The National Banner, Volume 5, Number 2, Ligonier, Noble County, 11 May 1870 — Page 2

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‘Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God.’ , J. B. STOLL, EDITOR. ' A WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1870, N DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET . For Secretary of Stage: ; Col. NORMAN EDDY, oft South Bend. % For Auditor of State: ’ JOHN C. SHOEMAKER, of Perry Co. . ' For Treasurer of State: JAMES B. RYAN, of Indianapolis. = For Attorney-General: BAYLESS W. HANNA, of Terre Haute. : For Bap’t of Pablic Instruction : Rev. MILTON B, HOPKINS, of Clinton. For Supreme;Judges: s JAMES L. WORDEN, of Fort Wayne, K. C. DOWNEY, of, Ohio County, SAMUEL H. BUSEiBK-: of Monroe Co;, JOHN PETTIT, ofiLafayette. - THE Pox,li ICAL PROSPECT. ~ The Greensburg Standard, Willie Cumiback’s organ, has the following: ! I “We think there is no reasonable doubt that we shall carry Indiana in the coming political ,cor%t?t,‘ The bad -feeling that was manifested a year ago has disappeared, and the utmost harmony seems to pre: vail. The ticket will receive a umted and hearty suppol{t. Besides, the Democracy will not be'aßle tg employ the amount of money in this contest that was used in *the campaign of 1868, and we shall not therefore have so vigorous a canvass’ n%ainst us. -We shall have the advantage of the negro vote, which will more than compensate’ us for losses in' the last swo years.” v | i

' The Standard seems to forget that the Radicals spent ﬁge dollars to one expended by the Democracy for campaign purposes, and that the gain of 13,000 votes could not, theretore, be attributed to the use of money. It is very true that nothing would so effectually decimate the ranks of the radical party of Indiana as the expenditure ?f vast sums of money on part of our committees, but the Democracy are not in position to advance such “seductive arguments” to these erring brethren. As it is, we depend upon the justice of our cause and the workings of a revolution in public sentiment, superinduced by the reckless course of the party in power. The Republicans may be united in the support of their State ticket, ‘ but were they not equally so in 18687— Yet they lost 13,000 votes at a time when ‘ radical Jeaders studiously denied that it was their purpose to fasten a most obnoxious measure upon the people. Thatinfamy has since beei; consummated, in spite of the earnest protests q‘f considerate men who were not prepared/ to prove recreant to the most sacred pledges. | - 'We have no hesitancy in saying that a majority of the republican party of Indiana was opposed to the ratification of the fifteenth amendment.. The bulk of that party may acquiesce in the decision thus fraudulently rendered, and humbly bow’ to the, despotic decree of unscrupulous leaders; but it would be putting a low estimate on the !intelligence of thought and independence of action to which members of that party lay claims, to suppose for a moment that they will reward their betrayers by voting them a new lease of office. - It is. more thal:rdoubtful, | therefore, that the addition of 8,000 negro votes will compensate for the loss sustsined by the desertion of white voters whose action in. political life is governed by something higher than mere party consideration, and ‘igstead of securing victory by theaid of the negro element, the indications now are that the stamp of defeat 'will be, placed upon those who bid defiance to the popular will and arrogated to themselveéf authority that rightfully belongs to the people alone, - ~ The political situation may be briefly stated in the following words: If the Democracy do rot carry Indiana it will be due te their own blunders, mismanagement and inactivity. By a judicious course, by vigilance and determined action, Indiana can and will be redeemed.

: A Novel Prosecution.; Rev. Charles B. Smyth, pastor of the “Presbyterian church in Eleventh street, New York, was tried in the First Unitea Presbyterian Presbytery on the 8d inst.; for bringing scdndal on the church by in“viting reporters to Tunch, and drinking gin and milk in a common restaurant on the Sabbath day and neglecting to ask a blessing over the refreshment.. Mr. Smyth admitted the charges, but plead nervous exhaustion in excuse for the gin and milk. Rev. Drs. Harper and Armstrong made strong speeches against him. He was found guilty, and sentenced to be rebuked. The reveregd; sinner made a full confession of his guilt, promised to “walk more circumspectly in the future,” and received the censure from the lips of Rev. Dr. Har‘per with bowed head and penitent mien. ‘We presume if Mr. Smyth had taken his gin and milk privately, it would have i.een all right. Taking a moderate drink in public, according to puritan notiops, is a horrible offence, but consuming a quart -behind the curtain is deemed entirely ~proper. Vive la Humbug. i el < A — . Brave Boy, . ‘The editor of the Dearborn Tndependent secems<to have been offended by some of those chronic fault-finders who. infest al most every community.” With fearless bravery, that greatly ¢hallenges our admiration, he bids defiance to his adversaries in the following vigorous style : - “The responsible editor of this paper can be found during all business hours at this :ffﬂce__. Parties wishing to demand “gatisfaction” will please call (amd not take their grievances to outside parties) when their case will receiveall the attention the circumstances warrant., Politicians and others desiring to intimidate, cane or cowhide us, are requested to have a few friends accompany them, as we have quite a decided repugnance to handling corpses.” wake * The Crops. L 'As a matter of great/ nterest to all the people of the State, jnd'to‘mnn; out of the State, we are pleased to reproduce from our e‘xchan’gu,‘i) repgesentinigan sections, the cheering accounts of the grow ing crops, both 'of grain and fmgto A careful review of the State papers shows that moquh,::zn an average breadth of ; wheit has been sown this season, and that thus far the Pelggats are most excellent for s aty Vil T h%',’ggg emal thez:!mmw be no possibility of failure.. In brief, eo far 48 Indiana is concerned, our: da fields are ' bloomﬂﬂcm richest promises fo m ves ome, " Poads o pleaty i thenc. ~—lnd. e i St

