The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 49, Ligonier, Noble County, 6 April 1870 — Page 2

~ M W WBRE SRR TR 1 tional Banner ational Banner. Y D AN i i ; f SOEFEE e | . \ ~‘\ ! o | l—_::l_unu te Tyrents fs Obedionce to H:;:’ , J.B.SBTOLL, EDITOR. / WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1870 S —— DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET For Secretary of State: E Col. NORMAN EDDY, of South Bend, e 'For Auditor of State : . JOHN C. SHOEMAKER, of Perry Co. '*.. For Treasurer of State : : JAMES B. RYAN, of Indianapolis, : i “For Attomeg‘ General : BAYLESS W.HANNA, of Terre Haute. For Sup't of Publie Instruction : Rev. MILTON B. HOPKINS, of Clinton, f For Sugren_)e Judges : JAMES L. WORDEN, of Fort Wayne A. C.DOWNEY, of Ohio County,« SAMUEL H. BUSKIRK, of Monroe Co., JOHN PETTIT, of Lafayette.

9 ¢ 988 N S - | (T Notice to Subscribers. s Three more issues after thia will closé the fourth volume of che BANNER. As we send no paper after ‘the subscription &lu expired, all of our patrons who began with the present volume will please observe that their time has nearly expired. Tn meh we awould reepootfully uige fi 16newal of their patronage, and hopcfl’ to be able to supply them with a paper qhat will be & welcome visitor to the famil{.—‘We trust that our friends throughout the county will aid us by doing what théy can to retain all our present subscribers, and &dd as many more to our list as are able to take a good live local paper. | GLORIOUS VICTORY ! :b s - CONNECTICUT REDEEMED! We have the pleasure of an’nounciJg to our readers that the gallant Democracy of Connecticut achieved a great and glorious victory at the election on Monday |last. James E. English is elected Governor by ‘nearly 1,000 majority over Gov: Jewell, wl?o was elected over English, last i}"enr, by. over 400 majority. The Senate is also democratic, whilst the political com#)lexion of the House is republican. = |

J THE SAN DOMINGO TREATY. ‘ * In spite of the lobbying efforts of President Grant, the ‘prospects for the rttifi_- { cation of the treaty for the cession of San Domibgo to the United States remain exceedingly slim. - It was feared that the admission of the Texas Senators would materially increase the chances of ratifica- ~ tion, but according to latest reports, there is no reason to believe that Graut’s annexation scheme will succeed. The treaty has been thoroughly discussed in executive session, and it isstated that forty'two Senators—miore than a majority—are op_posed toits ratification. It requires atwo- " third vote to carry ratification. L Should tiie annexation programme fal, other schemes will doubtless be dev‘xned to appease the: little speculator of| the . White House. , o Among the schemes already suggtfted for the future of Dominica, in lieu of the " prospects of annexation, is the plan of an American | protectorate over the island.— This was thrown out by Mr, Sumner in his speech in executive session, but was notelaborated by him. Another pl*u is that of a federation of the Anmtilles, each under a free government of its owii; but the working out of this scheme also remains to be explained. ) " President Grant, says a contemporary, had set his heart on the possession ot San Domingo. Descending from his high estate, he mingled with the throngs m the lobby, buttoning and beckoning Senators to'support his gpfling project, not presiding in the Vice President’s rooms as his flatterer's would explain away his con- ~ duct. San Domingo, once in his possession, and President Baez in possession of . - his bribe for betraying the poor negroes of his State, minus the share of the other negotiators, the next step would be the acquieition of Hayti. Nothing couid be easier than to provoke a quarrel with the negroes of that portion of the island, or negotiate a treaty similar to the one with Bagz now before the Senate. Next would ~l)uzthe annexation’ of Cuba, and Qntlly -the absorption of all the islands of the . West Indian Archipelago, either by con quest or by purchase. This is the great . plan of ambition with which Grant longs to "identify his administration. | ' His achievements in the past have been at the sacrifice of the lives of tens of} thou- . sands of his fellow citizens. He f:els that the work of reconstruction is founded in eruel oppression of those who are entitled to the generous protection of the government, and that, it will grow more hideous -and repulsive us time advances. But he . hopes by inaugurating a new policy of conquest, and annexing foreign States to “the Union, to receive the honors of triumph. The present hostile attitade of ~ the Senate seems to bar the wnyf to the accomplishment of his plans. How long that body will remain in its present disposition it is impossible t) predict.— " Thiose who are familiar with the evil ele- ~ ments which compose so mugh of the Senate of the United States, whoknow hgw susceptible the new-come carpet-bag-gew'are to the blandishments gg‘power. ‘will not' be disposed to place much reliance on their willingness or ability to ‘hold out long against tbe demands of the - President, For the present, however, it ' seems certain that the San Dominican ~ praject is defeated, and that Baez must ~ wait awhile longer for his million snd a . ~half. It is not probable that San Domingo, with Its earthquakes and tornadoes, ‘and its negroes as‘turbulent and unruly /an the clements, will become one of the / _States of the American Union b:lore the completion of the next census, " The bill discontinuing the Freedmen's - Bureau was put through the house yesterday by yems, 103; nagp, 01 Tho bounty War Depariment, and the edooation f. work to this Buresu of Eduoation in the

