The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 48, Ligonier, Noble County, 30 March 1870 — Page 1

THE: NATIONAL BANNER, ~ Published Weekly by | JOHMN B. BTOLLS { LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY,‘IND *;—;—ooo————— | b TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : | | Strictlyin AAVANCE. ..vu.seeleeicresoress, 42.82.00 87T his y ils published on the Cash Principle " it Pr«mriet‘or ™ u;);&’g that it is just as right for T to demand advance pay,as it is for City pu ishers. i Anfiv person aendlnFnclnb ofilo, accompainfed with the cash, will'be entitled to a ¢opy of ! the paper, for one year, f;ee of charge. foodt Michizan South. & N. Ind’*afi. R. Onand af&er April 25, 1869, trains will lcfivesu-‘ tions asfollows: f | : ‘ GOING EAST: o Ezpress. . . Mail Train, ChICREO.. 1 osivisitss 18100 P. g.......8:00|A.x. SHARNAYS .. oo n Wi UAO e . Gos Men. |, 10l Sl U DS 4 ........nfzor.u. Millersburg........(don’t 8t0p).......... 11,11 - CElgomier Ll anoie 12159 o . Wawaka:...........(don’tstop) ....... 1:{10». m. Brimfield ..., oonibades M eo I Kendallville .. ..., ..510388 = - ..., ~.;,187 ** Arrive at T01ed0.......2:80ax ........BiosB * : . GOING WEST: - | : Ezpress: { Maif?rain: '1‘01ed0......‘.;........175:1()‘.:....'....12 50 ¥, u. Kenda11vi11e...........845a. M.......... 4140 P, u, Brimtiald.. .. s incssra®:oo ¢ f........u00 s WAWBKN. . v iciviion | }........5 o Lhi0n1er............‘...4:20 ok VLo Ean 4 Millersßurg. .o oseiiien: . RS b B GORhen. . <i it il o L 600 SRAKhaPt i T, 108 t LGI e Arrive at Chicago.... 9:25 ** 28185 ’ *Stop 20 minutes for breakfast and supper. | Exrreu leaves daily 9oth ways. i ) Mail Train makes close connection at Elkhart with trains going East and West. | C. F. HATCH, Gen'lSupt., Chrcago. J. JOHNSON,;, 4gent, Ligonier. 1

L. COVELL, | Attorney-at-Law & Notary Publie, LIGONIER,” INDIANA. . Office, 2d Floor in Mier’s Block, Cavin Street. WM. L. ANDBEWSJ Surgeon Dentist. Mitchel's Block, Kendfi'llville. ATI work warranted. Fxaminations free.| 247 prSbes Vi s A AT L it i e g Y J. M. DENNY, ; Attorney at Law,—Albion, Noble co., Ind Will give careful and prom pt attemfion to a businees entrusted to his care, I 86 & LUTHER H. GREEQ‘, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, LIGOCNIER, - - --+ INDIANA. - Office on Cavin Strcet, ovér Back Bro’s. Grocery, opposite Helmer House. 418-1 oe e ....,..,--_‘_.__._.-:._....-_.Lh.,_.__._—_j. e tnen D. W. C. DENNY, | Physician and Surgeon,— Ligonier, Ird. Will promptly and faithfully attend to all calle in ‘the liné of his profession—day or ighb—‘.u town or any distapce in the country. | Pcrsone wishing his serviees at ng!ht, will flngl im at his father’s residence, first door east of Meagher & Chapman's Hardware Sw{:e, where all calls, when abseut, should be left, | 7 1-1 el O R L ! E. RICHMOND, | Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer, |4 Cavin street, Lignnier,'.lndiqna. ":Special attention given toconveyancing and collections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages i-awn up and all legal business attended to promptly und Acgurately. ! May 26th, 1868. I%ELLMBK HOUSE, A.J. MATTISON, Prop'r, LIGONIER, =~ - « INDIANA. This Heuse has been Refitted and Re(furniahed : in Firgt Class Style. | . DR.E.W. KNEPP%R, Ecleetic Physician & Surgeon,—Ligonier. ' All diseases of the Lungs and Throat successfnlLy treate%&yinhalatlon. No charges for consultation, ce with. W, WiSkillen, esq: | 1-8 o i sit st > = v g e ' DR. P. W. CRUM, ° 0 ‘l S Physician and Surgeon, Ligonier, = = « /. Indiana. Office one door south of L. Low & Cole Clothing Store, up stairs. May lFth, 1869. G.W.Care. . W.D. II ANDALL. CARR & RAND.@LL, o o s Physicians and Surgeons, LIGONIER, - - - - - - |IND, Will promptly attend all calls intrusted to them. Office on4th Bi,, one door east ef thl NazIONAL — ~ SAMUEL E. ALVORD, Attorney at Law, Claim %Fe‘nt, and Notary Public, Albion, Noble Co., Ind. Business in.the Courts, Claims of_soldiers and heir heirs, Oonveyanclnfi. &e., promptly and carefully attended to. Acknowledgments, Depositions and Affidavits, taken and certified.

