population who, to better their condition, migrate from one State to another, and from the old Stiftes-to new territcries, would find more prosperous fortunes in the South | than in the richest and most rapiél!' growing regions of the West. We do| not speak of the restless throng of traders, | sge}cufl'abnrs and office-seekers who follow | thie streams ot pioneers to a new country, | to make fortunes by thoir wits ;we refer | to tillers of the soil—seekers for farms— ; substantial and industrious workers, wh(} i sell little farms in old States and wish to | invest the proceeds in large farms in new States. These are the persons needed at the South, and it is to these the South offers peculiar attractions. ; Southern lands are cheap. All through Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana gind Texas are regions where wild lands may be bad for one dollar an acre, and partially cleared farms for three to five dollars per acre. In Western and Northern Texas there is an almdst limitless domain of unc{ecupicd lands, which are offered at 25 cents an acre. ;

These Southern lands are extremely productive. They will yield, with easy cultivation, one to two bales of cotton, of 450 pounds each, t/» the acre—and cottori -is worth 25 centsa pound on the plantation now, and is likely to maintain itselffin the vicinity of those figures for some time to come, since there is an universal complaint, both in Europe and this country, of the deficiency of 'supply of this great staple. An acre of cotton would therefore yield $lOO to $220, and an industrious man, cultivating four acres of cotton, and some corn and sweet potatoes - [besides, would easily clear several hundred dollars by his year’s labor. This is & gnod deal-better than Western farm ers are doing at present. With wheat wortli on their farms about 85 cents a bushel, . potatoes 25 cents a bushel, and hay 810 per ton, Western farmers will come through the present year in debt, with few exceptions, -while Southern farmers, generally, wili make satisfactory profits. g 3

Again @ the Sonth is in full tide of a marvellous prosperity, providentially given, it wounld almost seem, to atone for the destructive ravages of the war. For two 'years there have been good ‘ cotton, rice and sugar crops which have been sold at'large prices; even the negro laborers have a plentiful supply of money.— The cotton crop, of last year drew from the 'North and East more than three hundred million dollars, a large amount of which the South, being out of debt, still retains, and is investing in -mills, mines, railroads, levees and other permanent and productive works. The crop of this year will bring to the Son_thgrx‘i States as lirge a sum of money as did that of 1868, and a good proportion of this, too, will become stable capital. In fact, the ‘Southern people, having during the- war learned habits of frugality that are somewhat annoying to us of the West from whom they once bought so largely, are, by their new practice of producing a great deal to sell, and spending little, accumulating capital at an enormous rate, and even daring to compete with New England in New England’s special manufactures. A : s

In the midst of this prosperity, the prices, of labor and living in the Southern States are cheap. Farm; hands can be had in Mississippi at fifteen to eighteen dollars/a month, with board, while farm hands .in Illinois cannot be had for less than twenty to twenty-five dollars a month. Hogs are selling in East Tennesisee now at §5, while here they are worth $B. Thus while the products that the South has to sell command /stiff prices, the necessaries it has to huy can be cheaply bought. Could an immigrant desire a happier concurrence of advantages than this? - . e

The Brazilian War. The people of Brazil are becoming dissatisfied with the protracted and, as yet, resultless war waged by their government against Paraguay. It has been going on for nearly five years, has cost about $500,000,000, and seems as far from a successfal termination as it did three years ago. The Brezilian finances are in @ disordered state, the paper money is greatly depreciated, the army is poorly provided, the cost of necessaries of life is exorbitantly high, and the discontent of the people at the condition of things constantly increases. A fierce opposition to the war is manifesting itself in the legislature. el i

Lopez holds out with a spirit and resolution that has few parallels. He is the animating soul of his country, and it does not look as though any event on his side would end the war but his death. His character, too, is mmproving of late on the bloody monster the world took him to be at first; his magnificent resistance to the allied army, and the success with which he maintains the coherence of his own force, and the unity of his people are winning for him an opinion that any man might,envy. .