| cORRUPTION AT THE TREASURY f DEPARTMENT. : The Treasury Department at Washing- ‘ ton is just now resting under very serious | charges of corruption. . Extravagant we | all’knew that that branch of our Radical | government was, and about as eftectually : mismanaged as any other of the national departments, but while a fearful amount of profligacy and corruption has been shown to exist in the other branches of the governmental service in Washington, | the Treasury Department has thos far managed to escape a sufficiently close scru- | tiny to demonstrate anything worse than exti‘ungnnde. Now, however, we learn, j in answer to a resolution of inquiry offer- ! ed!by Mr. Morgan, of Ohio, touching cert tain unusual and unwarrantable expenges ! in connection with Mr. Boutwell’s man1i agement of this department, that the rei port of the department officials shows a | large number of abuses. ! Exorbitant amounts are said to have | been paid for printing bonds and notes, besides extravagant, wasteful, and illegsl payments made by the Treasury Department for clerk hire. ' These violations of | the law in rewarding departmental pets are said to be ofthe most flagrant char- ’ acter. In a late speech made in the | House of Representatives, MY. Beck, of | Kenfucky, demonstrated that the Presil dent, Speaker, and Chairman of the Com- " mittee on Appropriations had sall under- | stated the amount of appropriations car- | ried to the service of the present adminis- | tration by ninety millions of dollars, for | the purpose ot making s spurious show { of economy. The same spenker also went | on.to show that over two hundred clerks l in this department had been paid in ex-.-cess of the sams authorized by law, and ! some of them a 8 high as five thousand dol- | lars. - : ' Extravagance and corruption, says the ' Albany Argus, would seem to be synonyI mous with Radical official management ; | and its course can be traced from the fountain head, down through every oranch -of the national service. The public are ' viewed in the )ight of an orange which it ‘ seems to be the chief aim of the Radical

office-holders to squeeze for their own benefit. Never before, we venture to say, was profligacy, dishonesty, and general corruption so manifest in the public service of any nation, and never before were a people 8o cooly ana effectually robbed by the very persons who had been chosen | to protect them. ! Our people must be now aware as to where and how the money goes, and also the reason why a reduction of taxation meets with little or no favor from the vampires who are so thoroughly bleeding us. o z -+ 'The Tariff Bill. : Washington dispatches state that every I effort is to be made to pass the tariff bill. The Ways and Means Committee, on Monday morning, agreed to some modifications, which will materially assist in the passage of the bill in the House. The Pennsylvanians are understood to be willing to acquiesce in some changes in the duties on iron, if those on steel are allowed to rewnain as in the bill. Already they have gone 8o far as to agree, in or der 1o secure the Southern vote, to admit cotton machinery free of duty. The steel interest ia represented in force, insisting on the rates in the bill. On Monday the Housc spent nearly the entire session on the sugar paragraph, and finally veted down all outside amendments. It was charged that the classification was in the interest of the refiners, who had a capital of $35,000.000 invested in tke refining | business, but to this itiwas answered that ‘the improvements made insrefining sugar since the last tariff law was passed demanded a difterent classification. Finally toe Lill was modified by the Ways and Meané Committee, and accepted by the | House, as follows: “On all raw o 1 Muscovado sugar, and on all other sugars, not above No. 12, Dutch standard, in color, two cents per pound; on classified sugar, three cents per pound; on refined sugar, stone drjed, in loaf, lump,-crushed, ‘powdered, or énnulated. which has been advanced in quality above No. 12, Dutch | atandard, four cents per pound. The Baltimore and Pof_tland, Maine, sugar re- 1 fining interests accept this classification, | though it is not exactly what they de- i sired. . ' ; | Township Officers. As township elections on the first Monday of April were abolished by the last Legislature, many persons are under the impression that vacancies now exist and that the commissioners will be called upon to fill the various township offices by appointment. This is an erroneous impression, The Attorney General, a little less than a year ago, decided that under article 15, section 3, of the constitution of Indiana, the incumbent shall continue in office unmtil his successor shall have deen elected and qualified. He added, howev-. er, that “this view of the case cannot spply to officers holding by appointment, as the law does not affect such cases.” Township officers will be elected at the general election on the second Tuesday of Octo--3 ber, " i ‘ Grant’s Bombastic Proclamation. As will be observed in another portion of to-day’s paper, we publish the President's message to Congress, announcing the promulgation of the ratification of the fifteenth amendment to the Censtitution, and appending the certificate of the Secretary of State. The message, which the World aptly terms an absurd bit of clap-trap, and quite uncalled for, charac* terized the ratification ad a' measure of grander importance than any of the kind from the foundation of the government, and called on Congress to do all in its power to encourage popular education throughout the country. Theamendment thus declared to bz a part of the Conatitution owes its existence to the pretended Tatification by the States of New York, Indiana, and Georgia, and the Southern States which have been under duress since the close of the war. The Radicals may how! with delight, but for all that they are conscious that the validity of the amendment is in doubt, : S e i ; , Voorhees in Reply to Morton. | We shall ies in pampho I Wi ek sk o E:gu,whieh will be fmghed at 01.5(‘)1}@: | bfid 2%:.';‘13 et WM X luig:fi o i policl ausion s e ‘in this State, should have a wide circulation. Address R, J. BriouT, Indianapo“llis, Indisns. fas :

; NOTES ‘AIID COMMENTS. i A well meaning old gentleman, whose orthography is slfghtly defective, writing to us {from Sullivan county, which by the way, is ‘in Dan Voorhees' district, concluded his letter by in&fiiring’ after our welfate thusly “How do you Suck Seed.” We answered rather abraptly, that, not being a *‘Sucker,” we neither understand nor practised the art. We referred him to Saulsbury.—Kokemo Journal.

