The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 40, Ligonier, Noble County, 2 February 1870 — Page 2

r\‘ ’ - (). . (IR P 15 R Sational Banuer. w e o '._::;:_.:._:':.._...__.._.._'— it :‘:.t‘.:._.."”"'___.._.._" é ' o~ .' J R ‘Besistance to Tyrants is Obedlence to God.’ , J. B. STOLL, EDITOR, ; WEDNESDAY, FEB'Y 2, 1870 DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET . For Sccretary of State: ; Col. NORMAN EDDY, of South Bend. oy ‘For Auditor of State: . JORN ©C. SHOEMAKER, of Perry Co. i For Treasurer of State : - JAMES B. RYAN, of Indianapolis. ! For Attorney General : - BAYLESS W. HANNA, of Terre Haute. For Sup't of :Publiz Instruction : Rev. MILTON B, HOPKINS, of Clinton, . " For Supreme Judges: - ; JAMES L. WORDEN, of Fort Wayne, A. C. DOWNEY; of Ohin County, "SAMUEL H. BUSKIRK, of Monroe Co,, JOHN PETTIT, of Lafayette, bl g A Loil Scalawag on the Rampage. And now comes a-loil scalawag who publishes u letter in the Jackson (Missis'sippi) Pilot wherein he fiercely and sav agely “sails” into the author of a letter from Mississippi, recently’ published in this paper, from the vigérous pen of our young friend, ATTHHestg, formerly of Kendallvilie,!but now a residqnt of Vicksburg, Miss, ° 'WWM réview the aforesaid scalawag's foaming, but simply refer to his statement that the editor of this paper s a candidate for ‘Congrese, amd that we employed Herts “to write him (us) up.” In the very next sentence this Mississippi loyalist asserts that Herts is a “myth,” and that “no such man ever visited Mississippi.” ““The first charge is readily disposed of by a mere reference to Mr. Herts' letter wherein he expresses a hope that we might he nomirated for Auditor of State by the Sth of Jununary convention: - How any one,’other than the direct result of a crossing between the monkey and the nigger, can deduce from this that we are an aspirant for a congressional nominativn, is beyond our cemprehension. To'relieve his “mind, and that of the editor of the Columbia City Commeréial who reproduced the southern Joyalist's communication, we . willstate, however, that we have al)o_ul 45 much anxiety to “run” for Congress as we have for a position pndef a thicklipped and flat-nosed prince of Africa, Whether Mr. Herts is a “myth’f or a living, kicking Democrat, can best be aecertained by the above mentioned loil cuss upmi visiting the city of-Vicksburg and bedoming the recipient of a well applied atgmp on that portion of his body where, judging from his literary effort, he —-nnlike men of sense— carries his brains. eel — g Opposition to Gen, Hascall. The ablest republican paper in the Tenth District—the Lagrange Standard --i3 not favorably impressed with the proposition to ngwinate Gen. Hascall for Congress., It says: A cofr(%'spnndent of the Goshen Zimes advoeates the nomination of Miln S. Hascall as & suitable person to represent this District in Congress. We have no other than friendly feelings for Mr. Hascall, nor are we the champion of any man’s claims, hut we are satisfied that Mr. Hascall can . ot obtain the nomination, and farther, we believe the people would be very much dissatisfied if he did. We hope it will not become a fixed impression in the ininds of every man who served as an ofticer in the United States Army, that that service alone entitles them to represent the people in Congress ; because in such case there will be & great many otherwise¢ood men gadly disappointed. Pho' rlxéfxnl)éys' of the Grand Army of: the. Hepublic will not appreciate: the above| remarks very highly, 45 many of their number are emphatic in declaring that if the Republicans intend to ‘“go back” on their promises to reward the soldiers, there with be a row of a 0 insignifi«cant dimensions in the camp. The contest for the republican nomination promises to hecome quite animated. The “bread and butter brigade” isin fighting trim for their chief, but the opponents of Billy wre equally determined to win the day. ‘Hascall is'not yet fairly in'the harness, but when he does go in, his friends claim that he will makg the fur fly. |

Lincoin--Grant. , The N,'Y. Sun, edited by Charles A. Dana, Assistant Secretary of War under “Lincoln, shows that the executive expen‘ses (exdlusive of President’s salary) of / President Lincoln from 1862 to 1863, { when the war was at its height and the “duties of the Executive office required ~more clerical and other labor than ever héfore or since, amounted to $9,050.— President Grant has asked for, the next fiscal year a continuance of the force he ~ has put on duty since the 4th of March last, at a cost of $36,600. Tt appedrs from these figurcs that Grant requires $27,550 more than Lineoln did to “run” the ex ceutive department, Will our Republi can friends be kind enough to give these startling facts a moment’s consideration. el & e : " The Farmers Object. - The decision of Commiissioner De'ano, some time since, to the effoct that farmers are produce brokers, aud should be compelled to pay a special tax as such, has caused 8 great deal of dissatisfaction throughout the country. In New Yeork the farmers had made arrangements to test the question in coart. These objec- _ tiong were presented to the Commissioner, through the Assessor at Brooklyn, New York, hence the modification of the origi‘nal opinion. : :

