The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 37, Ligonier, Noble County, 12 January 1870 — Page 2

Batlonal 0. AR TI It “2rank ~ . 4 b iy R | ':\* ‘\_ 5 \ S AKLY g e e e ettt eit Besistance t 0 Tyrauts is Obedience to God. ZW . . B.STOLL, EDITOR. ee g S Y S WEDNESDAY, JAN’Y 19, 1870

e Lo AR S b B W), SRR \T‘ : b ,_.,‘ 5 B Tidea’y k. o Seér‘ehgyof Btate: . ‘Col. NORMAN EDDY, of South Bend. g " “For Auditor of State : ~ “JOHN C: SHOEMAKER, of Perry Co. "l s Por Treasurer of State: v JAMES ‘B. RYAN, of Indianapolis| - £154 ~For Attorney General : ; (BAYLESS W.HANNA,; of Terre Haute. ... :Fer Sup'tiof Publie Instruction : _Rev. MILTON B. HOPKINS, of Clinton. ... . For Supreme Judges : JAMES L.‘WOE‘QEN, of Fort Wayne, A. €. DOWNEY, of Ohio County, - SAMUEL H. BUSKIRK, of Monroe Co,, -JOHN PETTIT, of Lafayette. ' & M—;m_.—F_.-___,__T‘T‘ BT et e ':.'.;L::_-_—'_.:.'_‘~ —" "THESTATE TICKET. "'We to-day nail to our mast-head the ~ tickét nominated by the Democracy of Indiath on Saturday last. Although, with two or three exceptions, the gentlemen . éomposing the ticket were not our first’ choice, we cheerfully abide the decision of the representatives of the people who made the selection, and it shall be a pleas: “ant duty with us to give she fißminees our hearty, active support, We recognize ~ #mong them men of distinguisbed abili- ~ ty, whose election will be an honor to the party, and a credit to the people. - ~ The platform is clesr, eomprehensive ‘and boldly meetsall the issues before the people. Tt has no uncertain sound, no glittering generalities. It contains nothing to which every liberal-minded citizen cannot readily subscribe, ; - Now'that our ticket is in the field, and our platform adopted, we call upon evey Democrat and Conservative to buckle oh!’t}]igir_‘armm", and enter into the campaign, heart and soul, with the resolve to fight unceasingly until victory is onrs.— . Liet us determine to.overcome the trifling radical- majority by which our ticket of "1868 was defeated, and thus place Indiana where she properly belongs—among thel Democratic States of the Union. ‘ . el —— ° . Heou.John C. Shoemaker. -We cannot forbear the pleasure of attesting to the genial qualities and high standing . in . socicty of the gentleman whose name heads this articlee. 'We had the pleasure of forming his acquaintance during. ‘the early part of last week, and although it wad generally conceded that the contest for the Auditorship l4id be: tween Mr. Shoemaker and ourself, ouracquaintance soon riperied into_unaffected, genuine \fri_cndsh.ip, both expressing a regret that circumstances had placed us in “the position of rivals, Daring ‘a great _portion of the time spent at Indianapolis *We were-in Mr! Shoemaker's. company—he introducing us to his' supporters, and the compliment being reciprocated by a like course on our part. ‘After he was decfared fhe nominee of the convention, his frignds attested their good will toward us by uniting in “three rousing cheers for Stoll,” and Mr. Shoemaker himself, deeply ‘affected, warmly grasped .us by the hand and assured us that duriog bis enwire political eareer he had never expericnced gréater pain than to be pitted againgt us. Whatever opinfons we may have expressed, and still enter.ain, with reference to- Mr. Shoemaker's energetic ‘ cunvass for & homination—instruction of delegﬂcs‘i‘&c.:—-wd can siy from the bottom of our heart that no man on the tick- . et will receive a heartier support from us than Mr. Shoemaker. *We honor and esteem liim, and assure his host "of friends that we will display far more energy and . activity to procure his election than we did to secure our nomination,

o Andy . Ellison. inannat ‘On Wednesday of last week, whilst at Indianapolis, ‘we learned for the first ' time that Andy Eilison had issued a circular in whicli-he :attempts to justify .his‘l refusalsto pay Mr: Beane's claim for. print: ‘ ing bills 4nd tickets whilst a candidatc for Congress, and also endeavoring to cou: | ple _the editor of this .paper with that ‘ matter, . On Sunday evening last, on our z retdrn’troth Judianapolis, Mr. Ellison con- | descendingly apprised us to whom he had sent, these circulars,.and as, according to his statement,a copy thereof bad' not been sent into our own neighoorhoed, we suggested o . him’ that an Aenoradle oppqncntk would at least furnish the attacked party awith g:speciﬁmtion of the ‘charges preferred. ‘He did not give us a satisfacto:’ r§ angwer, but at 2 o'clock to-day he has, not yet torwarded us a copy, which implies; as.a matter of eourse,: that he does not donsider himself an- honorable opponent—a conclusion which we most heartily sbare. . We expect, however, to pro.: care # copy from othersources, and should: we ' gucceed, we promise to meet évery’ charge” ¢ontaingd in Andy’s circular,— The. public may rest assured that so far ay. we arc concerned the little skirmish withthé Lagrange Gaerilla shall be “red-hot™™ Hik 40K pon s ncaled for, ground less.and. unﬁ:git—ﬁhpwe the necessity: of “desling with him # - his: outrageous eon. e T R

