The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 23, Ligonier, Noble County, 6 October 1869 — Page 1

THE NATIONAL BANNER, ' ' Published WeeKlyby =~ ° JOHN B. STOLL, LIGONIEB, NOBLE COUNTY, IND. . A..»N«im‘»q..—.-..\»v./ s Ry * TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : : / Strictly in Ad¥ADCE. . ..oiveriiireannannin. ...52.00 If not paid within three m0nth5,.....;....... 226 1f not pald within six MONLhB,. . .oouinnrersos 200 Attheend of the YEar,.......b.cooerssvennser 8.00 £#~ Any person sending a club of 20, aceompanied with the cash, willbe entitled to a copy of the paper, for one Year, rree of char e. :

Newspaper, Book and Job r i : i . e '~ !4_._;:.;2:;‘:55;—_ SN £% WS L |l . I ey oLy ) -g@ e gl i |2_, == = | : Ee = POWER PRESS PRINTING OFFICE ; E oy . ‘'We would respectfully infofm the Merch.ntsﬁ .and ‘Busineéss men general}ivthat we are now i prepared to do allkinds of :}PLAIN‘ & FANCY PB[NTIN‘G, 1n a 8 good style and ataslow rates as any publishing house in Northeérn Indiana. Michigan South. & N. Ind’a R. R. On and after April 25, 1869, ttains will leave Stations as follows: : : GOING EAST: S i Expresss . Mail Train. ChiCago.....osuiereis. HBD m“\1.....'. .B:00 A, M., *Ekhart ..........5...9:45 ~ ..12:30 P, M. GOBhEIL . ... sveessnins 10509 % | ... ...19250 P, X, Millersburg. .......(don’t stop). e Ligoniey ... (il b OLI ... ... 1B Y Wawaka........‘....(don’tsw?) i s FAG R Brimfield ... i s v TN s Kendallyille ... ......11:20 # ~ .2:20 * Arrive at Toledo .......2:50 &M .......5:05 * - - GOING WHST: 6 i Express: Mail Train: TOIEAO . . .sudisscoinns 19505 K M. (00210200 AL ¥, Kenda11vi11e...,.......8:27 A:)a ceseie et 8120 P M, Brimfeld .. i i B B ..ol 48 Y Wawaka....oooeereats L Bis Liﬁ0nier...............4:06 B ioieenes 8010 % Millersburg......... . Ml a 8 G05hen.......c..0eps 4387 ;‘ sransE ORIKRATE .. .osvnvradie DIOBR [ .aoooos 4320 % Arrive at Chlcago.i... 0290 P 4., ....,..8488 *Stop 20 minutes for breakfast and supper. Exfress leaves daily doth Ways. ; Mall Train'makes close’ cOnnection at Elkhart with trainsjgoing East and West. 0 " @, F. HATCH, @én'lSupt., Chicago. J. JOHNSON, Agent, Ligonler. ~ ~

] ¥. M., DENNY, Attorney at Law,—Abion, Nobleco., Ind: will give careful and prompt attention to all business entrusted to his care, .36 " D.W.C.DENNY, Physician and ‘Surgeott,—Ligonier, Ird. Wil promptly and faithfilly attend to all calls ‘tn the line of his. profession—day ot nilghb—-in town or any distance in the conntxg. crsons wishing his serviees at n‘ilght. will ind him at his father's residence, first door east of Meagher & Chapman’s Hardware Store, where all calls, when abseut, should be left. = ! 1-1 e e et WM. L. ANDRE‘LS, Surgeon Dentist. Mitchel’s Block, Kendallville. All work warranted. Examihations free. 247 S i L e e DR. E. W. KNEPPER, Relectic Physician & Surgeon,—Ligonier. Al diseases of the Lung ind Throat successful.y treated b{ inhalation. % charges for consultation. Ofice with W. W. Bkillen, esq. - 1.8 5 R s S e _W_,wv-_‘:.-__‘.—_f_,_..____ DR. P. W. CRUM, * 0. 4 9 : 9, Physician and Surgeon, Ligonier, = = = , Indiana. Office one door.south of L. Low & Co’s Clothing Store, up stairs. . . May 12th, 1869, G. W. CARR, . W. D. RANDALL. CARR & RANDALL, -. 2 * Physicians and Surgeons, LIGONIER, - - - - - - IND, will promptly attend all calls intrusted to them, Office on 4th St., one door east cf the NATIONAL Banxer office. . ; ;- 848 EXCELSIOR LODGE, NO, 267, i I. O. Ofo. 11-‘.,§ Meets at their Hall on eveﬁ Saturday ev;‘enlng of each week. H. CORNEL&, N. G. A. JACKSON, V. G. WM. MANNING, Now, 25th, 1868.—tf. Secretary.. : |A. €. JENNINGS, - ' Attorney at Law, Insufance and Collect- ~ ihg Agent.—Rome City, Ind. business entrusted to Him promptly attended Is also AGENTFOR THE ﬁA’l‘fOlgAsfa BAN- : ) January 1, 1868,