: Poor Diek ! Senator Dick Yates, of Illinois, has ! again been on a glorious drunk. He recently attempted to make a few remarks in the Senate, but befure he got through tie sank back into bis chair in gn almost helpless condition. He is now fedeting oa pickled cabbige. Dick should either quit getting drank, or quit the S¢nate. 3 7 et & f— Concenxise Andy EMison’s eircular, the Whitley Commercial says: " Wae will wager our old boots, that whovver printed the circular above referred to, will get swindled outof the pay. Andy, it seems; don’t lpq any printing bills. - Like one - traveling dactor, who recently visited Warsaw—he is a dead beat, : wrE b g -:wo-é-w—‘”-m-u'-—-ab ; Ly Tug Indisnapolis Mirror: has. been reAuced in. .size and . Erioe, A very wise act. aa‘pfi;fi'&bqw liers, ‘The reduction has not ia.thie least affected the valuc and - sprightlinegs of thay really excellent. pa-- , : 2

e —— 2 ADMISSION OF VIRGINIA: Asalready announced in our last week’s congres-ional proceedings, the long and exciting discussion which has attended the proposition to admit Virginia to representation wasterminated on the 24th ‘ult,, by the adoption in the House of the Benate substitute imposing certain conditions, It will be remembered that the ‘House passed a bill providing for uncon. ditionabadmission. This was rejected by the Senate and a substitute adopted.— The ",¢°Ddi‘i‘?l,‘.l%,,‘if the substitute in brief are: 1. That members of the Legislature and State officers shall take the “ironclad oath,” or, it they cannot do that, shal! swear that they have been relieved of disubilities according to law ; 2. That the State Constitution shall never he amended 80 as to deprive colored citizens of the right tu vote or hold office, or to have-the full benefits of the publie school system of the State. It was this substithe that was adopted 'in the House on the 24th, by a strict party vote. : The conditiony were. imposed for the purpose of holding the radical rod over the heads of the people 6f Virginia, as an admonition that they must not undertake to do anything contrary to the wishes of the infernal little despots at Washington. It's a shameful picce of business, but fully in aceord with the general policy of the dominant party, - Eat ' There are some “objections’ to the loy alty of a portion of the Virginia delega tion. After they shall have lowered their manhood and digniity so as te satisfy the radical demand, they are likely to be admitted to their seats, L . LATER-—The entire delegation has been admitted, oo

. Who He Is. ~ Itseems, saysthe Evansville Courier, that Hon. Rev. Dr. W. R. Revels, the colored gentleman who bas just been elected United States senator from the sovereign stite of: Mississippi, is rathier A mean specimen of ;ithe negro race. The State Sentinel informs us that the reverend gentleman lived in that city during the days of the war and the drafts, and says “we have before us a certificate signed by John Day, a colored man who resides liere, whose wife is, a nicce of Senator Revels, in which he says : ; ‘ o “I hereby certify that W. R. Revels, who was a colored Methodist preacher in the city of Indianapolis, did, during the war between the north and soutl;, make sale of bis colored friends to the highest bidder to fill the places of substitutes, and he made several aundred dollars by thus traflicking in the bodies of his fellow colored men;” :

So it appears that the reverend senatorelect was a rggular substitute broker, and bhe sold his influence: with his colored brethren to induce them to fill the places of white soldiers. When the war was over the pious fellow packed his carpetbag and traveled south, after the example of white radicals, to get an' office. The carpet baggers; white or black, as « class, are mean as men well can be, and we regret that the first colored senator elected to congress should be not only one of this despicable set, but also a dealer in the flesh and blood of his own race. The Mississippi negroes should have elected one of themselves—a wman who was “native and to the manor born.” .

: The Case of Georgia. Satrap Terry performs his dirty work with great dispatch. He has instituted } a court-martial to examine into the loyalty of the members of the Legislature.— | The merest pretext is sufficient to unseat’ !"s conservative or democratic member.—In most cases he does not deem it pru dent to order & new election where his dictatorial courae creates a vacancy, but impudently awards the seat to some individual who may have received the next highest number of votes—mostly scalawags or niggors. By these means he has already succeeded in securing a radical majority, and poor Georgia is now: under the control. of a mongrel Legislature and a most rascally, thieving Governor. Under these circumstances our readers can momentarily expect to hear that Georgia has ratified the 15th amend.nent,

J. W. Bixler, of this city, has been ap pointed to a place in the House of Representatives, at a salary of $llO per month.. Good for Wes. *" * * Mr. B . wasa prominent candidate for the office of P. M. in this place, but failing in that hei has done better. *There i 3 luck in leis- | ure.” We hold Hon. W. Williams to account for having influenced this appointment.— Kendallville Journal. : There, now, is another argument for | Billy's re nomination. Skrewd, decideily shrewd, is .our little Congressman.—. He has “fixed " the Bixler family and all “appertaining thereto.” Now, let Myers be provided for, and Wayne township will be a unit for Billy. . eel & — .~ | Hon. D. D. Pratt, in the Senatc yesterday, offered a petition of thirty two thou- | sand citizens ‘of New York ard other States for a constitutional amendment giving suffrage to women. Itis a compliment to our Senator that he should be in-. trusted with the wishes of so many people on so important a subject. We would be glad to see him championing the amendment.—lnd. Mirror, 27th ult. by ‘Bo the next issue will be woman suffrage. When that question is disposed of, who will clamor for the '*glorious privilege” then? If among tlie “things that are inevitable,” let us dispose of the matter all at once. Suffrage has become 8 cheap traffic, hence we can afford to be liberal. | : : ' i

7 Wes Wil | The Lafayette Dispateck, Indianapolis Mirror, and other papers, gave currency to a ramor last Thursday that Col. Eddy ph&d»dcclined' the nomination for Secretairy of Btate. A telegram to the same effect appeared in the Chioago papers of last Tuesday. Just before going to press we learn from reliable sources that no such declination has been tendered to the State Central Committee, )

© Quick Worl. President Salnave of the Hayti Repullic was captured by the insurgents under Cabral, on the Bth of January. He was immediately taken to Port &y Prince, whete be arrived on the 15th. On the same day he was tried before & court-mar-tial, convicted, and shot at § o'c) ck.

CrARLEY MURBAY, under the sobriguet of “ Benton,” writea 8 lengthy communication for the Goshen Zimes, taking strong grounds -in favor of Billy William's re-nomination. Charley haes a son in one of the Departments at Washington. . But that, of course, does pot infuence his action in this matter,- O, no!