SACK BROTHERS, - Bakers & Grocers. Cavin Street, Ligonier, Indiana. Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., Choice Groceries, Provisions, Yan,kee)Notions; &c | The highest cash price paid fer Cbungfi Produce | May 13, '6B-tf. SA’ BRO’'S. : 'NEW FIRM AND NEW GOODS | #=. AT | | WOLF LAKE, IND. ! Notice is hereby given that C. R. Wiley and | Samuel Beall have entered into a co-partnershi) n the Merchandise business, and that they have just unpacked a Inrge stock of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, &c. Call and see for yourself. WILEY & BEALL. { Wolf Lake, Nov. 8, 1869 27tf .‘ | ' J.BITTIKOFFER, - ‘ i DRALERIN ' WATCHES, CLOCKS, .lEW’LRY,SILVERWARE,}}NOTIONS, Spectacles of every Description, i i &ec., &c. &e., &e. | i All kinds of work done uYon thef Fhortest notice and warranted as to darability. ‘ Shop in Bowen’s new Brick Block, Kendallville, Indiana. £ Lo e Gl e s eB G e ¥H. R. CORNELL, Who may always be founé_;qt by, .o PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS, 13 prepared to take all kinds of pictures in the : 4 latest atyles of the art. : PARTICULAR nr'fnm'rm.v . paidto copying old Deguerreotypes and Ambrotypes into Cards, and. Enlarg in%. s Work warranted satis!actory fn all cases, " Ligonier, Ind., Feb. 23, 1870.:43 A oo e i A. GANTS, Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, 3 LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. g y oo gl .Is prepared iR 1 iy (7 S ¢ | Bu S \“b | Hce of ovg:af(; S e eo3 years justifiee W R them in sayiug TG S S~y hat :?r :.aa SR W " give entire VAR e ’ | Fs‘fnction to all e i | who may bde/i Wtow ¢ tronage:: Offiec 1 b t R e A NEW MOVEMENT! Solomon in new'Quarters! Tuw subscriber would nlpfi:fiflly snnounce that* he hasjudt moved into the building formerfly occupied by S. Miar-&.po; purchased s large stock ol sl o ol e .GROOE“EQ,' &c., | and is now prepared to au’rply every deman . in h{[: line 8t rates wgnlly as low as any other es - SABNBhOORYIE OB e o B - Refreshments at all hours. &iy (‘ Fr -‘r; , ,‘;.l = SQ .A’CKE[&“AN: Ligonier, Sept. 15th, 1869, ;s .. .« | BAKERY - AND- RESTAURANT ‘!l“-. i .uuz-z,;”:‘,\; ‘,, '_« BY ‘,:5; B i .’ I"‘I,A £t : & bog &3 fufle AT ey L Bl l;.'.«::i#‘;_flfi% i . ’ E‘S’ YT AhOSR rigil )igyIAT IR R OOES o o Opposite the. Past Office, Ligonier, Tad. Ay By i b ppied ‘al e with freah Biscuita: -« - ¢ temi £ . YEIA e RN | Cokesl ' el Smkey iy ke &, oil pe ~,,”4;‘l*;‘s}ls" fn the pasn et w 4 —“'. ‘“M"s."h‘* "dnd warni ale furVRS M S ese L - ” ot ' '*‘l-"‘:\"“ ¢ 31 It Aey :flr,nq;ww-w*m* © e SEERTTT R Tiy 6 2004 it i ’ ; !

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- _For the National Banner. ./ BOMETIME. | . Yom MISB MANDA LEVERING, There’s a misty vale called Sometime, E'er ehrouded in hope, or in fear, And its streches of shade and sunshine, Are often bedewed with tears. - Each daydream of exquisite beauty, Is born 'mid its beaute yus bloom, That lightens each unweleome duty, ; And brightens the way to the tonib. But in this vale called Sometime, Where the fair tender impulses dwell, And awake hecause of the sunshine That tinges life’s billowy swell— - There ‘are impulses stronger and decper, And far more fitting for earth; L And the hurdened heart of thé weeper, Rezlly knows what they are worth. The joys of life are oft shaded, By forms that fiit from its shore. As they glide where prospects have faded And the bounding spirits no more; For the shadows that steal ’cross the tidal Render still darker the wave, And wither the wreaths of the bridal, And cast them on ambition’s grave. There are flowers that bud for us ever— . They are anticipation by name— By the current which serves but to sever, Our hopes from the island of Fame, . That island is bounded by Sometime, - Or, rather the channel between, ! Bat hoth, lie in the saame sunshine, And are coupled alike in our dream. -In epite of its treach’rous wildwood, Its depths we love to explore, @ And we often begin it in childhood, : Ere woe casts ita.shadow before. We delve in its béantiful summer, . And call each attribute dear; But sink with a groan, and a murmur, . When the winter comes, clouded and drear. ‘Aud tho’ we are happy and cheerful, In hope that sometime we'll know, The secret of all that’s so fearfn], And the beauty of seraphic glow; ’ There lurketh for us a Sometime, When the channel cometh to view,. And we'll pray to die in the snnshine ~That fallv on the good, and the true.

e i 3 8 - CAUGHT. ] From the first day that I came into our house, as partner, 1 have always attended to the cash and banking business myself, all moneys, checks, &c., passing through my‘ hands are .c--counted forto me. In three and twen1y years experience, I'never had an error but which, on careful revision, could be rectified, nor had any moneys ever been lost or stolen. i

