The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 44, Ligonier, Noble County, 2 March 1870 — Page 2

M wtrnriv B wEea e atienal R, ~nEG 3 > il L e s B f ! AN S §iy ) % 4 l.‘\ 5 ¥ ! “Busiatance to Tyrents I Obedlence to God. J. B. STOLL, EDITOR. e — "_::M'“——‘_‘:_—m“m‘ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1830 YA T R T T G L R R I RS DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET . - For Secretary of State: ; Col, NORMAN EDDY, of South Bend, "y For Auditor of State: JOHN C. SHOEMAKER, of Perry Co. ‘ For Treasurer of State : JAMES B, RYAN,}(')f Indianapolis, © For Attorney General : ‘ BAYLESS W, HANNA, of Terre Hnute. For Sup't’of Publie Instruction : Rev. MILTON B. HOPKINS, of (linton. . For Supreme Judges: - - JAMES L. WORDEN, of Fort Wayne, A. C. DOWNEY, of Ohio County, : SAMUEL H. BUSKIRK, nf~Mom'9¢_' Co, JOHN PETTIT, of Lafayette. i

‘Trouble Apprehended. ; We clip the following from Friday’s Tndianapolis Jounnal : : el We are told upon re}iiilﬂ;:_élitlnhrity. that the democratic excitement against the Fifteenth Amendment, is so strong in the “city of Jeffersonville, that mobs and riots would supervene upon an attempt by the © negrocs to exercise the elective franchise. " /If there are any condiderable number of Democritic rowdies at Jeffersonville, who I desire to have salutary examples made of i themselves for the behoof of people of sim/ilartastes elsewhere, we have no particu- " lariobjection, | The Penitentiary and the undertakers will be those to reap the orly profit. .. 4 ; ey y Whilst we disavow the slightest inten ‘tion -of justifying or encouraging mob Jaw to prevent the negrocs "from voting . at our next election, it may not be amiss " to remind the writér of the above paragraph that his language is not well cal- . enlated to‘allay opposition to the enforeewent of the fifteenth amendment. = What ‘iwer views may be entertained with ref: arence to the question of suffrage, it should always be borne in mind that the m'nrfms . employed to'annu'l an important clause in the constitution of Indiana was a gross outrage, a swindle, an infamous act. eftycranny. If, therefore, citizens of a sov ereign State freely express their condem -nation of & fligrant violation of the con ~ atitution, it ily becomes an aider and abettor of that wsurpation to talk of pen itentiaries ana qxuh:ﬂakers_; Let the ‘knaves who plot the destruction of our institutions take freed, and l‘»y"prudcnce . nwwert the dunger attending the awaken' ingofa sllll\ti)cri"ﬂg"li«m i K

Exit Whittemore. =, - Nothing of late” has created so much " excitement in political . circles as the re " .port of the committee to inyeitigate the < caarges of members of Congress selling ¥ West Point cadetships. The first Con - gressman who Has been found guilty of ' this charge is'B. F. .Wh’.t,temore..a Massa ' chusetts preacher who migrated to South . {‘arolina, and under the workings cf rad- ~ Lieal reconstruction succeeded in -having hivms‘c'lf elected to Cungresé{:?om the First . District of the Palmetto State. When it ~ Hiocame evident that he would be expelled, and the House was about to take a vote on the resolution for his_ekpulsitm, W hittemore asked for and obtained delay to ‘st up a defense. No sooner had the iTouse adjourned, when he telegraphed to . the Governor of South Carolina tendering . hia resiguation, The snnouncement of " this fact, of course, rendered expulsion annccessary, but a resolution of. ccnsure - aas nevertheless unanimously adopted. Congtess is freed of one rogue, but is it wot altogether probable that the vacancy will ba enpplh&d by another? ‘ | : i TLATER.. ¢ Two other members have resigned their seats in Congress for being implicated in the sale of cadetships—James S. Golladay, + ademoceratic representative from the Third . Kentucky District, and-John T. Deweese, # repnblican representative from ' the Fourth District of North Carolina. ‘The i resignation of Gnﬁadﬂy c;'eatq:s general’ surprise, no evidence having been elicited -against him, M :

A Good Joke. 4 We uppreciate a good joke, even when our own ox is gored. This being the case, we are free to admit that the Repub- - licuns in Congress perpetrated .a good joke on their democratic colleagues by of fering, on .\[umlziy last, a copy of the tarif resolution in the platform of the dem Heratie eanvention held at New York in 1868, which recites that the’ interests of the country require a sufficient revenue trom imports, and such as will best afford incidental . protection to ,:fnanufucturexa, and promote the industrial’ interesis.— This was adopted, by ayes 102, nays 61— lall the democratic members but one vot“ing aguinst it. There was no debate, and . it was onlj in subsequent conversation that the Demoerats learned that they had . voted agninst an old platform plank.— . 'Thé dpecinls to the Chicago Zimes atone ' for: the entrappring of the demoeratip | members by stating that'the vote “served to indicate the progress toward a lower tariff made by members of both parties,” ¢ e p— : it Franee and the Tariff, The bigh tariff men, in their fright at ' the increasing popularity of a tariff for revenue only, have recently uttered some ‘reckless statements in regard to freedom “of trade in France. They allege that the French government is about to recede from its advanced position in favor of free trade, and to adopt the theory of the protectionist. But the fact is that the free traders are in a large majority in the 'Corps 'Legislatif, and the feeling among ~ the producing ‘classes of the Empire is represcnted as ictensely hostile to pro. tective duties. A meeting of the So- ! cioq«.pfmrmhzkgﬁwltuﬂmf nunibering 700 “perons present, was held not long ~ since, which passed strong anti tariff resolutions. Proeperous France does not mean to impoverish itself yet awhile by closing its ports to the commerca of the Ity ,gﬁ,% "Dy 4 s S -"‘-',s‘-'; - The Louisville m'“mwhu the b L 8 R e R el A e b aba ek dheviei ,i,,,,; LY g r,;i.‘-;:. i 10l R s T “;ﬁrww’ﬁg@f&f