Mr. WipsworTH, one of the editors.of the Laporte Argus, recently took oceasion to slightly * ventilate " that unfortunate dndividual, Andrew Ellison. Among other things Mr. Wadsworth gives the following description of Andy's most prominent characteristics : | He is' chiefly noted for a conspicuous want of those social qndfgaentlemanly traits of character that go'so far to make a man popular with bis fellow-beings. He isarrogant to a degree that is quite intolerable among true gentlemen, and does not blush to appropriate the result of other men’s labor and cooly foist it upon the people as his own. His name throughout the tenth Congressional District, is a synonym of egotism:and insolence; he is generally known as an over-bearing, self willed, :'x_gismcratic bundle of prejudices, and for his inordinate self-esteem and rudeness of manner, he is instinctively shunned by all who are not obliged to meet him. : SRR

f The Lagrange Standard copies Mr. ;| Wadsworth’s article entire, and makes the . following editorial comment : ¢ : ? H. E. Wadsworth, now editor ‘of the LaPorte Argus, was the Democratic canl didate for Recorder in Noble county in | 1868, at the same time that Mr. Ellison Lwns a candidate for Congress in this District. Mr. Wadsworth's candidacy for of-ijfir-e, together with his duties as acting { chairman of the Central Committee of [ that county, brought him into close polit- | ieal relations with Mr: Ellison, and consequently gave him a pretty clear insight | into the lutter gentleman’s very peculiar !character, Wadswprth was also at the | last Indianapolis Democratic Convention, ‘ and was 8o completely disgusted with the { conduct of Mr. Ellison that he dcemed it | proper on his return to give vent to his | feelings in a personal article of considers- | Lle length which we publish in this issue. | It ts a ‘matter of great surprise to Mr. | Ellison’s friends why he should pursue a | course so rapidly degrading him in the zestimatim) of il respectable people. A gentleman who used tv be a cordial friend of Mr. Ellison’s remarked to us the other day that be could find but one solution for that gentleman’s inexcusable condust, which is, that having abandoned all hopés of ever attaining arnything in the way ot social or political preferment, Mr. Ellison has determined to devote his whole efforts to the gratification ot his ialice and avarice. Mr. Ellison's unfortunate career of fers a lesson to our young men which should be carefully studied and remem:bered. It is a pitiable sight to sce a man’ sacrifice all that is worthy for the ques(ticnable pleasure derived from, greed of ‘ gain dind the gratification of malicious impulses. j ) :

We understand that Mr. Ellison, of Lagrange, has issued a circular, giving reasons and justifying himself for not paying Mr. Beane, of the Goshen Democrat. We have not seen a copy of this new-fangled “ public documeént,” but should this mode of paying debts become the general style, our creditors need not be surprised if they get up some morning and find Jying at their Joors, a circular, algeEllison, giving our reasons for thus repadiating our debts, Mr. Beane bas acted unwisely in bringliis private grievance before the -publie, and Andy has acted hogishly in not pay ing. Beane what was honestly aod justly due him.— Warsaw Union.

Mr. Beane “has acted unwisely ” in 3,0‘ far that he did not enforce the collection of his claim by due process of law. So mean a man a 8 Andy, Ellison would atany time rather expose himself to the sharp criticism of the press than to pay his printing bill. He evidently prefers this from the fact that whidst he is abundantly supplied with money, he is terribly destitute of honor. ; AT e : Ellison publishes in last weeks Elkhart Unwon a defense of himself, against the Goshen Democrat’s charge of swindling. The defense exhibits a pitifal effort to get out of a very bad scrape. It tacitly ad mits all that Mr. Beane charges, and then puts in & number of very untenabfe pleas in avoidance, It is an extremely Wweak production. If Mr. Ellison, or his friends, desire us to do so, we will publish it in the Standard by request. - Lagrange Stand. ard. : :

: The Winchester 'l‘ragedy, ) We recently published an account of the shooting of Wm. Arney by Miss Carrie Smith, at Winchester, in this State.— We have been furnished the following additional particulars, by a friend who is conversant with the facts:

Miss Carrie Smith who is charged with the murder of Wm. Arney at Winchester, was married to McFarren, in Noble county, about 1852, '53 or '54, she bheing at that time about sixteen years of age. She resided in Noble county for several years, during which' time she gave birth to two or three children, and then with her hus: band she removed to lowa.

Her husband enlisted in the army, and after bis term of service expired they re.. moved to Roanoke, in Huntington county, this State. After living together for a short time tbey scparated, and he applied for a divorce, alledging her refusal to'live with him as cause. She employed emingnt counsel to file a cross-bill and claim|a divorce, but as he was 1 possession df no property, divorce was granted by consent of both parties. She remajged in Huntingtoa about a year, Supporting herself and ‘three children by her industry'and energy with her needle, until MecFarren clandestinely got possession of the two younger children, and by some inducement got the other girl to go to him, After about three months she removed to Winchester, where she established herself as & dress maker. During the period of her residence in Huntington she conducted herself with entire propriety.

Carrie Smith isa woman of a great deal of sprightliness; many persona] attractions ; very ambitions; the energy of a steam-engine ; high strung ; flashy ; spirited ; ready to resent a wrong, supposed or resl; aspiring | very particular about her person, and an utter loathing for filth and indecency, hence the absence of anything like respect for her husband, These are the leading traits in her character.

We have good authority for stating that the killing of Ainey by her is justified by four-fifths of the people of the vicinity of Winghester ; that Arney unquestionably threatened to break in hep door ata very late hour in the night, before making the threats' insinuating his purpose; and that he was a man of most infamous eharacter, insulting eyery woman with whom he came in eontact, when "not restrained by fear of personal chastisenent, sty .