You may judge, therefore, of my surprige when, one day—it had beena very heavy cash day—on making up my accounts, I fouud myself two thousand three hundred and. fifiy-seven dollars short — there was no such amount entered in any way that I could possibly have made an error in, and nothing in all my transactions upon which to base my deficit. I had but one place in whi.la]to put money during the day, and, that was in a drawer of my desk, a solid, old . fashioned structure attached to the building, and put up when the office was built, forty years before. Had the desk been one of the modern, flimsy affairs, I might have thought Ihat somebody could have spirited the monvy out in some way, but even the idea of a falge key did not barmonize with o old faskicmed loask «f anlfd wood, I always locked the drawer, and carvied the key with me, and was rare ly out of the office at all during the day, except half an hour for lunch, and then there were never fewer than three or four persons in the same room. At night 1 invariably iémoved every dollar to the safe, o that any appro--priation of funds must be made in the day time. o This was the state of the case the day that I was two thousand three bundred and fifty-seven dollars short. [ went throngh every pocket and available place on my person, though 1 knew that I never put any money about me, and closed the wegount with the deficir, making up my ‘mind not to speak of it that day, but to consider it until the morrow, before I asked advice. The morrow came, and utterly discomposed, I admitted to myself my inability to straighten it, and called in for advice Mr. Conway, our own confidential book keeper, in whose judgwent I had great reliance. - Mr. Conway did not, like the famous Dutch squire, weigh the two accounts and give judgment in favor of the heaviest ; but he did almost as.well ; he footed up the columns of figures three or four rimes, counted my cash, balanced as often, and looking at me over his spectacles, told me that the aceount was wrong-—two thousand three hundred and fifty-seven dollars short. That's ‘all the satisfaction there was from Mr. Conway. Afier this, pledging him to secrecy, I thought it better to cousalt nobody else, ‘but watchfully await events, charging the amount as I was bound to do, to myself personally. ~How much for days, this matter ‘troubled me, I cannot state; but, like ’all things else, ‘afier two weeks had ‘gone by, and no elucidation had come’ to me,’ it began to wear away, when [ was amazed and horrified to find another deficit of nine hundred and eighty-four dollars. This time I remembered some of the missing bills ’apd\: knew they had been taken from my drawer, and yet I had not left the key in it one moment while I was absent from the room, and all day there had been present at.'leg‘q‘g two persons ‘besides' myself; and there had beeu also peoplé coming and going a.the time, but these were geyajydzedi';dm me and the clerks by a railmng so that it was impossible for any person: calling on business. to approach- pearer to. my desk than fifteen feet.. This time I ‘congulted with- my partners, and after ‘numerous theories—all of which tell to the ground—we concluded to call in ;B;e}fi,%d ‘'of some reputed, able detective ‘officer’; and after having applied in the proper quarter for such a person, we were :ec;zflgx%nggd mhMr.bPetfig ,B.clgilsa‘ » 8, gent'eman who by the wink ho gave me,after | had 10l bim B b‘&lu{fr;xwé the assertion .that | "Wl fix this job up in half an hour, { convinced me :that bgwwld .achieve notking, Mr, Schilidog. commenséd his operations by .going l:&(;fl my em.ployees; one..by ane; and-Jooking into .my. money drawer, and, handling the | bfimly, 80 that 1 somewhat fearWh% Mo _w..conwh aes } settling o ggggtdd:@onflmmho. : w,{m& me, was the | guilty man, but gave me no season for

it save that Mr. Conway could not look him in the eye ; . for which I did not blame Conway, for a more rascally, upplearaut eye I never beheld in .mortal man. I bad some trouble in getting rid of Mr Schilidog, which was only accomplished by bribing bhim off, am{ submitting to his hints that there must be something wrong in myself, inasmuch as | was not wifiing that the investigation should proceed. I then thought that I would play my own detective, and having put my money in the drawer as I always did, waiched the movements of every one with the closest circumepection, although not appearing as careful as usual, Before going to lunch each day I counted the money and again when I returned ; but no result until one day, on making up may daily accounts, a little before 8 o'cloc{. I found myself one thousand one hundred and thirty-two dollars short I al‘most jumped in astonishment from my geat, for the abstraction must have occrured within three quarters of an hour, and‘ myself in the room all the time. This‘was staggering aud seri ous, and I at once lost faith in myself. Here were four thousand four hundred ard seventy three dollars goue, and not the shadow of a clue. After another consultation with my partners it flashed across my mind to hunt up one B———who in his day had 'been celebrated as a detective, but of whom 1 had not heard of for years, and, if he were still alive, to submit the matter to his judgment. The directory gave me his address, and in an hour I was with him. B———was jinterested, but he had retired from business ; rheumatism was the only thing he de. tected, and that to his sorrow He, however would recommerid me to a gentleman who, if he would take the job, could unravel it,'if it were to be unraveled by human ekill, and he gave me a letter to the Doctor, or Robert Blaisedell, M. D., as he strangely directed the envelope. Before:l went to bed that night I -found Blaisdell, and not only engaged him, and Le agreed to meet me the next morning at the office, and so conduct bimself that there would be no suspicion of his business. He was there promptly, and opened matters in the hearing of the clerks by talking coffee, and proposing to sell a cargo to arrive. He never appeared to look at any of my people, but, with bis pentil, as he was supposed to be computing quantity and price, asked several .questions’ and in a few moments communicated to ‘'me his belief that the clerks were all right. That was a relief. ‘I opened the drawer freely handling the money, and giving him every opportuniry to see its work ins. He was bothered. I saw that by his face. He asked me if the clerks could be sent out, and we could be alone for half an; hour. Yes, at lunch time, in an -hour, all.-would go but Mr. Conway, and I would contrive an ‘errand for him. Blaisdell went away, aud returned at the time, and we were alone. :

“This thing is done by somebody out side of your clerks, sir, but by whom 'or how puzzles me.” “Let me examine that drawer,” said Blaisdell. “Have you any mice about 1" P There has ;{xeen: a stray one seén once in a while. ¢ $

~ “Because you know such things have been as mice using the soft paper of bank notes to make their nests.” No, continued he, afier close examination ot the drawer—*“no mice,” and he drew. the ‘door completely out, and peered back into the opening. It seems to go chock up against the wall, and to fit too close for even a mouse to get it.” Nt 4 I examined, and found that he was right ; but in a moment I saw his face lighten np, though I could not see at w%mt. Again he peered into the depth that the drawer was taken trom, and elipped it back quietly to its place.— Then he got up absently, took a survey of the room, looked out of the window and saying, “I’ll be back in a few miuutes,” walked intp the street, and, returning in Jess than five minutes, said : : Ly