e — i e e e et e A WornEN & Morris, . ', B. ALvoßp, . ‘Ft. Wayne. ¥, Albion. WORDEN, MORRIS & ALVORD, Attorney’s at Law. Will attend, in connectiont, to litigated spitsin the several Courts of Noble County. . 2-18tf. 1 THOMAS L. GRAVES, Attorney at Law and Justice of the Poace. - Will'give careful and proﬁlgt attention to all busness entrusted to his care, . Office in_the building ately occupied by the First National Bank of Kendallville, Ind. . may 22 ,___________——__.'—_-—~———-——'_.-"-__—_ JAMES McCONNELL, GHENERAL COLLECTING AGENI, CONMERCIAL BROKER. R'EA»L L3IT-AT®E AGENT, . SURVEYOR, CONVEYANCER. f i AND 4 NOTARY PUBLIC, Ligoniér,Noble County, Indiana “ ol o eetb e, SRS SAMUEL E: ALV@RD, Attorney ‘at Law, Claim Agent, and Notary Public, Albion, Noble Co., Ind. Business in the Courts, Claims of 'soldiers and heir heirs, Conveyancing, &c., promptly and carefally. attended to. 'Ac nbwl'edgmem.s, Depositions and Affidavits, taken nd certified. v 475 3. ZMILLER, Surgical and Mw& mical Dentists, i LIGONIER, - :g/' INDIANA. D 7 . Arepre d ¢ A *’{’Z/’ to do gn{::{: R L X 4 e AT cees| Taco kel { S ,2“* tice of ov_gr 10 B UGG e years justifies ei el 6 them in sayiug tone. & & S 5 88" that they can: }y . s A Fifveanth;esaﬁ! Kt NN T sfaction to a " g <j;,§,‘§sm [ yho mayse. stow their patronage. ~OofMe .my buildin ~Cavin Stropz 4 e fo: o ? » . BITTI@OWER,: ; | DEALERIN : WATCHES, = CLOCKS, J‘EW’LRY!SILVERWARE,NOTIONS, Spectacles of every Description, : .7 &e., &c. &e., &, All kinds of work %one :&on the shortest notice tndw:rmduto ura! % : ahg in Bo en’g new Brick Bloek, Kendallville, o ﬂO g St ‘SACK BROTHERS, ‘B_a.koru & Grocers. Fresh Bread, P:;, Cakes, &c., Cholce Grogeries, Provisions, Yankee Notions, &c The highest cash’ price paid fer Co %nee‘t ey oot g% K BRO'S. ' 'JOHN B.‘GOODSELL & 00., HATS, CAPS, STRAW - ,v-. " T:” A - h‘a "i ;;é“ Rb VO ‘: . CLEVELAND, oMIO. ' "’ﬁﬂmme B i . WORDS OF WISDOM. LS e 1 .'"wb:x IS W R g 3I . w, o Por e o o el AT o

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ABEL MULLIN, . jr s ° 1 Licensed Auctioneer, Residence in York township, near Port Vol Mitchell. Post Office Address — WOLF LAKE, INDIANA. Will attend mg»romptly to all calls in this line of business, and endeavor to give entire satisfaction. Charges reasonable. 14e3m " : ; 0. WOODRUFF," @. 8. WOODRU¥FF, WOODRUFF & SON, . ECLECTIC PH YSIC_I4NS AND SURGEONS, LIGONIER, = » - - - « INDIANA. Will attend promptly all calls from town and country. |Office in Drug Store of Barnett & Co.— Residence north side o Railroad. 4-11 [ B. . BEEBE, : J USTIOE OF THE PEACE, C‘onveya‘cin%done. Notes collected promptly. Office, o;poq te the llslelmer House, over' Sack’s by “Bake i |y LIGONIER, o 315,:;._ ~ INDIANA. May 26th, 1869.—1 y. i E. RICHMOND, Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer, - QCavin street, Ligonier, Indiana. - S?eclal attention given to conveynncln&rnnd collections, Deeds, Bonds aud Mortgages drawn up and all legal business attended to promptl and accurately. f Mayutb.lgcs. ___—4——________.__—————+———— e STRAUS BROTHERS : Wonid resﬁectfully announce to their customers and the publie in ieneral that they continue to utchase PRODUCKE at the highest market g:lws. &Avlng no bnlyer on the streets, farmers having ; groduce for sale will please call at our office in the rick Clothing Store. Ligonier, April 29, 1869.—tf ; ?

F. W. STRAUS. A JACOB STRAUS. Exchange and Brokers' Office, | LIIGONIER, IND, - ' Buy and sell Exchange on_all principal cities of the Ifnlted States, and sELL F.xchnnqe on all princlgtl cities of Europe, at the very lowest_ rates. They also sell passage tickets, at very lowest fi ures, to all Erinclpal seaports of Europe. u&; N. Bi—The aresent price of ppunge in steerage from New York to Hamburﬁ,’ lxmonth'. London lmﬁl Cherbourg has been reduced to only §BO in gold. | / : [ KELLEY HOUSKE, HKendallville, Imnd. Thisis a First-class “House, situated on Main Street, in the central part of the City, mnlilng it very convenient for AFente, Runners, and all other transient men visit nﬁlour City, to do business withont goin%far from the House. General St:ée office for the North and South. Stabling for forty horses, Livery, and Free’Bus. - : ! J. B. KELLEY, Proprietor. .@. W. Greex, Clork. o ; ‘ ; U e e BAKERY AND RESTAURANT / BY B ' B. HAYNES, Opyposite the Post Office, JLigonier, Ind. My Bakery will be supplied atall times with fresh Bisguits, ' Bread, | . Pies, o Cakes, | Crackers, &e., &¢., Wedding parties, pic-nice and private pariies wi‘mbe fnn%ils)hed witklx) anything in Sxe pastlx':y line, on short ‘notice, and in the very latest stylel’_uon\ reasonable terms, Oysters apd ‘'warm meals furnished at all hours. Oharges reasonable. Farmf ers will find this a good place to aatlsfy the ‘‘inner man.” Jan'y 6, '60.-tf -