The shooting-of Arney was agcidental, She jammed her hand through the window facing the hall, and the revolver exploded accidentally, but with a fearful, fatal and righteous result. Miss Bmith will prabably be disclarged at her pre. liminary examination, e A Greensburg girl has been “reduged” to & state of preguaney; according to the Press of that city.: Reduced, indeed] « . -

%fi‘flw Republicans of ?fiunfiin county want James Buchanan for Attorney Genceral. What's in 8 name? v _ The Indianapolis Mirror objects to the stealing of its items. Stealing is repre. hensible, but don’t the Mirror reflect for us all. : : " The Rochester Standard publishesa po‘em entitled *“The girl for me,” followed “by the Indiana" statutes on the divorce law. ‘Singular coincidence, that, _ " Radical papers evince an n;fidue anxiety that the democratic press make no forther opposition té.negro suffrage. Guess we'll consult our own inclipation on that sube e ;

The Covington Friend wouldn’t object very seriously to wiping out the national debt, ale Bill Mungen. We know of some Republicans who entertain similar ideas, St : S

The Covington Journal publishes the delinquent list free of charge. We call that a nonsensical operation, and suggest the calling of an editorial convention in ME dnoality b;o ol i

The Lafayette Courier says: * Thereare forty-eight colored voters in Tippecanoe county — forty-six Republicans and two Democrats.” It is not stated whether the repuolican darkies will elaim _any of the county officers. £

“Land Ahead!™ exclaims the Crawfordsville Journal in. exulting over the certainty of the 15th amendment being incorporated in the constitution of the United States. - Wool ahead would be more appropriate. ¢ i

The Crawfordsville Journal is susf)ic‘ious of the reliability of the negro vote,—. It fears the Democrats of Montgomery county will gobble up the one huadred unbleached cusses who are to be made voters by the 15th amendment. .

The Louisville Journal- Courier does not fear the result of the enfranchisement of the Kentucky negroes through the 15th amendment. The Democratic majority in that State is so large that the entire nigger vote . cannot change its politieal complexion. i : : 3L b S

~ If, as a number of republican papers allege, the 8t of January convention resolved in favor of * free whisky and the freedow of individuals to do any immoral thing they may:choose,” there is immi vent danger of » rapid depletion of the radical ranks. - Caution, my lads! Morton himsel couldn’t resist the temptation of jumping unto that plank of our platform.

- Intimations are thrown out that there is a lack (a)f harmony among the proprietors of the Indianapolis Journal. Postmaster Holloway hastily returned from Washington, whither he went to consult with Morton. Ham Conner and Douglass are not believed to be entirely reliable in their friendship for the man who arnually “sounds the key-note.” As usual, the’ establishment of a new organ is threatened. i :

A writer in the Fort Wayne Gacette strongly urges ex-Int. Revenue Colleetor W. H. Withers for Congress, a 8 a most suitable ‘person to succeed John Peter Cleaver Shanks. Mr. Withers is repre: sented as being very popular among the Germans, it being claimed that the Ger man Republicans unanimously favor his nomination, and that he would receive the votes of a large number of German Lemocrats. The Staats-Zeitung wants to know how Mr. Withers stands on the tariff question. ;

Fraudulent Kerosene. The 29th section of the amended U. S. Internal Revenue Laws relating to illuhinating oils, is as follows : . SEct. 29. And be it further enacted, That no person shall mix for sale naphtha and illuminating oils, or shall knowingly gell or keep for sale, or offer for sale such mixture, or shall sell or offer for sale oil made from petroleum for illuminating purposes, inflammable at less temperature or fire test than one hundred and ten de: grees Fahrenheit ; and any person so do-. ing shall be held-to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on eonviction thereof, by ipdictment or presentmen: in any eourt of the United States, having competent jurisdiction, shall be punisbed by a fine not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, and by imprisonment for a term of not less than six months nor more than three years . This, says the Journal of Chemestry, is clear and explicit. - Under the act the ‘whole class of mixers and adulters, wherever they may be found in the United States, can be arrested and promptly punished. The sellers of recipes for naphtha fluids, the traveling villains who are jeopardizing the lives of thousands, the mixers and dishonest dealers, all should be brought to feel the full force of law. To our readers we say: Do notlet one of them escape. i g

How Things are Sometimes Done at ; Washington. s ~ An episode in senatorial life has recently come to light at the national capital. It is'said that when President Lincoln's Louisiana bill was before both houses -of congress, Senators Sumner and Buckalew met in the looby, and, after oompnri_ng nptes, discovered that extremes had met, and that they were alike opposed to the bill. - Sumner insisted that Bucka: lew should make a speech against it, but ‘the latter thought that a speech from a democrat would have no influence, and he ip turn insisted that Sumner should speak, by gll means. Symner pleaded lack of time, but peculiarly remarked to Bucka: lew, “If you will ‘write the speech I will deliverit.” At 4 o'clock in the morning the speech was finished, Buckalew baving labored all night. During the day he quietly slipped the roll of manuscript into Sumner's hands. _The following morning Buckalew was late in arriving at the capitol, apd on entering the ‘genate pbqu» ber, he found Mr. Bumner occupying the senate with a speech againét the admission of Louisiana, which speech Buckalew soon . recognized as the same he bhad handed to Sumner the day before, Sumner, jo the short interval, bad committed the. whole speech to ‘memory, Mr. Hamlin, passing Buckalew's seat at the time, remarked, “Sumner is talking sense for unge in his life."— Lafayette Ccurier, =

Tue Indianapolis Tagliche Telegraph is now sent us regularly as an exchinge.— Unlike the Mirror, we can copy from it when oceasion requires. The anly tray--hle about it jg that we could nat safely intrust the oopying: to- the pompositor without' firet redorting to a free -use of ‘pencil and Grieb's Dibctidnaryt = i

¢ POLITICAL ITEMS. The association of protectionists in Detroit, have nominated Henry O. Carey, for "SI&M Commissioner cf the Internal Revente, _W;hy ot Henry Clay® = = = 1t :apfiéltgf‘fmm the Mississippi official returns that James Lynch, colored, has a greater majority than any otlier person on ‘the State ticket. e was probably the ‘best man of the crew. ¢ 3 ... The Marshall (Illinois) Messenger raises the name of Hon. 8. S, Marshall, member of congress from that district, as its preference for the democratic nomination for the presidency of 1872. : * The dullest member of the U. S. Senate, Henry Wilson, is vut with a eulogy of the late Edwin M. Stanton. We always like to read Wilson's literary produactions when anxious for a little nap.