- “You had better go to-day the same as usual, and, after business hours, I ghall want to come in' here, with a friend of mine, and be entirely alone with him for a couple of hours,” - ' This, ot course, I agreed to, and went using. my drawer the rest of the day, but all camie right. At five o’clock I myself admitted 'Blaisdell and his friend, who looked to.me like a locksmith, and left them. ‘The next morning, at ten; o'cloek, Blaisdell handed me the key of my drawer, which'l had left with him the night before, and, opening the drawer, said, pointing toa piece of white paper pasneg-at the bottom : L

“You will please'not disturb or touch that, but lay : your money carefully upsn it. I shall-be in and out here every half hour or go, to see how the thing comes out.” .

“How .the the thing comes out,” rather puzzled we, but as I was in the Doctor’s hands, I obeyed orders and said nothing, . Blaisdell ‘came in and out, and talked coffee closely and knowingly, and I 'hiad ‘some-‘trouble, once ‘or ‘twice, to ‘persuade myselt that I was only to'go 't.h_roqgh the motions, ‘and’ lot really buyitig a cargo of Rio from him. “All wds ‘quiet, and ‘my ‘accounts right, Blaisdell decfining™ to lunch with me, ‘saying in an off-band way, that he would foot up his freight accounts in my. absence, .i? I ,‘w_d\ilfi permit him to sit at my desk. - . G % e Iti_’ll:;{f an hour I was back, and the ~moment I entered ] saw '3 peculiar _expression . on_ Blaisdell’s_face, an ex_pression of; intense listening, - He did not get up from my chair, but put his finger.on his fip. - The efficer was perfectly silept, with the exception of the: scratching. of Couway's pen=—he always . would use; quille—when, sud«denly;’ there was & sharp inoise:and stroggling } within' my. ;desk; Blaisdell 'tnimpod S his fees, excitedly, and callMBul oW asde ol 0 wow san! i #The key! - Quick! guick! By George, we've got him -1 e +«-1 handed 'him the key in&n instant, completely. astourided, asi was old Conway, fotfe tumbled tightioff his stool,

LIGONIER, IND., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, IS7O.

and Blaisdell unlocked the drawer.— It was not so easy to open it for it took our combined strength. The first that met my eye, when that was done, was a human hand, which Blaisdell seized with a grip like a vice, and in an in‘stant bad a handcoff onit, I saw at a glance it was a hand withont a ' thumb, aud, at the same time heard _Blai=dell eay : : “Why, it's Thumby! I thought he was up the river.” ; I was #o amazed that I could hardly understand the thing, and stood look ing like an idiot, while Blaisdell took up. a heavy poker, clasped the other handcuff on it, and placed. it across the drawer, said composedly : - “There’s your man, sir—Thumby Dick, one of the most accomplizhed burglarsin the country. Shall we go' ’round and see him 7"’

We went around and saw him, and | the moment I leid eyes on his face, I recognized him as a man who had been, several times to see me in reference to: a echooner of fruit we expected from the West Indies, professing that he 1 withed to buy all the pineapples.— This was the greeting between the Doc- ] tor and Thumby Dick : “This was a well put up job, Dick,’ gays the Doctor, “but it’s played.” - It I'd known you was o it, Doc, I'd ’ay struck the lieap and gone.” “Yes,” gail Doc, scratching his chin, “but you didn’t want tg kill the goose that laid the golden eggs, eh 1" : “Come, take us out of this, Doc, I've got nothing to ray.” And so Mr. Thumby Dick was taken out and accommodated with bracelets on the same side of the house, and told us the whole story. He had noticed the money drawer when he first came to see me, his intention at the time being to try the safe some pleasant evening. He knew the next building well, it was a small drinking place | in front, with a back room, and office ’ up stairs. This back room he managed to hire, and with the nice eye of a mechanic for the job showed—thro’ the wall he went, |right behind my desk. At night he ' had skillfully removed the rear of my drawer, and refitted it with four wooden pegs (which was Blaisdell’s first clue, as he was examining the drawer,) and so could noisélessly help himself during the day for even though I might open the l drawer when he was in the act, I could not have detected him, ‘unless I bent down and looked baek, tosee the rear. Blaisdell'and his friend, the locksmith had gkillfully fitted a spring trap at the bottom of the drawer, under the white paper, so that the crowding of the hand in the act of .graepiljg the money, sprung the trap, and took Mr. Thumby prisoner—a mishap that he is now expiating at his old residence on the Hudson. . ; ;