It is with more than ordinary pleasure that we notice in last week’s Huntington Democrat @ article on the importazce of conciliating in our nominating conventions the conservative element which row holds the balance of power in Indiana as well as other States. We eay more than ordinary pleasure, because the paper from which we copy the subjoined extract bas been classed among the ultra portion of the democratic press, and in view of the fact'that there are those of the stripe indicated by the Democrat who now urge their “claims” to prominent positions, regardless of the disastrous effect which would inevitably result from their nomination. The porition of the Democrat is the only one by which we can ever expect to thoroughly extirpate the evils of radicalism. It is the hight of folly to think that conservative Republicans can be induced tn flock to the support of the most ultra and obnoxious politicians in our ranks; they will not do it. Moderate Republicans do not abandon the radical organization with a view of embracing the extreme ideas of that comparatively small body who set up their peculiar ideas against the better judgment of a vast majority of the democratic party, nor is it reasonable to expect them to discard their belief in the justice of a cause long since determined, merely for the sake of being admitted to full fellowship in the newlyformed association. A little reflection will convince all reasonable men that these are conclusions based upon common sense and incontrovertable facts.

But, the Démocrat's forcible points speak for themselves. Hear what that paper says : A S 4 We have on a previous occasion remarked, in view of the g[:'eat importance of the campaign upon which we have entered, and the “absolute necessity of a democratic suctess that law and order may be establ’shed:and the country protected from further spoliation by the rad--Ical plunderers, that such of our leaders as entertain sentiments of.so ultra a character as to have incurred the uncompromising opposition of a largewclass of influential members of the party, should for the present decline active participation in party strife and bide that incvitable period in the future when the masses of their own: volition will embrace their theories, if they be worthy, and breathe vitality into them. o s

It is too true to admit * of controversy that we have been repelling the conservative and well disposed ‘element of the opgosition by ingisting that they shall pay omage to the most ultra, and, in %some instances, the most impracticable men in our party. If the extreme men who have been régarded as leaders have any desire for success, or any respect for their associates who do not endorse their radically ultra views, they will gracefully and magnanimously yie&d-to those who come nearer the standard of what the masses consider a 8 wise, safe and popular leaders. — et ) 0 ~ . “What it Means. In our issue of two weeks ago, we published a briet reference to the somewhat remarkable fact that allithe democratic editors of Indiana who:aspired to official position during the present year, were defeated in convention, concluding the article with the query: “What does it mean ?” Several of our contemporaries bave undertaken to solve the problem.— The editor of the Franklin Herald, who was defeated as a candidate for the Legislature, answers/the question as follows : We'll tell you what it means, friend Stoll. It means that those who do the most work always get the least pay It means that the party is seltish,and knows that our’ services can be depended upon from principle, and that an editor may, as far as our party’s perquisites are concerned, look for his reward for all his hard political labor, in the next world. It means, that our party, unlike the Old Napoleon, does not promote her soldiers for gallantry—bravery in battle, and consequently our opponents, who never luse sight of that one principle in political tactics, always come out victorious when the battle is fought. God hates a coward, and new recruits will never rally under the officer unless hé has shown his pluck upon well fought battle fielde. We hope that our party, for its own sake, will yet learn to reward its brave soldiers —those who are always in front when the battle rages fiercest; for if it does not, who can look forward with any confidence that the whole army will not become demoralized, and that victory in the future, like in the past, will not crown the party who always gives position to its fighting men.” The Winamac Democrat arrives at the following conclusion : It means that the party cannot s;l)]are their valuable time and labor from their legitimate calling. Most any person can run for office, but it requires brains to run a printing office. ;

Belligerent Journalists. According to the following, which we extract from the Indianapolis Journal of Friday, it would seem that newspaper managers are at present unusually severe in their denunciation of one another : Journalism is at a fearful ebb. The New York Standard, after the fairest promises, has fallen into the sewer-way of filth first excavated by the Sun. The low-flung Z)ersonalit.ies of the Cincinnati Commercial and Enguirer have become disgustingly well known. The cross-fir-ing between the older papers of New York City has/passed beyond the stage of astonishment. ;| New York dispatches of yesterday, alluding to the article of John Russel Young against Dana, says: “The Sun makes a brief reply to the Standard, and “calls its editor a liar and & thief— The Standard republishes 'its article ot yesterday, and makes & new assault upon the Sun. The Star printsa portion of the Standard’s article, and joins in the ﬁght with some uncomplimentary remarks of its own. There are rumors of forthcoming -interviewing with pistols’ and canes. The Tribune and Times have not thtown mud at each other for several days. The Z'ridune baving caused the resignation of the 7Wmes' managing editor, is happy, and calls upon other papers to be gentle and good natured. Hugh Hastings, of the Commercial Advertiser, recently assailed the Independent. The latter paper to-day publishes a retraction ~made by Hastings twenty-seven years 880, in which he acknowledges a willful and malicious libel apon ﬁenﬂeman without cause.. The Commercial replies by calling the Independent a liar and other choice names, and threatens to kick him at the earliest opportunity.” Out of all this storm will come good. When' rogues fall out honest dpeople get their dues.— The papers who: maintain their respectability will be approved by the people. ‘A copy of the “anti-personality resolution,” adopted by the editorial association at South Bend, should be forwarded to these furious heroes of the quill. Its attentive perusal and careful study might have a happy eftect and prove of incalculable benefit, Fe _Somebody has left a baby’s dress at the eol 'ié".” e rove legi | SRSt s o . Which—the leaving of the dress, or its prospective contents ? - b