| M. C. MISSELHORN, ' MANUFAOTURER OF ‘ CHOICESEGARS, © Main Street, Kendallville, Ind. November 6th, 1867. ‘ 5 - GO AND SEE . : GOTSCH & BECKMAINS 7 —NEW—' . : JEWELR . STORE, | Main Street, Kendallville, Ind. Tlkey have just received the finest assortment and *latest styles of : JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, : : : * CLOCKS, ETC., Algo the best: American Watches. Only ¢)me and see them, ° All fine work done and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop opposite Miller’s new block. Kemdaﬁvme, Ind., June 26th, '67. tf. ————————————————————————————————————————. — ELKHART ‘BOOK BINDERY : - ‘ ’ : } . at the office of the HERALD OF TRUTH,” - ELKHART, -~ - < = =% = IND. We take pleasure to inform our friends and the public in' general, that we have establisped 8 8 -2 Book Bindery, In connection witißour Printing Office, and are now prepared to do all kinds of Binding, . | such as Books, Pamphlets, Maga- s zines, Mns{c, promptly and ) on reasonableé terms. apr. 29th, "68.-tf. ‘ JOHN F. FUNK. ————— s CITY BREWERY. EENDALLVILLE, - - -*- - - INDIANA | SCHWARZKOPF & AICHELE, Would announce to the public.that they have just completed a new Brewery, for the manufacture of Beor and Lager Beer, which t.l::é‘wﬂl sell . the trade at ]prlcen reagonable ‘and factory. Our Beer will be Warranted. -The highest price for Barley. ¢ S 2-90-tf,

~ HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, & /~_ o r ER L om—— ¢ / A ;‘:-é W s ‘ i {:{:‘:’l\36‘“‘“{% s y : P A% : o N Vg | ol SR g% v £ - "-:t; i\w iy i e ! y%}’ﬁ*\%‘ el L AFR RS ﬁIO 0 PR\ ‘"‘»f” - . . ' | S 2 f’lf ;g Watchmakers, Jewelers, k mnmm G Watches, Clocks,; : JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS, Repairing ‘hieatly snd promptly executed, and “GOLD PENS REPOINTED. h.aggmbcrp{ the best kindskept constantlyom(o2 Sig of theig watch, Cavin Stroct Ligor 07, ,anih,o Wm ,Cavi myim«

N B W BAKERY! 1 have'made an addition to mhnemdrmt ofa Bakery, and. will be able hereafter to supply the public with good ; : 7 © Bread, Cakes, Pies, 1 And anytl;lné _umliy kept ina first-clags | ‘BAKERY AND RESTAUBANT, 1 amnow xec;fvlng Early Strawberries, and will continue, a 8 to e : tomers m%%m and Veg-. etables, grown for City Market. i WenpiNg PArTizs supplied with finety omnmn%uonm,m divige | 1 go:‘A W :l AND lor CREAM gl‘w;x | | P igonier, Juas ana.dm. |T D, MILLER, | Reader, Have you Paid | Your Subseription:te - B b . ‘;:.': & TS Jil” Eiet I the “Bammer.”

For the National Banner. MY LAST BOQUET. BY MNISS MAXDA LEVERING. I’ve been out in the shadowy woodland Where sky and foliage seem to meet, Aund the flowers die in beauty, Amid the echoes wild and sweet; i Where the sutumnal breezes marmur ' Requiems throughout the day, In memory of the departed summer, : ~ I've gathered my last bequet.. Way down in the depths of the wildwood, Now lighted with russet and gold, Where, 1n the rosiest blush of the morning The violets were wontito unfold; . . There, instead of green spreading branches, Buff and brown now checker the way, And the last few fragile blossoms, I twwined in my dainty boquet. The free easy strain ofthe songsters, . Had changed so melodiously low, That it seemed to me I was dreaming, In the shadows of dear long dgo. But the asters nodded coldly, and proudly, Near the old rocks s ancient and gray, ‘That with sadness Il only remember, I had gathered my last boquet. And soon the poplar and maple, : Shall lose all their beauty and pride, And, instead of the scarlet and crimson, The fairest of earth will have died. Ere long the leaves shall he drifting, And colder and rongher winds play, O’er the loved nook 1n the wildwood, Where blossomed my last boquet.

AN.INTERVIEW BETWEEN MRS. DR. ""WELKER AND GEN. SHERMAN: Told by the Cincinnati Commercial, Sept. 18th. The presence of Mrs. Dr. Walker, at the Women’s Convention, rénews the recollection of an inte.view which took place between that somewhat remarkable person and Gen. Sherman, at Atlanta, during the war, and several weeks after the city had been captured. By some means, known on{), to the mysteries of the female mint{ the woman doctor had been able to avoid the forbidding any of her sex to enter the city, and wit{ a degree of perseverance peculiarly her own, she walked into the private room of Gen. Sherman, and déemanded a commission. in the medical department of the army.. The fact is not publicly known, but Gen. SBherman is weak when a woman is concerned—that is to say, he would run rather than have hard words with one of them ; and the tears of a female rebel had more terror for his soul than a ‘thousand. Beauregards. So, when the little doctor renewed again and again her demand for an appointment, the Gen., like a great soldier, as he is, change tactics in the face of the enemy. : i Why don’t you wear proper clothing? That toggery is neither one thing nor the ‘(i:;her." gaid the General, as he pointed his finger to the nondescript garb of the doctor. L “ Well, General,” replied the young woman, “I suppose you would like to see me in hoops, and heaiy‘.sk‘irmdmg. glog-aownr mgnmp's;”tq the destruction of health and comfort? What right, sir, have women who bear children thus to destroy -their best powers and unfit themselves to be wives and mothers?”’ | E

