The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 51, Ligonier, Noble County, 20 April 1870 — Page 2

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Resistance to Tyrants 1s Obedlence to God.’ J. B. BTOLL, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, APR. 20;_!810. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET iy For Secretary of State; Col, NORMAN EDDY, of South Bend. : For Auditor of State : JOHN C. SHOEMAKER, of Perry. Co. For Treasurer of State : /JAMES B. RYAN, of Indianapolis. o '+ For Attorney General : BAYLESS W. HANNA, of Terre Haute. For Sup’t of, Publie Instruction : Rev. MILTON B. HOPKINS, of Clinton. For Supreme Judges: - JAMES L. WORDEN, of Fort Wayne A.C. DOWNEY, of Ohio County, SAMUEL H. BUSKIRK, of Monroe Co,, JOHN PETTIT, of Lafayette. e Y. P i ASR | A significant Admission. Mr. Frederick Hassaurek,s republican . leader of the German element in Cincin nati, says “that the political groundson which election campaigns are to be fought next fall l)ct‘,\vccn; the ‘two great parties should be selected and inspected by the ’ leaders of the republican party with the - utmost caution. The election of a'demo‘crat in the State of Connecticut furnishes proof that democrats” of the schpol of English and Hendricks are supported by an under-estimated power, and that they have again become firmly united and gain strength every day. In Ohio one or the other of the Congressional Districts may - be lost if Congress“does not thoroughly revise the present tariff and'return to revenue tariff. The chances of the Republitans”in Indiana are not promising, and the. insulting disregard of their claims will cause disaffection among the German republicans throughdut the State before next. fa 11.,” % x .

“Democrats of the English and Hen dricks school are supported by an underestimated power” —there is a vast amount of truth embodied in this brief paragraph. These eminent statesmen. gonymand the respect and confidence of t'hé’é%wscivutive tlement that could to day sweep the coun try by immense majorities. 1f the action of ‘democratic conventions were always guided by wisdom,- men with an equally unobjectionable record would be placed in nomination, and the selection thus made reeeive the endorsement of the peoplai= o : |

The Tariff Swindle. ’ Even so “loil” a paper as the Indiana l polis Journal is constrained to protest against the:unreasonable demands of the protectionists. In a recent issud it refers to the suggestion of a Massachusetts member upon a section which was added, imposing a tariff of three dollars per dozen upon Jadies’ corscts. “ American many- | facturers,” says the Joursial, “have always } professed to be able to compete equally | with foreigmers, for the reason that wc! have a machine that will kait and finish | forty corsets a day, w{hilc the best German ‘ machine can only complete five. The duty i ucder the old tariff was thirty-five per | cent. ad dalorem, to svhich the,three dol | lars is now added. The:old duty was all | that cor‘set‘-‘mukers askcd‘, but in a moment 1 when the attendance in the house- was thin, this eastern manufacturer saw his : colden opportunity, and improved it.” ‘w L : - Well Trained. o The Rockport Democrat says: “There were 229.15 th amendments who cast their: first vote for the republican party in the city of Evansville at the rccent election, One negro who #ent to the polls to vote was challenged by one of the challenging committee, and asked whether Le was born in t’hse United States, “No, sah, I'se born in Henderson, sah.” The most of them geemed to be pretty well drilled.— W_heo they were asked “how long have you been a resident of the State?” the angwer was ‘“six months, sah.”. “How long have you resided in_the city of Evaps'ville 9. The answer was “twenty days, sah.” It is said that a large. humber of them bought xiewr suits of clothes expressly to vote in, Some of the clothing was purchased, no doubt, at the expenrse of the republican party.” . ; : | . A Little Despot. Mayor Bowen, of Washington City, is a candigate for re-election. -The other week he got up a demonstration in honor nf the ratification of the fiftecnth amend . ment, A great many who heretofore voted the republican ticket naw decline to sup’ port the -little despot in his aspirations, wivch so exasperates him that he is discharging all co;pbration laborers who deeline to bow the knee at his command. ~ . KFour hundred colored men, who were cmployed to work on the streets, were re(uired to give pledges tbat they, would support Bowen for mayor, in June next, “in preference to any other republiean candidate. Some fears arc entertained that there 'will be trouble between the colored men who support him, and ‘these who do not. i i BT ;

Income Tax, Mr. Delano orders the suspension of the " publication of incoine lists by ncwspapers, but states the returns will be open to the inspection of the public. The question of the continuance of the tax for 1870, came . up in the Senate one day last week and after a pretty thorough debate, it was decid- ~ ed to collect the tax for this year in the manner now or hereafter to be provided by law. If the people could have an opportunity to votg’ upon this inquisitorial and most unjust tax, it would not stand one hour, but the proceeds are needed to fill the pouches of rings who have fasten.ed upon the government: » ki ue - What's the Matter) The Cincinnati Gazette and Commercial, " both radical papers, advised the negro voters of that city not to vote as a unit for the- radical candidates at the election . which took place last;Monday. What can the matter be? - Is negro sutfn;ge 80 odious. to many of the. members of that party, that they fear to have the vote cast for radical candidates alone, lest it drive off m number of the Con- - servative ibers of the party than will be received from the amended voters, If it is odious they wish the Democracy to bear wemall portion of the odium in receiving the votes. Honesly, Gazelte and patiy you'ars in? It looks very muc fie it,—Rockport Democrat, "\