KBRS ARA N AL The designs of the demngogues who have obtained complete control of the government 'are rapidly bungdngpeqi One step after another is takento consummate the wicked conspiracy igainsﬂ the constitution and thefrights of the, people, by the enactment of laws for the perpetuaticn of radical power. Not satJisfied .with perpetrating a most rascally fraud in forcing the fifteenth amendment upon the people, that bad, unprincipled # Yet s e 53 ¥ man—the great conspirator, Senator Mor.ton, lias presented a bill of pains and pen alties for the enforcement of the Amendment, which 'l%tt*crly ignores the right of the people of rhé several States, through their: legislatures, to adopt rules for the regulation of elections, and assames that Congress, 1n common with the legislatures, possesses the power to make such rules,— Mr. Bingham, in the House of Represcntatives, has offered a similar proposition. But the Morton and Bingham bills, out‘rageous though they be, are innocent in comparison with the following which is now under consideration in Congress '“An Act toenforce the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Be it enacted by the Senate and IHouse of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled : . Secriox 1. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to appoint, or cause to be appointed, three Commissioners for each eleetion district of the several Congressional districts of the United States, te-enforee the provisjions of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The said Commissioners for such purpose shall have the sole right to decide on the qualifications of all voters who shali offer to vote for members. of Congress or elect- . ors for President and Vice President, and the exclusive authority to recgive the ballote cast at any such election. | SEc. 2. Tt shall be the daty of the Commissioners to certify the result of the election in their districts réspectively, daly sealed, to the said Secretary of the In: terior, . - Bkc. 3. The- Secrétary of the Interior shall certify under his hand and seal the names of the persons who appear to him by the aforesaid returns to be elected members of Congress or electors for Presid¢ent and Viee President, and the persons who shall réceive such certificate’ of eléction shall hold.the office or exercise the authority thicrein designated, subject to the sixth section of this act:. | ' SEc. 4. It shall be:the duty of the Unit- | ed States Matshals ‘in their respective districts to sustain the Commissioners. of | Elcetion herein provided for in the per-) formance of their duties, and shall detail l a sufficient force of deputies to secure or: | der at the elections herein provided for; 1 and in the event of the force of any such Marshal proving inadequate, the Marshal ‘ shall bave the right to call on the nearesy commanding officer of troops of the Unit- ‘ ed States to aid such Marshal to preserve order, , i -

Bkc. 5. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to g 0 station the troops of the - United States, immediately preceeding any clection herein provided for, at convenient points adjacent to the principal polling places of the several Congressional districts, and in. the principal cities a commanding force of such troops shall be encamped in the parks or other suitable places of such cities, at and preceeding any election as dforesaid. = ' SEc. 8. A)l questions in regard to the regutarity and fairness of the election of members of Congress shal' be referred by the Secretary of the Interior to the House of Representstives, who shall have exclu sive jurisdiction thereof ; and in like manner all questions relating to the election lof electors for President and Vice Presi/dent shall be referred to the President, who shall appoint a committee of not less than three suitable persons to examine and deeide all such’ questions, and whose decision shall be final and conclusive. Skc. 7. This subject shall go into effect when Congress shail, by resolution, de‘clure that three-fourths of the States have ratified the proposed Fifteenth Amend. ment, and have decreed that the Constitution is amended accordingly.” * This high-handed measure is fitly denominated by a cnnﬁ!mpnmry as simply a proposition to constitute a member of the President’s cabinet the judge of elections for the wholé country. If it should be enncted into a law, the Secretary of the Interior would appaint upwards of four thonsand election ufﬁcial§> for this State,. and more than gne hundred thousand for the entire Union, This army of Federal appointees would, of course, be expected by their masters to carry the elections for the party in power. With the ballot-box under their own control, they would not beivery likely to disappoint such expectations. But, if they should not succeed, the Sccretary of the Interior will be able to redeem theif fuilore, He is to certify to Congress'the names of the persons who appear to him oy the returns to have been elected. It would, doubtless, appear to ‘him, as it often. does to the Election Com mittee in. Congress, that a candidate to whom he ig opposed was not elected,! though he received several thousand,more. votes thian his opponent, But if one part of this bill i more atrocious and infamous than anothet, it is | that which provides that the Secretary of War shall station United States troops at convgnient points adjacent to the principad polling places of the several Congressional distriets and in the parks of the principal cities, whilst elections are b;ing held, Tle country is to be made a vast military camp to be occupied by the Fed- 1 eral scldiery as a menace to freemen who dare to differ from the policy of Congress or the Administration, If this bill be- ‘ ‘comes & law and the States and the peo- | ple submit to it, the prediction of Gen, Blair that Grant means to perpetuate himgelf in the Presidency, will bave come true. The coup d'etat of Napoleon lIL, J‘ which transformed a republican President into a crowned Empcror, will have ‘ been, in effect, repeated in the United States of America. Such is one of tbe‘ results with which the country is threat ( ened by the fraudulent ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. ‘lt will soon be ‘more cleariy secn that the object of the ;men who foreed that measure upon the ‘people, was not so much the entranchise-, ‘ment of the African as the enslayement ‘of the Anglo-Baxon, not 8o much the: ex “tension of the right of suffrage as the power té?niguiare the ballot-box in their: oWHIRR e e . Indiana Divorees Valid. ; It was recently.decided by a judicial L el alel e laws of Tndiama were ot binding ju oth‘United States, in, the case of Gheever vs. thit a divorce valid fo onc Spate is valid o 156 Brates’ §4 ‘34‘3* ;&f&m b 4,‘ A ~ i AL e SR n ndiwnndizoron i galid i New Nark, or. Ny ORI Btßbe 17 i tiisinni luinegats ol