CONGRESSIONAL DESIGNS UPON THE RISING GENERATIONS. The federal government, wiites a distinguistfed contemporary, was constructed %o hae charge of peace, war and external relations for which the Btates, acting seperately, were not well adapted, and whose Tlocal and particular interests might not always harmonize. Powers for these purposes were specially conferred, and all others were retained by the States, as they possessed them before the Constitution was framed. No power over education, or the control over children, or that of directing parents concerning their education and management has yet fotnd a place in the constitution. But from the beginning it has been exercised by the respective Btates, and in many, with the most perfect success. o 1

No one State has neglected the duty of educating its children, and thus preparing them for usefulness and lives of expected happiness. Each State exercises its own judgment concerning the method best calculated to produce the desired result. 3 B

| All agree that the nearer the duties are brought to the family circle where the children receive parental care and direction, thet more perfect the system. The ’ tastes, wishes and habits of the communi- ‘ ty are th#i better consulted, thun by en‘trusting the whole to distant hands, whose | standard of perfection may not meet the ’approval! of the actnal parents. People should be as free and untrammeled in the i education and mansgement of their children as they are in worshiping their Crei ator. The success of this freedom of ac- ! tion by the States, may be safely appealed to as conclusive evidence in its favor.

But in Congress different designs prevail, and it is declared in a bill reported in the House by Mr. Hoar, brother to the Attorney General, that the education of ‘children is “an object of national interest and concern.” His bill authorizes the President to appoint in each State “a State superintendent of national schoals, who shall divide it into as many sub-di--visions as the State has representatives in Congress.” And that “the Secretary of ‘the Interior shall appuint for each of said divisions a division inspector of national schools,” and that the State superintendent shall divide the large divisions “intoschool districts,” and that “the Secretary of the Interior ghall appoint some suitable person to be local superintendent of national schools in each school district.”. This would send to each school district in the United States, a political drill sergeant, and make each school bouse & recruiting office. It would bring into the field a politieal army ofat least fifty thousand pliant men, who prefer political drilling to ordinary work in the field or shop. The bill further provides, “that such number of schools shall be kept in each district as the State Superintendent shall direct.” “That it shall be the duty of every local superintendent to select the place for the school house within his district which he shall purchase in the name of the United States.” ' Voris v “In -case no suitable place can be obtained with the consent of the owner, the division inspector may appropriate a tract for such purpose.” This poiver of emi nent domain, authorizes the government to take lands from the owner without his consent. The author of the bill cannot find in the Constitution “That the school books. to be used in all national schools shall be such as are prescribed by the said superintendent under the direction of the commissioner of education.. That the local superintendent shall select and contract with a teacher, or teachers, for the schools within his district.” -

There is ample provision for securing the services of another army of politicians to train the youthful mipd into conformity with the head of the government, and especially as they are to use only echool books a¢ the head of the establishment prescribes. This will afford a tempting opportunity for the Helpers, the Greeleys, the Beechers and the sanctimonious hypocrites who brawl through the country, or make a mockery of religion in Congress, to supply the scnools with books for political proselyting for their own personal benefit. - : 7

The message of President Grant communicating to Congress the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution, conclu-. sively proves that he is in favor of this’ unconstitutional design upon the American children. The bill contains this other alarming provision, “That a direct tax of —— millions of dollars ishereby laid upon the United States, and the same shall be apportioned among the States respectively,” as provided in the act of 1866, under which every acre of land in the United Btates was ordered to be taxed, and would have been if the execution of the law had not been postponed, and finally repealed. : / The public schools of Indiana now cost something over two and a half millions of dollars, and her share of this tax ‘would much more than equal that sum, while the whole system would be devoted to political purposes against her wishés and those of the people. Such are the designs of Congress, clearly indicated by this bill, upon the rising generation of our country. No member of Congress has as yet risen. and denounced or even disavowed concurrenge in this bill. Is there none who dare do it? : ——— - E—- . Exeitement in Franee.

Conceding that there has really been a plot to take the life of the French Emperor, the World thinks his friends have not been slow to make capital from It.— While the police, with painstaking alacrity, are arresting people everywhere, including a harmless insane Engliphman, the official organ is publishingsthe congratulatory letters to his Majesty, which are flowing in like a torrent from his faithful subjects. The Central Committew in favor of the plebiscitum have sent into the provinces one hundred thousand copies of the Fligrao containing-details of the conspiracy. It is also announced that the “ramifications” of the plot are much wider than was at firs{ supposed, and that new developments are continually coming to light. 'At this distance it would be unjust to assume that there is no plot, but it looks very much as if the affair had been greatly exaggerated for political pur-

Public meeti?s were held in di&el’ent parts of Paris unda_‘ynand Monday, Ist s S STI ats sndiences were turbulent the ce ed thei In many imncenmma.peqple retired shouting “Vive 1a Republigue.”