- REPUBLICAN TESTIMONY. In another part of to day’s paper we publish a lctter from Tennessee, written by a former Indiana Republican, and addressed to the editor of the Wabash Republican, giving what will generally be conceded to be a very truthful and impartial description of the condition of affairs'in that State. The editor of the paper from which the letter is copied reters editorially to its contents, by stating that it “ reveals the opinions of a friend from “whom we diﬁer,?’but whose frankness, “ intelligence and hLonesty we cordially “ apprové: The writer hus moderated his “ Republicanism since he left our State; “and, we think, the conservative charac“ter of his favor interprets the motive o thcre‘fg»r.—’l‘cmﬂ:ssc’e wants to ‘be let “alonc; and she ought to be!” : . In a former issne we quoted from the editorial columns of the same journal an extract in which the efforts of Butler & Co. to remand Tennessee'to military gov ernment, How unjustifiable such a course would be is fery forcibly demonstrated by the writer in ‘tfhe letter to which ref erence is here made, - It will be observed that we depend ex clusively upon r_é;gablxcun evidence to dis apprové the assértions of - blood-thirsty revolutionists, that Tennessée requires, additions! reconstruction. True, this is the testimony of only one individual, but if spa:'c;woﬁld permit, we could publish columns of similar stutements from the most relinble sources.” Should the question of congressional iuioeference be further '[)E‘OSSLV‘(],\"\'E shall taise pains to lay these facts before our readers, and thereby present to the gaze of s grossly deceived peo‘ple the flimsy pretests upon which Butler proposes to oppress the people of Tennessce. We are content, for the present, with offering the following testimony from the pen of two well-known citizens of Noble county—Messrs, John Lobgyear and Wm. Hayward—who recently return ed from an extensive journey thrpugh thag State, ag’ published in the If'oédul[villé Journal of April 2d—a paper that cannot be suspected of luke-warmness in its de: votion’ to” the republican party. These

gentlemen say : ; “And finally, in regard to the political| status of the State, permit us to speuk’ our own convictivng, only, leaving others to judge for themselves. We regard the country free from any bitter sectional feelings. .In other words we did not find any hostile attitade on the partof Tennesseeans towards the people of the North, on the contrary, there scems to be a wide spread di: position among those people of that delightful State, to show their ulle giance to and love for the cld flag as well as their warm and generous love for their countrymen.” | 3 o Too Fast, The Seymonr Zumes, a Radical paper, seems to be getting tired of the negro. It suys : L | ¢ “We would respectfully suggest to- the leaders of the Republicuniparty that they are crowding the “colored person” a litrle ‘too fast for their own good and for his good. Negro suffrage is a bitter pill for at least one-half vuf‘ the men who have hitherto voted the Republican ticket,— Hence time should bave beén given for them to digest that before another and a worse ‘dose’ was exliibited. This crowaing of the negroes intoioffice whil: there are white men quite as deserving and as ‘well qualified won't win in the long run. It will'®renk the Republican party dewn. It will. reduce the negro to a worse con ditipn than he oecupied in a state of sla vcrﬁ,‘ if that were possible. It will sooner or later léad to his extermination, Politicians and fanatical idiots who cant read the signs of the times may elevate the negro to’ the United States Senate and to the platform of conventions; but they can't find indorsemgnt at the. polls for such disgusting: conduct, . and they will find it out when too late. It rs probable that both parties will “strive for the negro vote. We prediet that this foolish policy of elevating negroes to office and of catering to them for their votes, will result’ in the formation’of what will be termed “The White Man's Party,” which will be strong enough' to carry the next Presidential e¢lection if wisdom in the selection of candidates is observed, and there isn’t top much rebel Democr cy mixed up with it. ' Such a movement is imminent, and if made will break up the Républican party, which would be a deplorable event for the country. Let us secure the negro in his right to the ballot, but for the salvation of our party—for the welfure of our coun.ry—ftor the good of the negro—let us dissnade him from seeking or accepting office.

"Spring Chickens Already. It is an old saying that chickens, under certain circumstances, i/l come home to roost. Tne radical leaders are beginning now to understand what that .means.— They have forced upon the country the votes of the negroes, and they are reaping the reward of their folly. They are getting the negro votes at all the elections, but they are nat getti.g the votes of as many white men as they imagined they would.- The elections that have taken place this spring, in almost every part of| the country, have resulted everywhere in large, democratic gains and in most in‘i stances in glorious democratic triumphs.[ Our democratic excharges come to us from all quarters literally teeming with roost-| ers crowing over democratic victories. ——" Such an abundant crop of spring chick: ens we have not seen thus carly in- the season for ‘many a year past. Every onc of them seems to be a thoroughbred chan ticleer, and the whole’ brood seems ta have been hatched out by this old blaek hen~-the fifteenth amendment-=of-radi-ealism. The example which other locali ties have given us this spring will be fol, lowed by the white voters of this city af our approaching charter election.. What is occurring everywhere else, as one of the results of the fifteenth amendment] will ‘oceur here. The negroes will vote, to be stre, but white men will vote alsc} —and the white man's ticket will win.—T Quancy Herald. o ;

A LirrLe DavGarTeEr of Mr. J. D| Weatherford, living in the north part of this city, fell into & kettle of soap on Tuesday of this week, and was almost instantly killed. Mrs. Weatherford was badly burned &l)nu; her hanids and arms “in lifting the child out. The father was absent at ‘the time of the sad occurrence and did not arrive home until next day. The mother is nearly frantic with grief at the loss of her darling; but we trust that the great and merciful God, in whose kingdom dearlittle Gertie is now a blooming flowar, will send sweet ani tranqui‘lizing consolation to the bereaved hearts of the parents.— Kendallville Journal,l6th Capt, G. W. Geisendorff’s woolen factory at Rome City is nearly completed.— Good judges have told us that the Captain’s arrapgements were first-class, an% we say that the establishment seemed to our untutored eyes, a model of order and neatness —carding machines, spinners, en‘gine and all perfectly new.——Kendallm‘llp “Journal, L ' | g e e ] To SorpiErs.—We have been handed a disoh*rfp'thaz was found in ear street nearly three years ago, belonging to Benjﬁ. F. Lockhart, of Company B. 180th Indis ‘tni}%if?!anthﬂ,u Exchanges will dp,lve ) note 0 that he may obtain it by address-

,CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. TurspaY, April 12.—1 n the Senate Mr. Craig, from the Committee on Territories, leported, with amendments, the House bill 30 prohibit polygamy in Utah. He moved to assign it to the special order for Monday nekt, but objection was made. After an abortive attempt by the friends of the Northern Pacific Railroad job to get their bill before the Senate, the Geor. gia bill was taken up and Mr.-<Tipton (Rad.), of Nebraska. made a telling specch against the outrage and the policy of his .party. Mr. Howe (Rad.), of Wisconsin, spoke for three long, unprofitable hours in defence of Radicalism. Without taking‘a vote the Senate adjourned. The House of Represcntatives was engaged all day in discussing the contested election case of Hunt (Dem.) against Sheldon (Rad,). The Tariff bill, notwithstanding the effort of thé Ways and Means Com mittee, was laid aside until to morrow. |

- WEDxEspAY, April 13.—The Senate continued the discussion of the Georgia bill. The House, with its accustomed partisan xr.c%anucs@-', again deprived two Demaocrats of their seats and admitted Radicals thereto, Dr. Reading, of Pennsylvania, had 41 imajority, but be had tor yield to his radical competitor ; the other Democrat, I\il'r. Huut, of Louisiana, had 8, 409 majority over Sheldon (_Rep.)f. yet the seat was awsrded to the latter—only one Republican, Bingham of Ohio, having the manliness to vote against the outrage. “ Butler i"‘nfmdnced, a resolution for the annexation of San Domingo, The remaigder of the day was devoted to the discussion of the tariff bill, - = | Tlgl’fnsmx‘, _April 14, —The S?nnto considered the Georgia bill, An attémpt was made by Mr. Chandler td limit the dehat_cin;-nd bring the bill to a vote, but he; was' p!“lt dc')w,n_ by 'the President of the Senate. Mr. Morton made a speech agninst Georgia in his usual raw head and bloody hone style. The Williams amendment to extend the term of the present negro legislature of ('}mr;:_giz\ two years was lost by one vote. Among “the Republicans who voted with the Democrats, and thus showed their growing conservative bins, were Senators Anthony, Car. penter, Ferry, Prat, Schurz, | Tipton, Scott, and Truml)ull.; ‘ln the House of Representatives' Mr. €yrns W. Field's bill to -construct a submarine cable between California, Japan, and China was repmtcd and referred. The House in ‘committee went ilu'ungh s’cvemi additional sections of the Tarift bill. Léit

Fripay, April 15.—11 n | the Senate, Mr. Sumper introduced a substitute to the bill aholishing‘ the {ranking privilege. — It reduces the postage on half ounce let ters to one cent, and substitutes for the Congressional {rank a systemyof stamped envelopes, The Georgia bill was taken up, and four speeches were mude in favor of keeping Georgia pinned to the carth with the bLayonet. Hamilton of Texas, made a turious tirade against his white constituents, whom he deseribed as “the mos: bloodthirsty set of cut-throats God ever permitted on his footstool.” Mr. Pol, of North Carolina, ealied for martial law and military repression in Jhis State. An arrangement has Heen made for. a vote on Tuesday, and the signs are that the bayonet policy will prevail. In the louse of Representatives the report ot the Conference Committee on the Deficiency bill wasadopted after a sharp running debate. A large part of the sessjon was devoted .to.the business of tht District of Columbia. i

MoxDAY, April 18.—In the Senate, Mr. Druke of Missnuri submitted a resolution to invest the President with dictatorial powers over the States. Mr.. Edmunds, after someé remarks,” offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Judiciary to inquire whether any attempt hiad. been made to corrupt and influence the votes of Senators on the bill for admission to represeitation of Georgia, with authority to send for persons and papers. Adopted. Senators Carpenter and Sumner had a tilt, during whiclr the latter denounced the Senator from Wisconsin as the suce cessor of John C. Calkhoun. Carpenter gave the ‘Massachusetts Senator a reply that proved a complete “squelcher.” In the House -nothing of importance: was transacted,. the tariff bill still being under consideration. i

Turspay, April 19.—At midnight, after a protracted debate, which was attend: ed to the last by crowded galleries, and nearly 100 members of the house, the sen. ativotcd on the Georgia bill, and in lien of the Bingham amendment, which prohibited the extension of the time of the ‘present Georgin legislature, adopted a substitute for the entire house bill, mak ing the state government of Georgia a provisional one till next November, when a new clection of members for the legislature is to: take place. The state is to remain unrepresented in congress in the meantime. The new bill now goes to the house. =~ The House devoted another day to the consideration of the tariff bill. ®

While Canada is in a paxﬁic, the Fenian Congress is in gession at Chicago with closed daors. The GovernorGeneral of Canada is also in Chicago, picking up information. A young man in Cincinnati was frustrated in an attempt to Keep up engagements with four different girls, and his administrator is now settling up his estate. , ‘ The Constitutio 'de Fide passed the Ecumenical Council unanimously. — The question of Papal infalibility has vot yet been decided by the fathers, sensation reports to the contrary notwithstanding. : : Advices from Havanaby the way of Key West, deny the. Spanish reports of the Cuban rebellion. General Jordan is still in the field at the . head of the Cuban army, and the Spaniards have been whipped in two battles.

_ Nothing will reconcile the irreconcilables An address is to be issued to the French working-men who favor the Red Republic, to vote with blank tickets on the oceasion of the plebiscitum. Jules Favre, Picard, and Gambetta are about to issue a manifesto on the same subject. id General Honorable Charles Gray, the private secretary of Queen Victoria, is dead at the age of 66. His name has been conspicuouns in the “Court Calender” for nearly thirty years. He never saw active service as a soldier, but as a sort of high lackey was i're%uemly promoted. The Queens book, about her husband, was -edited and revieed by this obsequious’ but amiable old gentleman, ~