. The Republicans of Indinne, at their !’ State Convention on the 22d of Febngf??, | adopted the following platform : «f bl. We cangratulate ? untry on the | Festofation of law and ordefin the late i ?}el__us,%‘mtea;{yn? the reconstruction measures adopted by the Genersl “Government, and upon the retarn of peace and of fraternal feeling among the people | of all the States, under a Constitution se . euring an equality-of political and ecivil rights to all citizens, without distinction |of race or color.| - i ' | 2 That we reverence “the Constitdfion | of the United States as the supreme law | of the land, and a wise ‘embodiment of ' the” principles of free government, and following its teachings we will adopt from %fime to time such amendments as are ne-. . cessary more completely to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility and se- - secure the blessings of liberty to ourseives and our posterity ; and that we Tejoice at the ratification of the fifteenth amend - ment which forever-sécuree an equality of political rights to all men, and we extend. to the colored man a helping band to en'able ‘him in the race of life to imprcve and elevate his condition. | 3. That the national deot created in the - defense and preservation of the Union, however great the bhurden, must be cheerfully borne, until honorably and honestly _extinguished in accordance with thetetter and spirit of the several laws authorizing the debt; and that all attempts at repudiation of prineipal or interest should mect the scorn and denunciation of an honest and patriotic people. = 4. That we dewand in every - department of the covernment, from the highest to the Towest, the strictest economy in all: expeaditures, consistent with the reqnire‘ments of the public service; the reduc: tion and abolishment of all extravagant fees and salaries; the closing of all useless offices, and the dismissal of their incom bents, and all efforts to these endsin Con gress: or elsewhere, bave our ungualified approval, : 5. That a rednction of taxation is demanded’ both of tariff and _internal taxes, until it reaches the lowest amount consistent with the credit and necessities of the Government ; and that we.are in favor of a tariff for rcw}nué. believing that a proper adjustment’of duties must necessarily afford all ‘the incidental protection to which any interest is entitled. 6. That we are in favor of a currency founded on the national credit, as abund ant as the trade and commerce of the country demand ; and that we disapprove of all laws in referénce thereto which es. tablish monopoly or inequality therein. 7. That we are opposed to the donation . of the public lands, or the grant of sub sidies in money to railroads and other corporations ; and that we demand the reservation of the public domain for the use of actual'settlers and edueational purposes. The remainder of the platform approves | the general course of the republican senators and representatives in Congress; in- | dorses the administration of President Grant and of the State government, and congratulates the people of the State that “the. time i 8 80 néar when the State debt will Dbe entirely liguidated; recomimends | thas the State Constitution be so amend 1 ed as to prohibit the taking cffect of any. Jaw or act of the general assembly recog: l nizing any hability of the State for the 1‘ ‘Wabash and Erie canal bonds; recommends changes in the statutesof the State to prevent an extravagant tax, and favors a reduction of the fees of county officers to a standard which will farnish a tair ‘and reasonable compensation for the services rendered. o ; : The Indianapolis Sentinel makes the: following comments on the above resofu - tions : : ; We have not space this morning to erit. icise in detail the platform of the Convention. A casusal reading only is neces: } sary to disclose the intent of its framers. The true position of tae party upon all I the live issues of the day, the questions of public policy now before the country, are carcfully concealed.. As to the public debt question for instance ; The platform - resolves in favor of its payment in accordance with the letter and spirit of the several laws authorizing it. - This means nothing or anything—just whatever constrac tion may be placed upon it by those of | ‘conflicting opinion. The bondholder says { the letter and spirit of the latvs mean‘the l payment of the debt in gold, and such is the construction/ £hat a wmajority in Congress has placed’upon the letter and spirit ’ of the laws creating the debt. And the | same criticism will apply to the resolution in regard to reform in the fees or t compensation of county officers. With‘a Republican majority in both branches of ’ the Legisiature, at the last scssion, every cffort to eut down the fees of county offi cers wag defeated. The necessity of tiis reform will be no greater at the next ses sion of the Legislature than it was at the last, and what prospeet is there that any change will be accomplished if the same party should again control the Legislature? That resolution is intended for buncombe and only for that. G The resolution against the payment’ of the old canal dcbt by any action of the Legislature loses all its force when the Convention put in nomination 9-candidate for a prominent office who ‘lias been the open advocate of its payment. = ; Some®™of the resvlutions favor the policy that has always been maintained by the Democratic party, and. that far the platform concedes that a return to prosperity, progress, stability, and economy in the public expenditures must gome thro’ | the restoration of the grand old party in the administration of the Government, | and ten years’ experience in radical rule. furces that conviction upon the country.

No Rellef, : As might have been expected, the U, 8, Senate has already declared against the House proposition for an issue of $50,000,000 greenbacks to relieve’the business men of the West. On Tharsday Senator Williams (Radical, of Oregon) offered the following resolution' which was agreed to without a division : Regolved. That to add to the present irredeemable paper currency of the coyntry would be to render more difficult and remote the resumption of specie payments, to encourage and foster the spirit of speculation, to aggravate the evils produced by frequent and sudden fluctuations of values, to depreciate the credit of the nation, and to.check the heslth:ful tendency of legitimate business to settle down up--on a safe and permanent Lasis; and, therefore, in the opinion ot the Senate; the existing volume of such currency ought aot to be increased. . = i A Senate: controlled by bond holders, monopolists and scalawags isnot a proper pace to look: to in seeking alleviation from fnancial depression and cmbarrassment, BLT L o W B e _ Confirmation Reconsidered, In executive session, on Monday,. the -senate.took up the pending motion to reconsider the confirmation of Ju ige Strong, of Pennsylvania, for'the supreime bench, and after debate agreed to.it. No further action was taken,and Hoth mowiing‘tions, Strong and Bradley, now stand be: fore the senute. as'if they lind never ‘been acted on. ‘lt is beligved that they' will thus fmuin until the bill of the judiciary oommittee is acted on to rearrange the 4 tér. «Phe nomination’' of el aaNovw e deidie ae mphed tdgiy