The Journal, being an intensely loil sheet, deserves credit for thus exposing the illiteracy of its party associates, who habitually vote against sending Dan Voor hees to Congress. The admission, though unintentional, is véry commendable.

We clip the following paragraph from the proceedings of the Pennsylvania Legislature:

. The House considered a bill granting a divorce to a white girl, fifteen years of age, who had married a negro at Mead: ville, but had never resided with him.. In the discussion which ensued, Mr. Hong and other Republicans favored the bill, whiich was passed unanimously. We confidently expect the introduction of a resolution in the U. 8. Senate, by Moxa Morton, for the ithmediate. recon-struction-of the “Old Keystone.” Theac tion of the Legislature is an unpardona ble offense against radical philaathropy.

Hon. D. W. Voorhees replied to Morton's 22d of Febrnary speech, before sn immense sudience, at Indianapolis, on Thursday evening last. He handled the unprincipled demagogue without gloves. The speech will be published in pamphlet form, and should be in tlie hands of every voterin Indiana.

The negroes in Ohio and elsewhere participated in the local elections;on ‘Mon. day. - With very few exceptions -their votes were cast solidly for the republican tickets. At Evansville, Ind., about 200 darkies voted, but the Democrats nevertheless elected seven out of nine councilmen. ’ : ”

In the Tenth Ohio District Dr. Peck (Radical) was elected to Congress, to fill the vacancy ' occasioned by the death of; Hon. Truman H. Hoag. The repudiationists had a candidate of their own in the person of Mr. Carter, of Bryan. W. D. Hill, of Defiance, was the democratic nominee, and was entitled to the unanimous support of thé Democracy. :

The Supreme Court of the United States on Friday decided to reconsider their former decision on legal teniers, and to reopen the case. Four judges dissented.— They were Chicf-Justice Chase, Judge Nelson, Judge Field, and Judge Clifford. The new Judges, Strong and Bradley, were pledged in advance to decide for the legality of the legal tender act. Itis a grand piece of mockery, but stands in full accord with modern radicalism.

. The German Republicans of Indianapolis will neither be eajoled nor driven into the support ot the radical county ticket, created by the basest of fraud. They held a large and enthusiastic meeting, at which a series of stirring resolutions were adopted. | A reform ticket is to be nominated, which will probably be supported by the anti-radical element generally. A new paper, called the Sun, has been established in the interest of the new movement; g i

The Kokomo Journal is horrified at the discovery that the drinking of d »mes ‘ tic wine at social parties has of late become quite fashionable, and warns “every parent, son and daughter to banish this foe from the household ; allow it noquarters, if you would have peace and sunshine around the domestic hearthstone.” Alarming, isn't it? : FROM WASHINGTON. The motion to instruct the judiciary committee to inquire into the legality of the ratification of the- Fifteenth Amendment by the Indiana legisldture was not made4n the house on Monday, as was anticipated, it having been discovered that it would be voted down by & party vote. The special message of the president and the notice of ratification of the secretary of state have therefore, been referred without any instructions, but an effort will be made in the committee to investigate the ratification by that state, and report on the same to the house. The Chicago 7Tribune’'s correspondent says: Mayor Bowen has requested the President to interfere in behalf of his City Hall ring. Bowen wants all ‘the Republicans in government employ instructed to support him in his contest for a re-nomination, and all turned ‘out who refuse to at least keep still. The President very decidedly refused to interfere. On the Ist inst, Bowen's man Friday took a delegation up to sée the President and tortify Bowen in his demand. The success of these impudent impositions upon Grant was not of a flattering character. At night the same set had planned a serenade for him, but a heavy rain secured a little peace at the White House. Quite an excitement has been aroused: 'by the discovery that & number of the fe’ male students of an educational institution on the outskirts of the cily are in an “interesting situation,” and will shortly have maternal added to their other cares. The discovery was made several days ago, when the service of an accoucheur had to be called in, resulting in the birth of a healthy fourteen-pound infant. In view of ‘the immediate probability of several similar cmergencies, the services of the ~doctor were engaged for the season, and a temporary lywng-in hospital is said .to be -arranged for the benefit of the other pai tients. This institution sumbers students ‘ of both sexes, who mingle promiscuousty, } and are put under but few conventional Testrictions. . 134 L oay | L el - ' | Pap Themns. l “General Thomas is no more,” says the Lebanon Pioneer, “but fond recollections of him will ever dwell within the memo1y of those noble men who composed the Army of the Cumberland, and as they recall the name of “Pap” Thomas, there ‘will start, unbidden the tear of recolles: tion; and as they gather around their hearth-stones they w'll recite to-their little ones the many deeds of daring, the many acts of kindness shown them by the brave soldier whose battle of life is o'er; and thus will bis neme be handed | down to posterity a living monument to his'memory, ' Peaceto his ashes”” - . - 'The remains of&tdllfimrbb‘d hero have been embalmed and will be interred at Utica, N. Y., on Friday next.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. Tuxspay, March 29.—Texas was pushed through the United States Semate today, the Radicals having suddenly taken theslarm about the negre vote in Connecticut and the delay in the fifteenth amendment proclamation. The bill was sent to the House, where Butler made an ineffectusl attempt to put it on its passage. It was referred to the Reconstruction