i- NOTES AND COMMENTS; '“}" Itis announced that ‘Fred. Douglass 3 will demand the mdicalé.homiog;ion’,:fot { Congress from one of the New ¥ork Dis l{trit’:ts. Go it, Sambo! *Wool iia‘King;’!"' 4 | % The Ft. Wagne Gazelle: is mowiifoliy’ j committed to the ad vocacysof a protective [tariff It is pwbobly the ofﬂy paper in’ { Indiana that adopts the peculigr views of | Horace Gree‘ey and opposes a fariff for | raveRUeABIR.L 11 st v .« We congratulate Governor Hoffman , of il\' ew York. He bas been made the target |of Brick Pomeroy's overloaded pop-gun. | Let this fact be generally understood,andit will add immensely to the Governor's’ § populdnity.c -.| n 0 L Hed i } Th_e defeat of Geo. W. Julisn is lailed l | with delight by . the républican press of ! the country. For once we espe,rieoce a 1 “lellow feeling” with onr. political opi popents. Thanks to the Lord that the | official days of the pestiferousdemagogue Lare vearly ended. Eithas | . We sec it stated that Mr: J. Alexander | Sil?)pSun, a prominent lawyer aud repub-, | licin of -Pcnnsyllfmig, announces himself | for Congressiongl ltonors in the Fourth ' Philadelphia District, now represented by Tlon, Wm: D. Kelly. The retirement of . this bLlabbering - demagogue, would be “hailed with.delight by a vast majority of -the American peopte. Hei has for years ' been regardea the greatest humbug in " Congress. e !

L e et &— e Attachments to Newspap_gr-. ) Strong _attachments of subscribers to a well conducted newspapes, as ~given in-the following paragraph from _the New York Journal of Commarce, is fully confirmed by veteran publishers: ' Qur experience in publishing bears witness to its truthfulness. “Stop l your paper,” words of dread t» new | beginners - in the bueiness, lose their | force after a paper has been estgblished { for a term of years. So long 18 a pa--1» per pursues a just, honorable;and ju-. | dicions course, meeting the waunts ofits customers lin’ all or most respects, the ties of friendship between the subsciibers and the paper are as hard to | break by any outside third party as | the links which bind eld friends in . ' business or social life. Occasional | defects and errors, if such there be, in ' a newspaper, are overlooked by those who have become attached through its perusal for years. They may some- | times become dissatisfied with it on ac. count of something which has slipped | into its columns, and may stop “taking it; but the abeence of the familiar ' eheet at their houte or office for a few | days becomes an jnsupporstable depri- | vation, and they hastento take it again, | and ;possibly ' apologize for 'having | stopped it. This we bglieve to be a | common experience in the history of | all established newspapers.~No friendiship on earth is more constant than ' that contracted by the reader for a : journal which- makes an honest and Cearnest effort to merit hiz continued: | support.” : 4 f . g S GBI B Ot e ! ) A Vieious, Cat. 2 A cat nearly caused the death of a child in the vicinity of Sandy Hill, this | county, a few days ago. Our inform- | ant states that Mrs. Jeremiah Hull ll left her child, aged about 9 months, in | the room . playing with the cat’ while . 'the was engaged in another part of the | house. - After some time she went 'to | see about the ehild, ‘when she saw the | cat sitting on its breast with its nose | inserted in the child’s mouth and its | paws clasped around its neek. Mrs. . Hull ran and threw the cat from the j child, ‘which ‘was almost litelese, but | the cat immediately . sprang back® on l_the child, placing its nose in the child’s | mouth and clasping it around the neck 'as before. A second time the animal " was thrown back, and then greatly en- | 'raged, it again sprang forward and ! caught the child by the throat. ~After | releasing the chilé)-', the cat was taken iout and immediately. @ killed. The child recovered in a few days. 'but for the timely return of the mother to see the child, it soon would have been placed beyond the hope of recovery. —Perry C{)gmty (Pa.) Advocate.

: Dear ‘New England. New England bhas run-the Government in its pecunliar interests for the past ten years, and its influence is yet predominant. Here are two instances which illustrate the influence of sectionalism in public policy : v t ' “TheNew England fish-packers can buy 8,000,000 bnehels of salt for $9,000, whilethe same quantity, bought at the same place, will cost the Western packers $23,000. ' “Massachusetts furnished 197 regiments for the war less than New York,. and yet it has drawn from the Federal Treasury $1,000,000 more ‘than New York for its expenses in raising and equnipping troops.” . ¢ In the faceiof such stubborn facts the people are constantly told that all the patriotism, all the loyalty and all the wisdom of the country is centered in New England, but that highly-fa-vored section of the United States is ouly loyal and patriotic as long as it pays. 1 £ A Vote of Thanks. At the close of the banquet given to ‘the editors on Friday night, Sth inst., Gen. Williams of the Northern Indianiian, published at Warsaw, roge and offered the following resolution, which was adopted : - -, : Resolved, That the thanks of the editors and publishers of the 10th and 11th Congressional Districts are hereby tendered the ecitizens ot South Bend for hospitalities extended, to the proprietors -of the St. Joseph Valley Register and the National ll)lfnion for attentions shown, and to the host and hostess of the Dwight House for the feast of good things spread before us on this occasion. ° Pi —Of the pewspaper folks present at the Conveption on Friday last, seven were’, D¢mocrats, fifteen ﬁepublicans. and one, d?pen’denl;. ' There was one editress, johe' General, and four bachelors. On Slf the edifors was also a clergyman, a lawyer, and a teacher. —South Bend Union,. ‘

The dreadful alarm in the Canadian Dominion over the expected ¥enian raid has colminated in -the suspension of the Habeas Corpus act by Parliament. Sir John A. Macdonal({, in agking for the suspension of the act, said that the government had the most positive information of the invasion and its intended course. ‘Troops continue to rush to the border. The volunteers are parading in Quebec, and Montreal is a martial camp. ;