___Having publisbed the terms of the %brt Democrat for smnouncing candidates for office, accompamied with a few comtments, we deem it but an aet of Justice to Bro. Jones to give e a@erp@ex tract from the Canneltonﬁl’cn‘y county) W a place in our‘paperf Itis as follows : o b _ Colonel Jones, of the Rockport Demoérat, announces the fact that he intends to. charge for the announcement of State ¢andidates in his paper. The m.ve is a very good one, asit is 4 sign of growing healthful independence on the part of the country press. We do not so much expect that the Stete candidates will pay, but it is a fair warning to thém that the press is under no particular obligation to waste time and material over thankless men — We are confident we speak the sentiments of the great majority of the editors of Indiana, without reference to puliiical beliefs, when we say that the &olonel is correct in stating so boldly, “that the laborer is worthy of his bire.,” For our own part, we expect. nothing, and hence are quite likely not to be disappointed. But we rejoice to eee a feeling heing - manifested everywhere, that political cliques shall oo longer dictate to newspapers they do not own. Ring out the wrong, and ring in the right. ot After copying the above, the editor of the Democrat speaketh thusly:

““We thank the editor of the Cannelton Reporter, for the abr ve compliments, with these ddditional remarks, that we mean just what we say, and lif the candidates are not willing to comply with our terms, they are at liberty ti. withdraw from the contest. And the sooner the; better.” i T ——— i An Editor Assaulted. - The Chicago Times has for some time Severely criticized the immoral and indecent exhibitions of theatrical troups in that city. On ‘Thursday last, several members of the Lydis Thompson troupe sought revenge by making an assault on Mr. Storey, the editor of the Times, of ‘which he gives the following version: “My wife called at the Times office about b o'clock yesterday afterr oon, asd started for my residence, on Wabash avenue. . When near Peck court, ] saw a man and woman run around the: corner and approach a: carringe which iwas- standing in front of & house two or three doors from mine. When opposite the carriage a man, who I suppose is Mr.. Henderson, stepped up in front of me and said: 4s this Mr. Storey #' I replied, ‘Yes, sir)— He then stepped back, and a wowman ap: proached with a small whipin her hand. She struck me, I think on the shoulders. Did not feel the blow, as I had my overcoat on. T concluded that it was the in. tention to have me whipped by a woman, and to avoid it I caught this woman Ly the throat and took the whip from her.—. Henderson then came up and struck me on the forebead with the butt end of a large cowhide. I took it away from him and he drew his revolver. He retreated some distance, when two other men grabbed me behind and pulled my bair.— Quite a crowd had collected by this tin, and Mr. Alexander and several gentlemen put Henderson and two of the womer, Pauline Markbam and Lydia Thompson, I believe, into a hack, and. they were ta ken torthe Armory by a policeman. The last two men who assaulted me got inte another carriage and drove off” - Mr. Storey has caused a charge of assault with deadly weapons to be pre ferred against the women. If sustained, the result will be serious, 3

'~ Indiana Radieal Economy. " The New Albany Ledger aptly remarks that the Radical préiuf this State are loud in their praise of the management of the finances of Indiana, Hy which a portion of the State debt has been paid off. .But they neglect to give the “lick that it is done by.” They never whisper that the taxes have been nearly quadiupled for the purpose of assisting them to ‘practice economy. A fine illustration of the process is given by an old farmer in Ti‘ppécuhoe county, who has been ¢ihgently studying Greeley on Political Economy, and who has not y/et. discovered where [ndiana Radieal economy comes in. He says: 71 When Jesse: Andrews was treasurer I paid thirteen dollavs for my taxes. I had more stock than I'have now, and I live in the same house. -Of _course ‘the house is much worn. My tax now is one hundred and seventy five dollars, and some thirty dpllars for a gravel road, which is two miles from me, and of course of no use.

The old gentleman should grin and bear it. He should also recollect one thing, which he never learned under the ulchmocmtié administrations, that there is nothing like economy; it helps to pay the State debt, and affords buncombe for Radical newspapers, ead e e - The New Tariff Bill. ; ‘lt is believed by a well informed correspondent, writing from Washington City, that ‘the pew tariff billlsa dead, measure, and that any effort to get it through the House the present session will be useless. It has be n o tinkered for the accommodation of certain classes that, as a whole, it is most odious to 'a ma: Jjority of the Representatives. - When'the bill is' taken up in the House a motion will be made to lay it on the table, wheve, it is hoped, it wii be permitted fo slamber until a little more common sense, éommon honésty, and common decency can be enthused into the people’s Representas tives. ‘The Revenue Tariff men are talk: ing of a short bill, changing and reducing the rates on some articles, but the present indications afe that nothing whatever will ‘be done with the. tariff this session. -

1 Georgia U. S, senaton During the varicus phases of reconstruction seven United States Senators have been elected from the State of Georgia.— Alexander H. Stephensand Herschiel V. Johnson were chosen by the legislature of 1865 ; Joshua Hill ‘and H. V. Miller by that of 1868 ; and the other day taree more were chosen by the same body (partially expurgated of its democratic mem.bership) which elected Messrs: Hill and Miller. Among these is the notorious Foster Blodgett, who- is at present under indictment for 8 beinous crime. The oth. er two. scalawags are so obscure that we ‘have already forgotten their names.” The credentials of these séven persons are now before the United States Senate. Of course the last lot, being the megnest, and, ‘therefore, thoroughly r@‘_dictl; will be ad‘mitted b 0 Begbh . agni ol oD t b New Hampshire, ' ' The annual election in New Hawpshire occurs on the Bth of - March:: -There ate four sets of eandidates in-the field—Dem. ocratic, Republican, Labor Reform, and ‘Tempernnee. There is' s :fiiir - prospect ‘that there will-be no;choice of ‘Goveriior by the populat vate, an'absolate majority g releed o et [t ovent & chiice will devolve apon thé legislatare, LS 8 pve 8 Segior (0 eloet o place ; %‘&*Qﬂm & nmr;s‘t,{gé»-s‘z:z!a 83 7]