Committee. In the House, after a eparring between Generals Slocum and Logan upon the staff feature of the Army bill, the debate was resumed in committeé upon the Tariff bill, and Mr. Marshall, of Illinois, made an elaborate speech against the protection swindle. The Senate was in executive session for some hours on thé San Domingo treaty. 14 f A g WEDNESDAY, March 30.—After & short open session the Senate doors were closed, and the consideration of the San Domingo treaty was resumed. Mr. Casserly, of Californis, spoke against the job, and Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, in favor of it.— The House of Representatives received the bill admitting Texas to representation in Congress from the 'Reconstruction Committee, and passed it by a strict party voté. Mr. Lawrence (Rad.), announced that the passage of the bill was necessary in order to secure the immediate proclsmation of the fifteenth amendment. The act was forwarded at once to the Executive Mansion, and in less than two hotrs a messenger appeared with the President’s message, announcing the desired proclamation. Mr. Wood arose and denied, emphatically, that New York had ratified

the amendment. Mr. Niblack also pronounced the representation that Indiana had ratified the amendment to be a’ fraud. The Radicals attempted to refer the message to the Judiciary Committee, but the Democrats were determined to have it debated, and, showing a disposition to, filibuster, it was finally agreed to lay it on the table for future action. The House then went ioto committee upon the Tariff bill. : i -

TrURSDAY, March 81.—Texas got back into the Union to-day, but for how long is uncertain, Tbe instant she exhibits Democratic tendencies Congress will begin to talk of reconstructing her over again. Senators Flanigan and Hamilton were admitted in the Senate, and the four Representatives from the State in -the House. Objection wae made by Butler to Mr. Conner (Dem.), ostensibly because he was cruel to soldiers during the war and denounced certain acts of Congressin his campaign speeches. Butler wished to have the case referred to the Committee on Elections and have his accusations examined. Mr. Stevenson, of Ohio, Mr. Orth, of Indiana, and . other Radicals. denounced Butler's proposition that the House could go back two or three years prior to a member’s election and inquire into his mpral and military conduct, especially on the flagrant assumption of ez parte affidavits; as wnprecedented and preposterous. Butler was badly beaten, there being only twenty-one votes in favor of his motion. After Mr. Conuer had taken the osath, he rolled up hissleeves and gave the spoon connoisseur & handsome flaying. The House, in committee, resumed consideration ot the Tarifi bill, and: M. Schenck closed the case for the Ways. and Means Committee in a long speech. In the Senate, the admission of carpet bag Ames was. under 'discussion until thehour of adjournment, several Senators taking part. £ie FRIDAY, 'April I.—ln the Senate Mr.. Morton introduced his bill to enforce the fifteenth amendment. It punishes with fice and imprisonment any person- who shall hinder, control, or intimidate’ any person from exercising. the right of suffrage, by means of bribery, menaces, or threats. to stop contractors for labor.— This bill, if it becomes a law, will bear beavily upon the manufacturers and monopolists in New England, who drive their operatives like cattle to the polls to vote the Radical ticket. -The effect will be to revolutionize Massachusetts and other manufacturing States, and lodge all the Radical politicians in the penitentiary. . The Senate took up the report of the Judiciary Committee against thead mission of General Ames as Senator from. Mississippi,- and -the closing speeches were madé. Mr. ‘Edmunds (Rad.), of Vermont, made a remarkable speech’ against his party. Hereminded Senators, particularly these from the ~doubtful States, that there was such a thing as ghe last straw, and that the last straw might some day break; the camel's back.” The Radical Senators were not at all affected by Mr. Edniund‘%v'vui‘ning, and Ames was admitted bya vote of 40 to 12. Senators Carpenter, Conkling, Edmunds, Pratt, Schurz, and Trumbull voted with the Democrats in the negative. The precedent is thus established that'a man may force himself into the Senate at the point of the bayonet.” The Tariff bill was discussed in Committee in the House of Representatives.. At the evening session, -which was for general debate, five members were present, one presied, twd made speeches, and two played the part.of su’ .ditors. i i S

Moxpav, April 4 —The Senate discussed the Georgia bill. In the -House,-the. notorious Julian presented a joint resolution'to amend the constitution of the United States by adding article 18, as follows:: r Rl sl “The right of citizens of the United. States shall not be denied or abridged by the Uiited States, or by any state on account of sex.” £ - Twitting on Faets. e - The following passage occurs in the~l late speech of Senator Revels : Ve It was the sable sons of the South that valiantly rushed to the rescue; amd but for their intrepidity and ardent daring, many a Northern fireside would miss today paternal counsel or a*brother’s love. Bir, I repeat the fact that the colored race saved to the noble women of New. Eng land and the Middle States the men on whom they lean to-day for security and safety. Many of my race, representatives of these men on fields of battle, sleep in the countless graves of the South, = A contemporary says this isa very di- - rect and pertinent allusion to the fact that the husbands and sons of “the noble women of the New England and the Mid dle States,” instead of - going to war in their individual capacity, wént into the market and bought black and yellow substitutes at so much a head, and sent them to assist in filling “the countless graves of ‘ the Bouth.” " The Radical love for the ne£7o consists principally in using his. person as food for powder, and using his vote to perpetuate Radical power. =

THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENTY. ~+ Nts Official Promulgation. - The President’s proclamatioz promulgating tbe ratification of the fifteenth Smendment was transmitted to the House of Representatives on Tuesday of last week : . To the Senate and House of Representatives : flé is umm:l'te ‘motify }he two Hgl\na of Congress by message of the prom . tion, by proclamation of the Segret;r‘ygt:f State, of the ratification of a constitutional amendment. In view, however, of the vast importance of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution, this day de clared a part of that revered instrument, I deem a departure from the usual custom justifiable. A measure which makes at once 4,000,000 ot people voters who were beretofore declared by the highest tribu. nal in the land not citizens of the United States, nor eligible to become 80, with the sssertion that at the time of the Declaration of Independence the opinion was fixed and -universal among the civilized portion of the white race, and regarded as an axiom in morals as well as in politics’ that black men had no rights which white men were bound to respect, is indeed a measure of grander importance than any other one act of the kind from the foundation of our frée government to the present onme. Institutions like ours, in which all power is derived directly from the pgople, must depend mainly upon their intelligence, patriotism, and industry. Icall the attention, therefore, of the newly enfranchised race to the importaace of their striving in every honorable manner to make themselves worthy of their new privilege. To the race more favored heretofore by our laws, I would Bay, wizz,hnld oo legal privilege of ad-' vancement to the new citizens. ~The fram- J ers of our Constitution firmly believed that a republican form of government could not endure without intelligence and education generally diffused among the people. The father of his country, in his farewell address, used this language : — “Promote, then, as a matter of primary importance, institutions for the general diffasion of knowledge. In proportion as the structurz of the government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.”— In his first annual message to Congress the same views were forcibly presented, and are again urged in his eighth message. ke I repeat that the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution completes the -greatest civil change ‘and constitutes the most important event that has occurred since the nation came into life. The change will be beneficial inproportion to the heed that is given to the urgent recommendations of Washington. If these recommendations were important then, with a population of but a few 'millions, how much moré important now with a population of 40,000,000, and increasing in & rapid ratio! I would, therefore, call upon Cangress to take all means within their constitutional power to promote and - encourage popular education throughout the country, and upon people everywhere, to see to it that all who possess and exercise politicsl rights shall bave the opportunity to acquire knowledge which will make their share in the government a blessing and not a damper. By such means only can the benefits contemplated by this amendment to the Constitution be secured. it ‘ ? : U. 8. GRANT.

" Executive Mansion, March 30, 1870. HaMivrox FisH, Secretary of State of the - United States. —— To all whom these presents may come, greeting: : ; Know ye that the Congress of the United States, on or about the 27th day of February, in the year 1869, passed a resolution in the words and figures following, to wit: A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United: States : i e o “Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameriea,! an_Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses Concurring, That the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an Amendment to ‘the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said Legislatures, shall be valid as a part ‘of the Constitution, namely: | - “ARTICLE XV. : " “ScrioN 1. The right of the citizens of the United States to vote:shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or any State, on account of race, color or previous coudition of servitude. “BEc, 2. Congréss shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislaticn™ |

And further, that it appears from the official documents on file in this department that the amendment to the Constitution ot the United States, proposed as aforesaid, has been ratified by the Legis‘datures of the' States of North Carolina, ‘West Virginia, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Maine, Louisiana, Michigan, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, lows, Indiana, New York, New Hampshire, Nevada, ‘Vermont, Missouri, Virginia, Alabama, Kansas, Mississippi, Minnesots, Ohio, Rhode Island, Negrasks, snd Texas, in all 29 States; and further, that the States whose Legislatures have so ratified the said fpx*oposed amendment constitute three-fourths ‘of the whole number of Btates in the United States; and further, that it appears fiom an official document on file in this department that the Legislature of the State of New York hassince “passed a resolution claiming to withdraw the said ratification cf said amendment ‘which had been made by the Legislature of that State, and of which official notice ‘had been filed in this ‘department; and further, that it appears from ad official ‘document -on file in this department that -the Legislature of Georgia has by resolution ratified the said proposed amend ment. = ’ ¢ !

- Now, therefore, be it known that I, Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State of the - United States, by virtue and in pursuance of the second: section of the act of Con«gress approved. the 20th day.of April, 1n ithe-year 1818, entitled “An Act to provide for the publication of the Laws of -the United States, and fur other purposes,” do hereby certify that the amendment ‘aforesaid has become valid to all means .and purposes as a part of the Constitution of the United States. .

- In testimony whereof, I hdve hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Ceépartment of State to be affixed. — Done at the city of Washington, this 30th ‘day of March, in the year of our Lord 1870, and of the -independence:of the United States the 94th. ) : = ; Haxinrox Fiem. ' 1 ettt Bttt ¥ o 0 L The Latest So-Called, 5 The fifteenth nm?dment talls flat.— Grant tells his black friends that they must strive *‘to muke themselves worthy "of their new privilege;” which is to say that they are not now worthy. They are: not fit to vote, but must. vote in'order to vote. . Also, ¥ays Bolomon, negro suffrage must be educated, to be ‘‘a blessing and not a danger;” which means that, not now being educated; it is a danger and not & blessing. The Tribune, dutifuily following the cue of the Executive, also’ harangues the blacks on the duty of eduuting_ themselves before they can be wor‘thy of the thing which; unworthy as they. aré, is now sheirs, Singular: that neither _of these Jights lecture’ uneducated white men on fAeir unworthiness to possess the ballot. Why this: ;plain distinction of color? ‘The Times is minded?o:he proclamation of one of Lincoln’s jokes, and tells it ; aleo discovers that the Revolution of 1776 was really b_eg:ain thein. ‘terests of Cnff suffrage. The Herald thinks the work incomplete; and the Sun is mam, The thing fulls flat. Men prefer to ‘watch, rather than talk about, experim’nuo"‘ w"wt N i