.. L (fgiiéei‘fb&éluﬁloh. At : ~Col: "Whittlesy, A détegate Lo the 8t of lanuary Convention. from, Vanderburgh, county, wrote ad followa to-his paper,-the’ Pvansville Courier of:the 6th inst.s | “Y¥'thé' ddminee for sécrétary'stiall be’ ni&de from northern Tndiana, it is almost certain that Mr. Shoemaker will be successful for auditor. But a contrary result would probably "follow the nomina.-. tion of a southern msn’for sécretary.’ Phis paragraph fully explains the mat-terses-Mr. ' Shoemaker readily ‘confessed’ taat had Col. Eddy not been nominited far Secretary of State, he would have stood - no earthly chancesef being nominated for. ﬁﬂdi“’i i":_;lxi‘.;xs & B 4 w 8 j-= i Tel - —— ol eol Tgaligißingn: T 080 - ¥ AAbest Bhatition; of Adrian, Mich,, was recently sentenced to undergo ar i’ prisonment of seven: years for producing ad wbertion mpon “thebody ‘of Mre. Ade. ' ludd "Direyen; & young married wonsan ‘aged only 17 years. The operation pro:! e e L

m" STATE *,..}-l'l INTX rneTDemocratic State Convention met in the Academy of Music, at Indianapolis, -on the morning of the Bth of January.— The convention was called, ' Hon. Lafe Develin, chairman of the tral committee. Gen. M. D, M@nson, ’ Crawfordsville, ‘was 4&% ng ‘chairman, and a committee of one frof each congressional district was appointed _to select, permanent officers, of which Hon. .hgpb E. MeDonald was chairman, The dotruittee reported the following officers : chaifmfin’; ®.'J. Bright, of the Inliauap olis Sentinel, and L, G. Matthews, of the New Albany Ledger, secrétaries, and one vice president from cach congressional district. e big . . The following are the names of the democratic central committee selected by the delegations of each district: First District, Ecceles G. Van Riper; Second District, John 8, Davis; Third District, Richard D. Slater, Jr. ;. Fourth District, ‘Nathan Raymond ; Fifth District, E. S. Alvord; Sixth District, William Mak; Seventh District, J. 8. Williams ; Eighth District, James Sweetzer; Ninth District, John O. Kesson ; Tenth District, Eli W. Brown ; Eléventh District, John P. Early. It met on Saturday afternoon and selected E. 8. Alvord, of Indianapolis, chairman, and Aquilla Jones, treasurer. It will at once proceed to make a thorough organization throughout the State. i A motion then ‘prevailed to go into nomination of candidates for Stdte officers, commencing with Judges of the Su- | preme Court. Judge James L; Worden, of the First Supreme District, was nomi- 1 nated by acclamation ; Seecond District,( Judge A. C. Downey, on the first ballot ; Third District, Hon. Samuel H. Buskirk, l on the second ballot; Fousth District, Hon, John Pettit, on the first ballot. 1

- For Secretary of State, Ccl. Norman Eddy, of St. Joseph county, 'was nomina: ted on the first ballot, f For Auditor of State, John C. Shoemaker, of Perry county, was nominatpd on the third ballot. bt vl i For Treasurer, Janies B. Ryan, of Indjanapolis, received the nomination on the firet ballot, his only competitor being B. F. Jones, of Columbus. i +«For Attoraey General, Bayless W. Hanna, of Terre Haute, was declared the nom: inee, ‘Hon. James Bradley, of Laporte, received a large vote for the same posi: tion. Stygr et Bt @ The committee on resolutions reported the following platform, which was unanimously adopted : b 2 The democracy of Indiana, in delegate eonvention assembled, declare that the federal union, with all the rights and dignity of the several States, should be preserved, and to secure that great national blessing the constitution:must be respected and observed, and every approach to eentralized despotism defeated, whether attempted by congress or the executive.

That récent events have more than ever convinced us of the infamous and revolutionary character of the reconstruction measures of congress, and we denounce these meastres as an ' invasion of the sovereign ‘and sacred rights of the people, and of all the states. inrdl o - That the independence of the Supreme | Court of the United States id’essential to the safety and security of the ‘statcs and | the people; and we declare that the measures of congress, having in view the de: struction of the powers of that Court to adjudicate on the enactments of congress, is & ddngerous evidence of the usurpations | of the legislative over the judicial department of the government, ', That we are in favor of a tariff for revenue oaly, and we demand that the bar dens of taxation shall be fairly.and equal ly adjusted ; and that such an adjustment cannot be made withou; striking from the statute book the present unjust and’ odious tariff’ laws and system of taxation based upon favoritigm, acd which has ‘destroyed . American shipping and comImerce, and oppressed the people of the 'greatagricultural regions; which compels the many'to pay tribute to the few, and which has built up monopolies that control not only every American market; but alio the legislation of congress ; and we. demand that the prime articles of necessi- ; ty, such ns«tea,‘cof{?ee. sugar, and salt, shall be placed upon the free list. | That we are willing to pay our nation“al debt in strict compliance with our contract, whethér it was ‘made payable in gold or greenbacks; but weare unwill“ing to do.more than that, and we declare that the 5 20 bonds are payable in green- ' baks or their equivalent, and we con demn the' policy of the " administration | which is squandering millions of money by- having such bonds at a -high rate of premium, when the government has the clear right to redcem them-at par, . . That the national' bank ‘system, an or¥ ganization in the|interest of the bondholders, .shall be abolished, :and: greenbacks issued in: lieu of ‘such - paper, . thus: saving millions annually to the people,: and giving to the whole, people, instead of the few, the henefit of issuing a paper cufrency. .. WL e s e That the business interests of the.count:{ demand an increased and maintained volume of the currency, and the burden, of the public debt, the high rate of inter--est,,an_s taxation imperatively forbid the contraction of the currency in the interest of the bondholders. = .~ ‘ Foks That the shares of stock in the national. banks bu%hq,to be subjeeted to sthool and | municipal' ‘taxation,on the same condi-, tions as other property, und we demsand. | of our state legislature that the shares ot | such banks shall ‘be subjected to equal. | taxation with other property of the state. “That the bonds of the United States | oughit to bertaxed by.&iui’fes's"for*nhtiod-” | al purposes, to such an'extént as"will'sub:’ | stantially equalize the taxation of suc¢h’ | bonds ..w¥th« other propérty subject:to lo‘Loal taxation.t s . sidarar SAET B dogp¥ Y