Accute Description of a DModern . Editor. I ~ The Re¥. Amos J. Cummings, managing editor of the New York Sun, is oue of the most remarkable personages in the newspaper profession. He never sleeps, but works twenty-five hours | out of the twenty-four. His editorial duties give him no time to eat his meals regularly, but he snatches time to devourga little sawdust bread twice a day. He is a very rapid writer using both hands himself on different articies, and dictating five others to amanuenses at the same time. When Mr. Greely is out ot town, Mr. Cummings writes his political economy articles for the Tribune, the two editors cherishing identical opinions on the great questions of the day, besides being very' warm personal friends. For thie reagon, Mr, Coammings is thought to in--epire many of the pleasant notices of Mr. Greeley, 'which appear in the col-. ums of the Sus. Mr. C. does not go out of the Sun office ‘for his regular exercise, but is ealled ‘upon about every ténminutes to fizht some one who entess to cowhide the editor, In this way he keeps his muscle and science up, and is afraid of ‘a tilt with no one, from John Morrissey and Henry Ward Beecher to James Fisk and the Rev. Horace Cooke.—Boston Ev'ng Times. ———e > e , Who will Answer ? - ; Here is a little romance that will be found interesting to tax-payers : We koow a main—and ‘there are thousands of just such cagses—who,. in 1862, bad $l,OOO in gold. He sold it for $3'400 in greenbacks in 1863.— . With those greenbacks he bought ' $2.400 in bonds, Thnese bonds, of courge, cost him just $l,OOO in gold. For seven years he has drawn six per cent. annually, also in gold, on the face of his bonds. ' Six per cent., simple interest, o $2,400, is $144 per annum: For the seven years, it has amounted to $l,OOB, or eight dollars more than he invested in the first place, reckoning only simple interest. Now, the repnhlicans say. pay him the face of his bonds in gord. or, in other words, pay him $2 400 in gold for what cost him only $l,OOO ' So now, at the end of seven years, he receives : | Principal, $2400; interest, $1,008; total, $3.408 in gold, for what cost ‘him ouly $l.OOO. It i 3 a nett profit of - more than 240 per cent. Is that: justice? Is it right? Is is fair for all parties ? filic ® When the Radieals .answer these questions and show that this policy is just to the tax-payers of the country, we shall have other queries to pro ,podnd. ':; Ll s o B e ———e————— / .. CORNS.—Nine - out 'of every ten Americans suffer from corns. The -pain occasioned by these.it is said can _be greatly -alleviated by t.h;e,fol.lowlnf preparation; Into a one ounce phia ask a druggist to put two drachms of _muriatic acid, and six drachms of rose watér;. With this .mixtare wet the -cornd; night- and morning for three days. Saakthe feet every evening 1n :warm water without soap. Puat onethird.of. the acid into " the water, and with-a little picking: the corn will be dionolvedy: fre Juits sot Doniieinon There is said to be Bome pf?flr:;f' of :the captors of Jeff. Davis repeiving the promised, .reward—only two or three ‘more heads of Bureaus to signify their spproval. | toiiend Nags ol 2

A% Elephant and two Camels Attacked by Aligators in a Florida Swamp— Terrific Battle and Death of one Camel, two Dogs and a Colt, : Florida Correspondence Ft. Gaines Mirror. The perigrinations of showmen are ‘beset with numerous difficulties while pursuing their tfafly avocations in this oour southern country, which with"the usual winter rains, heavy roads, and fording of streams, makes it very difficult for the /managers to make good the promises of the agents. Such was the case with John Robinson’s circus and menagerie a few days since.— While performing Tallahassee, Fla., it was mentioned to Mr J. F. Robingon, Jr, that he might expect ‘some difficulty in passing through a long and dismal swamp between that place and Quincy, on account of the large number of alligators which infest the ford at that particular locality, and which are at this season of year very ferocious, and on the watch for any unfortunate. mule or horse that may become entangled ia the numerous roote, quicksande, and holes, which abound at thie ford; but le replied as the agent had already :made ‘arrangemeuts for him to go through, and it was not his nature to turn back, he had no‘thjng left but to follow, trusting to his previous good fortune in getting thus far. The result of his decison, although amticipating some difficulty, was far more serious than he had anticipated. AN R

At 3o’clock P. M., on. Tuesday, Jan. 25th, "Prof. Louis Houston, who has charge of the animals, started with the elephant Empress, the large Bactrian camel, and the beautiful Arabian white camel, a fine thoroughbred mare and ¢olt and two spotted coach dogs, to make the trip to Quincy, although repeatedly warned by Mr. J. F. Robinson not to attempt the passage of the swamp in any time 'than daylight.— He however went through. Before approaching the ford, an. occasional bellow.or roar was heard, betokening that the inhabitants of the locality had not retitgd for the night, and a plash in the water would deunote that the enemy was on the alert for mischief. The elephant would every few steps throw her trupk aloft, emitting at the same time a loud screech of defiance, the camels uttering low moans, while the horses almost refused to stir, and stood trembling with fear, while the dogs kept up an incessant howling. Approaching the water of the ford, Hous ton determiuved’ upon the immediate passage through, before the alligators had time to summons their crew.

Bidding the elephant enter, she stepped boldly in, at the same time lashing the water furiously with her trunk, ‘the camels, horses and dogs followed close in the rear. He had passed two-thirds of .the way when a sharp yelp from one of dogs ' and his sudden disappearance, denoted thatthe swamp fiends were at work, and before he ‘could wcollect his thoughts the other dog went under with a loug death howl. He now began to. think of his own safety, and calling the elephant, commanded her to tarn. As -she did 80, a fearful roar was heard from the Bachtrian camel, who had at that instant been attacked. The water seemed alive with alligators. The roaring, belléwing and screeching of elephant, camels and alligators were terrific,— They ‘would throw their ponderous jaws open and tear huge pieces of flesh from the -camel, while the poor brute would utter heart rending groans and cries for relief. In the meantime the elephant was not idle. - Ever so licitous for the welfare of her keeper and companions, she had, at the moment of seeing them safely landed up%n the opposite shore, rushed back to the assistance of her friend, the camel, who by this time w 18 nearly gone, and by creating the greatest furor among her assailants, succeded iu bringing the head of the camel to the shore, that portion being all that remained of the poor animal. ! - In the confusion that ensued, Houston did not miss the colt, until warned by a still scream qr neigh, which seem«d to come from several rods below.— Upon rushing down the stream a few yards, a terrible scene was presented. It would seem that the denizens of Chattahooche swamp for miles around had become cognizant of some extra attraction.on this, and had started for the rendezvous, and upon reaching the scene of action had unexpectedly encountered both food and opposition at the same time—for, simultaneous with the meeting of the colt, they met their pursuers, and an awful batt{e ensued. Several times it seemed as .if the colt would escape and regain the shore, so bnsy were the alligators in destroying each other; bat just before the poor creature would reach the land, _some monster, more ravenous than ‘brave, would leave the melee, pursue ~and drag it back into deep water, until finally it became exhausted and fell an easy prey to the fearful reptiles, while Prof. Hanston stood looking on ‘with blanched and terrified looks, - wholly unabled to render the least as_sistance, threatened with & terrible death should he even attempt it. As he turned to retrace his steps towards the place where heleft the remaining animals, he counted the rest. He had made the passage, but at a terrible sac; rifice. He lmdg started with an ele phant, two camels, two dogs and two! horses. He came out with an ele“phant, one camel and one horse. The camel was valued at $5,000, and very 'rare, The colt, Mr. Robinson' had repeatedly refused $l,OOO for. It will be many a long year before Houston will forget the horrors of passing through a Florida swamp at night. - : il maat eG M