7 - NOTES AND COMMENTS. {‘ Gen. Kise is succeeded in the editorship of the Boa. :,b County Pioneer. bj denry 8. Erug, wha eird from 1o oot » @eazagop» Mr.;‘Evau wicldga vi?é_frdnsg The Ohio ﬁditmjial Association was in’ session at Springfield last week. Emil ‘Rothe, the talented editor of the Cincin nati - Volksfreund, was elected President of the association, j s A contemporary has made an important discovery. He says that “the secret of Butler’s dcfense of Grant is that, as a lawyer, it is his duaty to defend any crim inal that pays him for it. * Grant engaged the Beast before the other side did —that’s al}"’ » 4 < v } ‘“Mack,” the brilliant Washington cor-+ respondent o the Cincinnati Enquirer, ’ writes to that paper that an effort to test | the legality of the adoption” of the fif- | teenth amendment wounld be guite useless, | as no decision would be reécl}xed by the ; court. Mack knows whereST he speaks, |

- The Democratic State Central Commit‘tee of Indiana made an excellent selection in appointing Gen. Reuben C. Kise as their secretary, - The General, we fegl confident, will attend to the duties of f]is important trust with grea‘er fidelity than was the case with his predecessor during the past four years. - Business has been reported dull in the last few days, by our merchants, In twelve months we heard one man say business was good. He is a prospective candidate ~on the Radieal ticket.— Warsaw Union. He is probably one of the chaps who biennially promise the farmers twenty shillings. for a_bushel of wheat if the “logal element” succeeds, 1n ‘electing its candidates, - : | . " -?-—_ _ The Ft. Wayne ‘Gzefte, which championed the cause of Col. Oukley prior to the 22d of February convention, says Gen, Milroy was its second choice for State Treasurer, and would have been’ its first choice had Col. Oukley not been a candidate for the same position. Now let us hear from Qakley himself—we'd like to know whethei he is equally well satisfled: LAI ' The Eransville Courier is evidently not in favor of female suffcage. In a reaent. issue that paper says that the © lower bouse of the Minnesota Lé'gislntu[e voted to ‘propose an ‘amendment to the constitution of that State, to make the/women of Minnesota voters and politicians. In all barbarous States, women are degraded to masculine employments., Why should not the Min:u-so;wjbaﬂm‘rians put their women to the business of ecancusing and ballot-boxing 2" ' !

“The currency r-solution means anything the reader chooses. If he favors inflation, he has only t» make a large estimate of the amount of currency the trade and commerce of the country demand.” So says that truly loil sheet, the Mudison Courier, in speaking of the platform adopted by the 22d of February conventioh. We don’t know that it makes any material difference what the Republicans say in their platforms — whether they mean one¢ thing or another. They will prove treachierous to their ' professions be they worded in plain terms or otherwise. gl It is stated, on the. authority of Judge Miller, that there 1s a case on the docket of the SBupreme Court that will bring the question of the constitutionality of the legal ‘tender act again before the Court for'its decision, when it will probably be argued before a full bench, as by that time the vacancies, for which the appoibtments are _bow pending, will be filled. = Considering the vast importance of this question, it is very desirable that it should be so. t T;V’mt confirms the statement heretofore madée that the recent decision on the' legul tender question is to be r?v'erged as soan as Grant succeeds in filling the bench with a sufficient number of judges who are pledged.in advance to annul ’the former decision. . : :

The German Republicars of Indianapolis, it must be conceded, are men of pluck. It will be remembered that at the republican .county conventdionr for the election of delegates to the 22d of February convention only two Germans were selected as delegates,'- although the numerical strength of that element entitled them to at least one-third of the entire number, — Dissatisfied -with ‘this unfuir treatment, they called a mass meeting, ddopted a series of resolutions demanding a just recognition of therr rights, and elected nine delegates to represent them in the convention. This decisive action brought ‘the republican leaders to their senses, and forthwith nine of the regularly elected idelegates tendered their resignation, and ‘taviied the German delegates to fill thé vacaacies. This proposition wasaccepted and the German Republicans are jubilant over their triumph. i

\ 3 Working. ; wThe recent decision of Chief Justice } Chase, that: money. due-apon cantracts made before the passage of the legal ten: f der act must -be paidin gold or its equivalent, bas already been cited as a prece dent. Tln'ap action for the foreclosure of a mortgage executed in 1857, which was on the 15th ult, tried in the Supreme Court, at Brooklyn, N. Y., Justice Pratt decided that both principal and interest must be paid in gold. Asa matter of course, this decision will hereafter be fol-, lowed in all siinilarf‘actiona. Whether’ ‘the same rule applies to actions brought “by an assignee who has purchased a mortgage for a consideration paid in carrency, ‘with the “understanding that he ‘could collect both principal and interest only in currency, remains to be seen. % .~ out with the Thieves! l An experienced North Carolina politi_cian expressed the opinion that, at the next general election in ‘that State, the : Radicdlfpart_y will be swept. from power. The excesses and corruptions of the Radical Legislature have proauced such & feel‘ing that even that bodyis alarmed. They ‘are now-sending messengers to the parties to whom they. jssued’ ‘miltions of State bonds, asking their retara. Some oFthese ‘partids have moved out of the State. The' ‘recovery of the bonds from thenfis Very ‘doubtful, ‘Governot. Holden is implicate in_these transactions, which have resnited in an addition of eighteen millions _thing to show forit.