That we denounce the action of our last legislature in attempting to foree upou* the people.the.proposed fifteenth amendment. fo the constitution.of -the- United: States as in. palpable ;wielation of our state constitution; and we iselemnly. pro:’ test against Indiapa being counted:for. said amendment ; snd we hereby declare otir unalterable .opposition to. its ratifica: B i Nt f et Eng That any atteinpt to regulate the moral ideas, appetites or innocent amusements, of the people by legislation. is,unwiseand lat we are opposed to.any change in: the . gwu'mliziﬁén Jaws, ot the Iggits.d: States, wliereby admissiog jovcltiegoship, will be made moze dificult or expensive .qlsa we eagechﬂfﬁaaonmtne proposed, plan of transferring the naturalization of aliens to the courts of the E}i_ted _Btates and 'ibridéihg‘@k’e“ powers 0¢ state coutts in that respeot, as s'hardship and expense’ to the poor and; friendless; candidates for, American iiiseusbip. ; We recognjse the; proposed change ~ﬂglboqi‘,p., intol.. ‘e emwudc‘iffa n—the twin relic of ]“f}?ﬂf,' I?,* ;. :f AR eX-DERSHOr : Henarich M& QBo Vi 1 esolution adopted ‘authord: ; Cibbeal TRt A n“ pofitand ot oo o g 3

'"HE ) . i =*"The following is the result of the third | ballot for Auditor of State in the Démo-" cratic State Convention, on last, “,. "..,.Y' ~L‘,\ [ 3 ; 3 e . 3 ﬂ-', 7 ‘,-"’m {I TR CONE CIPHONBAKER: o - | Adßlns, o, .iy 9 L Macaßall. . . :('{».vn ',-17 'u' ] J...;v....-- i 1ci1r0wn‘,........ 4 [M0nr0e,........ 9 ark,.........19 |Montgomery,....lB Oy T g NGW&B'; ”r‘b g C1int0n,.......12 [Obio,s.% .5...+'8 T nissiiiie Rt woaed Dearborn, 7. .: 2° P Ggy Peealal, ... 18 (Pemry,.....00....10 Duboisy: v« - <lB [Pike, 1.2 loz, O Fayetle,.... ..i 8 |Posey,cis...h. w 8 ‘F10yd,”........18 |[Randolph,...... 9 Franklin, .....19 [Rip1ey,.........15 Gibepn;........13 |Rash, ... . ! .. 18 Hsmilton, 7.8 {500tt,........... 6 Hancock,...... 53|5he1by,.........18 'Harrison,.... .15 |5pencer;.........12 Henry,........10 [Switzerland,.... 8 H0ward,.......8 [Tipt0n,.........8 Jacksofl,. .. %, 3 {[0mi0n,.......... 4 J:;Per,;‘, ....:..'1 tVanderburgh, ...32 Jeffer50m,......16 {Warren,.... .... 4 Knox, ... 0020 | Warriek, ... ... .0 #8 Lawrence, .....10 |Washington,... .13 Madi50n,......18 | .. ‘ s v ROML i s sA IR « |, PowaJ. B, BTorL: , Aleniy s . oBN Bake, |Ol 200 18 8ent0n,......... 8|Lap0rte,........19 Blackford,. ...... 4|Mari0n,.........39 Boone,. .. ... .+ ... .16 Marshell, .. ... .. 8 Carroll, . ...... 12{Miami,..:,......16 0h1,7.50. . 0L ABINBDIe, . . .... .., 14 Olarle A 5 o BRRaIPaRer. ) L 0] Dearborn, .. .. ... . 18{Pu1a5ki,....,.... 6 DeaKalb, ... .. : .. 13'Randolph, . ... .1 Delaware;...i~ iz UiStark, . . oicii.oo2 E1khart,.........18/Steuben,..:ii:«v 8 F0untain,......,.18/Bt. J05eph,......15 | Fu1t0n,.... ..... 9|5u11ivan,........16 Grant ..........11{Tippecanoe,......28 HamilVop: . o diVipg, ... ... .. 91 Hancock, . ......5%|Waba5h,........10 Huntington .....14|Wayne,.........14 Jackson,... j:. ... 121 Whllsy .. .otk .10 JABDOR, . il v eie AT RIE . e & vrie Juy. .. Conl e A WIEeY, ... .ol Jennings,. ... .. ...lOiWarren,. 8 K05ciu5k0,.......14!" ! Sty Total, ..., .B 0 Uo e S ROB AL 22 ForE.T.KRIGHTLEY : Brown ..0...... 8|J0hn50n,....... .14 Dayiess;....iiv v 6iMorgan,.’... ....10 Grdeng,; .v. .« .. 181Pogey, . L (.. .00 6 Hendricks,.. ... ..10{Putnam,....... .17 L _Be?ore the announcement ‘of the third ballot, the votes east for Mr . Keightley, from the counties. of Brown, Hendricks Johnson, Morgan, Posey and Putnam, were changed in favor of Mr. Shoemaker, and that of Greene in favor of Mr. Stoll. The vote, as thus changed, therefore stands as follows : : John C. 5h0emaker,.............58914 JOPU IS, 81011,, o, oL, 8183 B.T. Keight1ey,................ 6 + Total number ‘of voges_’cast,. 1114 ‘Vermillion county was not represented, and LaGrange county (Andy Ellison and Howard Coe, delegates) did not vote for Auditor. _ : . _ It may not be amiss to state here that the votes cast for Mr. Keightley were sub. tequently.trapsferred to. Mr, Shoemaker in consequerce of some difficulty between the delegates from the Fifth (Indianapolis) District. A majority .of the Marion: -county delegation desired to vote for Mr. Stoll on the first ballot, whilst Mr. Keightley claimed that he being ~from that District the ‘entire vote' should bé east for him." The matter was finally compromised | by dividing the vote’ equally between Keightley Qixcr:Ston, on the first ballot.— In convention, Keightley's friends voted for Samuel H. Buskirk for Supreme Judge, in opposition to Mr Taylor, of Indianapolis. This created a new disturbance, Mr. Taylor's friends thereupon ingisting om, casting the entire.vote.of Marion for Stell, which ;was accordingly done. Determined upon having revenge, Keightley induaced his friends to change their votes in favor of Shoemaker, before 'the Tesult of the 8d ballot could be announced, thereby securing the nomination of that gentleman, , ey