- ‘Newburg, Decatur county, wants a good moral physician. . -~ ' The sporismen of Fort Wayne are ruthlessly slavghtering squirrels and wild pigeons in that locality. - Scarlet and lung fever are prevailing to a considerable’ extent in and around Lincoln, Miami county. - General Lew. Wallace is regarded as the coming man to succeed Orth in the Lafayette, Ind., Congressional District. - The Segmour Democrat learns from some of the prominent peach-growers of Jackson county, that the erops this year will be exceedingly small. " Howard Coe has embarked in another new paper enterprise in Northern ludiana. He has fooled another man into partnership with him. — Kokomo Journal. “ Sl Mr. Isaac Sleeder, of Vanderburg county, celebrated his 107th birth day on Thursday, by a little birth-day party. It must be rather healthy in that locality. e : The family of Mr W. Hobrook, in Fort Wayne, has been feartully bereaved, having lost three from their number within as many days, by scarlet fever. ERa G ;

- The Lafayette Dispatch says a ‘“colored cuss officiates at.the first table in the Lahr House (in that city) whenever the proprietors can hire a white girl to wait on him.” f )

Bonner of the New York ZLedger, is expected in Fort Wayne in a few days. The Gazetfe intimates that he designs making that city a site for his Western branch of the Ledger !

A verdant. youth from the country pawned his gold watch for a quart of whisky in Fort Wayne, He won’t get any more whisky on that time. He is going to join the Good Templars.

A chicken hawk was killed in North Vernon last week that measured from tip to tip of wings four feet six inches ; from tip of bill to end of tail two feet four inches, and weighed 3 1-2 pounds. A venerable old hen thief.

* The body of a man named Wm. Dement was found on the Lafayette Railroad track, near Brookston, on Thursday morning. His throat appeared to have been cut, and -the body was much mutilated. 5

It is said that eight persons in one family at Washington, died of the cold plague, which is prevailing to a fearful extent in that vicinity. The doctors scarcely know how to treat it, and have no idea how to cure it. b

The Fort Wayne Gazette says there is “not a city in the State that can boast of more lazy and lecherous street loafers than the city of Fort Wayne.” Does the city of Fort Wayne make a “boast” of that ?

A man named Rhodes, is in jail in LaGrange county for having . “married seven or eight wives, defranded num: bers of honest hard-working people out of their property, committed innumeratle forgeries,” and played the devil generally. Puthim through. .

'William Callaban, seventeen years old, was arrested in Lawrenceburg a day or- two since, charged with attempting to commiit a rape upon the pergon of Henrietta Smith, four years old! The Mayor bound over the accused in the sum of $5OO for trial.

A man named Schoepf, in Fort Wayne, recently procured a. divorce from his wife, but desiring, nevertheless, to 'be considered a ‘privileged character,” and his divorced wife not being able to see it, a row ensued, which ended in a fine for the unreasonable ass. I

The Supreme Court is about to indulge in a new seal, with the motto “Suprema jus Lege Suprem,’- which being tra’ns’lasfl. means “The right is supreme, the law being supreme.”’— The centre represents an open book, and around the outer rim are thé'words “Supreme Court of Indiana.” ;

The darkeys of New Albany have been stealing links, coupling-pins, roadplates, and other articles, from the Louisville, New. Albany and Chicago Railway. The officers of that city, with commendable acuteness, have nosed out the offending amendments, and brought them to grief. * i A man by the name of Milburn, “clotched ‘with: authority from the I. O. G. T, of Indiana,” is the recipient of a thorough scourging from the Tipton Times, who says his “associates are traveling bummers, corn-doc-tors, and superannuated barbers,”— The. Times calls upon the papers. to “pass him around.” ; 2 The Lawrenceburg Press says, “it has at last come our turn, a 8 a community, to be exercised over spiritnalism.” A medium is there. One of the staid citizens of “that city went to see her, ‘was persuaded by her that he could fly, cfimbed into a tree, lit out—and was picked up from the ground, soiled dnd battered terribly ! He don’t want any more spirutalism in his’n, _ The Lafayette Journal says :—*The wheat crop: is . looking . splendidly, and gives abundant promise for the year. Great improvements have been made within - a few weeks. Fields which were then given up for lost are now all: green with the : growing erop. 8o far as we can. learn the loss by “winter killing” will be but . trifling. This will be good news.” .. ... . .

Tha Vincennes T'imes, (Rep.,) in a leading-. editorial, shows qohcfus_ively that old Moxa~ Morton deceived, betrayed, and played basely false with Dr. Lewis, the-ex-revenue collector for the First district. © Of course he did—he is one of the ‘most deceitful, coldblooded;” Janus' faced tricksters extant. He could not be honest; if he was to ;ry—'-tberefore, he never makes the efoL, g >

" We are informed that a German went to a certain manufacturing estab--lishmengan this city, a few days since, in search-of a job, but was refzséd employment. Hearing that the groprietors were_of a Rmflca.l turn of mind, the German went home, and by means of lampblack, etc., succeeded in making himself a passsably good looking negro,and again‘on the same day, put in an appearance at. the factory, in.search of work, He was at once Tiven,'em, ~ ployment, and now. under color of the' g&u, ifteenth amendment, earns.a living.—~ Comment is unnecessary.—lndianapo. l4s Sentinel. =