F’ﬁ?%ﬁﬁmm Sah, i T L ' TeesDAy, Feb. 22.—1 n the. Senate, Mr. Stewast attempted to preseu?ﬂi}cm‘en'r 'tia_[s gtbe newly.-elected sca lwg %ghm tors from Georgia, but, Mr. Drake object mgﬂheym withdrawn. Mr. Schurz frem the Joint Comthittee on Retrenchment, reported a new civil service bill. It provides for the appointment of a board of mine commissioners, and the examination: 'of applicants. for office, and gives women an equal chance with men toall offices that they can fill equally well. Mr. Conkling lindulged in a speech denoancing New York for rescinding her ratification of the fifteenth amendrxien;rand contending that heraction wasvoid. The Senate adjourned, after a short session, in honor of thej day. The House passed a bill extending the benefits of the homestead Taw to the children of deceased soldierr. Mr. Dawes rose toa privileged question” and ealled attention to the fact that Mr. Mungen, of Ohio, had printed in the Globe a/speech in which language was used which, if spoken in the House, would have been in violation of the rules. He pronounced a part ofitindecent. Mr. Mungen defénded him: sell. He denied that he had used words disrespectful or impure. e had only al luded to Mr. Snmner as Tristram Burgess had alluded - to John Randolph, and the language then had passed without rebuke from/the House. He was willing that the speech shofld be examined by the Committee on Rules, and he would submit to the‘ir/severest censure, WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28 —TIn the Senate.. the ‘M ississippi case was up, and an attempt was made to swear in negro Revels and satrap Ames. A lang discassion elic ited the fact that a majority of the Radi cals, favor their admission. No vote was reached, hoxever. Mr Howard reported a bill for a territorial government for Alaska. In the House, the five Radical

members fraom Mississippi appeared and were sworn in. Two were Confederate officers during the ‘war. Mr. Fitch, o Nevada, made an able and sensible speech against Mr. Cullom’s bill to prevent and punish polygamy in Utah. The real sen-, sation.of the day, which crowded the galleries tn'suﬁ'-)cation, was the Whittemore ease. Butler took the floor as counsel for Mr. Whittemore. Thé Speaker declined to recognize him in tke double capacity of juror. and connsel. The friends of Whittemore tried various devices to stave off a vote on the question of expulsion, — Mr. Poland mored ‘to postpone, which was voted down. An attempt to adjourn was also voted down, An angry debate betw: en-General Logan, chairman of the Military Committee, and General Butler, champion for Whittemore, added liveliness to the proceedings. Upon the motion’ of General Logan, the Hose ordered the previous question by a large majority, and ‘the fate of the accused was secaled. He arose and appealed to the House for a delay of one day. General Logan said that ‘he had ne objection to postpone the%ﬁdal, action until next day, and with this under: standing execation was su pended, and the House- adjourncd. ! Trurspay, Feb. 24.—The Senats declared emphatically against the issup of any more -paper money, ina resolition presented by Mr, Williams. It passed without a division. The Senate coreur-/ red in the House amendment to the Po-

litical Disability bill. ~Speeches on: the Funding bill were made by Mr. Fenton and Mr. Patterson. The Mississippi ne gro Senator matter was taken up, and Mr. Saulsbury delivered. an elaborate argument in opposition to the admission of Revels, taking the position that he had not begn nine years a citizen-of the United States. - A vote was not reaclied when the Senate! adjourned. In the House the Whittemore case came up. The Clerk read a communication from Mr. Whittemore announcing his resignation. The late member- then attempted. to make & speech in his own defence, but was check ed by the Speaker, on the ground that ‘hé was no longer & member of the House. The original resolution of expulsion. was laid upon the table, and General Logan offered & resolution declaring that B. F. ‘Whittemore, the late member from South Cqml:ina, ~had ‘been guilty of condact which readered him unwortiiy to sccapy a seat’ on the floor. 'The resolution - was unanimously adopted—Butler and a few others refusing to vote. - Mr. Whittemore then packed tp " his papers and departed.

FRripay, Feb. 25.—The negro has taken

| his seat iu the Seuate Chamber.” After a long ‘debate,! in which many of the | leading Benators on “beth sides participated, the Senate voted down the resolution of Mr. Stockton -to refer the credentials of Revels the to Judiciary Committee, and admitted him by a strict party vote: 48 to 8. Senator Wilso. ostentatiously conducted his black brother- to a seat, and the Radical : Senators - crowded arounad: |- with their congratulations. Mr. Hamlin “introduced a bill to provide a territorial | government for the District of Columbis. ' Mr. Wil'son introduced a bill to prevent - and punish prize-fighting in the United States. Two years’ imprisonment and $5,000 fine are the penalties. Mr./How. ard introduced a bill to divide the State of lexas, and to establish the Territories ~of Jefferson and Matagoda. ‘The bill carves the State into three equal ‘parts’;Jefférson being to the east and Matggordn‘} to the west of what is left of Texas. In 1‘ the’'House bills were introduced to establish a_ Departmeut of Justice and a system of national education. Butler, from _the, Reconstruction Committee, reported ‘4 bill to admit the State of Georgia to a - represeptation. in Congress on the terms ‘accorded to Virginia. S 0 much - objection was made that the: bill was recom- \ ‘mitted. On ‘motion of Mr. Shanks, the ‘Military’ Committee' was' instracted to | extend its ipvestigation info ‘the. actions '[ of officers of the army and navy in respect to the purchase and sale of cadetships.— - ’»'nhefﬁgise,f while considering the Indian “Appropriation bill, entered.into.a general «discassion of the late.atrocious massacre of Indian women and ‘children on' the ‘Plains by order of ; General Sheridan,— Mr. Eldrige’ (Dem:) characterizes Sher:: ‘dan’s order'as infamous. Mr. Stevenson (Rad.Ystood by thé’ order; and’ ‘bélieved’ ‘tht when e fight’ the *ndians it must “be to kill. ’Mr.'ﬁﬂﬁﬁ;‘ﬁ‘kﬁiﬁ%ﬁﬁ%ﬁﬁ Sgiting gh Toulisps idotyrely, san wll. enougly, but he would not jampinto a Vittle Tndian, ic wigh small pox, and kil wamamwﬂmwwwj Mondags; o 7 o 8 mova 3¢ ob RO wlhe o