NOTES AND COMMENTS. ' The Anderson Democratic Standard says: We say it right here, regardless of the feeling of anybody, that we have got some of the most infernal corrupt willains acting with our party in this county that can be found 1n this State: { - If that be true, the Standard has a very plair duty to perform, i. e., to expose the corruption of the guilty without fear or favor. It isa mistaken idea to suppose that democratic papers are published for the purpose of whitewashing thieves or ‘rogues who may happen to belong to the party. To bea true Democrat requires ‘honesty and purity of purpose. |Hé who does not come up to these requirements is not a proper persgou to receive the commendation of democratic journalé.' ; General Terry has virtually suspended the writ of habeas corpus in the Radical province of Georgia, and is trying citizens (white, of course) before a military commission of his own selection.— World. Georgia must remain unreconstructed until after the fall elections. The Radicals are sorely 1n need of an electioneering hobby, which can be furnished by inciticg mobs and riots, The frightening hobgoblin of the Ku-Klux must be held in readiness to “fire tke northern heart.” A negro and a white Radical have been running for Mayor of Virginia,' Nevada. The Radicals supported their white rep. resentative, and the Democrats rallied around.the negro. At the electicn on the Bd-inst. the white Radical candidate had 570 vo,tes,é‘ and the negro 298 votes. The action of these Nevada Democrats demonstrates very forcibly that fools do not all belang to the republican party.— Voting for a pegro for mayor, after savagely denouncing negro suffrage, betrays such a lack of common sense that we are entirely out of patience with the fellows who were guilty of the stupidity..

The Brooklyn E’agZ; says that Schuyler Colfax was the first man that McFarland was jealous of. If that little item ot scandal could have been known four years sooner, Colfax might have been President of the United States.— Waterloo Air Line. Are wé to understand from this that Grant owes his accession to the Presidency to a like cause? £ |

- The choicest. specimen of “indiscrimi- | nate puffing” that has recently come un: der our observation, is the profuse lauda- ’ tion, ‘by a contemporary, of a mushroom newspaper concern that habitually steals llallj its pretended “editorial (?) matter,” “.a_nd which, to eur pesitive knowledge, ‘ has not had an original article for three | months. The following able and power:ful effort, placed immediately under the editorial head, is the only editorial paragraph we have of late seen in that | “most interesting paper:> . = ~ “Just think of it.—This mighty and powerful nation having a Congress of pigamies to rule its people.” " Yes, “pigamies.” : " The Boone County Pioneer gives the following instance of Radical white and black social equality: - ; Last Wednesday night some of the rad icals of this place gave an éutertainment fo the negro population, and at one table sat both blacks and whites enjoying the sumptuous repast. Together they mingled in the giddy mazes of the dance, fully proving that we need not go away from home to witness the fruits of Radicalism. We can conceive of nothing that would be too low ‘in the scale of degradation that a radical politician would not resort to in order to catch a few votes, A negro Judge in ‘Alabama, when his first case came on and everything was ready, was told, by a lawyer that he had neglected to charge the Jury. He rose \ up, put up his spectacles, and said : “Gem--men of de jury, I charge you half a dollar a piece, and you must pay it before the case goes on,” The next thing our readers may expect ‘to hear ot that chap will be his election to a seat in the U. 8. Senate. He possess ‘es all the qualifications for a first-class representative of the party of “grand moralideas.”. S

-Foreign bora citizens who-have not procured their final naturalization papers, should do so. at once, in view of the probability’ of the passage by Congress of a law requiring all foreigners to obtain their naturalization papers in the United States District Court, instead of in the local courts of the county. .~ .

The South Bend Union says of the recent election in that city: _ The battle has been fought, and while the foe occupies the field, our honor remains untarnished. The Democratic gain on City Treasurer is 112, on Councilman in the First Ward 7, and on Councilman in the Third Ward, 97. The Republicans polled a full vote, the Register to the contrary notwithstanding. It will be noticed - from the above that the home of our candidate for Secretary of State, Col. Eddy, shows handsome democratic gains. A still better report will doubtless come from that city next OctoSk e > — 3 A New Political Movement, A number of prominent republicans, who are not membérs of Congress, recently met in Washington and resolved on holding a convention in some western cify next fall, for the purpose of inaugurating a Tariff Reform. Among them are Philip Dorsheimer, the United States Dis trict Attorney of Western New York, and Revenue Commissioner David A. Wells. ‘These gentlemen are convinced of the dangers which threaten their party by the continuance of the present infamous tariff policy which sacrifices' the comforts of the mass of the people for the aggrandizement of the few. Kvery assistance that may lift a portion of the burdens of the oppressive and industry-crippling system will be thankfully received, but these free trade republicans need not deceive themselves. : The people have been fully convinced that there is no longer any hope that the party in power has the slightest intention of affording them relief. Their only trust can be in the democratic party, which is everywhere in favor of tariff reforn. 7

We learn that our old - friend, Col. Ed. Robineon, a l:rominent politician of LaFayette, has left the radical ‘party, and united himself with the great white man’s party of the country. The accessions of such earnest and talented gentlemen a 8 Col. Robinson, we welcome with & warm greeting to a prominent place in the democratic fold.—Huntington Demo~ crat. F : : . Om, Say—Have you heard the great re duction in the price of Queensware and Glassware at the store of Geo. C. Glatte, at Kendallville. :

' CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. ~ Tuespay,. May. 8.-Lln the Senate to-day, the House joint resolution to make ‘the 80th of May & national holiday forever, was taken up, but in spite of the efforts of its friends tb procure its immedi|ate passage, it was referred to the Military Committee by a vote of 37 to 12, Mr. ‘Sherman was opposed to more legal holidays, as they- interferedwith the course .of business, and Mr. Pomeroy thought the floral decorating of the soldiers’ graves should be voluntary, not compulsory.— The bill to give $25,000 to a negro college, called the Wilberforce University, led to a lively discussion, in which Mr. Trumbull called the attention of Mr. Sumner to the fact that here was an institution that discriminated or account of color,— Objections being made, the, bill was laid over. In the House of Representatives a concurrent resplution for the adjournment of Congress on che 4th of July was, under| the action of the previous question, adopt-, ed by a vote of 85 to 85. -Mr. Schenck ‘made an ineffectual attempt to defeat it. The order of the day being Mr. Jenckes’ Civil Service bill, the debate was opened by Mr. Jenckes with a 'statement of the principles and details of the proposed measure. - In the course of the discussion that followed, Mr. Peters, of Maine, complained that the bill opened-the offices under the government to the competition of “rebels, with hands dripping with loyal blood.” He would never consent that a rebel or a Democrat shounld hold ‘any office. Mr. Beck, of Kentucky, remarked that it was apparent that Mr. Peters preferred thieves in- office to Democrats, wheredpon Peters: made the astoun?ing announcement that “there are no thieves in the Republican party.” The House in committee finished the-iron paragraphs of the Tariff bill and took up the proposed duties on steel. A long struggle be‘tween the protectionists and anti-tariff men resulted in the cutting down of theduty on cast ignotsand rolled and hammered steel in barsjand sheets from 3% to 214 cents per pound. Railway steel bars of the Bessemer process were reduced from 11¢ and 2 cents per pound to $36 per ton, by a vote of 78 to 63. s » WEDNEsSDAY, May 4.—The Senate took up the House joint resolution for the adjournment of the session on the 4th of July next. Messrs. Wilson and Trumbull opposed it for the reason that many im‘portant measures, such as the tariff, reduction -6f taxation, and extension of banking facilities, would not have time to be discussed and ‘decided before the day of adjournment. Mr. Wilson said that no Congress had talked more and doué less than' the present one. This is like a recent remark made by General Sherman—that he could take three’ jus: tices of the. peace and run the government - better than Congress runs it. After a lengthened discussion the resolution went over. The Senate passed the House resolution to pay the widow of General Rawlins one year's salary, and the' House bill toamend the Bankrupt act. In the House of Representatives,” Mr. Beck (Dem.) attempted te got a resolution 'paissed to inquire into the arbitrary acts of the Radical satrap of Georgia, General Terry, but several Radical members objected, greatly to Mr. Beck’s indignation. The regular order being Mr. Jenckes’s Civil Service bill, 'speeches were made against it by Messrs.‘Peters, of Maine, Bingham, Niblack and others. The points made by these speakers against the bill were : that it was impracticable, outside of Washington, it gaire to three commissioners the entire contorl of patronage of the United ‘States, it appointed officers for life, it excluded capable crippled soldiers who could not pass scientifie or literary examinations, it created an aristocracy or privileged class, and it was “contrary to the spirit of the Constitution.” The House in committee took up the Tariff bill and went through the paragraphs on steel railway-bars, steel . wire, and steel carwheels. After the usual struggle the rates were cut.down on all of these articles. During a greater part of the afternoon it was difficult to kéep a quorum together in the House. ‘TaURSDAY, May s.—ln the Senate Mr. Edmunds, from the Pension Committee, reported the Senate bill to grant a pension to Mrs. Lincoln, with the recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed. ‘The bill to abolish the franking privilege was also discussed, but was postponed without action by a vote of 26 to 21. In the House of Representatives the Civil’ Service bill was taken up, and a motion to table it was defeated by a vote of 43 ‘to 104. Mr. §Jehckes, in moving to recommit the bill with the amendments offered during the past three days, réplied to some of the objections raised by members. Mr. Schenck, in a short speech, gave in his adhesion to the principles of the bill. Amendments were offered that the bill shall apply without distinction as to sex, and looking to the proportion ate distribution of officesamong the States. After the disposal of this matter the House proceeded to the consideration of the Sen-. ate bill to authorize the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to issue its bonds for the construction of its road and to secure the same by mortgage. This land grab swindle, one of the most attrocious ever entertained by a Radical Congress, met with a scathing exposure from Mr. Wilson (Dem.) of Minnesota, He called attention to the provision in the bill which restricted the company to the use of American rails, and charged that its passage was being forced by a corrupt combinatién of land speculators and high protective men. The friends of the bill having arbitrarily cut off further debate, the minotity, led by Mr. Cox, filibustered for two hours to prevent a vote, and fnal1y succeeded in' carrying an adjournment. It is understood that the vote will be taken on Wednesday. Thé House adjourned until Monday to allow the Hall to be put through the-usual spring cleaning. =~