Gross Insult. The Baltimore Catholic Mirror publish- | es the statement that President Grant, when ealled upon Jately by Father Wilson of Bt, Dominie’s Church, in that city, for a contribution, replied that he *had no money to spare, and if be had, none of it would be given towards Catholie objects, as during the recent war the Catholics, asa body, were rebels and had identified themselves with slavery and rebellion.” : The Catholic. Mirror defenda the Catholies from Mr. Grant's aspersiong, and calls his attention. to the ser vices of Sherman, Shields, Rosccrans, ‘Meagher, and the numerous lrish brigades which went down beyond the Potomae. | Tue postage stamps py: i be ghanged again, in shape, size; color, and design, giving quite a mice little job to some enterprising bureau hanger-on. It would be, better tohive this matter regulated. by iaw, ingfead of left to the discretion of some departmental subordingte sphodraws on the Treasury for o new cantfact ry Boutwell is in New ¥or lodciog o Sz s, issmvieme mmhl" : Af‘e’ )r"!‘fi ' sy ‘a‘:i":',’ 3

| e S6r - The California pioneer. association is onils way to New York,® = . - Philadelphia bad a fire on Priday.— Amount of 10ss—§50,000, i : The first thgtr\igh tmi’n'from\;cmgo?“ over the Pacifi¢ railroad arrived on Thars- " The Ohio State Fair closed oa Tharsday, and was very successful in every ro- ‘ spect. ey : | The maijority of the Prince Imperial is to be announced, on the 10th of March, his next birthday,

The statement that England, France and Austria would coslesce for interfer ence in Caban affairs is denied. Great preperations are making in San Francisco for the reception of the Red Stocking Base Ball Clab, L "The Eastern gembers' of the- United States Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows ligie arrived at San Efnncim e The French Emperors health is decdared to be restored. He presided at the Council of Ministers, last week. : “The Republicans have elected a majority of the members of the Nebraska Legislature. i : i

" A man ~nam«s Branzerk, in Union, New Jersey, fatally stabbed his two sons in a family fight I!nn Friday. A terrible sturm visited Cleveland Thursday nighit. The depot of the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railrond swas entircly destroyed. = | ‘ jants

The first direct importation of tea t» Chicago arrived on Thursday. It was forty days on the way from the time of leavicg China, |

Two iron clads and three thousand additional troops hitve been dispatched from Spain to Cuba, and more are to.be sent as soon a 8 they can be made ready. _Parson Brownlow has disposed of his interest, in the Koxville Whig. In apub. lished-'card be intimates his loss of confidence in the Republicans of Tennessec. It is ramored in London that Napoleon will shortly afldi’qttc in favor ot hisson, on_account of his precarious health, but will retain his presidency of the Council. i The aggregate receipts of the Ohio State Faii, at Toledo, were $30,000, and the number of admission tickets sold was 79,000. | e ;

__The Workingmen's Union of New York have resolved on an independent political movement, and have requested lGov. Hoffman to enforce the eight-hour aw. {

General Jordan, in command of the Cuban patriots, makes an appeal to the people of the United States ‘t”:fi' shoes, clothing and medicines for the patriot soldiers and wonien of the island.’ ol

The stay law of Virginia is to be abro gated, which will put the greater part of the landed properiy of the State under the Sherifl’s hammer, to satisfy existing judgments. Nais o _ |

The recent speech of Princo Napoleon gives .in full adhq‘nsion to the Emperor and the Emperor’s| successor. He maintains that ‘libcrality and the empire are not, inconsitent with each other. 2

The 7'ribune unearths a conspiracy in New York to withiraw from use $30,000,000 of gold, and calls on the Secretary to prevent the injury to business that such a project, if successfrl, would produce. - [Ty 1

The proprietor of the Erie Republicin has brought suit against the typographical Union at that place in the sum of $50,000, for damages alleged to have sustained by the late strike.| o

. The steamer Phantom, running in the Evansville and Cgiro trade, blew up near Haducha on Wednesdaysmorning. Five oL six persons were killed. The boat and cargo are a total loss, :

It is announced - by the Publishing Association that the Washington Ezpress will be issued this week, in connection with the National Intelligencer, as the Democratic morning Journal.