The Kokomo Journal thinks the 10th District would act wisely by giving Billy Williams another term in Congress.— The same paper favors Billy’s nomination for Governor two yeagahence. “Shoo By ! : : Upon the president signing the bill for the admission -of Virginia, Gen. Canby, formdlly relinquished the military government of the state, and Gov. Walker has issued a call for the legislature to convene, 3

- Judge Dave Gooding, Marshal of the District of Columbia . under President Johnson, is announced as a candidate for Congress in the Julian District. Dave.is reputed as being an effective stump speaker, and energetic canvasser. - . The republican papers in Sonthern and Central Indiana are generally speaking ot in favor of re-hominating J obn D. Evans for Auditor of State. Candidates for! Treasurer are l';ecoming qui‘te numerous, but Col, Oakley still seems to lead. One of the gentlemen whom Texas has just sent to Congress, Mr. Edward - Degener, was born in Brunswick, Germany, in 1821, He played a prominent part in the revolution of 1848, being, indeed, the leader of the Liberal party ir the Diet of Anhalt, TR i T

| Dirty Work Logan is expected to open the ball in Congress, at an early day, in [ favor of the removal of the capital to the west, The removal might take place, !} but if Logan is to be master of ceremonies, the present location is not likely 'to lbe disturbed. : [

Our Rudical friends have an* undying desire for office. In Wayue county, there are already thirteen aspirants for the Re publican nomination for Sheriff, and down in Wabash, forty names are announced as competitors for the county offices to be filled in October. st 8

Considerable indignation prevails among the loil people of Howard county because the Commissioners refused to appoint a crippled soldier as treasurer, the office having been made vacant by the death of Rev. Underwood. A brotber of one of i) 4 the Commissoners was the lucky cuss. — Grant style, that. -

Farnsworth said in the house that Ben Butler’s conversion was so sudden that it shamed that of St. Paul, while the light which ‘shone about ‘him turned the apostle's brilliancy iuto darkness. Just’ so, Brother Farnsworth; the light' which shane around Saul came from above-— that around Butler from below. :

The Detroit Frree Press says: “Among the: reported failures: in 1869, we do not see mentioned the failure of the radical party to restore economy to the administration and justice and union to the states ” It ismarvellous that the conipiler should have overlooked the most notable failure of the season.

, Senator Carpenter, of Wisconsin, writes to Mrs, Cidy Stanton that the “bestowal ot the right of equal political suffrage upon the women of this republic canunot, in my judgement, be much longer withheld, and whatever influence T have shall ‘be exerted, at every proper opportunity, to hasten the consumation for which you are laboring.”

A resolution ‘has been offered in the Kansas house of representatives, asking Senators Ross and Pomery and Represen‘tative Clark to resign, on account of their course of the impeachment of ex-President Johnson. As Ross voted one way, Pomeroy the other, and Clark had no voice in the matter, after the finding of the arti: cles of impeachment, we are at a loss to know just what would have pleased. the Kansis people. . -

A member of the Committee on Resolutions writes to the Indianapolis Sentinel that there was an omission in copying the eighth- resolution adopted by the Democratic State Convention. " As read and approved in the committee, it was, “That the shares of stock in the National banks ‘ought, while that system s continued, to.be subjeet to school and municipal taxation,” etc.—the words in stalics having been omitted in the copying of the resolution. Attorney General Hoar is reported to have said that if the senate did no* act on his nomination to be associate justice of ‘the supreme court of the United States, the president would leave it there and nake no other appointment, and be should remain in the cabinet. He added that the president and himself, before his nomination, - had seéarched the whole south for a suitable man, and could find no one who had not beerr implicated in some way in the rebellion. That is not very compli mentdry to the radical party in the south. We always knew that the earpet-baggers were the lowest, meancst and l¢gst account set of white men an the tage of the earth, but we are supprised to learn that they are so correctly estimated by their own friends. s L

_ The attempt of Kelly, the Pennsylvania tariff-protection stool-pigeon of the Radi‘cal party, was even weaker, if that werp possivle, than his previous attempt to answer the anti-protectionist report of Com missioner - Wells It is not necessary that Mr. Dawes should take any further notice of Kelly than say *“SBhoo, Fly.” He ahiould follow up the work he has so well begun in Congress of showing up the rainous extfavagance of the present admin-’ ‘istration, ' The exhi“it he made the other' day in the House was calculated to alarm the country; and it had all the more ~weight in that it came from @ Tecognised | leader of the Radical party and not from the' Democratic #idp of the house. It is | still & Jittle refreshing - to learn that the | Radicals bave at least onehonest man ‘amongst them in Congress. $i

~ CONGRESSIONAL IFBQCEE\IDI,IXGD. % TT £SDAY, JAN. 25.—1 n the U. S. Senate, Mr. Sumner called up his amendment to ificiease the bank circulation to five bundred millions. Mr. Mortonand Mr, Ghrret Davis both attacked! Sherman's bill in vigorous speeches. " _ In the House of Representatives, the contested clection case of Wallace against Simpson (Fourth South Carolina District, from which Simpson, Dem., was elected by only four thousand majority) was tak en up, debated, and, on motion of Butler, was recommitted.” The House passed the bill providing that no title shall be acquired in California public lands except ‘by actual settlement under the homestead or pre emption laws, ; WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26.—The Virginia bill wasAnade a law by the signature of the President. Mr. Sumner’s currency bill occupied the attention of the Senate until the bour of adjournment. The new Towa Senator, Mr. James B. Howell, was admitted to the seat lateiy occupied by Mr, Grimes, i The feature of the-day in the House was Rutler's reply to'Dawes’ Speech. ~ Jones, ‘of Kentucky, asked leave to offer a reso: lution i favor of paying off the debt in greenbacks, but a radical ‘member object: ed, which prevented a consideration of the measure. “ :