. FRIDAY, hgay 6.—ln the Senate the House joint resolution fixing the final adjournment of the present session for July 4 came up, and led toa protracted debate. A motion to extend the time to August Ist was lost. Several Senators spoke agaiast an early adjournment. Finally & motion prevailed by a vote of 27 to 25 to postpone the consideration of the resolution to May 20. The Appropriation bill was discussed, and Mr. Anthony ‘made a strong speech against the further publication of the laws in the newspapers, He mid the ;appmpriation for that pur-

pose was a waste of money, as all the laws the people were interested in were published by the leading journals immediately’after their passage. - He gave notice of an amendment to abolish the Blue Book issued by the government for gratuitous circulation. : , Moxpay, May 9.—The House not in session. In the Senate the bill reducing taxation was taken up, and Mr. Morrifl, of Vermont, delivered a long speech favoring such a tariff for protection as wou'd induce a healthy competition in our manufactures, without grinding down other interests, and at the same time raising a proper amount of revenue, - — : - Thieving Paritans, i Donn Piatt, himself an ardent Republican, thus describes a class who have grown up as fungi on the Republican body politic: : : “There is a ring of loud mouthed pro-. fessors of extra piety here that has stolen more, and has more to show for its stealings, than any other ring’in Washington, Its members are prominent in all pious and charitable moves, = They preside over meetings of citizens looking to benevolent work, and make tremendous speeches’in behalf of missionary enterprises.— The inferual scoundrels, they roll to church in carriages built of stealings, and gilded and varnished with public iniquity, drawn by stolen herses, and they walk in clothes woven of public plunder, and hold under their bypocritical noses velvet bound, gilt-edged, hot -pressed prayer books that represent so much money filched, from the Treasurer. And when they kneel it is to get closer to Satan, to hear his whispered schemes of further ras cality. ' e

The Cuban Revolution. ‘ The Spanish reports of milita'y operations in Cuba are decidedly rose colored for the Spanish cause. -The rebels are deserting and surrendering inscores., President Cespedes is a sleepless warderer on the coast, and General Goicouria is surrounded and 1s about to be captured. It is asserted also that General ‘Agramonte, has resigned as Cuban Commander-in-Chief, and Frederick Cavada has taken his place, Captain General De Rodas has issued: another proclamation to the Cubans, demanding their submission within thirty days under pain of death, and the order is considered by loyal Spaniards to be a heavy blow to the insurgent cause. Nothing i 5 said in these telegrams of the volunteers against the authority of the Captain General; so that the last Key West story may be put down as a canard. il ——— Aequittal of McFarlaud. On Tuesday the trial of Daniel MeFarland for the murder of Albert D.. Richardson, was concluded. The jury retired at 3 o'clock, and returned at 5 minutes before 5, with a verdict of “not guilty.” The court room wds densely packed, and when: the verdict was announced, there arose-such hurrahs, such cheers, as almost sheok the building.— The words were repeated : “We find Dan. iel McFarland not guilty,” and up jumped men and women again and again, giving expression to their long-pent-up feel ings in a manner almost impossible to describe.! The women jumped on tables in their eagerness to reach the prisoner and his counsel: Several ladies again and again kissed Mr.:Graham, McFarland’s counsel, who shed tears profusely in ac cepting the congratulations of the ladies.

' TAR AND FEATHERS.—The case of ‘tar and feathers that occurred at South Milford, LaGrange county, last winter is before the United’ States District Court at Indianapolis, Howard, the victim, having filed a declaration of trespass against 36 citizens of our neighboring county. The declaration charges them with having, on: the 14th of last December, in LaGrange -county, token Howard into the woods near where he was stopping at the time, and after beating him in a cruel manner applied a coat of tar and feathers, and also,as a consequence, he was obliged to abandon his property, and that theoutrage was committed without any provocation whatever. Howard demands $lO,OOO as full compensation. The case comes up at the next term of court.—ZElkhart Review. Ventilation Needed. . A jolnt resolution appropriating $3,000 for experiments in regard to ventilating the House of Representatives, has just been past, and will doubtless bring the money in a ‘verg short time. This sum, be it observed, is for preleminary experiments only ; what it will, cost to carry out the plans which those experiments prove the best for the purgose contemplated, is unot yet revealed, nor is it necessary, perhaps, that it should be. It there is one point ‘which the nation, irrespegtive of the creed or party, will agree with the enthusiastic unanimity, it js that the House of Representatives requires ventilation. For years past, says the St. Louis Republican, the atmosphere of that hall has been poisoned with every known and unknown species of fanatical rhetoric, legalized wrong aund partisan statesmanship ; for years Butler: and a noble army of radical colleagues have breathed out threatenings and slanghter until the very air beneath the gilded dome turned blue ; for years the galvanized rebel and gentle carpetbagger have poured their incense upon the altar of reconstruction, and saluted the mongrel god with prayers and oblations ; for years the stream of legislative gas has exhaled without let or hindrance, clogging all lungs but those thoroughly ' permeated with intense “loyalty’’—therefore we safy emphatically, ventilate the House of Representatives though it costs millions. The politics of the country, possibly, may be the healthier for the operation. e P— The Methodist Bishops. The New York T'ribunme, speaking of the Board of Bishops of the M. E. Church, says : “Bishop Morris is unable . to attend to any duties, and is gradually sinking into the grave.— Bishop Janes is very feeble, and scarcely able to attend to his duties. Bishop Scott, through increasing infirmities, is able to do but little official work. Bishop Clark has recently had apoplectic attacks, leaving the work largely to Bishop Janes, Simpson, and Ames. The death of Bishop Kingsley, and the failing health of others, renders it probable that an extra session of the General Conference will goon be called ; which, if done, will be the first time in the history of the M. E. Church that such a meeting has béen held.” AL e S

i More Proscription. - A large business firm of Republican proclivities, discharged an employe yesterday because he would not vote as directed. The ‘man was a Republican withal, but was utterly opposed to voting with his colored brethren.— This was the head and front of his offending, and failing to support what they told him was to their interest, they directed him “to' the office for his pay. In addition to his Republican faith, he had been a soldier, and had fought at Franklin, Nashville, and was in the trenches at the siege of Knoxville ; yet, after all this, he was not sufficiently reconstructed,—lnd. Somtingl. -1 22 A s TS