The French Emperor proposes to leb Spain and the United. States settle their difficulties in their . own way. That is generous in Louis, and will be highly appreciated on this side ot the Atlantic, |

A passenger train ran into a stock train on the New York Cential Railroad on Friday, smashed an engine and a number of cars, and slaughtered cattle after a most approved railroad method. No human lives were lost. | :

The Sultan of Turkey has dispatched a letter to the. Viceroy of Eygpt, telling him how he must behave bimself, and that he must be a good boy and protect from Musselmen during their journeyings to and from the Holy Shrine. ;

Indian depredations continue in New Mexico. Women and children are murdered and stock driven away. A recent expedition against the snvaglgs resulted in the capture of twenty-two Indians and the destruction of sev,eg;l,e,amps. ' Commissioner Delano has appointed a number of Assistant Assessors in the principal ecities. to secretly. look over returns jof income, with ;he view of ascertai'nir{; and correcting fraudulent, returns made by private individuals,

An |Episcopal Convention, now in ses sion at Chicago, is reviving the action of the Judge of the Superior Court for his action!;in granting injunction in the Cheney case, censuring the interference of secular with ecclesiastical eourts,

The Mississippi river has taken a sndden rise at Min‘neagblis; and carried away many |thousand fect of logs. - Qther streams in Minpesota have been on a high, and done great damage in sweeping ofl the gnt‘:i;ered hay orop.| * ! The verdict of the Coroner’s jury in the case of the Avondalk disaster, is to the effect u&t the | imprisoned miners were suffocated, anci ‘that the aceident’ was caused by the bucket in the air shaft taking fire from the furpace. ~ -

: Comn‘g,issioner Delano has an idea thas there are many men in the United States who do|not pay as much income tax as they shonld, and -he is going to see about it. Thelopinion prevails in these parts that some rich chaps don’t pay as much in })r()portipn as the poor fellows who can’t lid}: what Jittle they haye, A Queer Race of Moen. Mr. A, 8, Bickmore informs the Sci: ence Assoclation #hat & race of hairy men exists upon the island of Yesso (pronayy. ced “Je*o") in northeost Asis, Their principal drink is a kind of rice whisky. Wives; 'a#‘e nat. bought, but presentsto their parents are expeoted, = The men pan marry twice, but the women ‘only onge, and then their lips ar¢ tatooed, Upon the death of 8 wife ber habitation is burned. A future state s not dreamed of by the nhubgitant& “Their eyelids are hotizontal, and nat ;omg%: lilke monguly; their cheeks: ngt prominent. - Their iy is like that -of the. b%;:gfinu of (I}ussxnwfi'fi:my.?;emmh_{at ol | to their Wa country, geuerous and communica. tive, , though :.I%r,fecfl:s%’ uncultivated, Their langunge ig perfecily independent, thaigh & Saptice hfi'g?mmll el PRSTRL 1D fransmittin “ideas tq visl: G iRI 500 only historly ‘extant of them : ‘Japanese, In wliich theyiare described one fundred £ -,'? H;; _ ~'" .3 TR B, ;n. : fi”f,

STATE ITEMS. : Wm. Remstor, the Covington murderer, hias been convicted of murder in the second degree and goes to the State’s prison forfife, . e e . Judge W. Q. Gresham of the Districk Court of Indiana, was present and participated in the funeral obsequies of Gen. Rawlins, at Washington, on Thursday last. At the old scttler’s meeting at Boonville, Warrick county, ou Saturday of last week, over two thousand persons were present. -The affair wasa perfect suceess. &

ParapoxicaL.—The city is asl%e;d for & railroad loan of $200,000, and yet the city is itself a borrower of money to pay its every day expenses.— Terre Haute Journal, i