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. - Pere Hyacinthe has become an editor. The first number of-his new _religious journal, La Concorde, appeared in Paris last week. - . ' - " A bill has been introduced in the Spanish Cortes providing for a draft for 40,000 fresk troops. It has created a lively sensation. . .« ~_ln the Supreme Court of the United States, on the 31stult., Attorney General Hoar made an argument to show why the legal tender decision should be re-opened. % i Still another accigent on the Erie railroad injured sixteen persons on the 19th ult. The scene was near Willsburg, in Chemung county, N. Y., and the cause a broker rail. - L Another new state, The. territorial committee of the House of Representatives decided last week to report an enabling. act to allow New Mexico to frame a state government and apply for admission into the Union. =~ It is said that a book now-in press, written by Thurlow Weed, will explain what became! of Morgan, who threatened to expose the secrets of masonry; many years ago, and in regard to whose fate there is 8o much mystery. Nissaye Saget was inaugurated President of Hayti for four years, on the 29 ult., at Port au Prince. He was inducted into office with impoging tropical ceremonies, The Picquet rebellion is not yet subdued: The -rebels are still before Aux Cayes. R

The Red River half-breeds who have been playing at independence this winter and spring are to be called to account by the big British nation as soon as the warm season opens. Riel must fight if he expects to preserve the republic. An expedition of 1000 men is° being prepared in England and it is to take along with it a/ steel battery to nse upon the presumtudus rebels.. ki Another conspiracy against the Empire is bothering the Parisian police.—. Orders have been issued for the arrest of twenty persons,” ai:lou‘g them: Maz: zini, Felix Pyat. and. Louisa Blane, who are now in the country. The police - have the family of Louisa Noir under surveillance, Lidru Rollin, the agitator of twenty years ago, his returned to Paris after his long exile. ~ The rigorous bill to 'enforce the law in Ireland, including the odious provisions for a surveillance of the press, arbitrary arrests without warrant, and . the closing of inns at sanset, ' passgd the House of Lords last Thurqdayififi ter a short debate. As the bill was previously passed, by “the House of Commons, it needs only the royal santion to become a law. ring. O

- The jury in the trial of Prince Bon: parte, at Tours, France, after being out an hour, broughtin a verdict of acquittal on the 26th. The Court has condemned him to pay 25,0(0 francs to the family of Victor Noir, and also the expenses of the civil suit, The Prince Las been requested to leave the country and it is' thought he will come to ‘America. During the proceedings in the trial on the 24th, one of the lawyers, for the prosecution used an expréssion -offensive to the Prince, and the latter denounced the lawyer and his party as a faction, - whereugon Fouvielle called the Prince an assassin. -At the conclusion of the argument- for the prosecution, Fouville was senteunced to. ten’ days’ confinement .for contempt of court. S . N

After twenty-four years of married: misery, her ex-Majesty Queen Isabelle of Spain and her husband, Consort Francis, have agreed to separate, and have signed papers which are a virtual divorce. Francis has not enjoyed himself since he has been a husband. In addition to a temper of her own, the Queen has exhibited a constant weakness for the society of other gentlemen than her husband. The meek submission ot the King to this treatment has earned for him unlimited contempt in Spain. But it seems; that he has plucked up spirit enough at. last to sever the alliance that-has disgraced him as much as it has his incontinent wife.. The divorced couple have five children, the eldest son being the' Prince of Asturia, and the eldest daughter the Infanta Isabelle, who is married to the Count Gergenti, of Naples, and has a quarrel of her own.with Ler lord. i et B y . Radieal Economy. f 1t is said that the debt of Washington city, since the inauguration of Mayor Bowen, has increased $1,000.000, and is still increasing. . Between Congress and the municipal authorities ‘of that city, the condition of the white citizens is humiliating. By extraordi - nary taxation, the revenue of the city ‘bas become immense, yet it is all -squandered by Bowen ang ‘his minions, and terrible is the punishment inflicted: on the unhappy wight who happens to say ought against the. mayor’s - plundering and tyrannical rule. A few years ago a half dozen of white watchmen . were sufficient to attend to the Capitol and grounds; now it requires a hundred white “loil” men and black “manhoods’’ to perform the same duty, and thesé hundred white and black officials are receiving salaries ranging from $1,500 upwards. = The useless expenditure of money upon the Capitol police, and the sqaandering of the funds of the city by the Mayor, are mon;. strous. Such is radical economy. °

- Scott, the notorious carpet-bagger whom the bayonets of Federal soldiers thrast upon the people of South Carolina as. their Chief Executive, in'a speech made by him at Washington, the other day, urged the members of the Georgis legislature to pass a law giving their thieving Governor power to arm every “loyal’”’ man in the State. ‘The, Winchester.rifle, he assured them, -was the best law».th?. oould poseiblyhave. In other words, this- pestilent demagogue: advises a war of the megroes against the whites, a war to carry destruction and desolation into ev.ery household in the Southern States. How much longer will the :people of the United States stagger onunder she. yoke of radical tyranny 2 . .