4 . Judge Frazier, ! . The Indianapelis correspondent of the Cincinnati Gommercial says: “Judge Fra. zier has-addressed a letter to Mr. Cenner, as chairman of the republican ¢entral committee, : declifiing the nomination for a judgeship on the supreme ‘bench. This is' understood -to be tpon the ‘grounds of politieal disinterestédness and inadequate competisation,‘ but the' most careless observer will at once see that hie withdraws his name trom fear of defeat, and that from the hand of the defeated Will Cumback. It will be remembered that in the senatorial struggle last winter, there were seven votes cast for Judge Frazier, and when the bolting ensured thosé votes were among the 14~ It does ' nct follow that the choice'of a faction can control its contingent clivice, but certainly no effort was’ | made ‘to assist Mr. Camback, and when | the business of rénomination to the judge- ! sh_i‘['i came up, Judge Frazier was made to. feel the strength:of the enemy he had despised. . Mr, Cumback did notappear, but his friends, the Methodist church knows how: many; opposed themselves as a:phalanx.of power. ' There was no getting around; over, or through' them, and Judge Prazier ‘withdraws with a Balaam worthy of liis grace'and accomplishments. In the ‘retirement of his_ elegant home he; can take to Héart this lesson—that & man might as well strike at a monopoly, attack the common, school system, or any other: | “ powers, that, be,}}.as wage warfare with-a-mhn in good standing in the Methodist | Ohurch: | The: Methodist: Church is hon-- | estyas well ad intelligent. * It will not stand by'a ‘bad -sien, but it will fight to the vic-. td:y"fdf’&ﬁ%rifdi&ﬁ.j"?;’ R Wot O 49 ,!,L‘l AR 0% s B He' Palls' Back” fiito ' His Peaceful’ 64 aels . oo mﬁnmmlw ’l e {,‘:E :The: yigorous war:that “Cumback ’ { has been «waging for some :time past,’ against Jug ?’M’r has resulted in the: defeatof %“ heis familiarly known smang bis Rjends here., We sampoed,, , mﬁ .. :‘e«w&\&%t e Ju e was pos. | sessed of 8t back-boné d;ﬁ tick up | totils rights,” instedd of ingloriotsly back|ing down. It was with . this"ides that' g:;'“ former -articles” r'-ﬂriteen, bttxot B 7 appearances ; we- Wﬁh M 10 | have endured the most humiliating defeat: ; it '};{:(m:'.« 2 -&Tfim | the aiﬂ‘n.mié as-ti-eatis,” who 1 R ot P s T the o e now, | A, %, Hooper. And whers pray tel, f the

o OONTE TUA NOF ' ¥ .&‘hs" ‘,{! | Tt is well and tmt y remarked by '8 contemporary at the radical | party have W»&m suaﬂ o | m Union, when they ses ‘Bt - They | use the great power and large sumsof he public treasure which haye been put “into their hands, in‘the reconstruction business. They always reconstruct a Btate inviolationof the wishes of the ‘poople; and e the standing Army ad Navy to do the work. Under the prethey are in fact reconstructing all of the States of the Union—changing the con‘stitutions and laws of all, and the monstrous job is accomplished by cannon and bayonet. T o e ~,No tyrant or set of tyrants, ever yet 1 took away the. liberties of the people, without some pretext. Usually the wickedness has been accomplished in the name of liberty. The -radicals are violently changing the State governments, in the name of “loyalty, ” ‘which belongs to despotism. They are forcing constitutional smendments by the Army—not in a time of recognized war, but in a period of profound peace, five years after the close of the war. It is in violation of the Constitution, wicked in its cdnception, and mon- ’ strously so, in its execution. The radical caucus issues a decree, and then executes it at the cannon’s mouth.— There is no greater tyranny—no more | complete concentration of power in Rus- l sia or Prussia. - e v Step by step—boldly and by the aid of the sword—is the radical party binding the hands of the people withstrong withes. They reconstruct a State. If it does not do their bidding, if the people dare toexercise their privileée of self-government—-the State is again declared to be under military rule — again ordered to do the bidding of the masters—again directed, with bayonets encircling its . borders, to change its laws ; and to aid, against the | will of its people, in changing the Constitution of the United States, which change takes the regulation ot the ballot from every State in the Union! How long 1s this work to last? When is a State reconstructed? When is'this business to be settled, and the country allowed to remain in PrACE? for this is the work of war, not peace—the decision of standing armies, the decree of the sword. When is it to cease? Never, 8o long as the radicals rule; for they have decided that a State reconstructed &0 as to vote for President, elect members of Congress, make laws involving life and death, and to regulate the legal affairs of a million: of people—with all the departments of government, legislature, executive, judiciary, in full operation—may be turned into chavs, and all of its citizens placed as prisoners in the hands of the army, subject to army decrees, at any time when Congress shall see fit to order the army to seize the people. , 4 Where did Congress get this power ? — When is war, usurpation, and tyranny to cease ? ’ A “republican form” of government ! The central power at Washington whistles it down the wind.

BE EFFECTS OF TYRANNY, The people in a number of the Northern and Western States emphaticalyl decided against negro suffrage at the ballot boxes. Itis not long since Connecticat voted it down. Obhio defeated it. Min--nesota put her foot upon it. New York voted it down.last November:, But the rabid radicals have allalong becn determined to force it uponan unwilling people, in utter disregard of the principles of a republican form of government. They started the 15th amendment, to establish negro suffrage in all the States. The party thumb-screws were put on, and legislatures were required to ratify it though not elected with the least reference to this amendment. . : But the thing went down the throats of the people with great difficulty. The Radicals then assumed the right to force it upon them; and Georgia, which had refused to ratify, was taken in hand and put. under: military government, With bayonets at her breast Georgia is ordered by the federal ‘government to: ratify the 15th amendment. : ] The military commander is ordered to convene a legislature which has no legal existence. - The qualifications of its members are to be determined by the federal ‘ government and the army of the United States. This illegal body, not s legislature, but g sort of outside committee appointed éy Congress,’ is to be convened for certain purposes, one of which is to ratify the 15th amendment. Though the signature to a note, or a check, or a will, or'a deed, written under duress, or intimidation, is not legal or binding—a- ratification of an améndment to the Constitution is to be declared valid by the radieal administration, though made under compulsion—actually forced by the cannon and bayonets of the standing army of the United -States through an illegal body, which is ordered t do the bidding of con‘gress. ‘Of course this will be no legal or ‘constitutional ratification—for it will not be the act of Georgis as an independent State. It will net be in the least degree according to the spirit or letter of the Constitution, which says, “ when ratified by the legislat'uro§| of three:fourths of the several: States.” The State of Georgia does not ratify, but rejects—it is simply congress and the army who do it. And g 0 it is, virtually, with at least three other ‘States. It'is not the action of inda: pendent States—but the work of a central power and its bayonets. o This despotiam is not confined to Georgia, It changes the Constitntion of Connecticut, against the will of a large maJority of the people of ‘that. State. - It changes: the constitutions and laws of more than twenty States of this Union—miors' than half of th States—changes thes Digally, by wsacitios, and by force, ‘Thie work is accomplishied, not by the vol- ' ‘“?"ﬁ;g?‘m of independent é‘ﬂ% a 8 provide @i&mﬁ nstitution, bug. by. State governatenta * republicatin form. " s et R e