Samuel Wisher, a New Yorker, was robbed of $3,500 in Evansville, Wednesday night of last week. The robber entered his boarding house and took the money out of his trunk. i George Francis Train will visit Richmond next winter, and will deliver a lecture under the auspices of the Young Men’s Christian Association. Heaven preserve the Young Men's Christian A ssociation. J i

Miss Amy Wilkison of Benton county, living four miles south west of Oxford, has been adjudged insane by an examination board, and sent to the insane Asylum. The cause of her insanity is the excessive use of tobacco. Ladies just think of it. The Crawfordsville Sorosis will go to the Chicago cpnvention of the sisterhood almost en masse. We can only hope for the good of the universe generally, that there will be even more “splits” in - that assembly -than ia the one held at New York. 2 : g

Col. W.T. Dennis of the Richmond Humming Bird, went on a_press excursion 'recently to the banks of the Tippecanoe, in White couiity, taking hig_ tent and provisions with him, the latter ¢hiefly in bottles. : Tty

A boy named George Hamill, while out shooting snipe with some companions, near Terre Huaute, Thursday cvening, of last week, accidentally shot himself in the head while looking into the barrels.— The shot penetrated the brain and he died in a few hours. i

The Evansville Council some time since reduced Mayor Walker’s salary from three thousand to two thousand dollars per. annum. The Mayor objects, and refyses to draw any salary until the case is decided by the Supreme Court, whence it has gone. . e

MasT.—We notice that the oak, beech, and other nut bearing forest trees in-the section of this country through which we have lately travelled, are unusually full of mast. So we indulge the hope that the scarcity of the corn crop will not materially lessen the quantity or enhance the price of pork.— Boone County Pioneer. A man- named C. d. Cramer has been arrested in Evansvilleand held in $4,000 bail for entering into a conspiracy with one Mrs. Crowel to poison his wife. It appears that Cramer and Crowel had been on terms together to get Mrs. Cramer out of the way. A. Mrs. Bager, who had been employed to procure the poison “blowed” on the parties.

Mirk SrckNkss.—We regret to learn that milk sickness is prevailing to a considerable extent on Wildeat, in the vicin ity of “Wyandotte. - Miss Neltson, ngece of James Cole of Sheffield township, died of the disease s few daysago, and Mr, Noah Steele, brother of Basil Steele, is lying very low, with scarcely any hope of his recovery.-—Lafayette Dispatch. A “serious stabbing affiir occurred at New Harmony, Tuesday morning of last week, in' which William Alsup stabbed a man named Vandefer. Oar informant left New Harmony just after the deed was commited, and at the time of his departurc the physicians said that Vande fer would not live half an hour. The affray took place at the Monitor Saloon, and was about an umbrella that cost $l.25.— Bvansville Journal. . §

IMPORTANT ARRESgS—Thursday morning of last week, officers James Stevens and Pryor Duval arrested R. S. Suter, at the Union Depot, on a charge of blowing open g safe in the store of J. D. Lacy at Fairland, night before last. The “gophirs™ got four thousand dollars in notes, but no mbney for their trouble, Suter was given to the custody of Mr. Lacy, who remanded’ him to Fairland last evening —lndianapolis Sentinel.

A man named Garpin, at Fort Wayne, received four serious, and it is to be feared fatal, pistol wounds on Tuesday evening of last week. “While Willis Ross, Deputy Sheriff, was riding about four miles from Wabaslifi Garpin accosted and pulled Ross from His horse, threatening to pummel him, whereupon Ross drew his revolver and fired at him with the above result. The difficulty originated by some misunderstanding about a lady.