" This, and much more, she said about woman’s : reforms. & . The couqueror of Atlanta was some-: what taken aback by this change of horse, foot and dragognes, but he plucked up courage. ‘«Did you ever bear any children he asked, with sardonic emphasis. She had to admit that sge had not done anything of the kind. The General added severely : « “] don't know that I should especially desire to see you, hoops or no hoops, nor do I see any need that women should be injured by wearing them, or the moderate use of the costume of the day; but I do know for a certainty that you and such as -you put on that dress from affectation. If you wish an example of what woman shonld be and aught to do—damnation,” cried the ‘General, geétting ex-’ cited, “what are you here for anyhow ? Breecheg or no breeches, the President’s wife would not dare to disobey orders. Put on decent clothes, 'go back to Nashville, enter the hospitals where -our poor. boys are dying of wounds and fever, and imitate the example of the women in hoops and petticoats, who are devoting their time to the work of.nursing.” : We think Mrs. Dr. Walker went North upon the first train. . :

. Amn Awfal Liar / The Ohicago Twibune has a correspondent traveling in Europe, who is unquestionably the bigest liar on the face of the earth. In a letter from Prague he says, speaking of a bath he

took at the Rhine Falls, l «After I had come out, dresssed mygelf, and was walking leisurely towards the Schloss Laufen, I noticed two: - young women in a single garment on the eve of a plunge. One of them went quietly into the water, but the other, more from mischief than from “modesty, looked archly over her naked shouder as if to attract my attention. “Then she ran behind a tree not half so -broad as herself,and yeered around its 4runk in a way that might have been “inviting to men less severely moulded.. The exercise she took picturesquely .disatranged her very scant wardrobe, ‘afid her roguish eyes twinkled at what -she: conceives to be fine sport. She _was quite 1;ln-ettiy ; the day was charming and I had nothing in the world to do. Iflhad been Reubens I should ‘have sketched the nymph. Her hair ‘wag flaxen andher eyes were blue, Jike the mistress he is a{ways putting 'in his pictures, though I am glad to zug she was not half so flashy. But -1 did not give way _to-my’-migtie' feel. yﬂ on the occasion. I merely walk: ed 10 admire once more the beautiful, .magnificent falls. I heard the girls “langhing merrily and splashing in the ‘bered what happened to Lot's wife and: MO, o He did miwk back | If bmn'h s ﬁ:!mimz.r%f ot gun, threatening to ahoot hin on ‘the: - Bpot “’h‘wﬂ pEERE ariione 8 e s ol

LIGONIER, IND., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1569.

WHITHER WE ARE TENDING. It is, indeed questionable, says the New York News, whether, with the large annual emigration to this country from Enm{)e. and the natural increage of population in the Western and Southern States, we shall be able to make ug for the yearly loss by the excess of deaths over births, which is a marked feature of the vital statistics of the Northern and Eastern States.— The -negié‘po{nlq._tion is also fast diminishing, although before emancipation it grew rapidly in the South.— Eeither is emigration from certain parts of Europe, whence we derived at one time the greatest proportien of the yearly accessions to our people, equal to what it was. Besides, there is a growing disposition among Americans, as soon as they get rich, to seek countries. where there are distinctions in society, and 'where rich people are treated with much more marked consideration than they are here. The steamers which go to Ewope carry out thousands which beecome fgscinated with life in the luxurious capitals of the continent, and who never ' return, or if they do, it is after the lapse of years ; bringing back with them social and political sentiments not fitted for a republic. , :

- ~We need not woender, under these circumstances, if our census should in time, and not a very long time either, show a palpable decrease in population; and if the prevalence of aristecratic sentiments should exhibit the pernicious effect of European travel among American parvenues, who have suddenly grown rich, and gone abroad, to return with their heads full of the follies of rank and fashion, and their mouths full of court slang. Nothing 8o conclusively illustrates the effects of the allurements presented by the capitals of the continent to the American tourists as the large number of “our citizens who have made Paris their home, and are regularly and permanently settled there, and now form a recognized part of the population of the French capital. - It is now the height of an American’s desire to live in .Europe. It is the acme of an American politician’s ambition to live there at the expense of his Government, if he cannot afford to doso at his own. The result is, that on the election of a President, there is an extraordinary number of office- seckers eager to ambassadorial appoingments, and thousands of no mean pretensions, both .intellectually and socially, who are desirous to obtain even the least remunerative . consulates, merely for the official distinetions they can confer in a country where official distinctions of every kind are prized above all things. There are people in this country who will get rich. If our legislation were shaped 8o as to preserve a social and political simplicity consonant with' our simple and beautiful form = government, it,-perhaps, would not be so, as partially as it is, and we would have more virtue, not so many ridiculous social assumptions, a larger, happier, and a more comfortably conditioned industrial population, and a narrower gulf between the very poor and the very rich. But there must be an end to the distinctions, both in life and legislation, between the profits of labor and those of ‘capital. Society must ‘shake off its yearnings after European tinsel, and we must abolish the diplomatic nursery for Amer"ican} aristocrats, which the only Federal republic. in existence has always discountenanced and discarded, and has been thereby enabled to preserve its social and political simplicity.