. John W. Dawson of Fort Wayne, is a candidate for Criminal Judge of Allen coguity. . - B _ Major Carpenter, of Warsaw, has beén nominated for Common Pleas Judge in the Kosciusko county District. : LR : S - The city Attorney of Terre Haute, makes his little office net him three thousand dollars per annum. A tolerably ‘‘fat take.” o ;

A certain government watchman), recently charged with attempting ra.Pe. on several little girls in Jeffersonville, has been discharged. S e

A young man in Evansville, named John Leonard, has been ‘sentenced for one year to the Southern Penitentiary, for stealing a brace and bit, the value of one dollar. ‘

A chap bearing the cognomen of A. M. McClare,. claiming to be sélling patent, hay-forks about the state, is published by the Hartford City Union as a dead beat of the first water. _

A large tumer was cut from the neck of Capt. Ad. Carpenter,of New Albany, on Monday,by tﬁree physiciansof that city. The operation was successfully -perlil‘ormed,‘ and the patient is doing well. : £ Bt

The farmers. of Whitley county report that the prospects for a good wheat crop are not as encouraging now as they were a few weeks ago. . The “heavy freeze” there on Easter morning seems to have left its impress tolerably plain. : ' :

John Rcse, on trial for the murder of Jacob Sicker, at Bloomfield, Green county, has been convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for life.— The murderer is twenty-three years of age ; his victim was seventy. . Last week a fool down in Sullivan co., said if he could not sell his young mare before Saturday for $l3O he wo’ld shoot her. He could find no man who. would give him maore than $lOO, so on Saturday he took her to the woods and shot her e i

In Tippecanoe county the people are forsaking radicalism by the score, and a people’s ticket has been formed, made up equally of disaffected republicans and of democrats, the sudtess of which at the October election is a foregone ‘conclusion. b '

Mr.'and Mra. Michael Haley,of Bartholomew county, have been married ei%hteen years, and the result has been a family of seventeen hearty and handsome children—ten boys and seven girls. Mr and Mrs. H., it strikes us, are hard to excel in that line.

Silver Lake, Kosciugko county, is badly infested with thieves and. pilferers, who seem to be rather on the “kinchen lay.” Last week several houses were entered by these sneaks, and .small sums of currency and various other articles appropriated. - : A dispatch from Crawfordsville says:Propositions. have been made to the citizens of this city by the National Rolling mill company of Pennsylvania to erect a rolling mill at this place if our city will make them a-loan of $50,000 for five years without interest. A large number of the ‘“dead beats,” who packed their stomachs with six or seven dinners,at the candidates expense on Saturday last, had never, from all appearances and judging from their swinish conduct, eaten a meal at a decent table, and on several occasions itbecame a duty.to correct them - for their misbehavior while at the tables. The god and morality and ‘all intelligence party.— Warsaw Union. ]

The man who charges his' children for their board when they come hundreds of miles to visit him and the old ladg, is now a valued and enterprising and prosperous citizen of Muncie.— When he dies, says the Muncie Z'imes, “our city council intends to plant him head downwards on one of our leading througfares, thus making a handsome monument and double geared -hitching post both at one lick.” -~ -~ .

Robbers and horse thieves have been annoying the people of the quiet little village of 'Srringgeld, near Colnmbia City, Whitley county. Mr. Samuel Rush, living about one mile south of Lhis place, last week had a very valuale horse taken from his stable, with saddle and bridle.. During the same night the store house of Messrs. J. K. Combs & Co., in Springfield, was broken open,and two or three good suits of clothes taken therefrom. There was some money in the store. at the time, but it was not taken. .. -5 -

A man by the name of Williams, residing at Bristol, Elkhart Co., punished his son for chewing tobacco, making him stay out and chop wood until 9 o’clock at night, ' then took soft soap and washed his mouth until it was raw, after which he crammed it full of peggér, We are glad to state that the oy escaped through the instrumentality of some kind friend, and is going to take care of himself. Chewing tobacco is a pernicious habit, but'not strictly criminal, and the brutal father ought to be ‘bung bdy. the neck until he is (mighty near) dead. e

While there is still some croaking in regard to the crops, we infer' from the general tone of the papers that the prospects for fully an average yield of ‘wheat throughout the state were never better. Some sgolicitude is still felt about the fruit, but . it is quite likely that the season is too far- agvanc’ed for fruit to be much affected by any freak of weather ; the probability is there will be enough of that for all ordinary use. An old farmer of Shelby Twp., Tippecanoe county, informs the Lafayette Journal that the yield 'of every description of fruit and grain promises to be more abundant than in any previous year. ' This is truly encouraging. A tramping jour-printer in F't. Wayne on Mondgy.g nervous from the effects of a protracted “drunk,” expressed a desire to depart to that region where sorrow, and sighing, and whigkey (thank Gtod) are unknown. A pistol was furnished him, (minus 'powge‘r and lendg ; he stepped into the street, pointed the weapon considerably over his head and pulled the trigger. No re{port., . Abystander pr_og:s_ed to do_his little .business for him, and taking the pistel, f’oiqmd' it directly athis eye, when the ellow’s courage vamosed, and he begged for life. We hope the fr{ﬁu l&ﬁred . h_ixli:‘.rz The,gpiq’t,bl_'iaﬁ&" oy of kn%‘d of shootin ,glzicgf, .8 _disciple of Fauat onghit - bandle— Tndianapais Joure S RN B R Go to Canfield & Emery's’ for cheap