The Ohio Legislature is controlled by’ " The Pennsylvasia and Massichusetts detship for sale, in the New York Herald. The Hon. Wm. Markham is a candidate for the United States senate from Georgia. - The Demecrats have only about 2,500 majority to overcome in New Hampshire, and ought to de it. ' The score or two of radicalsin Kentucky are quarreling over the division of the federal spoils. There ought to be more than enough to go around. Strikes are the order of the day. The telegraph operators of thirty-four principal cities are now on a strike, on aceount of the alleged reduction of the wages of two operators in San Francisco, ' ‘The negro legislature of South Carolina adjourned the other day to attend Robison’s great Circus. The smell of the tan bark could not be resisted by the negro statesmen. ) . Postmaster General Creswell has sum-moned-to Washington the postmasters of the :letdin'g;cities of the country, to meet him on the 15th inst., for the purpose of general consultation on matters of imporThe Maino Republican legislative cau--cus has nominated Hon. Lot. M. Morrill for Benator to fill out the unexpired term of Mr. Fessenden. Senator Morrill at present occupies the seat by gubernatorial appointment. The Governor of Maryland echoes the sentiment of all true patriots in saying in kis message to the Legislature that the question of suffrage should be left entirely to the control of the people of the several states. :

Each member of congress gets 8,150 pounds of agricultural report, 981 pounds of patent office report, and 1,134 pounds of Congressionial Globe. For these, sold as waste paper at five cents a pound, he will receive $268 ; quite'a snug little sum. ‘The fifteenth amendment was repudiated by both branches >f the New York Legislature on Wednesday 15th. In the Senate, Mr. Tweed’s resolution to rescind was adopted, by a vote of 16 to 13, and in the Assembly by 69 to 56—a strict party divisjon." ; It is proposed to raise $lOO,OOO for the benefit of the family of Stanton. We are curious to know what has become of the $50,000 project for General Rawlin's family?® If a cabinet is also a life insurance, we submit that there is no use of an in-. crease of salary. i : Bupervisor Conklin, of Louisina, advocates a tax of 5 per cent. on “gamblers* in addition to the present income tax.— As the gamblers in Congress must pass such a bill, we’ll have a chance to see how much honor there is among the class in dicated. - : | Governor McClurg, of Missouri, though Radical, is conservative. In his message to the Legislatare he advises the removal of the political disabi'ities -of the citizens who favored the Confederacy during the late war. ' The number of voters distranchised'is about 65,000, enough, if admitted to the ballot-box, to control the State in the future. S g

The New York Star speaks of the Democratic repudiation of Repudiation in the House as an act of positive cruelty towards the Radicals, depriving them, as it does, of their entire stock ‘in trade, as against the Democracy, and placing, especially such journals asthe Zribune, in the, attitude of poor Don Quixotte fight ing his wind-mills. - x f Gen. Hugh Ewing, our Minister at the Hague is to be removed, because he is sus pected of being a ‘Democrat. A gentleman of rare acquirements, one of the bravest soldiers of the war, must be displaced, reduced, disgraced if possible, for no other reason than his politics. He does not train with Wilson and Sumner. Verily the boys in blue have their reward. Here is a cheering variation in the mo notony of expulsion of democratic members of wnéreSs, It js a fact, communicated by Washington correspondents, that the admission of Charles H. Porter, a radical congressman from Virginia, will be objected to on the ground that he was tried for disloyalty in 1864, and war sen tenced to six months’ imprisonment by a military commission. S

The Southern Radical carpet-baggers in Congress, it is.reported, intend to take & more prominent part hereatter, voting as a body. They would be abler to decide many questions and to exact concessions, It is understood that some of them propo-. se to attempt an organization which will insist upon a more liberal policy than has heretofore been pursued by Congress in. respect to appropriations for the internal improvements in the South. = | : The London Kconomist and the Spectator say some very ribald things of our two emminent financiers, M assrs, Boutwell and ‘Grant.~ Reviewing the fiscal schemes of ‘these gentlemen, as developed in their reports to' Congress, the Hconomist indulges in such terms as “simplicity,” “display of ignorance,” “remarkable blundering,” “ignorance could hardly be exceeded,” and the Spectator calls Mr. Boutwell ‘“‘a; child in political economy,” and “idiotic.”

Governor Bullock of Georgia is likely’ to be disappointed 'after 'all. Twentyfour. Radical members of the Georgia Leg- - islature hate him, - and, united with the_ Democrats who are eligible, will be able, to slaughter him if he comes up for UnitedBtates Senator. #his is cruel upon Bullock, after the tedious hours he passed lobbying with Congress to return Georgia . to military rule, With his failure thers will be one pretentious humbug. less in.. the Senate, ot ]v il ?‘j

‘The gallant Democracy' of New Hamp:' shire, who. have to fight yearly ‘against powerful vdds in theshape of rich corporation and ‘government patronage, but who come to the scrateh lively every time, lield their State Convention on Wednes-: day last, and -nominated candidates, for. the March election. General John Bedell. was nominated for Governor, and Genersl Michael T; Donohoe for. Reiltoad: Com:: nissioner—both - by acclamstion, | and: with three cheers. The candidates were bfave soldiers in the late. war, and- won" theirstars by hard fighting. ‘Withs fitoper oanvass, the two generals ought to over., come thie” tweaty-five hundred Radioal ‘ajority in the State, © . v W