WOMEN who want to vote will be interested to know that the following speech delivered in the Wyoming Legislature,. was the clincher that caused the passaie of the act which accorded them the right to vote. A member arose and said : “Damn it, if you are going to let' the niggers and pigtails vote, we will ring in. the Women, too.”’ And they were immediately “rung in."” Ha . The Police Justice, at Richmond, recently fined his father-in-law $5 for getting drunk. flul

[ The Penalty for Destroying Poreglm ~Spain, Italy and portions.of Erance are now suffering from the improvidence that devoured their fotest, leaving the future to take care of itself. I presame the great empires of ‘antijuity suffered from the same folly, though tn much greater extent. The remains of now extinct race who formerly peopled and tilled the certral val. leys of this continent, and especially the Territory of Arizona, probably’ bear witness to a similar recklessness, which is paralleled by our fathers and our own extermination of the magnificent forests of ‘white pine’ which, barely a ceatury ago, eovered so large a portion of toe soil of our Northern States. Vermont sold white pineabundantly to England, through Canada, within my day ; she is now supply ing her own wants from Canada at a cost of not less than five times the price she sold for; and she will be paying still higher rates before the close of this century. I entreat our farmers not to preserve every tree, good, bad or indifferent, that may happen to be grown upon their lands—but, outside the limited districts wherein the primitive forests may still be cut away in order that.land may be ob. tained for cultivation, to plant and rear at least two better trees for every one they may be impelled to cut down.— Horace Greeley. ol . ;. Cultivate Cheerfulness. < * An anxious, restless temper that runs to meet care on its way, t,_hat regrets lost opportunities too much, and that is overpainstaking in contrivances for happiness, is foolish, and should not be indulged.— If you can not be happy in ome way, be happy in another ; and this facility of dis. position wants but little aid from philos. ophy, for health and good humor are almost all that are requisite. - Manry run about after happiness, like an absent mind. ed man huntjng for his hat, while it is on his head or inhis hand. Though some times small evils, like invisible insects, inflict great pain, and a single hair may stop a vast machine, yet the chief secret of comfort lies in not sutfering trifles to vex one, and in prudently cultivating an undergrowth of small pleasures, since very few great ones, alas! are let on leases. -

Let Herses Have Their Natural Gait, It is bad policy to move a team out ot ts natural gait, especially with a load.— It is far better to put on a full load, and even a little more, and give the horses their own time for moving it to its place of destination, tha# to make two loads of it and hurry them. There is a certain degree of rapidity of action peculiar to the muscles of each class of animals, and indeed to each individual animal, and if they are pressed beyond this, fatigue fol lows quickly, while within this limit great ‘endurance is witnessed. To test this, let a man ‘attempt to move his arms as rapidly as a bird does its wings, or his legs in walking as rapidly as a little boy, and see how greatly he will become ex bausted. This will convince him of the folly of attempting to make his_heavy draught horses move with the rapidity of the pony or fast trotter. The law of nature is that heavy bodies move slowly.— Northwestern Farmer. Putting on Style. We are toid that “Senator Revels has instructed the doorkeepers of the Senate not to deliver the cards. of any visitor to him during the sessions of the Senate, as he does not wish to be disturbed in the consideration of the public business.” This is simply a way Revels has of cutting his negro acquaintances.— Courier Jovrnal. = The colored men had better keep a watch upon the aristocratic black element which the radical party is ;juat. now shoving. into prominence. The Reverend Mr. Malone, who was Vice President of the late radical state convention, at Indianapolis, has already quit patronizing barber shops kept by colored men. At least this is the evidence of a colored barber of Indianapolis. 'The negroes naturally despise persons of their own race who become too proud for their color.—Evansville Courier. ; L e — ‘Hard up. . _ The New Albany Ledger says: At Evansville drunken husbands sell the sewing machines of their wives to raise money to buy whisky with. At New Albany, during the, late cold spell, a drunken brute of a husband tried to sell his wife’s cooking stove that he might obtain funds with which te buy liguor. There’s very little difference in the degree of meaness between drunken Evansville ‘and drunken New Albany husbands. ey S

The decision of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations that the treaty with San Domingo should not be ratified, will meet the hearty concarrence of.a majority of the people of the country. The decided vote of five to two should be repeated by the Senate, wher the committee’s report comes up for acticn. The anly oxotiso madc fur | the treaty has been that the United States needs a coaling station and a f harborin the West Indies. A fair2nd equitable lease of famana would afford this, without assuming an island as_ eruptive with revolutions as with earth quakes, with a debt of eighteen millions and a half of dollars, and an internecine war which can not be put down short of the extermination of both parties by the over pawering Americans,—lndianapolis Journal.