* A Texas paper calls the present condition of -pi‘lxl’ee.rSuw “the pem:oou state,” ~ - Amulatto succeeds General Braggin the control of the New Orleans Water Works. - S . The Indiana political women are trying bard to help Juliap into the United States Senate. ) The temperance men of Maine say: that they are bound to run a candidate for Governor this fall. ; ; - A recent speech of John W. Forney is vouched for by John W. Forney’s newspaper as being “eloquent.” The reconstructed State of Greogia has elected seven United States Senators, not one of whom has yet been ‘admitted. . :

In the last two months' the average of absentees from the House of Representatives has heen about seventyfive each day. : Senator Cragin claims that he is sure of 124 votes in the New Hampshire Legislature—enough to 'send bim gmck to Washiogton. - Golladay of Kentucky, now claims that he is still a member of Con 8, and proposes to contest the x-igi:ea of Lewis to take his seat. :

Indiana darkies: purpose:to brand any of their number who vote the Democratic ticket with the word “Cain” on the forehead, in white paint. | “The election occurs in Oregon next June. A Legislature is to be elected, ‘ngon’;;;which will devolve the daty of choosing a successor to Senator %Vilo liams. : ; : . . GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. ‘The Roman Catholic organ in London, the Weekly Register, says that the ‘Ecumenical council has work before it for a year. N A rebellion of the Khirgish tribes living on the shores of ther(%aepisn sea against.the authority of Russia is reported from London. ; . Twenty-four millions of coin, for the May interest on the public debt, was pau{ out of the UnizedP States Treasury on Monday of last week. - That uneasy old man, General-Gari-baldi, has issued 'a ‘'manifesto to the French army calling on the soldiers to raise the reg{y flag of revolution.

‘The Richmond Mayorality case has finally been decided in favor of Mr. Ellyson, the conservative Mayor. ‘The opinion of the court was unanimous. The probability of a Fenian raid into Canada this spring is growing smaller by degree amr beautifully less. = The Canucks had their scare fgr nothing. _Brownlow is_going to the Sulphur Springs, Ark.. It is well enough for the old man to get a little accustomed to sulphur, brimstone, and such things. ~There is.a probability éf another veto by Mr. Grant. A bill has been introduced into congress designed to break up the gift enterprise | system. Mr. Grant considers it an infringement of vested rights. -He wont stand it.

The Chicago Post says thatif Wash McLean, ot the Cincinnati FEnguirer, and Maurat Halstead, of Cincinnati Commercial, fight a duel, it hopes one will be killed on the spot and the other be immediately hung .?oir murder.

A dispatch from Indianapolis, May 10, says: Three young fadies, two daughters of Robt. %V}allace, and the other a -daughter of Chas. Wallace, were drowned in White river, -near Wheatland, Ind.. yesterday. They were rowing in a millipond, and were ‘carried over the dam.”| . g

Toledo had another horror the other week, A man named Bauder, from - Cleveland, shot _his | faithless wife, - through the head, killing her almost instantly. The crime| was committed in.broag day, and the murderer was arrested in d{e yard of the house where the deed was done. - :

A miniatare steam|propeller called the “City of Ragusa,” only seven ﬁards long, and commanded by Capt. uckley, is to leave Liverpool for,gl. York port in a few days. This is evidently a British att.emgt to outdo the Yankee foolhardiness of the ‘Nonpareil’ and the “Red, White, and Blue.” Warlike rumors come from Utah.— A private circular has been sent by the Mormon authorities through the Territory ordering the brethren to assemble at the school-houses for drill.— Danites are bei:ﬁ enrolled and arming is going on rapi {. while Brigbam insists that the Mormon Church is peace. g B Two robbers weré§ tried by Lynch law. in the city of Helena, Montana, on the 3d inst., had, notwithstanding the remonstrances of thz" United Sgutbs District Judge, were hanged at 4:30 o’clock P. M. Three thousand citizens assisted, and the proceedings were condacted in a quiet though determined manner, - :

- An important report comes from the seat of war in the Indian country.— Persons arrived at Sioux City say that the Cheyenne agency has been captured by the Indians ; thntonaltmgﬂing to land they were ordered back by the savages, who fired over their heads; and that Major Randall and comrades are prisoners, - : : Judge Giles, of the United States Cireuit Court in Baltimore recently decided in the case of ‘Alexander Thompson (colored). wha brought suit against ths Baltimore city Passenger Railway company for ejectment fromsone of their cars,that the company had the tame right to separate the races in their vehicles as they would have to separate the sexes pravided the accommodations were equally good in both. - Richmond put on the sackeloth and ashes on the 3d inst., and bent in humiliation under the .awful calamity of last week. All the churches were filled, and the city presented a Sabbathlike 3pmance. In the United States mcm Chidd:}%ﬂhmd.z vered a beautiful touching dress, allnﬂhiﬁo -those members of the Richmond bar whose familiar facea ‘were now missed for their first time.

.- Governor _En(fli;b.. of . Connecticut, was inaugurated on the 34 imst., in New Haven. A procession of seyeral miles in length paraded through the -city, and the ceremonies were said to [‘;h&ve- be,;’,l; the finess ever witnessed there, The Governor sent & message filled with precidal o st gound ‘democratic common Sense to the radieﬁl legislatare convened in the State ouse, SoE b AN y