THURSDAY, JAN. 27.—Virginia is in the Union. The credentials of the new Senators were read in the Senate, and Mr. Lewis came 'forward and tock the oath. Four of the Representatives were admitted in' the House, after a debate over the admission of Porter, the Richmond member, T

In the House of Replfi"égfiéntativ"es the democrats made no opposition to the admission, in order to establish a precedent for the future. The radical ex-rebel was therefore permitted to have his: seat by a vote of 153 to 5. During the discussion Messrs. Cox and and Woodward made an eloquent defense of the Democratic party against the Radical aspersion of disloyalty during the war. The House took up'the biil abolishing the franking privilege, and passed it by a vote of 174 to 14. It now goes to the Senate where it probably will be killed. The House proceedings wound, up with Dawes’ rejoinder to B. F. Butler, which was listened to by a full and interested audience. Mr. Dawes restated all his former points, and clinched them with facts and figures which thoroughly convict the administration of all the awful things the Democrats have been charging against it. , Fripay, JAN. 28.—1 n the Senate, after a discussion, the bill appropriating s3¢,040 for the relief of the distressed darkics of Washington was passed. Mr. Thurman protested against the clause in the bill which made the city authorities—a very irresponsible set of scalawags—the almoners of the pation’s bounty. “Fhecredentials of the remaining Virginia Senator, Mr. Johnson, were received-,\,::'and'hc was Sworn in. * ]

K In the House, Mr. Cullom introduced t a bill to organize the Territory of Lincoln from the Indian Territory, and corisolidate the Indian tribes into civil government. . The House passed, without a di vision, the bill sbolishing the office of Congressional Printer, and creating the office of Superinténdent of Public Printing. "This is to get rid of Grant's appointee, Mr. Clapp, of Baffaio. - Reports were .made adverse to the claims of the { Georgia members, and ;\‘[r. Simpson, of South Carolina, to seats ih the House. A debate on the Appropriation bill followed in which Mr. Voorbees delivered a greenback speech and Butler made another onslaught upon Dawes. = The latter excoriator of the administration came up to. the scratch again and refused to take back a word of his honest denunciations. ~ . SATURDAY, JAN 29 —To day was devoted to speech-making in the House,— No business was transacted, and less than 40 members were present. The only speech that attracted any attention was one from Mr. Gollaway, of Kentucky, in favor of the repudfation of the public debt. He said he favored repudiation, for the reasons assigned in the recent speech of Mr. Mungen, of Ohio,-and for other reasons of his own, and maintainedthat the part? favoring repudiation was: growing larger every day. Ome of his. principal points was; that the government inaugurated’ repudistion by forfeiting the slave property of loyal owners; _without proper consideration. MoxDAY, JAN. 31.—The financial question occupied the attention 'of both houses to day. The Senate discussed the bill “to distribute $50,000,000 of bank curren cy, but did not reach a final vote. Such votes as were taken on amendments to increase tae volume of currency were lost. In the House, a resolution declaring that the 5 20's ought to be paid in greenbacks, and condemning the bond purchases of Secretary Boutwell, ‘was' voted down.— Senator Morton intrpduced a bill to provide for the admission of Mississippi. It imposes the same condit:ons as in the case . “of Virginia, except that the memberts of the Legislature are not required to take any oath—-because they are mostly nig-, - gers. -, 7 :

TuksDAY, FEB. IsP-—The tariff bjll which came into the house this afternoon, met with a rough reception, and in an hour’s debate which sprang up, contrary to the intention of the ways and means committee, the measure got some severe blows ‘from Mr. Allison, of lowa, on the republican side, and Messrs. Brooks and Marshall on the democratic side, |

It was charged that a good portion of the free list was actually in the interests of manufactvres; that altnough tlfiduties on sugars were reduced, the classification’ was such that the reduction resulted in a positive benefit to the refiners ; and that while pig and scrap iron were brought down $2 per ton, the new classification of this important interest was such that it was maintained, and the bill actually afferded increased protection to iron manufacturers. These announcements created considerable surprise in the house, and the bill does not start out with a very brilhiant prospect of success. It is to be taken up on Feb. 15, and considered from day to day:till disposed of. . -

~lf Hoar speaks from the card the Pres“ident is not altogether pleased with the Benate: Hoar says, “If the Senate does not act en my nomination, the President will not send to. that body the name of any other gentleman for that place, or for J udgeship made vacant by the death of ‘Mr. Stanton." Every conservative ought to hope that the ‘Senate will not act and that Grant willl stick to his -resalution. A negro named Sizemore élo’pe@' from Grant county, with a young wh}te . girl named Kesler.. He took her to Michigan, and tried ineffectually for five days to find a minister or a Justice of the %eaée to marry them. Then he started back to ‘Grant county, but was urrested and lodged in jail. | Threats of lynchin% Sizemore are current in the neighborhoed froy whenee he took the §irl,, e ‘\ Mr. Lambert, of Lowell, Lake county, 'had two aeres of land in Wisconsin, which ~he Liad not paid much attention to for sow. ceral years. . On looking it up 8 week or :wo singe, he found Slomn itk on it and s making a good thing in giving clear ti‘tles to town lots, e S R

. STATE ITEMS. . ~ An. Evansville lawyer has abandoned the bar for the pulpit. ; i ' ~ Greensburg has a negro schocl, and a negro church'with a white pastor,. .'Sinoe»tbd%lst ult it is unlawful to Kill quails, Bear that in mind, ye shooters. Winchester ladies visit Miss ‘Carrie Smith in jail. The men are afraid to go: Montezuma has a lawyer, hut no courtheuse or jail, so there is no opening for him, . : : e /A subscriber to the Goshen Zwmes recently paid his subscription to that paper in silver, Pe gy e