Several United States senators are acting as matrimonial- brokers, in inducing persons to marry certain female treasury clerks, ' This is not against the law, like selling cadetships, and the ‘business is more congenial to our lawmakers. Quite a number of weddings have taken place already through these agencies. The probability is, that certain senators and congressmen will be more popular among the lady clerks in a short time than the ladies were themselves as pardon brokers :before they managed to get irto office.—Evansville Courier. o

Secretary Fish has telegraphed that the ratification of the fifteenth amendment will be proclaimed as soon as Congress shall have declared the restoration of Greorgia and Texas.

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+~ From the Indianapolis Sentinel. General Milroy on the Canal Swindle. The Journal publishas a card from General Milroy, the Radical candidate for Treasurer, not upon the Wabash and Erie Canal swindle, but “defining his position upon the vezed guestion of. the Wabash and Erie Canal.” = That is softeningdown the quéstion very matcrially. = The Journal says : T “The card will be found- t3.be a char. acteristic one, frank, manly and explicit. He is in perfect accord with his party as against the assumption of the canal debt, avowing his heartiest sympathy with the thirteenth resolution of the State Convention. This statement of his position ought to be perfectly satisfactory to the Republicans of Indiana. The Democracy must find some other ground of assault upon General Milroy than that of the Wabash and Erie Cagal.,” = - - "

‘The General saysin his card “to the Republican voters of Indiana,” he stands squarely upon the “‘canal bond” plank of the Republican platform, and adds:. . Being a Republican' candidate it would, of course, be impossible for me to escape the vituperation of the Democratic press,or to answer or attempt to satisfy them in relation to the Wabash and Erie canal, or,any other charge they make ' against me. - o :

But in a letter to the Muncie Times the General remarks that the charge against him upon the canal question *has circumstances about: it that give it the color of truth.” Sothen, upon his own confession, there are grounds to justify the charge made against him. - General Milroy says he stands squarely upon the Republican platform, and especially approves the following plank thereof: ety -~ XIH. CaNaL BoNps.—That the canal stocks issued under the legislation - of 1846 and 1847, commonly called the “But‘er bill,” were by the terms of the contract, charged exclusively upon the Wa ‘bash and Erie Canal, its revénues and lands; and the faith of the State never having been directly orindirectly pledged tor the payment or redemption. thereof, said canal stocks therefore constitute no part of the outstanding debt or liabiliiies of the State. That the Constitution ot this State ought to be amended at the carliest practicable period, so as to prohibit the taking effect of any law or acts of tke General Assembly proposing to recognize or create any liability of the State for tne “said - canal stocks, -or any ‘part: thereof, until such prapesition shall bave been submitted to a. direct vote of the people of the state and approved by them.

This declaration is made under date of Delphi, March 14, 1870. . If we can read: the resolution aright it isa direct and full repudiation of ‘any liability on the part of the State: for the canal stocks, or any part thereof. In'a letter to Thomas J. Brady, of the Muncie Times, dated, Delphi, Indiana, March 7, 1870, General Milroy takes a different view of the liability and good. fiith of the State, and he admits that he did “Jobby” in the interest of the holders of the Wabush and Erie Canal stock. "He says: S I was at Indianapolis at the befinming of the last session ot our Legislature, and for several weeksafterward, with 'Colonel Dowliag, fixing up the report of the Board of Trustees of the Wabash and Erie Canal, as required by law, and also waiting for old man Butler to come on and make his speech, as I had a curiosity to -see what he could, do. - And while there I did earnestly urge upon & number of members the importarce of making an offer to the bondholders by an act, to let them have the canal ‘in fee simple for their bonds, take them up, destroy them and dissolve the trust, and thus get rid of this troublcsome and terrifying matter. This, Colonel, is the policy. I “lohbyed” : for; nothing more, and T still think it the shortest cut ‘to get clear of this matter. And I’ sti'l conscientiously believe that the Wabash and Erie Canal bondholders have the strongest equitable right' to demand that the state shall let them have this trust property or its value, and every just man' who- examines this: matter will come to the same conclusion. I never advocated the assumption of *hese boods by the State only to the amount of the value of the cunal, if the State ehose to retain it, as the railroad that offers to purchase it want it for the purpose of closing it to commerce and preventing its putting freightsdown,” - g . In theletter the General says that the Wabash Valley Railroad had made an offer of $2,000,000 for the canal, In one letter thie General says he stands squarely on the Republican: platform, thas the “canal stocks constitutes no part of the outstanding debts or liabilities of the State;” and in the other, that he is in favor of assuming two millions of- that debt, and “every-just man should come to that conclusion” with him!~ e

We ask the Journal if General Milroy isin perfect accord with his party against the assumption of the canal debt, and if “the statement is perfectly satisfactory to the Republicans of Indiana ?” Is his position “frank, manly and explicit?"’ Does the card he publishes “to-the Republican voters of Indiana” fairly reflect his opiniong upon the vexed Wabash and Erie Canal question? In his letter to Colonel Brady, General Milroy makesa confession of hig “lobbying” in the interest of the Wabash and Erie Canal bondholders, and we inquire of him whether it is a full or only a partial confession® -