© STATE ITEMS. | f% bave a new school-housel - They bave a lady superinge: tgt% A bank is to be started “%'5 with a capitol of $50,000. = =~ " Billy ‘Williams states am‘ tinctly that Renbilnotncomin of his. . ' The savings-bank at South Bend was. opened for business on yesterday. _ The Peak Family bell-ri are playThe engineers are'at work on the Goshen, Kosciusko and Peru railrond, near Goshen. i 3wl Edwin Forrest is to play at Fort Wayne on the evenings of February 2d, 3d and 4th, next. . o s : An express agent disappeared from Huntington on Monday nighﬁ:st, taking with him _312.000‘ : WY The Monroeville Democrat has passed from the hands ‘of Mr. A. D. Carll to those of Mr. Thos. J. Foster. 5 Assault and Battery with intent to outrage a child eleven years old, cost Daniel Panger $25 in Boone county. - e The salary of the Adjutant General—during the war equal to a Brigadie: General’s pay—is now made $BOO. A man named Baker and a lady named Cumbdack were married at Warsaw; on Christmas eve. What’s in a name. : Eight school teachers in Wood township, Clarke county, drink whisky as a beverage. Most of them are males. ‘A proposition . is made by Mr. Montgomery, to rebuild the Opera tHouse -at Lafayette, of which he was proprido{. : All passes on the Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis railroad, for the year 1860, will be good until Jan. 15, 1870. The families of Joseph Zollinger, O. P. Dewey and David Barkey, of Elkhart county, meet once a year for a union dinner. v : .

A new paper, called the Commercial, is to be started at Noblesville; and a new democratic paperis to be started in Sullivan. ; Near Farrabee Station, last Thursday, C. L. Farrabee dropped a gun accidently upon a log, when it was discharged, and he was killed. A Enoch B. Smith was married in Kokomo, last week, in the presence of fifty-two other Smiths, and it wasn’t a very good day for Smiths either. | s ~ The old main building of the Concor dian College, at Fort° Wayne, was entire-| ly destroyed by fire on Tuesday of last, week. - Loss $lO,OOO, and no insurance. Geortge Nelson, near Jonesboro, attempted, a few days ago, to “cut his damned throat”—we quote his own expressive language—but didn't succeed in killing him. self. : : . A horse and buggy has been presented to' Mrs. Mollie Brogks, of Bruceillev, Knox county, for minding her own business and abstaining from tattling. There was no competition. = John Ingle, Senior, who was appointed Postmaster at Sandersville, Vanderburgh tounty, by President Monroe, has just resigned. He held the office forty-five years and under eleven Presidents. Rachel Newkirk, a servant girl in Madison, gave birth to an illegitimate child, and drowned it in a privy vault. A coroner's jury brought in a verdict which acquitted her of “criminal intent.” € The Vincennes Gaszette has just entered upon its fortieth year. Its editor bought a clean shirt and washed his face in honor of the event, and his wife didn’t know him when he came home to supper. . A full blooded Chinaman with a “pigtail” that trailed on tbe ground behind him, was the observed of all observers” on the strees of Indianapolis lately.. He looked happy, although so far from home. " Mr. William Williams, an old and respected citizen of 'Edingburg, when reaching up for something 'from a stool, in his house, on' Tuesday last, slipped and fe!l, injuring his hip so badly, that it is likely he will be a cripple for the balance of his life. : i ;

Col. Charles C. Carpenter, known to ‘ fame as the commander of Gen. Fremont’s “Jessie Scouts” in the early part of the 1 late war, and as the hero of many daredevil deeds, is in Indianapolis for the purpose 8f opening a recruiting office for the Cuban Army. The Jeffersonville Railroad company is having a number of fine cars built to be run between New Albanyand Louisville, upon the great bridge at the falls. These ‘cars will make their trips every 30 ‘minutes, from 4 o'clock A. M., thus virtually uniting the two cities of the falls. = Gov. Baker, says the New York 7%mées, will recommend to the next legislature & reformation of the law in. refard to Divorces. - 'Would it not be well for him also to ask for a law that would make it criminal to pardon convicts befere . they have served one-half their time in the prisons.—Kokomo Journal, (Rep.) = ‘ The Hamilton County Register foams when it is intimated that Evans was not fairly nominated by the last Republican State Convention. Put the Secretaries and Reporters in that Convention on the witness stand, Conk., and hear: them swear; then tell us ifit: would: not be contemptuous to undertake to repeat the farce.— Kokomo Journal, (Rep.).. © .. . . -An exchange has the following ' interesting item in regard.to the mﬂlﬂ‘n"gili on: “The southern prison directors have. just concluded their annual session. The: institution was se.f sustaining for the'year, except $1,040. ' Dr. William H. Sheets, of Jeffersonville, was élected physician,’ vice Dr. L. W. Beckwith, whose term of office bad expired. ‘AI the other officers’ were continued.. Four of the convicts had died withip the year.” . 51 B

A farmer in Putnam county has kepia pair of black snakesin his:barn for seyeral years, and all kinds of vermin have since entirely disappeared. His cribs and bins are no more disturbed by rats and mice. They are better protection than a dozen cats, and are entirely barmless toward chickens and;domeegic animals.— The snakes employed for this purpose are’ not racers, nor the “spotted variety, but a short, thick, -s’pecies, of a jet black cotor, A Ft. Wayne' diiYatcb,‘ of theBd, in.’ stant, says that a fatal aécident happened, at that place; by a premature discharge of & gun, at & shooting match last Saturday. The , wounded msn named: Jacob Parker, survived the accident until the next morning. - The d'w‘elligff house of Williamghcb&l{utbgg;; ¥ uyize. W‘lagbmpletelyf estroyed ‘ by the explosion_ 'of a can' of . powder, on the e:zging of the 'Bd. A S g i A of a light, and:touched of ‘ the fiak, - The,sids of the house were blown g“t{‘mi e sgﬂ? was thrown nearly fifty eet from the building. It was very muchFrom the Princeton Union Glation; of lag}, ek, o 1%'5% follgwing. . It is an interesting itemt. “The amount of. wheat threstied ounihis, county the last Sehadis e et TOpOLy semt nto this atd the Demoerat_office, is 150,435 bushels, ‘Mr. Wm. A-Waters of Montgomery towiistiip, informs/us that lie knows of séven thresh: els,_ Allawing 80,000 bushels more. for m B ’m}“i""’% g it aa ~{“‘?"rs" S R S A ills Cotpierisisdre wO3 idyun bt od