HOW THE FARMERS ARE TAXED. . Congressman Brooks, of New York, 'in closing his ‘speech on_the tariff, a_ fow days ago, said that if no one else could be found to upderatake the task, “he would mount a pedler's wagon, ,!and go through’ the agricaltural dis‘tricts, exhibiting a hoe, a’plow, an %‘axe,a shovel, a trace-chain, a knife ‘and: fork, with other aricles, and de'(mo:’x;strgte;to the eyes of the: people ‘the uujust, the: egormous, the wicked ‘staxation "that is imposed upon thein ‘by the existing tariffs.” fnl ~ This would be a very effective mode of electioneering ; and that thei people may understand the extent of the ’ taxation upon seme of the articles of every-day life in every family in the country, we append an extract from a gpeech in congress by Mr. Marshall of Illinois : e RNy . “The farmer starting. to his work .has a shoe put on his horse with nails taxed 67 per cent.; driven by a hammer taxed 54 per cent.; cuts a stick with a knife'taxed 50 per cent. ; hiteh“es his horse toa plow taxed 50 per cent. ; with chaines taxed. 67 per cent. ' He returns to his home at night and lays his wearied limbs on a sheet tax‘el 58 per cent., and covers himself . with a blanket that has paid "250 per | cent. | He rises in the morning, puts { on hiz humble flannel shirt taxed 80 1 per cent., his coat taxed 50 per cent., | shoes taxed 35 per cent., and hat tax- | ed 70 per cent., ‘opens family worship by a chapter from his bible taxed 25 ' per cent., and kneels to his God on an “fhumble ecarpes taxed 150 per cént.— He sits down to his humble meal from . a plate taxed 40 per cent., with kmfe ' and fork 35 per cent.; drinks his cup . of coffee taxed 47 per cent., or tea 78 | per cent., with sngar 70 per cent.; - seasons his food with salt taxed 100 | per cent., pepper 297 per cent., or i. spice 379 per cent. He looks around | upon his wife and children, all taxed | in the same way » takes a chew of to- | bacco taxed 100 per eent., or lights a cigar taxed 120. per ceut., and then | thanks ‘his . gtars that be lives in the | freest and best government under !‘heaven.m_ If on the Fourth of July he { wants'to have the star-spangled banner on real T)uming, he must pay the | American Bunting company of Ma3saj chusetts 100 per/cent., for this glori- ! ous privilege. No wonder, gir, that | the western. farmer is struggling with | poverty,and conscious of a wrong soms- | where, althongh he:knows not whence ['the blow comes that is chiining him ! to a life of endless toil, and - reducing | his wife and children to beggary.” t T'his ought to be read by every farj mer in the United States, and while i reading it he should remember that | but a tithe of the taxation goes into the ' national . treasury. The remainder | goes into the pockets of manufacturers.

Shoridan Running Away From Gen. . Thomas’ Faneral. { B [From the Troy, N. Y. Press.]"

. General Sheridan arrived iu ‘Froy yesterday morning, - remained about four hours, and then left for Philadelphia, where he is to join in thes banquet, . Yheridan came with the boly ot a Major General of the ‘army, a man before-whose glorious, manly career. the glory of Sheridan pales almost to nothingnesse There arc not words enough to express our detestation of the cold selfishuess Sheridan has exhibited. Nor are we alone in this feeling. Almost everybody unites in terming it'an outrage on decency.— Sheridan could not wait until a brother officer was carried to’his last resting place, but must needs hurry from the scene of mourning to oue of riotous feasting. * But this is essentially Sheridan. Could we expect that the man who burued barns,destroyed crops and drove women and children from shelter in'the Shenandoah, to have any heart”. Could we expect the man who w%rdered the massacre of poor sick, “half starved savages, who had learned from advancing -civilization nothing but wickedness, to honor the dead, though it was a soldier of the Fe‘public aud a brother officer ? © Tliere is talk of reducing the army. We believe in it to a eertain degree,’and the sword should begin at the head, and Sheridan, the inhuman, heartless and selfish Sheridan, should be one of the first to be cnt off. / E 5

' Editing a Paper. | : The following was found in the office of an editor by the county sheriff : Editing a paper iz a very pleasant business. 3 . If it contains too much politics, peoplé won’t haveé it. pro - If it contains too little, they won’t have it. ~ If the type is large, it don’t contain enough reading matter. = - - If the type is small,they can’t read it. « If we publish telegraphic reports, folks say they are nothing but lies. .If we omit them, they say we have no enterprise, or suppress them for political effect. o x> ; -, If we have in a few jokes, folks say - we are nothing but a rattle-head. '~ Ifiwe omit jokes, they say we are ‘Jold fossil. : : ! If we publish original matter, they damn us for not giving selections. If we publish selections folks say -we are lazy, fof not writing more and giving .them what they have not read in some other paper. syt philad i If we give a man a complithentary notice, we are censured for being partial. . v ; - If we do not, all hands say we are a greathog. . | viy . If we insert an article which pleases the ladies, men become jealous. If we do-not cater to their wishes, ‘the paper is not fit to have in their houses. =~ - A ;

’ If we attend church, they say it is only for effect. ‘ If we do not, they denounce us as | deceitful and desperately wicked, | If we speak well of any act of the: President, folks say we dare not do otherwise. : : - If we censure, they call us a traitor. If we remain in our office and attend to our business, folkssay we are too proud to mingle with our fellows. If we go out, they say we never attend to business. '~ If we do not pay all bills promptly, folks say wo are not to be trusted. If we do pay promptly they say we stolesheimoney: i Sl W A The New York Evening Post says ‘“thavthe republican party, having extinguished slavery and made all men free, has another great duty to perform ~—the abolition of the protective tariff.” The party won't:do it. They will re“solve and resolve as.they did in the late 221 id of February convention, but they ; g@" t propose to legislate in: that direco, 0 aah ]