Thursday morning of last week, a man was discovered about three mi'es west of Valparaiso, Iying in the ditch beside the trdcfi,’dead; - He had fallen, or wasthrown, from the express train west. His body* was still warm, bhis skull smashed, and a fearful gash across the forehead. From' papers found on his person, it was ascertained that his name was H. Heiman, from St. Paul, Minn, and he has been East after goods.. He had many. valuable papers and about one hunfidredy dollarg in money, besides a gold watch. ;

A GRrAcELESS CuLPßlT.—Morgan, the murderer, is as hardened a wretch ds ever committed a capital crime. He received the mews of the decision .of the Supreme Court with the greatest indifference, offering to bet on that oceasion with Deputv Sheriff Stewart that he could unlock and Talk out of his cell in five minutes. “ She sheriff paid no attention to this, but he had no soonér got beyond the outside dpor than he turned and saw. Morgan stepping out of his-cell into the entry. He is a sharp scamp - and Sheriff Stewart keeps a watch on his actions night and day. » . o

ATTEMPTED RAPE.—One Franklin attempted “to outrage the person of a respectable married lady, living some three or four miles from this place, some days ago. The enraged lady came before his - Honor Esquire Gootee and made affidavit for the arrest of the offender. The case came up for immediate investigation, but for some cause or other the matter was taken before Esquire Prowgof Dover Hill, for final investigation, where twelve honest and law ahiding citizens were summoned as jurors, to determine the extent of the outrage upon the person of the la“dy, and the offence against the majesty of tg’e" law. After a full and complete investigation, the jurors decided that one dollar was ample compensation for,the damagee done. the lady, and that thq majesty of the law was not serlously injured;— Marian. County Herald, . . -~ Wholesale Hanging _o(\»';l‘hlevos in 111We understand fig;n & 'gentleman acquainted with the facts, that & man pamed Berry, wha flourighed .about bere last yeor dsa ‘twkalefi lawyer, was bung tg; mob in_ l}mba, county, Illinols, af¢ days ‘ago. Tt appears that ey Imd been placed in the county jail ut Lacen from which he and four ofhers, =1 gaid to B horse-thicves, made their ‘escape.— The Sheriff, Deputg Sheriff,and others, Went in pupsult, and were so close upon g;e celng scoundrels that Berry Opened. Aire, killing the Deputy Sheriffand woundiugm%oflhe Sheriffe posse, The thieves were oaught, and the gentleman. states tliat/ Berry and his companions 'were hung by the infuriated mob.—New Ay Ledgor. i v 0 0

'~ A'Wall around New Orleans. The r@e« ect of making New Orleans awalled town by building a complete line of earthwo 'gai-onnd (it has fxeeo revived, and is seriously urged by the press and many prominent eitizens of that city. The necessity for it is the danger to which the city isexposed by the annual inundations and crevasses on the lower Mississippi. The project is not a new one, it was suggested. ‘many years-ago, and received the sanction of eminent engineers. Jefferson Davis, on his last visit to the city, de‘clared that New Orleans-wounld never 'be exempt from epidemics, and become the great city -hat its = position and advantages | indicate, till begirt with a broad, sirong, earthwork, or levee,: to protect it against the deluges of the lower Mississippi. = : The plan that meets with most favor is to construct a levee from Carrolton, directly across to the lake, thence along the lake shore to a point just below the city, thence by astraight line to the river bank near the barracks. There would be locks for the passage of ‘the two canals, and the work would be made broad enough for a railroad and carriage way, reveting the lake front with rock, to resist the action of the waves,

.- Sealing Fruit Cans. ' (A correspondent gives a method of closing tin cans, which he states completely obviates the usual difficulties of unsealing. You take one pound of, rosin and a_table spoonful of lard and melt them together, the lard rendering the rosin less brittle when cold- After filling the can with fruit, place the tin capin position, than take a piece of strong muslin, larger than the opening in the can, smear one surface with the melted rosin, and fill smoothly over the tin cap; when cool smear the upper surface ofthe muslin with the rosin. Cans are readily opened with the application of hot water.” Glass jars, it is stated, may be sealed in.the same way ; the above method has been tried for several years, and, it is asserted, has effectually preserved the can: ned fruit from the air, while allowing re:;.dy access to the contents of the vessels.. { :

* Monster Musieal Association. - An organization embracing all the amature and professional talent of the city is talked of. | We have the ‘material in our midst for an, organization of this' kind, which shonld give us a society of at least seventy-five to one hundred vpcal performers, with an orchestra of twelve or fifteeu/ pieces.— Such a society would be an honor to the city and would be countenanced and encouraged by every good citizen. We sincerely hope thé project may be carried out. An occasional public rehersal could be made to pay the greatcr ;l)o;tion of the expenses, and the social and educational benefits would be far from inconsiderable.—New Albazxy Ledger. - | - _