: STATE ITEMS. - . Welearn that a vein of cannel, or "candle‘@al,lmo’re correctly speaking, has been discovered in Fairbanks township, Sallivan county. - The discovery was ‘miﬂs.;%hn old miner. : - Incendiariee made another attempt to ‘burn the Madison Courier: printing office on Tuesday night, also the lower seminary. * The fire in both places was extinguished without, much damage. i s 4 Dl The State Board.of Agricalture have offered a premium of a gold medal for the best specimen of iron manufacture in this State; also, a premium of $25 for the best of glass, and $2O for the be.t sewing machine manufactured in the State. et bin :

The Winamac Democrat declines to publish two colamus of advertisements in consideration of a couple of ~tomato seeds sent him by an eastern swindle shop. He agrees to return the seeds if the sender will send him a postage stamp, : A

A Baltimore bank was recently victimized by cashing a drsft of the First National"%a,uk of Indianapolis, which had been raized from $32 to $9,300. The change had been' so nicely made that the officers of the bank only detected the fraud by reference ‘to their books. ' '

Thes. J. King, as'we learn from the Lebanon Patriof, purchased a bottle of sulphuric acid at a drug gtore and put some indigo in it. When the explosion took place, Mr. King caught the force of it in the lcft side of his face, and thinks Ke realizes what is ‘meant by blue fire. e "An old time Radical, one who never voted a Democratic ticket : during a long life, told us yesterday tha be prayed to live until the next October eleciion in order- that he might have the supréme pleasure of voting the ent're “ Butternut” Iticket. There are many reconstructed Radicals of that kind in this county, — Terre Haute Journal. - S

From the Rockport Journal, we learn that Joel Woods, owner of the Star Millg, six miles west of Rockport, went to the house of one George Lar: vin, a Frenchman living near Richlaund City, and offered some ipsult to Latvin’s wife, wherenpon Larvin seized a poker and etruck him three or four times on the head. from which wounds ‘e died daring the night. ‘} e * “Under the Radical Fifteenth '}Amendg, xpent, Sid Hinton, formerly a wellknown colored boy of this ¢ity, is pow one of the leading orators of the opposition party in this State. Sid lives at Indianapolis, and more thau likely. will visit this part of the State during the coming campaign for the purpose of making his clarion voice heard in tavor of the great radical party . —~Terre Haute Journal, : T T T I<G — e . ; Nepotism, G With regard to the appointments made by Gen. Grant to high offices.of State, the New. York Sun editarially says: “Whoever with all the facts before him, will undertake to say-that he was not governed by coneiderations of pecuniary presents to himgelf, is simply incapable of weighing evidence, and incompetent to" perfo.m the duty of a juryman in a case involving ten dollars. Oue act of recieving a large sum of money and then appointing. the giver to a high office—one such act, of which “Gen. Grant has done so many openly-and publicly—one such act, we say, if done privately and af‘terwards proved, would have impeach ed any President that ever lived. Tt would have impeached Geo. Washington, and it would have convicted Andrew Johnson. No such pecuniary stain rests upon any other President.”

Another Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing.

A dispatch’ from Loganspott, says that there was considerable exeitement; on ‘the 28d ult, in the town.of Monticello, over the arrest and re‘leasc,'on $l,OOO -bdix‘ds, of the Rev. David Fisher, a_bishop of the Duukers Church, for seducing the seven-teen-year-old daughter of the Rev. J 8. Snowberger; a pastor of the. Dunkers Church there. It is alleged that. thie amorous Givine has carried vn this affair upward of two months, at intervals when the young lady passed his house, some two miles from town. Fisher wis arreste ed on the young-lady's affidavit, and in conversation with particssadmitted: thiat he knew the lady was’ pregnant, hut that he was not the guilty party. The dispatch further states that his conduct has arous ed the indignation of the whole commu: nity, and. especially of his own Church ; and on attempting to preach in Monticel 10, on Sunday, he was not allowed to do «0. His best and most intimate friends think him guilty. He bas a large family, having six children that are married, and grand children that are of age. =

Warning to People whe KHold Receipts.

It is reported that government officials are going around in the country investiga ting every receipt book, bill, ete, The reason of this is to see if the proper revenue stamp is attached or not. If the latter be the case, a fine is imposed upon_ the: ‘holddr of the poper, who, perhape through neglect, has omitted to have the paper stamped. Business men would do well, therefore, to examine their papersin order that they may not be: victimized.— Sunbury Gazette. ' .. sii 5 o . ' The Selinsgrave Zimés thus vigorously: comments on the above: - “Did you ever read of any government that encouraged meaner and more damnable practicés_ than ‘this spy system now practised in the Unit - ed States? The country is full of spies . watching opportunities to rob and blackmail people. We would: say-to our readers that no man can be compelled to give up his Looks or papers for examination, and if any, government pimp and scoundrel comes round to smell out your: -drawers and private papers, boot him off ,your premises.’’: ais i fiiom kbdand The New Naturalization Bill. . A Washington dispatch states that the question of reporting Judge Davis’ naturalization bill tothe House was yoted up©h in the Judiciary Committee on Friday, and there was a tie, some of- the Republicans, of dourse, opposing it ‘but as two. members were absent, the committee will “vote again this week. The bill as'it now stands has the effect to remove the dontrol of naturalization %nigmhestménum in ‘hé!“?ﬂcmé& and to ‘Phé&f'f‘tii% the. Apd Jom e T iy SRiG IR B ovseren Edurar o hands of the Federal courta. ‘TI Gom aittee on the revisian of the lows wr;pre. paring a mieh.worso bill. than this on e, taralization:, 1t is more arbitracy and, re.. fully agrééd to by thecommittee <1 1