Sickness in Indiana, Our exchanges in most parts of this State, but especially in the Northern and Western portions, unite in stating that there has not been so much sick--ness in many years as now prevails.— | The diseases are mostly fever and ~ague and billious fever. This sickness is mainly produced; no doubt, by the excessive wet weather which “prevailed .in those regions up to a late E‘eriod, of the summer, producing a eavy growth of vegetation, which is now beginning to decay, producing malaria and conseq‘uently disease. In this portion of the State, there having been no undue amount of wet weather, we do not hear of unusual sickness, but it is quite possible we may have it-yet. : ‘One of the greatest preventives of sickness is almost universally neglected during the summer and autumn 'months. We refer to fires in living _and sleeping rooms. People seem-to suppose that because. the weather is warm there is no necessity tor fire.— ‘But this is a great mistake. Fires 'should be built at intervals in every inhabited room in the house, no matter ', what the season or state of the weather. Especially should this be the case in“danip weather and in houses sur-, rounded by trees and shrubbery.— The practice of closing up grates and removing stoves for the summer, or till cold weather, jgB a very bad one.— Every room, for the sake of the wall aper, carpets, and furuiture, if not for Eenhh;"shonld have a fire in. occasionally. Fires femove the damp, malarious atmosphere, and drive away the vapors that contain the seeds of diseage. 1 j _ The weather is now warm for the season, and the building of fires in ‘rooms may seem & superfluous work. But for health they are more necessary now than in December. ' Vegitation is in a state of decom;’;q‘gitibn, ‘and the. air is full of malaria. A siege of fever and ague or bilious or intermittent fever; may be prevented by thoroughly expelling the foul air which;ﬁulates in rooms during the months in’ ‘which fire is banished fromthem.— ‘We helieve that f-,.’fhmqéfnur:gwﬁ the ‘fover and ague which prevalls thro’-' Le ST W%P“’““ by o prope atntion o this mafer. - swe hiave said, there is no undup present, but it may come with the m&& rm and_the wet weath-: R TR A s R e T

'vement in the Coudition of Poor meﬁny Grant and his Cabinet Make Sumnier Excursions. A radical editor has the presumption to try to account for the absence of Grant and his cabinet from Washington, during the summer, by saying that Boutwell “has devoted much of the summer vacation in ascertaining whether the poor people of his diatrict were in reality poorer than they wers| before the war. Mr. Boutwell discovered that the condition of the people was decidedly better than in the antiwar times.” Wonderful discovery! We have no doubt the “poor people” will be hugely thankful to Mr. Boutwell for the information that their condition is 20 vastly improved ! Without his official statement, it is quite likely: they never would have learned the fact!

The only trouble is that in spite of this marvellous information, they are unable to realize their bettered condition. But then they have the Secretary’s word, which is certainly something ! Besides, it must be borne in ming that Mr. Boutwell has only devoted his “summer vacation”’—how did he get a summer wvacation{—to the examination of the condition of the “poor “people” of ‘“his district.” It does not appear just where his district is located. As a matter of course, it involves Long Branch, Cape May, Old Point Comfort, Saratoga, the” White Mountains and other places of summer resort, where the inquiring Secretary has whiled away the leisure of his “vacation !” Possibly the inhabitants of those favored pots have realized an improved condition since so many officials have visited them, and left a goodly part of «the people’s money” in their plethoric purses! The Secretary’s district is a good deal scattered to be sure, but inasmuch as that functionary holds the purze strings of a go-newhat -extensive nation, all of which may comprise “his district,” at his pleasure, he can devote his “vacation”” to any part of it he pleases.— We only regret that he did not see fit to include Indiana, so that the condition of the people might be “improved” out this way as well as' ‘“‘away down east.” e : = :

The same radical editor also informs the public that ‘“Secretary Robeson has been investigating the state of the navy, with a view of introducing such reforms as will be beneficial to the government.” As the investigation of the gallant Robeson have been mainly confined to the Tallapoo-a, which:has seemingly been converted into . & kind of executive department excursion boat, we-will fondly “hope that the eraft will be in thorough order for the next ‘“‘summer vacation,” and in any respect where her equip‘ment or supplies may have been imperfect during the season just closed, suitable improvements will be made for future service! The only point, v i e Secratary has %&ggug& 'a?ltyw‘l‘xx}ggrt:gf’ in his dgpart,~ ment, 80 far as the people know, was in docking the operatives of the Washington navy yard, on the day of Gen. Rawling’ funeral, for not pursuing their ordinary avocations when the yard was closed by executive order. We are again informed that *the President, it is known, made it a business to become acquainted with the sentiments .of the people upon questions of vital importance.”” We arc not told jusc what those questions are, but we suppose they include the number of times per day a high government functionary can indure a bath in the surf at Long Branch; how many shell fish the President is able to masticate at a Rhode Island clam bake; whether the presentation of a* country residence on the sea shore is more in consonance with executive tastes than a mansion near the cooling'springs and bubbling brooks of a favorite mountain resort; ascertaining if the quality of Pennsylvania brook -trout is more in harmony with official digestive organs than oysters served up- at Delmonico’s saloon, &c., &c. In fact the President has *‘become acquainted” with so many sources of enjoyment and edse, during the past summer, that we question whether he will be able himself, to determine satisfactorily which of these matters of “vital importance” are the most thoroughly vital to the public welfare! The radieal paper from which we glean this wounderful * information, touching the extravagant benefits to be derived from the summer travels of the President and his cabinet, the Lafayette Courier, closes its story of the good to be accomplished, as follows : ~ %'The administration tourists have not been spending their time in idleness, but have endeayored to make themselves acquainted with the views and wishes of the people, the state and resources of the country. They have adopted the most practical method of dolgge 80, o 0 1 b e ~ We are rejoiced to know that a “practical . method” of learning “the views and wishes of the ptople, the state and recources of the country” is ‘attended with so much case and:comfort, and such excellent living! Who wouldn’t be a cabinet officer under the circumstance? = . ;