. Muarder. . The house of Henry Willetts, on Lomburg street, Détroit, was entered on Tharsday night by a burglar.— Willetts’ wife was aroused by thenoize and called her husband, who sprang out of bed and ran against him—grappled with him and threw him—when the burglar drew a knife and stabbed Willetts six times, killing him instantly.— The murderer then jumped through a window: . Alarm was soon given, and man found hidden the next forenoon near the place of the crime, and was safely lodged in the station house. * It is reported that Willetts, on the previous night, effected an insurance of $5,000 upon his life. : e T 4E— P The Maine Election. ‘The Maine State election on Monday of last week resulted in a Republican victory. Advices from there indicate 'that Chamberlain, Republican, will have 8,000 majority over both Smith, Democrat, and Hichborn, the Temperance candidate. . The Republicans will probably elect twenty-eight of the thirty-one Senators,’ and carry thirteen or fourteen counties, as well as hold a strong majority in the House.

~ When appealed to by Col. Streight of Indiana to make some arrangement by which our poor fellows in Andersonville prison could be exchanged and enabled to return home, Secretary Stanton replied that he “would be ‘damned if he was going to exchange sound men for skelletons.” = This .same Stanton is now himself a mere skeleton, haunting the various watering places of the North, in the hope ot prolonging for a few months a life not a whit more valuable than any one of the thousands which he cansed to be saerificed to his vindictive passions.

An ill-natured Ohio Radical, who wanted to see King Plysses on special business, complaing” that he waited for him in Washington thirteen days, at five dollars a day expenses, befzrq he had the opportunity of an audience at court. Sixty-five dollars’a head isa good deal to pay for the privilege of seeing a President. It will take considerably less to see another in 1872.

'The 'department of State has recieved aletter from the consul-at Liv--erpool, giving information of the pre.vaxl)ence of the hoof and mouth disease among the cattle of England, which is as fatal ag the rinderpest and almost as contagious, and suggesting that prompt measures should be taken at once to guard against the risk of its being imported into the United States. =

A very poor famil sed through Wythevillg, Tenneseyegagne day. last week, and encamped in an old field near town. During the night, with no_shelter - from the rain" wiich was falling in. torrents, the mother®gave birth ta four children. The Bristol. News, in giving the item, says that the hasband ‘was too lazy to even carry straw from a neighboring stock-yard to make the woman a rade bed. =~ -

- People who have manifested so much alarm about the comet may dismiss their fears. - Professor Qleveland Abbg, of the Oindinnati Obsevatory, says the comet never amounted to much anyhow, and is now ' rapidly passing away. We shall not be ahle ‘to use even its tail to ‘brush away the ;fiiefl. é ! T e The board of managers of the National Temperance Society, at their sesgion in New York, refu;eg‘w,ifidnnw, the movement inaugurated at Chicagofor a third party. - Pt " v The question of holdin ~an election - of mem‘gm ‘of Congre irom Georgia has been po tp('mei’ d by the Democratic Coutrlfoéomnitfiee until ‘mext year.

. THE AVONDALE DISASTER. | The Owners of the Avondale Min Lisdle for | - Heavy Damages to the Families ofqfllo Yictims. : . From the Pliladelpkia Inguirer. . The Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railrodd, baving its office in New York, principally owned there, and choosing two-thirds of its directors and sll its officers from that city, is tbe proprietor of | the Avondale, as well as ,dthqn rich ahd. profitable -mines in the Scranton region, . most, if not'Bll of which, are provided with a single shaft, and above, “that is invariably erected the huge breaker, ready at any instant to take fire, and with its burning debris, close against the miners below the one solitary avenuc of escape. _Against this compauy, whose last year's