. The pup ‘which the President rejected is now held.at $lOO, as a rarity, | - “Mies “Nellie Raymond has been elected an engrossing clerk of the Mis- | souri state senate, . o - Milwaukee tenders her new Court- | houee (fo cost a million,) as a capitol, * if Milwaukee may be the capital. ~The California farmers are jubilating in'advance over the prospective large crops of next year.. Man proposes. | A lady of color in Kentucky added ‘to the population three female fifieenth amendments. at a birth on Sunday lagt:-~ S 90 - A special dispatch from Jefferson. city, Misgouri, says the house committee! on constitutional amendments will report in favor of woman - suffrage.— d The senate committee will probably do~ ° the same; ... .- 5. S £ _The body of Miss Susie A. King, of California Mills, R. 1., was entombed - on Thrreday. She died two weeks previous, and the body retained so-life-like an.appearance that the burial was deferred until the 24ih. = . The amendment to the staté constitution of Misgouri, extending suffrage to the negroes, and restoring it to late - rebels has paesed the senate by a vote of 25.td 5. and will be submitted to the people at the next election, - 1 "There is a symptom of revolt in the Dutch West indiairland. The execn = tion of a decree from the Hague has been suspended by order of the Governor and Council and a protest has been forwarded to the home ‘government. - Auother ocean steamsh p iz missing. Thé Bremen steamer Smidt, which left - Bremen January 20, has been out. thirty-seven days. She had 298 pasxengers. There is much anxiety about ber. Nothing from the city of Boston For,i i ; .

The Chicage river, as if it conld not sufficiently assert iteelf by quiet stinkinghas’taken.to rnnning up stieam.— Such phenowmena. in_civilized commu‘vities, herald earthquukes ; but all ™ signs fail in Chicago—even the marriage. B, T : ; ~ Lieutenant-Governor Flanagan and C. Hamilton, a brother of Jack Hamilton, were elected United States Senators from Texas®y the Radical Legisdature of Ithat State last week, the first for the short and the latter for the Jong terma: i, i ~+ Au appalling occurrence took place on Wednesday evening of last week, a few miles east of Dayton, Qhio, resulting in the death of a little - girl, aged eight years, daughter of Jacob Miller, by being literally torn limb ' from limb by a couple of vicious dogs. o "¢ Hia Holiness is now said to be sick of the Ecumenical council, and anxious to hasten its adjournment. A Vienna despateh in Paris reiterates the story that Austria is willing to join the other catholic ‘powers in opposing Papal pretensions. : SR,

Numerous outrages were perpetrated on chiuamen in San Fraucisco, on Tuesday of last weck, and a fearfnl riot was only prevented by a heavy rain. Several persons were seriously injured while endeavoring to rescue the chinese from danger, but no one was killed. ~ About 115 miles from "Yokohama, bound in, the Fombay came jnto ¢ollisiva w.th the Awmerican corvetto On. cida. - The latter sunk soon after, with a loss of about 120 men. ; The BQ%ixbay, was not ivjured. The latter was due at Yokohama, from Hong-Kong on Jan. 24. ! R |

- Corregpondence from Salt Lake city reveals the fact that the passage of the act to give woman suffrage in Utah was the work both of Mormons and Gentiles, the legislature which passed it being Mormon, and the governor who pigned it being ‘@ Gentile. The two parties entertain different views of the way in whichiv will work, - - . The Working-women’s Protective Union of Boston has protested against female - suffrage, recoguizing “the devine ordination of woman to domestic, f mily, and social duties, and men to general political affairs,” and declining t) “become parties to. any attémpted encroachment on the legitimate sphere of man’s duties,” Let 8. B. A. look ta this. = = :

Minnesota will be the first ‘state for ‘woman suffrage. The senate, by a vote of 19 to°l2, Fas concurred in the house bill providing for submitting to the men and women of the state an amendment to the constitution. on the ‘question’of women suffrage. The bill provides that the ballots of ‘the ladies * shall be taken in seperate boxes. It is understood that Governor Austin ‘will gign the bill. ; ’, -The Indians throughout the re- . gion of Lake Superior are starving to death. . Fish are notto be found in shallow water, and - partridges and reindeer were never known to be: so scarce. ‘The chief warden of the Hudson’s Bay company at Fort Williams had sent a train of provisions to Dog Lake for the Indians; but many must die before relief reaches them. The country is covered with five feet of snow, - and the weather is very:cold. ~ Hon: Anson Burlingame,: Ohinese . Ambassador to the United States and the European powers, died in St Petersburg, on the 23d ult., ot congestion of the lungs. He was ill but four days. ‘The event was announced in the House - of Representatives, and General Banks ‘made a few remarks in" eulogv of the . dead diplomatist, promising to bring. up the matter again for a more extended testimonial of réspect. imo A new republic has been.proclaimed in northern ‘Mexieo. The f&)ectﬁrat'idn took,place at Topig on: the;lstof Jan.,; :: Ge':éfals Lozaﬂapaxid Vega being the prime movers.. -The. new nation is to be composed of the tites of Chihua‘hua, Durango, Sonora, 'Sinalo, Lower - California, “and ‘& part of ‘yaliscoi * ‘Mexico is rapidly going to pieces, and, ¢ Jin concequence of the present paralys--ed-condition of the central government, ‘the secession movement of the northern states gan hardly hepabdomwsi. ooax oo - Jules Favre made-a farious attack con the French ministry and the ma-. jority in the corps h;gisla_tif-gﬁﬂtha 2lst ‘ult., he ealléd for &' divsoldtion f the chamber, ‘which ‘he declared was not ‘elected by the hation, but the préfects. He chafged the majority with, being the same who voted for-the: uppopular Mexican expedition, and. squadered, [ihe, Anhncos DET elt M. S