Rough on the Pretty Man. _ . Fanny Fern is after the pretty man of the period,"who scents his handkerchief, twirls a switch cane, parts his hair in the middle; and places himself in & conspicuous positiom, that the ladies may admire him. 'We all know the puppy. ' But your 'conventional man at the barber’s window wax-fig-ure head pattern; with petlock in the middle of his forehead, a% applel}merd, and a raspberry moustache with six hairs in jt,ppﬁ,ig pot ibqiis cheek and a listle dot of a goatee on hig chin, Vwit’lg,mxhﬁnkinglmle studs in his shirt bosom, and a little neck tie that Jooks as if he would taint were it tum‘bled—l"d as lief look at a ‘poodle.. I always«:feeh* desire to nip it with a pair of sugar tongs, drop it gently into a bowl of cream, and strew pink' rose leaves over the little remains.

G TR | ngmms your master at home?” «“No, Bir, he's out.” I don’t believe it.” 'Well, %ﬂn;ﬁg’_ll' come down and tell you o himself. Perhaps you'll believe him, you spalpeen.” =~

ARTIC EXPLORATION, | = | P g Valuable Religs of theSir John Franklin Expe- } s, . | | e NORWICH, CONN, Sept. 26— The whaling schooner C&,o’melid, aptain Baker, has arrived at New London from Cumberland Inlet. [She brings as passengers three men belonging to Dr. C. F. Hall’s expedition in search-of Sir John Franklin. |Dr. Hallig a passenger on board the ghip 'Ausel! Gibbs, for New Bedford. | 'He ‘has a number of articles belonging to Sir John Franklin. including. some spoons and a chronometer box. |He was successful in| finding the skeletons of many of his men and the remains of several of their boats. ékel tons and other relics were found at King Williams land, The Corneil bronght an anchor found at the extreme north, marked “E. S, 1776,” which is supposed to have belonged to the firs¢ explorers.. Dr. Hall found a native who claims to know all about<he party.— He says the ship was stove. and| the crew took to their boats and went ashore, .where their provisions were exhausted, and they died from starvation. The ice and snow prevented Dr, Hall from making full explorations.— He will return néxt summer and |still further prosecute the search. [The Ansel Gibbs will arrive at New Bedford in a day or two. - i NEW BEDFORD, MASS., Sept. 26.— - Dr C. T F.Hall, he distinguished Aretic explorer, with Ebierburg and [Too Koolita, two Esgquimaux and three daughters, arrived at this port torday in the ship Ansel Gibbs, from| Repulse Bay August 23. Dr, Hall brings as ‘among the results of his(five years residence in the Arctic regions the most interesting intelligeuce in re-. gard to the death of Sir John Frinklin and his companions and conclusive proof that none of them ever reached Montreal Island. - He saw natives who were the last to look upon Crozier and his party. The doctor also brings with him the remains of a ypung man who, belongs to that ill-fated band of explorers and also vArious relics of - the explorations. He has prepared a report, addressed to his friend Henry Grinnell of New York, which willjgoon be given to the publie through the press. Dr Hall is by no means tired of the exploration, and proposes next spring to push his journeying to the North Pole. He regards his experience of the last ten years as invaluable to him as a preparation and aid in the future. In the report alluded to bhe says, “Wherever 1 found |that Sir John Franklin’s companions had died, I erected a monument and [fired salutes and waved the Star Spangled Banner over them, in memory of the discoverers of the Northwest Paspage.

The sn":sﬁ oi Tattling. ; A family hasg a sacred right to| privacy. In guarding the delicate relations of the household sedrecy becomes a virtue, Even if by chance the private aﬁ}airs of a householdi.' are laid open to a stranger, honor ought to require him'to turn from them, if knowledge of them were foreed bpon him, they should be locked in a sacred gilence, . - 10 e - A double obligation of silezce and secresy rests upon one who is a guest in a.family. The turpitude of a betrayal of'a family history by a visitor, is far greater thau theft would be.— To pocket half a dozen silver. spoons would do far less damage, produce fir. less suffering, and be less immoral than y;ale-bearing. It iz a thing so scandalous that it should gd;’e'gra%e a person, and put him out of good society. To betray the secrets of .a household is not only an odious immorality, but it is 2 sin and a shamec: to be on good terms with those who are known to commit such outrages. They are nriscreants. They put themselves out of the pale of decent society. They should be treated as moral outlaws, (==Ll R L alge

These hungry-eyed wretches who git in the unguspiciouns cirele of parents and children, treasuring their words, spying their weakness, misrepresenting the innocent liabilities of the household, and run from house to house with their shameless news, are worse than poisoners of wells or burners of houses. ' 'They poison the faith of man in man, If one open his mouth to tell you such things, with all your might smite him on the face. There are two actions which justify you in knocking a man down ; one is the act of pointing a;gun at you in sport, and the other is the attempt to tell a secret which is disgraceful for him to get, and for you to hear. Make no_terms, with such people. They are common enemies of good men. Hunt, hurry, and hound them out of society. They are the worst pests save one, and that is the listener to the tale-bearer.