receipts were nearly four and a half il lions of dollars, and who paid inv,d‘ifliriden'ds;.%f to its stockholders nearly a million and a 1 ' balf, every survivor of the men whose i lives were lost in the cheap trap of Avon‘dale has ample and conclusive grouuds for redress. It is beyond the power of| human courts to oblige ‘the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railrond Company to restore agnin the precious life -destroyed, but it is, fortunately, within the province of the law to® oblige the di- | rectors of that corporition to - indemnify the survivors so faras vexc'-ni plary pecuniary;}damn’gcs can 'accomp-lis__hj it Aguinst-] the company every survivor-has an action, | which,in: the face of the criminal’ negli- | gence of the owners of “the mine, justice will sustain: e G

; .7 Rather Mixed.; i Oury relations with China are rather queer. | - First, we have Mr. Burlingame as our minister to that country, who f o L e e A threw up his commission for the purpose of accepting another one under the Chinese Government. We sent him'out as an American Minister to China, and ‘he comes back as a Clinese - Minister: to America. It is charged by somé of Mr. Burlingame’s Chinese enemies. that he is still acting -rgther in the interest of the United States than of China. < Next we sent J. Ross Brown, somewhat ixoted as a writer of magazine articles, as 1\ Minister to. Ching, in place of Burlingame; and now word comes. that thab ‘functionary has beén dingd' and wined by the English and French in Chiba to such an extent that be sees: things through their spectacles rather than ours; in oth: ler words, that he is their dupe, and is working for their interests instead of ‘those of his own country. = .-~ r ‘This, if true, shows a rather singular state of affairs. DBut it may not be true. It probablyis not. . The charges against Browne may be instigated Dy those who ate desirous of obtaining his place, The charges against Burlingame no doulbt originated *with those Chinese-who are Jjealous of foreigners: i (From the Cincinnati Free Nation, Des. 21,769, Dr. Roback’s Bitters. ' . By reference to Dr. Roback’s advertisement, on the third page, it will beé seen that the doctor has just introduced’a new article in the line of “Stomach Bitters.” These Bitters, are destined to become very popular, from the fact that they are genuine in every sense of the term—i, e., they derive their stimulous from the powerful tonic nature of the roots and herbs of which they are composed, and hence their effect is natural, . We bave had the pleasure of testing the qualifies of these bitters;;and do not hesitate to pronounce them the “one thing needed in every well regulated family,” - o 10e48,

o e NORRRPR, oy e ewuT A o eo R QR ey - EXPERIENTIA DocET.—Yes surely experience teaches those who use Dr.- Morse’s Indian Root Pills that it is better to take a medicine upon the first symptoms of disease, that will surely restore health, than to wait until the complaint becomes clironic., Use ghese pills in all eases of Billiousness, Indigestion, Headach, Liver complaint, Female “Irregularities, &c.— Get the Ometa Almanac from your storekeeper, it containg much information for the invalid and convalescent. - If you are -ailing use Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills and you will find them of great value.— Sold by-all dealers. © 1948 -————’-——o—o-.d'-flo—-—-*—e_—--‘-' St There will be an election in West Vir. ginia, October 28th, for a new Legislature. The issue at the polls will be the enfranchisement of the ex:Confederates, The Wheeling Intelligencer, the leading Republican organ, takes the affirmative. side. ’ el S

A celebrated New York- barber said, not long since, that nine tenths of his customers preferred to have their hair dressed with “Rarrett’s Hair Restorative” to any other substance, asit keeps the scalp so coal and free from dandroff— Troy Daily Whig. o P

LIGONIER MARKET REPORT. Whitewheat, - 112 Corn - 1,00 Amber red, = 1,12 Bees wax 35 Oats, , . 50 Butter. -25 Potatoes, - . 40 Lard, ' 18 Flax-seed, 225 TFggs, ;' 15 Wool 40 t 045 Feathérs: 75 Rye, 90 Driedapples 12