”*%t shock of mth«in_aké was felt g l%ona. Tancounver Island, on the sth inst. L A ;\4 mqn.ke :1“ f;lat at B;. o{_i‘i‘week.' : B , _The Missouri Legislature ratified the fifteenth amendment on Monday, both branches concurring. . - .. .- Real. estate-in- Oalifornia is much disturbed -by earthquakes, and the market is very shaky. ne ' In Waldeck, ‘Germmi. ‘a man who takes license to get drunk can’t obtain a license to get married. * The Indians on the Upper Missouri are said to be preparing ?or'a,*‘nnit_.ed outbreak in a_aio_n'ﬁme. 74 0% The San Francisco Bulletin is now printed on an eighs-cylinder press—the first one uaed on the chiﬁc’ coast. +T'he Indians in the vicinity of Tucson, Arizona, remain comparatively quiet. The troops have driven most of tiem North. ‘ -

:There has been a very fierce drought in the sounthern portion of California, but the-récént heavy rains have partially revived the erops. = = = . There is a Mr. Heitcamp in St. Louis, of whom ' it cannot be determined whether he is alive or dead. He has lain as dead for a week. Lt The recent discovery of a silver. mine at Florence, Arizona,has created considerable excitement. A very rich ledge has been traced several mi{:s. The Pall Mall Gazette is the first of the English newspapers to open the attack on Mrs, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s, new book. It will thunder all around pressntly) "¢ et : A new bank is to be started in Lonisville, independent of the National Banks, with a charter for half a million, to be styled. “The Southern Banking Company.” i - . The -peo,Ple of Salt Lake City celebrated the :fi-ng of the last rail of the Utah Central Railroad on Monday by bonfires, fireworks, a general illumination of the city, and a grand ball.". - - Armed highwaymen are infesting the ceuntry between Denver and Cheyenne City. On Tuesday of last week the United States mails were stopped and ruined. 'Thie is the second robbery of the mail since Christmas. =

- The Chicago T¥mes remarks: “It is perhaps not so strange afterall, that Grant and Butler should have become reconciled. There is only.this difference between them : The first received his pre:ents ; the second ook them.” . ¢+ William L. Goggin, a well-known and influential Virginia - politician in the old Whig times, and candidate for Governor against John Letcher in 1859, died in Richmond on Tuesday.. He was ‘a member of Congress for eight years. SR o

Governor McDougall, the cast-out of Winnipeg, passed through St. Paul, Minn., last VSMnesday. ‘en route for Canada. He affects to despise the Red. River rebellion,. says it is an ingignificant affair in the interest of the annexationists. . _ ;

“The Spanish and Cuban war in New York is getting so hot that the belligerents are ready to cut their ‘own throats—on paper. The Spanish Consul and Senor (fe Conto, txl)le editor of the Spanish paper, .have received anonymous notification that they are to be assassinated. e .

There .is . considerable ‘excitement among the Mormons, caused: by the schism and the proposed Congressional_legislation. - The Eyening News (Brigham Young’s organ) hopes that Cullom’s bill will be resisted if it pass: es ; and Brigham Young has delivered a speech denouncing the bill. -

Another English opinion of the Suez Canal is promulgatetf. A London Post correspondent writes from Egypt that “it requires a mint of money to keep the work open,” and the company decline to hﬁe any risk whatever.— Nothing drawing over fifteen feet can get through without being lightened. . Buckhout, the Tarrytown murderer, made a confession on Wednesday last He attributed his crime to “bo’urgon'.” j He ~weeps a great deal, and says he wants to die and go to his mother.— Charley Randall, the- third of his victims, will recover, but his left eye is gone and apart of his head is “scooped out.” : Al Bl . The Peabody funeral fleet is due at Portland about the 18th inst. Extensive preparatiens are making in Boston and Portland ‘to give proper effect to the oecasion. The United States: war vessels Miantonomoh, Terror, and i Alaska will agsist, and to her Majesty's’ sgéamer Monarch ‘will be given the post of henor in the mortuary ceremo-' nies. < Wi e - Mr. Edwin Booth produced “Hamlet” at his theatre in New. York last Wedneeday night, to a very large audience; ameng whom were most of ‘the hi:!erarylmad arﬂsn% 'cegebri;ilt)es of the day, including Mr. Fechter, the great--st of Hylig Ringlish delincators SFths: character. The scenery . was magnifi- ‘ cent, and our faverite tragedian played his best part with all his wonted grace | and fire. T Sone g

‘The Ecumenical Council continues its session at the Quirnal. The Pope was not present on Monday, and tﬁe eldest Cardinal presided. The business at presentis ‘principally that of organization, ~ His Holiness Kaa isaued a greeting'to the-Roman, Catholics of New memnnm their sresent of a sgilver fish filled with feile eagles.”. To his. ;;g!él&:ad;hilren” in:that metropoligs the Pope ronds BB Nl Spvettie o tions,” SR AW & ¢ G el A son’ of ex:President Lopez, ot Para?ay, is"in . Washington; and denies the truth bf‘\ihei?émb.“:egm‘of his father’s: final defeat and flight into Bolivia, He asserts that the story is spread by the A%l'ies to cover their 'own evacuation of | W territory. The truth probsb’l{ s that the ParE.u,yun war isYat\ nd. T‘llie allies. have captured Ygnatimi, and:Lopez lmll many songßfissmgnts. before the nna \ %.ﬁ";f 40 !..; 2 |‘ eWS forpe e aab et oo Laraguay, ana e Urieanist Irince A'En Conitadsite-hie E@:’%‘%" R Chviced. - F e Sne JUCHBSE BAYICeR, = o adl o saaiiie