Thete could be no tattling if there waé no one to hear. It takes an ear and a tongue to make scandal. Greedy listening is as dishonorable as nimble tattling. The earis the open maret where*the tongue sells its ill-got-Jten wares. | Some there are. that will not repeat again what they hear, but they are willing to listen to it. - They will not trade in contraband goods, bat they will buy enough of the smuggler for family. use. : . These respectable listeners are the patrons of tattlers. .It is the ready market that keegs tale-bearing brisk. ‘lt is & shame to listen to ill of your ! neighbor. = Christian benevolence demand that you do not love ill news.— A clean heart and true honor rejoice in kindly things. It should be a pain and a sorrow toknow of anything that degrades your neighbor in your eyes even if he is your enemy ; how much more if he is your friend ! L «“WHERE were you, Charlie?” “In the garden, ma,” “No, you have been _swimming. You know I cautioned “you about going to ;he%:ek. I will ‘have to correct you: Look.at your hair, how*ﬁt“it%a “&mﬁﬁ o ot water. Itis sweat.” «Ab, Chare/t ke anght phe M. Xdup et IncSmagilier e g;’f‘ amphantly : 1 did that oot now, “'ma, climbing the foace.” " ¢ RO e Roga R

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. BEMARKABLE MEMORIES. Magliabecchi, the founder of the great library at Florence, had so wonderfal a memory that Gibbon styled him “memory personified.” At one pe-. riod of his: life, Seneca could, repeat two thousand words precisely as they had been pronounced. Gassendi had acquired by heart six thousand Latin verses, and in order to give his memory exercise, he was in the habit of daily reciting six hundred verses from different languages. Saundexson,. another ‘mathematician, was also able to repeat all Horace's odes, and a great part of other Latin authors. La Croze, after listening to twelve verses in as many languages, could not only repeat them, but could. also transpose them. Pope had an excellent memory, and many persons have amused themselves by looking through ‘his writings, and pointing oat how often 'he had brought it into play. He was able to turn with great read'neses to the precise place in a book where he had seen any passage that had-struck him. John Lynden had a very peculiar faculty for getting. through by rote, and he could repeat correctly, any long, "dry document, siich as a deed or act of parliament, after having heard it read; but if he wanted any single paragraph, he was obliged to begin at the commencement, and proceed with his recital until he came to what -he required. There was a French novelist why, being a printer, composed a volume in type, and thus' the book was printed without hav-i ing been written. " Bishop Warburton had a prodigious memery, which “he taxed to an extraordinary degree.— His Divine Legation would lead one to suppose that he -had- indefatigably collected and noted down the innumerable facts and quotations there introduced ; but the fact is, the only note-book was an old old almanae, in which he occasionally jotted down a thought. Scalinger obtained 8o perfect an acquaintance with one’ Latin book, that he offered. to repeat any passage with a daggerat his breast, to be used against him in case of a failare of memory. . - e | A 0 . i . . Strange Accident at & Funeral. A curious ascident ocurred at Philadelphia on Sunday of last week. At the house of a collored wogman named Fanny Bishop, a number of colored people had assembled to attend the funeral of a child. ~Around the corpse, which was lying id the lower or first story room, the mourning relatives and friends were 'gathered listening to the exhortation of acolored minister, when. suddenly the entire floor gave way, and carried with it into the cellar all the people and furniture that had been standing upon it. . The body of the deceased child: went down along with the living, the corpse falling among one portion of the debris and the coffin into.anothér part. With the fiightened persons shriekidg for help and endeavoring to release them-. celves, the scene was most exciting and painful. e T e

; A few moments, however, brought the unfortunate mourners from their unjpleasant position. ~About twenty persons, men, womén and children, were thrown violently together among the debris, and their escape without any very serious injuries, was most remarkable. Several of the women, when taken out of thé cellar, were found to be considerably bruised, none of them serionsly, excepting one who was struck violently in -the side by some heavy article. “After considerable difficulty, the corpse was brought ont of the wrecked house in an unharmed. condition.” Thc negroes at first seemed to have a superstition horror which prevented them from removing it from where it fell. — Philadelphia’ Age. - - A Western Temperdnce Lecturer. Bill Ross, a temperance lecturer at, Tushville, Illinois, was preaching to the young on his favorite theme, He said : : T L “ Now, boys, when I.ask you a’ question you musn’t be afraid to speak. right out and answer me.. When you look around and-see all- these fine houses, farme and cattle, do you ever think who owns them all now? Your fathers own them, do.they not?’ -

“Yes, sir!” - shouted a. hundred Yoicen @ 7 e el . “Well; where will your fathers. be in twenty years from nqw ¥ - : “Dead!” shouted the. boys, e - *That’s right.” - And who will own all this property % 8 «Us boys,” shouted the urchins.- . Right. Now, tell me—did you ever in going along the streets, notice the drunkards lounging around the saloon doors, waiting for somebody to treat them?”’ Lot % Yes, gir, lots of them |’ ¢ - “ Well, where will they be in-twenty years ompaw g - Do o * “Dead!” exclaimed the boys. “ And who will be the drunkards ther,‘\ g: A G % Mptaii : atigheril 0 - Bill was thundersiruck fora mo~“ ment ; bat-recovering himself, tried totell. the boys how to escape such a fate. (AT thirty.) . Five hundred dollars. I have saved—a rather moderate store.. No matter ; T shall be content. when I have a little more. (At forty.) Well, I can count ten thousand now—théat’s better than 'betore; and I .may well be satisfied when i’vg a little ‘more. (At fifyy.) Some fifiy thousand—pretty well; but I have éarned it sore.. However, I shall not complain when I've a little more. (At .sixt‘y;?"ts One hundred thousatid=—gick and old; ah! life is half a bore, yet T can_be con-’ tent to live when I've a little more. (At eeventy.): He dies—and. to his greedy heirs he leaves a countless store. His wealth has purchased him a tomb—and very little more! - - , Tmmw&;‘mﬁ‘nﬁg There is a rose-tree in France, of the ol ke 1 eDk o b iﬂB§§ ite flowers. The branches puret i el L sevmipde mit %‘?% e Aptland May. - e R e w\j& e