- STATE ITEMS. . by *{j}’ ‘,;,Jﬂ?%;f"‘i"“‘7“l: | — : A dity official in Fort Wayne paid’ twenty-five cents tor the Jprivilege of gwxga two legged beast"’wf&;dmng worth of whaling for insulting his (the offieial’s) wife, in the streetion Tuess day of Tast week. All right, except the fine shbuld have been remitted. ... The New Albavy Ledger says : ‘Grentlemen. of this city who have re‘turned from a tour throngh Southern “Indiana, report the wheat crcp lookiag finer and more promising than at this ‘season for many years past. They al--80 report that there will be a fair average peach crop in the southern portion of Indiana. = st A bhen in Leavenworth, Crawford county, fired with an ambition to beat théone who, a few days ago laid a } double egg, on Thursday last, succeed - ed in laying a triplet, but it taxed del“icate constitution too severely, and now ghe lives only in memory. This sort of emulation should be stopped. If the heng don’t look cut they will render themselves liable to suspicion. ! ~ E.D. Farnsworth, Grand Sire of the Grand Lodge of the United States of 1. 0. of O I, has izsued a proclamation ;recommending the 26x£1 day of April inst.,, as a day of universal Thanksgiving aiid prayer to the Grana - Master ot the universe for his careful :( protection of the ?est interests of the 'Order. The 26tH of ‘April is the anniversary of Odd Fellowship. ! - Illustrative of the ‘‘new departure,” two colored children were placed in a select, school at Sullivan, so the Dem“ocrat says on last, Monday. A number of white children were removed by { their parents’ in: consequence, Democrats and a few Republicans taking of- ' fense at the action of the teacher.— - The excitement has been allayed, however, by Ithe removal of the colored youths. A ; Fera ! On Wednesday evening of last week: Albert McCorkle, Depury - Sheriff of Shelby county, had an altercation with Lee Amsden, of Shelby- : ville, when the latter struck ‘MeCorkle

. with an ice-pick, inflicling a danger- | ous wound. MeC. drew & revolver | and 'shot Amsden through the right | breast, the ball lodging, it is supposed, |in the back' bone. It is thought he ! cannot recover. ; . At Monroeville, Allen county, an ; exciting affair occurred on Saturday, | 9th, inst. A man who resides in the | western part of the State, was stop- | ping at that place, selling patent rights. | He became enamored of a young lady, \ and wrote a note to her, asking'a pri- ' vate meeting, just out of town. The note was answered by a young man, i,a lover of the girl, who signed the la- | dy’'s name, complying with the request, ! but without hesr knowledge. - The pat- . ent right may; started for the appoint- | ed place, but before reachirg ir, was | met by three men, and nearly beaten | to death. . Two of the men were arrest- | ed, Monday, put under bonds of $l,- | 000 each, and whilc on the ‘way to pro- | cure bail, escaped. Some think rob- | bery was the object, as the mau was " known to have money. There is ' scarcely a hope of his recovery.

v From New York San. (Rep.) - Presidential Deadheading. President Grant, it seefns, not content with his salary of $25,000 a year, free house rent, garden stuff and perquisities ‘innumerable, to say nothing of the liberal “presents’ he has received from office-seekers, claims the privilege of free transportation over the railroads of-the country, whether their officers concede it or not. At least we find in the Poughkeepsie News the. following account of what occurred on the Hudson River Railroad last Thursday, when the President and his party were on their way to attend the funeral of General Thomas at Troy. + “President |Grant and Secreraries Robeson, Belknap and Cox, and Postmaster (General Creswell, took the midnight train from New York.— Shortly ‘after leaving the city they were called upon, in common with other passengers, for their tickets.—They stated they had none. They were then'asked to pay their fare.— This they peremptorily refused to do, giving the conducior, Harry Stevens, to understand that their exalted positions ghould ensure them free conveyance. The conductor told. them that his .instryctions were to pass no ‘deadheads’ over the' road, and that if they did not comply with the rules he should be obliged o stop the train and put them off. Thus things remained until the arrival of the train at Poughkeepsie, when the conductor threaten- f ed to disconnect the car which contained the distinguished party. But before proceeding any further, Superintendeny Toucey was acquainted with the cage, and that’ gentleman took the responsibility to ‘trust’ them for their fare as far'as Albany.” Fes Another - Poughkeepsie paper, the Press, tells substantially the same story ; and it iz so in accordance with the President’s alleged practices, that there will be amongﬁhe people a strong disposition to belieye that it is true.— We trust, however, for the sake of public décency, that it will be premptly ~and perfecily disproved. The country sternly condemns much that General Grant has done since he became President'; but it does not wish to-become utterly ashamed of him. ; e —— E———— Death of Bishop Kingsley, - Bishop Kipgsley, of the M. E. Church, died recently of heart disease at Beyroot, in Syria. He was on a tour of Kpiscopal visitation to the Foreign Mission and has been absent from home about a yedr. He was.an able preacher, and had distinguished him--gelf a 8 a - vigorous writer while editor of the Western Christian Advocate, and the Chuarch entertamned great: hopes from his labors as one of the chief pastors. Thus one by one they fall. A few days before Bishop Thompson and Dr. McClintock was called to their reward. Now the Mas‘ter calls another. SR o - Gov. Jewell, of Connecticut, has been heard from. - Some -one was commiserating him on hisfdefetts;and remarked that “twas the storm that did ity to which Mr. Jewell sagaciously replied: _#l have been conscious for some time that republicans can't stand too much water!”’ We hope-the puritans of Connecticut do not ‘intend to stand on the whisky platform| ° . SALTING OOWS.—A New Yorkersays that cows should be salted every morning, and if in the stable, before foddering, but never after tak ng wa:erf{h&w the gf‘mﬂﬁﬁ”‘w stock keepers in Switzerland, and he thinks much prferabi o ali them onee-or twicea week; or to- keeping it constantly within their reach,