11 WANTS'TO GO MONET | | 2t iet cxmed it » fary among his Radical brethren, in this State, last week, by announcing his determinatidn“fb%eik‘{’re's‘ihgyﬁ,!?i’;v aégntg #& Bepnmr, to take effect onsthe 10th inst. To .the ‘intimate friends of Mr. Pratt, in thiscity, the announcement was not unexpected, as that gentleman had déclared time and again before going to Washington, in No~vember last, that he should tender his .resignation before the end of the season. ‘lt did not come before it was anticipated ; ;;butv,.l,ggnsi‘dea,.wi@h%wnlzlweﬁ,mgﬂto‘ : “contemplate how painful must- have beenthe pressure .g&)lied:to D: D.P.by the harmonists of the Radical party, to induce -him to retain his seat yet a little while, } and thereby avoid unpleasantness and em‘barrasment’ in his party. Mr. Pratt has OODSM mwel&i“‘ his party, and ‘sacrificed bis Decaoss f’lf-‘fim‘n*ées. The lash "’”,'lg’ﬁiea"f'l h vigor, and the gentl;z 13 {:) 2 -!Bv:: whippe &?& ‘The zet;} of his house has ea nz m up”~he wi hold to hispheel‘m 2 mvotg}hi%gdage - o 1 one who ought to know Mr. Pratt’s intentions, “at least for the present,” which - means if the Radicals hﬂiﬁez.»&:ma?ority in the next Legislature Mr. P. will resign. If it ‘should be otherwise, it will be otherwise. 3 v ' : - The ' truth is we should regret to bave - Mr. Pratt resign his Senatorial position, t-if his place is to be filled by a gentleman ~of his own party. He is the peer of any man whose name was:connected with the position last winter, and although a Rad“lcal of the strictest school he is not a bigot - like Morton, or & blatherskite after -the . manper of Colfax. He says “the place does not suit hin, and that he is not suited for the place ;” and that he is “tooold to become a scheming politician,” and in fact heis sick, and wants to go -home. The party is ingenerous and won't let him go. The staying there may be the death of Mr. Pratt. ‘ln that event another crime will “be carried over to the side of Radicalism, = Logansport. Pharos. : i L —— - — " Flow to Become Rich., . The evening before the veteran general was stricken down with the ill--‘ness that closed his eventful career, he - made a most interesting statement to ‘the editor of the. Troy Whig, which conveys a practical lesson, and sghows how easy it is to become rich after obtaining the first dollar, if one is. prudent and economieal. “I never made but' $20,000 iu my life!” said the general emphatically, “but T always kept ‘that at good interest!”. On our expressing surprise, he went on to explain. ~ It seems that at the close of the war of 1812 the general found himself terribly wounded, but about even with the world in a pecuniary point of ~view. Shortly afterward the government sent him to the far south and ‘west on a special® mission connected 'with military affairs, and for five years he traveled over mountains and. throughout the almost trackless wilderness, and accomplished his difficult mission, as he always did, to the.en‘tire - satisfaction of the government. He had not drawn a dollar from the: | treasury except for actual expenses, -at the end of five years. the government owed him $20,000, which was - then paid. Here was the nucleus:of his large fortune. Gen. Wool was then about 35 years of age. He died “at about the age of 88. Now let the reader take this $20,(00, which, at compound interest, will nearly double , | every ten years, and in'the fifty years’ intervening between the time of its receipt and the general’s death, he will find that it will amount to just-about the general’s estate, to-wit;—s64o,-000, < il ’ :

. Boston Working Girls,. . "A dorrespondont of the- Bostun Transcript furnishes the following facts ' and figures: : Daring half the year only is there 'steady work ; so that for support daring the six off-months provision must be made from the gains of the prece--ding ones. ‘And it must also be borne ‘in mind that the lowest price paid in “Boston for board—and that in an at‘tic, having in it as many beds as it will-hold—is $4 per week, light, fire , and washing not included. Now, the price paid by the pece-master for pantaloons, is $1.75, and it takes. an industrious ‘woman one day and a half to make a pair. If she makes four in a week she will gain $7, and in six months about $150,. with which she must support herself through twelve months, (and board and lodging at four dollars per week.) - Or, supposing that. she| gets some work . during thé slack geason, as many do, she’ may earn ‘about $220, or ‘s23o. - Almost precisely the same returns eome from-vest ‘making. —— - — . Sprague’s Calicoes. A secret, touching the fall in printed muslins has just leaked ous. Sprague, of : Providence has -in his ‘employ a young German named Praff, 'w‘go. not . long ago, invented a method by which ‘the printing “of cotton cloth in- the’ Providence Mills is done at a saving - of from one to two. cents a yard.— While engaged in his experiments, he made’a discovery of still greater im: ‘portance, whereby the bleaching which requires forty-eight hours, may be completed in less than one hour, These ‘discoveries enable Sprague to under-. sell all other manufacturers-of - calicoes, and gives him virtually the. control of the market. ' Praff’s industry and scientific knowledge have already’ béen liberally rewarded:;:but it is: said that his share. in the valnablo diesw-.. ‘ery he has made will be little short of $4,000,000; . i 0 e

Fireproof Furnifure,. . . Fireproof furniture'is the- latest scientific announcement itf Germany. It is paid that a German chemist, agting under’ a commission ‘ftom a fire insurance company, discovered that impregnation with a concentrated solu-» tion of rock salt renders: all timber fireproof.. The salt, too, renders waod. . proof against dry rot and the ravages” of ingects. . It is proposed to turn this discovery:to account in‘extinguishing flames, for a golution of it pumped out of a fire engine upon- burning matter would ‘be vastly more efficient than plain water. A R ‘ e l‘i:;‘wi _.The, telepr aph: o '“,.‘"‘ rike téygfi.f’ﬁpéﬁioraﬁzgl'@’~~ . the company wishes to pay the expenses of - the contest with rival and competitoin ' conpinie; 603 (5 HaFRFIRY opd orators. The strikehas not materlally interfered with business. ?mi’zﬁféay : that the places of the. strikess.cantbe et witted by the operators that'the a;) L fromalop, ishegup they antend. to hght 1 ouk’ ~ n. . ree won o 7 Lo "‘5 i gs A i eBl