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- 1. .. ¥romthe New York World. Review of the Carcer of the Secretary of the & - Treasary. WALL STREET, September 27. Zo the Hon, Secretary of the Treasury. - Sr: I will now review your eareer of 'sgéven;'months,: occupancy of the United - States Treasury. An indulgent and long suffefing. people were far from hostile to your appointment. You are knownas a - man of strict integrity, and that at least was something, alt}xoug’h 10 one gave you - from the beginning credit for much finan- , cial brillianey. - - 5 i Your first stroke of genius was made in April, when you announced your intentions to anticipate the coupon payments - due in May. You know now the result. Tt was redeived’ with derision.— How in the world can the anticipation - of coupon payments effect the bulls and bears of our gold gambling, when 1t is too well known to everybody (except, per‘haps, to yourself) that this class of people do not own bonds; that the very fact ofnot owning anything tangible makes’ . them bulls and bears. The bonds: are owned, 95, or, perhaps, 99 per cent. of them, by bona fide investors, who' prefer government to-pag them 6 per cent. than for them to pay tol government a rebate of 6 per cent. and Receive gold for which they have no usej as, in fact, ‘' the result did show; that awinsignificant few only availed themsclved of it. Your second stroke of genius whs intended for a policy, ' You. announced i.B ‘May that henceforth the Treasury wdﬁlld be perfectly. unap--proachable by any outside speculations ; if currency and gqld were plenty in your vaults, you would kell gold and buy bonds; . that in ro possible way would the Treasury interefere wi:h the gold market, “either one way br the other.” Now, this was a resolution of good intentions. The country may, perhaps, give you credit for your good intentions, but it is avell said that a certain jhot and uncomfortable place is literally paved with that com. - modity. ‘' You were no exception fo the rule. * You see now how you ‘broke your good intent,ip_hs. EI have, Ilqy}'ever; not come to that’ yet. § The -announcement of your policy was lig_fortunatc,- for it either eaid too much or jtoo little. If you were - to be believed ing;‘our statement, and being the only cusédi;an of the country’s gold, specnlators had only to watch a tight turn cither fin exchange or floating gold, and they colild then play with safety the game which, in reallity, they did - play, resulting ié disaster to the whole commercial comtunity. Hence, you Baid too much. Agaih, you said too little, be- : causé you did noit staée& that, in the event of gold being forced up to 162, you would come forward and break down the price against the specalators, as well us against ¢ yourself, to 132,/in less than twenty min. - utes, ' ITad you ﬁ;aid‘i’mthin?g, and left the gamblers in ignorance, who would have dared to concoct the disgraceful scenes of the ‘¢4th and 25th of September? But, you may say, I want to do things above. board. I would not act like my predecessors and make myself lable to insinu.’ ations. AWclJ,_s‘i-r, a truly honest conascience, 'dctcrmintgd to act for the countr's welfure only, need not have feared the slanders, whilstffyon cértainly at this wmo- - ment even.do lot escape. et

During the ‘f’;nonths of your 'l’reix*.sury administration ; yod most ponderous! y. tried to restork your country's crdit by ' reducing thc“(;ebt. But which debt 2— The 800 millidn shinplasters for which ‘government grhdually, but surely, absorb the people’s g(:% and silver, these truly | dishonored rep%entutives of a race which sustained - govefnment in their struggles the first ana mést trymg year of the war ? No You and ¥our administration neyer ‘gave them a't.gfnught. You don’t’ want to kill ‘them ;V,y;og use thém as the diluting ‘medium gf both straining people's resources. and urtailing the bondholders par due for their bonds and when you and your lé_i;ckprs (who, happily, are but few) are asked why you do not strive - ‘to-redeem obligations overdae, injurious = to trade, to credit, and to good morals, your answer, collectively, is the most dis- - graceful conceivable. You say, These overdue greenliacks pay no interest, and arc therefore a cheap debt; but five- — ‘twentics do phy 6 per cent. We must therefore let the just debtor, who gave his gold and silver to save. us and foolishly demandFd no interest—we must let him ‘wait,” aud rather attend . to-our own advantage. by buying bonds and save the interest.” Wds there a policy, if policy it ‘ean <be cal_&?:d, ever in wrong-doing equalled in this world before? Bus how - are you to rqéoncile‘i the act of Congress with your policy ? Tt was positivelyen. acted that g"o‘%r,ern_mept will pay its bonds in gold. Buf you, Honorable Secretary of the Treaddry, first depreciate the currency, and with that depreciatéd currency buy your bonds. - The gold in the treasury may indeed blush yellower or redder for the base hse you doom it to, and the- - become greener, for the verdant part you make them play. =~ . _, _SumsO.Fours. ¢ Secretaty Boutwell Arraigned. ~ + New an:z Septeinber 27, 1869, o the Honordble, the Secretary of the Treasury: . DEAR SIR: it is hatdly probable that you will hegd what I ain about say, yetn - few truthfull remarks can do on harm, no matter who /may be hurt. . You, henora - ble sir, are the cashier (or _financial head clerk) of ti people of the United States. To your carg s intrusted the key of their ‘strong box" and its contents. You, ns e aref take. charge of ll moneys recoived; aid pay all bills or claims that may becom due.. You are our (tho peos ‘ple's clerk fhr that purposs, and for stich ol rir Le e ﬁ;ﬁw» ie’ %‘2@“ 5 s&"m’ gigmif;‘uﬁ“’ g; o ‘f:i.‘}i R % : . (Continvedonfourthpage) . . =