. Savs the Fort Wayne Gazettes republi¢an paper: “The House of -Representa tives has decided, that a member may receive money for any official patronage he may possess, provided there is no preconcerted arrangement, by fuiling to expel Butler, of Tennessee. From the vigor of which the cadet sales investigation was taken up we had hoped that gfire would be no half-measure taken. That the House considered Butler culpable is plainly ev- ! ident from the fact thata vote of censure was passed. - The case simply stands that money was received for the appointment after it was made. The precedent set is a bad one, and which it is hoped will not be followed hereafter.” o ; Wroorina Covan.—For the benefit of | parents we give them the following recipe which we bave tried and find it relieves the little sufferer: = = Take 1 grain of Cochinéal, 1 seruple of Salts of Tartar, dissolve it in 2 gills of ! water, sweeten it to-the. taste with white sugar. To a child of 4 months old gi.v_e-i ,lm%:‘ a teaspoonful; older in proportion, give it to them ad often as they are at--tacked ‘with severe oo?hlzggmml they are releved. Persons will do well to reg-. ‘ulate the dose uccording to the nature op strengih of the constifapion ol thee,

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.- Why Net Expel Harlan? The detection of certain Radical members of - Congress in selling cadetships— . the detection being the greatest crime—has forced the House of Representatives “to purgs itself of one or two of the most noted. - But, says the Ohio Statesman, is ‘this selling of cadetships the only crime that merits censure among members of Congress and high officials at Washington? = A e Senator Harlan, of lowa, stands charged by radical testimony with swindling the Government, and making himself rich on the spoils thus captured - The Cincinnati Gaztts charges these crimes—the Obio State Jeurnal assumes them to be :provea—and- yet Mr. Harlan holds his seat in the Unitcd States Senate ‘without an effort o arrest or to bring him to trialtor the crimes charged. These criter, in moral turpitude, greatly exceed the selling of cadetships. If true, Senator Harlan is guilty alike of grand and pettit larceny —of using Government money to furnish his houee, and to feed his horse, snd the property of thé Government to swell from emptiness his coffers into a princely fortune. And yet Senator Har- ‘ i_a.pi as a Unitod States Renator, will glide out of office with all the respect due to an ex-Benator and ex-Cabinet member of more thamw doubtful honesty, Twenty years ago, one balf the proof now given to show Senator Harlan's -corruption, would have hurled him frcm the Senate, for, at that time, no suspicion of dishonesty was attached to any Senator's name. There were giants in the Senate in those days, and these giants were honest men, but that was long before the present radical party had an exiatence. : . Busimess Maxims. ‘ Nothing is cheap to one who does not want it. He had better keep his money rather than buy what he does not want. ~“Be cautious in contracting debts, and careful in the extension of credits; and then for both reasous, your businest will be likely to prosper. . R Earn” money before you spend it; and then you will know what it is really worth, ana will spend it more wisely. . Be content’ with a legitimate business and let speculation alone ; and in theend you will be a richer man. Aot

Do not be frequently changing from one. business to another, since you will lose much time in making these changes. A rolling stone gathers no moss. _Never get another to do for you what, you can do just as well for yourself, Mont ey thus paid out, 18 thrown away. - : ~ Never give the public time that you cannot afford to spare from your business. Your business has the first claim to all the time necessary to do it well. Always be on time in everything, and then you will never be bebind time., Do your business honestly, and then you will bavea good character among men. : e o Work rapidly and systematically, snd you will double the value of time to yourself. ‘ Mind your own business, and the public will commend you for sv doing. ———rt O e v Ornamental Figure ll?pdl. Donn Piatt argues in favor of abolishing the office of Secretary of the Navy, which he regards as a mere figure head, and transferring the charge of that department to the general supervision of the Secretary of War. Certainly, Borie and Robinson have been mere ornaments that could have been dispensed with, without any detriment to the service. We give the suggestions of Piatt for pron:oting the efficiency ot that department of the government: - . - What we need, it seems to me, is to have the useless and ornamental office of Becretary of the Navy dispensed with.— The Secretary of War should have his under-Secretary of War to be a military mapn, and his under-Secretary of the Navy to be a naval officer. These two should be provided with boards of officers from both arms of service, to act as advisers, and be under control of the one Cabinet officer. : ; i

.~ Through such a reform we would be called upon to select but one eminent statesman from the stump every four years and he would find on enteriag office an intelligent organization to advise with. Had we possessed such a government during: the late war we would not now be lamenting our lost ' dollars, and standing aghast before the facts of eelling out our vessels one and all for old iron. It:may - be democratic and simple republicanism to leave such a vast responsibility in the hands of one man—and that man perhaps & Fox—but it is not economy, nor good sense, nor is it safe. - %

A ‘““Contested Election” from Texas. . The Washington correspondent of the. World writes that the radicals, through an army officer named Grafton, are enAtnvoring to ot =p w CUTVLIVC I LASC OVOT the only demecratic member elect from Texas, Mr. John C. Connor, of the Second District ; and this, too, in the face of the fact that Connor was elected by twentyfive bundred majority, and. holds the cer: | tificate of election from General Reynolds. The plea of contest is the old Radical war-wheop of intimidation of the old colored voters, and yet Mr.-Connor has let. ters from the radical officérs who mauaged. the election in the counties where thir charge is located that everybody who was qualified voted, and that they never saw in the whole course of their lives a more . peaceable election. g B 2 e el e eyl o x Aas or THE WORLD.—The Septuagint version of the Bible, which is the most reliable authority known, dates the creation on the Ist of the Jewish month Tisri, 5504, 8.C.,, or 1874 yedars ago. There are about a hundred and forty eras re--Specting the age of the world, some elaiming it to be millions.of years old, but ~ without authentic written records. L e - In executive seesion the Senate confirm “ed Dan Sickles as Minister to Spain b{: vote'of 45 to 18. The Senate Committe: on Territories have decided against the ‘homination of Potts as Goveraor of Montans, thus giving Ashley & longer lease. N T b es A e '~!‘ H¥E i -, Judge Bradley, of New Jersey, hne