L FROM TENNESSEE. i ‘;afm:wmm& (Ind.) Republican.], = GREENVILLE, TENN.; March 28, ’70." DEAR EDITOR :—You seem desi- | _rous that my *facile goose-quill” shall furnish you & few lines from the bor‘der.™ Y¥ow may well say “border;” for if the rampant members of Congress had their way, we would be only a border member of this . once glorious Republic., Such demagogues as Maynard, Stokes, and ¢ld granny BrownTow would have us under martial law, and their corrupt carcasses. kept iu'l - Congress, on fat salariea. They would | beclare us “out of the Union,” after we | ' had been “in the Union,” at lgast since 1864. They would place us un- | der the same authority . that involved | us to the amount of forty millions.— | They wonld place the same power ovér us- that robbed our children: of nearly two millions of sacred school fund. They would drag us down to ruin, simply because the political condition. of the State has g 0 changed that they can no longer hold the reins of power; no longer feed'at the public manger ; no longer ride rough: shod over their neighbors, who are . their betters in intelligence, in moral worth;-| in respectability, in lands.and general property. They say Tennessee needs: reconstruction, and the people :ay, inthe name of God, what for? -Such expressions come, not from one class alone—from radicals ‘and democrats, I white men and negroes’; and I tellyon, sir, that, in the section in which I live, ' I cannot even hear of a man who fai vors the reconstruction of Tennessee, but I find him to be one of those who are either in'office, or have been ousted within the past six months,” Those | who are now in, wish power'to keep l 4hem there; those who are ouf, want | the same power to put them in. - Then | thére is a class of persons who have ! been in office, and - have go manipulat- | ed the publi¢c moneys. as to line their i wallets, and who fear the orders which { have been made by the present Legislature for investigation of their maladi ministration. . They- seek; under the

cloak of- military ;reconstruction, ‘to elude the vigilance of the watch dogs —to prevent an investigation of their official acts. . Ahd theré are not a few of such, who have failed to retain the confidence of even their own' party in’ Tennessee, and who tiow seek to ex: cite sympathy beyond:our “borders.” We have confidence to™ believe that Congress will not listen to the harpings of such persons, and that Tennessee will be permitted to retain her position as a State. - A fair inVestigation of affairs in- Tennessee would ~¢onvince any reasonable man that we are in as ‘quiet, peaceable condition as any State in the Union. As [ said to you, and many. others, when I was last north, at least three-fourths of the terrible stories in pript, in reference to Tennessee, are malicious slanders.- It is true, that wehave those among us who violate laws, but they are as few as can be found in any other State of equal population. e The papers have been full of “cadetships” for'some time, and the pet of this congressional district has been running the gauntlet.: I refer to Roberick Random Batler; While The has escaped “without expulsion, and was only censured by a unanimous vote, this does not vidicate him, nor make himless guilty than Whittemore. Poor fellow, hedas had a hard “time, and has pulled his string well to escape expulsion ; and, bas been at home and i‘m}\de a speech in which T am well in{olrmed:hc said : “Fellow-citizens, 1 ave fought rebels with the sword and bayonet; and it was a hard fight, but I gained -the victory; and 1 have fought Congress a hard fight, and igained a victory there; and I tell you thay a more corrupt set ‘of; villains. never existed, than that Congress.” Now, as to the latter, I concur with him, especially if he numbers himself among that'body. As to fightiag with sword and bayonet, I am fully advised that such a thibg never occurred, unless it was while raigsing a rebel regiment. I am not much astonished that they did not expel Batler. In fact, I am almost prepared for-anything that the present Congress might |do. - A few expositions and _exi;])uléions——a little prompt action—might prove salutary. But, peculation seems to be the order of the day, and peculators will sustaia each_other. . LR T

Well, we had a constitutional ¢onvention, and, on Saturday last, voted upon its ratification-or rejection. I look for it to be ratified by about seventy thousand majority. It is better than the old constitution in some respects, but I have not time nor space to tell you why. I am told by one of the members of the convention, that almost every change that was made, was done by copying a clause from the constitution” of some Northern State, in licu of a clause of our own, or to supply a vacoum. Lt "I remain yours, &c., J.C.C. - | For the National Banner. - “ BEGINNING TO LIVE.” - k BY G W.KLING: - 5 Lines written on the death of Josgrr W. CroNE —he regarded death as the begirining of life,” .

The sun was rising from his rosy-bed, ; That calm and lovely morn: his roseate hues Were peeping through the rustic shade, where lay Upon his dyiog bed the form of one . i Who was Consumption’s victim. . Slow disease Had preyed upon his vitals,-and had wrought Its fatal work. The parting hour had come When: he must pass the dreaded ‘vale, and cross The bridgeless tide. The king of terrors, with His iron grasp, had seized upon his frame, ; And he must yield; yet calm, serene, helay | Like a speat laborer retired to rest ot s Upon his quiet pillow.. A sweetlook - Of heavenly joy beamed from his eye, He dreaded not the narrow vale of death :- And in the midst of Josllan’s swelling tide, = . He said, in angel accents, * Allis well.” 7~ SR 3 1 The sorrows and pains of this earth-life are done, And every evil that’s under the sin—' - The **swellings of Death ” are passed. Yonr loved one has gone to the beautiful' land— Is joined with the white-robed angel band— « “Beginning to live "atlast. = , Beginning to walk with the ransomed blest,” O'ér the verdant plainsiot the land of rest, And pavements of burnished gold. ‘ ) Beginnmgntp live” in the mansions fa’ir, The Saviorin mercy has gone to prepare— The purchase of rove untoldi, Beginning:to drink from the fount of love; = ¢ - ‘That flows from the great white throne above, - ° Whose sweetness no love can tell. - Released from all wﬁnhh. ‘pain and strife-§ "‘Begllmi‘ng to live " in eternal life, é Safely home, sweet home. %! All is wptl.”. 3 ' Kendallville papers pleasecopy. =~ = April 9th, 1870, by Rev. W. B. Hendryx, Mr. 3. W GRIERITA Y Mies LONIE KNIGHT; s°s “L""“Q;g. Wi e u i Jinog 1 he merimonal Fanks, and Hape th Syl od erak eeve U Nt Telgat S ERE s e ST AR joy, peace, contentment and Happiness may always abound with them, in their joursey thro’ Wy s