A FEW months ago President Grant removed & one-legged soldier from the post office, in Newburg, New York, and gave the place to.a wealthy, toyal politician named Farrington. The soldiers remembered the ‘ill-treatment of their comrade; and at the late election gave the Democeratic ticket a majority of two hundred: —a loes to the Radicals, who ‘have hith:: erto uniformly carried the place, of about four hundred votes. - o

-/ . POLITICAL ITEMS. = - Negro children are to be forced into ‘white schools in -Missouri by law.— This is radical work there. It will > goon be duplicated here. -~ L i -~ “Reconstruction Bedevilment”’ is ! the apt phrase which the New York - Tribune applies to the tamperings of | its party in Congress with the admis- ' gion of - States to the Union. These are strong words, but the appropriateness of their application cannot be “gaingaid. - Donn’ Piatt has sniffed a big rat in the Callom Anti-Polygamy bill. The aforesaid rodent is of- course disguised | in the person. of Butler, whose gesigfi' i is to get hold-of the estate ot polygamy ! and to administer thereon. ' Conclu|.give proof of this is found in the fact | that Wills Shaffer, who was Butler’s leuartermaAst‘erw in New Otleans, has | gone to Utah as Governor. ' The Cincinnati Commercial is disgusted with the administration’s broth-er-in-law. proclivities. It seems that any blockhead cau get almost any'thing he asks for if he is ‘& brother-in-law to Grant or to some -of his many ! brother-in-laws. ' The present favorit{ism. of the administration towards s his half witted relatives, is a disgrace |to the nation. Kinghip and not brains !i3 the teat, = - g

A New York pdper says: “A few days ago some leading politicians call-. ed on Governor Hoffman, and after gome conversation one of them gaid : “Well; Governor, if you won’t do what we want you t 6 do you shall not be governor for a second term, I can assure youof that.” “Very well, gentlemen,’’ rejoined Hoffman, in his usua] quiet way, “I intend to be Governor for one term atany rate.”’—And he will.: :

“Batler, of Tennessee, was more strongly implicated in the cadetship business .than any other member against whom charges were brought, yet he retains his seat, and is not even threatened with expulsion, or invited to resign, while the Committee makes a whitewashing report and seeks to cover up his guilt. Why 7 Becauee if a vacancy is made in his District, Andy Johnson will be chosen to fill if,— “Dost understand, my Lord ¥’

~» The advocates of the annexation of San Domingo lay much stress on the statement that the majority of the negroes of that State have voted in favor of joining the Union, but they akogether neglected to mention that the white men of America have had no opportu-* mity to vote on the question. Are the wishes of the San - Domingo negroes and half-breeds more worthy of the consideration of the radicals in Congress than the opinions of the white men of the United States? : | =«

The great.tax-collector, U. S. Grant ‘now figures in the lobby of the United States senate as a borer for the ratification of the secret treaty with Baez, ~of San Domingo, for the purchase, by the United States Government, of that island of - earthquakes and negroes.— Should the senate yield to- his-impor-tunings, he will collect the federal taxes more closely and rigorously next year than he has during the past. A feeling of ineffable pride® must swell the bosoms of republicans as they contemplate the spectacle presented by the admininistration when Grant goes lobbying in the eenate for the San Damingo treaty, and Boutwell is boring in the House for the passage of the Funding Bill! - ‘ —————— ¢ — : Impeacher Ashley. : - Potts does not go to Montana as'its Governor, owing to the unfavorable action of the Committee on Territories in the Senate of the United States, and Aahley, the Impeacher, remains in his seat. His piteous appeals to his friends in the Senate have had their desired effect. In thisletter he says that his political reputiation is as dear to him as the military reputation of a soldier, and ‘that if removed. his character will be ‘seriouely injured. Poor Ashley should have thought of his reputation before consorting with such wretches as Lafayette Baker, and Sanford €onover, to ruin the president by means of horrible perjuries. = Had his character been worth saving it would have been amply defended by the radical majority of the Toledo district, but his disgusted congtituents set him adrift until he was picked up and sent ont to Montana as its Territorial Governor. His shrieks to be suffered to remain in the wilderness have been heeded, and the comrade of Sanford Conover and Brigadier Baker, it is to be hoped, will not return to civilized life until the close of Grant’s administration. Let him stay in the hunting wilds' of Montana.— Patriot . Butler’s Colored Cadeét. - Did ’you notice the following telegram yesterday ? - - ¥ki - “The war. department rejects the colored youth proposed by Ben Butler for appointment to the military academy on the ground that he is not of the required age.” : : So it seems that the republican army officers are not yet ready for the colored man. It will be seen that the excuse given is that the appointee of Beast, %utlexj is “not of the required age,” . Now every man of sense knows that old Ben, would not make the appointment of a man who could not fill the plain requirement of the -law. The trath is patent that “the government” is not yet prepared to ‘accept the situaation’.—Evansville Courier. =~ | b * GRANT is becoming as notorious a lobbyist as his brother-in-law, the sanctimonious Abel R. Uorbin. 'He has been recently several times in the lobby ot the Senate urging the ratification of his San Domingo treaty. The other members of the ring will be delighted with this distinguished acquisition to their forces. Since the foundation of government Grant is the first president who has ever been 8o utterly anmindful of the dignity of his office, and care--Tess of the rights of the représentatives’ of the people, as to enter the lobby and make personal solicitation in favor of - thg‘;jscl_:gxpgs_f_q{ his administration.— While ‘Grant has his hand in, there are several other jobs besides this $l,600,000 transaction that ate ¥adly in need of his friendly aid. There ie the. Sutro tannel, forinaga.mle He might also give the “air line” railway a lift— Grant and Corbin in_ the lobby will' make a strong team, backed by the irmy und. tho treasuy of the naon,—— The San Domingo treaty may be put as: well prepate themselves for on %uhx dred and.twenty thousand more fellow citizens of African descent. — Harris-