KENDALLVILLE MARKET. (Corrected Weekly by Kaufman Jacobs.) Wheat—white.....Bl.l6 8utter............. Vials 90 Wheat—red........ 1.15 Bopß il tiveiii i 19 bl ORI eTT LT B e e T Oats. ... M Tallow, .. L T Bye: .. il A 8 Feathers: ».c.iivs .80 Potatoes.. .. .ivi.: AUROrk. LA Clover 5eed........ 8.00 Hay—tame..,,... . 12.00 Flax seed ......... 2.00 Hay—marsh. ..... 7.00

Short Settlements Make Long : Friends, =

Wishing to keep his accounts and business in_agood, healthy. condition; the uudersigned requests all who are owing him to call and settle their accounts. If not prepared to pay the amount in ready cash, a reasonable time will be granted to do so by fiving their notes, but settlement wust be made without fail: Having. . ever been ready to extend favors to his customerg it ‘is but just that an early response be made to this all, - : : ‘[ : <o Wa, CROW. - Kendallville, Sept. 22,.'69. . LR R M ATTENTION ! ATTENTION !! The undersigned would res;é:ctfuny call the attention of all who are indebted to them that they have been entirely too lenient; waiting from harvest to harvest for pay--only with disaptvointment added to disappointment.” e are now forced to say to all who owe us on Accounts or Notes that you have had a boun: tiful harvest, and we now expect our Yay. - The ruinous practice of waiting indefinitely’ for gur -pay must be abandoned, for we cannot earry on | ‘gusinesu‘ with such a policy without doing injustice to ourselves as well as fo our patrons, - Weshall accept no axcuses of waiting for better prices for wheat, ete. =~ | 7 s We wan? ourgag/ and a word ta the wise -ought to be safficient, L 3 e e : _ 7. B, MIER & CO. . Ligoniew, Ind., 5ept.15,%69. . .~ . - oA ORIy L 0 On_Weduesday, September Ist, hetween the residenee of the undersigned and: the Ligonier we‘??t. a-Clasp Pocket Book, vm@aini:ug about $26 in Money. - A liberal reward will be paid} to the finder ogmwi i NO, ABR, H. WEMPLE, or gt Ahis office. | ~ Bept, Bth, 1869.-81*% . .0 G gL WERE REAY O Al persons indebted to Dr, G. W. Carr, on | :‘Mnm‘vff:!emfixém,smdmhbw % .‘;;,.;t,m:.., im&:tt@. Tequested tomake itnme. | ARt i LTI e e i e | . LUTHER H. GREEN, E ;a o _m: Rerbiay Bb & ALUO! 3&@' Q- LAW: " oLary . 2’;«& (18 (508 L EIBONIRR. o L e ‘Gety, opposite Helmer Honge, - Tl oiel RS e e Eh o s B o R, L o Bl

L “‘Forthegé‘l—nform a‘t‘ion of the few people in this region, who are not

already aware of the fact, we would announce that we have made ample arrangements for the fall trade by filling jour large and commodious \e st abfifilishme'nt '

with % full and complete stock of goods, especially adapted to the season and the: wants of the communityg Qur stock has been selected with care, and bought at thevery lowest CASH iprices. In the different branches of staple and and fancy Dry Goods, Men’s and Boy’s - Clothing, Ladies,” Men's & Childgen’s Boots and Shoes, Hats and Cdps, Groceries, Queensware, Fuars,, Robes, Shawls, Carpets, \&e., &e., our stock is fulls choice, fresh, and of the latest tstyles-and being ® purchased at “Low water mark” figures-we are enabled to offer special in--ducements to parties wénting’ anything in the different | lines of goods | ‘%)t in our’ call the especial attention of the Ladies to our Dress .goods deP artmb Wi C h they will find .a collection of the beautifl patterns ever displayed in' tlusmet. |

. We- cordiplly invite an examination of our stock - and prices, and will at all times deem it a. pleasure to show . qrr goods, and give pricesito all whomay favorus Wiiha'éali whether they wish to buy or not. ~ Straws & Meagher, P.Ss+We still con~' tinue ' pa‘y :ggn% HIGHESE price for Wheat' Woel Pork,