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e¥ W i : DIED: : ' " On Sonday, April 17th, Mrs. EXPERIENCE 'SURFACE, wife of Adam Eurface, of Sparta township ; aged 46 years. i ey : The deceased leaves a large family of children _to ‘mourn- the loss of a devoted mother. For - many years she was a consistent member of the "Christian Church, and her last thoughts uttered on earth gaveevidence that she has gone to ber réstin-Heaven : “ Good-bye—l am goinghome. ' Lord Jesus, receive my soul,” - . " .On April 14, at the residence of his father, ‘near Lisbon, Ind., of Consumption, JOSEPH W. CRONE ; aged 24 years and 11 montha, We have recorded a death which we feel sure was the opening ot the portals of eternal life to a soul fully attuned tu its sublime harmonies. The ddceased was for seven years gﬁconﬁrmed _itivalid, much of the time a great sufferer. The enforced ‘leicure of ill-health was.sedulously employed in ‘the imrrovement of a'mind of no common order, until at the time of his death, a highly cultivated intellect, crowned and graced by a 3 sweet a temper as ever endeared a mor-. tal to his' kind, shone like a gem througb the frail mortality that bound him to earth.— Kendallville Journal. - i On Sarwurday, AEril 9,0870 in Ligonier, Miss i SAMANTHA H. LISLE, daughter of C. C. & N. J. Lisle, aged 23 years and 8 months. - The deceased was a member of the Methodist E "Church for a number of years, and died'in'a pure faith. Funeral services by Rev.R Latta. i - 2 LIGONIER MAI}KE’T REPORT. Wheat—white, ... 105 |C0rn,............ 80 Wheat—Red,....., 90 |BeesWax,....... 80 QatE, i v B 0 IBRtEery 00l A B 0 Potatoes, ........ 40 (Herd . .ol 018 Flax Seed,;: . .... 15 IHopa ... ol 018 W001,.........40 to-45 [Feathers..... ... 80 The Countess of Chinchon,who is said tohave been the first to have taken the Peruviun Bark to ‘Europe, had the honor of giving her’ name to it through the great naturalist, Linne. us. Cinchona Bark, in its several varieties, is: the source both of the bitter and Sweet Quinine, the latter now ranking among the most valuable of remedies, as it has all the medical quﬂ}ities of bitter quinine, but none of its intense bitterness. Sold by Meore & Tharp. uf you have a discharge from the nose, offensive or otherwise, partialloss of the sense of smell, taste or hearing, é)'-)es watering or weak,_ teel dull and stupid or debilitated, pain or pressure in the head, take cold easily, you may rest assured that you have the Catarrth. Thousands annually, without manifesting half of the above symptoms, terminate 1o consumption and end “in the grave. No disease is 80 common, more deceptive, or less understood by‘%hynicinna - R V. Pierce, M, D., of Buffalo, N.- Y., is the | proprietor of Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy—s perfect specific for catarrh, cold in the head, or catarrbhal headache, which he sends to any address, post-paid, for sixty cents, or four packa-ges-for §2. Sold by most druggists everywherp.

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BAKERY AND RESTAURANT S BY - B. HAYNES, : Opposite the Post Office, Ligonier, Ind. My Bakery will be supplied atalltimes with fresh Biscuits, Bread, Pies, Cakes, . : Crackers, &e., &c. Wedding- parties, pic-nics and private parties will be furnished with anything in the pastry line, ° on short notice, and in the very latest style, on reasonable terms. Oysters and warm meals fur. nighed at all hours. 'Charges reasonable. Farmars will find this a good place to satisfy the ‘‘inner man.” : Jan’y 6, '69.~tf. A NEW MOVEMENT'! Solomon in new Quarters! - Tae subscriber would respectfuliy a,nnounce that he has just moved into the building formerly oocugied by 8. Mier & Co., purchased a large stock of i 3 : GROCERIES, &c., and is -now prepared to sﬂuPply every deman in his line at rates fully as low as any other es tablishment in town. . Refreshments at :all hours. : SOL. ACKERMAN. Ligonier, Sept. 15th, 1869, “ O FOR SALE. . A desirable residence in th¢-town of Ligonier, is offered for sale cheap, with payments on good time. There are on the premises a good we 1 of water, good cistern, #nd all the conveniences that could be asked for. If I cannot gell, I will rent the same to some good small fimilfy. “In the absence of the undersigned, inquire of Capt. J E Braden. M. M. MERIAM, Ligonier, March 80th, 187048 t Application for License. ! The undersigned"will afpgly for license at the | next term of the Board of Commissioxnors of Noble county, Indiana, to retail spir‘tuous and intoxicating liquors in less ‘(}uontitiea than n%uu't at a time, at his place of business, lot No. ¢ in the city’of Kendallville, in said county. : ; J. ADAM FEHL. April 6, 1870.-49 : 2k : ~ WEDLOCK. : Tag Basis or Civit Bociery.—Essays for all “young men, on the honor and happiness of mar- ‘ ri:%e, and the evils and dangers of Celibacy.-< with sanitary help for the attainment of man’s true position in life. Sent free in sealed envelopes Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box P, Philadelphis, Pa. - " June 18, Iy. - IBloomington, 111,, Nursery.: .. 19t Yran! 500 1 10 GreExnouszs! %al.lﬁe“' best stock and s eg facilities.. APs K, Datchess, Trt%m det ; g L t‘md s _years, APPLE 'ROQ GRAFT! {ny % abeve, ROOT-GRAFTS Mr.'n%mcmAPple.vPrear etc., WILDGOOSE, Miner, Lombard, ~ -l:-m (S, ROSES l'% Dahe BRI, S e [84t12) S gk. l'%lx. . . REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. - The undersigned oﬂin 8¢ private sale, the- - real sstia losaiad n Percy township, Noble cuunty, fo wit: A farm con‘sisting of thirty sores, 2'l-8 miles enat of Ligo - (SHIOE - TOTUROTAY ‘;‘;;@3&%@-.,}%,%@,;@4;\wm : ,x‘ : £ oore : Q“mﬂﬂu ‘will be S , Shn R cul 0 the balsow o two squal as: P tariner partoulars, lnquiveof Coaial s il e R e AR e R B e A e e I SRR TFealoiE S S B Ser R R e e A S TR I e