The Elkhart Hydraulic Company have a water power equal to- that of Lowell. — What'er power! fgasts 800 Do 3R They sell whisky in Fort Wayne thidt kills in fifteen minutes. This, we believe, is the quickest time pn record. i

" We are informed’by farmers that the weather this winter has teen unfavorable for.the wheat crop.-—— Warsaw Union. - Saturday night & man was arrested in Evansville for appearing in public only half dressed. He had on a shirt without spurs. £ ot

The Kokomo Journal has atwelve year youth who is capable of setting two columns of Primer in a day. Smart boy, that. ! . = :

" An Indianapolis liquor dealer sells two kinds of whisky—it you want the kind ‘that will not treeze, you must call for winter whisky, - Bl " In New Albany-a man was fined $22 for laoghing’ “out loud” in the Opera House, after: which he laughed on ‘tother side of his mouth, : R

In Gibson county Mrs: Hannah Naul ton lefe her husband ané two children and eloped with a worthless young fellow named Swain—probably-sthe -“amor--018 swain” we have read about. )

A snake, three feet in length, waS.scen near Bluffton the other week. The rear half ot the reptile: appeared to be totally benumbed.” The supposition is that his snakeship won't dppear again. A poor orphan boy, imported from New York into Hawmilton county, broke into a drug store, stole chloroform, drugged and robbed some unsuspecting vic: tiwns, stole a horse, and eloped. Farrer, of the Anderson. Plaindealer, charges Hardesty, of the Herald, with attempting to visit a young .ady -in his ‘“shirt tail.” Probably the young man was too modest to wear more clothing.

A Hancock ¢ unty. preacher, who pro-. fesses to- Liave been there, reeently stated: that after the crucifixion, the tombh- of Christ was guarded. by a detachment of soldiers, and bristled with Roman dayonets, . ! J

An Evansville-man named Warrén was playfully scratching the ear of a farmer’s horse, when the animal qumte s pleasantly bit off one of his fingers, Watren sbould not make s free on short acquaintance. o i

Tliey have got new hoss ¢ars in Lafayette—and everybody was treated toa free rile. In the same city a man sent his wife to visit ber friends, but she missed the train and came back—to find him tragning amiss, & - :

The New Albany soup house is & success, and is patronized by some of the finst families. Soupistheir “best holt™ there, and the other night a gentleman kicked his wife out of doors becaiise she had no soup ready for him when' he got home.

Mr. Huston, a wealthy citizen of Centerville, bought $l,BOO worth of notes on prominent farmers of some patent right man, and bought them - cheap. Huston would bave made a good thing of it, only the notes proved to be forgeries, “ Mrs. Eliza Thompson, a temperance lecturer, * sued the Jeftersonville rond for $lO,OOO, on account of -injuries sustained in the Fair Ground accident at Columbus in 1868. The jury Tlast week awarded her $3OO. e s e

i The other morning Mr. Hardy; in ' Waj bash, in building a fire ‘in his stove | thought the wood would burn better if 1’ some coal oil was poured on it. He did | #t, and then lighted it with'a match.— | He bought a new stove—that was.all. - The portrit of Governor Posey at. the ‘ State House, painted by Jacky. Hill, louks likea girl. A gentleman acquainted - with ' the family says all the male Poseys lookéd t? effeminate, while the females were rather masculine in appearance. — Indianapolis | Journal. B ‘

A young girl in a neighboring city, while going home with a pitcher of yeast, was insnlted by a gaudily dressed young man, when she threw the pitcher of yeast in his face. She raised him. He said she wasn’t the girl he was looking for. . ~ * Evansville has been excited over a se: duction case on trial before a magistrate Everybody wanted a front seat, - The defendant called twenty three witnesses: to divide the responsibility with him, which speaks well for the morals_of the “second. city,” etc. s i s Captain Carlton A. Goodwin, formerly of the 11th Cavalry, and ek treasurer of Terre Haute, committed suicide at that place last Monday morning. - He leavesa wife and several children. Intemperance and pecuniary troubles are assigned as the gause. i G ey :

A couple of miscreants waylaid and fired at & -hog buyer, on the road not far from Pierceton, Kosciusko ‘¢ounty, the ¢ther week, with the evident intent of murdering him for'his money. * Their first shots missing the mark, their nerve failed and they fled. : {{At the Keightley school ‘house near Van Buren, Lagringe county, they are baving till times in the way of a revival. Rev. Mr. Sellers, a Methodist minister, has disposed of and extinguished the claims of Satan to the souls of ane hun dred ladies and gentlemen of that locality.— Elkhart Union. " % = <GOO

President Grant has nominated Will Cumback, Minister Resident at Portugal, vice Shellabgrger, resigned. It has been intimated that the editor of the Kendall: ville Standard is to accompany him as private secretary, and the editor of the Valparaiso. Vidette is to go as body guard. Farewell, gentlemen. — Whitley Commercial. . : B N

The New Albany Ledger says: Prominent physicians report a large number of cases of diptheria prevailing among children in the city. An eminent German physician recently recommended as a sure cure in such cases, that the patient's throat be instantly swabbed out with alecohol, diluted in distilled water. = :

- The “Studebaker wagon” is known all_ over the West. Seventeen years ago, two of the Studebaker brothers, with a capital of less than one hundred dollars, opened & little shop in -South, Bend, Indiana.-— Their business for 1869 sums up as fol--lows ; Farm wagons manufactured, 4,600 carriages and buggiss 300; sleighs 75 ; railroad carts 140 ; aggregate amount of business, $422,000; average number of hands employed, 220. - Near Blufftoa, the. ather week, as an elderly lady named Burnside was walk. ing along the plank road she was struck on the cheek by a spent_ pistol ball, cans ing the blood to flow quite Téely, butdo--ing no serious injury. © The ballcame’ from a pistol in the hands of one of & party of tboughtlesa,y,om':g"mi‘u who were. firing at a target five hun tmards from: ‘the plank ‘toad, . The ball had evidently Arck o sione 08, athel hard substance and glanced in'the direction of the lady.

' GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. ! Fears are expressed of a drouth in souihern California. st cho T, " New York s beihg flooded with - queer fifty cent notes. Bl The Union Paeific Railroad edrned 4,611,161 dollars'during the Jast halfa year: o ; , * ' General Shérman has presented a “splendid repeating rifle’” te Prince Arthur. - i g 5% ¥ 7 v . 5 - . ‘T'bé vigilauce committee meeticg in Chicago was turned into a broad tarce and amounted to nothing. - g ~ The total loss to steamboats con- . neeted with the trade of St, Louis last’ year was two- miilion dollars. : * The Tenvessee Constitutional Convention passed the equal suffrage pro‘vision by a vote of 50 to 16.: - - The colored citizens of New York -are to celebrate on a large scale the adéption of the Fifteentlhr Amencment. . The city and tow'*nship’ ABEEESOTS Are busy now finding out how much pergonal property the people have po. ges--Rfpn-of; ~-. : ; | ,I:“iti’téenqcaxs, ‘loaded with - butter, flour and -other merchandise, were wrecked on the Erie. Railway on the’ 25ih ult, o M . L . & : g i “Wiriz Waterman was scalded to - death in_a vat of boiling warer, at a ~distillery in Montousanta, Wisconsin, last week. - ‘ e } It is-expected that the Ecumenical council will close about Easter. The k Pope s ill presides, although suffering | from.a cold. 4B | + The Iron men. in a mceting at Columbia, Pennsylvania, ‘have passed rexolutions in favor of an inercase of| duties on iron. : g - ' “Ten cars loaded with cattle and hogs - were wrecked on the Cleveland l and: Columbus road, near Wellington, con W ednesday of last week. . The Otterbein University Tustitute, t located at. Westerville, near Columbus, --Obio, has been burped. Loss 35,000 i dollais, fusurance 20.000 dollars. - l " Pliney B! Kingman, lafe Treasurer of the Souih Cougregational Church, &‘ Chicago, has been charged with being i a-defanlter to'the amount of 24,000 dol’b ]‘d_rs‘ i ' ! - Oune man was killed and four slightly injured in an accident on the Great Western Railroad, near Hamilton, Ontario, on Friday. A defective rail was the cause, © 0 - 5a 38 The two Houses of the Towa Legislature have arranged their differences conceruing the adoption of the fitteenth amendment by passing the couference resolation. - ; ' I'be “small sewing machine™ which eome New York rascal seiids to those persons who confidingly remit bim one dollar, is a shoemuaker’s awl costing about 15 cents. . ) 3

I - A'new disease, called the relasping fever, has broken out-in New York city. It has been quite -common in Europe; and although not violent iu its -s:ymptuim‘s, proves generally fatal. A prize fight-near St. Louis between Seddons aud Lufferty was won by the former in nineteen rounds. Seddons wauts to fight any oue huudred and twenty pound man in the West for one ‘thousand dollars. ' ’ ~ The Protective Tariff Association of St. Louis recommend the free admisgion ot tea, coffee, spices, dye stuffs, and -such articles’ as are not produced in this country, and the protection of all. articles ' manunfactured here.. . . - Chicago business men are organizing a vigilance committee to rid the city -of the gangs of scoundrels now infesting ir. If this is done, the popula-. tion of the place will be greatly dimin--‘ished. - : “E. B. Phillips bas obtained a verdick of 20,000 dollars against the Tl Central Railroad Company for injuries receivea by the explosion ot a locomotive in the depot at Cnicago two years ago. ; . A peat bog, recovering two hundred ‘acreg, in county Kerry, Ireland, bas recently moved to a' distance of h:lf a wile, throwing down cabins and burying catile and horses. The space oceupied by the bog became a lake from the water running into.he cavity. The inhabitants on the skirts of the bog barely escaped with their lives , the motion being entirely vunexpected. - Hon. Hiram R. Revels, the colored. United States genator elect from. Migsiseippi. arrived at Washington on the 30:h ult.. and is the guest of Ge(& S. Dowaning, the ‘colored restaurant keeper of the capitol. Revels says he is assured that there will” be no difficulty in his taking his seat, provided the members of the party he represents: are trueto their principles and their -profession. . e Ly : - Col. Baker’s cxpedition against hostile Indiana has returned to Fort Shaw, Montana. They killed one hundred. and seventy three Indians; destroyed forty-four lodges, all their winter supplies, robes, ete. ‘They captured over three hundred horses. The Indians . delivered up all-their stolen stock and the camp. - Most of the murderers and marauders of last summer were killed. . The expedition was a complets sue- - cess. Col. Baker lost one’ man killed and- one wounded. Tsimns o b

‘The N.'Y. papers say General But--ler has been cited for contempt in’ failing to answer to the summons of the Court, in the sunit brought against him - by Miss Florence, fur the recovery of the T'wiggs swords.. Ben Butler will never surrender . the stolen spoons as. long as the Radical party is in power. It would be agaiust iis principles. TheBeast will have the pleasure of going - that cock-eye on his epoons as long as- - that receptaele for corner lots, fine / horses and bull pups remaing at Washington. _ Pk The House Committee -on Railwaye - and Canals, at. Washington; are considering the propriety of purchasing the Erie, canal, on ¢ondition of its; submitting its debt. The ohject is to secure free navigation between the East acd West, which can be done by builda ship canal around the Fills of Niagara. Under the law of the State of - New York, the tolls cannot be abolisha ! ed 8o long as there is an{}ifidebt'edn’ess : of the ‘caval. - The subjeet bas been submitted to the promipeuviiiembers of ‘& New York. Legl fim‘nfki@tfiii they will oonsent 10 such ai axrangeS Corygs shoiG paie e ey ‘4O ¢arty out these objects, - e